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5 or 6 PCI ATX Motherboard 2 pci E
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29. August 2008 @ 15:07 |
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120.00 - 150.00 BUT that will be 2 or 3 Months later I do have Bills
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29. August 2008 @ 15:08 |
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If it's that long away, ask again then, the graphics card market moves fast, you may be able to get something different by then.
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29. August 2008 @ 15:17 |
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A friend just told me It depends on the information your Motherboard is recovering. Docs,pics music, and everything like this makes no difference.
The only thing which may be an issue is a program but even that's highly unlikely.32/64 bit is pretty much totally imterchangeable.
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29. August 2008 @ 15:19 |
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That's right, and most programs work with 64-bit windows as they are not exclusively 64-bit operating systems. However, 64-bit XP is hopeless, so you will need 64-bit Vista, and Vista can often be a real pain in the arse to get working, so it's for this reason I recommend sticking with 32-bit XP.
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29. August 2008 @ 15:24 |
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I use norton ghost to make my backup of XP. will I have any problems restoring xp on a totally different computer. Would my XP key still work
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29. August 2008 @ 15:32 |
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It will only work if your current chipset is similar to the P31. You will also need to reactivate windows.
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29. August 2008 @ 15:35 |
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NOOOO! No more Money how much is XP now like 200.00 is Pro Better.
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29. August 2008 @ 15:36 |
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Note, reactivation doesn't cost any money.
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29. August 2008 @ 15:51 |
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But I already reactivated once before when my HDD Died I had to call Microsoft for a new key.
GIGABYTE GA-EP31-DS3L whats the max memory can go on per slot
(Example 4 x 4GB or 2 x 2GB)
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29. August 2008 @ 16:16 |
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As far as I'm aware, you can reactivate several times, not just the once.
The max memory on the EP31-DS3L is 2x2GB, to make 4GB.
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29. August 2008 @ 16:56 |
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I see 4 slots I thought I had to put 1GB in each slot. Because I know some Boards slot require a certain amount of memory in each slot. But I can just put 2GB in 2 Slots and leave the rest Empty.
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29. August 2008 @ 17:00 |
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Did some more reading.
The P31 chipset is unable to read a pair of double-side RAM modules next to each other. In other words, you need to use two sticks of RAM rather than four, even though it has four slots, as single-sided RAM modules aren't really worth bothering with, so 2x2GB it is.
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29. August 2008 @ 18:18 |
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29. August 2008 @ 18:20 |
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29. August 2008 @ 18:34 |
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You always go for the max of my Budget don't you LOL.. OK Now I know what I need Thanks Again for All your help..If any problem I'll post back. Time to find Some Extra Money
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29. August 2008 @ 18:36 |
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Lol no, I go for the best. If you don't think you need 4GB then say so! :)
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29. August 2008 @ 18:51 |
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I like to max out my computer so that I know it has every that it can ever that. Hoping that everything you showed is the max. If theres more please let me know.
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29. August 2008 @ 18:54 |
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You can get far more expensive boards that have a few more bells and whistles, but they cost far more than $100 and finding one with three PCI slots on it may prove a challenge.
As far as the rest of it goes, you can get a far more expensive CPU that's more powerful, and obviously you could buy a mega graphics card - maxing a system is expensive!
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29. August 2008 @ 19:04 |
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Alright Sounds like my computer is already max out for the price I'm willing to pay Maybe over time. Thanks Again
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29. August 2008 @ 19:04 |
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No problem.
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29. August 2008 @ 22:36 |
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30. August 2008 @ 07:12 |
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What's new? The same caveat is there, as it should be.
"* Because of chipset limitations, do not populate both DIMM sockets of the same channel (e.g. DDR and DDR2), or populate 4 DIMM sockets with double-sided memory modules to prevent system's failure to start or incorrect detection of memory modules. Please refer to the user manual for the memory configurations table"
it's also a mere $6 less on ebay. Is that really worth the risk?
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30. August 2008 @ 09:32 |
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I was just worried when I saw "4 GB of memory size will instead be shown as 3.xx GB during system startup" I thought I would automatically lose 1GB but your saying that I will not because of different memory or something like that.
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30. August 2008 @ 09:38 |
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No, you will 'lose' memory. 32-bit Operating Systems can only see 4GB minus your graphics memory allowance, so for a 512MB graphics card, that's 3.5GB. However, this effect stops at 3.2GB, so you will never see less than that.
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