No, the USB interface cannot power a 3.5" drive.

Maybe these benchmarks can give you a better idea of relative performance.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009 ... ks,60.html

Looks like the 605e is quite a bit faster in Photoshop.

Are you sure it's not just going into standby mode from inactivity?

I had the exact same problem when I built my computer. Finally figured out that the computer wasn't drawing enough power to keep the PS going.
I would try a different power supply even if the paper clip trick worked.

I have an X2 3800 on mine and I have no problems using my 20" monitor and 22" TV at the same time. If you're not doing any video or games you shouldn't have any trouble at all.

I'd recommend NASLite ( http://www.serverelements.com/ ). I know you said you're not a "linux guy", but if all you want to do is file serving, it doesn't get any simpler than this. I'm not a linux guy either, but I had this set up in under 10 minutes and it's been running without issue on my company...

Sorry it's taken so long for me to respond. The board was delivered on Friday, but I was out of town until Sunday evening. And I've been getting killed at work this week, so I haven't had much time to play with my new toy. Anyway, I finally got Vista installed and updated, so on to your questions. 1...

I ordered the board so hopefully it will be here by the end of the week. If you guys have specific questions, let me know and I'll answer them as best I can.

Thank you. I've been waiting for this to become available, but was expecting to have to wait another couple weeks.

I don't think you're going to find anything powerful enough in a mini-ITX form factor that can also be passively cooled.

You probably want to plug it into the CPU fan header. Even though it has 4 pins, it will accept a 3 pin fan as well. You want the fan to ramp up and down with the temp of the CPU. That way, if you are doing something processor intensive, the fan will speed up and keep the processor from overheating.

Looks like they packed a lot of features on that Gigabyte board. That's the first RS780 board that's really interested me.

C. Zoui wrote:I recently noticed something promising about the GIGABYTE GA-M68SM-S2: its northbridge and southbridge appear to be under one heatsink,

I believe all the Nvidia 7025/7050 boards are using one heatsink. One less heatsink crammed in there seems like a good idea to me.

After receiving my second M2NPV-VM with USB port issues (first board's died completely, new board's won't run at USB 2.0 speed) I'm considering dumping this POS for a new MB. I'd like to keep all my other components, which includes a 3-pin CPU fan, so I'm looking for confirmation on whether the foll...

What DVD burner matches the front bezel of the Antec SOLO? A Nec? Samsung? Other? I did some searching, it seems that the Samsung goes well... Anybody can help me on that? There are some many shades of black.... I have a Pioneer DVR-112D and a Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7170S-0B in my Solo and I can tell ...

gogos7 wrote:Hello,

Could you please tell me, the exact height of Antec Solo in centimeters?

It's 17.25" which is 43.815 cm if my conversion is correct.

As long as you haven't changed hardware, the Vista activation should go off without a hitch. Or isn't that what you were asking?

Just stick the Ninja on it right off the bat. If it turns out to be DOA (highly unlikely) you should be able to exchange it at the place you purchased it from.

If you can hear it over the Tri-cool, you probably got a bad sample.

What temps are you getting when running "flat out"?

You shouldn't have any trouble getting windows re-activated. I've changed motherboards on multiple PCs running XP OEM and never had a problem getting windows activated. They usually just ask you how many PCs you have that copy of windows installed on; you say "just this one", and they give you the a...

I can guarantee the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro will fit an AM2. http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=FAN-AC6PRO&c=fr&pid=0ebdc1b49f1ed5d3538f44a5acb002fbd665f15985d254aeda7de04f9e1f7ce1 There are probably better heatsinks available, but it's cheap and it's pretty quiet if you don't run the fan at ful...

This seems a lot more risky than just burning a copy of the CD and storing the original in a safe place.

Very cool. You got 5 votes from me. I'd do more, but I'm out of email addresses.

I'm with psiu. Hook up a couple fans and try it again. I had very similar results after my last build (led would go on and fans would spin for a fraction of a second) even with a hard drive installed. I found I had to have a 120mm fan hooked up on full speed or the system wouldn't start.

David Cole wrote:Is the "inverter" the same thing as "CCFL"?

Nope, CCFL is the cold-cathode fluorescent backlight.

You are correct, cutting the heat pipes will stop them from functioning.

Does it still say 0 rpms if you hook it up to one of the other connections on the MB?

I know it's not on your list, but if you want to go real cheap, the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro is a good choice. I've got the same processor and I'm very happy with mine. Just don't run it at full speed. http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=FAN-AC6PRO&c=fr&pid=46332e98f310beb6f349a78dedbb0fb664e70486...

430 watts should be way more than you need to power that system, so other than a dead processor, the only thing I can think of would be a bad power switch. Try hooking the reset switch up to the power switch connection on the motherboard and see if that does anything.