I use ebay for used Dell oem boards. They work fine for me and are cheaper than new replacements. My last dell ivy bridge board was about $20 shipped from an ebay seller. I get an occassional memory error, but that's to be expected when all four ram slots are populated. The biggest negative from...
I found an asus am2+am3 board for $35 yesterday on craigslist, and the guy was so anxious to sell it he threw in 2x2 gb of ddr2. Be sure you get the backplate if you buy used.
This is a bargain: http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?p=MB-RAM3-GE&c=PW&show=p&hash=bcadXIPKCM5i6mr%2BTiqJYbHRv7Bb%2Bo3NQliwvyc%2Bzm11ioZFYGti3g0%2FFgw8oCqJbvVwvCADvXS4Qn1%2Bd8U2s2Nq7vPNBDPckj7ivqAAw2wu%2FKz6MsMNgTUilug
To change from ide to achi after installing windows 7 http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?73355-Change-from-IDE-to-AHCI-after-Installation
Figured out why the agility 3 won't run in achi mode on my foxconn board; the board loads the achi drivers after the post screen, so the agility doesn't detect the drivers quickly enough; hence the blank screen. Emailed foxconn tech support with a suggestion to change the achi drivers to the...
Tell me about it. The foxconn bios was so bad that the windows dvd wouldn't load it's drivers in achi mode as the optical drive wasn't recognised when set to achi mode. Talked to ocz techs and they were no help. I've been doing this for twenty years. I changed the biostar board to a new case and...
I switched the agility 3 to my biostar a880g+ board and it runs fine in achi mode, but takes longer to boot. Windows experience hardrive score is 7.6 in sata II mode.
I doubt this foxconn board has more than one sata controller. I hesitate to replace it until I find a board that works in achi mode. I'm going to do some more research. The drive works great, but all I get is a blinking curser after the post screen in achi. It was very cheap and has a multitude...
I have a new ocz agility 3 ssd and windows won't load in achi mode, even with the latest ocz firmware 2.11. The foxconn 790gx bios doesn't detect the optical drive or ssd in achi mode. Windows will attempt to load off the dvd, but stops at the beginning. What's the secret to getting windows to...
IF you check the stats, your framerates may only rise 5-7% with most overclocks. I have to lower my ram speed first to get a stable overclock. I wouldn't change boards or cpus just for this.
Check around the backplate area. Sometimes a metal tang will touch somewhere it's not supposed to. I had to bend mine twice to get my board and plate square and flush.
If you have a micro atx case, I recommend the biostar A880G+ board with sempron cpu for just surfing the net. This board is ideal for an htpc setup with 2 ram slots. Or you can use a regor dual core if you're concerned about power usage. I compared the regor 255 with sempron sargas 140 and can't...
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