What Computer Sites Do You Read

[Leon]

Ok. No problem

Anyways, I should not have put Fark in my reply. They have nothing to do with technology. I should have read the name of the thread (What Computer Sites Do You Read) and not what you said

We are taking a look into what other sites our readers visits. If you could list them please!

Thanks,

Bjorn 3D Staff

(bold was done by me)

:dork:

[Athena]

Bjorn3D
Then if I have time..
Shacknews
Anandtech
Riva3D
BlueNews
IGN
Gamers
GameSpot

and a couple others I can not look up the names of at work as my work firewall blocks Yahoo searches on 3d games. :nono:

[Anonymous]

tom's hardware

[ff7892001]

Xbitlabs.com, tomshardware, anandtech, tech-report

[Anonymous]

tech tv would be considered one too right?

[XJnine]

bjorn3d
hardocp
anandtech
2cpu
3dgpu
3dchipset
toms hardware
ars technica
Alive!
tweak3d

[morganrhys]

in as close to order of time spent as possible:

Bjorn3D
OverclockerCafe
OCAddiction
Viper's Lair
GideonTech
HardOCP
AMDMB
Anandtech
Ars Technica
FiringSquad
PimpRig
AthlonXP
Sharky Extreme
Bit-Tech
Gruntville

lots of others, but only on an occasional basis

[bigapl]

hey how'd you get my favorites list
see great minds do think alike

[Chupacabras]

dude that list rocks!
















:lecture: I know apologize that for outburst of absolute irrelavance, but that point needed to be made.

[morganrhys]

And another new addition:

nForcersHQ

due to the hellish time I had getting my new computer up and going! :upset:

sigh! I'm just glad to be back up and running. I've been using my wife's computer to do stuff online for the past 3 days while I got mine working.

[Scott]

Exactly what problems did you have? I am interested and remember if it is wiht NVIDIA based stuff I can probably get a solution. If not NVIDIA I could try to help you out since I own a tech company here in NJ.

[morganrhys]

Exactly what problems did you have? I am interested and remember if it is wiht NVIDIA based stuff I can probably get a solution. If not NVIDIA I could try to help you out since I own a tech company here in NJ.

Hi Scott!

She's all working now, but I'll give you the somewhat condenced version of my weekend in hell.But first, here's a rundown of my new computer.

Epox EP-8RDA+ rev 1.1
Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton)
Kingston HyperX PC2700 512MB
BFG GeForce FX 5600 256MB (once again- thank you!!)
WD Cavier 80MB w/ 8MB buffer
Lite-On 12x12x48
400W power supply
4- 80mm case fans (I'm going to add a 90mm blowhole soon)
all wrapped up in a ClearPC mid-tower case

(ok, some of that is just there for fun)

The problem was that I couldn't get the video card to work properly - kept getting a black screen in Windows. It turned out to be a BIOS & drivers issue. The nForce 2 drivers and the GeForce drivers didn't like each other, I guess.
So...12 reinstalls of windows with different combinations of drivers and BIOS versions later it just worked. I had to install things in this order:

Flashed the BIOS - ver. 8RDA3609
Installed the nForce 2 driver - ver. 2.03
Installed GeForce driver - ver. 44.03
prayed....and it worked!!
that time- the first 2 times I tried that combination it didn't work.

at any rate, everything is 5 by 5 now.

Now I just need to get a new CPU cooler so I can start overclocking!!!!!!

[MissinLynx]

Hum, didn't it work w/ the nForce2 drivers that came w/ the MB ? I know I am still using mine after the FIASCO that nVidia called new nForce drivers -THEY SUCKED FOR SURE. I tried those 2.03's and didn't like em either so just stuck w/ what Asus supplied w/ my A7N8X Deluxe rev 1.06 MB - 1 reload/reinstall later.

[morganrhys]

Nope! The drivers that came with the mobo didn't work. What really drives me nuts is that I put together a similar system for my wife 2-3 weeks ago.

Athlon XP 2400+
Epox EP-8RDA
Crucial PC2700 512MB
BFG GeForce 4200 Ti (which I also tried in my computer with the same results)
etc...

Hers I had no problems with. I had it together in like 3 hours (as opposed to 3 days for mine!)

[MissinLynx]

hum, could b the diff between the "+" version of the board and the standard non + version

Could b soooo many things, but interesting.What versions were both boards? Was 1 a more recent rev maybe??How come the wife got the Corsair :D? LOL