Posts by tunedbysaturnsl

I tried a brand new AMD Opteron 180 processor fresh out of the package and still no dice.

I have a spare m7700a motherboard that I tried and that was not the solution. Kind of bummed because I was almost certain it was the problem.

Well, my nice blue Alienware Aurora m7700a was working fine until about two weeks ago. Had her on, went to see my mom in the hospital, and I come back to the black screen of death. Tried to re-power it on and well, it never posts, no...

I tried to get service on my m5700 about six months back. Again, I bought it off of eBay and offered to pay for services/labor/parts at full cost. And since I was not the original owner, they denied me and shut me down. I remember...

Is there such a thing as an unlocked m5700 bios? I'm a bit of a tweaker so, that's why I'm asking. Plus, I heard the bios that Alienware puts on their machines is locked tighter than Fort Knox. Thanks in advance. -Brian

Honestly, I can't remember the seller, but I do know that my memory for my Dell was also Wise. I e-mailed the seller and told them my problem and they sent me an RMA sheet to fill out and an address to send it to. After I did all of...

Well, I'm almost there with this beast. I obtained a wireless card out of another computer for free. I have one of the two hard drives to get me by for now and both sticks of memory RAM. eBay stills seems like the way to go for the...

Well, my RMA came in over the weekend. Sure enough, it was a faulty stick of RAM. I got a Patriot on from them this time and the system picked up the increased memory without a problem. I'm definitely happier now. -Brian

Well, I've decided to go with the Intel 2.13GHz 770 processor seeing as that's compatible and I don't want to run the risk of experimenting with a non-certified processor and possibly blow the motherboard. The cooling fan/heatsink...

So, now that it's here and I'll be in the process of buying the rest of the parts shortly, I'm looking for a suggestion. Mainly, what kind of processor should I use? I have a general knowledge of them, but I understand there are...