is this good!?!?!?

**Praetor** · 08-07-2004, 04:58 AM

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I have a Raidmax case also w/ supposedly 420w but its nowhere near that

1. What operational temps are you working in?
2. You actually come close to using the rated 420W or is it becayse of the temps?

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I ordered the ram cause it was on sale. Kingston 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200. Did anyone else have any thoughts or comments before I order the rest of the parts???

Nah .... you should be good to go!

bassman57 · 08-16-2004, 12:14 AM

I got all the parts and I put it together. It works great. I had a strange problem though. We set it all up and it wouldnt post or give a picture. It had a steady - BEEP (pause) BEEP (pause) and so on. Several different websites said that meant a problem with RAM. I tired another stick of RAM, still didnt work. My friend thought it was the mobo. We were reading that the CPU heatsink clamp actually bows the board, and the RAM doesnt make contact in the center. So we unclamped it, pushed the RAM in tight and tryed it. It still didnt work, so we though it was a bad mobo. We took it out and decided to try without heatsink clamp and on flat surface. It booted. So we figured that it did'nt work because not all the mounting posts were in. So we put every single mounting post possible. Then put it back together. Now everything is working great.

**Praetor** · 08-16-2004, 08:06 AM

Wow thats a wierd one

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08-16-2004, 12:14 AM	#12 (permalink)
bassman57 New Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 6	I got all the parts and I put it together. It works great. I had a strange problem though. We set it all up and it wouldnt post or give a picture. It had a steady - BEEP (pause) BEEP (pause) and so on. Several different websites said that meant a problem with RAM. I tired another stick of RAM, still didnt work. My friend thought it was the mobo. We were reading that the CPU heatsink clamp actually bows the board, and the RAM doesnt make contact in the center. So we unclamped it, pushed the RAM in tight and tryed it. It still didnt work, so we though it was a bad mobo. We took it out and decided to try without heatsink clamp and on flat surface. It booted. So we figured that it did'nt work because not all the mounting posts were in. So we put every single mounting post possible. Then put it back together. Now everything is working great.