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Thank you all for your responses. Beers, The screw positions I'm focused on are only the ones that mount the board to the tower. This is the actual motherboard I currently have: And this the board I'm considering getting to accommodate my casual gaming needs: As you see, 6 of the screw...

Hey, guys. I've been shopping around for a microATX motherboard to put in my old HP tower and noticed that the motherboard screw positions of this form doesn't always match. My question is simply whether motherboards that don't have every screw position matching my tower can still be used? My...

Update: I booted up today and the drivers seemed to have installed themselves without needing me to go to some site to get them. Most probably, they were automatically detected and installed by Windows Update. The system is now working to the same specs as with the first motherboard which had...

Update: I finally got a replacement motherboard with the exact part number 513426-001 at great price and it's in practically brand new condition. I hooked everything according to the same layout as the stock motherboard (pictured above), and when I booted up, Windows 7 loaded with a clear video...

Hi John. When you say that data is "pushed back" to the HDD at shutdown, do you mean that the RAM saves the progress of all open data onto the HDD for future access? If so, does that mean that a simple notepad text file opened from an external drive is saved onto the HDD at shutdown even if you...

Can someone please tell me if files that are accessed directly from a CD, memory card, or USB flash drive without copying/dragging them to the desktop PC are automatically copied onto the RAM of the system? I was thinking this should be the case given the very function of RAM even though...

I did consider that, but I unfortunately I don't have any extra video and sound cards to test with. If I were to buy them, I figured I'd pay an amount equal to a used replacement motherboard, so I dismissed that option. As for the cmos, I'm embarrassed to say I have no idea what that is. Is that...

Cool! I found a few. Quick question: these motherboards are listed as AM2 socket, and my original CPU is the AMD Athlon II X4 635, which is an AM3. Is it the case that the AM2 socket in these motherboards can accept all AM3 socket CPUs? Also, my damaged motherboard isn't fully dead. It still...

Thank you all for the reference. I bookmarked it. As I shopped around eBay and Amazon, something that caused me further stress is that it seems that motherboard replacement is part number sensitive. My old motherboard is an M2N68-LA, part #513426-001, and I can't find this exact part #...

Can someone please tell me where I can get the drivers needed to run a M2N68-LA, AM3 socket motherboard for an HP desktop that has a Windows 7 Home HDD installed? I've been shopping around for a replacement motherboard, which I've identified as the model number above, but most don't come with...

Hey, guys. Recently, a lightning bolt hit either my house or somewhere right around it, and the motherboard to my desktop and my DSL modem are more or less fried. The thing that was surprising about this was that everything was hooked into a surge protector. I don't know what the joule...

That's great!! Thanks. Bye-bye to integrated graphics. By the way, if I unclip the heatsink clamp and pull on the heatsink without dislodging it from the CPU, is it recommended that I take it off and put new thermal paste? Or is it unnecessary so long as the heatsink never separates from the...

Thank you guys very much for confirming matters. I refrained from removing the heatsink because I didn't have any thermal paste. But when I take it all apart, I figured I might as well upgrade the CPU. According to stock specs, the current PSU is a 250W. If I swap in a Phenom II X6 1100T...

Thank you all very much for your input. I opened it up to mainly clean the heatsink and fan. It was horendous! The dust was so thick that it gave me conjestion. How many degrees higher would you guys say this accumulation would cause the CPU to run? It's an AMD Athlon II X4 635 (2.9...

Is it a bad idea to clean the underside of a motherboard with a very slightly moistened paper towel (pressing, not wiping). Could the tiny paper fibers conduct electricity between metal pins? Thanks very much.

Cool! (no pun) Thanks very much. :)

Hey, guys. For an HP tower with an AM3 socket and a setup pictured below, what's the maximum tolerable surrounding air temperature before it the fans are unable to keep the cpu at a safe operating temperature? For example, would it be safe to run the tower on a hot, 90° summer day...

Another thing that kinda falls under the same subject matter that I've been wondering about is whether wall outlets in a common household room will divert wattage from one device if another device is plugged into a second outlet? I've got two electric heaters in my room, and I noticed that my...

Ryan, Thank you for the suggestion. Actually, just a little while ago, I discovered that it's working! I'm sure I saw no movement on the input meter yesterday, and I'm sure I didn't have the mute button on... This is a new headset, so maybe something was covering the plug that impeded...

Hey, guys. Both the front and rear microphone jacks on my S128 HP P6627C-B tower won't work, but both output (headphone/speakers) jacks work. At one point, I heard static noise for a brief moment when I was moving the 3.5 mm mic plug around in the front jack, but it's mostly just silence...