Best Core 2 Series Desktops-Results and Specs

[simon lefisch]

Originally Posted by gclef101

By any chance does anyone know if the P45 chipset works fine like the P35, because I'm looking to buy the Asus P5Q Se Plus MOBO along with the NEW Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66ghz FSB 1333. Thanks!!!

i have the P5Q Pro with the same chipset and it works fine. if you look through this thread youll find a lot of people with the same MOBO/Processors.

[mtnman]

Originally Posted by gclef101

By any chance does anyone know if the P45 chipset works fine like the P35, because I'm looking to buy the Asus P5Q Se Plus MOBO along with the NEW Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66ghz FSB 1333. Thanks!!!

I have the Asus P5Q SE2 w/Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 - works great.

[gclef101]

Thanks for the replies, very helpful!!! I have a question to you Simon, Are there any issue with your MOBO's on-board firewire?

[simon lefisch]

Originally Posted by gclef101

Thanks for the replies, very helpful!!! I have a question to you Simon, Are there any issue with your MOBO's on-board firewire?

no issues with onboard firewire. the only thing i have connected to it is my 002r. works great

[johnnyd2]

Originally Posted by gclef101

By any chance does anyone know if the P45 chipset works fine like the P35, because I'm looking to buy the Asus P5Q Se Plus MOBO along with the NEW Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66ghz FSB 1333. Thanks!!!

Running the ASUS P5Q SE with the Intel Core 2 Quad 8200 since March. Runs like a dream

[TDub]

MSY did you get answer to your question on why only 70 verbs? Curious myself ...

[J_Plum]

Duc's! I need some help

my old mo board crapped out on me, so I said screw it with the warranty and bought a new one, ASUS P5Q Pro.

Put everything back together in the case, turn it on, computer "sounds" like it's working, but I didn't get the BIOS beep and the monitor won't come on (the old "no input signal received" message on the screen on 2 separate monitors).

I've done 2 days worth of plugging, unplugging, checking connections, etc. I am certain that the vid. card works, as I plugged it into my roommates computer to test.

A few hours ago I managed to unplug and then replug the Monitor's power and signal cables in the right order and I finally got signal on the screen, but I didn't have my windows CD on hand and shut it down, confident that I had conquered the best. Came back with CD in hand and it was no longer receiving signal...

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've got a really important project that's depending on my computer's ability to turn on!

Thanks

[mano111]

Have you considered it might be a bad power supply?

Also make sure you connect the 4 pin (often missed) power plug from the PSU to the motherboard.

[J_Plum]

Originally Posted by mano111

Have you considered it might be a bad power supply?

Also make sure you connect the 4 pin (often missed) power plug from the PSU to the motherboard.

Just bought a brand new PSU as I thought that was the problem to begin with before I realized my mobo was bad, it's working fine... I might try to swap it out though.

4 pin is connected... I must have let all the smoke out.

[J_Plum]

resolved... one of my sticks of RAM is bad... installing drivers now...

hurray