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OK an update.... Just got home.. The port i THOUGHT was a 15 pin D-sub(monitor) port is in fact a 9 pin port.. Same size just less pins.. in my mobo manual its called a "com port".... I bought a friggin Sex-change adapter and of course my 15pin monitor cable wouldnt fit...... argh

Ras: thanks chap - gotcha, i'll take it down to geekland on friday when off work.. Aluco: you didnt seem patronising mate, dont worry.. all's cool.. you are talking about the CMOS jumper arent you?...And, yes i want to try and change it to PCI-E but i cant see a display on my screen... i...

ah nice, never installed a CPU before see, was just conerned thats all.. I didnt quite get what else you were getting at in that last message tho mate - Are you still saying i still should try a slower FSB cpu? ALSO, didnt get this part either : "If the CPU was fecked you wouldnt be...

I'll try take a pic Ras, but a little awkward... And re: your Bios 1.2 comment - well, makes sense but everything says it has a FSB of 1333.. the box, manual etc... surely it must be running at that... only thing i can do then is take it to my local geek shop and see if they can plug in a...

hi all - crikey lots of replies - cheers Griff, you are right, the port is on the i/o part of the mobo itself... it IS NOT on any kind of standalone card... as i said (for you oldies out there) its the same style as a joypad port on a megadrive, Amiga, Atari2600 etc... Aluco : Thanks for...

thanks chaps... yeh its probably just a male vga port i guess.... if it isnt a vga port what the hell could it be?... an amiga or megadrive joy-stick/pad port? :)

Ello - Do ALL motherboards have an output for a monitor?.. im guessing yes.... it does have what looks like a typical VGA(15 pin) port BUT its MALE.. isnt it usually a female port on mobo?... or do they vary... I'm at work at the mo' and just thinking about a problem i have with my new build and...

How long has the 172 been out for now compared to the amount of cars running over only 205 brake?.. be hard pushed to count them on 2 hands... unless you're going for a full engine and transmission swap then why even bother for the cost per horsepower gained...

Deary me what a ridiculous thread

ah ok... so even if the CPU was retarded SOMETHING would still display on the monitor after turning PC on.... oh and no, it doesnt beep either... Just same fancy LEDs on the MOBO saying all sorts of random things are working fine thats all..

legend thanks...

Cracking!!!!! thanks chaps... will give that a whirl tomorrow.... a quickie.. ive never installed a cpu before, and was proper paranoid id bust the fragile things with my shrek like fingers.. IF the chip was damaged could that cause no display?..

hehe naa DK.. i was giving a dickish answer to a dickish suggestion:).. course not.. Well, yeh i can set up itunes and import all tunes thats not the problem.. but what about the playlists?.. i have about 20 playlists all sorted manually by me.. i dont want to have to remake all those lists...

Tim : no, no beeps mate :( Everyone else : well im guessing the mobo has somekind of onboard GFX... so you are suggesting connecting a VGA from the i/o on mobo to the monitor, turnon, get a display, go into bios, disable the onboard gfx then try again with DVI cable attached to gfx and monitor...

argh.... after turning on my newly built PC tonight it just isnt displaying anything on the monitor... the monitor stays on Stand by and initially says "no input signal".... when i disconnect the dvi cable from the back of the new pc and put it back into the running old pc the screen come back...

well im half way through but didnt know quite how much it would cost!! glad i got a bit of an xmas bonus this year!!!....

Just built a new PC and about to re-build the software on it back to up the way my old PC was… Just wondering how I go about replicating all my itunes and ipod stuff… Mainly all my playlists within itunes off of my old PC… Can you export the tunes in these playlists into one file kinda like...

eh? + So?... did you mean 114?.. what a strange comment

how much would a year cost at this £400 bracket if you bought 2 lots of 6 months then?... £450? 500?... christ

sorry to barge in, but whats the weight of a 172 cup seat?... they are deceptively heavy if i remember correctly...

seem very keen on find out!... far more than "just thinking back..."

People still have home phones?

youll need a splitter too...

Yeh ill give them a buzz soon.. got a chap on the inside who is going to look into it first though and let me know at lunch.. so who knows.. but "as low as 100kb"??? wtf?, thats just totally unacceptable

Hi All - thanks to people who helped yesterday with my virgin BB problem. Turned out that the modem(MAC addy) wasnt paired with the new house... I connected it and it seems to be running at 2meg instead of 20!... getting circa 240k download speeds.. Im guessing this is just a monkey virgin...

nice build... only change i wouldve made is gone for the e6750 instead... but hey all good... Actually, im in a pickle what to go for.. E6750 OR Q6600... hmm Im thinking the 6750 maybe...

Mmm cheers ras, its looking that way... Well ive my old router with all cables with me at work so will set it up exactly as round my old house, if that doesnt work then its defo the big fat gayers @ virgin! H182 : Ive tried that mate... direct connection from Modem > PC and nothing...

thanks gordon - that helped.. Well to be honest i DONT think its the cables... In my old house (24hrs prior) i had the same set up BUT only using a different router now.... I am using the same original ethernet cable when it worked fine which went from virgin cable modem > router in my old...

Thanks about cable colour H182 Hi Jon - Well i wanted to make sure of this before i bought it.. i asked 2 of the PC world monkies just to make sure... (probably a waste of breath) Here is a link to it ...

wow, mc bunny - quick reply thx.... Yes thats what i was thinking.... the engineers plumbed it all into my new house about THREE WEEKS ago but due to problems I havent actually been able to move until now... The odd thing is, my old house has never been cut off from the net, i have still...