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GA-7N400 Pro 2
I am a newbie to this and just installed a GA-7N400 pro 2 motherboard. I
wondered if anyone could confirm/answer a couple of questions for me. (Spec at bottom) 1. What should be the correct jumper settings for the spec below, I do not want to overclock. I currently have the default XXXXXX and CLK_SW on Auto 2. Am I correct in thinking the RAM sticks should be in slots 1 and 3 (same colour) 3. With a room temperature of approximately 25C the CPU runs between about 50C - 54C is this acceptable? 4. I want to use a standard IDE Hard Drive for back up (once every few weeks). I do not want it permanently connected as I am told it will slow the SATA hard drive down. So I intend to connect it with leads etc inside the case, and then disable it from the BIOS, then every now and again enable it to move files etc across..............With this set up, if it is disabled will it slow the PC down. I have GA-7N400 pro 2 motherboard XP 3200 CPU 2 x 512MB PC3200 DDR400 Memory 1 x 160GB SATA HD FX 5200 128MB AGP Graphics card DVD-RW I would be very grateful for any help assistance TIA Julie |
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"Julie" wrote in message ... I am a newbie to this and just installed a GA-7N400 pro 2 motherboard. I wondered if anyone could confirm/answer a couple of questions for me. (Spec at bottom) 1. What should be the correct jumper settings for the spec below, I do not want to overclock. I currently have the default XXXXXX and CLK_SW on Auto **** Those settings are correct. ***** 2. Am I correct in thinking the RAM sticks should be in slots 1 and 3 (same colour) ***** That works, your using just channel A. To take full advantage of the board consider 1 stick in DDR1 and the other in DDR3.**** 3. With a room temperature of approximately 25C the CPU runs between about 50C - 54C is this acceptable? **** Thats about right if you're comfortable with it. *** 4. I want to use a standard IDE Hard Drive for back up (once every few weeks). I do not want it permanently connected as I am told it will slow the SATA hard drive down. So I intend to connect it with leads etc inside the case, and then disable it from the BIOS, then every now and again enable it to move files etc across..............With this set up, if it is disabled will it slow the PC down. **** Gee, your SATA drive is connected to a SATA controler not directly to the IDE ports. Having a full time back drive will not slow anything down. **** I have GA-7N400 pro 2 motherboard XP 3200 CPU 2 x 512MB PC3200 DDR400 Memory 1 x 160GB SATA HD FX 5200 128MB AGP Graphics card DVD-RW *** Looks like a realy nice box, You will be pleased.** I would be very grateful for any help assistance TIA Julie Have fun, Jim |
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"jpsga" wrote in message news:s%B0d.154078$9d6.75358@attbi_s54... "Julie" wrote in message ... I am a newbie to this and just installed a GA-7N400 pro 2 motherboard. I wondered if anyone could confirm/answer a couple of questions for me. (Spec at bottom) 1. What should be the correct jumper settings for the spec below, I do not want to overclock. I currently have the default XXXXXX and CLK_SW on Auto **** Those settings are correct. ***** 2. Am I correct in thinking the RAM sticks should be in slots 1 and 3 (same colour) ***** That works, your using just channel A. To take full advantage of the board consider 1 stick in DDR1 and the other in DDR3.**** 3. With a room temperature of approximately 25C the CPU runs between about 50C - 54C is this acceptable? **** Thats about right if you're comfortable with it. *** 4. I want to use a standard IDE Hard Drive for back up (once every few weeks). I do not want it permanently connected as I am told it will slow the SATA hard drive down. So I intend to connect it with leads etc inside the case, and then disable it from the BIOS, then every now and again enable it to move files etc across..............With this set up, if it is disabled will it slow the PC down. **** Gee, your SATA drive is connected to a SATA controler not directly to the IDE ports. Having a full time back drive will not slow anything down. **** I have GA-7N400 pro 2 motherboard XP 3200 CPU 2 x 512MB PC3200 DDR400 Memory 1 x 160GB SATA HD FX 5200 128MB AGP Graphics card DVD-RW *** Looks like a realy nice box, You will be pleased.** I would be very grateful for any help assistance TIA Julie Have fun, Jim Many many thanks for your time and advice. Just one little query in question 2................I already have the ddr ram in slots 1 and 3 are you saying leave them there or move them? Thanks again Julie |
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"Julie" waxed eloquent in
: "jpsga" wrote in message news:s%B0d.154078$9d6.75358@attbi_s54... "Julie" wrote in message ... I am a newbie to this and just installed a GA-7N400 pro 2 motherboard. I wondered if anyone could confirm/answer a couple of questions for me. (Spec at bottom) [SNIP] 2. Am I correct in thinking the RAM sticks should be in slots 1 and 3 (same colour) ***** That works, your using just channel A. To take full advantage of the board consider 1 stick in DDR1 and the other in DDR3.**** [SNIP] I have GA-7N400 pro 2 motherboard XP 3200 CPU 2 x 512MB PC3200 DDR400 Memory 1 x 160GB SATA HD FX 5200 128MB AGP Graphics card DVD-RW *** Looks like a realy nice box, You will be pleased.** I would be very grateful for any help assistance TIA Julie Have fun, Jim Many many thanks for your time and advice. Just one little query in question 2................I already have the ddr ram in slots 1 and 3 are you saying leave them there or move them? Thanks again Julie Leave 'em there. By having them in the same colored slots, the board will run the RAM in Dual Channel mode. A rough explanation is it would be similar to a RAID-0 setup for your RAM. You can check out a lot of the tech sites, they've done some testing on boards (not this on e in particular) and seen that using dual channel ram vs single channel, does give a performance boost *as far as ram read/writes goes.* You will still get a boost in apps, but don't expect miracles. Nice setup BTW, and did you have any problems fitting on the CPU fan? I've got a Vantec Aeroflow on this board, and had to take a Dremel tool to one corner to fit it around a capacitor.... -- ------------------------------------- Reply to for SPAM only All others use: m0ng0lh0rde @ ukonline . co . uk Remove spaces to send Thank you ------------------------------------- |
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"Jason Ash" wrote in message . 97.142... "Julie" waxed eloquent in : "jpsga" wrote in message news:s%B0d.154078$9d6.75358@attbi_s54... "Julie" wrote in message ... I am a newbie to this and just installed a GA-7N400 pro 2 motherboard. I wondered if anyone could confirm/answer a couple of questions for me. (Spec at bottom) [SNIP] 2. Am I correct in thinking the RAM sticks should be in slots 1 and 3 (same colour) ***** That works, your using just channel A. To take full advantage of the board consider 1 stick in DDR1 and the other in DDR3.**** [SNIP] I have GA-7N400 pro 2 motherboard XP 3200 CPU 2 x 512MB PC3200 DDR400 Memory 1 x 160GB SATA HD FX 5200 128MB AGP Graphics card DVD-RW *** Looks like a realy nice box, You will be pleased.** I would be very grateful for any help assistance TIA Julie Have fun, Jim Many many thanks for your time and advice. Just one little query in question 2................I already have the ddr ram in slots 1 and 3 are you saying leave them there or move them? Thanks again Julie Leave 'em there. By having them in the same colored slots, the board will run the RAM in Dual Channel mode. A rough explanation is it would be similar to a RAID-0 setup for your RAM. You can check out a lot of the tech sites, they've done some testing on boards (not this on e in particular) and seen that using dual channel ram vs single channel, does give a performance boost *as far as ram read/writes goes.* You will still get a boost in apps, but don't expect miracles. Nice setup BTW, and did you have any problems fitting on the CPU fan? I've got a Vantec Aeroflow on this board, and had to take a Dremel tool to one corner to fit it around a capacitor.... -- ------------------------------------- Reply to for SPAM only All others use: m0ng0lh0rde @ ukonline . co . uk Remove spaces to send Thank you ------------------------------------- I originally had the Global Win CAK4-88T but thought it was a bit noisy. I have just changed that to a Coolmaster Jet 7. The Global I could fit in about 4 seconds, the Jet 7 took me about 15 minutes. Although it fitted OK the clips were a ******* to connect, especially the first one (back one). When I get the time I am going to remove it again as I am certain that the Artic silver paste I used was pushed all over the place trying to connect the clips. The Jet 7 fan is a strange thing; it has a fan controller on it, but by turning the speed fan up obviously makes it noisier but does not seem to reduce the temperature |
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