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That must be a nVidia 5200 or a ATi 9200 .

Are those special 98 apps? 16 bit? Overclocking would be the same if you are talking about a "reliable" system .

The Sempron64 is the same as the Athlon64 with 128 or 256KB v.s 512KB cache and single channel RAM (dual channel RAM doesn’t give a boost any way). Low budget is simply Sempron 64 with ALL the features you need, who needs QnQ any way . Any way, you already bought your mobo so you have to live with that. By the time you want to switch to an X2 you will be surprised that there a re NON any more (or it must be in the next 3 months or so ) so if you upgrade later then go directly for an X2. To jump from a Celeron (D) to an AMD Sempron/Atlon is a BIG change any way...

I think it´s a little bit too early to look at things now, start to do it in a month or 2 or 3. All will be more clear by then .

Question: Why don´t you like XP? To big? Use nLite . I think you will be stuck here now...

Yeah, your right and for 175 to 220 bucks you could get the flagship of ASUS too, the M2N32-SLI Deluxe/Wireless Edition. I could tweak a ASUS mobo as high as a DFI, both stable has hell...

You are right on the USB ports, and onboard VGA and integrated graphics is the same indeed. 939 motherboards are not interesting any more, 754 motherboards when you think about a budget system with Sempron64. I would sell the RAM and move to AM2 with DDR2, you could by Sempron64 and Athlon64 for AM2, but I would go for Sempron64 and upgrade later to an X2. With that your budget expenses stays low and there could be space for more RAM or a video card.

Jetway / PC-Chips and a bit less bad ECS s*ck any way, and that chipset has some problems with DDR2...

, I told you that directly, your welcome...

Or ASRock, like ASUS but less options on board (but who cares )

Logitech for example has them like almost 10 years or so now, green for the mouse, purple for the keyboard, like the color code of the motherboards, I think the colors are from 1997 or so...

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@ m1ck, Any luck? If you need some help just ask me, PM me or what ever. I have one more link: http://www.ocinside.de/html/workshop/s754p...754_pinmod.html Most people without the voltage MOD are getting the CPU up to 300MHz FSB, also clockGEN now has a new version and works with your mobo, try it out . EDIT: If the link doesn´t work go here and look for the 754 pin MOD.

For 80% sure it’s your motherboard, but you already gave that answer your self. There are nice setups that you could think of with onboard VGA, PCI-E and DDR1 RAM. I would go for a motherboard with a nVidia nForce6100/6150 and a Sempron64 for budget. If you could sell you RAM I would by an AM2 motherboard and some DDR2 667/800 with a Sempron64 so you could upgrade later to a X2 CPU. If money isn’t an issue and you like to get the newest stuff that runs great for 32bit apps then go with JuMz, but the market is still new for the Core 2 Duo, Intel is having his new chipset with onboard VGA released soon (if they already did and they say it´s with DX10 support). I hope this helps. EDIT: I´m sure you are looking for budget, else you already would have had a VGA card .

It´s the chip inside the keyboard that doesn´t work with USB, some mice also have the same thing. For 90% a PS/2 to USB adapter doesn´t work if it doesn´t come with the input-devices.

LOL , So, take that RAM back and get your self some new ones, or if you bought it there let them test it . EDIT: The whole system I´m talking about...

Okay, relax... that PS/2 adapter didn´t come with the keyboard, so forget it, it will not work. You are trying the imposible . had to edit my post, my English is getting bad

Test your RAM with a program called MEMtest. tell us if it gave any errors. other then that, your mobo could be defect. On the Japanese site it says that the mobo has a 533 bus support: CPU ・LGA775 1066/800/533MHzデータバス Intel Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron Dプロセッサ 　800/600/500/300番台対応 Just joking with that Japanese stuff .

@ crahak, Sempron64 has SSE3 too . @ 1337rice, The max. you can get now is a 3700+S754 @ ripken204, Yeah, I saw that you didn´t see it .

What the..., a Sempron64 on S939? Are you sure it´s a Sempron64? Or it´s a S754?

Look at the pixel pipelines, 24 vs 12. Go for the 7900GT . Also check out this link, the 7900GT uses less power so you don´t have to switch to a big a** powersupply

Well, I hope you know what speed that DDR2 DIMM of yours is? Just flash the BIOS, don´t be scared. You also have waranty on it don´t you?

That board normally comes with BIOS that will support the Pentium D, even the first release. I only thing I could think of, is an incompatible problem with the RAM. To solve this you could flash the BIOS but: My question to Rowan is: What type of RAM is it besides TwinMOS 512MB DDR2?

I go with Ender341 .

PM me! I will get it to 2200 or even to 2500, see down here .