Belarc Diagnostic tool - highly recommended

[sirch]

Thanx Beet1e, I just finished going back in BIOS set-up and clicked on optimize defaults. This put me back to 100 clock speed and 1111150 total mz. Then I connected the cougar and this time my puter recognized it. It asked my my windows disc to get the drivers ini. file and it loaded up and now the cougar is working. I just ried it in AH with just the basics loaded, it worked perfectly after i calibrated it in the game. This baby really stays put no creeping or wandering or anything. I am sure my puter needs all those updates, and I'm surely not running with all the juice its capable of. But for now its working. I will continue to read your posts and try to follow along thanx again:)

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Sac1 a serious answer to your question: I'd like Willem Dafoe to play my part, thanks!

Sirch you should always make sure first your mobo bios supports the cpu you're installing! If it gets detected wrong your mobo may feed it with a false voltage setting and that could fry it!

New cpu's are made with smaller die process and therefore use lower voltages..

[weazel]

But if you need info I suggest typing Hwinfo.exe /ui (Win98) in the run menu.  

More info than the average user will ever need.

[beet1e]

MrRipley - noted, but I think sirch does need to update the BIOS for that processor. Could you please look at that Abit website and confirm? Seems like his mobo was designed with the Athlon series in mind.

I updated my BIOS a month or two ago. It went fine. Later, I tried to apply another update about which I wan't sure, but AFLASH detected a compatibility problem and issued a warning. So I left the previous version in place - the one to which I upgraded the previous time.

[Sac1]

Mr. R

I was just thinking of William Defoe the other day when I saw he was replaced as Clark in The Sum of All Fears.

 It's a shame they didn't  stick with the book as to who the bad guys are.  All thiis political correctness crap reminds me of the story about the empore that had no clothes on.

Anyway B, some how I think the finger in the air was given to you, but it wasn't testing the wind.

Ok guys I'm a little confused, who wanted to be Elmer Fudd, and who wanted to be Daffy?

Seriously B, your 1.2 is about a gig behind the times.  Save your beer money and let Mr R  get you a new MB and CPU  whole sale.  You can get together at the con and build the puter together.

[beet1e]

Sac1,

Seriously B, your 1.2 is about a gig behind the times.

 I use my PC for all the usual web surfing, email, and Aces High. The Athlon performs just fine - so why would I need to change it? Hmm, sounds like tail wagging dog to me. I know there are faster processors out now, but that in no way invalidates what I've got. If you can give me a reason to upgrade, I will definitely look into it. But upgrading just because what I have is not the latest is not a sufficient reason. It would be a whole different kettle of fish if I were to be buying now out of necessity. Then, I might go for an Athlon XP 2.4 - or whatever it is.