Realtek 8111e vs. Precise

[MR ZenWiz]

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:32 AM, compdoc <compdoc at hotrodpc.com> wrote:
:
>
> I'm testing a brand new system this morning with an Asrock board, and it did
> not like the Kingston ram I put in. I would enter the bios and set the speed
> to the proper setting, but the system refused to boot afterwards. I kept
> having to reset the cmos to get it to boot again. I decided to use a lower
> speed ram and just go with that.
>
I tried that, too, and a new video card - nothing.  It doesn't go into
the boot PROM at all, so I can't even see what the CPU temp is.

I did notice that the memory I have is not on the list in the m/b
manual, so I suppose that could be it, but at this point I've torn out
enough hair and strained my back beyond the acceptable range for a
simple upgrade.

I give up - my current setup works great and it's fast enough, and I
really don't need an upgrade right now.  I'll save around $300 that I
don't have to spend.

A better deal is waiting for me, somewhere....

:-}

Thanks, everyone.

I'll still post the lshw output once that disk is back in the machine
- hopefully by tomorrow afternoon.