oh, few days..maybe a week ago some of you might remember me posting about installing x86 64 or i386 on a new barebones 64 I just got. Anyway, I put it together...install the 64 bit..and yes, it did kinda act strange..first...strange color broadcasts during boot up like when it went thru "X". ...stayed up for bout 20 mins ... 1/2 hr and locked up...I do run off of a kvm switch and the signals I got I did think it was the memory so I took it out and rma back to tigerdirect right away and put a 512mb c3 in place of the 1024mb non buffered mem I THOUGHT was bad. :sigh: meanwhile for days It just seemed like this system was fighting me...I would try running the scripts I was testing on...it would lock up shut down or whatever.. well, this system consists of: Mach Speed K8M8MS board 64 AMD 3700+ Clawhammer processor (It came with) 1gb pc3200 400mhz ddr mem well I finally called Mach Speed...she connected me to level 2 support...nice guy "Tim" ...w/the random beeps that it was also putting out etc...he thought it most probably the processor... he did question mny power supply (500 watt brand new) as well. I called TigerDirect and got an RMA on the Processor as per Mach Speed's recomendations That's where it's at now. (sorry for being windy it will get better) lately...memory has been bugging me!!! kinda dwell on it...even thinking ecc registered even w/the new chipkill tech would be best... today I call Mach Speed Tech back and ask him bout which memory he suggests for that board...I told him I wanted ecc...He tells me nope! wow..He stated, only if the board is a rated "server" motherboard should I use ecc...I told him I say...I am using this board as a server ...didn't care...I guess this is a low end board or whatever...only thing I know is that Mach Speed is the only MB around that gives a lifetime warranty but so what... so that was my point and I thought maybe some of y'all might find that interesting as I did... Don't use ecc memory...Wow!!! blew me away! I wanted y'all to hear this meanwhile I have lots of replies on a find command deal I am wrapped up in and noway I have time tonite lol thx y'all John Rose -- When a man's around a woman wearing leather clothing, His heart starts beating faster...get's weak knees...throat gets dry...thinks irrationally because she smells like a new truck!