Asez23

oh oof. ill close this topic then. thanks!

its MUCH more fun to run on a vintage OS, especially Windows XP. but i have a key for vista

i want to install windows vista on an old blank HDD to use it as a retro emulator system. I have a product key for Vista Home Premium, but have no burnable CD to do so. i do have a usb flash drive, however, with a capacity of 64gb. is there any way to intall vista home premium oem through USB?

there should be a cable with four(4) tiny holes in it. these will go into the headers with four(4) pins sticking out of them labeled "JRGB:. there will also be 3 or 4 pin fan plugs. these will go into the headers labeled "sysfan" or "cpufan" or anything with "fan" in the label. each fan should have one(1) RGB cable and one(1) fan cable. The actual pump, which is the part that goe on the CPU, should also have one(1) of each.

yes, you can do this. after plugging them in, simply download the software needed to control them and you will be able to do so.

thanks for your help. ig ill just have to live with it...

its not. i get display output the whole time. the gpu lights coming on happens while the bios screen is flashing and the cpu fan stops at around the time windows loads in. takes a total of 5-8 seconds.

no its actually pretty fast. just the noise and flashing lights is annoying and distracting edit: i use a kingston hyperx 3k 240gb ssd that gets about 500mbps read/write

ill deal with pain as long as i dont have to hear the cacophony my computer makes every time i hit the power button

...So i made a mistake and purchased a b550 motherboard (GIGABYTE B550M AORUS Pro-P) to use with my ryzen 7 2700. not wanting to drive 1hr to return it, i saw a youtube video where you flash the mobo with a modified BIOS file to make it work. I did this by downloading the F11 BIOS from https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B550M-AORUS-PRO-P-rev-10/support#support-dl-bios and changing the file called "B550MAPP.F11" to "GIGABYTE.bin". It worked alright, but the boot is really weird. First, i power it on. No GPU lights and all fans at max RPM. A few seconds later, the GPU lights turn on. Follow

i was hoping for a lawn mower - my old one died

kinguin

in what way? CPU? GPU? these will be futureproof for the next 5 years, so its not just about being powerful for now.

on the 4 pin header labeled "JRGB"

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel Core i7-10700KF 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor $359.99 @ B&H CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler $30.99 @ Newegg Motherboard ASRock H410M-HDV/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $68.98 @ Newegg Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory