Wow, a whole lot of extra responses arrived a few days after I stopped looking at the thread! Thanks for the replies! The motherboard is as shown here: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3009#sp I can't see any version number for the PCIe slot, so maybe that means it's version 1....

I recently tried adding ATI 5770 graphics card to my PC (using PCIe x16 slot, with a 6 pin PCIe power cable adapted from a 4-pin molex), and it wouldn't boot up with the card in there. The power supply in the PC is a very basic 350 Watt one, so could well be responsible. I'm wondering whether it's s...

The exchange rate is still highly volatile, and the recent drop was probably caused by the disappearance (since explained) of the mybitcoin.com website along with a substantial number of coins stored within it. It's hardly surprising, since the website wasn't exactly professionally run. After severa...

"mining" is essentially the metaphorical name given to the back-end transaction processing for the Bitcoin network, mainly because the process involves random payouts at infrequent intervals, kind of like looking for gold nuggets. I got so frustrated with seeing articles that didn't get to the essen...

About 2 yrs ago I arranged for my new PC to be supplied with a Corsair 400CX PSU (http://www.silentpcreview.com/Corsair_CX400W) thanks to the reviews available here (which was by far the best resource on PSU's I could find). I've happened to get into the fad(?) of bitcoin mining, which involves runn...