Recent content by Apotherix

itd be nice to get some help

and what does that do exactly?

Okay, I made some partitions to be able to get Kubuntu, a Linux distribution on one and do a dual boot system...long story short, that didn't work as planned and it ended up killing windows as well. After a windows partition format and reinstall, everything is semi back to normal except only 2...

Okay, I made some partitions to be able to get Kubuntu, a Linux distribution on one and do a dual boot system...long story short, that didn't work as planned and it ended up killing windows as well. After a windows partition format and reinstall, everything is semi back to normal except only 2...

So...my mother's computer is an HP 552x, with a "P4S-LA" motherboard. It was running like a molasses waterfall so I formatted it, but now I can't find the motherboard drivers ANYWHERE. Not on the NP website, nor the Asus one. (I think the P4S-LA is an oem version of an Asus P4S333-M. Some...

Yeah, its pretty much toast. What's the best way to get the shim off?

For some reason I have problems with all my media players playing DVDs except one. Here's a link.

Yeah - its new to me. I flashed my card with about six different bioses, to no avail. Looks like permanant damage. I contacted the seller though - he seems to be pretty cooperative. He sending me a replacement card and he also offered me a refund, even though he sold the card 'as is' and it...

The clock speeds were actually set under what they should have been for a 9700 (by 10 mHz). How do I flash the bios back to stock?

Thanks, but that's not the problem.

Would it even be possible to RMA it? I'm not the original buyer. If it is, I'd be happy to do that. At first I thought it might be a 9500 modded to be a 9700 (by soldering some of the transistors on the core), but I took off the heatsink and it looks like its an original 9700. Is there any...

I'm using the Catalyst 5.1 drivers right now. But I've tried about three different driver sets - none of which work. Is it a hardware problem? Oh yeah - I forgot to mention that I bought the card on ebay...and it was used a little. Would flashing the BIOS help anything? And how would I do that?

No ideas eh?

I just got my new 9700, stuck it in, installed the omega 5.1 drivers, and started playing Counter-Strike Source. To say the least, I got some interesting video fragments. Like porcupine hands and dot to dot all over the walls. Are there special drivers I need to install?

Yeah, its in the front corner. I haven't moved it forever. And I've had the speakers for quite a few months - although I did crank them up quite a bit even when I first got them. But why has it just started doing this? It sounds like it might just be blown out. I sure hope not. How could I...