Recent content by Ashenkhar

Hi, I recently built a new system with an Asus P5Q-E, and all temperatures seem to be stable, except for the motherboard temperature. When running PC Probe 2, I get an alarm whenever I'm running a game. At that point the motherboard temperature hits around 48C. The standard idle temp is...

I plugged the drive into a different port, and the problem stopped occuring. I'm guessing this is a motherboard issue at this point. The new port I used was one of the ports on the case, as opposed to one on the back of the mobo.

Hi, I've recently put together a new computer, and everything seems to be working find, except for this drive issue. The external drive is a maxtor 320GB usb drive. I'm running: Vista 64 Asus P5Q-E Core 2 Duo E8500 G.Skill RAM 2x2GB 1066 DDR2 PC Power & Cooling 750 Watt PSU Radeon...

Thanks for the reply. The temperature seems okay in Asus Probe, so I'm going to trust that it's doing it's job. -Shane

Hello, I have a question regarding the installation of the CNPS9700 LED CPU Cooler. I was assembling a new computer last night, and I applied a thin layer of thermal grease to both the CPU and heatsink base as specified in the instructions. However, after I put the cooler on the processor...