Recent content by B Lo

I purchased the same model power supply back in December and am just now beginning to hear the near constant drone of buzzing from this power supply. I really feel that this brand makes poorly constructed products and will never buy from them again.

No, I didn't think to try a different PCI slot. That's a good idea. Maybe it's just a fluke with the one its in. Thanks!

As far as cooling, I must be honest. I purchased a 30 cent (yes, it's true) thick plastic cup that I am using to channel fresh air directly over the HSF. The fans I used were left over from old cases/projects. So, yes I did run up a 30 cent tab. ;-) My Kingwin Case was already running 5 80mm...

B+U+M+P = BUMP

B+U+M+P = BUMP

Even with the PCI locked to 33.33, I experience problems when increasing the FSB past a 244. At 245 the wLAN recognizes networks, yet fails to connect to them. What might I do to alleviate this problem? Running P4 520 (2.8) at 3.42Ghz on Abit AA8Duramax w/ 512MB PC2-5400 at 4-4-4-10 timing...

Well my "e-penis" likes the extra exercise. It helps keep it strong! Aside from my "e-penis", I never really saw any reason to overclock until recently. When I realized that I could get my 2.8Ghz P4 up to 3.42Ghz without spending so much as 1 cent, the savings over a 3.4Ghz chip are reason...

I might set up a better poll to see the correlation between overclocking and processor brand. I think you're right malak... I'd bet nearly all of the overclocking is done by AMD users. But it would be nice to have a better poll to see for sure. Anyone else overclock with crystals or is that...

Hey guys. I found the answer (I think) to my question. This is really cool, so read on. The issue was not truly one of thermal throttling, as that only occurs at much higher temperatures to such an extent (correct me anytime guys). I learned that with HT enabled in the BIOS that Windows, for...

Hey folks. I just got around to further overclocking my P4 520 (2.8Ghz native). I got the FSB up to 235, resulting in a 3.3Ghz processor. However, even when I set thermal throttling to "disable" on my Abit AA8 Durmax board with the latest bios revision, I think it still remains active. Around...

If you noticed, I have one extra fan dedicated to cooling the processor. The others simply cool the rest of the case. That's why my system temp idles as low as 24 degrees in Florida (even while overclocking on the stock HSF). I was unaware that going overkill on cooling is a bad thing. I'd...

If I recall correctly VIA processors are pretty efficient in terms of heat production. Most can get away with minimal cooling and still run perfectly. Also, what prevents IBM and others from entering the PC market? They already have the facilities. So why not? It seems like the monopoly is...

My P4 520 didn't come with an HT notation on the sticker.

Why is it that Intel has basically dominated the market with only AMD as serious competition for mainstream processors? Is it all marketing? If so, why doesn't AMD push harder? They certainly make a good product... maybe they're just nerds... really smart (good chips), but suck at social skills...

Maybe better luck today with thoughts?