Recent content by Brown11

Anyone any idea why this would happen? I plug the drive in all the time and its never shutdown - whats worse is that now PC doesnt boot - power comes on but no HDD activity and no monitor Any ideas?

cheers lenjack. I thought that was the case...

Hi all I have a Core2Duo which is running about 45-50 degrees idle. A bit hot for my liking. I removed the heatpipe from the CPU and found that the thermal paste has been put on to a plastic coating (which peels off) which covers the base of the heatsink. Should that be the case? or...

Hi all, I am having some problems with my new setup, and its been a while since I updated and am a bit out of the loop with the newer technology...my setup is Core 2 Duo 6400 Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 2GB Corsair DDR2 667mhz (2 x 1gb) Sata2 WD 250GB (partitioned to 50gb,2 x 100gb) All...

Hi all I just got a new PC. Core2Duo, Gigabyte 965P-S3 Mobo and sata2 harddrive I firstly partitioned the HD to a C,E and F drive (D was the DVD rom) I installed XPSP2 to C with no problems. I then plugged in and external IDE HD which had updated mobo drivers which i installed then...

err.....make that 533mhz...

Thanks for the help. I would like some help on the RAM though Is 5233Ghz OK for this chip & mobo? or will it slow it down too much? Cheers

After checking out a comparison at Gigabyte site they seem almost exactly the same..so so far so good, just another couple of quick questions, Would you recommend Maxtor,Samsung or Western digital SATA hard drives? Also is the Corsair 533mhz RAM going to hinder the speed much? Thanks...

Thanks Pabster, Is the DS3 much better than the S3?

Hi all, Just building my first PC in 5 years, definately in need of an upgrade, just a bit stuck on the mobo for a C2D 6400, i've whittled dit down to either ASUS P5W DH Deluxe or Gigabyte 965P S3 any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I'm not into overclocking although might...