Recent content by DaveRana

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    New build, slow boot-up

    Thanks. "Quick Post" is enabled. I have disabled the one disk controller I'm not using. Not much luck. Maybe I'm not explaining it correctly. When I hit the power button, I don't see anything on the monitor for 30-32 seconds. Then the "POST" screen appears that says "Press DELETE for BIOS, Press...
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    New build, slow boot-up

    Thanks all. I have a 60 SSD on which I have the OS - 64bit Win7 - and a few programs loaded. All my user data is on another 1TB SATA drive. When I get home later today I'll muck around with BIOS settings to reduce the 33 seconds it takes to bring up the POST screen. After the POST screen it...
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    New build, slow boot-up

    Hi Guys, I put together a new rig. Very happy with everything so far but wish my boot-up time could be quicker. From the time I hit the start button on my PC, I get the POST screen in 33 seconds and the Windows 7 login screen at 51 seconds. For a new rig with Intel i7-870 CPU and 8GB RAM, that's...
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    Driver causing PC to hang at start-up

    thank you thank you thank you :) I thought the manufacturer would have the latest drivers....didn't even cross my mind to check on nvidia.com it looks good now...no system freeze....whew
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    Please review my build (upgrade)

    Guys, I posted this on the Video Card sub-forum but thought of posting this here too as it is relevant to this thread... http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=30718000#post30718000
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    Driver causing PC to hang at start-up

    Guys, I just put together a new rig. The video card is MSI N450GTS-M2D1G5/OC. I downloaded the driver for Win7 64-bit from msi.com. It makes my PC freeze at the boot-up screen for anywhere from 10 seconds to 30 seconds before showing me the Windows login screen. When I uninstall the driver, the...
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    New Build Trouble

    lol i forgot this one yesterday and felt like a total dumbass. btw, my video card has a power cable with TWO molex connectors. I'm not supposed to plug both molex connectors into the PSU, do I? It runs fine when I plug one in and runs fine when both are plugged in too. WHy are there two molex...
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    New Build Trouble

    My build didn't give me any beeps either but everything is up and humming. Did you triple check how your memory is seated?
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    software that comes with components

    Guys I'm just wondering. I can see a lot of sense in installing the driver that comes with my graphics card. Do I really need to install the software that comes with it? Isn't Windows enough to tweak monitor settings? Likewise, I got a DVD with the DVD-RW drive. What do I need it for? What...
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    Please review my build (upgrade)

    thanks :) :)
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    Please review my build (upgrade)

    k so my machine has four drives. all SATA. One's an SSD and this is the boot drive. BIOS recognizes all four drives but Windows recognizes only three, the SSD and two other regular drives. It doesn't see the 1TB SATA drive I just bought. Opinions/thoughts/help? :)
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    New Build Trouble

    darn..scaring me here...mine looked like this: http://www.build-your-own-computer.net/image-files/cpu-heatsink.jpg didn't notice any plastic film..! Will run CoreTemp when I get home.....also doesn't help that all my newegg parts arrived, then i decided to order some case fans from...
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    New Build Trouble

    triple-check your memory. One side of one of my DDR3 sticks was barely 1-2 mm lifted up from the socket and I got that light too. Very carefully and firmly press the mem sticks into their sockets. ya me too. I have 4 HDs in the system. In BIOS all four show up but in Windows only three show...
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    Please review my build (upgrade)

    one of the memory sticks was 1-2mm off...that's it...and the mobo didn't like it. What was also nice is that the mobo displays a solid red light next to the mem slots, if the mem is incompatible or incorrectly inserted. so far so good. all drives recognized. Win 7 64-bit install is in...
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    Please review my build (upgrade)

    nvm i'm up and running. the memory was seated incorrectly... thanks all.