Recent content by dmh1167

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    Monitor does not always turn on ?

    This may help power down pc unplug monitor from wall leave unplugged for a minute or so plug monitor back in fire up pc had the same issue with dvi hp w2207h monitor and this fixed it. Also new drivers from nvidia may be a help if you havent updated in a while.
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    New computer start-shut down looping before post screen.

    Secure your mobo with fiber washers under the screws or you may get all kinds of misc issues that will drive ya nuts sound popping, video card not recognized, looped boot bla bla bla ect ect :). If you dont have the fiber washers any pc repair place will have them dont ignore doing this , if you...
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    What is the coolest running cpu out there?

    Love my Q9550 3.8 GHZ OC on air runs night and day no issues have seen this over clocked to 4 GHZ on air but I dont want to thrash it :)
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    Crossfire HD4870 - one card not appearing on device manager

    My Maximus had a few bugs shut it down, swap bios 1 chip with bios 2 this may get ya going.
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    How to disable Powermizer

    It looks to me like we have a notebook, power saving options are first located in the bios and the os second C1E support enhanced halt state, down clock cpu while on battery ect, check power options in bios first ,then mess with the software in windows.
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    dx10 or dx11?

    Hi all :) Not to make any gamers mad I are one, but DX10 on my vista 64 ultimate gets along with some of my games some of the time why anyone would go out of the way in the form of cash for DX11 is kinda beyond me, maybe DX11 is great because Microsoft says so ? Hummm wait isnt that what they...
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    Vista Hard Freezes

    Oh turn off C1E support in bios if you can this has stopped alot of people from having issues I OC my rig so I turn off all the power saving goodies right off the batt to get stable OC.
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    Vista Hard Freezes

    Humm ok sorry to see all the trouble your having see if this Microsoft patch has what you need here is a link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938194 This fix applies to the mentioned issue hope it helps Ill look all over hell to see if we can find a fix oh if you guys have nvidia cards you...
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    ASUS what lies beneath

    The reason I didnt dump the board quick was simple this board was released with an un refined bios when I bought it. asus builds advertises and brings their products to market before the software is ready, This websites roundup review of this board has this very issue mentioned in the review of...
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    Computer won't come out of sleep mode

    New rule for me I should never post before my second pot of coffee :)
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    Computer won't come out of sleep mode

    Hummmm sounds like Vista and Nvidia at least thats what my rig pulled til I installed vista sp2 beta, even after its not 100% OS bios and chipset software are the bones of this, some PSU'S help or can hurt sleep, and as it's been said graphics card and drivers. Get all your software up to...
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    Vista Hard Freezes

    Oh make sure you have your chipset software installed for the os you are using this can cause your issue. If you are just running off the os install there is alot of stuff that may kinda work until you get the chipset software in it.
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    Vista Hard Freezes

    Do you have all the latest updates from microcrash. Are you running 64 bit vista or 32 ? There is a vista sp2 beta Im running it has resolved alot of my little glitches. Sounds like it tries to go into sleep mode or stand by and wont wake up, the up dates my help also check gigabyte for a...
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    Huge memory usage when burning cds, installing games

    Hope this helps do a google search for vista 64 sp2 beta I'm running it and it seems to have helped alot. Also you should check and see what processes are running I suspect you are running anti virus software usually norton gobbles up everything, if you have norton this may be an issue . I...
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    Machihe won't post after move

    I'm hoping your bios batt is shot I've had pc's that would work forever til I unplgged them then no post due to dead bios batt, the time day would go to defaults. There is another possibilty a distasteful one and that could be a bad capacitor on the MB look for ballooned tops leaking yellow crap...