Recent content by dokey

yeah, I have a chaintech vnf3-250 with phoenix award bios v6.00. my old chaintech vnf3-250 didn't have this problem, but it could have been a different bios version

Ok, I redid it this time. I spent 45 minutes cleaning the cpu and heatsink with alcohol. Instead of applying the paste all over the athlon 64, I did it like arctic silver 5 recommended: put the thermal paste in the middle about 3/4 the size of a bb. From a cold start, my system temperature...

Is it possible to have a cpu temp of 60c and a sys temp of 31c? I just replaced my motherboard with the same make and model. I cleaned up the cpu and heatsink tha was on the old motherboard with a credit card and alocohl and then applied the new arctic silver 5 paste with a credit card so that...

Sorry for posting so much, but I just smelled something near the back usb ports on my motherboard that smelled like burnt plastic. So I'm pretty sure it's the motherboard and the psu. Thanks, I'll just replace the motherboard. So, any tips on how to clean off the thermal paste on my cpu, so I...

It was a top of the line psu: old one: http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=17-103-488&depa=0 new one: http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=17-151-008&depa=0 I think it is the motherboard, although I don't see anything wrong with it.

I normally wouldn't bump this, but I need my computer back up and running for school. So, bump.

So, what do I need to replace? Everything, or just the motherboard (since I already have a brand new psu)

Oh yeah, it is a home built computer. It was running perfectly for 1 month. Then just shut off completely. I tried to reboot it, and the power came on, but nothing happened. I tried powering it off and powering it on again, but nothing happened this time. I'm not saying that the usb caused...

I hooked up a 1.x usb cable from my printer to a 1.x usb hub to a 2.0 hub on my monitor to my computer's 2.0 usb port. I printed something and it worked. 10 minutes later my computer shut off completely. I took out my psu and it smelled like it was burned. So I bought a new psu and just...

Do I have to enable something?

Hey, I just assembled my first computer today. I have (had) 2 sata hdd. My motherboard is a chaintech vnf3-250, with 2 sata controllers. I have a enermax EG465P-VE 24P RT, with sata adapters. The problem is the following: when I first booted my computer it did not boot, so I unplugged the...