Recent content by dwendel

You can try bridging under network properties and see what happens...

One of your bios settings for boot order. Would help a lot to know what mainboard.

Hi, APC also has a excellent website with common problems answered. Your problem falls into one of the 2 areas already mentioned: Overloaded battery or dead battery. The APC site details procedure for checking for a dead battery and if that is verified better prices can usually be found at...

Hi, If you have framerate turned on what does it show and do you have vsync turned off under video properties? IU run a old Ti 4200 and get framerates of over 100.

Hi, Open a DOS command prompt and type sfc /scannow. Have your XP disk ready. This checks all your system files against the originals. Don

I think a lot of the low burst read scores is directly related to low bus speed or poor memory performance. Heres my result. Burst 206 Average 103 Randon access 8.7 CPU 4% 2 36g Raptors Raid on a IS7 Board running at 3.1GHz bus speed of around 240 I think.

Was any software changed, such as Messenger disabled with TweakUI or anything of that nature?

Hi, One more important edit! make note that MANY cpu's may have slightly bent pins straight out of the box. If the cpu LITERALLY does not drop in the socket then check REAL close for a bent pin. Staighten the pin even more carefully checking from sevral different angles. Don

Don't forget that some background programs/virus/trojans mess with the real time clock causing the lost time issue! Virus scan off a known clean boot floppy may be needed.

Doesn't anyone recognize this problem as being the same as the ABIT IS/IC memory problem? I bet, as many have already said, that lowering the memory timings will solve the problem. The Abits give identical errors and missing operating system if the memory is on fast timing, usually over 225...

Hi, Another brand NIC will probably fix your problem. I have 2 linksys NIC's and neither can handle a increased bus speed. Don