Recent content by EricJP65

Just to follow up, I finally got my Windows installed and after loading the ITE Smart Guardian that came with the DFI Lanparty UT nf3 250gb board, the bios still reports ~45c but the utility is reporting CPU at 38-40c. Guess the Lanparty boards overestimate the temp sensors.

I have the DFI LanParty UT 250gb nf3 board too, and ran into the same problem with a driver error for the ethernet controller, and it seemed to be a problem with the current driver version from the DFI site. The Ethernet driver that came with the CD works just fine so far, allowing me access to...

I've done the Rubbing alcohol (91%, best I can find anywhere other than scented Acetone). And the rice amount. I know it's several degrees cooler, since when it was in the stock HP case, along with a ATI 9800 pro 256MB, I got heatcrashes before I took the side off (one of the reasons I wanted...

I'm in the process of taking a stock HP (from bestbuy) computer and transfering it to a new Motherboard, Case, and PSU, and in the process of installing it, discovered the CPU, a AMD Athlon 64 3700+ is running hot, when I first put on the old stock Heatsink and started it up, the Bios reported...