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    SATA Drives Showing Up as IDE Drives?

    Do you not understand English? Unfortunately it is the only language I speak, and I cannot put it more clearly! As far as I know, NCQ is not a motherboard feature, but rather a SATA feature. Of course, I may be wrong on this. No board I have ever seen has mentioned "Supports NCQ" as a...
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    SATA Drives Showing Up as IDE Drives?

    My experience with motherboards and SATA hard drives all stems from using the nForce 3 and 4 chipset boards. I have never used a SATA drive on a motherboard using a different chipset to this, so don't know what to expect really. On those boards, NCQ is enabled as default. Also, none of...
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    SATA Drives Showing Up as IDE Drives?

    I thought hot-swapping was a SATA spec, not a motherboard spec? NCQ is enabled by default, I want to disable it but cannot get to it as I do using nVidia platform motherboards (as opposed to this one which uses an ATI chipset). I also want to check (via the speed tests, which I am also able...
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    SATA Drives Showing Up as IDE Drives?

    Hi all Just bought myself an MSI RS482M4-ILD micro ATX board, for a small media box I am making. Anyway, I have a Western Digital 250Gb SATA drive, and an e-SATA external drive. However, the WD internal drive does not show up like it does with nVidia chipset boards (with the hot-pluggable...
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    motherboard fried or vid card?

    Check my thread here, sounds like we have had a very similar problem. I haven't got a solution so far, in terms of my graphics card is definitely fried, but what caused it (mobo, PSU) I am not sure! http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1883228&enterthread=y
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    Unusually Damaged Graphics Card - Opinions?

    Sorry, can't read what's left on the IC, so not sure what it does? So, you reckon I have a good case in claiming my warranty, even though my dealer says I have chance?
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    Unusually Damaged Graphics Card - Opinions?

    Hi These pictures show my MSI 6600GT, and the small IC on the back which has "blown". It is about 1 year and 4 months old. http://www.imagesharing.net/images/ZimboNick/card1.jpg http://www.imagesharing.net/images/ZimboNick/card2.jpg http://www.imagesharing.net/images/ZimboNick/card3.jpg...
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    VGA (d-sub) to TV Converter

    Hi I have a laptop which is a few years old which does not have a TV-Out port. I was wondering if there is a quick and easy converter that can be plugged into the d-sub port for the vga monitor, and can convert to a TV connection of some kind? Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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    Nero Reboots PC on Launch

    Hi Just built a new machine, and now everytime I try to run anything to with the Nero Suite. my computer immediately reboots. My specs are: Amd 3200+ Winchester 1 gig Kingston valueram Chaintech nforce 4 ultra mbo seagate 160GB SATA LiteOn DVD-Writer SB Audigy 2 ZS MSI 6600GT...
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    Can You Get A 20 to 24 Pin Power Adapter?

    Well, looking at getting the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum, which needs a 24 pin PSU connector, but I still have the old spec. PSU. Can you get adapters to go from 20 to 24 pin, and do they work properly ie. I don't want to get the board and find it doesn't work, or gets fried!
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    Anybody Have the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum?

    Does anybody know if the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum motherboard requires the new 24 pin connector of the new spec PSUs, or if it can run with the older 20 pin version? I know it's power socket takes 24 pins, but some motherboards are backward compatible and can take the 20 pin inserted in a certain...
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    Do I Need The New Spec ATX12V PSU?

    I am buying a new computer based on AMD 3200+, and have narrowed motherboard choice down to two, the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum and the Gigabyte K8NXP-9, both use the nforce 4 ultra chipset. However, knowing very little about it, I don't know whether they require the old PSU spec with 20 pins or the...
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    Help/Advice Needed on Building New PC

    anybody got any ideas on the minimum wattage PSU I need?
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    Help/Advice Needed on Building New PC

    nobody else got any suggestions?