Recent content by jmsabatini

Does anyone really need PCI slots anymore? Is there anything useful out there that only exists in legacy PCI format? It's becoming extremely annoying that mobo makers are putting out all these new boards, and NONE of them have all PCI-E slots. I have a P6T6 WS Revolution board, which has...

I did not set Accurate vs. Fast because I see no issues on my other two drives. Does Accurate mode typically avoid these kinds of precipitous drops in minimum xfer rate? Thanks.

Sorry, should have included more details. I have Vista x64 Ultimate, P6T6 WS Revolution, Core i7 920 OC'd to 3.2, and 6GB. I also have two other drives in the system, both WD 640GB Blues, and their HDTunes are completely normal. The raptor is my primary/boot drive. I can't see how to...

I'm wondering if I have an issue that warrants returning the "new" Velociraptor drive I just purchased. I put "new" in quotes because I noticed that the date of manufacture is last September -- I guess Amazon doesn't sell a lot of these. Anyway, my HDTune tests always show downward spikes...

I'm using the latest Noctua. After running Prime95 with 8 threads maxing the CPU out for an hour, Cores 1 & 2 max at 60 C, while Cores 3 & 4 max around 58 C.

I just built a new box using a Core i7 920. Using realtemp, I see that Cores 1 & 2 idle around 32 C, while Cores 3 & 4 idle around 28 C. Is this normal? Or did I possibly not apply the thermal paste right? I'm really just curious because I suppose there's no complaining about those idle...

The specs on these look very nice. Unfortunately, they are only available in Japan right now. I just purchased the Samsung 226BW, and I'm really enjoying it, but I can see upgrading to one of these puppies to get the combination of extended color gamut and ultra-fast response time...

I have a DFI LanParty NFII Ultra B, and I'm currently running the onboard 3114 controller in "SATA" mode to support my two Maxtor SATA drives. My question is: Can I safely change the BIOS setting to "SATA RAID", boot into XP, install the Raid version of the 3114 drivers, and continue to work...

I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out why games (e.g. NWN, Far Cry) are choppy when running off either of my Serial ATA drives. They run just fine off the lone IDE drive in my system. I have the latest drivers for every component in my system, I've defragmented the drives, etc. At this...

I had the same problem you did with my 5900SE, but I figured I'd live with it. Then the card stopped working in my home rig completely after about a week and a half, and I was forced to RMA it. Strangest thing: The machine would boot up until the point that Windows XP was to show the login...

I'm having a problem with a new Sapphire Radeon 9000. Here are the details: - new machine, ASUS A7N8X, Athlon 2500, 1GB - Windows XP SP1, latest DX9 installed - standard nForce drivers installed - nothing else installed - When I install the Catalyst drivers, every time I move the mouse, the...