Recent content by jr2408

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    HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.7

    Question: I have a non-overclocked E6600 right now, and am planning to get a Q6600 as I multi-task a lot. Does overclocking to 3ghz give a noticable performance increase?
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    Asus P5W: Installed without AHCI drivers...screwed up?

    Ok I solved it! I found a solution here: http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t457699.html And you install the latest Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver from here.... http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts...ct_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2101<=eng
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    New Build - Random power off restarts

    I had another random crash today (after 24 hours stable running), this time just doing web surfing and not installing anythong. When I looked in the error log there was again no error, but a system event notification: Error 1001 The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was...
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    New Build - Random power off restarts

    All, I have just built my new PC a week ago and it has been generally very stable apart from 2 random restarts which happened whilst I was installing various software from CD's after setting up windows (which did not show a BSOD but wrote a error stop 102 in the event log), however I did not...
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    *** Official ASUS P5W DH Thread ***

    I installed my new machine a few days ago, and have set up most of my software. However I relaised I had not installed ahci drivers (my Sata raptor 150gb and sata2 Seagate 7200.10 were in ide enhanced mode). I found a link where there were some instructions for installing the ahci drivers...
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    Asus P5W: Installed without AHCI drivers...screwed up?

    I installed my new machine a few days ago, and have set up most of my software. However I relaised I had not installed ahci drivers (my Sata raptor 150gb and sata2 Seagate 7200.10 were in ide enhanced mode). I found a link where there were some instructions for installing the ahci drivers...
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    C2D Build: About to order my first ever build, advice please

    All, I would really appreciate your input on my final spec for my first build. Intended Usage: - 80% Heavy multitasking - Mail, browsing, downloading movies, playng music with Mediaplayer, decoding movies, online poker - 20% Games - Warcraft, Flight sims, RTS Other Info - I will be...
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    First time build, first time overclocking

    This is going to be a first time build for me. I plan to do heavy multitasking and some games - esp flight sims. I will be overclocking for the first time, hopefully to around 3ghz (e.g. beyond the level of the E6700). I plan to upgrade to a more powerful graphics card when the DX10 cards...