Recent content by jzdenton

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    unexpected shutdown on A8N-E

    hehe, well the reverse laging could be a game issue. I don't know, but the unexpected shutdowns are of concern. I thought the problem had been fixed with the new ram but just a couple of minutes ago while I was surfing the web and the machine was practiacally idling the machine shut itself off...
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    unexpected shutdown on A8N-E

    OMG - Reverse lagging is back and it's much worse then before. Have you ever seen an old junker drive faster then a ferrari? It's crazy. I immidiately quit the game. But of course this could have been an issue with the game. Only thing is I've been playing it for a couple of days on this machine...
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    unexpected shutdown on A8N-E

    Well, my idle and load temps go from about 33-49C on both cpu and gpu. I think the auto shut down thing is enabled by default but my gpu should max out around 115C according to the manual and the cpu should be able to handle 80C and I am nowhere near that so I don't really think that's the...
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    unexpected shutdown on A8N-E

    1) Voltage? No idea. What is the default? I have done no OC'ing at all so whatever default is should be my voltage on the ram. It is rated for 400 mhz but according to nVidia monitor it was running at 404 at it's own accord. Don't kow why. I never changed anything. 2)PSU, true it's not the...
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    unexpected shutdown on A8N-E

    Where to start? Well, I recently bought a new system and I went through hell to get it up and running. I won't bother you with that story but if you wanna see the spesifics you can take a look here Anyway, I was just playing GTA: San Andreas when I noticed reverse laggin for lack of a better...
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    Win XP setup can't find cd that is there

    Actually that RAM was defect so I had to return it and I'm curently running with 2 older 256 mb TwinMos dimms that I honestly don't know the exact model number of. It's installed properly, I chacked and re-checkd that several times and it's in the 2 blue slots so that they run in dual mode or...
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    Win XP setup can't find cd that is there

    I just bought a new system that is finally up and running. If you wanna see how you can read about it here Anyway, I started installing windows xp pro and everything went fine untill I came to the part where it says it's copying files (this is after I'm done with the dos part where it had no...
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    XFX 7800 GT - no video

    Yeah, you were right. I had to clean the modules with alcohol though but in the end it was memeory. thx for the tip, I thought that the computer would halt at POST even if the ram was somehow bad. Guess I was wrong. The machine is up and running now but I got another problem. Perhaps not for...
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    Mobility X700 drivers

    not true, use mobility modder: http://www.driverheaven.net/patje/ basically it will let you use the official ati drivers and it works great, I know, I've tried it.
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    XFX 7800 GT - no video

    Ok, I took my gpu to a hardware store and they put it on the test bench and got a picture right away. They even used the same MB to test it on. So that rules that out as the culprit. I tried to reset the CMOS but there's really no good way to do it and I only had the battery out for a short...
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    XFX 7800 GT - no video

    Alright, I got desperate so here's what I did. I got a tip that maybe the cpu wasn't seated right so I removed and re-inserted it. Then I remembered that this old machine would give me a picture and halt at post even if the HD's was disconnected so I tried that. It didn't help eather though I...
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    XFX 7800 GT - no video

    Ok, I just changed the ram around and it didn't improve upon anything, BUT I noticed something new and it might be significant, I don't know, but I was hoping one of you guys might. The thing is that when I turn on the power and everything seems to start I notice that the HD access ligh on the...
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    XFX 7800 GT - no video

    You know, I was asking myself that and honestly I really don't know. How can I check if it does support it or if I need the update. And let's say that I need the update, how can I apply it when I have no video? I wan't to try swapping out different parts to check what the error might be but I...
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    XFX 7800 GT - no video

    thx, I may need it. Well, after connecting the LCD to first one and then the other of the DVI outputs on the back of the XFX card and nothing happened. The LCD just said "No Signal". So I guess I'm back to square one. Since I have no video at all it's nearly impossible to pinpoint the problem...
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    XFX 7800 GT - no video

    I just bought a new system consisting of: CM Stacker case ASUS A8N-E mobo XFX 7800 GT gpu AMD X2 3800+ cpu Corsair TWIN2X-1024 ram Hiper type-r 580w psu Audigy 2 sound older but still going strong 80 Gb maxtor pATA drive. I installed everything and connected the system to a crt...