Recent content by kurgan666

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    What BIOS for your Asus A8V?

    You the man! Go look at the chart I linked to about the bios and it shows what chips are supported by what BIOS revision. You're probably okay by that chart. Stick with what works!
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    What BIOS for your Asus A8V?

    BTW, I'm running 1009 myself and will go down to 1007 when I get home from work (I travel). I have a newcastle.
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    What BIOS for your Asus A8V?

    Unless I missed it, what CPU are you running? Newcastle or Winchester? The higher BIOS are only to support Winchester and have a ton of problems as you can read on the overclockers forum Overclockers forum. Go with 1007 unless you are on a 90nm die (Winchester). There are problems with...
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    HELP!!! PSU, ASUS A8V, AMD64 3200 PROBS!!!

    (4) the lever on the heatsink was loose and 180 degrees round from where the diagram said it should be. however, when I try to turn it it feels like somehing is going to snap and so i was too scared to move it - so i left that. This has to be secure, otherwise you really don't have a...
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    Heatsink on eVGA 6800 Ultra

    My temps with the copper heatsink are 49C at idle and 64-67C (used to be 71) at load (like HL2 or that 3d stress program, don't remember name --> rthidbl or something). I think the big thing here is the amount of the AS5 (or whatever you use) you put on. Do not put on too much. Also, check...
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    Asus A8V deluxe RAM settings

    Go here man: ASUS A8V overclocking
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    Heatsink on eVGA 6800 Ultra

    I used a razor blade to scrape a thin layer on the GPU itself. Then I put a little dab on the heatsink and put my finger in a plastic bag and spread it around. I think this was the wrong way to do it, though, because the AS5 instructions are different than the AS3. What I did was for the AS3...
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    Heatsink on eVGA 6800 Ultra

    I installed the copper heatsink on the 6800 Ultra using arctive silver 5, and I think I messed up with the depth of the screws on the heatsink. Have any of you guys installed this heatsink and if you have, can you tell me how much of the screw is sticking out of the board? My temps aren't too...