Recent content by leousb

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    Hard Drive viewable in BIOS but not in OS !?

    greetings . . . I recently installed a Third HD to my system (Win XP SP2, Gigabyte mobo, core 2 duo, 2gigs ram), and although It can be seen in the BIOS it does not in the OS. Tried chanching the HD mode in bios, only to not be able to boot at all. I do beleive that it is conected as slave...
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    New Rig assembly - Help troubleshooting pls

    Just got in touch with the supplier and only has in stock: (pls take a look! and Keep in mind these are the ONLY decent PS available where I live) W0093RU OR FOR 50$ MORE W0104RU obviously the latter is better, but would it be overkill for my system?? (Not planning to overclock at all, or...
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    New Rig assembly - Help troubleshooting pls

    Thx Guys, Any comments on the Thermaltake PS??? Considering they are THE only choice besides the no name brands . . .
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    New Rig assembly - Help troubleshooting pls

    My new rig: E6400, eVGA 8800 gts 320Mb, 965P-DS3 Gygabyte MoBo, 2 harddrives, 1 pci wireless card. New PowerSupply TAG (the one with the 550W) tag Asembling my new rig, after all was ready realized that my old Powersuply had a 20 PIN config, and my new one was 24 PIN. Went and bought a...
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    New Rig: Power Supply question. SUPER URGENT!

    Well, turned on the thin, everything seemed normal at first, but got nothing on screen, No post whatsoever . . . removed the mobo battery for a couple of minutes (read somewhere this resets de cmos) and turned it back on, but nothing . . . Read on the forum it might be due to high voltage...
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    New Rig: Power Supply question. SUPER URGENT!

    any more opinions please???
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    New Rig: Power Supply question. SUPER URGENT!

    Not good news so far, But If it actually turns on, will it be harmful for the components??? My previous rig ran just fine with 17A on the 12V rail . . . just trying to make some sense out . . .
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    New Rig: Power Supply question. SUPER URGENT!

    Hello everyone, been reading a lot but have not come to a conclusion: PowerSupply TAGS comparison My new rig: E6400, eVGA 8800 gts 320Mb, 965P-DS3 Gygabyte MoBo, 2 harddrives, 1 pci wireless card. (old rig: MSI K8Neo2 platinum, ATI AIW 9800, 1 harddrive, 1 pci wireless card)...
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    RETAIL E6400 - SHOULD THE BOX INCLUDE THERMAL GREASE??

    Thank you guys! Won´t need to buy thermal grease then!
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    RETAIL E6400 - SHOULD THE BOX INCLUDE THERMAL GREASE??

    Thx Aluvus, although swtethan answer confused me a bit. Anyone else care to confirm Aluvus´ comment pls?? (HAVE TO "DOUBLE OR TRIPLE CHECK" ´cause don´t want to end up with a Fried CPU. And definitely Won´t be Overclocking. Thx! :beer:
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    RETAIL E6400 - SHOULD THE BOX INCLUDE THERMAL GREASE??

    Just got my retail boxed E6400, it included the CPU the HSF but no thermal grease, although on contact surface (view Picture) ( this picture is of an "old" P4 socket 775 CPU not the actual E6400) there are 3 bands (very thin layers) of what it seems to be the "thermal contact" between the CPU...
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    Is my MoBo fried??

    Well, Just today I could try the suggestions, and got my pc to boot successfully , tried the jumper thing, but don't know if that did the trick. Then tried using the two unused memory slot, with one stick and voila! then both, and everything went well. Is it possible than the first couple of...
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    Best value/performance 965 Board (and memory)

    Ordered Yesterday the DS3 (along with a E6400 and a eVga 8800 GTS 320MB :-) ), the balance was clearly leaning towards it.We´ll See how that turns out. Thx everyone
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    Best value/performance 965 Board (and memory)

    5 different opinions, hhhmmmm not getting a clear Idea here, will wait for a few more. Thanks everyone who has share his thoughts.