Recent content by loox

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    Core i7 920 @ ?

    920 is $278 today at the micro-center in Fairfax Virginia.... Yes, another Microcenter fanboy here! That the condo I just purchased is in walking distance is not a good thing for my wallet. Not good at all!!! *fighting urge to build new system* just like Markfw900. I seriously have one...
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    Q6600 system won't overclock

    I would check on the ASUS fora, however I have a harmless option for you to try, and because you have nothing to lose.... set your FSB to 334, instead of 333. Our boards are similar in that for the sake of stability, it will take miniscule liberties with our settings. But for all its good...
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    Odd Ati driver issues

    you are not alone. If you search ATI's fora for your problem, you will learn that this error has been occurring beginning as early as Feb. 2008. I, myself have the same problem. For me, whenever my hard-drives spin-up (or even just one of them) from any type of powered down state the error...
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    My adventure to properly cool a Visiontek HD 4850 with an Accelero S1.

    Scoop: I didn't do this either!!! But I can. And will, especially if I should. As it is there was another post on another site that mentioned the ill effect heat can have on the two tiny exposed chips on the reverse side. I chalked that up to over-reaction on the part of the poster, but I...
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    My adventure to properly cool a Visiontek HD 4850 with an Accelero S1.

    OK... I am about to double-post, but I wanted to throw my hat into this ring as it seems to be the best solution for those of us who, well, simply don't want that heat on our card. Now I know that hardwarecanuks first tried this a day or two after the card first came out and then a few other...
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    Hard drive imaging question

    There are some solutions out there that purport to make it easier, but it'll cost you. check out Acronis True Image Echo 9.5 Workstation (40 dollars with coupon) with (and here is the catch) the ADDON Universal Restore, which is an extra 30 bucks, less with coupon. (60-70dollars total). It...
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    ATI 4xxx Series Thread

    So ATI is able to process and pass the uncompressed HD formats and 8ch LPCM over HDMI on the HD3XXX parts? Genuinely curious as last I read the video card solutions just used different forms of s/pdif passthrough (limited to older 6-ch AC3 formats). The NV solutions use a connector from a...
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    ATI 4xxx Series Thread

    Right... they've been doing this since the 24xx and 26xx. I have one and use it to feed my HDTV both 1080p video and Audio over HDMI. Here's the catch: HDMI can carry audio over the cable, its part of the 1.3 spec, probably even earlier ones. So when you buy a cable, buy HDMI 1.3 (the...
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    asus a8r-mvp overclocking problem

    I have the same board, also with a dual core Athlon... I have encountered (but not overcome) just about every problem people are having with this board... this particular problem I was able to overcome by doing No. 4, below. You mah want to first try the usual suspects, however. Each of...