Recent content by MAEST

You were right. AS5 may be good enough for government work (or a non overclocked children's PC). But partially installed heat sink coolers are no good for any work. Installed correctly and working ok. Full disclosure the compound I have is AS3... ;) Since its the same stuff I have in my main...

The weird thing was the factory paste didn't melt and spread out. I figured it was just old and dryed out so I removed it with alcohol and added new stuff. But maybe it just isn't getting mounted correctly enough to melt it and engage the heat sink.

Out of town for a week but will do when I get home. Will try another mount and post pics. If that doesnt work I'll give the 312 Evo a try. Thanks for the advice.

That's surprising. Have you put your hand on the HSF to see if any part of it is warming up before the system shuts down? It doesn't feel hot at all. Room temp.

Yes, stock heatsink with fan is installed. Not sure which model but it does have the copper slug. I've set it a couple times now. All 4 pins are locked tight with clear outer legs through mobo. The black center section is protruding on the backside on half. Probably could be tighter but I had to...

I am building a PC for the kids from some of my old parts and some new. I have a Asus P5Q pro mobo, Intel Q9550 CPU, a single stick of RAM, and a Radeon 4970 GPU, and a 550W Seasonic PSU breadboarded outside the new case on my counter. I threw away the old aftermarket cooler that I had...

Was wondering why the 900 was going on sale so often. I think I prefer the looks of the original 900.

Zapper: looks like I'm looking at basically an identical system as you. Do you know if all of the Q9550s at newegg and other retailers are E0 yet? or if there is a way I can ensure that my order is?

It was the 2232BW+ from newegg around back friday

Same boat here. Can't decide between an Asus and a Gigabyte. The models I'm deciding between are a little different. ASUS P5Q Pro GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P Does anyone have experience with both these models and have a preference? Any significant differences between the two? I've owned...

For those of those interested, I have found the problem. There seems to be a conflict with the camera and the Lexmark X74-X75 All-In-One Center that runs in my system tray in order to make use of the scanning buttons on my printer/scanner. At this moment, the printer is no connected to the PC...

I have an asus a7n8x deluxe motherboard which I dont think is considered antiquated yet. I have tried a number of usb ports (4 in the back, 2 in the front) but I haven't gone through and tried every single one of them ... I may give that a try. And thanks for the help Mem, but I haven't been...

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I have tried two digtal cameras (a canon powershot A70 and a canon powershot Pro1), and different flash cards and USB cables and have not been able to upload images to my PC. Therefore I think it is a PC problem. I have a amd 2800+ barton, asus a7n8x deluxe, 512mb of ram, and windows XP Pro...

okay, that's pretty much what I figured the problem was ... I guess it's RMA time. :?