Recent content by mathwizard314

haha yeah, i definitely checked all of those. the volume control doesn't seem to affect the hissing volume either :(

Hello, I've had my Asus 1000HE for about three months now. The other day, the right side speaker all of a sudden started making what sounds like white noise or a hissing sound. After a while the noise stops, but if I do any activity on the computer that would normally cause a sound (like opening...

Thanks yoyo! the more responses the better!

I've run both Corsair and Crucial RAM - I had a few problems with Crucial RAM with my ABIT KV8 motherboard a while back, so I replaced it with Corsair Value Series from NewEgg. I can't say enough great things about Corsair RAM. Not a single problem ever, and it's currently clocked above the...

I'm in the same boat. This AN8-Ultra has been awesome for the past few weeks I've had it. Not a problem at all with it (or my previous ABIT board, socket 754 KV8). Sad that they're experiencing such problems. Hopefully things can be turned around.

Awesome to hear then. Hopefully it all pays off when it comes time to apply :) Thank you again to everyone who responded! I appreciate all of your input!

thanks bamacre! some of you have provided some great responses, and it'll be interesting to see when the data is compared how many times buyers of graphic card upgrades are more pleased with their upgrade (as far as money/performance) than processor upgrades.

thank you again for all who have replied! i really appreciate your time in filling this out!

Thanks Frosty! and thanks esun for the advice - I've kind of heard the same thing about IB too - that it's an AWFUL lot of work that doesn't really get you much further than plain old AP would... but unfortunately, it seems all of my friends are in IB, and if I were to drop it, I'd be away...

lol haha thanks esun - i about died when i found out we had to do a math project over Christmas break (in addition to the bio project and all the other homework), but they keep saying IB will pay off in the long run when we're applying to college... i guess we'll see about that :) at least...

Thank you!

Hey guys, My name is Andrew, and I'm a junior in high school. I'm involved in a program called International Baccalaureate at my school, and over December break, we're required to complete a math project for the program. For this math project, I've decided to study if the price of a...

I do appreciate your comments gac009. This is actually my 4th computer build, and I do consider myself "pretty techie." I don't know how else you would refer to a processor clamp other than a processor clamp thing, and his computer has slots for both PCI Express and AGP, and I did try both as a...

ok, i guess we'll look into getting him another one then. and actually, i've already told him about the error Peter - we're both pretty techy, and we're just trying to figure out if that makeshift solution would work. i'd never let him have it if it were dangerous for him to use.

well, I figured out it had to do with the CPU. Two pins broke off of it. However, I plugged it in correctly this time to the motherboard and it appears as if the computer is starting as it should? Is it fine then? Is the processor going to be slow since it has two pins missing? Before I stuck...