Recent content by mattmos

I gave up on trying to get a decent overclock on a bad axe 2, and swapped the motherboard for a gigabyte p35 ds3 - got the fsb to 400 straight away with no voltage changes, now running comfortably 24/7 at 3.2 with a QX6700. Couldn't get the BX2 over 350 fsb, and even then it was unstable. Good...

well, to connect your computer wirelessly to the dsl/cable box that supplies internet via wifi, your computer will need a receiver - if its not built in, then you have to buy an extra card, which is why its more expensive.

I think 3.6 will be possible but not stable on air - I could reach 3.5 with a zalman 9500 but it hit too higher temps (80s) for my liking so have dropped it down to a conservative 3ghz until I can find time to install a Tuniq Tower or other decent cooler. 3.2 is definitely possible but as I...

Spoke to soon I think - was doing some rendering this morning so processors were taxed pretty heavily and using coretemp I saw them peak towards mid-70s - not happy with that so have lowered multilier for the mo - at 3ghz getting mid-60s under load. Maybe I will invest in a Ninja+fan myself...

Have an intel badaxe2 - upped the vcore to 1.375 from 1.35 stock, and memory from 1.8 to 2 (rated at 1.9 so safe I hope) - this is first time overclocking, so have been quite conservative with settings...

I think you must have a problem somewhere terentenet. I've got a qx6700 running at 3.3 (300x11) using a zalman 9500 and at idle its 43-45, haven't tested it properly under load yet but I sure hope its not 80!

well, overclocking wasn't as much of a worry as I thought it might be - pushed fsb up to 333, so have the quad running at 3.33ghz with mem 1:1 with fsb. I've upped the voltage of the memory to 1.92 to match manufacterers recommendations, everything else is stock. timings are default atm -...

If I was looking for something to support that much ram I'd go for a machine that will hold ecc or fb-dimms - more server orientated, should mean greater stability. Probably dual xeon over qx6700...

mem was a matched pair of corsair xms2 800mhz 1 gb sticks - hardly the value stuff but not top end either, it might be aging a bit now but thought it would do the job. may try to reinstall if I have time, NCQ sounds semi-useful. As for the overclocking, I think I need to let my nerves...

Hey moosey, thanks for the suggestion, I did try a pata cd drive but the same thing occurred. Tonight finally tried taking the memory sticks out and testing each individually and it turns out they were the cause - one I was able to use to install and run windows, the other rebooted my machine as...

Hi thebackwardsman, just noticed you have a bx2 and a 8800gtx, and was wondering if you had any problems with the install - specifically the audio header? For me the audio header for the front panel sits directly underneath the 8800 cooling cover and its a very tight squueze to get an audio...

Its not pushing hard enough to connect the motherboard with the case - but it could be causing problems with the connector maybe... Does anyone else out there have a 8800 gtx or gts and have problems with the audio header connection? I'm thinking about using the second pic-e slot for the...

glad things worked out for you moosey - I'm not having much luck though. Started up with ahci, pressed f6, loaded the driver from a borrowed floppy disk. windows started to run from the cd, got as far as prompting me to begin the xp pro installation, then froze. Then there was a loud bang and...

Ah ok, thanks for the reply - I'll have to salvage a floppy drive from my girlfriend's machine to load the driver, but at least I understand why its not progressing. ta very much matt

Hey, have just installed a badaxe2 with qx6700, a single sata raptor and a sata dvd drive. When booting I can get to the blue text windows setup screen but it just stops at that point. Gives me an error before reading the cd something along the lines of cannot read array, but I assumed...