Recent content by mdavis0509

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    New hand-built system freezing

    Though the post is old, it's worth updating: I solved my freezing issues by turning off MSI's overclocking software in the BIOS. MSI has overclocking software which features several levels of overclocking (about 3%-11%). Well, it turns out that even on the lowest setting, it was messing...
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    Case decorative LEDs won't turn on

    Hello all, I have a Tsunami Dream VA3000 tower, which comes with two blue LEDs on the case door: http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/tsunami/bna/bna.htm Now, I've traced the wires (system has already been up and running for quite some time) for the LEDs through the door and into the case...
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    Case decorative LEDs won't turn on

    Please delete--oops!
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    New hand-built system freezing

    Alright, thanks for the help!
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    New hand-built system freezing

    I take that back--there's still a "chirp" noise, but we'll see if this makes any difference. The logitech manual said to keep the receiver base 8" away from "electrical devices," and I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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    New hand-built system freezing

    Sorry about the avatar change. I am a teacher, but the gender was wrong ;) Sick better describes my mood about my new system anyhow. Ran MemTest for a little while, and it didn't find any errors after checking about 15% of my RAM. Everything looked smooth on Task Manager performance tab...
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    New hand-built system freezing

    Did a fresh install of windows when I put the system together last week (installed for the 1st time, without incident). The freezing happens anywhere from a few seconds after startup to an hour or so of gameplay. The only kind of pattern I've been able to observe is when I installed World of...
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    New hand-built system freezing

    You guys are fast! Here's the answer to your questions: I am running Windows Xp Professional versoin 2002, with SP2 installed (and some small update that the Autoupdate installed today). I already upgraded motherboard bios to latest from MSI, version 1.4. Oh, and my HD is partitioned into...
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    New hand-built system freezing

    My new system is freezing randomly. Whether its installing software, powering a game, or surfing the net, it will lockup and not respond to any command. Here's the system and what Ive tried: System: Thermaltake Tsunami Dream tower MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard (nForce3 based) AMD...