Recent content by MooseMuffin

Well, I was sorta right. Uninstalling AMDs dual core optimizer fixed my problem. I redownloaded and re-installed it to make sure it wasn't corrupt but when its enabled my computer is guaranteed to crash within 10 minutes.

Everything is on auto like I mentioned, so I believe the ram is at 2T. I actually have a theory on what's wrong but I'll have to wait until I get home to try it out. Does anyone know what the amd dual core optimizer does exactly? My ram may have been in a glitchy state when I installed it...

Hey all. I'm having some trouble with my rig and I think this thread is probably the right place to look for help. I've been using the 939dual-sata2 board for 1.5 years now with an a64 3700 with no issues. This last weekend however, I replaced the cpu with an x2 4200 but I can't get the damn...

I'm looking to buy a new pcie card to replace a burned out vanilla 6800. I was looking for something in the 220-250 range, but it doesnt look like Nvidia has much there. The 7600gts look to be around 180-190 and the 7900gts are up at 280. Is there something in between these cards? Would the...

So with a video card being the only part I had available to me to swap out, I did and bam, boot. Makes 0 sense to me, but at least I didnt buy a new cpu.

No lights on the mobo, and no error beeps. I also have no real access to parts that I can use for swapping out. I do have good reason to believe that its the CPU though. A few months back I accidently ripped the cpu from its (locked) socket while replacing the fan, bending a row and a...

So yesterday, while playing a video game, my computer just clicked off randomly. Attempts to reboot it result in the following: fans spin, hard drive light blinks, cd drive(s) lights blink There's no video judging from the continuous drive light blinking, the system isn't booting...

Sonic, no the heatsink is not really hot to the touch, so I'm thinking it has to be set badly. Tomorrow, Im meeting up with a friend who has some artic silver, so we can re-set this thing right. Xbassman, with normal use, it doesnt even run that hot, 48-55, which is why I'm shocked that it...

Just throwing out crazy talk: can a dying powersupply lead to underpowered cpu fans? How could I possibly test this?

Ive reinstalled the heatsink twice trying to fix this, so its on there good. I didnt reapply any thermal compound, cause, well, I cant find it =) The thing thats killing me is that Ive had this running for over a year without a problem until now. The heatsink was dusty but I cleaned that...

Over the last week, my computer has turned itself off, or just plain frozen about 5 times. Whenever it does this, it also wont boot up sucessfully until Ive given it about 30 seconds or so. I thought this was due to processor overheating so when I got it to boot, I immediately went into the bios...

If its not being seen in your bios then either your drive or you cord (the flat one) is bad, more likely the drive. If it is being seen in bios and windows still wont let you use it then delete the drive from windows' device manager, if it already hasnt been deleted, power off and remove the...

Check your ide connections. Is it being detected by your bios?

I dont know if this will help, but having played with it all weekend, Partition magic has the option to hide/unhide partitions. When a partition is hidden it behaves similar to the way your describing: hd visible in device manager but the partition isnt visible to windows.

Ahh, much progress has been made. Windows will now recgonize and boot with the drive plugged in (uninstalled nvidias software ide driver thats an optional part of their motherboard driver installation). So, now I can format at will with partition magic. This is what I have now: -A small...