Recent content by PhishShticks

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    Can I Just buy this board to replace my fried one?

    you will risk blue screening because of probable driver differences. i know from experience, i had an old hp desktop who mobo got replaced with the same model, but a newer revision type and i had to repair my windows installation. edit: to answer your memory question... downstepping memory...
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    Can I Just buy this board to replace my fried one?

    most likely yes as long at the cpu socket type, ram standards and video bus types are the same. but seeing on how motherboard resources vary from mobo to mobo, i'd recommend a non-destructive repair of your windows installation to flush out your current drivers, giving you the ability to install...
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    Audio problem with ECS KN1 SLI Extreme 1.0A

    hi guys, i just got a new mobo, soket 939 ecs kn1 sli extreme. my current hook up is as follows... ecs kn1 sli extreme rev 1.0a mobo (duh) socket 939 amd athlon 64 3700+ 2gb (4x 512) of ddr400 (pc3200) ram running dual channel 80gb western digital caviar ata133 hd 512mb (256 onboard) ati...
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    RX480-A (v1.0) OC issues

    ...i'm thinking it's because of the lower quality ram and that it's not ddr2? should i stick to xp for better performance?
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    RX480-A (v1.0) OC issues

    oh, and one more thing... i have the motherboard i mentioned above... the rx480-a (v1.0) with an athlon 64 x2 4400+ 2.2 ghz processor and 1gb of corsair valueselect ddr400 pc3200 ram with vista installed, yet my cpu usage for both cores always seem to be between 25-35% when i'm doing normal...
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    RX480-A (v1.0) OC issues

    ahh, okay thank you :)
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    RX480-A (v1.0) OC issues

    aww, bummer about the oc. is there a program i can use to change the voltage on my memory? it's supposed to be 2.5v and the closeest to it in bios is 2.55v or 2.6v next value up is 2.8b which is too high for comfort...
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    RX480-A (v1.0) OC issues

    i have a socket 939 ecs rx480-a (v1.0) motherboard with the latest possible bios update (1.1f). however, i have a 2.2ghz athlon 64 x2 4400+ (socket 939 of course) and the cpu clock by default in bios is at 200mhz. does that have anything to do with overclocking? i've seen this before on my old...
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    core duo or core duo 2?

    hey guys, i'm new here... so hi! anyway, i just wanted to ask a question about intel's core duo and core duo 2 processors. what's the difference between a 1.83 ghz core duo 2 and a 2.33 ghz core duo? i know that one opperates faster than the other, but why would i want to choose the core duo...