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It's not like he stole it or something, every employee can get a defective chip every year. So I think Intel doesn't care if he gave it to me. But yeah, just to be safe, I removed the picture and serial number.

I'm not familiar with adjusting the voltage. I can't even go into the BIOS. It turns on & off w/o showing anything on screen.

Hi guys, Need some helps here. I got a prototype Intel Core 2 Extreme from my brother(he works for intel). I installed the chip into my PC (WIN7 Ultimate (real one :)), C2Quad Q9450, Corsair PSU TX650Watt, Asus P5Q-E, 4GB). I checked all my hardware specs and they all support C2X. I...

There is no separate power connector. Yes I cleaned the previous driver using ccleaner. Maybe I set it up wrong (under windows)?

All of my parts are brand new. I already tried it on my other rig (OS:XP) and the problem still not solved. I'm pretty sure it's the graphic card. Should I request RMA to Diamond?

I haven't tried on gaming. I would assume it would do the same. There is no power save mode or something like that on the Vid card setting. Any idea?

Guys, My system started to have this issue when I installed HD2600 XT. The problems: the monitor turned off by itself and the system was like in sleep mode. These happened when I tried to play a movie. I tried to wake it up but no good. So the only shoice I got was to hard reset it. I...

Thanks alot. That answers my question.

Hi guys, I'm building a media server PC. I'm using micro ATX mobo. However, I bought ATX power supply because I didn't know that there is one for micro atx mobo. Will my atx psu work with micro atx mobo? I haven't received the mobo and the psu yet. But I can't change my order (on Newegg)...

This is kind of dumb question. I'm looking for a mobo for barcelona chipset. But I can't find it in newegg. Are they using different name? Also, do you guys recommend to buy barcelona now? (from performance or cost standpoint). If someone can help me I'd relly appreciate it.

Last month, I had a problem with the overheating vidcard, it reached 89C while working underload. I've managed to lower it down to 52C at underload. Is it still too hot? How can I lower it more if it's possible? I've installed Zalman VF700-cu on the vidcard.

I installed rivatuner and check the fan perfomance. They are working 100% for every category. I guess I need to see if the dust has covered up the fan. But I don't think it'd be that bad because I cleaned the entire case like a month ago.

it happens not only after playing heavy games(most of my games are heavy like FEAR, COD, NFS), but also happens sometimes after my machine returns from long time idle condition.

I just bought aftermarket fan, Zalman VF700-cu. Will it help to lower the temp?

It won't back to normal condition, so I have to hit reset button.