Recent content by ScottMcAnally

When I turned on my PC today it was running idle at 55 C, which is great. This is after I took all of the dust out of the heat sink. Anyways, I used RivaTuner and set my fan to full speed under idle conditions and it only went down to 53 C. When I was cleaning my card I noticed that the cooling...

I took my card out and completely examined it. There was a little bit of dust in there, but nothing preventing ventilation, I removed it obviously. Booted up and am still getting really high temps. My power supply is an Antec 500 watt PSU. I'm thinking that I'll just get a 3rd party cooler...

I ran ATI tool and it went for about 45 seconds before my computer attempted to shut itself down. ATI tool reported my video card going up to 85ºC which is EXTREMELY hot. I don't know what the issue is, the fan on the card is running at full speed and it doesn't feel blazing hot, there are no...

So I have a XFX 7900GS (the overclocked version) and I've had it for a while. I previously owned an Asus motherboard (I can't remember the name of it) and I had the video card in that build. I upgraded from an old AMD processor to a Intel Core 2 Duo. Because of this upgrade, I also had to...

I realize this may be in the wrong forum, so move it if it is. Anyways, I have a XFX 7900 GS and I was wondering if my temperatures are normal. It runs at around 60 C when it's idle. Once I start playing a game, the fan speeds up and the temp can go up to around 85 C normally. Is this really...

Alright, so according to CPUz, my processor is actually running at it's full 1333 MHz? I know this may be a little off topic, but I'm curious as to what the FSB is? I've looked it up but am perplexed by various explanations, maybe someone can explain it in layman's terms for me? I think I...

I was just ripping a CD, a task which used to be easily done by my computer, and it nearly brought my computer to a stand still while importing. What would be causing this?

Thanks for the response. I guess I'm a little confused. I am not experiencing a slow down in CPU speed, just the FSB. Is this what you mean? From what I know, energy efficiency programs usually drop the frequency, not the FSB. Also, if I'm running my memory in dual channel, does that...

Just bought a motherboard/processor/memory upgrade and I've been running into a few problems. Set everything up, turned on great. Looked in the BIOS and everything seemed to be running at full speed. I adjusted the memory timings and voltages to the manufacturers recommendations. Booted up and...