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There is no option in BIOS to enable SMART. I tried Everest on Vista x64 but cannot see anythig in SMART category. NVIDIA disabled the option of choosing to enable/disable it. It should be enabled by default but SATA drivers should have a problem like someone on another forum said since he...

BIOS is up to date. My chip is basically a 680i in which S.M.A.R.T option choice was disabled in BIOS although it's enabled by default. I came across a thread in some forum in which they blamed the SATA drivers for Vista as the user who had my problem could read the temps. in XP. Anyhow, the...

Can someone move this to the Motherboards forum? I just noticed I posted in the wrong section. Thanks.

OK first of all, I didn't know that guide existed. I've read other guides but none were that detailed about overclocking unless they were old. Anyhow, after reading, I've got some questions: 1. Say I've got a DDR-800 RAM stick. Would it be better to OC it with less timings or lessen the...

OK how about testing with ram @ 800 (default) with 4-4-4-12? These settings gave me 5.9 in Vista so I'm happy. Also, I can use a linked OC using Sync Mode which displays 1:1 in CPUZ with these RAM settings. Before it was 8:9 or something, I don't recall. How do I use RAM settings in OCCT?

Man I'm fed up. 1st core failed. I have a feeling that the processor OC (which is supposed to be stable) is not stable because of the RAM although the RAM passed memtest86+ for 14 hours. It should be the ram that's causing my problems. What do you people suggest for my 8GB kit? It's...

AMD is our hope then. They should come up with something competitives as their Athlon 64 line and intel would change their mind.

Blend failed after 5 min. I set all voltages to auto and now it's running for 4.5 hours without any errors in a pretty hot room. 24H is the target. C'mon!

With HWMonitor, using Prime95 (Blend) gives 70/73/67/70 (Max. 74/76/72/72). CPUTIN was 59 Max at a very hot room (no windows open). But with Real Temp, all cores are exactly 10C less. Q9450 has a really messed up sensors.

Sounds really good. Thanks.

Celeron M 450.

Zalman 9500?

E8400 (200$) or Q9450/Q6600. You can't go wrong with any of these. I've chosen the Q9450 myself for a work/gaming PC.

Hi, Currently, I've got Vista x64 installed on a 500GB HDD. I want to install Ubuntu on a separate 80GB HDD. I would love Vista to auto load unless I press something to choose Ubuntu. Is that possible?

Why doesn't it appear in HWMonitor and PC Wizard? I looked in the BIOS and I didn't have anything that says S.M.A.R.T...