Recent content by spike-It

Thanks to everyone for the help here. I finally got hold of a more modern PSU, installed it and now everything works great. Shutdowns and restarts are fine. Hibernation works perfectly. I can't complain. My old PSU was almost 8 years old and quite frankly still (quietly) humming along. I...

Interesting. I've never really looked into the standby rail. Maybe this is it. However this doesn't explain why it worked fine for the first month or so. Nothing changed has changed in my configuration since the initial build. I tried removing what I had for USB devices (not much), and I...

Tried that, it didn't make a difference.

I upgraded my machine toward the end of this summer. Put in a new motherboard, memory and installed the OS on an SSD. I kept my video card, enclosure, HDDs, and my old power supply. For the first month or so the system was solid. It passed every stability test I threw at it. After that...

So what is the issue with memory running at 1.65v anyhow? I have an asrock extreme 4 board and 1600 memory that runs at 1.65 volts. This was spec'd by the manufacturer and it's what the MB set it to while set to auto. It would seem to me that if the OP's memory is compatible with his board then...

mfenn, Thanks for the input. I hadn't considered m-ATX boards, probably because I have a pretty standard case. Heck, that board even has an IDE connection and would support my current DVD burner! The only downside I see is that there is no internal usb 3.0 header, so I wouldn't be able to...

Yes, my intention is to use the SSD for both the OS and applications. I hadn't considered using part of the SSD as a cache, but I agree it seems a bit more complicated than necessary. This is why I don't see value in the caching feature of Z68. I did see the cheaper Z68 boards, but I have an...

I'm looking to upgrade my old PC and would love some input. 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Light gaming, productivity applications, web browsing. Civ 5, Civ 4, Portal 2 2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as...

Thanks for the quick response... I had forgotten about autoruns. I even had it stashed away somewhere on my machine. I was able to eliminate a couple of useless programs from starting, including what I believe to have been the culprit - a leapfrog connect program for my daughters leapfrog...

Hi I'm looking for some suggestions on what to do. My current desktop I use mainly for productivity applications, web browsing with some minor gaming - Civ 5, Civ 4, Portal 2. All of the games seems to lag, including Civ 4. Civ 4 used to run fine, and I'm unsure when the minor random stutters...