Recent content by Thanearchon

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    Looking for input on new gaming machine

    Excellent. Thanks all for the suggestions and I think I have largely settled on the make up of the system. Now I just need to get everything together so it will be ready to run my pre-order of the enhanced edition of Baldur's Gate! 1600 fps, here I come! Thanks, John
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    Looking for input on new gaming machine

    Thanks, will definitely go with the 3770k. Planning to use the Noctua for air cooling. John
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    Looking for input on new gaming machine

    Hi, Thanks for the quick reply. I did look at that sticky before posting and thought I had included most of the requested but info, but on the instant replay, yes, sadly I neglected to mention that I will be purchasing in the U.S., I am not re-using anything from the old machine, and I will...
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    Looking for input on new gaming machine

    With my current machine getting a bit aged I'm in the process of planning a new one. It is intended primarily for gaming as well as to be the primary home computer in terms of web surfing, record keeping, and occasionally I watch Blu-ray's on it. I already have a 5.1 Logitech speaker system...
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    RAID configuration spontaneously changed

    I would love an explanation for this. I have a gaming rig based on two 10,000 rpm drives in a RAID 0 array, with a separate 2 TB drive for data, plus an old 500 gig drive in two partitions that I recently emptied onto the large drive when I bought it (thank god, as it turns out). Last week, a...
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    POST problem on system rebuild

    Well, rats that is embarrassing. You are of course correct sir. Unfortunately, when I look through the specifications of the processor, I don't see any mention of stepping, and I must confess I don't actually know what it is. I'm guessing that the 45 nm E8400 using E0? In which case, I...
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    POST problem on system rebuild

    I checked - the BIOS version currently on the mobo is the most recent available.
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    POST problem on system rebuild

    All right - 1 stick of ram (tried several) does not work. I also powered off and disconnected the power supply and popped the mobo battery - that didn't help either. Could this be the processor? Not real excited about pulling everything out of the case, but maybe I'll rebuild on a sheet of...
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    POST problem on system rebuild

    I'll try that... DDR2 DIMMs don't have to be paired? Let you know this evening. I guess my question is: With the boot sequence having gone past the 2096M OK, can it still be the memory or is more likely some other component? Thanks.
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    POST problem on system rebuild

    Initially I had 1 floppy drive (it was lying around so I threw it in), one IDE DVD drive, and a SATA hard drive. All three have been disconnected and the POST goes no further than previously.
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    POST problem on system rebuild

    Building a system for my GF - was a good excuse to update some of the stuff on my main system. Anyways..... System powers on, the CPU is recognized "Intel (R) Core(TM)2 CPU E8400 @ 3.00 Ghz , Speed: 333x6=1998 MHz" "DRAM Frequency ForDDR2 800 (Dual-Channel ) Initializing USB Controllers...
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    BSOD hell on new system... help

    I'm am happy to announce that I am reporting to you all live from the new machine. Four hours with no hint of instability. I shall attempt to partition using the UBCD. Should I suddenly become engulfed in smoke and flame in the next several days I will report back but for now I would like...
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    BSOD hell on new system... help

    Thank you, that site was very helpful. Downloaded a demo version of partition magic which recognized the unallocated section of the hardrive but wouldn't partition it because "this is an evaluation copy." The actual software is $69!!! That's half the cost of the damn drive. Anyone other...
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    BSOD hell on new system... help

    Well, this bios recognizes it and now I've gone to SP2 and it's still listed as the same size. (137 gb) Is there anyway to force Windows to take another look at the drive now that SP2 is installed or did I screw myself by letting the installer format the 137 gb partition to NTFS? Thanearchon
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    BSOD hell on new system... help

    yeah, I checked.. the bios is the current version. It's one of the reasons I went with a 6 month old mainboard... figured the kinks would be worked out. I've gotten most of the drivers installed and I'm getting service pack two going. I'll try this for a few days and drop a line to MSI. I...