Recent content by The Jedi

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    Does GTX 590 Carry 7.1 HD Audio via HDMI as well as HD video through one cable?

    Yes, according to EVGA "Yes, using the DVI to HDMI adapter that is in the box." It is designed in. According to NVIDIA, here is the audio specification for the GTX 590 reference design: Support for the following audio modes: • Dolby Digital (AC3), DTS 5.1, Multi-channel (7.1) LPCM, Dolby...
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    Regretting use of an MSI motherboard

    I was just thinking, I did have one genuinely quirky MB from MSI 10 years ago which kind of soured me on MSI. But 6 years ago I had a bad MSI experience and I later found that I had a quirky power supply of all things, and MSI was not to blame. One thing I'll raise is if you dent the MB with...
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    Gigabyte EP45-DS3R and QX6850 OCing

    For one, try loading BIOS defaults and then flashing the BIOS, even if you've already flashed it. The board may have to be RMA'ed. For your 84C CPU temp, definitely reseat the heatsink. Maybe not all 4 pins are on fully.
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    Gigabyte EP45-DS3R - S3 Standby Mode

    If you OC and have problems, reduce the OC until it works right, or go back down to the rated clock speed. If it doesn't work at the normal clock speed, these are all Windows Vista Certified motherboards so you can threaten to complain to Microsoft that they aren't living up to their end of the...