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    Anybody got a swiftech 462-a on a gigabyte ga-7dxr What are your temps?

    my cpu is reading 46c when I'm just surfing the web. my motherboard temps are 23c-30c. I think the heatsink isn't seated properly but I don't want to break the board I had to wait 3 weeks for this board I can't be without a pc again. Anyone got any suggestions as far as seating the heatsink...
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    Whats a good heatsink that cools well and would fit on a ga-7dxr without any problems?

    I have a swifttech on there but Its a bit of a pain in the ass to get on. Plus I don't think its seated proplerly because my temps on mbm are 47 c idle with two 120mm, one 80mm panaflows, swiftech and delta combo. The case temps are 23 c so I know I got good ventilation. I reseated it several...
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    Have this ever happend to anyone out there?

    I'll try changeing the cables and see what happens.
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    have this every happend to anyone?

    I have a gigabyte ga-7dxr. When I boot up sometimes the board doesn't recognize my ibm 60 gig harddrive and the 27 gig maxtor slave drive. I have to reset the pc a few times before it recognizes the ibm drive but then I get primary slave disk fail. I shut down and turn it on again then every...
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    Have this ever happend to anyone out there?

    I have a gigabyte ga-7dxr. When I boot up sometimes the board doesn't recognize my ibm 60 gig harddrive and the 27 gig maxtor slave drive. I have to reset the pc a few times before it recognizes the ibm drive but then I get primary slave disk fail. I shut down and turn it on again then every...
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    msi k-7 master question.

    never mind I have the ga-7dxr giving me hell now.
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    Gigabyte-ga-7dxr Problems with soundblaster 5.1 gamer soundcard

    Alright I just got this board. I threw in a 1200 thunderbird, 2 sticks unregestered crucial ddr, winfast geforce 2 ultra card and a Sound blaster 5.1 gamer sound card. using win 98 When I do a complete install of drivers and utilities for the sound blaster the pc won't boot into windows. I get...
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    Which case fans make the least amout of noise!

    I have a 120mm panaflo in my case and all I can hear is the f***ing delta fan on my swiftech. so I'd have to say the panaflos are the quietest.
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    What is the best heatsink for a chip running at 1.5ghz+

    for 80 bucks you can get the swift tech mc 462a with a kick ass fan. thats what I use. Just make sure you have enough room around your socket.
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    EPoX 8K7A or K7 Master?

    I say get a gigabyte 7dxr. go Here then make your desicion.
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    I want to run win2k as well as win 98se is there a program that would allow me to do this?

    I want to use win 2k for all other appications except pc gameing. I heard partition magic would be good. what do you guys think. I really don't know how to divide my hard drive up into separete partitions so can this program help me do this without much of a hassle? thanks for any help you...
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    how do I set up my hard drive so I can use both win 98se and win 2000

    win 2000 kicks ass but its not so great for gaming. so I want to use win 98 se for that. any way I can have both operating systems on my pc. thanks for any help you can provide.
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    gigabyte 7dx. anyone have this board?

    thanks for the info guys.
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    gigabyte 7dx. anyone have this board?

    how is this board for overclocking? also most importantly can I use a swift tech 462 heatsink on this board without modifying it?