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    Netbook Vista vs Win7 (Not a result you'd expect)

    So I have upgraded my laptop and desktop from Vista to Win 7 and quite happy with the performance. The UI is more snappy and the comps feel generally quicker. My netbook on the other hand has been a mixed bag. I got a Gateway LT31 and Win7 has been performing poorly enough that I've gone back...
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    Some odd SMART values

    Got an intel and Falcon SSD a couple of weeks ago, both work great without any issues. Anyways I have a habit to check SMART values for my HDDs just to check if anything's a problem. So I checked SMART data on my SSDs while I was at it. The intel one just reports a few values such as power...
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    Asus P5Q Deluxe won't complete POST with USB HDDs attached

    Initially though my second 1tb Seagate drive died (I only use it for game installs as don't trust it) so went out and bought a 320 WD Blue for the function. (Meh now I don't have to worry about the seagate :P, and the WD is just as fast) Turns out for some reason the comp will get stuck on...
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    Should I upgrade to q9550

    Update: Anyways I decided to get the q9550. Its a C1 stepping with 1.25 VID. Have it running at 3.6ghz (425 * 8.5) at 1.2375v linpack stable. At this speed it loads up to 72c using realtemp (Or 77C if coretemp reports the Tjunction correctly as 100 instead of realtemp's 95) This temp will...
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    Bios flashing 4870s

    I just bought a Sapphire 4870 1 gig card for crossfire with my current MSI one and modified the cards bios to fix the annoying fan speed up bug and get a bit better cooling. Unlike my MSI card the mem on this one is rock stable at 1000mhz (4000 effective). Whenever I change the mem clocks in...
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    Asus P5KPL-CM not hibernating

    I built myself a mATX box around a real cheap Asus P5KPL-CM. Now everything works fine except whenever I hibernate the comp it turns off and then starts back up in about a second. Its a mainboard issue as windows un-hibernates without any issues when it starts up. I have to hit the power button...
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    Possible PSU Problems

    My system is: q6600 @3.42 P5Q Deluxe 3*7200rpm SATA HDDS, 2* 74 gig Raptors HD4870 (Possibly another one in crossfire) TT 750 watts (2 years old) 2 optical drives 5 120mm fans Here's the question back when I had a 8800gtx in this comp at high fps the PSU or gfx card would make buzzing...
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    Ghetto mods?

    Inspired by a thread I saw over at XtremeSystems forums, I though it would be interesting to see any mods that have been done by people here. Heres one I done yesterday HDD mod Its a Seagate Barracuda 4, 60 gig drive that I've had for over 5 years. Its been opened up before more than once...
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    New System temps

    Just put together my new comp, following specs: q6600 B3 stepping, VID 1.3125 Gigabyte p35 DQ6 4 gig gskill ram 8800 gtx (630/2000) Thermaltake toughpower 750watt psu I'm using my old sonic tower heatsink with a single 120mm fan. temps i get @3ghz 1.325 vcore (1.28 effective) (using...
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    Getting New PSU

    I currently have a superflower 500watt modular psu. This psu is now a year old and doesn't seem to be able to hold the 12v rail voltage stable at load. At full load the voltage dips to 11.3 and fluctuates between 11.3 and 11.5 constantly. (checked with a multimeter) The comp specs are...
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    Which sytem is overall better.

    Whats better of the 2 systems. 1700+ Xp polomino (could overclock it) msi k7n2 768 mg ram dual chanell 9600xt gfx 2.4ghz Celeron D msi 661FL 512 mg ram single chanell 9600xt gfx I can overclock the athlon XP, i think its good up to 1.65 ghz. Anyways whats diff will the ram make?
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    Network Booting Without HDD and GFX

    Ok so i have a system which i'm gonna be using for file sharing/game/media server etc which is: Sempron 2800+ MSI k8mm(or something :P) 512mg ram fx5700 60 gig HDD Now i have some other parts which are 1700+ Athlon XP MSI k7n2 mobo 256mg ram NO HDD NO GFX I want to use all...
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    Nearly killed my XP 1700+

    Well i desided to reaply thermal paste on my athlon XP, firstly i nearly snaped the mobo trying to take the darn heatsink off. Cleaned it all up and aplied new thermal paste, put the hfs back on, turn on the computer its shows me the usuall text about the gfx card bios then it just does...
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    Weird start up issues with MSI 6600gt

    Ok so i have an MSI 6600gt in my second comp, got it prolly a months ago. Its been acting sorta weird lately, well when i turn on the comp the whole screen is in artefacts and same thing when it continues to boot to windows. Restart the comp and everything is fine :S. The psu is ok its...
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    Got my leg warmer back :P

    So i desided to beuild a very cheap sorta old comp for no reason what so ever. Specs are: Athlon Xp 1700+ polomino (spelling) MSI k7n2 Dual channell ddr 400 512 mg chepo psu and case 60 gig old hdd fx5200 darn this thing runs hot. well this is the most biggest combination of hot...
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    Overclocking my 3800+ X2

    HTT @ 280 HTT multiplyer @ 4 RAM @ 200mhz Its almost stable at that speed, but after about 15 min of dual prime95 and generaly using it while its priming the whole comp freezes. Thats at 1.4v. I'm running memtest 86 now so i will know if the ram is stable. This chip is great, its much...