My i7 970@ 4ghz is shutting down by itself. I can't even stay in the bios for more than a minute with stock settings. The cooling is rock solid and temps have always been low with this noctua beast I have in there. There is noticeable coil whine coming from the back of the mobo by the CPU...
In windows 7 I have multiple folder shortcuts (with the same name) in my explorer panel under favorites. For example I will have "V: \Videos" and "R: \Videos" I drag the folder shortcuts to my panel on the left, then rename the shortcut with the corresponding drive.
I work on multiple...
I installed a 2tb drive to backup my 640gb x 2 raid 0...and when I rebooted my bios gave me a "raid failed" screen. :*(
Drives are on intel raid controller ich10r (evga x58) black ports--
Intel Rapid storage is showing the 2 drives, but no longer in raid.
Windows is showing the full...
Have you guys heard about this? It seems to be all a buzz around the tin foil hat blogs.
http://goldsilver.com/news/trading-of-over-the-counter-gold-and-silver-to-be-prohibited-beginning-july-15/
Is this legit? Ive got a relative who is into hording precious metals for the "end of the...
I just resurrected 2 completely dead 9800GT's by baking them in a toaster oven for 9min @ 400 (ish) The stickers got a tiny bit tan, but who cares! They were out of warranty. Before, one would artifact and power into sleep mode..the other wouldn't even display.
Now they both pass 20min of ATI...
Ive been doing some overclocking tests with my i7 970 and p6x58d-e, and ive noticed it rarely holds the cpu voltage i set, I havent set it past 1.2v...not matter what i set its always locked at 1.16v or 1.18v.
Ive gotten 100% stable clocks all the way up to 3.6, but im waiting to get...
After 2 clean windows 7 64bit installs i figured out what was trashing my pc. It was microsft security essentials.
When it is on:
Cannot defrag disks
Cannot uninstall programs
Cannot open start menu
Cannot open/empy recyling bin
Disables all startup programs (asus probe)
Makes things a...
Just put together my new i7 970 last night and noticed the stock cooler is freaking loud, and its unbearable when set to performance mode. The thing wines and sounds like a vaccum. Im getting around 33c temps as well. My old arctic freezer 64 is dead silent compared to this thing
I dont...
Ive aquired a 970 for quite cheap and now im trying to build out my rendering beast. I need 12gb, but Id also like to OC to 3.6 or somewhere in there.
Right now this 6x2 kit is insanely cheap @ $180 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145235
But would this 3x4 kit yield better...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...209&nm_mc=BFUS
I need a rig for my parents and this seems like the best no hassle option.
Its probably got crap oem parts in it, but its a pretty good deal, and i wont have to build anything.
Problem is...i could put together a comparible...
ive been holding out so long now, and since i dont have a microcenter near by the black november newegg deals are pretty damn cheap.
I could potentially wait until sandy bridge...what do you guys think
corsair 850 HX $120
ASUS p6x58-d $198
I7 950 $275
(im hoping 12gb of ram and an...
Ive my a 150gb raptor for my os using an evga x58 E758-A1 and 1000w antec PSU
The raptor wont show up until after its powered on and then reset again. Everything is turned on in the bios that would use affect the HD...and im using AHCI mode.
Its also on the intel controller.
This...
Ive rebuilt an older PC for my parents (their current pc is about to pop)
The only problem is that my download speeds on the new PC are horrid. Something seems to be limiting the connection.
The new PC is consistently slower by .5mpbs download speed. (upload is the same)
Only one PC is...
Just built a new system for a friend using a new intel x-25 80gb drive. Everything installed really fast and performance is snappy...but
I unzipped the Cinebench 11.5 client around 100ish mb and the thing took forever. It was unzipping at about 10mb/sec.
Is that normal?
Im building a couple rigs soon...one for myself and one for a friend.
I think im torn between the Asus P6X58D-E and the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R.
Anyone have thoughts on the matter? A better motherboard option?
-Both PC's will make use of 12gb RAM (Adobe Production + 3D)
-Neither PC will...
Ive built a few i7 rigs for friends and work over the past year, and now im finally able to build one for myself...but lo and behold!
the same 12gb kit of DDR3 is almost $200 more than what I bought them for months ago.
Its so infuriating because that $200 is the difference between a nice...
EDIT: turns out it was legit...way to go chase! ...for making your real emails look like total scambait...lol
Got this email from chase fraud alerts today it had my last four account # digits and my full name in the email. It wanted me to click some links to authorize the charge to my netflix...
I was just at Best Buy and bought a $25 itunes GC..and recieved a free $5 Best Buy GC...(which you could just use to buy another $5 itune GC)
Might be warm for folks who are interested.
Putting together an i7 860 build for a friend and im out of ideas for the motherboard...there seems to be a lot of good choices in the 100-200 range...and that is my budget.
Ill be sporting 8gb, and a 9800GTX+, corsair 750w, i7 860.
any suggestions?
Ive been working on this PC for about 6 months now, and all of a sudden its started going into power save mode for intervals of 1-2 seconds then flashing back. Ive got a corsair 1000psu powering all my parts (which is more than enough) And a GTX 285.
Is it the video card, or PSU?
Any guild wars fans here?
Check out the new trailer for guilwars 2!
www.guildwars2.com
They have a 1080p version to download as well!
Art looks awesome
Animation looks amazing
Game looks crazy good for a mmo
and i pretty sure its going to be free like the previous game!
My main OS 150gb raptor has been giving me the click of death while I was rendering some extremely important video files. The entire computer was stuttering and locking up as I heard the drive clicking.
I have 4 different back ups, but I was wondering If I will be possible to preserve my...
Im backing up some quicktime renders to an external esata enclosure using (evga x58 Jmicron port)
90% of the time the last file I stored before turning the external HD off shows corruption artifacts the next day when I turn on my system.
Ive tried using "safely remove hardware" but most of...
I just got set up with a new core i7 940, evga x58, 12gb ram, vista64, gtx285
onboard - intel controller
2x 640gb drives in raid0
150gb 10k raptor for OS
onboard - seperate jmicron controller
640gb external drive connected through esata
here is the strange thing. No matter what...
Im on an evga x58 board and using its onboard esata port to hook up an external WD 640gb drive through a Nexstar 3 enclosure.
USB works perfectly, but when I go to transfer files using esata it locks up after slowing down to 1kb/sec transfer speed.
Any thoughts?
Im going to set up 4 640gig drives in RAID 5 for video editing scratch disk/storage. The x58 from EVGA supports RAID 5, but people are telling me to get a $400 raid controller. Do I need that? Is there a performance boost?
This will be in a core i7 system with 12gb ram.
I have these recurring dreams where my PC is completely taken over by a virus. I try to boot in safe mode, but its always some impossibly elaborate virus that has super hacked my pc. Like, even the bios/dos promt is all wacky colors with crazy leet virus slang.
The one I had last night...
Ive got a scenario that needs some input.
Lets say...my friend purchased something from a major retailer for around $200. He chose in-store pickup option when he bought the item online.
-Store then sends email saying you have "x" many days to pickup said item or it will be canceled...
I cant seem to be able to run any Microsoft virtual machine software. It keeps saying my operating system is not compatible.
Is there any way to get a free virtual machine running?
Im using 32 xp home basic
Its been sitting on my shelf for a while now...and I need to get around to playing it this weekend. Are there any mods that make the experience better? Or a must have gameplay change mod??
I just got a new 640gb WD drive to put into an external case from rosewill. Im formatting it connected to the USB port (in windows disk management)....and it seems like its taking a long time.
Its been 2 hours and its only at 52%
Is that normal? Can I stop it and try something else...
Here is the deal, I need to capture HD quality video of some pretty graphically intense games. These games need to run smooth with all the eye candy. Fraps isnt going to cut it.
This is how I think I should do it, but Im not quite sure...
1. Buy something like Black magic intensity...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkSYS54KepY&fmt=18
Its for the 9th anniversary contest at EVGA. Its supposed to be a commercial for their video cards. I had a lot of fun making it, and it took a long time....very long. Judges are deciding on monday.
...and dont be hating on it if you...
Im running vista 64. Im the only one who uses my PC so I have full admin privileges.
In order for me to license some plugins for After Effects CS3, I need to run AE CS3 as administrator for the key to stick. Otherwise these plugins wont remember they were registered.
After Effects...
I just cant seem to find time that I want to spend on games. I used to dedicate hours upon hours to my enjoyable past time, but I don't really want to anymore. I'm spending more time working and hanging with the Mrs...Which isnt a bad thing, Its just...gaming has lost its spark.
...Kings...
Today i noticed that I cannot play more than 3 seconds of any flash based streaming video on the web.
Ive tried this out on about 10 different video streaming sites, and it locks up at 3 seconds, no matter where its at in the time line.
The flash player doesn't make a difference.
Im on...
Im Moving to Portland OR, need to find a good isp...anyone got some ideas.
currently im getting 4mb download 512 upload cable internet. I think it was around $60ish a month.
Ive looked at some dsl prices and its like 1.5mb down and 256up for $70!!! Is that normal?
Just built 2 new work stations.
Working perfectly system
ABIT p35 PRO (BIOS 14)
Q6600
8Gig ram
Geforce 8800GT 512
vista 64 fully updated
Realtek HD sound
No sound system
ABIT p35 PRO (BIOS 16
e8400
8Gig ram
Geforce 8800GT 512
vista 64 fully updated
Realtek HD sound...
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