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    Motherboard fried and I replaced it, now the new one won't POST. CPU Dead?

    The flame cme from about 4' from the CPU, but somethings definitely wrong. All the four lights come on, but that's all that happens. It never gets past that. Is the CPU fried or is it another bad board?
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    HELP!!!!! Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 caught on FIRE!!!

    I bought the motherboard about a week ago, got a 2500k and played around a little bit with it, I was playing Stalker: Call of Pripyat and the computer goes out. So I turn it back on and there's like this fucking FLAME coming up between the outskirt (with the onboard stuff on it) and that black...
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    i5 2500k getting too hot, new cooling solution? H80 or more air?

    I've managed to get my i5 2500k to 5GHz on air with a Cooler Master 212 with a push-pull situation with the fans, but I'm starting to get really high temperatures when torture testing and it's worrying me. Someone suggested that Corsair H80 water system, but I checked and to me it kinda seems...
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    If I had the choice, 1333 7-7-7-18 or anything higher 9-9-9-24?

    I've found the 7-7-7-18 timings to be super fast if the RAM can support it (sometimes it requites a voltage boost). If you had the option between 12GB of 1333 ram at 7-7-7-18 or 12GB of 2100 or higher of 9-9-9-24 stuff, what would you choose? Just asking. Thanks.
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    Sandy Bridge system won't BOOT

    I put together a sandy bridge and that has been working fine. I got a new graphics card and heatsink, installed it, now the computer will start for a second, then go out.. Then this repeats forever and forever. If I mess with the switch in the back of my power system, I can get the system...
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    GTX 460 or GTX 560 Ti for a 17" monitor

    I bought a GTX 560 Ti with some extra money I had, then I realized it was overkill for the system. Here are the specs: Raidmax 630z Gigabye GA-Z68XUDH3-B3 Intel i5 2500k @4.6 Patriot Sector 5 RAM 1600 8GB (7-7-7-18) Seagate 1TB Internal 17" Gateway Monitor And that's pretty much it...
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    Have to return 560 TI, do any of these look appealing?

    I have a chance to replace my overpriced 560 TI. The monitor I'm currently using is 17", 1280x1024, 75Hz so this card is somewhat overkill. I searched and found this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...278&CatId=3669 THe only Radeons that I see around the same price are the 5770s...
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    Anything equal to or alost just as good as the 560 TI, but less?

    I bought an nVidia Geforce 560 TI when it was brand new and spent $349. The generous store is letting me bring it back for an exchange or cash, but I don't know which card to replace it is. The card I had before this was a GeForce 470, so I don't wanna go back to something like that; I'd...
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    New Cooling solution for Sandy Bridge 4.5GHz

    I finally got my i5 2500k to 4.5 stable, but the temperatures are way, way, way up there. Does anyone have any suggestions? I was looking at some Corsair water cooling thing but it looks like a toy. Thanks in advance.
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    Bridging the Sandy Bridge Gap: i5 2500k@4.5 on a Gigabye Z68X-UD3H-B3

    Well I finally bit the bullet and bought the Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 board even though I had a partciular Asus model in mind, but so far I'm generally satisfied. After plugging up and turning it on, sure enough, came right on so into the BIOS I went. I'm from the socket 7 multiplier days, so this...
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    2500k with Gigabyte GA-68x.. What some good voltages to use to try to pull ~4.5GHz?

    I have a Gigabyte GA-Z86X and an i5 2500k... Really only been messing the default CPU voltages. Can get around 4.2 or 4.3 but then I get blue screens either right before Windows starts or during an application. What are some safe/good voltages I might can try to bring the speed up to say, 4.4...
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    Patriot 1333 4GB (10666) or Patriot 1600 8gb (12800?

    I currently have 4GB of the 1333 Patriot Sector5 Viper II, but a friend will sell me his 8-gig kit for $25. Seems like an offer I can' t refuse, but does anyone info on the 1600 Patriot Sector 5 Viper II series? Like, does it have some extremely high latency or something? I went to Best...
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    Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 and i2500k.. Am I clocking it wrong?

    I got this combo just a few days ago and it set up extremely well, hit 4.5 Ghz no problem with wunning it at 1666 even with my 1333 7-7-7-18 Patriot 5 RAM. Well, after a few days of playing games and fooling around, I had to reset and it told me there was a voltage error. I set everyhing...
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    Picked up a GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 with i2500k, overclocking stops at 4.5GHz?

    The title says it all, I got the board and I'm hoping to hit around 5:00MHz. First POST was somewere around 5.0GHz. Pirst BOOT was at 5.17GHz but it gave me bluee screen while loading. Any oher mulltilipliers above 45 seems to give errors, black or bue screns, I've aslso messed with the...
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    Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155 Z68 won't detect 2condard SATA drive

    Over the weekend I picked up a Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155 Z68 ATX Intel Motherboard and an Intel Core 3.33. As to my surprise, everything worked out of the box and just with a tweaks tweaks, I had the processr at 4.8HGHz! Now here the real problem begins. I use two SATA hard drive...
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    Asus P8P67 and Core i7 2600, overclocking/performance possibilities?

    I currently have an old Asus P5KC and a Core 2 Duo e6850 and I'm thinking of going with the i7 2600. There's been good deals on the Asus P8P67 and most of the reviews I've read make it sound like a decent board. I was just curious, does anyone have any experience with this board/combination...
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    Embarassing; a Start Menu folder on the desktop that WONT GO AWAY

    I was fixing up my parent's laptop and all of the sudden a Start Menu folder appeared on the desktop and there's no way to get rid of it. I can't drag it to the recycle bin, if I right-click on it just asks me if I want to open or expand it.. I don't know what to do and it's driving me nuts...
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    nVidia Fermi chips downclocking while playing games

    I currently have a (don't laugh) GTX 465 that I got for a decent price, but I've also tried a standard GeForce GTX 460 and a GTS 450 and there's a problem that I've noticed with all three cards. This may strictly be an overclocking issue (definitely not a heat issue, however) but if the...
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    Best BIOS configuration for an ASUS P5KC?

    My current build is as follows: Raidmax 750W PSU ASUS P5KC Intel Core 2 Duo (3.0, Conroe) Patriot Sector 5 RAM (7-7-7-20 at 1333MHz) Zotac Geforce GTX 470 Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS I'm trying to figure out the best settings to use in the BIOS. With the simplest overclock I was able...
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    10 beeps and then computer shuts down, what gives?

    I cleaned my computer out and put it back together, now when I turn it on I get 10 beeps and then it shuts off. It's almost a beep per second, then power off. Anyone have any suggestions on what could be causing this? I've cleared the CMOS and even changed the battery and it's still doing...
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    Do the 478 socket Pentium 4s support hyperthreading?

    A friend of mine is buiding a computer and he aquired a 2.8GHz Pentium 4. He alread has a 478-compatible motherboard and RAM and the CPU runs fine, but he's worried that he hyperthreadng isn't enabled (if it even exists in these chip models). There's no option in the BIOS for enabling it...
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    BIOS freezes as "Checking NVRAM"

    I've building a new computer for a friend and everything's gone pretty well so far. I got an old 2.8GHz Pentium 4 (it had a 2.0GHz Celeron) to max out what his board can handle, as well as a new stick of RAM (he's only using this computer for his simply school work). It's a socket 478...
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    Can't get SATA hard drive working with Soyo P4TVE (Socket 478) mobo; BIOS issue, or?

    I'm building a system for a friend but I've ran into a problem I've never had with any previous sytems until now.. The motherboard is a Soyo P4VTE (2 SATA and IDE) and I'm using a good 160GB SATA hard drive and an IDE DVD drive, attempting to install Windows XP. The DVD drive is detected, but...
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    BSOD right after Windows 7 starts; happened out of nowhere

    I've been running this machine (older Intel Core 2 Duo at 3.5GHz, GTX 465, 4GB RAM, etc) and I've really had no problems with it at all. Last night I reset and as soon as Windows started to load, I got a quick BSOD and the computer reset. This continued until I powered off. Now, I can't...
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    GTX 465 stock fan cord came loose; now BSOD upon entering Windows?

    The stock fan cable on the Zotac GTX 465 are really, really flimsy and I guess I managed to somehow pull one away from the connector, now the fan won't spin (I'd like to say it wasn't my fault because I don't specifically remember it happening, but who knows). Basically now the fan doesn't come...
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    Certain Fermi chips 'downclocking' after extended playing?

    This is something that I'd noticed on three different GTX cards.. a Galaxy GTX 460 768MB, a PNY GTX 460 OC, and a Zotac GTX 465. The cards run the games fine for an hour or so, then the frame rate drops tremendously. Using GPU-Z, it shows that the clocks speeds for the core/shader/memory have...
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    'Upgraded' RAM, now CPU won't overclock like normal?

    Hello. Let me start off by saying that I have a somewhat older system, here are the specs: Raidmax RX-700Z ASUS P5KC Intel Core 2 Duo e6850 (3.0@3.51GHz, normally) Patriot Viper II Sector 5 1333MHz 4GB (7-7-7-24) Galaxy GTX 460 768MB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS I had some extra money...
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    Best Core 2 Quad?

    Hello, I currently have an ASUS P5KC motherboard and an Intel Core 2 Duo e6850 3.0 that I run at 3.6GHz. I doubt I'll be able to upgrade both my motherboard and CPU any time soon, so I was just curious what the best CPU would be to get for my motherboard. I'm not even really that sure of the...
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    Increasing hard drive performance?

    Hi, I have a somewhat older system I put together myself, here are the specs: Raidmax RX-750Z ASUS P5KC Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0@3.6GHz Patriot Viper II Sector 5 4GB Galaxy Geforce GTX 460 768MB HITACHI Deskstar T7K250 HDT722525DLA380 250GB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS I'm noticing some slowdown when...
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    CPU (e6850) causing bottleneck in newer graphics cards (GTX 460, HD 6870)?

    I have an e6850 Core 2 Duo that I run at 3.6GHz most of the time, 3.4GHz more recently since I've been using different RAM, and I've had the opportunity to try a PNY GTX 460 OC and an Asus HD 6870 OC with the voltage tweak or whatever. I honestly didn't see a big difference between the...
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    Geforce 6800 PCI-E was flashed to a 6800 Ultra BIOS, got flashed back, still no go?

    A friend of mine tried to flash his old Geforce 6800 with a 6800 Ultra BIOS (which you can't do unless it's the AGP kind, which this wasn't). Luckily he saved his old BIOS before flashing it, and has now flashed the card back with the old BIOS that was saved from it from before it was flashed...
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    Geforce 7600 GT showing artifacts in BIOS, is the card dead?

    A friend gave me an old Geforce 7600 GT and when you plug it in and turn it old, there's artifacts everwhere when the computer loads up. It will start to go into Windows but that's when I turn it off because the artifacts are still there. I've had this EXACT same problem on a Geforce 6800...
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    Corsair XMS3 isn't giving many options in ASUS P5KC BIOS

    First of all the motherboard that I'm using is an ASUS P5KC. I've been using a pair of Patriot 2 x 2GB PC1333 sticks for a while but one went out, so a friend of mine loaned me two of his 2GB PC1600 sticks to use until I get mine sent back from Patriot. My motherboard doesn't support PC1600...
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    ASUS P5KC not installing/using ethernet drivers...

    My ASUS P5KC is not installing/using the Attansic ethernet drivers correctly. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate and I'm using the Vista 64-bit (since those are the only ones available on the site that match). I install the drivers, reset, the network icon shows up in the bottom righthand...
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    Windows 7 64-bit rebooting system before welcome screen

    Okay first off I just found out that I had a RAM issue (I had two 2GB sticks of RAM, one stick went bad, so I'm running with a single 2GB stick of RAM in the computer with the issue right now). At first I thought it was a PSU issue, so I was swapping out PSUs from another system to test the...
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    ASUS P5KC stopped posting out of the blue

    First off, here are my system's specs: Raidmax 730w SS Modular ASUS P5KC Intel Core 2 Duo e6850 3.0@3.61MHz Patriot 1333@1551MHz (6-6-6-18) Hitachi Ultrastar 750GB 7200RPM ASUS 6870 OC Sound Blaster Audigy ZS My system's been working fine for ages, ever since I bought the...
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    Anyone with experience with Patriot 4GB PDC34G133L3LK RAM?

    I have some of this running at 7-7-7-20 at 1.7v (like it says to, otherwise it will default at 9-9-9-25 with anything under a 1.7v DRAM voltage), just was wondering if anyone else had any experience with it, overclocking potential, special BIOS settings, etc. By the way, the motherboard I...
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    Afterburner and EVGA Precision cause display driver to stop working, then defaults.

    I fan-modded my 460 GTX and decided to play around with the clocks/temps so I got the version of Afterburner that supports the voltage increase. I read a thread about someone saying the best thing to do is increasing the voltage to the max (1.087) and then mess with it from there. I managed to...
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    Bought an nVidia 460 GTX, had minor artifacts in BIOS, now card is dead.

    decided to go out and get an actual nVidia brand GTX 460, when I first put the card in and turned it on, I noticed a few artifacts on the BIOS start-up screen. I reset the computer, got into Windows, loaded the drivers, everything was fine. Started playing games and everything was fine, even...
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    DLLHOST.EXE taking up to 50% CPU Resources?

    After sorting some pictures and music files the other day I noticed my computer bogged down to the point of frozen molasses. It would take up to 7 second just to expand a window, it was almost impossible to drag and drop any item without the item ended up in the wrong destination, etc. If I...