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    Prime 95

    So I am running Prime blend 25.6 build 6 on Vista 64 and thread two is clearly ahead by one test after a few hours running. Is that something to be worried about? I am testing my OC with a new motherboard, same as in the sig just a P45 board as opposed to the P965 from before.
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    What do you guys think of this case?

    I have narrowed what I want to either the Silverstone TJ09 on sale at the Egg for $269.00 with the window or Lian Li PC-G70B Goliath Black Aluminum Super Tower with 250mm Fan for $299.00 from here http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/...zenid=1542780bcf758dd281c1d0083d038465 Its a...
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    Asus A7N8X2.0 Barton XP2500@2387 upgrade path?

    I always start here first when I start looking into an upgrade :) So I have a barton xp2500 that is past 3200 speeds (current is 2387mhz) If I decide to just upgrade the proc what is the fastest that I can put on my Asus A7N8X 2.0 ?? I am assuming that its XP3200? And I hear they are...
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    Barton2500 at 233x10.5 (2447) aircooled

    Well my little Fall 2003 project is finally done. My plan was to get a barton 2500 and get it to run it as a 3200 (200x11) I got alot more than I expected To go with the barton I got an SLK900a which was onsale at SVC, some ceramique, a panaflo 90m L1A for cpu (I like it quiet) 1gb corsair twin...
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    Derek Smart takes a Dump on ATI...Check it out

    What more can I say?? Its interesting stuff and he makes some very valid points about ATI Drivers Check it out Thread at Beyond3d For those of you who do not know or forgot...He is the creator of the Battlecruiser 3000AD games
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    Unlocked XP1900 (at least mostly) So I am happy

    Well I have had a partly sucessful unlock of my XP1900. I have 6, 6.5, 11, 11.5, 12, 12.5, 13- havent tested 14 and 15 and dont know if they will work in any event. I dont have 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5 but dont see myself ever using most of those anyway. I am somewhat tempted to try...
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    Case Airflow Question and/or Problem- Advice requested

    Ok I need advice from any cooling experts out there :) I have an Alpha 8045 cooling an XP 1900 and in the instruction sheet it has the fan pointed in such a way that the air flows up from the cpu and not down onto the cpu. I have seen this before in the alpha line but I have one problem. On...
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    Fried My Very First CPU

    Fried my First CPU! Well after 6 years of being into this hobby I finally fried one I got my new XP1800 and was all ready to unlock it using the VRZone method with the Silver Grease to paint with and silicone paste to fill in the laser trench Now I am not sure where I went wrong- guess it...
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    Epox 8kha+ Owners Beware!

    Ok I was going crazy- was about to RMA the board when I read a post here about the CMOS settings in the manual being backwards. I thought I was going crazy. When the clear cmos was jumpered to clear I would get power and when jumpered as normal I got nothing. I could not for the life of me...
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    Will an Alpha FC-PAL35 fit on an AMD XP1800 CPU?

    I am asking this only because I have an Alpha 8045 that will go on it when my project is finished but while I am working on unlocking the XP I may have to take on and off the heatsink maybe a few times before I get it right. As any of you with the 8045 may or may not know its not the easiest...
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    Flashing OEM Radeon 8500 to Retail.. ATI Threatens Legal Action!

    UPDATE: There are new Links to download the Utility that can be linked to from the Original Rage 3d Thread. I can not keep up with all the freaking emails! 49 this mourning alone. I now feel the awesome power of the anandtech effect firsthand :) Click to download flash utility IF you are...
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    TURN AN OEM RADEON 8500 INTO A RETAIL VERSION! BIG NEWS!

    Posted this in General but I realize that this belongs here also- This ought to be spread far and wide. :) This has been building over the last week or more at the Rage3d 8500 Forums. Some guy managed to Flash the Bios of an OEM8500 to the Retail 8500. Since the OEM cards have been (for the...
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    TURN AN OEM RADEON 8500 INTO A RETAIL 8500! BIG NEWS!

    Posted this in General but I realize that this belongs here also- This ought to be spread far and wide. :) This has been building over the last week or more at the Rage3d 8500 Forums. Some guy managed to Flash the Bios of an OEM8500 to the Retail 8500. Since the OEM cards have been (for the...
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    TURN ANY OEM RADEON 8500 INTO THE FULL RETAIL! HOT!!

    This has been building over the last week or more at the Rage3d 8500 Forums. Some guy managed to Flash the Bios of an OEM8500 to the Retail 8500. Since the OEM cards have been (for the most part) using the same memory there has been no real reason really why this wouldnt work. Well anyway what...
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    If money were no object this is what I would build today...

    I could not sleep so I was playing around on GamePC.com to customize a system. If I were filthy rich this is what I would build from them. Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz Retail w/ No RDRAM - $650 Taisol CEP405092 Cooler for Pentium 4 - $25 ASUS P4T i850 - $200 Samsung PC800 RAMBUS 1GB 4 RIMMS - $580...
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    Crazy Hard-Drive Problem....Very confusing to me

    Well today I got a new WD 40GB IDE U100 HD to go with my IBM 45GB 75GXP Drive. I installed the WD Drive without a problem and jumpered it correctly and then loaded up into windows ME. On boot I noticed that the Size and UDMA setting in the bios was correct for all drives. Well Windows ME was...
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    Spyware stuff getting out of hand

    I am getting tired of having to wade through my background progs to see if somebody installs something I dont want running. I installed Audiogalaxy MP3 search thing and about 40 min later I get an alert by Zonealarm when I was doing something else that a program called "webEnhancer...
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    ATI is getting better and better

    The one thing that I was worried about with them when I got my Radeon 64 DDR was driver support. Well they have proved me wrong. I can not even keep up with all the new driver releases. 2-3 days after one seems to come another. They are already up to 7099. Also the drivers keep getting better so...
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    Bad Memory Leak in WinME

    Well I just got DSL installed last week and ever since I have been getting the worst memory leaks I have ever had. As I type this device manager is reporting system resources at 10% free. Is there any way for me to recover lost memory? I cant imagine what this could be as I have 256 megs of...
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    An Invention called "IT" Set to change the World? Interesting stuff

    This article has been floating around and its very interesting. Its about an invention that is so profound that it supposedly will change life on earth forever. I am sooo curious as to what it might be. Here is a link to it. What Is 'IT'?
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    CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) Harddrives coming

    According to the Register. That really stinks and I wonder how in the world it will affect things like Norton Ghost. Imagine not being able to restore a failed harddrive due to some small amount of data your own disk decides is not allowed? Scary The Register
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    Sad To See 3dfx go away. They did not deserve to end like this

    Well I have not owned a 3dfx based card in a few years but I am sad anyway. Not only for the loss of competition but for the families of those laid off so close to Christmas. I honestly dont understand why people become zombies toward one company or another anyhow. Its hard to stay loyal these...
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    Happy with my Radeon, good work ATI

    Well when I got this puppy (retail 64 DDR) I was a bit worried because of ATI's past history but they have obviously put all their demons to sleep with the radeon. This card is fast, overclockable, ( 200/200 is very easy to hit) and looks great at 1600x1200 32 bit. They have done a good job...
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    Help with Outlook Express 5.0.. Cant save password

    Well this is my prob. In Outlook express 5.0 running on WinME I can not save my passwords for my email account. When I go to account, properties, server I try to enter my email password for my earthlink email account. As soon as I leave properties it refuses to save the password. So now email...
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    What a strange temp reading

    Well I installed a thermal probe on my ASUS CUSL2, but it towards the bottom of the socket and thought all was well. I put my Swiftech MC370-3 Peltier on and the readings were like the cpu temp probe on the MB. It was what I expected at first that the temp at idle would be close (a little lower...
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    MBM 5 is out..What happened to CPU Heatup?

    I was just wondering, cause I have a peltier and I find that function of MB Monitor very useful. If I am not missing something and its not there I will go back to 4.18- I dont like running at around freezing or below. :) If anybody knows the deal, please let me know Thanks Joe
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    Fixing a Broken Socket on a motherboard

    Well I have a Swiftech MC370-3 Peltier and when I was attaching the Heatsink to the socket on my MB I managed to turn the screw that is used to tighten the assembly too tight and bam! a piece of the socket and the socket lug came off the socket. Well I am left with either trying to RMA the board...
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    What a major F#CK UP!!

    Well I was trying to reseat my Swiftech MC370-3 Peltier, and I tightened the socket screw a bit too much and the socket broke. :( The little notch came off the socket on one side. I have crazy glued it back and when it totally dries I will try to gently put it all back in. If it goes in...
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    How to properly set up MBM 4.18??

    Well since I never had a peltier before I never used it before. Also since I have an ASUS CUSL2 I can not figure out what the right temp is as everything reports a diff temp. Can anyone tell me how to properly set it up for use with my MB and 700 FC-PGA. It has core 0 and core 1, but which...
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    Can somebody recomend good CD/R-CD/RW??

    Well I got my new 12x/10x/32x Plextor the other day, and now I need to get some good quality CD/R and CD/RW high speed blanks. I would want 12x (if there are any out yet) or if not 10x for CD/Rs and the fastest available for CD/RW. 800mbs also preferred. I will get cheapos to go along with these...
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    Artic Silver and instructions..what is "quality degreaser"???

    Well I was reading the instructions for use with Artic Sliver and one of the steps is this "If the heatsink surface has has thermal compound previously applied, the surface should be thoroughly scrubbed with a quality degreaser Ok what is this and where do I get it? I notice that this...
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    How is my Temp for Peltier Air Cooled 700e Rig??

    Well I just got it installed and my system is finally complete. I got the swiftech MC370-3 72W peltier kit. I am testing now at where I was before at the same speed and voltage (700 FC-PGA 960 @ 1.85) to first ascertain that I got it all installed right. I have been getting an average of 2C to...
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    Is Intel trying to Kill Overclocking with the i815 Chip?

    Well if this is true then I will have to take back my CUSL2 while I still can. First off here is a link to the thread: http://www.cusl2.com/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.cgi?action=Read&BID=5&TID=295&SID=7 It appears that the "Cold Boot Bug" in the ASUS CUSL2 has been...