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    Who's struggling to justify upgrading their CPU?

    On the conservative end of the “upgrade justification distribution curve”, here’s an outlook that might produce a few yuks and possibly be informative. I'm so bloody Scotch that I only do significant upgrades about every 5 years. When I do upgrade I mostly use “pre-owned” components that are...
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    CPU Overclocking History

    The following list applies to my personal (daily use) computer and is comprehensive, covering about 11 years (I upgrade my computer very infrequently). Pentium (original series) from 90MHz to 100MHz (11.1%) [can't remember the board] Celeron 300A (Mendocino core) from 300MHz to 450MHz...
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    Networking Support thread for the unemployed: Spring 2014

    On behalf of a friend, I am seeking an experienced PC technician with outstanding technical and communication skills to provide paid technical support, when needed, to a PC owner in La Jolla California. This is not a full time or contract position. The person I am looking for will provide...
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    Core 2 Duo E6600 $280, E6300 $150, OEM plus shipping

    Well said. My historical overclocking mirrors your fairly closely. I started with a P90 @ 100MHz, overclocked some Mendocino and Coppermine Celerons, a few 1.8A Northwood P4s, 4-5 Athlon XPs (Tbred "B" and Barton cores), and three Socket 754 Semprons with E6 cores. I killed one Celeron...
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    Extremely Simple Question about Intel D865PERL Motherboard

    That's a very good point which is highly relevant to my post. However, due to the fact that we can have pretty frequent, and violent thunderstorms (including tornados) in my area, and sometimes during the summer have brownouts, I routinely turn that option off in case the power goes up and...
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    the hiroshima pictures

    I've done a search of this thread for "731" and found no matches. I'm somewhat surprised that no one seems to have mentioned Camp 731 / Unit 731. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731 For those who read that article but don't know the definition of "vivisection", here's the...
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    Extremely Simple Question about Intel D865PERL Motherboard

    DON'T NEED ANY MORE HELP -- GOT IT TO BOOT IN THE FASHION I'M ACCUSTOMED TO. Thanks to those who replied. I have an Intel D865PERL motherboard in a test stand equipped with known good components. I purchased the board used in a group of PC equipment. I'm curious about the way it boots...
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    CPU Temp will not read on Tforce 6100

    On the S754 version of the Tforce 6100, the BIOS version appears at the bottom left of the screen during boot, at least for the 02/07/2006 BIOS version.
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    Biostar TForce 6100-939 motherboard keeps randomly powering down...

    If the shutdowns have raised their ugly heads again, perhaps they are heat related. I believe modern AMD processors will shut down when they sense a temperature interpreted to be dangerously high. So I suggest that if abrupt shutdowns are still an issue you (1) check to see if your heatsink is...
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    Sound card advise needed

    Here's a potential no-cost solution. If you loaded the drivers for your sound card from a CD that came with your motherboard, or worse, you are using drivers supplied by your OS (Operating System - Win2K, WinXP, etc. - these drivers would likely be REALLY old), then it is possible that newer...
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    Am I the only one having bad luck with Corsair XMS RAM?

    Edited: 4-11-2006. Although mentioned with regard to I875, the first link in the original post wasn't actually very relevant to I875, so the verbiage used to introduce that link was changed. Added some comments relating to the first link. Also added the following: Start ======= Given that...
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    Am I the only one having bad luck with Corsair XMS RAM?

    Have you experimented any with the Command Rate timing - trying 2T versus 1T? If not, it might be worth a shot. It might also be helpful to know which core you're running - would you please post full processor specs? Also, note the statement in the Corsair document: "Dual channel...
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    Patriot Low Latency 2GB Memory Kit for $153.80 Shipped

    At Newegg. Start of Edit: March 30, 2006; 11:30PM CST. As pointed out by the first responder below, there is another thread devoted to this rebate offer However I have read through that thread and found (1) ZERO statements to the effect that a given buyer had received a rebate and (2) at...
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    7800GT 3DMARK05 Scores

    Very informative post, Speedstream. Your "7800gsscoc 7215 @ 545/1450" configuration score is close to the 7367 3DM2005 score achieved by a PCIE version of the 7800GT in combination with an OC'd E6 Sempron 2500+ @ 2450MHz (posted by electronicaddict on 11/12/2005 04:04 AM in this same thread)...
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    HOT - Kingston 512MB PC3200 DDR DIMM Memory $19.99 Shipped After Rebates

    I called a local Circuit City store and got following info re the memory: Kingston model: KVR400512R Info on individual chips: P55038800C 0808N01 03208DX1T-5R Can anyone identify what manufacturer made the chips and what the REAL designation for the chips is?
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    Budget OC brags

    ============================================================= For 1.8GHz setting (7 * 257MHz) - run routinely at these settings: HT @ 3 x 257 = 771 (slightly underclocked) Chipset voltage @ default (if memory serves, default is 1.6V) Memory timings 3-3-3-8; 2.7V (.1V overvolt; may not be...
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    Budget OC brags

    Sempy 2500+, E6 core @ 2296MHz (328MHz * 7), default Vcore, $69 total delivered cost for (1) one new OEM processor; (2) one used working Chaintech VNF3-250; (3) one dead VNF3-250 with good BIOS chip, battery, soundcard; and (4) one used working stock AMD S754 heatsink/fan. But I have to admit...
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    Artic Silver Ceramique

    IMHO, an excellent contribution Witchfire, even though the discussion has veered a bit from "density and thickness" to the potential pitfalls of working with Ceramique and other compounds having the same "dense/gooey/thick/viscous" properties. But I suspect that DasFox, who started this thread...
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    Artic Silver Ceramique

    "Thickness" = viscosity in the context of the original post ("...what is the density and thickness like?"). There was no mention in my post of "density" and no equating of density to viscosity in either the original or my post. :D And the traditional mathematical symbol for "not equal" is of...
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    Artic Silver Ceramique

    Minor edits, for clarity, February 15, 2006. Here is my two cents worth. I can't compare the "thickness" of Ceramique with AS5 because I've never used AS5. Compared to AS2, Ceramique is much "thicker", or perhaps more accurately, more viscous. But before you use the stuff, read on...
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    Chaintech vnf3-250 bios 3/21/2005 no cpu volt adjust?

    Zap- Something just occurred to me. The ==>slightly upgraded memory controller<== in the E stepping relative to the D0 stepping, in a quote above, repeated here in its entirety: "E core revision supports SSE3 instructions and boasts slightly upgraded memory controller compared with the...
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    Chaintech vnf3-250 bios 3/21/2005 no cpu volt adjust?

    Zap - The originator of that thread was using an ASUS K8N motherboard - that's buried in the interior of the thread (someone asked her/him). If you are running at 8 x 270 = 2160MHz you can console yourself with the knowledge that you can easily beat a stock $120 Sempron 3400+, and you have...
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    Chaintech vnf3-250 bios 3/21/2005 no cpu volt adjust?

    Zap - Here are the facts regarding your Sempy 2600+ as you have reported them in this thread: Box code: SDA2600BABOX Tray code printed on processor: SDA2600AIO2BA Stepping code: D0 64-bit capable: Yes Between your observations of your Sempy 2600+ and...
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    Sempron 64 E3, E6 need explain

    By jove, yes you have tested for stability according to your 1/27/2006 (today) edit of your original post.
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    Sempron 64 E3, E6 need explain

    Congratulations nyker96. Have you tested for stability at that frequency?
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    Sempron 64 E3, E6 need explain

    Given that M2 is coming, which will push down the price of both socket 754 and 939, currently why would one buy ANYTHING that is AMD and even REMOTELY expensive unless one's processing requirements suddenly escalate sharply and dictate that one must significantly upgrade immediately. I...
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    Sempron 64 E3, E6 need explain

    It may be possible to achieve 2.4GHz at DEFAULT vcore with your E6 Sempy. My E6 2500+ (1.4GHz stock frequency) has hit 2296MHz (7 x 328MHz) at default vcore on a VNF3-250, but I didn't prime it there (but did run Sandra). MY Sempy might go even higher at default but I'm running budget memory...
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    Sempron 64 E3, E6 need explain

    nyker96 - Please edit your original post and include at least one link to the "E8" stepping. Thanks.
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    Chaintech vnf3-250 bios 3/21/2005 no cpu volt adjust?

    Zap - With regard to your comment "The board recognizes the CPU as a 64 bit Sempron. WTF?" Refer to the link you posted earlier for your proceesor specs. That link appears in your post above bearing the date/time stamp of 12/31/2005 11:24 AM. You stated in that post that your processor...
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    Is it time for RMA yet?

    I suggest the following, in the order listed. Please do not interpret any suggestion as an insult to your intelligence. NOTE: turn off power to the system unit (assuming the power supply has on on/off switch), UNPLUG the power cord to the system unit, and perform steps 1-4 before re-applying...
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    Best Socket 754 AGP OC Board

    Brentx - I recently bought a used VNF3-250. Did you overclock yours before it died and if so, would you please post the OC settings you were using?
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    Can most nforce3 motherboards run the hypertransport bus above spec?

    Thanks for the elucidation. I'm getting absolutely stuffed with crow-pie..... In an effort to repay you for the education you've given me, and in an effort to address your original question at the top of the thread, I googled for "hypertransport", glanced through several of the search...
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    Can most nforce3 motherboards run the hypertransport bus above spec?

    Thanks for pointing that article out. Looks like I may have to eat crow re my very first post AND my last post. The effect of varying HT is so small that my allegation about Chaintech's vnf3-250 and 3x/4x either isn't valid or not provable, at least with the bench I used. However, the BIOS...
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    Can most nforce3 motherboards run the hypertransport bus above spec?

    By making two sets of runs of the SiSoft Sandra 2005 benchmark (benched CPU, multimedia, and memory), with BIOS settings of CPU @ 250MHzk and memory @ 166MHz for both runs, with HT set at 3x for the first run and at 4x for the second run. The results were, for all practical purposes, identical...
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    Can most nforce3 motherboards run the hypertransport bus above spec?

    I wonder if the temp sensor is "pretty useless" or if the problem lies with the software that reads it. With the V6.0 BIOS, temperature readings displayed in the BIOS setup and by Chaintech's "DigiDoc" monitoring software are more plausible than those reported by earlier BIOSes but don't have...
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    Best Socket 754 AGP OC Board

    You can buy the Chaintech VNF3-250 for 54 bucks shipped at zipzoomfly.com. At newegg, the buyers gave it the same 4/5 egg rating as the Epox EP-8KDA3J. IMHO the quality of MSI boards has gone down over the last few years and Biostar's support of their boards is less than stellar. The...
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    Can most nforce3 motherboards run the hypertransport bus above spec?

    I'm running the Rev 1.0 version of the VNF3-250 right now with HT at 1000 (250 x 4). At least one on-line review mentions that the board does HT 1000 reasonably easily. I have also run it at HT 960 (240 x 4) and HT 900 (300 x 3). The seond of these two settings was done to obtain 2.1GHz...
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    Chaintech vnf3-250 bios 3/21/2005 no cpu volt adjust?

    EDITED: January 9, 2005 to correct statements that were, bluntly, wrong. I also noticed, with no modicum of chagrin, the lack of Vcore adjustments in the BIOS and think we ought to bombard Chaintech with highly indignant emails (I am however aware of the Clockgen utility for non-BIOS...
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    Upgrading, need help

    I did an advanced Google search for "all the words" Athlon XP in combination with "with the exact phrase" Civilization 4 and look what I found: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=135231 Suggest you try posting over there as well. This game looks like a big headache...