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    Broken plastic from SATA connector

    update: Well, colour me surprised! I called Seagate support to confirm if the RMA request I submitted is valid and they assured me that yes, physical damage of this sort is still covered under warranty. She said they replace damage like this all the time, such as external drives where the usb...
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    Broken plastic from SATA connector

    Actually I was doing some web searching and came across a thread which shows a piece which combines the SATA power and data cables into one connection, thus giving a more snug fit. Only $4 at dealxtreme, I just thought I'd try the free at home glue option first. Once I hear back from Seagate...
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    Broken plastic from SATA connector

    Okay I made a big boo-boo the other day and broke the plastic around the SATA connector of my 1Gb Seagate 7200.12 drive. Luckily the pins were still intact and my motherboard came with latching SATA cables which made the drive still readable. I immediately backed up the drive and am wondering...
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    No sound, ASUS A8N-SLI Premium

    Never mind, figured it out! I didn't connect the chasis 10-pin audio connector to the on-board front panel audio connector. I assumed that the front panel audio connector does not mean the rear audio connectors??? But somehow not connecting this disabled the rear outputs. WEIRD.
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    No sound, ASUS A8N-SLI Premium

    Hey guys, I am getting no sound when my speakers are plugged into the green plug at the back of my board. I have tried both the official nForce4 driver set 6.86 and the latest unofficial drivers from nforcershq.com (nForce4 Fernandos XP 32bit Performance Pack v3.0). The latter includes HD...
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    Is my board bent?

    I haven't checked yet because I'm afraid of excessive removal/reseating of the heatsink possibly causing more damage to the board! But I definitely didn't notice this when I first got the board, only after trying to install the heatsink with board still in the case. That didn't work so well so...
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    Asus P5Q-E and OCZ memory

    I have the exact same 4GB OCZ Platinum XTC DDR2-1066 installed in my P5Q-E without problems. I have my Q6600 running at 444x8 so I can run my ram at DDR2-1066 with 2.0v (5-5-5-15). Running a memtest right now, so far stable after a couple hours...
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    Is my board bent?

    I'm concerned about possible bending of my Asus P5Q-E motherboard after installation of an OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU cooler. Here are some pics of a northbridge heatsink, I'm worried that it's not making contact with the mosfet chips underneath. Can I remove the spring loaded NB heatsink to make sure...
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    Minimum Vista recommended video card?

    Yes just Aero and I suppose LCD monitor support. I just upgraded my computer so I'm giving my old Socket 939 board, but he needs a PCI-E card to go along with it. I don't think he'll be doing anything with HD/BlueRay. What about the 7100GS?
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    Minimum Vista recommended video card?

    Hey guys, I'm building a budget vista system for my dad and he needs a PCI-E video card but plays no games. What are some recommended video cards I could get him? I'm a bit partial to nvidia so let's stick with the geforce line. Thanks!
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    HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.7

    graysky: I'm just wondering, is it recommended to start your overclock with a large memory divider, so that you're underclocking your ram and thus taking it out of the equation? Thanks. edit: also, when trying to determine max fsb should I be sticking to stock Vcc (i.e. my chip's VID, or...
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    Q6600 owners... what is your VID

    Just got a brand new Q6600 (rev G0, steppig B), coretemp reports VID = 1.3000v. Seems a little high compared to others reported in the first post, does this mean I have a "bad" one? Also I think I'm experiencing vdroop on my Asus P5Q-E (bios 0704). I set vcore to 1.3v but CPU-Z reports...
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    Get Q6600 with Quadcore, or E8400 with SSE4? What's more future proof?

    The Q9450 is a $150 more than the Q6600, so maybe I'll upgrade to that (or similar) in the future but right now I just can't justify the price difference.
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    Get Q6600 with Quadcore, or E8400 with SSE4? What's more future proof?

    I am having this exact same debate as I try and figure out my build. I do some gaming but mostly video/audio encoding using DivX (which supports SSE4) and Cinemecraft Encoder. I cannot determine what would be better for my applications as I do plan on overclocking. So an OC'd E8400 w/ SSE4 or...
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    Attention System Builders

    I must say, great thread modoheo. I'm now torn between deciding on my CPU, and basically my options are the 3 listed in mid-range by you. E7200 - $135 E8400 - $185 Q6600 - $215 (all prices Canadian) My main usage is video and audio encoding (DivX and Cinemacraft Encoder) and some...
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    Attention System Builders

    One other thing: I noticed most of your recommended RAM modules are G.Skill. Is OCZ not a recommended brand? I'm looking at their PC2-6400 4Gb (2x2gb) kits since many have mail-in-rebates which makes the price right.
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    Attention System Builders

    Any big dif b/t the ICH10 and ICH10R southbridge? The GB DS3L has the former while the DS3R (and all Asus P45's) have the latter.
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    Attention System Builders

    I'm doing some research on an upgrade to a E7200 build, and trying to narrow down my mobo choices. I noticed you only recommended one P45 board. Are there other choices you guys have? How about the Gigabyte EP45-DS3L or EP45-DS3R? Also my local stores don't seem to carry the Asus P5Q Pro...
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    Which mobo for an E7200?

    Blain: How about the cheaper Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L? Or the Asus P5Q? Just checking out the different P45 boards out there and want to know what the dif b/t price points is. I've used Asus in the past with their nforce4 chipset, right now is there an industry leader for the P45s?
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    Which mobo for an E7200?

    hmmm i dont' think that board supports nvidia SLI. But I should be okay with my single GPU 9600GT right?
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    Which mobo for an E7200?

    Hey y'all! It's time to upgrade my S939 system, so I'm thinking of going for the E7200 with 4GB PC2-6400 ram, but haven't narrowed down the myriad of mobo options yet. I love to overclock, but I'm on a budget so I never want to break the bank on any components. I'll probably get a Cooler...
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    Stable forceware for 7800GT?

    I left all 3D driver settings at default, any in particular I should check? BTW I am running the game at 1024x768 in widescreen mode and low detail
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    Stable forceware for 7800GT?

    I have an eVGA GeForce 7800 GT CO that is factory overclocked to 470 MHz that is showing some bad video artifacts when playing Lost Via Domus. The artifacts start appearing after 5 mins of play and get progressively worse, causing the program to freeze and eventually crash. It could just be a...
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    Partitions missing in WinXP - help!

    Good news, my problem has been solved! Somebody from another forum referred me to a great program called TestDisk. It's a free, open-source program that was able to repair the partition table with just a few keystrokes. This is not an ad or anything, but this is an amazing program and was...
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    Partitions missing in WinXP - help!

    Okay, so I've gotten myself into quite the pickle. My problem is that WinXP SP2 can no longer see 2 out of 3 partitions on my main hard drive. It can see the Windows (C partition just fine, but the D: and E: partitions have both disappeared and now say "unallocated space" in Disk Management. So...
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    Help! OC'd system won't turn on

    I considered an Antec NEO HE but luckily read some posts on ncix reporting problems with that psu and the Asus A8N series motherboards. So I picked up a OCZ GameXStream Power Supply (SLI Ready) 600W instead. It's probably a bit more powerful than I need, but the pricepoint wasn't higher than...
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    Help! OC'd system won't turn on

    Okay! Well I grabbed the 380W Antec SmartPower from an existing computer, and plugged in the 4-pin and 20-pin connectors to my system. Supplied the AC power, turned the computer on, and everything powered up. So I think it's my PSU that is at fault!
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    Help! OC'd system won't turn on

    Okay so I followed some suggestions from here and other boards. I unplugged PSU from mains, and moved the AC power cord to plug directly from a wall outlet (not through a power bar). I then used a paper clip to short the green and black wires on the 20-pin connector, and the power supply fan...
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    Help! OC'd system won't turn on

    Changing topic slightly to PSU recommendations... A friend said that OCZ is good, and I noticed my local store has rebates on a couple of their PSUs. Do you guys like them? Which would you chose among these? OCZ GameXStream Power Supply (SLI Ready) 600W OCZ GameXStream Power Supply (SLI...
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    Help! OC'd system won't turn on

    Good suggestion, I'll give it a try when I Get home. If I do need a new PSU, do you have any good suggestions? Optimally I'd like one that a) doesn't break the bank; and b) doesn't sound like a wind tunnel. Thanks for your help!
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    Help! OC'd system won't turn on

    Guys the nightmare of my life has come true. Today I woke up and my computer won't turn on! :( I had just finished a 24 hr round of StressPrime 95 on my system after finding my cpu and ram OC ceiling. So I decided to turn on Q-Fan on my Asus mobo and turn one of my outtake fans on low in...
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    Tightening memory timings

    Hey guys, thought I'd continue this thread. I installed that AC Freezer 64 Pro and am able to get my Toledo core Opteron 165 up to 293 fsb, 9h SP2004 stable. This was with the memory clocked down to DDR200. The memory I have is 1GB(2x512M) OCZ DDR Platinum Rev2 PC3200, which are BH-5 chips if...
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    Noisy PSU

    thanks for the tip Galvanized, I'll PM AntecCSR to ask how the RMA process works. Only issue I'd have is I'd be out of a PSU (therefore no computer) for however long the RMA takes (weeks?). Operandi: Any links to what these PSUs look like inside? Is it easy for me to tell by eye if the caps...
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    Noisy PSU

    my caps... the capacitors on the motherboard? I have an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium. I'd like to know how I can test it. The PSU doesn't seem to have a fan monitor that the motherboard can display.
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    Noisy PSU

    well I don't think it's the fan is louder than I like, it's rather the fan is making an unusual grinding/whirring noise. It's definately louder than it was, and surely not to spec. The Antec Sonata II is supposed to be one of those "quiet" cases, but not with this noisy PSU.
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    Noisy PSU

    Hey guys, I have an Antec Sonata II case whose PSU is starting to sound very noisy. The PSU that came with the case is an 450Watt SmartPower 2.0. I've been able to isolate the noise by unplugging the case fans, and I also recently replaced the cpu cooler with an Artic Cooling Freezer Pro. The...
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    AC Freezer 64 Pro installation trouble

    Hey guys. I picked up a freezer 64 last night to put in my asus a8n-sli premium with opteron 165. I had soem trouble putting it on, tried to do it with the mobo still in the case but that didn't work. Took the mobo out, but my concern is that the clip mechanism seems to be at an angle on the...
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    Tightening memory timings

    Okay, I decided to try vdimm 2.90V and even looser timings, and was able to hit 270 mhz (12 hr StressPrime 2004 stable). I tried 274 mhz but SP2004 gave errors after 2 hrs. I'm going to install an Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro and a 120mm intake fan, and see if I get can htt beyond 277 mhz...
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    Tightening memory timings

    I think my ram is crap... I don't even get past the bios post screen at 226Mhz at anything tighter than 3-4-3-7. Right now I've lowered cpu multi to 6 and am trying HTT 250 with memory at 1:1. So far OCCT stable, I think it will pass dual Super Pi. Gonna see again how high I can get with...
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    Tightening memory timings

    Thanks, I am trying 226 @ 2-2-2-5 vdimm 2.80 right now. I believe this is TCCD based, I bought it in late Dec 2005. This thread from OCZ tells me not to go above vdimm 2.80, but I'll try 2.85-2.90 if it fails at the current timings, otherwise I'll loosen them a bit...