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    prime95 - one core hangs and runs slow

    so I'm testing with Prime95 using Custom 4096 test that fills my ram i put it at 3800mb. I dont get any errors, but i notice one core has literally twice or three times as many tests completed than the other. the 2nd core is completing a test about every minute or so, while the 1st...
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    cant seem to get a stable oc

    okay so I have a E8400 stepping E0 with a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P I can run the chip at 4.3Ghz prime95 stable (small FFT's for 12+ hours with no errors) at 1.36v… temps under full prime load are just hitting 60C at 4.3 (on air). I have G.skill 2x2GB 533mhz 5-5-5-15 @2.1v ram and I have...
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    mobo killing ram? or just bad mobo?

    I had a rather odd thing happen to me last night. After over a year of solid stability my computer started crashing and blue screening. Eventually it just would not boot windows anymore. The types of freezing and crashing led me to beleive it was the ram so i ran MEMTEST 86 and sure...
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    BF2 Memory leak?? **UPDATE** (fixed)

    So has been my problem ever since battlefield 1.3... after about an hour of playing perfectly with no jumps or jitters, the game starts lagging because my pagefile is being used. i have 2gb of ram and the pagefile shouldn't be touched. it runs perfectly fine until some random heavy...
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    Any 4GB kits out of DDR2?

    or is the max 1GB per stick still?
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    How to upgrade to an X2 properly!

    I'm starting to see threads pop up which go along the lines of "I just upgraded to an X2 and put it in and now windows doesn't boot" or similar. Most peoples solutions tends to be akin to the "Microsoft fix-it-all, format-n-reinstall" (haha I just made that up now and it rhymes aren't I...
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    Router problems?

    I purchased a Linksys BEFSR41 v2 to share my internet amoung my three home computers. I have OPTIMUM ONLINE w/VOIP on the Motorola SurfBoard SBV5129 modem. Everything is running, all three computers have internet access and access to eachother, however, every 15-30 minutes or so the internet...
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    Wireless N?

    Its a draft spec from what ive read, is it worth it to buy now or should I wait till some formats finalized? I'm setting up my wireless in my house because I'm getting rid of one of my cable modems. I don't want to lose any speed and I have some thick walls to go through. If...
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    arg

    my bad delete
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    Testing RAM without MEMTEST86

    I know MEMTEST is pretty much the end all for testing ram for errors and stability. However, it requires you to boot off the disc and run it without an operating system for extended period of time (8+ hours). I need to have my computer on to do mundane things like check email, IM's...
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    BF2 sucking RAM dry...

    I disabled my pagefile because after about 15 minutes of play the game would start getting choppy. I noticed this is because the game started using the pagefile and dumping stuff to my hard drive. This is odd because I have 2GB of ram, which should be plenty for this game, and always has...
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    Someone explain this....

    I guess a picture says a 1000 words right, well here ya go.... http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=explainnopf1vr.jpg][/URL] I turned off my pagefile because I was having problems with it in BF2, for some reason it was running off my pagefile instead of ram. I have 2GB and I...
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    DX10 vid cards

    Just curious if anyone has some estimations as to when they will be coming out, obviously DX10 would have to be out which would imply Vista as well, so what is that..... 2007? I really don't wanna drop the money into a new comp until thats all out, Conroe and AMDs equiv as well.
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    Unstable after years of running fine?

    I have a 3500+ Winchester OC'd to 2430mhz for like, 2 years now. Havent had a single problem since. All of a sudden I got 3 crashed in 2 days playing games. So I ran prime, it failed after about 3 hours. I only ran it at .025v + normal. Temps have never broke 44C under load. What...
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    1080i files?? .ts?

    I downloaded some film in 1080i format, do I need a special player to watch it on a regular dvd player/tv combo? (ie NTSC ) or do i have to somehow convert from 1080 to ntsc resolution? its in parts of .ts files i dont know how to join them though
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    A good alternative to Nortons Ghost??

    Ghost isn't working for me for some reason, followed everything correctly, when I try to boot it freezes on the windowlogo. Whats another good program to use to completely mirror a hard drive for backup purposes ??
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    vCore Voltage higher on idle than load??

    I just replaced my old mobo w/ a Epox 9NPA+ Ultra board. Its great and all but I notice my idle temps are higher than with my old board (I realize a number of things could influence this- as well as the sensor accuracy). My main concern is that this higher idle temp is because even though I...
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    can undervolting ram make it fail?

    I have crucial ballistix (2-2-2-8 @2.8v) but my mobo only puts out 2.7. i tested in mem test for 12 hours and it was fine. however this is my 4th set of ram to die this year. can it be because of undervolting?? or is it maybe a mobo problem (i just bought a new one anyway cuz im tired...
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    Got my new replacement ram...

    GRRR my old ballistix went bad, so i RMA'd. I'm currently running it at stock settings (actually less 195mhz instead of 200 due to the divider) and when I run memtest (just for my sake since i had a few random crashes and program errors - although none while gaming really) it freezes after...
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    How hot do your HD's run??

    There is a 120mm Fan blowing on all three of my HDs and they are spaced 1 slot apart from each other so its not like they are touching.... My raptor is the coolest at 37C , Maxline 3 300gig is 43C and my seagate ide is 40C. My case ambient is 25 and my processor idle runs at 33 and 43...
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    Remote Desktop doesn't show LOGIN

    I don't know what the problem is..... I tried unchecking it, rechecking it, I have no firewalls blocking it. When I connect from another computer, it shows the screen with the blue background fine but no login box comes up for the password so I can't connect to my computer. Any ideas...
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    BFG 6800GT running at 102 deg C

    What can/should I do? I called BFG they said they can RMA it because sometimes I have games crash and I'm thinking its the video card since everything else is fine. Only problem is they don't do advanced RMA so I can't really do that, I need a comp. The idle temp is around 67 (48 ambient)...
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    Epox 9NPA+ Ultra W/ X2 Proc.??

    Just checking who here has an X2 (specifically a 3800 not that it should matter) on the Epox 9NPA+ Ultra board. Wondering if you had any issues with getting everything working properly.
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    Every big download has CRC errors!

    Everytime I download something in either firefox or IE (tried both because i was haveing this problem) I have CRC errors during extraction or if its just an EXE it gives some other error. What is the cause of this? It happened like 10 times on three different demos (about 300mb each) and...
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    Spread Spectrum settings?

    I have a GA-K8NXP SLI board and i upgraded to the new F9 bios and i notice two more "spread spectrum" options one is for the PCI express, SATA, and CPU. what do these do and should i enable them?? also is HT-link voltage something i should increase at all?
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    If i connect more than one HD = no post

    I finally weeded out one of my problems, I had a bad stick of ram that is in the process of being replaced. In the meantime, I am running a single 512 Ballistix stick. I have the ram at the factory specs running a 166 divider and FSB @ 240 on my GA-K8NXP-SLI board. This is fine, prime...
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    MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION BSOD

    I haven't had this problem since I built my computer. I recently had a minor problem where my MP3's would not show icons. So after trying everything I knew to fix that, I tried to reload windows on top of that without formatting. That was a disaster.... its also when my BSOD started. So I...
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    MP3's lost thier icons??

    Basically says it all.......out of no where my MP3's lost thier assoicated icon. I use winamp classic, so i went in there and checked and its still the default, hit apply.... still doesnt work. Restarted, ect ect..... went into folder properties and looked up the file extension, shows the...
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    good bootable antivirus software?

    I was just wondering if any of you can recommend a good antivirus software that runs off a bootable cd. I have nortons and mcaffee, both which will not scan drives when i boot off (or try). nortons wont do NTFS or some nonsense.
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    When burning DVD my buffer always runs out

    i dont know why its doing this. its with nero and its a nec 3500a and im on verbatim 16x dvd-rs but it does it with all media a little
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    good DVD player?

    I have to buy a new DVD player because my old one sucks so bad. The only reason I use it is because it plays PAL and my "good" one does not. Is there any sites that do indepth review (kinda like anand) for DVD players??? or any recommendations you guys can make?
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    My HD disappears on warm reboots.

    I don't know why it does this, I just added a 350GB Maxtor MaxLine III (16mb cache w/ ncq) and its on my nForce SATA2 port #1 on my mobo (GA-K8NXP-SLI). The drive sometimes disappears when i do a warm reboot. If I completely shutdown, then boot, the drive shows up fine. Any ideas...
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    my first comp joystick in 10 years...

    okay well ive been F'in with computers indepth for about 10 years now, and ive ALWAYS been the mouse and KB guy, no matter what game. i once owned a joypad but that didnt last very long and was pre win95... now that i cant fly as fast as others using a stick, im going to have to break...
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    SATA question for the K8nXP

    I just bought a maxtor maxline 3 with the 16mb buffer and NCQ support. which sata controller should i connect the drive to to enable the NCQ? or do both have NCQ support? there are yellow/orange/goldish conenction and red.
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    What should I do with my extra Ballistix??

    Originally I bought my ram from newegg, long story short my motherboard (Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI) didn't ship for over a month or two later, so finally when I got it and installed everything i was having memory issues. Crashes in HL2/CS:S mainly, finally elminated all my options and said it was the...
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    Accessing my iPod through firewire?

    I have a Gigabyte K8NXP SLI mobo, which has both 1334a and b (the 800mb). I know my ipod only supports the 400mbs but regardless..... When i plug it into the port that i have running from the motherboard on it lights up my ipod, but nothing goes on on my computer. How do I access it or let it...
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    Comp Crashes when exiting UT2004

    Happens everytime, I Have NFI what the problem can be. I am running the latest drivers on my 6800GT and UT2004. Computer is 100% stable in everything so its not hardware related I don't think.
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    Temp monitoring software for GA-K8NXP-SLI?

    speedfan crashes, mobo monitor doesnt support it...... anyone know of anything that works?
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    one day errors, next day not?

    As of yesterday my Ballistix PC3200 was giving me errors on thes #2,#3, and 6 instantly in the first try... Shut down, let it sit for 15 min, turn on, same thing. Warm reboot same thing. Ran windows for a while, restarted and tested, same thing. Played CS:S for an hour and it crashed to...
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    Does RAM randomly just go bad?

    I had the PC3200 Ballistix in my PC for about a month and all was well, memtest ran at the settings it was on for over 12 hours. No problem. Recently I decided to lower the settings a little and I got an error right away at the same spot (819mb). I tried running on everyyyyy setting and get...