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    Updated: Linux on my A8n-SLI, probably works for other nforce boards too

    *I decided to give this its own thread from the official asus thread because I'm sure its a topic many are interested in.* I am dual-booted with windows xp and Red Hat Fedora Core 3 and I'm loving it. There is a ton of crap you have to piddle through to configure linux on the system, but in...
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    Help a 5 fan thermaltake

    I have an aluminum thermaltake Xaser V 8000a wingo. The case has 3 90mm fans and 2 80mm fans. My problem is that I believe with 5 fans I should be getting better temps than 34c idle athlon 64 3000+ 939 34c asus a8n-sli If I open the side of my case while its running, the cpu goes down to...
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    a8n-sli / athlon 3000+ temp issue

    I think it's time that I had a problem... why not, I thought to myself. Anyways, I have a thermaltake xaser V aluminum wingo case with 5 fans. My asus probe temps are 35c cpu/ 35c mobo and that is with all case fans at about full blast (there are 2 knobs on this case connecting to two of...
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    IRQ assignment in a8n-sli

    Seeing many people mention problems with their audigy 2 cards, I wanted to look at this part of the manual and have our tech friends give us some insight on what it means. Page 2-15 of the manual "When using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "share IRQ" or that the...
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    msi 6600gt pci-e

    I had read the anandtech review that made it seem like these things do nothing to cool their chips, and have no temp reading so we couldn't tell anyways. I've heard of people taking these apart and filing them down?!? Has anyone done this mod and did it really change anything?
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    athlon 64 3000+ thermal pad

    Well, I figured I would shoot this question out here quickly since I don't have much time. I have received my comp parts at home, this is my first build. I've read that the athlon 64 3000 939 has a thermal pad.... is this in place of thermal paste? Or will I need thermal paste too? Or is...
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    building a system: finding zen or barf and explode

    Hello everyone, hope you like to help people, and long posts, I'm soon to start building my first system... why? Because about 8 months ago I picked up the disgusting habit of reading MaximumPC magazine. I am filled with the likely false impression that I can pull it off... but there is quite...