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    nForce2 Mobos' capacitors leaking

    I know that, but as I told before, it became more costly to RMA the board than to fix it by myself. Besides, my haggling skills are not that good. ;)
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    nForce2 Mobos' capacitors leaking

    I just took a quick look at my older EPoX EP-8K3PRO and what do I find: Four bulged capacitors near the voltage regulators. :Q OK... This board has been running 24/7 for over a year, but surprisigly it still runs normally. Some of the capacitors look normal so heat generation may be the one to...
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    rofl.

    Heh... That was a good one. Although I've seen this one before, it still makes me laugh. :laugh:
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    Why firefox sucks

    Nice article. It was actually fun to read and I wasn't offended. In fact, I use IE for the pages that show incorrectly in Firefox. Keep it up. :)
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    nForce2 Mobos' capacitors leaking

    For my part, it was cheaper to change the capacitors myself than to online RMA the board. I would have had to ship it to Epox Germany or Epox Netherlands for repair/replacement and it would have cost me more than fixing the board myself. Since the board was no longer under warranty, the board...
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    nForce2 Mobos' capacitors leaking

    My EPoX EP-8RDA+ has this problem. I had to retire it from my computer because of a severe stabillity issue. The computer was not crashing, but was extremely slow and locked up all my optical drives at startup and sometimes lost them in the process. At first I thought this was a problem with the...
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    Problems connecting to Linksys WRT54GS

    - Does the router broadcast it's SSID? It is one of the biggest reasons, why it doesn't show up on the list. - Check that the connection's WEP password is keyed in exactly the same as it is set in the router and that the type method is correct (in HEX or ASCII) It's also possible that your...
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    NetGear WGT624 v3 and WG311T Disconnects

    Have You checked if there are any firmware updates available. Usually that sort of problems are fixed by upgrading the router's Firmware first. Don't count out the possibility of a defective router or misconfiguration of it.
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    802.11b works fine - can't get DHCP/ping with "g"

    This problam has similar features than what I experienced with my D-Link DWL2000AP+ Access Point and a Buffalo Tech. Ethernet to Wireless converter. Both were 802.11g devices, but I never got them to communicate with each other, no matter what I did. I rectified the situation by installing back...
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    my ip is different

    That sounds like you have a transparent proxy server set by your ISP between you and the Internet. The proxy may be set to function on certain web sites/top-level domains where in others, it provides a straight connection. The IP address you are seeing is probably the address of the proxy...
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    How to get a DHCP SERVER on my USB Flash Drive and make it bootable?

    Good heavens... Having Windows 98SE on a stick.. That would be a waste of a good Flash Drive. ;)
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    Has anyone seen this!!

    I feel myself very incapable of doing anything anymore. Absolutely incredible! :Q
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    nVidia Ultra/SLI article disappeared of the main page?!?!?!

    That would probably be the case. It looked like a full article to me (I did read it through) and with good instructions on how to modify the chip. Once again it happened. Once we read about the truth, it is taken away. :frown: AT did nothing wrong n posting that article. The culprit is Nvidia.
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    PX-716A won't recognize any disk...

    I have to admit I've never seen anything like that before. Every type of a DVD burner had work for me without problems. My thoughts turn to Windows XP SP2. I've ran into an issue where Nero refused to cooperate completely with a CDR burner. That was strangely solved by reverting back to SP1...
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    A8N-SLI with Zalman 7700cu/Thermalright XP-120 and Silverstone TJ06

    Good grief, that was scary looking piece of equipment. It's a good thing I haven't ran into one (so far) ;)
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    I need help.. badly!!!

    Nice FSB you're having anyway. It's likely I'll never going to run this board any higher than stock speed, as I run stability-critical programs with it. The memory issue is usually related to heat. It really doesn't need many degrees changes in case temp to make a difference on what speed you...
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    *** Official EPoX 8RDA/+ (nForce2) Thread ***

    Damnit... Just got my 8RDA+ and it's of v1.1 :frown:. If that's all it has to offer besides what 1.1 has, I have no need for a replacement. These things seem to get outdated right out of the box. :D
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    *** Official EPoX 8RDA/+ (nForce2) Thread ***

    My 8RDA+ is a v1.1, but how do I check the revision of the chipset? Is it printed somewhere on the board or do I need to rip off the Northbridge heatsink to check it out?
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    I need help.. badly!!!

    That's very commendable temperature for a Falcon Rock. My GlacialTech Igloo has some sort of problems pushing all the heat out, as it's idle temperature is stuck in 40°C. I think it's my silver thermal compound gone bad and I'll change that the same time as I do with my motherboard (got it...
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    I need help.. badly!!!

    Some of the false readings are usually related to some sort of BIOS issues, but EPoX (and other board manufacturers) don't give it too much attention, as it's not as fix-critical as memory stability issues and the like. 30°C idle temperature on a 2.0GHz CPU is reachable, if you have sufficient...
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    8RDA+ AND 400 FSB?

    So, the newer revisions of the board have things fixed afterall. That's good - no, terrific news for me!! I'm planning on getting one of those 8RDA+'s shortly. Intergration is great thing (until someting breaks up ;)). For me, this motherboard is just what I need to dump all extra cards out of...
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    I need help.. badly!!!

    Stick with EPoX and take a 8RDA3(+). As far as they are concerned, they're great for OC'ing (exceptional when run at stock speed). For the power supply, I have two recommendations. If you're planning on running everything at stock speed and don't have too much equipment on board, like: - one...
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    Burnt cpu or fried motherboard?

    Sorry, I somehow overlooked that. :confused: Yes, that is likely a motherboard or a BIOS issue. First thing first, get the replacement CPU, then try again with that motherboard. - Try it with a one stick of RAM only (assuming you are using two) and without any PCI-cards. - If it's still slow...
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    I need help.. badly!!!

    Good for you. However, I bet your PC is now even noisier than before. The faster fan and the Arctic Silver are the main reasons that your PC can run better when OC'd. Expect to reapply the Arctic Silver in a year or so, especially if you do run it OC'd constantly. For the record, my CPU (AMD...
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    I need help.. badly!!!

    The good news is that you made it back in one piece (since you're writing here). :) How far away is that company you bought that board since it took you so long to get there and do you trust that company enough. I've seen few PC-stores here that actually don't give a flying f*** about the stuff...
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    Burnt cpu or fried motherboard?

    Here's what PlaystAzn had to say: By the looks of that, I'd vouch for a partially or permanently damaged motherboard. AMD cores get unbearably hot in just tens of seconds and it was running with a heatsink partially contacting the core for 10x5min. I'm really happy for PlaystAzn if his...
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    I need help.. badly!!!

    Don't worry, they will most likely change the board. After all, it's your money you spent on the board, not the company's. If they don't change it, make a complaint about it or at least threaten to do so. That will stop them from nagging since they see you're on top of the issue. You are...
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    I need help.. badly!!!

    That's something unheard of by my standards (=never ran into such a problem). In the mean time (while he's waiting for a replacement board), I think he should try taking part in a state lottery. The odds look good for him. :D Seriously speaking; It's never fun to get a defective board and RMA...
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    I need help.. badly!!!

    Oh... Scratch the PSU from the list, then. If the temperature probe is off, and you have no idea where it goes back in, it has probably been soldered on the motherboard. Finding that particular place for it is a real pain, let alone soldering it back in. But on a contrary what you said about...
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    a weird prime95 issue

    Prime95 writes some temporary files to the same location as the Prime95 executable. This done by dropping the CPU usage to lower rates so that the System process thread can make the write to HDD in peace. It's perfectly normal, don't worry about it. I ran it on my Palomino 2000+ @stock speed...
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    Signs of a bad processor?

    I would go for the processor. It's either caused by a physical damage to the core (I'm assuming it's AMD) or a heat issue. Check that there are no visible damage on the core (still assuming it's AMD). It's not the PSU, that's for sure. 350W is good enough and if it would be the case of the...
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    Burnt cpu or fried motherboard?

    lchyi, Correct. According to my knowledge, Intel CPU's have a built-in feature that forces the CPU to slow down if the temps get too excessive. AMD cores got extremely hot in seconds if left without a heatsink. Earlier AMD cores lacked the feature seen on the Intel CPUs, but the newer cores...
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    Dual Channel DDR?

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    I need help.. badly!!!

    This sounds like a BIOS issue to me, especially because of the weird temperature readings and the autoshutdown feature to kick in. You'd better check if there's a newer BIOS revision available. Another thing that comes to my mind is your power supply. What maximum wattage does it output and how...
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    8RDA+ AND 400 FSB?

    The problem is that the 8RDA+'s North Bridge's passive heatsink's surface area is far too small for an effective cooling. It looks more like it's put there just for the looks and nothing more. Looking at the A7N8X, I can see that the passive heatsink on this North Bridge is very well designed...
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    nForce3 coming in summer?

    My feelings are that Nvidia may even make a strip-featured chipset from the nForce3 for desktop users (standard DDR RAM, support for both older and newer processors alike (if it's possible), but it's dependant upon the success of the nForce2. Let's see what happens. I'm looking forward to see...
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    8RDA+ AND 400 FSB?

    Good question. They do have support for it through BIOS updates, but the cooling technology in the board itself is insufficient for that. It is also a motherboard revision issue.
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    What else do I need?

    All you need now is luck. There are reported cases that 10% of the 8RDA+ simply refuses to co-operate with 25% of the DDR RAM sticks in stores. The problem may manifest itself by a "C1", "C3" or even "C5" POST error codes (a built-in debug card in the motherboard). Newest boards come with a BIOS...
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    8RDA+ AND 400 FSB?

    As far as the 8RDA+ is concerned - yes it does. For starters, flash your BIOS to get more FSB frequencies. The 400FSB is actually 200FSB multiplied by two. However, for reasons unknown EPoX has forgotten that both the North and South Bridges become hot under those circumstances (they get...
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    *** Official EPoX 8RDA/+ (nForce2) Thread ***

    Hi all. I'm planning on changing from my old EPoX EP-8KTA3Pro motherboard to the 8RDA+, but as I do that I'm forced to change my old PC133 SDRAM sticks to DDR as well. If I take two types of 256MB PC2700 DDR sticks and put them to slots 1&3 on the Motherboard, it will activate the DC feature...