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    Owners of Biostar T-Force boards...

    Anyone know if there is an option in BIOS (or elsewhere) to get rid of the T-Force splash screen and 'F1 to continue' question on the following boot screen? Having to press two buttons every time is a little much.
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    Chaintech VNF4-Ultra, Dual Core, World of Warcraft, crashes...

    Ok... well I built a computer for my brother a couple of months ago, and for Christmas got him a dual core 3800+. Stock, overclocked, it doesn't matter - for some reason WoW keeps crashing on him. Same with CounterStrike sometimes. Any guesses as to what's up? MemTest and SuperPi both run...
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    Chaintech VNF4 Ultra - what's going on here?

    Ok cutting to the chase, Chaintech VNF4 Ultra in my brothers computer, X2 3800, FSB shifted to 240 at stock, CPU runs great, but the memory seems unstable. So, try changing the memory divider, upping the memory voltage, etc... but system won't boot. What's the deal here? One would assume...
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    Azalia vs AC '97

    For those who've owned boards with both, is the difference noticeable, or is it more psychological? Sound for me is very important, but at the same time I want to know what the 'real-world' expectations of a move to Azalia should be. I just made a motherboard purchase based partly on it's...
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    Windows Media Center Questions

    Thinking about making an HTPC and weighing Media Center vs XP+BeyondTV. Two questions I have concerning Media Center and it's recording abilities are... 1) Are you able to record from an analog source such as a VCR? and 2) Are shows encoded in MPEG2; are they able to be burned to...
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    Arctic Silver and GPUs

    Well, I have a Leadtek/Winfast 6800LE with a large copper cooler on it, inside an Antec Aria case. I actually run the card without it's fan and use an adjacent slot cooler to reduce noise significantly, but thus the GPU runs hot (idles 59C - burn as high as 90c as per RivaTuner). Now, I...
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    "NVidia test?"

    Ok, well I just unlocked the 8 pixel pipes and 2 masked vertex pipes on a recent 6800 LE purchase. I get no artifacts gaming or in 3DMark2001 (will try 2003 tonight). But I've also heard references to the 'NVidia test' as being a little more stringent in seeing if an unlock/overclock is...
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    Socket M2 - the next Socket A... or not?

    Well, here's my situation - I have a socket 754 system that I put together early this February; kind of my "Finest tech of 2004" PC, as it were. Anyway my original plan was just to skip Socket 939 entirely and jump on Socket M2, but now Socket M2 seems to be coming a little sooner than I...
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    Vanderpool & Pacifica; what will they do for me?

    With the new year will come Intel and AMD's virtualization on the desktop technologies. Now, for myself I'm an AMD man so I know more about the AMD side of things here - introduction on M2, higher-end feature for their chips, etc etc... Anyway I'm not going to be running multiple OS's or...
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    Antec Aria PSU question

    I don't know if this is common on PSU's now or it's just I've never noticed it, but coming out of my Antec Aria's PSU is a blue/white, seemingly 2-pin fan header. What am I supposed to do with this? Is it meant to be plugged into the motherboard? Any ideas/knowledge greatly appreciated!
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    Word on power consumption?

    Well I can find plenty of information out there that states the vanilla 6800 draws less power than the 6600GT, but what I'm wondering is if there's anything out there that states how much the 6600 draws in relation to the GT. My theory is that it should be a good deal less, but at the moment I...
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    Socket 754... mATX... PSI-Express?

    Well, basically my topic title says it all - does anyone know of any micro-ATX socket 754 PCI-Express board out there? (ok yeah, somehow I mispelled PCI in the topic)
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    Which card?

    Well that might seem like two VERY different classes of card I'm lookign at, and no doubt they are. Basically I'm looking for silent cooling. There are a number of the Radeon 9600's that have silent cooling, and there's the Gigabyte GeForce 6800 that does as well. My main question, is does...
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    NVidia Fan Control??

    Well, I've built up a new system, and one of my goals from day 1 has been to keep things quiet when it's not doing much. So right off the bat, what I'm asking is if anyone knows of any utility or app that can control NVidia fan speeds? For purposes of stability and compatabilty, especially...
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    Cool n Quiet LIVES!!!

    Cool n Quiet - Well, after I bought my chip (A64 2800 @ 2 GHz), this started intriguing me quite a bit, because I run in an Antec Aria case and temps get up there. I installed the drivers and everything, but it would never kick in with my board, I guess because I use a Zalman with a fan...
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    Overclocking AMD64 2800 on Abit KV-80

    Well, got this board and I like it - like it a lot. But there are some things I feel I can't figure out. Firstly, I've got a 2800 overclocked to 2 GHz (FSB 222) with my RAM running DDR333. But I can't seem to get higher than this (well, higher than FSB 230 actually) Are there PCI locks...
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    Artic Silver 5 Question

    First of all, obviously the topic is Arctic, not Artic. Ahem... Is it ok to add more AS5 to a CPU and/or heatsink without cleaning the old stuff off if the only compound that has ever touched either is AS5? Keep in mind also that when I say 'old' in this case, I'm talking about two days old.
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    Thermal paste issue/question

    Posted this in CPU's, but thought I'd post here too. Normally I use Artic 5, but my new Zalman 7000 only makes contact with my A64 2800 on the edges of the AMD heat spreader. Soooo.... right now my CPU is idling at about 48 C. It's not going to end my computer, but it's still a little...
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    Thermal paste issue/question

    Well here's my situation. Normally I use Artic 5, but my new Zalman 7000 only makes contact with my A64 2800 on the edges of the AMD heat spreader. Soooo.... right now my CPU is idling at about 48 C. It's not going to end my computer, but it's still a little warm. Now, there cannot be...
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    Socket 754 Abit KV-80 Questions

    Well, got this board and I like it - like it a lot. But there are some things I feel I can't figure out. Firstly, I've got a 2800 overclocked to 2 GHz (FSB 222) with my RAM running DDR333. But I can't seem to get higher than this (well, higher than FSB 230 actually) Are there PCI...
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    Cool n Quiet

    Athlon 64 2800, Abit KV-80 mobo, drivers downloaded. But nothing happens. I've overclocked to 2 GHz, but left the multiplier alone, and haven't changed any voltages. Is there something I'm missing? I went into the BIOS and there didn't seem to be anything I needed to do. I left my...
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    How do I know if my CPU is DOA??

    Just yesterday put a new system inside my Antec Aria - Abit KV-80, A64 2800, RAM, etc, etc... Anyway I turn the thing on and stuff starts spinning, but nothing comes up on my monitor. I already returned and exchanged the motherboard today, so it can't be the motherboard. The DVD drive just...
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    Comp won't 'activate'; ideas???

    OK, well here's my situation - I rebuilt my Antec Aria with an Abit KV-80, an OEM 2800 754, and some RAm, plus whatever other PCI cards, etc... Well things SEEM to turn on, but my DVD drive just keeps blinking, a red led light turns on on the motherboard (I've never had a mobo with onboard...
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    Question about ATITool

    Ok what I'm building is a AMD socket 754 system in an Antec Aria case, with a Zalman on the cpu. If you can't tell, what I'm gong for is quiet. ;) Now, things being what they are, I'm looking to get an inexpensive card to replace the onbaord graphics - ideally something that can overclock...
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    Athlon Newcastle AP-part code: is this possible??

    I was looking at an Athlon 64 3000+ on NewEgg and noticed two things. Firstly it was a Newcastle core. Secondly it was an AP part code. Now... My confusion lies in this. I thought all Newcastle cores were supposed to be CG revision. However if you go to AMD's site, it indicate that...
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    9600 LE: what is it???

    I've been lookign for a good fanless video card to put in my new system, basically as an alternative to the integrated graphics that are going to come on the motherboard. I think I've decided on the Radeon 9600 and soem ATITool usage to overclock it, but in my searched I've come across soem...
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    Help me out!! Size of AMD 64...

    Yeah ok, this is not the normal question, but what I need to know is if the Athlon 64 is bigger or smaller in actual physical packaging size than an Athlon XP. Thanks to anyone who can answer! :)
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    Date on launch of EO stepping???

    Wondering if anyone has any indication of when the EO stepping Athlon 64 chips might launch. For me it's either going to be one of these in socket 939 or it's going to be socket 754; a 2800 overclocked or a 3400. But whatever it is, it's going to be in the next month or two, and right now not...