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    CPU Temp question

    Orangat, does the BIOS update fix how the pc reads the CPU temp or is there actually a problem with the temperature and it's fixing it. I don't wanna flash the BIOS because I'm not sure how to do it and was told it could fry my motherboard if I did it wrong. If it's just reading it wrong but...
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    CPU Temp question

    I just setup my soltek 939 k8tpro, this is what's being read. I have This for a cpu fan/heatsink, 2 fans by the cpu and one case fan. Is thie cpu temp a little high, as far as i know my heatsink/fan is on my cpu correctly. Thanks CPU Die: 47 RT1: 22 Fan1: 2163 Fan2: 998 - 1004 CPU...
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    Motherboard Help

    Does anyone know a friend who has the soltek, this pc has gotta last me 4 years or so and i was wondering how long lasting the soltek motherboard is.
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    Motherboard Help

    lets see if this works *bump*
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    Motherboard Help

    Ok, well, before I buy this bad boy, I went over all my parts and everything matched up, but I have a reputation for going over things too fast and missing them. If anyone spots anything let me know. Thanks alot for all your help. CPU Hard Drive CPU Fan/Heatsink Case Memory Video Card
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    Motherboard Help

    Hmm, well. I went to a friend of my dad's who knows alot about computers and computer code, older guy, and he swears by asus. Should I get this soltek or should I wait a little longer to find a good asus board (though I really don't wanna wait any longer). This is my first pc and I am learning...
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    Motherboard Help

    Here's my problem, I bought this motherboard for my pc. I just learned today from Best Buy who did a diagnostic test on it that the motherboard is defective as far as the memory area is concerned. I'm sending it back to newegg, and I wanna get this computer done, i've been putting it together...
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    What is this beast?!

    fill me in, why is it so much more expensive than a regular graphics card, what does it have??
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    What is this beast?!

    wow
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    Dual Channel Memory problem

    yet another problem. I have a dual ddr400 corsair memory stick (2 512). Windows only reads 512, setup correctly, swapped spots, still not working. Was gonna update bios but it says not to unless you now what you're doing (which i don't). Suggestions?
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    Windows Xp install problem

    Well, i got my computer to work fine. I pulled my mouse outta the back USB port when turning on and then plugged back in when it was on. Which leads to my next problem. The mouse problem obviously, why does it not load up with mouse in UBS. And when it does, windows loads reaalllyy slow. Any...
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    Windows Xp install problem

    Well, the thing is is that it's a straight black screen and at the top in white font, it says, scanning for hardware properties or whatever, and the ...'s aren't mvoing or anything, there isn't even a mouse cursor. I left it on for about 1 hour and 15 minutes yesterday while i palyed halo but...
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    Windows Xp install problem

    Here's the deal. I got a new custom pc built, a friend of mine who knows alooott about computer and computer code set it up and checked if everything was proper for me. All the parts work fine. He formatted the hard drive for me. He gave me a brand new windows xp pro to me and was getting ready...
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    Master/Slave Problem

    this is my motherboard btw
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    Quick CPU question

    is there any reason why this shouldn't be hooked up. My roomate setup up most of my pc but he moved out and i wasn't sure if he intentionally left it unhooked.
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    Master/Slave Problem

    the thing is is that i couldn't find the thing the goes over the pins. is it located on the motherboard somewhere or should it come with the hdd.
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    Master/Slave Problem

    I'm pretty sure this is a noob question but i'm having a problem. I cannot find the jumpers fo my hard drive. I ordered a bunch of parts to put together a whole computer and bought a maxtor Diamond 10 just hard drive. It has the jumper setup thing on top of the hard drive, but i can't find the...
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    First Custom Pc Help

    skunk i see what you mean i just found that page on anadtech but those prices don't amtch up in new egg, weird. I'll ook more into it. The x800 pro that i'm buying is the same price is the same as the x850 pro in anandtechs review, hmmmm....
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    First Custom Pc Help

    Those raptors baffled me when i saw their specs, i'm a sorta noob to hard drives and pc hardware. it's gotten like 400 good reviews but it's only 36.7 gb? does the seek time and RPS make it compare to a 80 gig in storage or something? I read up on the nvidia4 and i've read 2 reviews and it's...
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    First Custom Pc Help

    Also i've read and heard that pci-express is better than agp, comments?
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    sending items to another pc

    hm, well if i can get my roomate to do the hard drive instertion i'll do that, but i'm not really familiar with moving hard drives. If not i'll get a router and take it back :). Thanks guys/
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    First Custom Pc Help

    Hmm, well i've heard alot of good things about ati and wasn't pleased with my last geforce and the x850 is too expensive. I was leaning toward the antec and the pqi memory, every review i've read (including on this site) about that soltek was good, but i'll wait to get more feedback on here...
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    First Custom Pc Help

    Hey all, this is my first time putting a pc together and i need some info on some parts and recommendations. My main concerns are in my memory, case, and hard drive areas. I'm really tight on price, 1150 max, and this this pc's gott abe reliable and last me about 3-4 years (making it a specific...
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    Case Recommendation for SL-K8TPro-939

    holy sh*t i feel like a moron i didn't even see that and i've been looking at this product for 2 weeks. Thanks guys.
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    Case Recommendation for SL-K8TPro-939

    What i'm looking at right now is this but obviously, the I/O shield doesn't match up with the usb and lan port and what not, what would i need to do to solve this?
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    sending items to another pc

    Hey guys, I'm putting together my own pc and instead of burning all the items i want from my old pc to a bunch of cds, i was wondering if i could transfer all my items to another pc directly. I remember someone showing me howda do this along time ago but i forgot, sorry. Thanks.
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    Case Recommendation for SL-K8TPro-939

    Hi everyone, i'm putting a computer together for the first time and my roomate is helping me. I'm getting this soltek motherboard null and i was wondering what case you all would recommend that i get to the most out of the usb ports and extra audio expansion. Thanks.