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    cool & quiet on x2

    It's hot in here. I put a new x2 in my system and I cannot get cool and quiet to function. It says it's on in the bios, and the driver is run, but the app says "2400". It's a a8n sli deluxe. Anyone have a thought? Thanks very much. Mike
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    f6 "disk" for SIIG Raid driver

    I apologize for the n00b question: but if I install a new OS on my A8n SLI deluxe with the SIIG rad controller (raid 0), I think I need that driver on a disk -- how do I do that? Any suggestions? thanks! Mike
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    xp 64 sata drivers?

    I read repeatedly on this forum that you need to have your SATA or Nforce4 (my case) drivers on a floppy, but they are 34megs. How do you load them? I keep getting errors on my a8n sli system that it cannot load the operating system - rc2 -- I'm assuming that's becuase I haven't loaded the...
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    n00b - cpu replacement on asus board

    I have a great new asus a8n-sli board with AMD 3800, and I have no need for immediate change. I'm thinking dual core next year though -- but have NEVER replaced the CPU. This is a Velocity Micro machine. Is it hard or risky to unlock the heatsink and cpu and replace it with retail boxed cpu...
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    DEP/AlwaysOff performance impact

    I have been reading about Data Execution Prevention (DEP) in SP2. It is a software bit debugger that exploits a feature in AMD64 processors. I have seen some threads suggesting that the boot.ini file should be changed to "AlwaysOff" to eliminate this "feature" for better performance. I did...
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    sli mode slow in 2d windows apps?

    Is anyone else experiencing excruciating slow rendering of drawings in word, power point in sli mode? Graphics made with "draw" function barely paint on screen. This is not the case with sli disabled. Any ideas? Thanks, Michael