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    CD-writer dud

    Thanks for all your help.
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    CD-writer dud

    Will give them both a try? Is there an easy way to clean the drive?
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    CD-writer dud

    Having quite a few tech problems at the moment, mostly down to my own ignorance! I have got a four-year-old Jupiter 40x Cd burner. I am having a repeated problem with it saying there is no space on blank cds or failing to recognise any disc in the drive? Does this sound like its solvable or am...
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    Sound card clash with Xbox360

    Hi, I've got a bit of an odd problem. My Soundblaster audigy appeared to be working fine until I connected an XBOX360 into the Line-In socket. Now the card only works if I turn on the XBOX 360 before starting the computer. When the console is off the computer says their is no audio device...
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    dual 7800 gt sli setup

    Thanks for your help. I'll guess I'll see if my next xbox 360 lasts a bit longer.
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    dual 7800 gt sli setup

    My only concern is the issue of memory for the xbox 360. Can the system achieve the same effects and texture quality with only 512mb to share with the whole system when PC gpus have that just by themselves? I also read something about DVD drives not being able to stream data fast enough which...
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    dual 7800 gt sli setup

    Having ordered an xbox360 only for it to crap out within a minute of switching it on because the fans were not working I am tempted to ditch the POS and get two 7800 GT with the refund (got a couple of games too). I already have an A64cpu, sli mobo and 600W psu. Which of the options do you...
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    Power Supply problem

    Unfortunately the metal socket in the other power connector is slightly misaligned and won't fit in my graphics card! I think the best thing might be to ask for a replacement.
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    Power Supply problem

    I think it is a dual-rail power supply. Sorry I'm a bit of an ignoramus when it comes to PSUs. How would I dump the card back to another rail?
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    Power Supply problem

    Because it dumps me back into windows and gives me a message about, Nivida Sentinel I think underclocking the card because it is not getting sufficient power. Also if you then check the core settings both the core and memory have been clocked at some way below its 370/1000 operating frequency.
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    Power Supply problem

    Hi my graphics card has underclocked itself claiming it does not have enough power. It is a single nvidia 6800 gt and I have a 600W Enermax supply. The grfx card and processor(athlon 64 3000+) were not overclocked at the time. It only has only happened in the middle of Far Cry so far but I...
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    Test power supply

    I suspect my power supply is playing up, is there an application available to download to test whether it is functioning correctly?
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    Power supply problem

    Hi my graphics card has underclocked itself claiming it does not have enough power. It is a single nvidia 6800 gt and I have a 600W Enermax supply. The grfx card and processor(athlon 64 3000+ were not overclocked at the time. Although I did reduce the frequency on the memory and core of the...
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    Memory refuses to run using divider

    I have increased the htt to 250 mhz with a 2:1 divider on the ram and it runs prime 95 without any problems. But when I put the divider up higher to say 3/4 it fails prime 95 almost immediately. Using this divider should not be a problem for my ram as it is 3200 Geil Ultra memory which is...
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    Overclock lifespan

    It could still last that long, by which time it would have be practically worthless anyway!
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    Overclock lifespan

    How would a mild overclock of a video card, say a 6800gt to ultra speeds, effect the lifespan of a video card?
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    OVERCLOCK BFG 6800 GT

    I have a BFG 6800gt pci-e card and when I try and overclock either using the default program or rivatuner it seems to reset the core from 400 mhz to its original 370 mhz after a few minutes of playing a game. But the memory overclock stays at 1100mhz. Could anyone explain this? Thanks for any help,
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    FIRST OVERCLOCK

    Thanks for all your suggestions, guess I'll have to keep playing around with different settings until I get it right. There was one other odd thing, on an earlier attempt ,while the htt was at 220,I put the DRAM voltage upto 2.8V, which is below the max for my memory, and when I tried running...
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    FIRST OVERCLOCK

    My psu is a Enermax 600W power supply. I have flashed the bios to the latest on the dfi site and all the power connectors are in.
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    FIRST OVERCLOCK

    Any suggestions on what is going wrong and causing the reset?
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    FIRST OVERCLOCK

    Is that too hot? When I looked on the AMD site it seemed to suggest the venice core could take more heat than the Newcastle core, 70C as opposed to 65C I think? Normally when just playing games it does usually go above 42C and idles at 38C.
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    FIRST OVERCLOCK

    Before increasing the HT and the voltage the max was about 45 under Prime 95 test. When you say isolate the Ram do you mean I should pick a lower divider?
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    FIRST OVERCLOCK

    Hi, I have been dabbling with overclocking my new venice athlon 64 3000+. I have a dfi nforce 4 lanparty sli-d motherboard. I am using stock cooling, which might be the problem, but I was just experimenting. I have increased the htt 5 mhz at a time, testing it each time with Prime 95 for...
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    FIRST OVERCLOCK

    Please see message above, I managed to screw this one up, how do I delete it?
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    Building a pc on a budget

    Sorry posted this twice need to delete one of them.
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    Building a pc on a budget

    Hi I hope this is the right forum for this question. I am based in the UK and thinking about building my own PC. Unfortunately components are far more expensive in this country than in the US. I have looked at buying from some of the US sites that offer really good deals but I think I would...
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    Building a pc on a budget

    Hi I hope this is the right forum for this question. I am based in the UK and thinking about building my own PC. Unfortunately components are far more expensive in this country than in the US. I have looked at buying from some of the US sites that offer really good deals but I think I would...
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    Will I get acceptable framerates

    Hi I am thinking of buying a 6600GT graphics card and 512mb ram to upgrade my ageing system. I have an amd xp 2100+palamino, 512mb 2100 ram and 133fsb motherboard. All I am really interested in is getting acceptably smooth framerates in games like half-life2, doom 3, far-cary etc. As far as I...