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    Video Fan Failed--for two different video cards???

    Hey, that's interesting mwmorph. I'll check it out. I'd much rather change the settings than disable it completely. Thanks! 8-) What's a good way to check the temperature?
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    Video Fan Failed--for two different video cards???

    Video fan has two wires (black and red); so I guess I'll disable checking video fan speed in the BIOS. Thanks Creig. You have lifted a pile of worry off my mind!
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    Video Fan Failed--for two different video cards???

    The message is "Video fan failed." ASUS has an option to use recorded messages and the voice actually says, "Video Fan Failed," instead of giving me POST beeps. I think you're on to something. How could the mobo know that the video fan failed when the video fan is plugged into the video card...
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    Video Fan Failed--for two different video cards???

    Am I getting the video fan failed message because the video card is overheating? Could there be something wrong with my new mobo? I never got this message using the MSI Ti4200 with my old mobo. Is it safe to continue using my computer after getting this message? Help! I'm really out of...
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    Video Fan Failed--for two different video cards???

    I just don't get it! I replaced my video card and I'm getting the same message! The fan is running; I can see it! I installed a new mobo in the fall and got a "Video Fan Failed" message with an MSI Ti4200 card. I replaced it with a new MSI FX5500. It worked fine for two weeks. Now I'm getting...
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    Silverstone NT01 Heatsink..any reviews?

    After 4 hours, the mobo is running at 27 de C. and the cpu is 33 de. C.!
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    Silverstone NT01 Heatsink..any reviews?

    AnandTech's review of my new Silverstone Temjin 6 case. Oh, it's so beautifully engineered; a really good-looking case! Tech Support was really helpful, too, when my case arrived a little shaken up in transit from NewEgg with one screw missing.
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    Silverstone NT01 Heatsink..any reviews?

    Now that I've upgraded my profile, I see that all my old messages have the new information. So I'll tell you here that I was running a 2.0GB P4 chip, 512MB slower (266Mhz) RAM, and a 64MB video card. And the system is now significantly cooler and quieter!
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    Silverstone NT01 Heatsink..any reviews?

    I just updated the system information in my profile. While transferring to the new case, I also upgraded my processor to 3.0GHz and RAM to 1GB. I also upgraded my video card to MSI's FX5500-TD 256MB. I'm really impressed that this case is staying so much cooler (and quieter) with a faster...
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    Silverstone NT01 Heatsink..any reviews?

    Between school and work, it's taken me a while to get this system built. I also had to buy power cable extensions for the mobo (because of the Silverstone wind-tunnel case) and additional fans for the NT101. I used Arctic Silver thermal compound when seating the NT101. The NT101 fit easily...
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    BIOS won't recognize replacement hard drive in ThinkPad R51

    I received a prompt exchange on my hard drive from Seagate and checked out the new hard drive in my ThinkPad. It is indeed plug'n'play. It works! Thanks for your help!
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    Silverstone NT01 Heatsink..any reviews?

    Bluefront, that's very interesting. I'll have to do some testing/tweaking once I get it installed. I'm curious to see how it does with Silverstone's own case design. Your system looks very clean inside. Very well done.
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    Silverstone NT01 Heatsink..any reviews?

    Ah, sweet system! What a beautiful box! Thanks for all the inspiring photos and ideas! Beautiful job, Bluefront! For anyone who wants to view the specs on this cpu cooler or who's wondering whether this odd-sized, large cpu cooler will fit their mobo, Silverstone's product overview lists...
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    Silverstone NT01 Heatsink..any reviews?

    More reviews focused on the cooler alone: 3D Velocity NeoSeeker Extreme Computing Interesting that with their own revolutionary case, it could be used without fans but otherwise it seems to need the two 60mm fans.
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    Silverstone NT01 Heatsink..any reviews?

    There's a review of this interesting heat sink being used with Silverstone's new case with the wind tunnel. Two 120mm fans at either end of the tunnel pull/push the air through past the cpu heat sink. This CPU heat sink is designed to take advantage of that steady stream of air. The review...
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    BIOS won't recognize replacement hard drive in ThinkPad R51

    Thanks for your help! I feel a lot more confident approaching Seagate now! 8-)
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    BIOS won't recognize replacement hard drive in ThinkPad R51

    Thanks for the suggestion, Uncle Bob, and for letting me know that it should be plug and play. :) When the old (working) drive starts up, it makes a gradually increasing whirring sound that dies off gradually when the Windows screen starts up. When this (replacement) drive starts up, it...
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    BIOS won't recognize replacement hard drive in ThinkPad R51

    I forgot to mention the specs on the laptop: ThinkPad R51 2883-2XU, Pentium M 1.5GHz, 512MB RAM, 20GB 4200rpm HDD, 14.1 XGA(1024x768) TFT LCD, Intel Extreme, 24x24x24x/8x CD-RW/DVD, Intel 802.11b/g wireless(MPCI), Modem(CDC), 10/100 Ethernet(LOM), UltraNav, Secure Chip, 6 cell Li-Ion battery...
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    Util to wipe HD?

    The lab staff at the Information School at University of Washington uses the Ultimate Boot CD (freeware) to wipe hard drives. The Ultimate Boot CD has several tools for wiping hard drives besides Autoclave that you could try: Active@ KillDisk Free Edition 3.1 Darik's Boot and Nuke 1.0.3...
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    BIOS won't recognize replacement hard drive in ThinkPad R51

    I bought this new ThinkPad R51 laptop for school this fall. It came with a 20GB hard drive, that turned out to be only 14GB because of IBM's hidden recovery partition. It's way too small, so I bought a 40GB Seagate replacement drive from NewEgg. The BIOS won't recognize the drive. I reseated...
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    Can I use Compaq RAM in a ThinkPad?

    So far it's working great! And what a difference in system performance! :D Thanks for the advice.
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    Can I use Compaq RAM in a ThinkPad?

    Thanks for bearing with this newbie. I'll try out the stick in my ThinkPad.:)
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    Can I use Compaq RAM in a ThinkPad?

    These were Crucial Technology's part numbers for the SODIMMs, not HP's or IBM's.
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    Can I use Compaq RAM in a ThinkPad?

    Excuse this total newbie question. I asked Crucial's wizard about SODIMM for the two laptops. The specs were identical except for crucial's part numbers. Does that mean I can use it--or not?:confused: IBM ThinkPad: CT368218 256MB DDR PC2700 CL=2.5 Unbuffered Non-parity DDR333 2.5V 32Meg x 64...
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    Overclocking failed; continuous rebooting

    Thanks again, Kamper, for the words of advice. This system may not deliver all its potential until next year but now I've got plenty of stable storage now and a DVD-burner for backup and a mobo that works. So I'm happy for now. Thanks for helping me get the heart of the system working.:)
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    Can I use Compaq RAM in a ThinkPad?

    Thanks Dave. Sound advice. :)
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    Overclocking failed; continuous rebooting

    Thanks, Kamper. You're the best. :) All the settings in BIOS were set to automatic. I reset overclocking to manual and 100 (choice of 100, 200, 300). I saved it and continued on into Windows. Closed Windows Start--> Turn off computer --> Turn off computer. It actually turned off! :)...
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    Overclocking failed; continuous rebooting

    Yeah, I should have asked here first. Didn't find out about this site until I was trying to get the SATA drives going. According to ASUS's site, the board is rated at 400/533/800MHz FSB and the processor is rated at 400MHz FSB. ASUS actually lists this chip as working with this board. But...
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    Can I use Compaq RAM in a ThinkPad?

    I haven't had a notebook in 8 years. Back then, all the memory was proprietary. Nobody's memory worked in any other brand's laptop. Now I have a new IBM ThinkPad R51 with 256MB RAM. A friend has offered me a second stick of 256MB RAM at a very good price. Would the Compaq memory work in my IBM...
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    Overclocking failed; continuous rebooting

    One more add: The BIOS is AMIBIOS version 08.00.09, build date 9/17/04
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    Overclocking failed; continuous rebooting

    I just wanted to add that I'm running Windows XP Professional with SP2.
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    Overclocking failed; continuous rebooting

    I just replaced my motherboard and moved over my "old" cpu, memory. I added a new Plextor DVD burner and set up two new Seagate 200GB drives in RAID1. Stumped for a while on getting the Seagates working until I read the forums.:thumbsup: Everything worked great for about 4 days. Now when I...