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    6800GT PCI-E running EXTREMELY hot

    Ugh... I have a pair of XFX 6800GT PCI-E cards in my system. I purchased on off of eBay and hadn't had a single problem with the system until playing Oblivion recently, where my system would power off at random intervals. I noticed it was getting pretty hot, and when I enabled "Notify when GPU...
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    Everest vs. AsusProbe Temperatures

    I have a question on reading temps from Asus PC Probe and Everest. They both display the same motherboard temperature, but while the CPU reading in Everest is always much lower, it does have an "Aux" reading which is in sync with PC Probe's. Currently for instance: AsusProbe CPU: 44C MB...
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    Good ping but can't browse or download from servers

    I'm connected to a shared cable connection via USB 802.11 adapter. It's been working fine, but a few days ago I started getting this odd problem where is says I'm connected to the router with excellent signal strength, and I can ping WAN addresses just fine (39-50ms), but can't seem to recieve...
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    Damage to mobo from misconnected 1394 leader?

    Over the last couple of days, I've had these unusual system lockups. Everything is frozen, no error message or BSOD, I just have to do a hard reboot. Thing that makes me leary is that it seems to correlate to the use of USB devices. I was just plugging in and unplugging a Morantz solid-state...
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    LCD turning itself off and on

    For a few months now, my SGI 1600SW has been randomly turning off an on, like it lost the video signal briefly. I've connected the system to two other displays (an Apple Cinema display and a Sony CRT) and could not reproduce the problem. Nor does it seem to correlate to the heat. It will go...
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    1600SW turning off and on

    For the last few months, my SGI 1600SW randomly turns off and on, as if it briefly lost the video image (the power LED on the front turns yellow, then green immediately as it comes back on). It sometimes seems to go for days without doing so, and once in a while it happens several times back to...
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    NeoPower 380 fries

    So I was a little alarmed when I came back to my computer room after getting a bite to eat, and my computer is turned off and completely unresponsive to the power button. Other than the mobo standby power light being on, there is no indication that my computer has power at all. I didn't have...
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    Audigy 2 hanging system?

    I had my new system up and running beautifully for the last 3 days. When I started running into some DVD-movie playback problems (intermittent stuttering and inability to read parts of some discs) I decided to swap out the DVD drive with a new one, which I was waiting to install in my new (and...
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    POST Video error?

    *Edit: simplified message System specs: Abit AT7-Max 1x 512MB Pc2700 Geforce Ti4400 AGP SGI 1600SW (w/ dvi adapter box) The PSU switch got bumped off when the system was running. It would not POST (and no errors) when I turned it back on. After discharging the CMOS and reseating the...
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    Wee! A8N system ordered

    Black Lian Li V1000 A8N SLI-Deluxe Winchester 3200+ PQI DDR500 512x2 kit XFX 6800GT PCI-E 74GB Raptor Audigy 2 ZS Platinum NEX 3500B DVD-RW Antec NeoPower 480 Came to just over 2000USD shipped. Scooped up the XFX today on Ebay for a bit more than I wanted, but I want this thing...
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    Palomino operating temp

    My XP 1600+ has always seemed to run pretty hot. It idles in the 50's and gets in the 60's under load. It's tripped a buzzer at 70 fairly often, especially in the summer. I just now decided to play with OC'ing it a bit, right now i have the FSB at 150MHz, with the locked multiplier it's at...
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    New rig specs-feedback?

    I will hopefully be putting together the following machine over the next month. Any feedback on my choices is greatly appreciated! Asus A8N-Deluxe Lian Li PC-V1000 Aluminum case http://www.silverpcs.com/product/CS_PCV1000B ENERMAX Noisetaker AX ATX12V Ver 2.0 485W Power Supply...
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    Fast 512MB vs. Average 1GB

    Hi everyone, Like so many, I'm researching putting together an nForce4 Deluxe system in the next month or so. My finances, if they prove to allow such a project, will probably be rather restrictive. In any case, I'm shooting for a low entry point with a good upgrade path, so I'm trying to cut...