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    1.44 Beta Bios for K8N Neo4 Platinum

    MSI sent me a beta bios within 2 hours after filling out the online tech support request form. Has anyone tried this bios? Does it fix the "can't post beyond 219 fsb" bug? Appearantly the 1.4 official release does not. Cheers MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Athlon64 3200+ Winchester (CBBID)...
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    *** Official MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (nForce4 Ultra chipset) Thread ***

    Service Pack 1 should fix it.
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    *** Official MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (nForce4 Ultra chipset) Thread ***

    chrisralston, Yes, you would think. Sorry to hear you are having trouble, but evidently you are not the only one having usb difficulties. Might want to read through some of the other posts, if you haven't already. Good luck.
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    *** Official MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (nForce4 Ultra chipset) Thread ***

    Actually I must confess. My son installed Win2k and the motherboard drivers. I think he just opened device manager and found the USB device and told it to update the drivers. It found the inf file on my hard drive and updated. This is Windows 2000.
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    *** Official MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (nForce4 Ultra chipset) Thread ***

    :D First of all, I haven't built a system in 4 1/2 years, so I was a little apprehensive what with all the new technology on these new boards. I almost felt like a newb. Anyway, the install/setup went without a hiccup. The only "problem" I had was, I had to install the USB 2.0 driver twice...
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    MSI Live Update

    Ok, somewhat of a newb here. I haven't built a computer in 4 years, and there's a lot of new technology now. I want a nforce 4 ultra (non-sli) board. Trying to decide between the DFI Lan Party UT nf4 Ultra D and the MSI Neo4 Platinum. I don't plan to go hog wild on the o'clocking. I'm leaning...
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    What is PC150?

    There are no official specifications for defining PC150 memory, therefore it doesn't exist ... officially. It's simply PC133 that will run at 150mhz. ------------------------------- Inteless
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    will graphic card get overheated easily?

    << I just bought a new Hercules II MX. I did not overclock. Will it get overheat eaily if I don't a add fan on top of the heat sink ? Thanks. >> No. If you don't o'clock it you should not have any problems. ----------------- Inteless
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    where do you apply the arctic silver II?

    << Do you apply the thermal compound on the core of the chip, or all over it ? >> You apply to your upper lip to make a silver mustache :-) :-) Just having some fun.... Seriously, you only need to apply it to the core. Inteless ---------------------------- My Gigahog
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    Question about A7V133 and Duron 900

    << My CPU is currently running 45 C This is within the spec, but am I running it too hot? >> Is this your temp when the cpu is 100% stressed, or is this your idle temp, or somewhere in between? If this is your &quot;stress&quot; temp you are in good shape. Otherwise you may need a better...
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    What is the acceptable voltage for Amd Duron 800 MHZ cpu?

    What do you mean by &quot;acceptable&quot;? Inteless ------------------- My Frag Machine
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    people who dont overclock...

    sadb01, do the right thing and OVERLOCK THAT SUCKER:D hee Inteless
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    Windows Registry Checker - Hardware Problem?

    I can only suggest that you disable Registry Checker, at least temporarily. You may already know how to do this, if not, edit the file &quot;scanreg.ini&quot; so that the &quot;backup=1&quot; entry reads &quot;back=0&quot;. I had the same problems when I was building/tweaking my system. hope...
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    What mainboard? (Tbird AXIA, plan to oclock, IDE raid)

    brxndxn, two months ago I would have said the Abit KT7A-Raid. but now it seems the Iwill KK-266R is the flavor of the month. but next month who knows :-) Inteless ------------------------------- My Frag Machine
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    Looking for good, cheap chipset/video cooler/HSF

    Right here in the Video GPU section Inteless
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    Alpha PAL6035 vs OCZ Monster II

    Here's my experience with theses two coolers for what it's worth :-) Test bed: Abit KT7A-Raid w/blue orb on northbridge 300w power supply Duron 600 @ 1001 (143*7) 256mb Crucial PC133 CL2 OCZ GeForce 2 MX w/blue orb and ram sinks IBM ATA100 7200 rpm hdd Acer 5x cd-rom Sound Blaster Awe 64...
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    New Thermaltake fans

    I don't know if there is an industry standard for measuring cfm and dba, but if there is, Thermaltake ain't using it. Sunon measures dba in a semi-anechoic chamber (whatever that is) with background noise level of less than 15dba. The microphone is placed one meter from the fan. Amazing what...
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    HELP

    you had to push it? it's a ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket. weirdness abounds. but hey I'm glad for ya. good luck o'clockin' Inteless
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    HELP

    Weird. I have a friend who just built the exact same rig (board and cpu that is). Are you sure you're installing it the right way, ie not rotated? Inteless
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    Volcano II or FOP32-1?

    Here's the thing. When I first built my system, I said &quot;I'm just going to o'clock a little&quot;. Then before you know it, it became like a challenge. I wanted to see how far I could push it. So here I am now running my 600 at 1gig! Do yourself a favor and get a high end HSF. You won't...
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    Question

    about as long as it would take you to say &quot;Ohh s**t&quot;. AMD says 8-10 seconds. Inteless
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    D3D or OpenGL?

    Thanks Rellik. I'm off to Skywalker's place. Inteless
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    D3D or OpenGL?

    << Which version of UT are you running? Do you know about the Vogel .dll OpenGL yet? >> I just bought Game of the Year version. I have not applied any UT patches. Teach me about Vogel.dll :-) thx Inteless
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    D3D or OpenGL?

    Ok I'm somewhat new to the nVidia scene, having purchased my first non-3dfx card 6 weeks ago (GeForce2 MX). I'm very pleased with this little card. For the price, it simply rocks. I'm getting an average of 70fps in UT deathmatch with 5 players, running in D3D. So the other night I switched over...
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    How do i change my mobo w/o reinstalling windows?

    Give it a try. I just replaced the mobo in my kid's P2 without a glitch. If it doesn't work just format the hdd and reinstall windows. Inteless
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    question of going stock or leet cooling fan/heatsink

    yes you are going to need a better cooling solution. no offense, but it amazes me that some people will spend big bucks for a processor, but cringe at spending a few dollars more to keep it cool and stable. Inteless
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    Alternative fan for heatsink.

    Just an fyi. this was news to me but it may be old hat. for those who can't bear the Delta 38cfm screamer (like me) but need something better than the YS Tech 26cfm, you can get a Delta 60mm 30cfm, 39dba fan right here Inteless
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    HSF for the Via Chipset - KT7A

    << The Blue Orb does not fit on the A7V133 w/o some kind of mod. It does, however, come with thermal tape which can attach it in lieu of the pegs and thermal compound. Inteless - I assume when you say you made the hole into a slot, that you're talking about the hole in the MoBo? >> No. I...
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    HSF for the Via Chipset - KT7A

    the blue orb will fit with a slight mod. what you do is cut away the outer portion of the holes, turning it into a slot. I did it on my board. (see my rig). drawback is you have to remove the mainboard to do it. Inteless --------------------- My Gigahog
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    Asus A7V : Disabling Promise 100 IDE Controller

    Can you disable it in Device Manager? Just an idea, might give that a try. Inteless
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    Delta 7000 rpm fan sounds like tornado, thus useless, UNLESS one can make it run slower...Possible?!?

    yeah I bought one too. it dropped my temps 2C. but after about 30 minutes I couldn't stand it anymore. I could hear it downstairs and my puter is upstairs! it took it off and put my other fan back on. Inteless ------------------- My Gigahog
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    AMD T'bird 900 operating too hot????

    38-41 under load is pretty cool. you're in good shape. anything under 50 and you're good to go. if you still not happy, you might ty dropping your voltage a bit, but this could cause instability. Inteless
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    Heatsink on North Bridge Chip?

    phantom 505, the kt133a chipset runs faster and hotter, so yes, it needs a fan.
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    Heatsink on North Bridge Chip?

    I have the KT7A-Raid and I replaced the northbridge fan with a blue orb. I don't know if your Asus uses the same fan as the Abit (Vantec fan) but many people have reported fan failures. I had to uninstall the mainboard to change it. I did it as a preventative measure. It's really up to you, but...
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    Problem with Gigabyte board

    Ok I confess. I do have an Intel (*choke*) system. It's an old PII for my kids. I need to replace the mainboard. So I bought a Gigabyte GA-6VXE+. After installing it, I switched on the power supply and it powered on! No, I did not use the power switch in front. It immediately emitted a beep...
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    Any unix gurus out there? I have a problem.

    << boot into single user mode and remove the offending mount entry don't recall how to get to single user mode in SunOS tho (probably something along the lines of &quot;init s&quot; or &quot;init 1&quot;) you could also try hitting ctrl-C while its hung, on many systems, this will kill whaterver...
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    Any unix gurus out there? I have a problem.

    Ok here's on for ya. We have an old (I mean very old) Sun Workstation running unix 4.1. At boot up this machine tries to connect to a remote system, which is no longer on-line. The local machine is &quot;bernie6&quot;, the remote system is &quot;appls1&quot;. It hangs on boot up with this...
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    Check out the mods me and my buddy have done to our cases...let me know what you think please...

    Mr. Harris: quiet elegance is ..... boring. hee hee Inteless
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    Why Doesn't my Computer Start on First Try??

    Are you getting a video signal? Are you overclocking? What mobo ya got? Inteless My Frag Machine
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    where can i buy pre-tested OCed CPUs?

    The Overclockerz Store