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    No POST, but otherwise seems fine. Seeking another opinion.

    Hi guys. So my trusty system that I do most of my audio related work on stopped booting the other day. It's a fairly old AM2 dual core system (ASUS board with Award BIOS) I built in 2007, but it's been rock solid for what I use it for. Summary: It rained for about a week straight...
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    Bad memory or BIOS issue? Help pls.

    Hello, First off thanks for any help anyone can offer. I'm having problems after adding RAM to one of my systems. Now first the more important specs: ASUS m2nbp-vm csm motherboard Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (windsor) 512mb corsair ddr2 533 (pc 4200) attempting to replace with matched pair of...
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    Video card dying? Or driver issue perhaps? Help appreciated.

    Hello, first off thanks for any assistance anyone can offer. This is going to be a long message as i'm trying to include all necessary information from the start. Ok, first the basic specs: XP sp2 BFG GeForce 6600GT OC 1.5GB Mushkin DDR RAM Soltek K8AN2E-GR mobo (nforce 3) Latest nvidia...
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    New Ram = Mismatched? Bad? Dead ram slot? Help please

    I hope someone can help me real quick. I'm 95% sure it's mismatched ram, but I want to make sure. So I FINALLY (!) joined the 1GB+ ram club, and not a day too soon. I was at 512mb since my last build. It was working fine in everything, but I decided to throw another stick in for BF2, HL2 +...
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    Enabling USB 2.0??

    Hello, I know theres really no way to "enable" it, but I didn't know how else to word it. Motherboard is a Soltek K8AN2E-GR 250Gb (Nforce3). It's been transferring like regular USB 1.1 since the day I installed it. It never really bothered me much, but now I require faster USB transfers for...
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    Problem replacing heatsink (pics). Please help..

    Ok, I recently had some problems with the stock fan on my 9800 pro (thread here). I bought a VGA silencer which I received today. I'm having a hell of a time getting the stock heatsink off. I've been trying to get it off for over an hour. The power cable for the fan was a bitch as well, it...
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    Video card fan died (monitor to blame?)

    My stock 9800 pro's fan stopped working. I started noticing artifacts about 10 minutes into a game. I exited out and checked out my video card and I noticed the fan wasn't spinning. I touched the hsf and it was blistering hot. I powered down and let it cool. Powered back up and it still...
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    Soltek K8AN2E-GR & HDD/OS problem. Help :(

    Ok, I recently upgraded my computer with a new CPU, Motherboard and ram. Athlon64 3000, Soltek K8AN2E-GR 250gb, 512mb Mushkin pc3200. The hardware works fine. I had some power issues, but got a new Fortron PSU and it runs now. I haven't installed anything on this new computer yet. This...