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    Gigabyte GA-P35 DS3L, BIOS problem won't boot (black screen)

    I posted this in the Motherboards Forum but it went unanswered so I figure this is a more appropriate forum for this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lets start from the beginning, Recently I had a stick of RAM go bad on me and had to RMA with OCZ...
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    Gigabyte GA-P35 DS3L rev 1.0, BIOS went POOF! (no post black screen)

    lets start from the beginning, Recently I had a stick of RAM go bad on me and had to RMA with OCZ, since OCZ requires you to send back both sticks in dual channel kits, I decided it would be a good time to upgrade to 4GB so I wouldn't be without my desktop while waiting on the RMA. the memory...
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    can't get FSB stable

    Has anyone had issues with their antivirus or some other from of scheduled maintenance either freezing up or rebooting their PC on an overnight stress test. I started Prime95 25.5 last night to finally get my 12 hour run out of the way, so far had done, 10min, 2hour, 6hour, and when I came...
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    Q6600 What's a more stable overclock

    I looked around the boards and didn't see anything specifically addressing this. Ok so this weekend I got the GA-P35-DS3L and the ASUS Arctic Square from frys, I've installed them and was able to push to 3.0 by simply locking the PCI-E at 100Mhz, setting my ram multiplier to 2.0 and pushing...
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    Recommend me a Heatsink from Fry's inventory

    http://shop4.outpost.com/searc...=pDisplay&from=0&to=24 willing to spend up to $50 for a heatsink, would prefer to spend a bit less, not looking for extremely aggressive overclock, will be using GA-P35-DS3L that I"m also buying today. looking to reach 3.2Ghz on a Q6600 G0 stepping, so easy...
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    Recommendation for Mobo to OC, going to Fry's today.

    Well I sold my P4 2.6ghz Northwood box, via craigs list last night, and am now about $200 richer, I don't want to spend all $200, but I was planning on spending about $150 for a motherboard and cooler. I've got a Q6600 Core 2 Quad SLACR G0 Stepping, so I was hoping to push up to 3.2Ghz...
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    Q6600 Stock HSF ECS mobo overclock

    I'm well aware that the Q6600 chips with SLACR stamped onto the chip, are typically of the G0 stepping, which happens to be my chip, and both coretemp and CPUID show it to be G0 as well. and that these are some great chips to OC. Overclocking is definitely on my to do list, however recently...
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    8800GT Bottleneck, how fast is fast enough

    I'm going to be building a gaming rig around a single XFX 8800GT 512MB Alpha Dog Edition, will also have q6600 @2.4Ghz stock 2GB OCZ DDR2 800 PC6400 does anyone know what the minimum clock speed you need to get the best performace out of an 8800GT if not best, at least good. what...
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    Recommend me a Case

    I've been strongly considering the Antec 900 as the case for the new system I'm building, namely because it seems to include all the fans I would need and would be a huge step up from my Raidmax Scorpio case Q6600 8800GT 2GB PC6400 DDR2 800Mhz Corsair 450 VX but am open to suggestion...
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    ECS 671T-M

    ECS 671T-M http://www.ecsusa.com/ECSWebSi...ature&MenuID=1&LanID=9 I'm getting this board for Xmas as part of a Q6600 proc & mobo combo, going to be running it with 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC6400 800Mhz (will run at 667Mhz due to board) Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz XFX 8800GT 512MB GDDR3...
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    The truth about 12V amperage

    I'm rebuilding my P4 system with parts that I'm getting for Xmas, and am pretty sure the person who's supposed to get the power supply is going to flake, so I'm leaning towards getting myself a Corsair VX450W once my wallet recovers from the holidays. my question is, how much amperage is...
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    can I use a generic PSU for a short period of time without damaging components

    I'm building a new system after Xmas It's something I've been wanting to do for years, but it hasn't been in the budget, and for Xmas I asked my wife and a few other people to get me specific parts. Current System Pentium 4 Northwood @ 2.6Ghz 2 GB DDR 400 mixed pairs,( though 1 GB is...