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    Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 POST issues

    Hi all, My system behaves kinda strangely. After pressing the power button the fans rev up and just when you expect to see a POST screen it shuts down, only to restart a second later and do the same thing all over. Only when I leave it off for a while, it does the restart just once and...
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    Nehalem release date?

    Hi all, As we all know Nehalem is near finished, and officially the release is slated for Q4 2008, but I was wondering if any more accurate date is known? My workstation currently has a Q6600, and as I can use every bit of performance I'm trying to decide between upgrading to a Penryn now...
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    No audio: Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6, Vista 64-bit

    Hi all, I recently got a Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6, and while I'm quite pleased with this board I haven't been able to get a single tone out of my speakers yet. I'm running Vista Ultimate 64-bit (not a fresh install), and in the taskbar it tells met that "No Audio Output Device is installed"...
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    Triple-core's

    Hi all, I was wondering if anyone expects quad-cores with just one defect to be sold as triple-cores. They could just market it like a kind of Celeron, instead of throwing them away. With the Cell processor and GPU's it's also very common to have disabled components. This would give...
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    Dual-channel memory running single-channel

    Hi all, I recently upgraded from 2 x 512 MB Kingston ValueRam to 2 x 1024 MB OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5, and now it's running single-channel instead of dual-channel. I have an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium motherboard (nForce 4 chipset) with the latest (non-beta) BIOS, and an Athlon 64 X2 4400+...
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    Chipset: not touchable - ASUS Probe reporting 43?C

    Hi all, I recently bought a new system with an Athon 64 X2 4400+ (overclocked to 2.4 GHz), and an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium. I primarily chose this motherboard because of the fanless chipset cooler. The CPU temperatures are excellent: 60?C at full load and with Q-Fan on. Noise levels are also...
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    Dual-core NOW! or later?

    Hi all, I was wondering what your opinions are about investing in a dual-core Athlon system. I really like dual-core (works really smooth and it's very future proof), but the prices are close to insane. On the other hand, if I buy a cheap single-core processor now, how long will it take...
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    Dual-core on socket 939

    Is there any official confirmation or very strong indication that dual-core Athlon 64 will be compatible with current socket 939 motherboards?
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    Flash disk

    Hi all, With USB flash drives reaching 4 GB nowadays, how long would it take to see the first harddisk replacements based on flash technology? I've heard there are some technical issues with how many times a flash chip can be rewritten. But that seems easy to solve: Logic could be added to...