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    AHCI Malfunctioning

    I've been using SATA drives in AHCI mode on a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 for more than 2 years without a single issue until now. Normally, a list of the connected SATA drives in AHCI mode are supposed to be displayed on the screen in the second stage of the POST similar like this one but my...
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    Windows 7 - Audio Processing

    I've been using Windows XP since long now and the reason I didn't move to Windows Vista was because the latter had software based audio processing. However, I am very excited about Windows 7 and I just wanted to know if audio processing has been reverted back to hardware or is it still...
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    PCI-E 2.0 VGA Card on PCI-E 1.0 Platform

    I have a 8800 GTS 320 MB VGA card installed on a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 (Rev. 3.3) motherboard equipped with a P965 northbridge and an ICH8R Southbridge. Both hardware are of the PCI-E 1.0 generation. Now, I have decided to replace the 8800 GTS 320 MB with a HD 4870 1 GB. The latter conforms to...
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    Installing Windows XP From Hard Disk

    After installing Windows, you always have to search for your driver CDs, program CDs, game CDs, etc. to put the system up and running with all your desired software. As for me, I have already created a partition on my hard disk where I have copied my drivers, programs, games, etc. and after...
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    Motherboard Temperatures

    Just like we have specific maximum temperatures for different CPUs, I would like to know if there are temperature limits for motherboards also. My question arises because I see a 20-degree celsius difference between my CPU and my motherboard. I am currently using an E6600 on a Gigabyte...