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    The Northbridge Stock Cooling

    There's this really tenacious "crap" on the bottom of my northbridge heatsink. When I was replacing the TIM for better heat transfer (used ceramique) I just used alcohol to clean off the pink stuff. Then I realized that the pink stuff wouldn't come off. I tried to scrape most of it off with a...
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    FX5200?

    I was at CompUSA (it was closing and having a sale :D) and I saw a bunch of nVidia's FX5200's. I wasn't amazed at all that there were like 25 of them still there (not sure of how many people actually buy those). But I was wondering why they still MAKE FX5200's in such abundance. I mean why not...
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    Cleaning up my 8800GTS

    I'm sure opening up the card will be fairly self-explanatory, but my questions pertain to the stock cooling device on it. Is it mounted by screws? or thermal tape? If its mounted with thermal tape, how do I get it off? Also, where can I get some to replace it (like local Walgreens or...
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    temp delta at idle

    I recently reached a 375 x 8 stable OC on my E6400. However, the temps in coretemp are jumping really sporadically. I have it set so that the temps will change ever 1000ms (1 second). At one point in time i'll have 38C and next i'll have 47C and then it'll shoot back down to 40C and then to...
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    Which PCI Internet Adapter?

    Hey, I've recently been getting the stupid error "400 HTTP Bad Request". Since re-formatting my hard-drive didn't seem to help nor did consulting a Comcast helper, I'm considering getting a PCI card instead of using my Mobo's. Can someone recommend me something? I have a N-wireless , so...
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    Re-Installing Windows.

    Ok. I'm facing a few errors on my computer and i've chosen to re-install windows. Since i already have windows installed, if i put the windows XP Professional CD in, and then click "install windows", everything pertaining to the OS should be wiped clean yes? or no? o.0?
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    Big Chain of Majorly Odd Events: 400 Bad Request

    I don't know if any of these events are related...but let me give you a recap about what has happened over the past few hours: Overclocked my 8800GTS to 600/900 I was playing Half-Life2 Deathmatch and I download some server's packet to load the server (something that enabled "nokill")...
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    Voltage and FSB

    I know that raising the voltage also raises the temps, but does just raising the FSB at stock Vcore also raise temps? is there a correlation here?
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    Burning in AS5

    How should I go about having my paste set? Should I be running stress tests to heat it up good and then shutting it off? or do i just go about normal use?
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    Breaking the Thermal paste seal

    If i accidentally twisted my HSF (ACFreezer7Pro) slightly, but i didn't take it off my mobo, it should be fine right? Because i'm thinking otherwise. My temps jumped from 43 idle to 47 idle. And if this is the case, would i need to reseat the HSF? or will the paste re-do (for a lack of a better...
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    Convection on Heatsinks

    My NB (or what i'm assuming to be my NB) is very close to my ACFreezer7Pro. The NB is REALLY hot like scalding to the touch. I was wondering if these would affect my temps at all...
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    Push--Pull Configuration

    I'm going to be making a duct on my ACF7P and i have two fans (one 120mm yate loon and some old junky 92mm thing) If i'm going to be making a tapering duct to accomodate the sizes, which fan should be where?
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    Intel C2D's

    I've been wondering...When will these C2D (E2xxx E4xxx 6xxx) procs become like today's P4? Not to rag on those hardworking (but extremely hot) P4's or anything :D
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    AC Freezer 7 Pro

    Hey I was just wondering if the stock paste on the AC Freezer 7 Pro was worth using. I've heard some good things about MX-1. So is it worth replacing with AS5/Ceramique?
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    AC Freezer 7 Pro

    Is there a better fan i can attach to this thing for super-uber-absolutely pwning cooling? :P Oh and if there happens to be the need to slightly mod the AC Freezer I won't mind...as long as i dont' have to bore holes or something extreme like that...;)
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    Epiphany...

    I just realized when i removed my HSF from my CPU, the thermal paste (AS5) had totally come of of the CPU in the center of it. So basically there was a donut shaped amount of AS5 on my CPU (a hole of nothing in the middle) and my HSF had all of the past on it. for people who think my...
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    Clarification on ram divider

    Ok... Provided I'm correct with my terminology... If my E6400 (2.13ghz) is paired with DDR2-667. That means i can only overclock it until the FSB hits 333. And if i want anything over i have to set the RAM:FSB divider to like 1:2.. correct?
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    This is how i applied my AS5

    I've been told too much thermal paste = death..so i went conservative... I used the "one line down the middle in the right direction" method for the E6400. I've been getting idle temps on my cores at 45 so says coretemp.. the room ambient temp is 22C and i suppose i need to show...
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    Lapping

    I've got a Thermaltake i1 (yeah i know...not that great) and i was wondering if i ONLY lapped the Heatsink Fan would that make any significant difference. I don't really want to lap my C2D E6400 because i don't want to damage it accidentally in the process. So would lapping the HSF make any...
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    Boot up Problems with 8800gts

    So I was about to boot up my computer today (and I've been running it a few months now) and it froze while posting. I haven't overclocked my CPU (but i have tried taking down the vcore to cut down on waste heat) and i hear and feel the GPU (Gigabyte 8800 GTS) fan spinning at Max. After trying to...
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    E6400 OC Hot Temps

    I've OC'd an E6400 to 302mhz x 8 core temp (v 0.95, not the beta) reads temps at 50 while idling...are these safe temps? (I could definitely drop the temps 5C by turning up all the fans on high, but that makes too much noise) I'm using the preset Vcore of 1.325 by the way. Oh and can someone...
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    Norton 360 Phishing

    I just bought Norton 360 and after I installed it and downloaded all of the security updates, I was left with the last task of fixing my "anti-phishing" option. SO far, the icon is red and says "your web browser does not detect fraudulent blah blah blah". The other computer i downloaded it for...
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    SO MANY TEMPERATURES!~

    Ok...i'm a bit baffled here about my CPU's temps. I have already posted (and gotten replies) about the fact that my CPU's HSF not being mounted correctly (with a TMG i1), so I'll be fixing that soon. However, what's eating me is that multiple programs are giving me way different CPU temp...
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    Lack of Heat?

    I'm a bit startled by the fact that my Thermaltake TMG i1 HSF isn't hot to the touch. Core Temp reports temps idling around 50 C, not that i necessarily know if that's good or bad..but even if it is IDLING at that temp, how come when i open up the case directly after i shut it down, the copper...
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    Thermaltake TMG i1

    I have a core 2 duo E6400 running around 2.32Ghz and i've got Arctic Silver Ceramique on an Thermaltake TMG i1. My idle temps are around 40 C...i expected way better with all the positive comments on Newegg's product review. The Ceramique hasn't quite broken in yet though, so would that be a...
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    Detailed Explanation of Overclocking

    Ok, i've been to multiple forums and websites saying "how to" overclock and get the best performance out of a PC, but i'm not really understanding that stuff. I've already tried to tweak a few settings in my BIOS, like i've raised my (Intel E6400 2.13GHz) to 2.32GHz by a 290mhz x 8 = 2.32...
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    Intel Stock Fans...

    I'm just curious about the specs of a stock E6400 C2D fan... CFM? How does it compare to something like a Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7?
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    Vcore Voltages on E6400

    So i have an antec P180b case and the Mobo cooling is fine (four fans). However, with the Intel Proc E6400 (2.13 GHz)'s stock fan, I'm not too sure about how far i can Overclock it. I already changed the specs to: 2.66 GHz Vcore: 1.27 Memory Voltage: 2.00 I'm not too sure about that...
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    Overclocking Limits...

    Ok. so i've got a Asus P5B-E motherboard with a E6400 Conroe 2.13 Ghz processor. I've got 2x 120 mm fans that can go Low Medium or High. The idling CPU temperature is at 37 degrees with the fans turned medium. And the Motherboard idling temperature is at 32 degrees with fans on medium. About...
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    Hard Drive Problem

    I have a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250820AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive and when i access BIOS, there is a drive under an SATA slot (which put in a slave connector). However, once I boot up my system, the HDD isn't recognized in 'My Computers'. The boot (master) HDD is recognized...
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    Optical Drive Problem

    Hey, My Lite-On DVD-ROM recorder stopped being recognized (when i open up 'My Computer' there aren't any icons under "Devices with Removable Storage" besides a floppy icon for an A: drive) after i downloaded the OS, and a few drives for my video, audio, and ethernet adapter. I have tried to...