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    LGA775 mobo died, time to upgrade?

    Recently my LGA775 mobo died, leaving me with a E6600 processor. Two options I see are to buy a new LGA775 mobo and continue on like nothing happen, or upgrade processor and mobo to take advantages of some of the prices now (wolfdales, phenom 2 x4 etc) I rarely overclock, and before the...
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    system will not post.. no beep/chirp/alarm?

    thanks for the response! over at hardforums we are also trying to solve this problem, let me tell you where we are at. well my old psu is only a 20pin and not compatible with my c2d, so I tried it, but only with my mobo. nothing was attached, no beeps. As I mentioned in my first post...
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    system will not post.. no beep/chirp/alarm?

    thanks for the response mpilch! i have checked the psu voltmeter readings against my other computers psu and they are nearly identical. unfortunatly i am not a electrician and don't know how to exactly read the data on my analog voltmeter. ill tear out the psu from my other rig and try it...
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    system will not post.. no beep/chirp/alarm?

    hey guys! turned on my main computer this morning after a week or so of it being off, and got nothing. the psu turns on, the fans spin, the hdds spin, the cd drives will not operate. in the past when i have seen this i get an alarm/beep/chirp from the system speaker letting my know of a...
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    8800gts and screen corruption, unstabe system.

    Well, got my new 8800gts from evga last night and so far have NO problems. I will keep you posted.
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    8800gts and screen corruption, unstabe system.

    Thanks for your responses and I have already started the RMA process. It really is no big hoot to me, I just want to find out what is wrong with my computer. The first 8800gts was bad, i know that. one of the dvi outputs produced screen corruption that in no way effected my computer...
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    8800gts and screen corruption, unstabe system.

    my friends computer is has same mobo and HDD as mine, but he is still using the 7950gt. according the powersupply, the PCI-E1 connection is by itself and provides 18amps.
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    8800gts and screen corruption, unstabe system.

    i spoke with a rep @ evga and he told me 18a on the 12v rail powering a single 8800gts is fine. I tried the card in my friends computer (with my hdd and video card swapped over) today and it came up with the same problems. any other ideas?
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    8800gts and screen corruption, unstabe system.

    sorry, asus p5b deluxe. anyone?
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    8800gts and screen corruption, unstabe system.

    Hey guys, let me start out with my computer build.. Core2duo e6600 2 gigs ddr800 8800gts 640. OCZ 600w 4x12v 18a rails I initially stepped up from a 7950gt ko from evga to their 8800gts 640 with no problems and ran it quite well for some time. out of no where I developed some screen...
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    *** Official Gigabyte P965-DS3 Thread ***

    stillkicking - so something like this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145590
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    *** Official Gigabyte P965-DS3 Thread ***

    stillkicking... thanks so much for the response. been busy with school and have a few days to order this stuff and am in a rush to find some products that match.. will definatly look into your setup! thanks again and keep us(me) updated! dan
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    *** Official Gigabyte P965-DS3 Thread ***

    Lots of reading..didn't make it all the way through though.. seems like users are still struggling to find a good set of ddr2(800) ram for this board? Any suggestions? I am not planning on OCing, just want some good stable ram to work with this board and a new e6600. there is a list of...
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    mobo for e6600

    Hey guys - I tend to frown on these types of posts, but I really could use some help/guidance on this one. This is for a build for myself and my first time working with intel cpus, as normally I play with AMD. Right now I am planning on buying the e6600 - and quite frankly all reviews...
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    ddr2 am2 vs. ddr 939

    yep - 1200 for just the core.. already got the extras thanks dan
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    ddr2 am2 vs. ddr 939

    checked out some prices - and it seems that all the prices are pretty equivalent. i will be looking into the C2D systems since you guys have suggested it - one thing though is that it still takes ddr2 ram which is significantly more money then ddr ram and doesn't show performance gains from...
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    ddr2 am2 vs. ddr 939

    thanks for the replies guys - i appreciate it. so you guys recommend a C2D system? I feel at my price range, no matter what I want to do, I will have something that is outdated - yet better then my current system. Ill look around at monarch for some C2D system setups.. suggestions...
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    ddr2 am2 vs. ddr 939

    Hey guys - Building a new computer and have been out of the loop for awhile since I last looked at prices. Now that am2 is out and ddr2(800) there is another part of the equation for me. I am looking to spend about 1200 bucks on a new rig and one thing that I am not sure of is the...
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    unresponsive computer after 5 minutes

    he just completed full HD test from maxtor.. "certified error free" so, we have swapped CPU, processor, and HD is supposed to be good.. any ideas? thanks in advance.
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    unresponsive computer after 5 minutes

    would the ram still be a cause of problems? we swapped out my working ram into his computer and ran it. his pc still locked up in bf2 shortly after starup. dan
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    unresponsive computer after 5 minutes

    just swapped ram out as well.. he still had the prob. he is going to run the full maxtor test now.. but the quick diag test showed no probs. dan
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    unresponsive computer after 5 minutes

    update. my roomate and i swapped processors. His computer still froze, and my still works. any other ideas?
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    unresponsive computer after 5 minutes

    hey guys.. i have been showing my roomate these posts by you guys and he appreciates the help for sure.. here is the latest from him.. Some of the things he has tried have been suggested at other forums, and he made me a general update for the different forums i post at.. again, any help...
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    unresponsive computer after 5 minutes

    just notified him of that.. he thinks it isnt a prob because it is a program he uses to change wallpaper images every 15 minutes.. let me know
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    unresponsive computer after 5 minutes

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 2:23:13 PM, on 4/18/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe...
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    unresponsive computer after 5 minutes

    just got word from roomie. memtest reported no errors and highjack this said all was ok as well any ideas? dan
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    unresponsive computer after 5 minutes

    thanks for the help, i will have him email my that log. thanks again dan
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    unresponsive computer after 5 minutes

    My friend has emailed me with a problem. Read below, but it seems his computer becomes unresponsive/freezes after a few minutes of being on.. read on " AMD 2800+ underclocked, BIOS reports it as a 2200+ Gigabyte GA-7n400 Pro2 motherboard 512 megs ram radeon 9800 120 gig ata hard drive...
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    Just built my first PC..

    there is.. on my asus at least. i was actually confused as heck last night when i had to clear my CMOS and my POST was gone, lol. dan
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    disk read error...plz help!

    Bozo... thank you so much for your help, it is greatly appreciated. Last night I let seatools disk wizard run a zero fill on my drive, of course after backing everything i wanted up on the working drive. I woke up this morning and it had finished, actually right when i was done with...
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    disk read error...plz help!

    ok here is where i am. successfully using wd80 ide drive as my main drive and booting w/ it w/ fresh windwos install. I am also able to see and bring files over from my sata barracuda (2nd partition , backup) i am NOT able to delete the first partition (xp) and format the cuda there...
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    disk read error...plz help!

    bozo, thanks so much for your responses! they are greatly appreciated. well, i finally got the WD80 drive working on my main PC. I booted both WD drives .. and formatted the partition that contained windows on the bad drive. i have since gone through a installation of windows on that...
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    disk read error...plz help!

    well i have booted my two wd drives in my dell and here i am.. i can read the data on the one bad wd 80 and am gonna get some data off it.. i only wish my dell had a sata connection so i could get the data off that. dan
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    disk read error...plz help!

    thanks for all your help so far bozo. I tried fdisk /mbr.. twice.. rebooted w/ seagate tools and w/o and still no dice. same errors. i used a unbunto live cd to get boot on my main computer which worked obviously. i was thinking maybe just instal linux, but that is something i am really...
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    disk read error...plz help!

    an update. i tried to clear bios and i did. got past bios, it noted the ESCD had been created and then I got the disk read error.
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    disk read error...plz help!

    for clarification. mobo is asus a7v600-x. power supply is antec trupower 430. bozo- THe wd 40 hb works fine once brought back, and is how I type as we speak. I had said sata was master and ide was slave because i thought that was how it worked and in fact that was how the ide was...
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    disk read error...plz help!

    hey guys, i have searched google, dslreports and hardforums but am still at a loss for my data and for a fix here. My main computer -> barton 2500+ seagate barracuda 160gb sata (master, xp and back up for gaming and regular software) wd 80gb ide (slave 2 partitions, xp and backup, primarly...
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    19-27" LCD TV, gaming/tv/monitor

    so the highest you could go is 720p. I saw that, but didnt saw anything.. :D I may be confused abotu the HDtuner but i think everything else I am talking about is right on. who knows, i sure am confused. based on what I am finding, an LCD with an add on tv tuner will never be as good...
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    19-27" LCD TV, gaming/tv/monitor

    links fixed dan
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    19-27" LCD TV, gaming/tv/monitor

    Thats what I figured. So actually all that is needed for HD is resolution. Again, that is what I though. I must have been tripped up in this HD craze. Still though, I am loooking at the TVs linked above. [b] side note... this dell lets me do 1900x1200...