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    Ram 4Gig (3.00GB usable) help ?? :(

    I have purchased and installed win7 ultimate 64bit package as my RC version finally ran out at the weekend and I'm having a major headache... For some stupid reason the OS refuses to use 4 gig of ram. it was fine at first, then a couple of reboots later and were back to 4Gig (3.00GB...
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    intel celleron D 2800, 73oC @ idle, is this too hot ??

    the cpu at idle is 73oC according to the bios, having never used a celleron D 2800 before im unsure of the temps but i know they ran hot. any advice is welcome :) thanks.
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    Court Orders Intel to Cough Up Destroyed Antitrust Evidence

    full story:http://www.dailytech.com/Court+Orders+I...yed+Antitrust+Evidence/article6854.htm "ooops, we moved a desk and accidentally nocked 4000 sheets of paper containing valuable legal information which we are required to keep by law into the shredder" Intel seems to have had allot...
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    is this board conroe compatable ??

    intel D915GAG its currently sporting a P4 2.66Ghz CPU and i was wondering if it will take conroe, i have to admit to knowing nothing about intel as i am an AMD fan myself, but im trying to help a friend out.
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    max fsb for a DFi Lanparty Nforce4 Ultra-D ?

    im attempting to get 1000HTT whilst keeping my cpu`s clock at around 2.9Ghz, to do this i need to change the multiplier to 9 and increase the FSB to 333, currently im at a multi of 9.5 and fsb at 305, HTT = 915, i was just wondering if there were any DFi owners left to give me some tips...
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    The film "300" ... no mention of gayness, why ?? unless im mistaken, historically they were all gay?

    im a little confused, ive just seen the film 300, now i know there are those of you out there that dont like gay people and think there all limp wristed girls but hear me out. it was my understanding that 300 was losely based on the sacred band of thebes final battle. the sacred band of...
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    2 boards, 3 chips, 2 gcards, 3 sticks of memory, 3psu`s and a funny beeping... pls help :(

    i have in front of me the following: Athlon 1100 XP 1700 sempron 2200 3 x 400 watt PSU`s 1 msi MS-6712 V1.0A board (KT4V) 1 Asrock K7V88 1 pci Gcard 1 AGP Gcard now, what's happening is when i try to assemble these, the board boots, then shuts off after about 3 seconds...
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    Which hard drive for the boot drive, old raptor or new maxline.

    hi all, which drive should i use as the boot drive when i re install my system later, i cant make my mind up. on the one hand i have my 3 year old SATA raptor 36gig with 8mb cache and no Native Command Queing but its 10,000 rpm. on the other i have a 4 month old Maxtor Maxline 3 SATA...
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    Mclain is back! :O how did i miss this... :/ + Movies and GAMES of 2007! :o)

    http://imdb.com/title/tt0337978/trailers-screenplay-1-10-2 im in shock and very very happy :D I loved bruce willis and love the john mclain character :) but after the third one i thought that was it. I had no idea they were making this :) looks like its going to be a great year for movies...
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    This should drive you all nutts. TOWER DEFENCE!

    http://www.rubytooth.com/media/55935/ ive gotten to level 82 but ive been playing it for a while. if you beat it i want a screenie as proof :P :) p.s. if you do decide to play, youl find you may not be able to stop :(
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    MS Excel problem, its doing my nutt :(

    hi there, were using excel 2003 here and when a number is input it is changed to a view of formula. So i hold down CTRL plus ` to hide the formula and it goes and adds a zero to every block of numbers that have been input. any clues ?
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    AHHHHHHHHH! my mouse is too sensitive, please help :(

    i have just got an mx 700 and its really comfortable but feels waaaay too sensitive. i cant work out if its me or my settings and i dont know what to do. this mouse was quite expensive so i really dont want to have to sell it and buy another :( any and all suggestions appreciated.
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    Americans... you all confuse me.

    it seems all i hear from americans these days with regards to politics is "dang bleeding heart liberals" or "stupid dumb rednecks" presumably denoting Democrats and Republicans... i was speaking to my good friend in Oklahoma about current political affairs and he spoke about senator Clinton...
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    HUMANS = totally isignificant. come see for your self. :p

    i am a keen fan of space exploration, i believe we as a species dont spend anywhere near enough on it and that one of the most important things we could ever do is really devote human sciences to it. i recently stumbled across this picture, and out of the thousands of pictures ive seen of...
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    My new(ish) mouse, ok for gaming ?

    ello all, i currently own a Nyko AirFlo mouse and as fun as the idea was of a mouse thats also a hair dryer (see here: CLICK ME) it basically turned out to be a rather cheaply built mouse thats rather uncomfortable and dosent sit well in my hand, its only plus point was an 850DPi sensor but i...
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    To raid or to raptor... come take a look and help me decide ?

    currently i am running 1 X SATA 36gig 8mb WD raptor as my main disk and a 200 gig SATA seagate barracuda as secondary. i have been given 2 x 250 gig SATA Maxtor Maxline 3 hard drives and as i now own a DFi board i am thinking about raiding them and using as the main drive over the raptor...
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    Which hard drive should i get ???

    3 choices so far, id like alot of storage but i also want speed a reliabillity... i have posted links with each drive which gives technicle information, maybe someone can take a peak and see. Maxtor DiamondMax 10 SATA 300GB HD, £65 ($113.61 USD) Maxtor maxline plus II 250GB SATA drive £51...
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    just some advice... Be careful when buying TFT screens that promise very fast refresh rates....

    OLED is already here :) look at your colour mobile screen... ;) its just too bloody expensive to put into full large screen production at the moment lol. i saw a thred for a samsung 5ms LCD and just wanted to throw out some info incase anyone wants it... "Incredilbe Refresh Rates...
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    X800GTO2 AUTOMATED FLASH UTILITY Via DVD\CD for all OS ... Very easy :)

    howdy :), first off let me just say im not a usual member here, i actually use overclockers.co.uk forums, i built them a util to make it easy to flash the GTO2 because the techpowerup guide and others are terrible lol, :D anyway, this is a simple procedure for X800GTO2 ONLY. And yes it works...