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    Vista Boot Help

    I recently cleaned out my system, and re-did the cabling and in the process, cleaned the CPU and Heatsink. My case has a removable mobo tray, so it was very easy to unplug everything, and then clean the CPU without removing it from the socket. I used arctic silver's two-part cleaning solution...
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    Am I screwed? New CPU + RAM ---> Cannot Boot into Windows

    I just upgraded my processor from an intel E6300 to an E6700, and upgraded my ram from Corsair Dominator PC8500 to Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC8500.... That part went fine. The computer posts and all of that. The problem is my computer will no longer boot into windows, and instead will...
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    Safe Temperature range for XP 4200+? (Overclocked)

    Forgive me if this is covered somewhere, I did a search already but didn't quite find what I needed. What's a good "safe" temperature for the AM2 4200+? Mine is overclocked to around 2.7GHz (247 fsb/1.475v). I am using the Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless mobo. Speedfan, if I am reading...
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    pc won't power on.

    hmmmm.... well, I left my apartment last wednesday for thanksgiving, and my computer was perfect... now, it won't turn on. at all. wtf???? it's not the power supply. I just tried a few. Has anyone else experienced this before? Funny thing is, it was running perfectly last wednesday, and...
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    Is my vidcard toast?

    Recently the computer I built for my brother is having some problems. To make a long story short, there are severe graphic issues when booting up (in the form of off-color text, and random vertical lines across the screen) and sometimes windows loads, but usually it won't. All the...
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    shuttle heatpipe....who's not using it ? (!)

    I got annoyed with my shuttle's noise, and decided to create my own cooling system for it. I removed the heatpipe, and attached a regular cpu cooler (Swiftech MCX4000 and TMD fan) to the CPU and modded the exhaust to use a standard 92mm fan. I'm going to add a side intake probably on the right...
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    Shuttle + Zalman cnps7000????

    Has anyone tried to stick the cnps 7000 (the big @$$ copper cooler) in the shuttle form factor ? The only problems I can see are perhaps the cooler would be too tall, or it might make the adjacent PCI slot unusable, but the latter is not a big deal.
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    old skool O/C: PIII question

    I'm feeling rather nostalgaic, and have a few extra "older" drives, GPUs and such, and was thinking about building an "old school" system to overclock and have some fun with. I was thinking of buying a tualatin P3. Now, back in the day, I wasn't into O/C and such so I never did read up on the...
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    Kingston HyperX PC4000

    I'm not as impressed as I thought I would be, but the memory DOES do what it's supposed to, namely reach 500fsb easy. Best I could run it was at cas 3-8-4-4, which is perhaps the slowest I have ever had my ram run! Granted, it IS running far above regular PC3200, and at regular vdimm to boot...
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    Kingston HyperX PC4000

    I'm not as impressed as I thought I would be, but the memory DOES do what it's supposed to, namely reach 500fsb easy. Best I could run it was at cas 3-8-4-4, which is perhaps the slowest I have ever had my ram run! Granted, it IS running far above regular PC3200, and at regular vdimm to boot...
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    Kingston HyperX PC4000

    I'm not as impressed as I thought I would be, but the memory DOES do what it's supposed to, namely reach 500fsb easy. Best I could run it was at cas 3-8-4-4, which is perhaps the slowest I have ever had my ram run! Granted, it IS running far above regular PC3200, and at regular vdimm to boot...
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    how high is too high? (temperature)

    I'm really worried about my temps.... I have a 2.6C O/C'd to 3.32 GHz (255fsb). vcore is stock 1.525v, and memory is running 1:1 with stock vdimm (2.6v) (Kingston HyperX PC 4000 @ cas 3-8-4-4). I wish memory could have faster timings but anyway.... the processor has passed Prime 95 for 24 +...
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    Has my CPU crapped out, my vid card, or is it Windows?

    I'm running Win98SE, and I just did a clean re-install to see if I could fix some problems with my vid card getting low scores. Beforehand, the chip was tested to be 100% rock solid thru Sandra Burn-in, Prime 95 (9+ hours), and a combination of running all three.... The problem before was that...
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    recommendation....FAST!

    AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Just flashed my Bios on my Gigabyte 8SRX, and it's now dead! BOTH Bios are fried somehow...maybe if I'm lucky it will work tomorrow.... but I need a prospective board, fast. I'm looking at the Gigabyte 8IEXP, for the features, price, and OC capabilities. Is this a...
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    Abit Siluro Ti4200....128Mb

    Well, mine should be in tomorrow (today, technically!) anyone have any experiences? I see lots of reviews and info on the 64Mb version, but barely any on the 128. Any OC or Benchmark stories to tell? I couldn't find the Asus V8240 DELUXE Anywhere...so I went for this card, at $170...
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    3000+ memory score in sandra?

    Has anyone here gotten over the 3000 mark in the memory bandwidth test? If so, what did you use (CPU, clock speed, memory, etc). I can't seem to get past 2900, and usually stay around the mid to high 2800s. I don't NEED to get past 3000....but for some odd reason feel compelled to do...
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    quick P4 Questions

    I have a 1.8A that reads as a "2.4B" in the bios when set to 133 fsb. I'm fairly new to the overclocking thing, but am aware of intel's underclocking practice. Now, the question is, do I have an underclocked 2.4B, or do all 1.8As read as a 2.4B at 133fsb? It's read as a 1.8A in wcpuid, so I...