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    Power Supply Bay Fans?

    I have a case with two power supply bays, but I'm only using one of them. In the lower bay, there's just a piece of metal that closes off the case where the opening for the 2nd power supply would be. This also happens to be a big dead space under my 2nd video card that runs pretty hot. I'd...
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    Bug with nVidia NTune and GPU fan setting for GPU1...

    I have a system with two 8800 GTX's. There's a lot of heat, and when the computer is on a while things start to hang. My GPUs were running about 58C, so I downloaded nTune and cranked up the fan speed to 100%. The temp on GPU0 went down to 53C pretty quick, but it appears that nTune is not able...
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    I need a cheap GPU now until pci-e 2.0 cards come out, help?

    Depends on what you're doing. Your x16 PCIe slots will be more than wide enough to handle pretty much anything until your motherboard is obsolete. Graphics cards don't really use more than 50% of that bandwidth as it is.
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    Can't OC a QX6600 on a Foxconn nForce 680i ?

    If the battery was the ONLY problem I was having, then I would. But my 2nd graphics card is intermittently not being discovered, and I also have the problem with it not being able to overclock the processor properly, despite having the most recent BIOS.
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    Can't OC a QX6600 on a Foxconn nForce 680i ?

    Well, I think it's actually running at about 325 MHz. It's got the 9x multiplier, and it seems to just not be getting multiplied. I'd submit it but I'm going on vacation next week and have to RMA the board before I go, so no time.
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    Can't OC a QX6600 on a Foxconn nForce 680i ?

    Thanks for the help. I did already update the BIOS. Hunting down a new battery is probably enough of a hassle that I'll just take your advice and grab one of those eVGA boards.
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    Can't OC a QX6600 on a Foxconn nForce 680i ?

    Yeap, Q6600. QX6700 seemed like a waste of money. But man, I really, really, really don't want to swap out motherboards if I can help it AT ALL. Putting this thing together has been a right PITA.
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    Can't OC a QX6600 on a Foxconn nForce 680i ?

    QX6600 Foxconn N68S7AA 680i SLI motherboard 2 eVGA 8800s 4x 1GB 1066 MHz Corsair Dominator Thermaltake 720 tower Thermaltake 1200 W Toughpower Windows XP Pro 64-bit I have to say I've been pretty disappointed with this system thus far - most of my desktop applications are slower/flakier...
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    Dell 2007WFP vs the Samsung 215TW

    You realize that a 21" monitor is pretty much exactly the same screen size as a 20" LCD, right?
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    Couldn't find a 6600 or 6700, so...

    You'd raise your FSB because system performance depends on it heavily? Just overclocking your processor won't get you nearly as good a performance boost as overclocking your processor AND FSB. Gotta move that data around you know.
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    Copper or Aluminum/Copper?

    Gah. Metals have two relavant properties: Thermal CONDUCTIVITY and thermal CAPACITENCE. The first is how well heat moves THROUGH the metal, and the second is how much heat the metal holds per unit of weight per degree of temperature. (Put another way, how much energy is needed to raise...
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    CMOS Checksum Error - survives reflash?

    Reflashed with 1.40. Works great now (picks right multiplier and everything.)
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    CMOS Checksum Error - survives reflash?

    I'm also guessing that my performance hit is due to the BIOS selecting the base 4x multiplier on a fresh reset.
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    CMOS Checksum Error - survives reflash?

    I have an MSI Neo Platinum motherboard with a 3200+ DTR in it. Worked fine for about a week, but when I changed some settings in the BIOS and rebooted, it wouldn't post. If I clear the CMOS and reboot, it will clear the memory test and then give me a CMOS Checksum Failed - defaults loaded...
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    BIOS works once after reset, but then have to reset?

    Ok, I have an MSI K8N Neo Platinum with a 3200+ DTR in it. Worked fine so far. I changed some BIOS settings and saved and rebooted, but it wouldn't post. I reset the BIOS (jumper or taking out the battery, same effect) and it'll boot with a CMOS checksum error once, but then I'll need to...
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    The mobile Athlon 64 and motherboards

    Oh, forgot ot mention that the BIOS on the board is V1.3 (W7030NMS, Jul 28 2004 13:13:30), and it's a CG core.
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    The mobile Athlon 64 and motherboards

    For another MSI datapoint: I ordered a 3200 DTR, MSI Neo Platinum, and 1 gig of CORSAIR value 3200 DDR ram, along with a Thermaltake Venus 12 heat sink. First problem is that the heat sink wouldn't contact the top of the processor. As noted, the MSI Neo comes with a heat sink bracket...
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    Athlon 64 3200+ 512k and Athlon 64 3200+ DTR 1MB physically interchangeable?

    Ok, now on this system - have it at 210MHz and 10x multiplier. I'll post more about the experience in the DTR motherboards thread.
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    Athlon 64 3200+ 512k and Athlon 64 3200+ DTR 1MB physically interchangeable?

    OK, another update: Popped the CMOS battery, and it now posts. I'm currently having XP repair itself (As I just hauled over the HD from my old athlon setup and I don't think it likes the new setup) and, assuming that works, I appear to have one problem left: I've got 2 double-sides 512 MB...
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    Athlon 64 3200+ 512k and Athlon 64 3200+ DTR 1MB physically interchangeable?

    Well, I solved the heat sink problem - the mounting bracket for the heat sik had 4 little plastic stubs that held the heat sink up about 1.5 mm; took them out with a razor blade and the heat sink now sits directly on the surface of the processor. But, it won't post (actually, it did post a...
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    Athlon 64 3200+ 512k and Athlon 64 3200+ DTR 1MB physically interchangeable?

    I have a MSI Neo Platinum board, and ordered the DTR (mobile) version of the 3200+ to get the extra 512k of cache. I've since read that the chips may not be physically interchangeable, in the sense that regular CPU fans won't fit the DTR version of the chip. Is this true, or more specifically...
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    Bad Athlon 1.33 C?

    OK, so I have an Athlon C 1.33 GHz. It's on a FIC AD11 motherboard. Heat is fine, foils are warm but not hot. Had it overclocked a bit when I first got it but have been running 1.33 for quite some time now. Until today, when the compuer started spontaneously resetting. I now have it running...
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    Good Web Cam's?

    Ok, I've decided it's time to invest in a webcam. I do *NOT*, however, want one of the cheapy "Hey, look, I *THINK* that's someone's picture" grainy deals. I have a cable modem connection (1Mb/s), so something that stands a chance at utilizing that bandwidth would be nice. Hopefully...
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    TB 1.33 AYMJA Y Overclocking results

    I'm totally aware that I don't - I didn't buy the system for the purpose of overclocking it, I bought it to replace my K6-2 350. The cooling is holding up great though, and considering what I am running it on, getting an easy 133 MHz out of it is still pretty good. I think I'd rather save...
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    AMD cpu goes down in #'s

    Are you doing this in the BIOS or on board? I made the mistake of getting the voltage and multiplier DIP banks on my motherboard confused, causing me to run 6x and some undefined voltage setting for a little bit (suppose I got lucky that I didn't break anything.)
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    TB 1.33 AYMJA Y Overclocking results

    Oh, and yes, I *DID* mean AYHJA. (See earlier thread)
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    TB 1.33 AYMJA Y Overclocking results

    Ok, so I finally got everything set up. Here's what I've got (I hadn't originally planned on overclocking at all, but the DIP switches called to me....) AMD AYMJA Y processor, week 19. FIC AD11 motherboard Volcano II with thermal compound (just the generic white zinc oxide stuff) 250 Watt...
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    Are newegg's 1.33's AYHJA's?

    Well, right now I've only got a volcano II cooling system and some generic thermal paste - I'll see how far I can go with that, but I'm not plannning on pushing the voltage much until I can get the cooling right. I also got stingy on themotherboard and got the FIC AD11 - so we'll see if that...
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    Upgrades/Patches

    Ok, I've been reading people talking about needing software upgrades/patches for their Athlons. I have an AMD 1.33 and a FIC AD11 with 512 of Crucial PC2100. (No, I don't read the price guides, I swear!) I'm running 98 with a PCI soundblaster and a Leadtek GEForce2 Pro. I've already seen the...
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    Are newegg's 1.33's AYHJA's?

    Hrm, well, I thought it may have been a typo on my part, but looking at my other post where I think I copied it, no, I mean AYMJA. There's a chance I just read it wrong (it *IS* rather small) but as of right now the thing is coverred by a bunch of thermal paste - so unless you REALLY want me to...
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    O/C Advice : 1.33TB+FIC AD11

    Alright, so counterstrike has finally become the kick in the ass required for me to retire the old k6-2 350 an I went and got myself a FIC AD11, 1.33 TBird (AYMJA0119GPAW), and a TT Volcano II fan. (Yes, newegg.com) Now before anyone says "You didn't get the best stuff for...
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    Is my T-bird fried?

    I very nearly did the same thing myself today - I havn't actually mucked around with a cooling fan since overclocking the last chip I got (AMD k6-2 350) to 400, and very nearly missed the thing on the bottom of the cooling fan (a Volcano II). Absolutely no instructions on the box on how to...
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    Are newegg's 1.33's AYHJA's?

    AYMJA week 19 here - just got it fedex saver today, orderred on Saturday. Got the FIC AD11 - trying to decide how seriously I want to overclock the thing.