Hello, Skybuck's Dream PC, Third Build, Frooze and these were the voltages when it happened: Are these voltages levels good or bad ?: http://members.home.nl/hbthouppermans/DreamPCThirdBuild/Voltages.JPG Somebody recommended PC Power & Cooling power supply... that company has

I have XP Pro on a Pent 4 with a Nvidia 1.4.13.09 Lately for some reason the monitor shuts itself into a sleep mode. I have my setting to NEVER shut off the monitor. I tried another monitor and it does the same thing. It also is set for the screen saver to come on after 9999 minutes It is random...

Hi all, I have a desktop PC with an AMD dual core processor, ASUS M2N4- SLI motherboard, Nvidia Geoforce 8600 GT and an HP 22207h 22 inch monitor. I run both Ubuntu 64 bit and Windows XP 32bit. Lately I have been experiencing quite a few problems with my video, both in Windows and Linux, whereby I...

Hello Peeps, I noticed how gpu1 was running 10 degrees hotter than gpu2. When I shutdown the system gpu1 heatpipes were very hot... the north bridge heatsink was very hot... the mosfet was a bit warm too. The cpu heatsink/cooler fins were cool. GPU2 heatpipes were cool.

Hello, The old motherboard which is probably defective looks fried. I have two explanations for this: 1. The dual graphics cards 7900 gtx fried the motherboard... possibly because of too low airflow to them. 2. The led connectors weren't properly attached, maybe caused electrical

Hello, Which orientation is best for the Scythe Zipang CPU Cooler onto the ASUS A8N32-SLI motherboard ? Apperently the zipang can have 4 different orientations. When looking top down onto the motherboard I see 4 things which could get extra cooling/airflow from the zipang:

Is it normal for my card to be 65c - 67c temps when idle?

Hello, I am wondering: Which operating system would last longer on a laptop: 1. Windows Vista Premium with the aero/glass gui. or

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I'm having the same problem as he http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia/browse_thread/thread/ffad05558f61f21/97c0d65d689d062c?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=dual+monitors+identify+as+one#97c0d65d689d062c but the solution found does not apply to me. Let me describe the problem: I...

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I've been using a 6600GT in my system (Vista and XP) for a couple of years. It has worked fine, but now I'm thinking of upgrading and I'm considering the 9600GT. I'm not a gamer - I'm looking for faster redraws on the desktop. Vista in particular has native support for hardware acceleration...

Hi, I just bought an EVGA 9800 GX2 video card and it refuses to boot. And when I swapped out my spare card (a 7900 GT) into the slot and tried to reboot, the computer would not boot at all until I unplugged the power supply and plugged it back in and then rebooted. Does this mean my PSU...

In the past few months, many of my 3D games seem to drop my refresh rate of 85mz and I get a wavy screen. In some games it only happens in the menu, half life, Combat arms, in others they are unplayable. I've done driver rollbacks and updates, all the same. Even tried coolbits. I'm thinking...

Hello, I wonder which setup is best to prevent a computer from resonating. 1. My theory is that "top down" coolers, which blow directly against the motherboard might cause resonance. The cooler is trying to blast away like a space ship in space... but the motherboard is keeping it...

I have been pretty busy the last few days and some interesting things happened. First of all I investigated possible replacements to get a better dream pc. Here is the short list: 1. Antec 1200 case 2. Scythe zipang cpu cooler, which should be much more quieter than the amd stock...

Hello, Meeeee, Skybuck, has possibly discovered a new problem with air cooling for electronics: Static electricty could build up... because the wind is rubbing it's electrons against the materials, like plastics and so on. Static electricty could build up at which at a certain point it might...

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I recently received a NX8800 GTS graphics card from someone. It's by MSI, if it matters to anyone. Along with the card I received a couple of computers, one of which has the required PCI-Express slot to run this graphics card. I plug it in and the card emits the loud, annoying tone. The fan on...