Hi, Does anyone have any idea how to switch off the boot rom of the promise fasttrack100 raid controller which is integrated on the ECS K7VTA3 (3.1) motherboard? I am not using it at all, so it is just taking up valuable time in the booting process while it sits there searching for...

Has anyone who has Hyperthreading enabled, still able to use the Roboform task bar icon?

I've just prurchased a new laptop which uses the Turion MT-34 spec below. Does anyone know whether it is possible to increase the multiplier / fsb? I've had a quick look at the BIOS which is very basic with no options to change anything. I believe the mobo is the MSI one for Turion cpu's. Thanks...

Hi, Which is the absolute quietest athlon 3200+ cooler available (standard type - not water cooled or anything)? I currently have a coolermaster jet7+ copper, which keeps it going, but not as cool as I'd like, when set to the slowest speed it is around 66 degrees C, and still gives a slight...

Trying to overclock this but doesnt post. I have changed the BUS FREQ. to all FS0 1-2 but wont post. Bios upgraded to 1012 and cant find the soft settings to boost it. any suggestions? Thanx JAS

Hi, I have an Asus P4S800 motherboard (800Mhz Fsb) with an Intel Prescot 3.2Ghz Cpu installed on it. I've also installed an Arctic Cooler heatsink and fan which i may say works Great (39C - 50C-max load). My question is how can i get it to run @ 4Ghz or more without frying the cpu or board? I...

cpu-z screenshot http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/633/oc36rh.gif I have overclocked my northwood 2.8Ghz to 3401.1Mhz. I didn't change voltages, just fsb. I have pc2700 (333mhz) memory so I figure it will be optimum at fsb 166 because it will be same speed as memory. But I can only get to...

Please? I have a pentium 4 2.66 Ghz 533 MHz FSB I don't have the slightest idea of how to do this. when I press del at the place where your supposed to press it I go to the blue screen, then I select clock speed and voltage, then it says my clock speed is 133...huh? What do I do?

Hi all, I have a laptop (Clevo D900T) with the following spec: Intel P4 650 3.4ghz 3x512mb DDR2 PC4300 ram (SODimm) 5200rpm SATA HDD Nvidia 6800 ultra I've run Sisandra which reports the ram / efficiency is only 52% - Is there

I TAKE NO RESPONISBILITY FOR PEOPLE WHO DAMAGE THEIR SYSTEMS BY USING THIS ARTICLE. IT IS USED AT YOUR OWN RISK. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi there, For once, I'm not going to be the one asking all the questions, instead, I'm going to make a rather...

I run a XP professional at home. Recently it started booting up itself when we try to connect USB devices, or while surfing.. Is there any better verison i could upgrade to. The tech guy said memory could be corrupt. Any suggestions?? We right now have 512 MB RAM (128MB shared with VGA) and it sits...

Is there a clockgen for the clevo D900T chassis for laptops using P4 650 cpu 915p chipset?

Hi, I'm having a little trouble with my motherboard overclocking options, I have a MSI ms-6534 motherboard and it is able to clock up to a 2.2 ghz CPU. Well I have a 2.5 Pentium 4 CPU, and I understand that I am over my limit but like when I loaded it up the CPU was only going at 1.9...

Specs: P4c 2,8 Rev.D1 (250 x 14 3500MHz) 1,725V Asus P4C800-e Dlx. AMI Bios v.1016.001 2x512MB OCZ 4000 EL Gold Rev.1 2,5-3-3-6 2,8V Sapphire x850xt 590gpu/550mem Latest Catalyst & chipset drivers. On-board sound. WD 74GB Raptor c:\win f:\games WD 120GB Caviar SE Sata d:\temp e:\progs

Hi all, I'm researching new 500-Watt Quiet PSU's and need a refresher on the specific criterion I should be looking for so the new PSU's like both my motherboards and my (ATX) chassis. It's been four years since I lined up parts to hand over to my technician and I apparently didn't keep the notes...

I now have a P4 1.8 o/c to 2.6G with Radeon 9500 softmodded to 9700. The upgrade bug just bite so now I’m looking at this AMD combo MSI Neo4-F with Nforce4-Ultra Chip AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8G) Venice core ATI Redeon X800PRO 256mb PCIe Looks like I can safely O/C the Venice to 2.5G at least or...

I now have a P4 1.8 o/c to 2.6G with Radeon 9500 softmodded to 9700. The upgrade bug just bite so now I’m looking at this AMD combo MSI Neo4-F with Nforce4-Ultra Chip AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8G) Venice core ATI Redeon X800PRO 256mb PCIe Looks like I can safely O/C the Venice to 2.5G at least or...

Here is a problem that solved itself. I thought I would share it with the group because it is a "good news story," as a contrast to all the tales of woe that fill these groups. I was building up a new system using an ASUS board. Antec power supply. I've had good luck with both of them in the...

Hi all, Not sure what NG to use but here goes... I'm new to Intel having always used AMD but have bought a desktop replacement notebook which comes with an Intel P4 540 3.2, 1mb L2 cache (Socket 775) - The mainborad chipset is decribed as 915P + ICH6.....I have a couple of questions relating to...