Hello. I don't know whether this is the correct group to post to. But I decided to use the 'torture test' of the program Prime95 to test the stability of a computer but it doesn't get past the first test. It doesn't fail. It just doesn't do anything. It says it's working through Test 1 but it never...

btw i am on the latest BIOS but have tried the prievious 4 releases as well...no change "steve" wrote in message ... My system is as follows: MSI K7N2 (not delta, not L, just plain old K7N2) XP 2600+ (333 version) Matched...

Currently I'm running an unlocked 2500 on an NF7-S v.2 at 3200+ speed at 1.825v. I'd like to try an XP-M 2400 or 2500 to try an squeeze a couple hundred or so Mhz out of it. I'm using Hyperx PC3200 and an SLK900a HS/92mm Panaflo combo. Which processor should I be looking at - the 35w or 45w? ...

I have a dual Athlon 2800+, the CPUs are hovering around 50C (within a few degrees - assuming error margins in motherboard monitors). They are at this temperature after a few minutes of turning the PC on (when sat in the BIOS), and also when idling in windows XP. I started a couple of programs to...

I just got a PC from a friend to sort out a bit. At bootup it showed Intel Celeron 2.2G. I went into BIOS, set FSB to 133 (before it was just FSB control disabled, nothing about current frequency). Now at start it shows Celeron 2.93 G and below DRAM frequency 354 MHz. In BIOS RAM freq is set...

I can run my P4 2.4C on an ABIT IC7 @ 250FSB for 3ghz and 1000mhz memory speed OR I can run it at 280FSB for 3.3ghz. If I run at the higher FSB, I have to use a 5:4 multiplier hat reduces the memory to 896mhz. SO, the quetion is, which is better for mostly gaming?? I have a 9800Pro. THANKS.

Do they still have a fan attached at all? I'm thinking about it, mostly to make a nice quiet puter,though the cooling will allow higher speeds of course......... Also,is there a minimum temperature for cpus? I read some test today and they were talking about running at -15 C.This seems a bit...

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What's a good range of idle temps for this chip? I've got a Thermalright SK-6 w/ 5800rpm 60x60x15mm Delta fan, running a P3-S 1.26 @ 1.33 (140FSB). Idle temps are case + 16C (e.g. right now 27C case 43C cpu), and I'm wondering if more airflow will lower this number substantially (system is in a...

I have rediscovered my old Pentium II 333MHz with an LX mobo and I want to use it for the kids. some of their games seem to run very slowly with its GF2 MX card but my GF4 wont even boot up when I tried it. is there any way in which I can make an LX board work with this card. the box gf4 box does...

Last thread, I've now written off the Upgradware 370GU adapter for my Intel D815EEA board. (Though it works great in my Compaq.) I have taken the easy way out. As opposed to soldering, ala Lunchbox, I ordered the LinLin adapter, which has a voltage range of 1.3 to 1.05, jumper selectable. Since...

Hi, I want to use 7 volts for my intake fan. The ATX power standard has 2 12 volt supplies (main and molex). My question is, is just connecting a fan between the 12v and 5v molex connectors ok? Will this compromise the PSU's over-current protection?

Hello to all, About 3 weeks ago I raised the FSB-speed from my AMD 1800+ on a MSI K7T raid-turbo mobo from 133 to 135 up to 140 and it looked like I had no problems at all...... Well the system worked fine and my Battlefield1942 game started faster and no instabillity of the Xp. So far so...

Hi, Having done a bit of research, looked at what my supplier (who will do the actual system build) have available, and decided on my price range, I've narrowed down my choice of CPUs to the following 5: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Barton OEM (400Mhz FSB) (£90.16) AMD Athlon64 3000 64bit 754Pin CPU...

Hi, This summer I want to start building a new PC. I am wondering which CPU to select for this project. I would like to use a CPU (AMD or Intel) with a clockspeed 2.5GHz. Also I'd like to be able to significantly overclock the CPU. Last time I checked (Dec-2003) I heard that AMD has locked their...

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http://www.dstrausser33.com/SonicTheHedgehog/Choose_Benchmarked_Game.html Almost seems like my Radeon 9000 running normal speed. about 100 Frames Fps less, depending on the test. But running the above, it's almost the same. I posted a link, cause this is not a binaries ng. Some are hard to read...

Greetings all and a very *Merry Christmas*, Just a quick post as I am busy opening presents, eating loads, watching films on TV etc. . .I've been seeing lots of adverts for this mega PC-World *One Day Sale* on Boxing day. Possibly tempted to go down to my local branch (Wandsworth) early to see if...

My local stores SUCK, no non standard stuff. Thanks.

Hi, Im Trevor. Im overclocking a Pentium 4 Northwood at 3Ghz to 3198Mhz. The problem is when I clock it to 3200, I start having problems with the sound. It works fine, then at random intervals, it goes away only to come back at another random time. I can't find any pattern with the problems. at...