Ok, I was playing Call of Duty 4... and then I decided to bring down the noise of the fans a bit... I make them spin slower... the temperature rises a few degrees... And then a few seconds later... bzbzbzbzbzbzbzbzbzb.. strange sound on speakers... And the system freezes.

On the ASUS website, there's a PSU calculator, but it doesn't work. It always recommends 0 watts when I select all the options describing my cpu, number of drives, etc. http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyCalculator/PSCalculator.aspx?SLanguage=en-us Is there another utility on the WEB to calculate...

I am wondering if my mainboard is using the full capability of the 400 MHZ DDR modules which i have placed in the sockets 2 + 3, type 2 x 512 DDRAM 400 MHz VDATA. ============================================================ Asus A7N8X Deluxe/Gold Rev. 1.02 (28-01-2003) (333 MHz FSB) AMD Athlon...

Well, perhaps a strange question, but... The case is I am considering an upgrade to C2Duo. It looks like a clear choice for me. I am not interested in gaming at all, only 2D garphics like Photoshop, Premiere, Nikon Capture etc. Now I have a system with 478 socket and Matrox P650 AGP card. As I...

I bought the P5K recently thinking it had both mouse and keyboard PS2. After I recieved the mb I realized it only has keyboard PS2. What's the point of that? If someone is going to use keyboard PS2 then it is common for them to use mouse PS2 also. There are two reason I prefer PS2. One is a major...

Hi I've installed the WinXP SP2 on my machine (Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz Northwood). Unfortunately the system hangs after the installation. :-( Ther're same configurations which runs after the SP2 installation? TIA p

I have an A7N8X-X with an AMD 2500 barton boxed and I reach 30°C wth the MB and 53°C with thew CPU. Is it OK? How much are the max temp? Thanks Fabio

Hello, What is the best way to underclock the AMD X2 3800+ processor so that it always runs at 1.0 Ghz per core instead of 2.0 Ghz per core. (I know AMD monitor puts the processor on 1.1 volts to make the frequency 1000 Ghz) But I am not sure if I have to play around with vcore voltages in the...

Hello, Some have suggested to buy a voltmeter and then test the power supply. Since computers have special plugs and such, how would one go about testing the power supply ? Are there special plugs necessary ? (Not that I would ever try it, way to dangerous !)

Anyone know of a Core 2 Duo motherboard with 4 PCI slots? I am looking but 3 PCI slots seems to be the majority, which doesn't give me enough to plug all my stuff into (SLI isn't necessary). Some boards, like MSI boards, only have 2 slots. Yech... what's the point in having a computer if you...

Host OS: Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX Power Supply: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular I am having similar problem (can't wake from sleep mode) as ... Problems waking up from sleep mode...

I'm wanting to upgrade my system and it's a bit of a jungle out there.............. My current system is the A7V8X motherboard and on it I have the following................. Athlon XP 1600+ CPU 256 Meg DDR memory 160 Gig HD Radeon Pro 9600 Graphics Card.

Hello, For some reason my card reader is not working. I have been having some problems with the power button of this CHIEFTEC case. When I try to turn on the power button it sometimes hangs a bit and I notice how the lights flicker ?!

I'm building a new Socket A system with an nVidia Nforce2 chipset and DDR400 or DDR400-2 memory for use with Win98SE. I've been looking at Athlon XP 3200+ vs. Sempron 3300+ Socket A CPUs. The Athlon XP has 512 cache vs. 256 with the Sempron. Also the Athlon runs at 400MHz Vs, 333MHz for the...

Anyone have one and if you do what do you think? anyway i can get the max performance out of it? Naj

I have a Technika H38FE2 wireless USB keyboard and mouse. In the instructions it says: "Ensure the PC is switched off. Plug the receiver into the USB port. ... Restart the PC" I thought all USB devices can be plugged in while the computer is switched on right?

Here is Creative's most recent comments with regard to the crackling/popping on X-Fi boards:- ------------------------------------------ " Further to the reported cases of crackling issues reported by owners of Sound Blaster X-Fi cards, we have extensively tested both Creative and non-Creative...

Defective CPU fan lol. Other boards probably as well ;) Meeeeeeee soooooo gladddddd I didn't buy this one... nor will I buy the premium... nor will I buy an asus motherboard me thinks ;)

Asus' Crash-Free BIOS notwithstanding, the most elegant protection against BIOS-flashing disasters is the BIOS Savior by IOSS in Taiwan. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have updated their Web site and compatibility list for about four years. Nevertheless, the BIOS Savior is still for sale. ...

I already have an Abit NF7-S v2.0 motherboard. However, a digital tv card in conjunction with and SATA striped RAID array it won't work properly. I had held out hope that there would be a decent Nforce2 MCP-S motherboard but that doesn't seem to be the case, anyone know any better than me??? I'm...