Overclocking noob here... so bear with me. I recently purchased a re-furbished Epox 8RDA3+ MB (NForce2 chipset) for use as a second system, and also to "play around with" and try to learn how to overclock properly. I have built a couple computers in my day, but never really seriously...

Hi, Whenever I bought my current system; NF7-S v2, 2400+ Mobile Unlocked about 2 yrs ago, I overclocked it to 2.3 gig (200x11.5). This was the limit I dared take it to and have it guarantee to POST. All worked fine for a while...

Now I know this might not be directly related to this group, still i'm gonna try my luck in here. I got a MB from a friend of mine, ECS K7s5a (ver 3.1). I installed an amd xp2200+. Booted the system and noticed that the cpu is running @ 1350 mhz. So i tried to flash the MB so it would recognize...

Aria Technologies prices may be cheaper than many retailers, but buyers should be aware that Aria are absolutely rubbish to deal with. To date I have had 3 bad monitors from them, all of them had to be returned due to seriously defective pixels, and I'm not talking about just a couple of bad...

Hi, Hope someone can help with my o/c. Setup is an Asrock Dual Sata mb, Opteron 146, 2 sticks of PC4000 in dual mode and Hiper 580w psu. I have an Opteron 146 which is 15hr Prime stable at 2.92Ghz at 1.4v. Getting past this speed is proving impossible though. I've bumped the voltage to 1.425v...

Hi All: I finally figured out how to get my 4x1 GBs of RAM to run in my DFI NF4 LP Ultra-D. I cranked up to their highest values the DRAM drive strength 8 and DRAM data drive strength 4. The system posted and I am running Prime95 now with the specs below. It was so stable in the initial tests...

Hi, Not really an overclocking question but knowledgeable members might be able to offer help :-) I'm not too familiar with the workings of cpu...so I'd be glad for any comments/advice ref the following. Abit motherboard NF7-S and Athlon XP 2500 Barton cpu

Hi, it take charges instructions SSE an AMD Duron 1016 MHZ? Thanks. Bruno

When I bought this CPU in November, I had no idea of its potential, now I'm running it at 2.4GHz on stock voltage. Not a bad improvement. My Machine: Abit AV8 Athlon X2 3800+ (240x10=2.4GHz) 512Mb Mushkin (2-2-2 @ PC3200) nVidia GeForce3 Ti200 As you can see, I missed the boat when bought the...

Hi! I've been given an AMD Barton and I dont know if it works... First of all - how to check the processor without damaging my mainboard? It wasnt burnt, all pins are good... is there other possibillity for processor not to work? kamil

Howdy folks, It's time to build a new box, and I've decided to turn over my P4 640 to my daughter, and build an AMD rig. First off, I'm not really sure exactly what I'm going to do with it yet, but I would like to have serious gaming as an option. Right now I'm in the AMD Athlon 64 4000+ price...

i have an msi mobo that keeps on restarting when i go to shut down. i heard there was a recall on their mobos due to a faulty capacitor or something. is this true? what models are included in this recall?

Hi all, I plan on ordering either the AMD X2 4200 or the 4400. There is about a 100 dollar difference in the price at Newegg, obviously due to the 4400 having the larger L2 cache ( 1mb per core versus 512 kb per core on the 4200). Both are listed as 2.2 ghz processors. I use my computer mainly...

hi looking for advice on a silent CPU cooler for the following system: AMD 2400+ XP CPU Chaintech 7KJD motherboard Chieftech PSU ThermalTake Mozart HTPC case my problem is that the PSU is position right next to the motherboard in

Hi: I am having a bit of a problem. I can run the 4 GB of RAM at 250 MHz 1:1 at 2.6 V through memtest with no errors overnight. I tried overclocking and underclocking the CPU and no problems with memtest. The problem is with windows where both OCCT and Prime95 cause system crashes (BSOD or...

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1804 This site also seems to have good info on lots of products. -- Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro 512mb AGP MSI Theater 550Pro TV Tuner Thermaltake LanFire Midtower with Antec 550 Watt PSU Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 nForce3, A64 3500+, Stock Cooler IdleTemp...

I have a new computer so though it would be cool to see what the CPU temperature was. Anyways I download a program called speedfan which does such lofty thing apparently. It gave several temperatures, I am unsure for what but they were something like:- Ambient 24C CPU 27C CPU2 104C...

Hello, I have the subject CPU installed. Is there any way that I can determine the CPU's thermal power without having to remove the heatsink to check its serial number? The following link indicates that there are two versions of the...

Hello all, I'm new to this group so please be gentle. :-) I'm thinking of upgrading my pc, I currently have an AMD XP Athlon 3000+ running with 1 gig of DDR 3200 Ram and an Ati 9800 Pro gpu. I was wondering what you guys would reckon would be the best way to go, given that I have a budget ceiling...

Hi, My BIOS is reporting the wrong CPU and clock speed. Can someone tell me how to fix this ? I have an AMD Athlon XP 2600+ . Thanks.