Recent content by Arriend

I'll surely give it a try! I'm still a bit confused as to why BIOS shows the CPU fan being fine, but the Chassis fan as spinning slow, and Everest shows the Chassis being fine but the CPU fan being slow. Either way, I'll strip 'em down, clean them out and see if that fixes anything. Also, I...

While moving I put the entire system back in the box it was packaged in, securing it with all the styrofoam bits. I didn't take out any of the components, and it traveled with me sitting upright. I have it positioned currently as close to what it was before we moved (sitting next to my desk...

When I reseated the HSF I did notice a bit of dust (nothing excessive) and cleared it right away. I'm not sure why Antec decided to drill their name into the side of the Sonata Case, but I'm really considering covering the inner side of the panel with some sort of guard to avoid unnecessary...

I've been a bit conserned with my CPU temps lately. In the past month I've had a lot go on that may have traumatized the system, however. I had a nice idle temp of 28 in Colorado, then after increasing 2000+ ft in elevation my temps started rising slowly...Right now I'm idling around 38 and...

So I moved from Colorado to Wyoming over the weekend and have noticed a change in CPU temps...I was idling at 28 and supporting a full load around 41, but am now idling around 31 and have yet to put the system through a torture test to see what the max load is. The elevation increase is aprox...

I've just got in a tube of AS5 and, as usual, have left over. I'm planning on putting a bit on the MoBo (not that the temps are a problem, but what kind of person would I be to leave that AS5 in the tube!?) but I can't seem to find a way to remove the little screw-looking things holding the...

I can't say much on the card as far as the BFG goes, but I'm running an eVGA 6600GT and I believe the fan setup is similar. The uneven noise would be a worry, and if it increased the noise the fan was putting off I'd certainly go with an RMA. As to answer your RMA question, all companies I've...

Alright, so I've struggled with getting a MoBo I like, and recently came across a nice Asus..anyhow, being that I'm using the same proc (AMD64 2800+) in the boards I've used, I have had to reapply thermal paste a few times. Anyhow, I used a paste that came with my MoBo (a chaintech zenith...

Here's the current system: CHAINTECH VNF3-250 Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250 ATX AMD Motherboard eVGA 128-A8-N350 Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Video Card AMD Athlon 64 2800+ Newcastle Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 754 Processor crucial 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)...

So I've put a system together, but have been running into some abnormalities that are troublesome. The GPU seems to be the instigator. First off, the fan is the only noticeable noise coming from the system (using Antec Sonata with TruePower 380W). When gaming on this card (Guild Wars) there...

I figured it's only fair to give updates on what's going on after drawing a few into the conversation so... I contacted Chaintech (manufacturer of the MoBo) about the problems I'm experiencing and, while struggeling to decipher the engrish, went through troubleshooting steps to see if the...

Thank you for the quick responses! When I said "put some power through it" I was referring to connecting the PSU to an outlet and attempting to boot up. I thought about using a different PSU, but the only spare is ancient and provides a whopping 130w or so (video card is requiring a 350w...

Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this. I've decided to purchase system components to put together a nice computer for a small budget... Problem is that I think I may have gotten in over my head. The first problem I'm encountering is that of the PSU to MoBo connection...the...

ahh, alright. Thanks for the info. I did set up the Linux drive first on this Mobo, but am running devices through here as a test-run/teaser while I wait for my new system to come in...talking about the linux boot loader though..I'm running the latest redhat and did see the GRUB loading up...

I'm trying to figure out how to run two HDD with differing OS's and have a smooth way to select a drive at boot up, be it through BIOS or another prompt. Currently I'm switching between them by putting the desired drive as primary master, but there has got to be an easier way...Through BIOS I'm...