Recent content by bmt22033

I ordered my STRIX GTX 980 Ti from Amazon about 2 weeks ago and it arrived last Friday. As I understand it, there was an issue with the cooler on the first production run and it took them a little while to get it fixed. Kitguru and Guru3d both reviewed the card a couple of months ago and...

I'd have to say the Sennheiser HD580s were the most comfortable for me.

YES, you should do it! As long as you know they're working properly, that's a great price on a great set of headphones. And an amp will come in handy depending on your source.

The short answer is no, there is no work around. I think it sucks, too. Creative claims that it was an intentional design decision and that the card was "built this way to achieve better audio quality". See messages #42 and #49 from a Creative rep in this thread...

Is your RAM set to Auto or XMP? Disabling C3/C6 worked for me, too, but other people weren't having the problem with C3/C6 enabled so I kept looking. Eventually, I found that my RAM was set to Auto. As soon as I set it to XMP, the problem never occured again (and that's with C3/C6 *enabled*).

For what it's worth, Crucial released the 0007 firmware update for these drives yesterday which is supposed to fix the stutter/freeze/hang issues that some people have experienced. My drive came with 0006 and I haven't had any problems but there do seem be plenty of people who have. More here...

That's what I paid for it. :-( And the sad thing is that it would actually be cheaper to buy another one than to pay for shipping/duty to and from the UK to get this one replaced under warranty. But that's the chance I took by buying the mouse so I guess I can't really blame anyone but...

Yeah, that's what I have. The Kone[+]. Check the YouTube link I referenced. I know the original Kone had a scroll wheel problem which was supposedly improved in the Kone v2. I never read anything about the newer Kone[+] having any problems, though. I had hoped it was a firmware issue but...

I bought this mouse about three months ago. Unfortunately, the scroll wheel has developed a problem (see here for more info). I contacted ROCCAT tech support via e-mail and was told that it's a hardware defect and I should contact the reseller (Medusa USA). So I contacted them and they told...

I was having these problems as well (i.e., hanging when idle but stable under load) until I switched my RAM from Auto -> XMP. Since then, everything has been 100% stable. See here.

That was one of the symptoms I was experiencing, too. Any USB device connected to the system seemed to lose power. My original P8P67 Deluxe did it. Then I exchanged that for the new B3 rev board and it did it, too. My system was 100% stable under load and this problem only occurred when the...

That is almost identical to the system that I just built (except that I'm using the Antec HCP 1200 PSU and the Corsair Vengeance that Spooony referenced). I also bought a Dell U3011 earlier this year and I love it. Re: video, I opted for 2x EVGA 580 SC in SLI because I tend to game with max...

Yes, it is a HUGE pain in the ass. And unfortunately, it's not going to change. According to Creative, the inability to switch via software or automatically when headphones are connected/disconnected was an intentional design decision in order to provide "better audio quality". Here's the...

For me, the solution seems to be changing my RAM from Auto -> XMP. See this post.

I almost hesitate to post this but since switching my RAM from Auto -> XMP and re-enabling C3/C6, my system has been sitting idle without locking up for ~15 hours now! I'm very cautiously optimistic.....