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I got my 550 BE and MA770T-UD3P the other day and went to work on it last night. It came with Bios F4, and I later flashed to F3 but that didn't change the results. Here's the weird thing- With no unlock, everything is just fine-decent OC, nothing unusual. When I unlock, POST page shows the...

I'm wondering about this because last night I tried for about an hour to get my sli'd 9600gt's to work on my second monitor and could only get one screen at a time working but not both. My goal is to get one monitor for web browsing while the other is benefitting from the SLI for gaming...

Yesterday, after doing nothing different than normal I tried to get on the internet and none of my machines would connect to the internet, but all had internal connectivity. When trying to get on the web, Chrome had a "Resolving Hosts" message in the lower left and then would direct me to the...

I need an SLI bridge. I got my mobo used and didn't get the bridge for it. The bridge I need is the standard 2-card SLI bridge. I have a Crossfire bridge I would trade for it, or I would buy one. Looking to either swap or buy for no more than $8 shipped. My heat is under justaguy and...

My network right now is essentially DSL modem->Buffalo WHR->360, 2 PCS AND ->Wireless PC in the garage. What I want to do is be able to get to the internet on more than one PC in the garage, without installing wireless adaptors in any/all PC's in the garage. Reason being is that I've started...

What I've read says that shader overclocking doesn't do much by itself, so my thought was if it's of little value but might hold down a GPU overclock would it be smart to keep shaders lower until you find out the GPU's max? I'm sure many people have done this, but I searched and didn't see any...

I'm still running a s939 system due to having two young kids and a single income family right now. My Opteron 144 (single core) is running 2.9 Ghz on my A8N32-SLI with 1.5 gigs of ram. It's about as quick as anything single-core can be, but obviously showing its age. Obviously, there's the...

Hey, this is another one of those "Which one should I use" threads, so if those make you have a seizure or otherwise annoy you, please look away. I have had an x850xt PE for a long, long time now (flashed GTO^2). It has an aftermarket cooler on it and clocks about 10-15% higher than the...

Looking to get ahold of a lower-end CPU/Mobo combo (or seperately) that can OC toward the top end of the platforms mentioned. I don't have any DDR2 memory, so that's only an option if you're willing to throw some in pretty cheap. Mainly looking for DDR400/333 based mobo. Bonus points for dual...

So, since the 4870 and the 4850 have the same GPU but running different clockspeeds, wouldn't one expect the 50 to OC at least to the level of the 70? I wonder what's holding down the OC's so much. My first thought was that the 4850 was an awesome card and an OC'ers dream, but then two sites I...

I found a game called goallineblitz, played entirely through the website goallineblitz.com It's nothing spectacular, but it passes some time and it's a good diversion from work once in a while. If you're interested, please use my link to sign up because I get a little bump in game if/when...

My brother is going back to school and wants to buy a laptop. He won't have any demands on the machine, so even going all the way back to Pentium 3 is possible. I'll probably set him up with a light Linux to help out the old hardware. A working battery is a must-should hold a charge for an...

I know what Readyboost is, and what it does, and that it really doesn't matter if you have a standard Windows installation with 2 GB of ram installed. That being said, I'm wondering if it would be advantageous to use readyboost and shrink the pagefile. Would that cause windows to use the flash...

All this stuff is FS. It's all functional. It's pulled from a recent system upgrade unless otherwise noted, except some items that aren't computer parts and thus were never in a computer. And I realized the title makes it seem like this my first child. This sale is for cash and clearing space...

I recently got a new laptop (well for me at least). It's an Everest xt5000t. The laptop has two hdd bays and comes with a 5400 RPM 100 GB hard drive. This is not a thread about the benefits of raid 0 or lack thereof, but I went on eBay and bought a second HDD that was supposed to be 5400 RPM...

This stuff is not for sale at this time. Strictly looking to trade all or most of the lot for a laptop that is pretty good. I'm looking for dual-core (either brand). Depending on your offer, we can work out anything I might withhold or possibly I could add components or cash. I'm very flexible...

Long story short, I'm a stingy parent of one soon to be two who already has enough toys, but wants a laptop that can play some games. Ideally what I'd like to get ahold of would be an older model that has discreet graphics comparable to x800/6800GT - ish level of quality. I know that's pretty...

Has anybody seen a guide or worklog of anybody who added LED lights to a translucent-keyed keyboard? I'm interested in possibly illuminating one of my old keyboards as a small project and wondering how this might be done. Obviously I could alway add a small CC light, but I think LED's would be...

I'm clarifying this offer. If anybody has a laptop with x700 or better discreet graphics, the trade possibility is still open. If there are no trades of that sort offered, I'm going to eBay all the items listed below. Thanks. I'm looking to trade one of my desktops and possibly some cash or...

Sorry to spam multiple threads on the same stupid issue, but I just realized you can't edit and add a poll after the fact so..... Please read this thread and then vote: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1238286 If you have compelling knowledge, please post your explaination in...

Hey guys, sorry for passing this along to you all but I know there are dozens of you who can easily answer this from memory rather than me having to do all the research I figured I'd just ask. At home I was recently given a Netgear FVS318 router/firewall with VPN and I also have the Buffalo...

This laptop came with a Celery 1.4 M, ATI Radeon 200m chipset motherboard, and DDR2 @ 400 MHZ, matching the FSB of the CPU. My question is A) If I upgrade to a CPU that natively uses 533 (133 QPB) fsb, does anybody know if the chipset would support it? Officially or unofficially-I really...

After much anguish and debate, I've decided that my computer workshop needs to go out to the garage from its current spot in my basement. The last straw was when the bat flew out of the air vents and was not only flying right at me but I swear he was smiling too! So, after I unloaded my pants...

I have a question that I don't know if it's possible from either a hardware or software point of view, but I'm sure somebody here does. Here goes: I wanted a cell phone with a qwerty keyboard and good PDA functionality. I don't need to edit documents or connect to the internet with it...

Hey. I do some tech work on the side, but I'm not formally educated. I know regular stuff, but this problem is beyond my knowledge and I'm hoping to get some help from you all. Here's the scenario. Guy brings me computer. It won't boot to WinXP. He has a laundry list of other stuff, but that's...

I have three single-core A64's (2 Venice 3200+, one Winchester 3000+-all s939) and two Asus A8R-MVP motherboards. I am willing to part with two of the CPU's (your choice which you want) and one of the motherboards for an X2 or low-end Opty. Everything is also for sale: (Prices...

Here's the end-game of this situation that I'm surprised nobody is talking about yet (I'm an experienced user, with good everyday tech knowledge, but I'm admittedly out of my element on theory so maybe this is completely junk and I don't know it-if so tell me why) : I think that the result of...

Quick question: I got two CPU's from eBay last week, both venice E3's and I'm wondering if somebody can tell me what to expect from them OC-wise. CPU 1 ADA3200DAA4BP LBBLE 0536APEW CPU 2 ADA3200DAA4BP LBBLE 0530BPMW I looked, but could not find a database with later week 3200+'s...

So, am I missing something, or will it be pretty much impossible to make a MMO, RTS, etc. that will need or want a PPU? I totally see the enhancement that a FPS and sims like driving, racing, boating, flight, etc. would get out of this, and tbh it's exciting from that angle alone, but I really...

I have an A8R-MVP s939 AMD A64 mobo fresh from factory refurb for sale. While it was gone, I got another one and now I have a spare. Motherboard comes with most of the cables (IDE, SATA, USB, Game Port) maybe even all of them, but I'm not at home right now to say for sure. Also comes with...

Last night, I switched cases on the rig in my sig. I have a Fortron 450 watt psu (20+4 pins) and a generic firewire card as well as some hard drives (WD 1200JB, 2x WD800JB, 2xHitachi 80 GB SATA) in addition to what is listed. The problem is that the rig was working perfectly prior to the...

Hey all. This is slightly OT, but since this is where the Gods of Case(s) hang out, this is where I'm going for my answer. I'm looking for a new case, here are my parameters, please give me your suggestions. 1. 4 or more internal 3.5 bays or an included means of mounting hard drives in the...

Hey, Since I live in Nowhereville, USA and either driving to a town with a computer store or paying shipping on a 80mm to 120mm fan adaptor would cost me much more than the adaptor itself, I plan on building my own. I just have some questions: 1. I don't know enough about flow and the...

Here's my conspiracy theory on the SLI patch being leaked to allow SLI on all 2x16 motherboards.....feel free to comment, but don't flame, ok? (This was already posted as part of another thread, but I decided to repost as it's own since it deserves its own topic). Nvidia has some great timing...

Sorry for starting this thread that I'm sure everybody is sick of, but my criteria are a little bit different, so please recommend the board that you think is best. Here's my other hardware to be used: 3000+ Winchester that does at least 2.7 with 300 HTT 2x512 Patriot plain jane memory (I'll...

I'm looking for a s939 motherboard as a new home for my Winchester. It has to be PCI-e, and has to have vCore options in bios to at least 1.55/1.6. Also, it has to be stable at HTT 300, preferably higher. SLI is a non-issue, since I have an ATI card and don't really see a multiple card setup as...

I'm selling a Celeron D combo. The CPU is a 320, with a default clock speed of 2.4 and a 533 Quad-Pumped bus. I stress the default speed is that, but I have run it for over a year at 3.6, QPB of 800. It does this speed @ default voltage and on the included motherboard withou a hiccup. With the...