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Can't figure out what settings to use to stop the CPU from running half speed when processing load is low or idle. I know this is a feature, but I need it off in order to test some sound generating software. Anyone know the BIOS (or Win7) settings?

I need to install my program so users can create, modify & save files and be able to find them again with Explorer, outside of the program that created them. In XP that was in a sub folder off the Program files folder. But with Vista/Win7 I can't seem to find a "safe" place to create the...

Newegg (maybe others, I don't know) has been shipping Corsair S128 SSDs when P128s were ordered. It happened to me twice. I purchased a P128 about two weeks ago and got a P128. It's great, like everyone says. So I ordered another one last week. I got an S128 instead. RMA'd it, ordered...

Does anyone know (for sure) the max voltage for the i7 975, and the max temp to allow when running stress tests? It used to be easy enough to find on the Intel site, but they seem to have buried it..at least I have not been able to locate either.

I've read several confusing and contradicting items regarding settings of BCLK and the CPU multiplier. One or the other or both should be an odd number, one or the other should be kept low while the other is cranked up, etc. Anyone know the real skinny? This is my first attempt at going for...

Anyone know where to find a Socket 1366, Intel i7 motherboard with 3 PCI slots? I tried the ASRock X58 Supercomputer board, and it failed twice. First one after 4 hours of burn in with Primes95; second one after 8 hours. Appears to be from seriously cheapo cooling on the northbridge and...

Anyone know when the i7 975 will show up at the Egg?

IE8 on Windows 7 starts up OK, but it refuses to connect to any URL I've tried. I get a message "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" and a button that says "Diagnose Connection Problems." Clicking on the button gets a troubleshooting pop up that eventually says "Troubleshooting...

I just installed Vista 64 Business and SP1 on a freshly formatted HD, and all went well except the wireless LAN. It runs very slowly, oftentimes not being able to display a page. Runs like this in both Foxfire and IE. This is an EDIMAX EW-7728In card that works great with XP 64. I've tried...

I bought a Zalman Reserator XT from the Egg about 3 months ago, and I've been very happy with it. I'm cooling an 8800GTX and QX6700 OC'd 20% from 2.66GHz to 3.2GHz. Running Prime95, core temps stay in the 60s, 40s on normal load. Same thing on air ran 85, too hot to use. GTX is down to low...

My Zallman external water cooler has an alarm if the water flow is interrupted, but it does not actually shut off the computer as, for example, the Koolance kits do. Is there a 3rd party solution for this available? Something that monitors the flow, or perhaps a temp sensor that shuts off the...

I'm starting to get a really bad feeling about EVGA as a company. First there was the "Lifetime Warranty" that at this point seems more like a bait and switch come on: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1254170 Now a separate but related issue with EVGA, is that I finally received the...

Although it's gotten good reviews, many here don't seem to like the Zalman Reserator XT much. But for a newbie to WC, it's a great jump start. At about $450 for the Reserator plus the GPU block, it costs more than the component and semi kits usually discussed here But it's all in one, easy to...

I'd been a happy user of Asus video cards (and other Asus products) for several years. They offer a 3 year warranty, which is about right. But because of the buzz on this forum about the lifetime warranty EVGA offers, when I made the jump to a 8800 GTX last April, I got the EVGA. I generally...

Anyone know how to tell if software (mine) has been cracked? My software is called "ArtWonk." Version 1.0 was cracked for sure, but I can't tell if v2.0 has been. I've just released v2.2. I did a Google search on it and v2.0 showed up on several crack sites, but when I tried to download...

Early last summer when Vista was released for public sale, I got it and installed it and expected it to be way cool, as every Windows OS upgrade has been since the big one, Windows 95...with the exception of Windows ME which was clearly a marketing ploy and not worth bothering with. Thing is...

When booting Vista64 I get an error message that 0x800106ba failed, application can't run. I traced it down to Windows Defender via Google and MS searches, and indeed Windows Defender will not run when I try to deploy it. Could find several messages about this, but no solutions. Anyone know...

Occam's razor has it that: "All things being equal, the simplest solution tends to be the best one." And this, when all is said and done, is where Vista fails. Let me explain. Because I am an indie software developer, I had to install Vista and actually (and intensely) use it to ferret out...

When trying to install Acrobat Reader 8, latest download that is touted as Vista compatible, I get the following error message: "The Temp folder is on a drive that is full or is inaccessible. Free up space on the drive or verify that you have wrote permission on the temp folder." Running...

Now that OSX is out on x86 computers, some speculate that Apple's next move will be to make it available separately from the hardware, thus competing directly with Microsoft for OS turf. If they do that, and (this could be no earlier than next year, when XP will no longer be available according...

Tried this on two computers, using it with the companion WRT300N router, and it glitches badly on both. Speed is an improvement over Wireless-G, but not much; and the stability is much worse. Other wireless traffic or a microwave oven turned on throws it into instability and it has to be...