So with all the buzz over the new Gigabyte 780G being the next coming of Christ, I thought I'd throw in my experience with it to temper the red hot flames of hype. [Preface...this post is also on the hardOCP forums where I'm also trying to get help] New: Athlon 64 x2 5000+ Gigabyte 780G AM2 4GB Gski...
I don't mean to shoot down any incoming suggestions because, Lord knows I need em, but if I was running it out of the case on cardboard and/or on the plastic packaging, wouldn't that circumvent any grounding issues?
Well...either by 75C System temp you meant the CPU temp, or you meant 75F system temp. If the ambient air in your case was 75C....I'd have to worry just a smidgen considering that means you could jet-stream oven bake your next meal in there. If the ambient air in the case is 75 degrees, then that's ...
I wouldn't worry about the processor being damaged. When you first boot up, the BIOS rarely detects the exact processor model. I've found I almost always have to go into the BIOS and specify the correct speed and reboot. That message is usually the result of the BIOS booting up with a setting of a s...
Haha...yeah that's what I told him. All his fault...put his funky hardware in my system. This is where it gets weird. To test the motherboard, I put his processor back in...and it doesn't post. I try again, and realize the monitor cable was loose, so I put it back on tightly, and then there's a sign...
To make a long story short: A get home, install my new Abit KR7 and XP1800 in my new Lian Li aluminum case. Add the video card (Ti200), and boot. It posts. All is well. I bring it down, and bring it back up, it posts again. All is well. A friend comes over with his hardware to test b/c he recently w...
