UPDATE: 1. I didn't know that the pc had to be turned on with the CMOS jumper set to reset. I thought I just had to move the pin over and back and that would be that. So after correctly reseting the CMOS, the pc turned on, and I got into BIOS. CPU specs were the same etc. I save and quit, and see ho...
I apologize for the wall of text, but it's needed. Cat/Corgi tax at the bottom. So, my AMD FX-6300 (6 core, 3.5ghz) was getting kinda loud after I overclocked it to 4.2ghz via the overdrive utility. Beyond that, it has been working just fine for the past few years I've had it. The overdrive overcloc...
Dont listen to these haters, sandpaper works like a charm. Just go ask any HomeDepot worker and they will know what you are talking about. god, a bunch of IT nerds who cant take off their blinders to see the forest thru the trees. Sandpaper has been working for me for years and i have every confiden...
what i have found best is to use an ultrafine sandpaper (2500, def not 800). Since it's so fine, you really dont have to worry about using too much elbow grease on your LCD monitor. Its cheap, lasts a long time, and the dirt comes right off.
I am upgrading to a Epox EP-9NPA+ Ultra board + 7800GT, and i am wondering if my current PSU is good enough. I have a Thermaltake Silent Purepower 480watt in an Antec P180 case. This psu is a 20 pin connector, and the board is a pci-e 24 pin. I read on a massive guide over in the AT forums that cert...
{comp. specs below) Whenever i am running a game, the computer will invariably freeze up and require a reboot. I have no clue why this is happening. It happens in all games with i have both a fully updated windows and an updated nvidia 77.77 driver. The freeze screen is the same pixel-flash image of...
try testing with a different power switch.. if its bouncing and sending a double switch to the mobo, it could be turning on then off.. always a thought thanks, i can see from the timestamp that our posts are minutes apart, so that probably means that my post was not posted when you hit the reply bu...
ok. sweet. problem is solved. I am not sure which did it, or if it was the combination, but it is now up and running and playing games. The first thing i did was completly wipe clean the orignial thermal grease from my cpu and hsf with a cloth that i sprayed electronic-sensitive cleaner with. I got ...
ok. 1. leaving the psu on working as a buffer did nothing 2. I just swtiched out psus. the family computer psu still made my computer do the failed start, while my psu into the family computer started it just fine. Conclusion: my psu is fine and not part of the problem. B/c the family computer is an...
Also, try removing everything from the board and then install one part at a time. First cpu and vid, then mem, blah blah blah. that is what i did. I totally removed everything, and even took the mobo out of the case. Then i just added the psu. still would fail. i think added one stick ram and the c...
ok, so i took the mobo out of the case and put it on a box on my bed. Only three things plug into it and they are the only connection to my case. There is the power switch of the case (which after double checking from the mobo manuel IS in the right place), the 4 pin power cable and the 20 pin power...
ok, my new case came in today. It is a brand new Antec P180 and my old case is a 3 yo Compusa Gamerz case (crappy i know). The computer had been working just fine, games and all, when i turned it off to switch it into the new case. i turned it off, turned off the psu, and removed all of the cables. ...
holy dear god. can't i just put a mic up to it? You could do that to find the relative loudness of two computers. But you can't use an ordinary mic to find the absolute dB loudness of something. If you had a source of sound that you knew the dB of, I suppose you could use that to kind of calibrate....
My computer is so loud that i can't go to sleep with it on. i don't have the case on b/c that would make it too hot. I only have one fan in there, and that is the exhaust right next to me cpu. The case is a CompUSA Gamers case that i got 3+ years ago. The reason i want to know is b/c i want to know ...
Well, here are the criteria for my case. 1. Cool Temps . I want my **** computer to stop crashing because of the heat. 2. Silence. I want it so that i can go to bed with the computer on in my room. Currently its so loud its really there and i have to turn it off. I might be able to find a mic to giv...
I have a really kick ass computer, but the only acient part is the case. I've had the same case since i made my computer in 2002, so its a bit long in the tooth. FYI, its a 'CompUSA Gamers' case. I admit that it might be just a tad generic. Just so you all know where i am coming from, here are my sp...
my roomate has a bunch of movies on his computer (mainly divx and WMI) and wants to burn them to a CD/DVD so it can play on the tv in the living room. How can he burn them so the dvd player will recognize them? Does he just copy and paste the files on there (via Nero) or does he need to do something...
