Having a slew of issues with this thing and it's about tI'm to kill it and get a new one. While I'd love to have an ASUS RT-86 it isn't in the budget. So with that said I'd like to stay under 100 bucks 8 possible. I do like my Dlink stuff and have been eye balling a DGL-5500 on Amazon as its in...
Looks like my Swifty MCP655 adjustable unit just died. well its either it died or my Swifty waterblock is plugged up, which ive never seen a waterblock get gummed up.
Anyways other than picking up another swifty MCP655 is there anything else that compares to it?
If its important the block is...
Currently my network here at the house is based around a D-Link DGL-4300.
I will be adding a network drop to one of my living rooms and I want to add either a switch or a wireless access point with no less than 4 ports. The access point isnt a must...it is a want, as i want to expand the range...
Well i am running a dual display setup off of my BFG 8800GTS. At random times my second display will go completely black (the light will stay green like its receiving a signal...not nothing is there) and then flicker back on and then itll either stay on or itll keep flickering back and forth. so...
This box was designed for my 10in Fosgate Power series subwoofer. If my memory is correct it should come in at right around .77 cubes and will accept a 10in sub with a mount depth of 6.25 inches (the depth of the fosgate).
It is upholstered in black and grey vinyl to match the truck...but itll...
Im currently testing something out. I have the stand alone installer for flash 9.0 but I dont have the installer for 8.0. By chance do any of you guys have a copy or know where I can pick one up? Ive been googling for a while and haven't come up with anything.
Also im lookin for the freeware...
Specs on the rig currently are
opty 185@ 2.7ghz
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe
2gb Corsair XMS 3200 PROXL (1gb x 2)
BFG 8800GTS
Gametheater XP (still cranking along!)
I have another XMS 3200LL Pro 1gb kit sitting here. It'll run with the stuff I have no with not one problem.
Now once installed...
Well guys its time to retire the Silver TDX I bought a little while back. Shes been mounted to 1 Socket A chip and stayed there up till a few months ago when she was mounted to a Socket 939 A64. When I upgraded video cards I tore my loop out and shes been sitting here ever since.
I have the...
Alright guys Ive got all my parts right now and well its time to start the complete setup.
Ive got more than enough tygon, cleerflex and primoflex to use either...however I am second guessing myself now. most are using the 7/16th in masterclear tubing in their loops. How is this stuff? whats...
Just as the title says. Should I uncap my opty 185 when I throw in the the GTX block? or should I just leave the cap on? Im not worried about cracking my core so that gets thrown out the window. The only thing I am worried about is will the GTX fit if I uncap this damn thing? Its my...
Alright I am redoing my cooling loop from the ground up. Im using Swiftech D5 pump as the heart of the unit and Im gonna stick with it. Now currently I am using a dual 120mm heater core for my radiator and I guess it works fine. However I am looking for something better to use with my...
Hey guys,
I am back to the wonderful world of air cooling (for a little bit..im redoing my loop).
Anyways this thing comes with a backing plate of its own which is great and all. But my A8N32 has its own backing plate. do I have to use the Zalman plate or will the Asus supplied plate suffice?
Hey guys my main storage drive (160gb seagate ATA100) drive is giving me shit.
Ive damn near filled it (4gb free) and when I am searching through it its kind of sluggish trying to load all the jpg thumbnails or what not...and then out of the blue epxlorer.exe will just crash. now the my rig...
ASUS A8N 32-SLI
A62 X2 4200+ (2.2ghz)
3gb ram (4 sticks of RAM All corsair, 2 1gb sticks of XMS 3200 PRO 2 512mb stick of XMS 3200 PRO XL. these are all twinx kits.)
BFG 8800GTS 640mb
Hercules Game Theater XP
16x DVD drive
52x CD-rw
2 160GB PATA Seagates
1 80 GB SATA Seagate
1 250GB...
Ok guys Ive got the following items up for grabs
An ABIT NF7-S Rev 2... this is NOT a NF7S2, it comes with out the nortbridge fan and in its place is a swiftech hybrid unit complete with fan. This board was reported to hit 230mhz FSB but my ram would never get that high so I cannot say for...
Ive got a 30 Nomad Zen Xtra 30GB player that I hav eno need for anymore.
I have the original box, manuals (all of them I am certain), CD and two power adapters.
The player was never dropped or abused. It was assembled and placed int he case and never removed from the case. The case has a...
I can't be the only one to run into this. But when I OC my 8800GTS the settings will not stay put. When I restart they revert back to the stock settings.
This is kind of annoying me as I wanna see how far I can push this thing and sadly it isnt working.
is there a way to set the clock speeds...
Hey guys,
I just now got my system together today and got everything installed. Well I have noticed that when I set my monitor to its native res (1600x1200) it will behave for a little while then next thing I know I end up seeing little green sparkles all over, its like the pixels are...
Hey guys,
I am now putting my ssytem together and right now windows will NOT install.
I can format the drive with ease and begin copying setup files, but once the system reboots all hell breaks loose. I will see the windows xp "loading" screen then it will go straight to a blue screen with a...
Well guys I will be finishing up my build tonight itll be an A8N32-SLI board with a 4200+ dual core manchester (soon to be a fx-60) and 3GB of ram. The ram is 2gb of Corsair XMS PC3200C2 PRO and 1gb (2x512 not a single stick) of Corsair XMS PC3200LL PRO
now the 2gb sticks run at 2-3-3-6 and my...
I am building a new system and will be redoing my cooling loop completely.
Well Currently I am using a dual 120mm heatercore but it wont be moving from its current home. So for my new build a new cooling loop needs to be built.
Cost isn't an issue so that can go out of the window, I want as...
Guys I am building a new system from the ground up using a PC-75 as the case of choice. However for my project I need a part badly as a "spare". The part I am looking for is the actual 3.5in drive cage that slides in the front...not the large 6 drive cage on the "floor".
Does anyone know of a...
as the title asks :)
i am ready to pull the trigger right now and i want to know!
All the reviews I've so far have shown good results with it so far.
would you guys suggest this board? i will have an 8800GT"something" next week if all goes well and i want something to put it into!
help me guys!
Hey guys,
Im running into a problem when I am typing anything in windows. Be it in Office, on the web anything. When I type out a section of text and I try and delete it or when I try to make multiple characters (such as !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) windows will spit out 6 characters...
Well it is time to upgrade my aging MSI neo2 platinum. This thing has been acting wonky for a little while.
Well I am looking at an SLI setup or a single card plus a killer nic. so PCI-e is a must.
Now I want to stay socket 939 for the time being..so intel and AM2 are out the window..dont even...
Ok my MSI K8N Neo2 Plat is now dead. I need something to takes its place..and i will be ordering it before monday.
I need AGP no ands ifs or buts for this system (PCI express is down the line but for now itso utta my budget.)
I am caught up between the ASUS A8V or the ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2...
Hey guys,
This is the second SATA drive I have owned since SATA has been introduced.
My Seagate 80GB SATA drive has started making a high pitched "whizzz...zweep" kinda sound...hard to explain. But this is the EXACT same thing my Maxtor 80GB SATA did.
This isnt on the same rig, my Maxtor...
Hey guys Im in the need of a digicam worth a god damn for around the $260ish mark.
itll be used for basic pic taking...nothing "professional" (think family pics etc) and also small video clips..once again nothing professional just something I can goof with and post vids if need be.
Im lookin...
Hey guys Im sure someone here is using an HP Deskjet printer of some sort.
Ive got two desk jets and both give me the same problem and yet they are on to seperate computers.
Ive got one of the model number but the other one I cant get untill I get back home.
The one I am having a problem...
im lookin at changing from my current MSI Neo2 plat BFG 6800GT combo in place for a PCI-e mobo and a 7800gt or gtx series video card.
now DFI has my eye and im wanting to know which one of their mobos is pretty much the best of the bunch? also I do plan on SLIing down the line so a SLI board...
Well Ive started my trip into the wonderful world of OCing these x2 Athlons.
Well I am now running into a very weird problem.
For some reason my screensaver which is set to come on after 3 hours of being idle..it tries to come on at random intervals...like 3 seconds,10 minutes 1 hour etc etc...
well ive swapped over to a new mobo and ive been prime95ing the hell outta my system and I just now noticed this...yet my PUS never changed
on motherboard monitor my 12v rail is jumping from 12.65-12.77v but on a multimeter plugged into one of my molex connectors in hitting 12.31v solid as a...
ok heres the deal, Ive got my x2 priming away at 2.4ghz (this is what i was aiming for :) so im cool ) my ram is running at 171mhz right now and my HTT is at 218mhz.
now my ram is Corsair XMS 3200 PRO XL (the 2-2-2-5 1t stuff)
now i know i can test my system at this speed for stability so...
ok i just now installed my mobo and everything has been weird. anyways most of the weirder problems have been fixed howeve now windows keeps seeing my sata drive as a USB drive (give the safely romove hardware option.)
is there anyway to stop this?
the motherboard is a msi k8n neo2...