Recent content by lancelaut

I have found that for me anyways, when applying as5 (using the brush bottle) lightly coat the entire top of the cpu making sure it is evenly coated as well. Then I stick the hsf on and twist it a time or two while pushing down ever so slightly, just enough to resemble locking it in place. Then...

Mine did a similar thing, except mine wouldn't boot at all. After testing various psu's laying around the house, I decided to not hook up the +4 pin on the 20+4 pin atx connector......That seemed to do the trick as it booted up perfectly. This fixed it for me hope it helps any1 in future.

I tried the switch primary video cards thing, just as a hunch... like minds u know... and same thing. No screen. Re-install did the trick. Got to swap my documents stuff but everything else was on other drive. I split one drive in two and keep data on the D: that way I can re-install without...

The thought sounds interesting. I believe I could still return my vid card, I would much rather have the 8800. I believe my monitor supports 1600x1200 like you said. I have no clue at which refresh rate however. I should try it. Today I had a serious problem. I had two critical errors follwed...

okay, I reinstalled the drivers that came with my EVGA cd. They seem to be the same version, 9.1.4.7, however, they are very different. I reran 3dmark06, and got a score of 9007. pretty good enough for me. Came in 3rd next to 7 similar configs. no OC, just temporary software booster. Anyways...

Hi, I just built a new system. The specs are in my signature. I upgrade from a [Athlon XP 2800+, 1Gb PC3200 Ram, Geforce FX 5700 128Mb AGP.Running XP pro 32bit] I installed this new system and setup Windows XP Pro x64 Edition. It came with 3dMark06 v1.0.2. I ran the free edition tests and my...