Recent content by Maniac78

Good news! I found that MSI just recently released a BIOS update and after installing it I was able to run 2 passes of Memtest86+ without any errors. Thanks to all for the help and tips!

So I did some more testing: I dug up an old ATI HD 4870 and ran both memtest86 and 86+ and neither reported any errors after one pass. I also ran one memtest86+ pass with my new XFX R9 270x and just one stick of memory and got the same errors at 3255.xx MB then again with just the other stick...

Thanks for the replies. @FnordMan: Yes, I tried with the integrated and all was fine. Put the video card back in and got memory errors. I also agree that it's odd for a video card to affect memtest. @evilsofa: USB legacy is enabled in the BIOS. I tried Memtest86 as well as Memtest86+ and...

Is this possible? I posted on Tom's and people seem to think it's the video card's problem but I'm not 100% convinced so would like your guys council. Here are all the details, sorry for being so long-winded but I tried to explain everything as best and as completely as I could. -------...

So here's my update: I couldn't find a well-known seller that would let me return the S24A650D simply due to BLB but I was able to find a seller on Amazon UK that would let me return the S24A850DW if it had bad BLB so I took a gamble and it seems I may have gotten a fairly good one. Here are...

Yep, it looks pretty good and I think it could work for me. I'm going to give it a try and will post back once I've received it and checked it out. Thanks for the advice. I saw this a few days back when doing research for my new monitor, they look really nice. The lack of warranty puts me off...

Thanks NCX! Unfortunately it looks like you're right and I do just have to get over my dislike for 16:9 monitors. I've never heard of the S24A650D before but it looks good. My monitor is rated at 20ms response time and I've gotten used to gaming on it so I'm guessing most newer monitors can...

Hello everyone! I've never posted before but frequent the boards and have always found them very helpful and informative. Forgive me if something like this has already been posted but I couldn't find anything and I've put so much time and research into monitors that it's all a slight blur...