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    Failing SATA Port: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3)

    I have one SATA port that's causing my system to hang upon booting the Linux kernel, and it only outputs errors when either a DVD burner or HD is plugged into this one specific port. It hangs for about 60 seconds, then boots and everything is normal once in KDE. This is a problem that has...
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    Intel Chipset Heatsink Thermal Material

    Where you can you get different sized insulators and plastic spring-loaded push pins? Sometimes I take the chipset heatsink(s) off when I'm cleaning a dirty motherboard and like I said in my first post, to get the thermal material off with a razor blade you can't avoid cutting into the insulator.
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    Intel Chipset Heatsink Thermal Material

    I removed the heat sink off an Intel Z68-based motherboard, and it had a thermal pad on it with a separate material outlining the pad, which was a foam/rubber type material in the shape of a square. What is this for? To remove the thermal pad with a razor blade, it's near impossible not to...
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    DisplayFusion Pro Vs. UltraMon?

    UltraMon is really lightweight and just works great. DisplayFusion used too much ram in my testing, and Actual Multiple Monitors was causing my game window to snap to edges of the screen which couldn't be turned off, as well as a bunch of other "features" I found useless. DisplayFusion and...
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    Hard Drive Invalid Warranty by Serial Number

    I purchased a Western Digital RE4 hard drive from Newegg, and just out of curiosity checked the serial # through WD's website. It says "NO LIMITED WARRANTY". I called WD and they told me that it was sold to Newegg from a system builder: "Supermicro". The drive is advertised with a 5 year...
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    Catalyst 12.4 Choppy 2D Performance

    Hi, I just upgraded to a Sapphire Radeon 5770 1GB, from a PNY NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1GB. I am having an issue where while running a game in windowed mode and minimized or in the background, I am getting choppy flash playback, and choppy 2D performance when moving web browser windows around. I...
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    MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) Turbo Boost Problems

    "Unfortunately it appears that the issue you are experiencing has to do with the fact that the UEFI data is stored in the NVRAM which gets cleared whenever you update the bios. This so far as I was informed is not something we can change. Only advice we can give is once you got a bios that is...
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    MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) Turbo Boost Problems

    Does anyone know why after a BIOS update this board would be filtering out the "UEFI: Windows Boot Manager" option? A Windows reinstall makes the option reappear.
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    MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) Turbo Boost Problems

    I found a beta BIOS on the MSI forum, and flashed from it. Now "UEFI:Windows Boot Manager" isn't showing under "Boot Option Priories", and as the drive was initially configured in AHCI mode and formatted with the GPT format, I need this option. This happened earlier, also, where I was flashing...
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    MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) Turbo Boost Problems

    I have a Core i5 2500k in a MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) motherboard, and I can not get Turbo Boost to work. This same CPU came out of an Asus board that clocked it up to 3.7 GHz when the system was under a load. I have EIST and Turbo Boost enabled, and C1E and C-State disabled. When C1E and C-State are...
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    Is this a decent 2500k/MB/RAM bundle?

    I would go with a Gen3 board if you want PCIe 3.0 support. It's worth it to pay a few extra bucks to future proof yourself (even though we all know this is a stupid colloquialism.) I personally like the layout and looks of the MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3), as the capacitor layout is better than the...
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    P8P67 Pro - I'm done, time for a new Mobo

    I just ordered this board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131792 after having on-board audio issues with this board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130582. I will get back with the results when I get it tomorrow. Every time I do a new build for...
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    New Motherboard recomendation needed.

    I really wish I had ordered the G1 Sniper, now after seeing the picture. The Asus board for my build didn't come with a plastic handle on the box, and I'm now experiencing some buyer's remorse.
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    P8P67 Pro - I'm done, time for a new Mobo

    All motherboard manufacturers make duds from time. You need to preclude thinking about AMD and Intel in your thought process as the brand of CPU has nothing to do with the issue with your board. There was a time when Intel boards were better than AMD boards, but those times are gone. If you look...
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    New Motherboard recomendation needed.

    The P8P67 is a good board; can you RMA that and save some money (assuming that there's something wrong with the board)? If you have a lot of disposable income, then by all means, buy the P8Z68.
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