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    Inspiron E1705 HDD failed, doesn't like new hard drive either

    Got an out-of-warranty Inspiron E1705 notebook where the original Hitachi 160GB SATA HDD stopped booting. Hitachi diags showed an error code of "excessive shock"... maybe it was dropped, but of course user has no knowledge of such an event. The laptop seemed fine otherwise, passed all tests with...
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    Format ext 320G USB HDD as FAT32, lose 1/2 the space?

    I have a frustrating issue. I got in 2 different external USB HDDs: 1 is a 3.5" 500GB drive, and the other is a 2.5" 320GB drive. I need these to be bootable to DOS, so I used the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool to format them as FAT32 and make them bootable. On the 500Gb drive, everything...
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    P5B Deluxe: RMAed a rev 1.10, got back a 1.03. Your opinions?

    So I became pretty convinced there were issues with my Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard so I RMAed it. Problem is, I sent Asus a rev 1.10 board but I got back a rev 1.03 board in return. What are your opinions on this? How much is this going to hinder my (re)overclocking attempts?
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    Can I use PC2-3200 RAM w/ Asus P5B Deluxe?

    Yeah, now. This thread was posted as a stop-gap idea to tie me over. I've since gotten in some Crucial Ballistix to replace the G.Skill and so far that's been running fine.
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    Can I use PC2-3200 RAM w/ Asus P5B Deluxe?

    Maybe start your own topic instead of hijacking an old one with an off-topic question. Might get more responses that way.
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    Giving up on G.Skill, need advice on replacement

    Right, that's what I figured, I just wanted to confirm. :) I was using the effective DDR rate since that's what's usually used. Just needed to translate. No worries.
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    Giving up on G.Skill, need advice on replacement

    Considering that RAM is rated for 800MHz @ 4-4-4-12, can I assume your FSB is what's at 558 so your RAM is really OCed to 1116 and that's why you went with looser timings?
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    Giving up on G.Skill, need advice on replacement

    I got some F2-8000PHU2-2GBHZ for my new build back in May. They are rated for 1GHz and I only run them at 850MHz, but they keep failing (verified using Memtest). I've already gone through 2 RMAs and they just failed again over the weekend so that would be RMA #3. I'm sick of RMAing my RAM every...
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    Giving up on G.Skill, need advice on replacement

    Now faced with my third RMA for my G.Skill memory in just a few months, I'm fed up. I'm giving G.Skill the boot and would like to go with some other company. I'm leaning towards Crucial since some of the problems seem to be with yields from Micron, and I figure Micron is cherry-picking the...
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    Can I use PC2-3200 RAM w/ Asus P5B Deluxe?

    No, since this is borrowed/loaned RAM I did not want to overclock it and risk it.
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    Can I use PC2-3200 RAM w/ Asus P5B Deluxe?

    That's what I feared. Oh well. Thanks for the info. Guess I will just suffer on my Windows laptop until my G.Skill RMA comes back. Wish they did cross-ship. :(
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    Can I use PC2-3200 RAM w/ Asus P5B Deluxe?

    So my G.Skill memory is going back for its second RMA, and the only spare DDR2 RAM I could put my hands on to run in the interim is some Samsung M378T6553CZ0-CCC sticks, which are 400MHz PC2-3200 CL3. I just want a way to limp by, even if it's slow. Unfortunately, no matter what I throttle the...
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    Bad batch of G.Skill F2-8000PHU2-2GBHZ?

    This machine has always been on a UPS, mostly (and currently) an APC Back-UPS 600. A SeaSonic S12 Energy+ SS-550HT. I'm using MemTest86+. When I built the system and was tweaking settings, I ran it for 48+ hours straight with no failure. The room temps right now are considerably lower... I...
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    Bad batch of G.Skill F2-8000PHU2-2GBHZ?

    I own a matched pair of 1GB DIMMs, G.Skill part# F2-8000PHU2-2GBHZ. Not long ago it went bad and I got an RMA to replace it. Now, after several weeks of running fine, I'm getting memory failures again. I'm trying to figure out what could be going wrong. Has anyone heard of any bad batches...
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    E6420 Overclock Thread

    I agree that there are absolute numbers that should be avoided (60'C is a good limit). But seems a lot of people get like 53'C, see that someone else is getting 47'F with the same CPU/MHz/HSF and wonder what they're doing wrong. My main point was that getting 57'C or whatever doesn't necessarily...
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