Recent content by syco123

Thanks, I'll take it out to confirm. I can't use the suggested HD tune as I use Linux on this laptop after the HP/Windows recovery disks failed.

I have a HP DV5215us laptop and I'd like to upgrade the HDD. I've scoured the HP site and cant see if it's SATA or PATA. Can anyone confirm what it is? What are the biggest drives options I have. I've seen 300Gb SATA drives for $60, I'd like a similar size/price if possible to replace the one...

Tom you clearly didn't see the killer deal Best Buy had on this card. :) And Proxy you clearly didn't see my previous post. :D I did have to RMA the card. Thanks for you attention to the problem though. I've not bought over the counter in ages so to hand in one and get given another right...

best buy replaced the card and now all is good. I thik it was just bad. Thanks for all the help!

I think the card is bad too, I've had no luck with this build!. Would anyone know is there a way to save the progress I've made in FEAR, like an appdata file that can be backed up or something?

So I bough a HD4850 for a nice price and guess what, It's fkd as well. I'm having a great time, building is fun! Thankfully it's a visiontek with lifetime warranty!

48c idle 78c at 98%. Don't know why the link to the other thread was stripped out! I'll try again. link>>

Anyone any ideas? Here's my attempts at fixing this so far. uninstalled all ATI items using ATI uninstall tool. I downloaded the latest drivers and now have ccc version 8.9 I've set the refresh rate of the monitor to 60htz 1024x768 true color (ccc has the same setting) I've tried vsync...

I've just put a HD4850 in my PC it's a Q6600 in P35 mobo and corsair 650W PSU with 2GB corsair RAM. After a few minutes playing FEAR the image deteriorates to this, (note the black triangles and crosshatching lines). This is not part of the FEAR gameplay! Game settings were auto detected by...

sorry total noob error. I've been using Ubuntu for so long I forgot you have to install windows drivers. LOL!! It's amazing how fast our expectations change. Do you still have to do that install in Vista?

I've just installed XP SP2 on a new build and the PC is running fine. I have a US robotics wireless router that works fine and is providing internet to the laptop I'm using right now. I've connected the network cable to the PC an to the router and can get a green light on the PC's network...

It was the fircken Graphics card!! I bought a cheapo card to test it and now it fires up fine. I put the 'fried' cpu in the 'fried' board with the new card and are both are fine as well. $300 up the swanny! No i have to see how to cut my losses, either complete another build and sell the...

Can anyone help with finding out if the HDD in this laptop is SATA or PATA. I'd like to upgrade it to 320GB which is $90 on pricewatch.com http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00690424&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=3184207 This product spec page just says 80GB 5400RPM...

Thanks for the suggestions, I really appreciate your help, I'll let you know what's happening after I get another chance to try everything this weekend. I'm not sure exactly what you mean here >You could test the PSU: Jump start it (on the main atx connector, short the green wire with any...