Updating the bios did absolutely nothing, same shit. I'm going to try the "hard" reset of leaving it off for 15 minutes. I really regret getting this board from the god awful vdroop bullshit now this. Ugh
Odd problem, my system has been at 3ghz since I've gotten it, earlier today I went to play some Stalker and yeah, it was running pretty shitty, I opened up CPUid and I noticed it's back at the default 1.86ghz. I popped into bios and all of my settings were still there but adjusting the fsb does...
Blast from the fucking past on the specifications right? I'm finally upgrading and I'd like to part this shit out or ideally sell it as a whole. The 2500+ has been running comfortably at 11x200 since the first day I got it with absolutely zero problems it has a huge silver thermalright heatsink...
I have a 400 watt Vantec ion. The peakload is actually 500watt, heres a review with full rail wattage:
http://www.extensiontech.net/reviews/tv/vantec/ion/
Another thing, my LCD maxes out at 1280x1024 so I figured a 7950 will last me years since it runs just about anything at 1600x1200 maxed with no problems.
And my Budget is a maximum of $500.
I honestly don't remember last time I upgraded. I'm still on a godamn barton 2500+ at 2.4ghz a gig of pc3200 and an nf-7s nforce2 board.
I want to upgrade. Heres what I'm thinking:
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 2.4GHz
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D
eVGA 512-P2-N635-AR Geforce 7950GT KO...
Flexable on prices, make offers through here or instant message me: leslie the cat
heres photos then prices:
2500+ athlon with Thermalright SI-97 heatsink and 92mm fan. This is the unlocked one, I've gotten it to 2.4ghz with no problems. $85 for the processor and heatsink...