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Hi All, I haven't posted in a LONG time so I'm happy to be back! I'm probably beating a dead horse here but I'm having some major stability issues since updating my mobo's BIOS to 0902. Previously, I used BIOS 0701 to OC my system to 3.4ghz with no issues... however, ever since updating my...

Hey guys, I'm having some major issues getting my Opteron 170 to stabilize at any decent speed since Super PI and Prime95 both fail constantly within minutes. I just received my new Opty 170 and swapped it with my previous CPU which was a Opty 148. The 148 could easily run at 2.8ghz (255x11)...

Hey guys, I was wondering if ya'll would have any idea to this strange problem that I have not been able to pinpoint. I believe the problem I am having has to do with my Seasonic 600w PSU (revision A02) and my DFI Lanparty Expert NF4 mobo. Anyhow, the problem is that when I attempt to power up...

I consider myself to be quite good with networking, but I have stumbled across a problem which is starting to bother me. Basically what is happening is when I play any kind of video stream from any given site on the net, my internet connection drops and the only way to revive it is a power cycle...

Hey guys, as you can see by my rig I got pretty decent hardware as well as a new X-Fi sound card. The question that I've been asking myself is; is it worth going from my current Logitech Z560 4.1s to the newer Z5500s? The price on the Z5500s is decent so the only thing I'm trying to justify is...

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Hey guys, I can't remember for the life of me which pins I need to short to manually boot a motherboard.... I haven't done it in ages and I can't seem to find/remember at all! Thanks.

Hey guys, I'm in the process of creating a website that uses CSS2, it is pretty much complete except for a few things. I will list my several questions for ease of reading. 1.How would I go about setting up the website to be compatible with all browsers? It works perfectly with IE and works...

Hey guys I just built a new rig (see sig) and I'm still debating if I should upgrade my speakers as well. I currently have the Logitech Z-560s, they are 4.1 speakers and are 400w RMS, they are great speakers but with my new X-Fi sound card I was wondering if it would be beneficial to upgrade to...

Hey guys, I'm not sure this is the right forum for this kind of question so don't flame! I was wondering what you guys would value my current system at? I'm selling it too a friend for $600CAD so like $520USD. Tell me if you think this is too low or a decent price to sell it at? PC = AMD...

I need help finding a retailer in Canada that actually stocks or can get stock on G Skill RAM (G Skill RAM I want ) problem is I've looked at 1 site so far and it will take them up to 1 month to get them in! Any ideas on where I can buy it here? Or, if I do buy it from the US and get it shipped...

I'm looking into upgrading the majority of my components and I think I've narrowed it down to this: - Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtrememusic 24BIT Sound Card = $137.73 - AMD Opteron 148 Processor S939 Venus 2.2GHZ 1MB L2 Cache 90NM 64BIT Retail Box = $307.95 - OCZ EL Platinum...

Hey guys, I'm currently pricing out a new system and I am stuck on which memory I want to buy. Basically the route I think I'm going is Xfire mobo (DFI), opty 148, X1800XT etc. Only prob is what RAM should I get for this system? I can't decide if I want 1gb or 2gb (this rig will be primarily for...

Hey guys, my currest Linksys router (Wireless B) has been behaving irratically for awhile now and I am looking to purchase a new router. I would prefer to keep the cost of the new router under $200 canadian. Also, I need the router to be wireless. I would love to get a Cisco router or Nortel but...

I was wondering what you guys think is a good way to go... I currently have a fairly old nforce 2 system that I will be upgrading soon.. the question I'm wondering about is should I just upgrade now or upgrade to 940 when it comes out in Q2 2006? With the 940 socket will come with AMD having...

Hey guys, I'm fairly new to PHP and I've used HTML and XML quite a bit so I'm quite good with both languages. Anyhow, I'm currently working on a project to revamp a website for my department at work (it is an internal website used for internal purposes only). The way I'm going to do it is use a...

I was just wondering as to what is the highest rated Shuttle powersupply (wattage wise)?

Hey guys, I know ATI has been slacking off huge the past few months but I was wondering if there is any kind of status update when the new X1800 series vid cards and Xfire mobos will actually be available to purchase here in Canada? I've seen a few releases on Newegg and the price for the X1800...

Hey guys, I'm sure this has been answered somewhere or been talked about previously but I think my situation may be a bit different. Anyways, I am looking to upgrade my current PC (Barton 2500+ mobile at 2.4ghz, 1 gb Kingston DDR 3500 etc etc.) to a new X2 system I will want to get a new X2...

Hey guys! I'm trying to create a bootable Ghost CD/DVD for a Shuttle PC of mine, basically what I'm doing is that I have a set of bootable Ghost floppy disks that get me into the Ghost program. I go about creating an Image to a DVD using high compression and making it bootable by accepting that...

Hey guys, I was wondering if Wacom tablets will function through a KVM switch. I've never played around with a Wacom tablet before and I'm trying to get it to work through a 2 port KVM switch for a friend of mine... but with no success so for. Basically the KVM switch uses PS2 connectors for the...

Hey guys, I was wondering if there is any kind of software that is available that will allow me to watermark thousands of pictures automatically. What I want to do is to create a serial number watermark for each picture (any random number would suffice) and watermark each picture accordingly. As...

Hey guys, I've been looking around on the net for a good hard drive enclosure. I need one that can support both USB 2.0 and Firewire 800. Also, I need to have active cooling in the unit or at least one that has great passive cooling. I've noticed both the advance.Vantec Nexstar 3 and the Venus...

Hey guys, I currently own a cheap $30 APC surge bar which is doing the trick. But I was wondering if it would be beneficial to go and purchase a Home Theatre POWERBAR® 2100 with Clean Power™ Stage 2 v.2.0? These power bars are highly rated and are designed for home theatres. But, I was wondering...

Hey guys, I'm currently trying to get my video encoding rig up and running. I'll give you a run-down of it's inside the case (Lian-Li PC70 case): -Pentium 4 EE 840 (3.2ghz, dual core) -MSI P4N Diamond mobo -1x74gb Raptor (for OS and apps) (this is the hard drive I want to boot off of)...

Hey guys, I was wondering if there was a benchmark or an application that would be able to test my SATA hard drive which is on an Adaptec SATA RAID Controller (2410SA). The mobo I have in this box doesn't have onboard SATA. So I was wondering if there was any way to test the hard drive in this...

Hey guys I just bought the Hardcano 13. I've hooked it up with no probs but there are 2 problems with it. Firstly, I have 3 fans hooked up to it (total). The first 2 fans are connected to one fan connector (the two fans are connected to my rad. and are connected together in one connector). Also...

Hey guys, I am in the middle of replacing my tubing and cleaning out my PC due to the fact that I noticed that I have mold (it seems like) on the inside of my tubes and some inside my waterblocks (CPU and GPU). I thought I did everything right when I set it up about 6 months ago. I have the...

Hey Guys/Girls, I have two 36 gb (10k rpm) Western Digital Raptors up for sale! I'm selling each one for $120 each or $200 for the pair (Canadian dollars). They both have warranty still and are in like new as I've barely used them because I just recieved two new ones from RMA and have not used...

Hey guys, I was wondering about how the SATA ports work onboard on a mobo. I have the DFI Lanparty Ultra B and this motherboard comes with 4 SATA ports with onboard RAID support. The problem I have is the first 2 ports (port 1 and 2) are blocked by my resevoir because I use watercooling. The...

Hey guys, I own a ZE5385US laptop (HP) and the fans on it are very loud. It is fine for about 20 minutes until the laptop starts getting hot then the fans speed up as if they are tornado fans. I've tried utilities like Speed Fan with no success, have you heard of any issues like this? Thanks.

Hey guys, I'm thinking about selling my ZE5385 laptop and I'm just wondering as to how much I could expect to make according to the current laptop market? Just asking right now so I can get an idea as to how much laptops of that age and quality go for nowadays. Thanks.

Hey guys, I've never had any trouble using SATA or RAID for that matter but ever since I've had my DFI Lanparty B mobo I just can't get my 36gb Raptor to boot or even detect in Win XP (have XP installed on an IDE hdd). Anyways, the problem I'm getting is that whenever I select SATA or SATARaid...

Hey guys, I can't seem to figure out what is going on with my Gigabyte integrated LAN port that comes with my DFI Lanparty Ultra B. I just installed a new hard drive and installed Windows XP Pro and I can't seem to get on the Internet no matter what I've tried. The port worked before the format...

Hey guys I am not having any luck getting my SATA Western Digital Raptors to work on my DFI Lanparty Ultra B. I send out both of the Raptors I had for RMA and am now trying to get one of the new replacement ones to work and I've had no success in getting them to detect. Whenever I connect the...

Hey guys, I have the OCZ Powerstream 520w psu and the volts are not good. According to MBM 5 the 3v rail is at 3.26v the 5v rail is at 5.03v and the 12v rail is terrible at 10.88v! I tried to adjust the rails with the pots but when I turn up the pot for the 12v rail the LED goes red indicating...

Hey guys, I was just wondering if it is possible that I fried everything that was connected to my power supply. I somehow managed to plug the P4 connector in wrong (OCZ Powerstream 520w psu), which is really stupid because I installed watercooling and everything else without a hitch and this...