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C'mon guys, how about some more votes. The techs at level 3 at Asus believe this is a stress free board, are they right?

Hello, I have struggled with this motherboard since May, I have RMA'D all but the case and hard drive, some components up to 4 times and still no joy. Hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars. I've lost all objectivity as I only seem to communicate with others who can't get their A8N-SLI...

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Hi Guys, I've got an Asus A8N-SLI motherboard with a 74gb Raptor connected to SATA 1 on the board that I want to boot from. I have 2 NEC optical drives DVD±R DL, and 1 IDE 320gb WD hard drive I want to use as backup. Do I connect both NEC's set to cable select on the secondary IDE channel and...

Thanks for the replies, I think I've found the tools I want http://www.facom.com/com/index.htm their catalog which you can download from their site contains a "Computer and Office Equiptment Servicing Set" pg 50 that looks pretty sweet. Expensive and tough to find in the USA, they are the...

Found these kits, look ok, not great, anybody? http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatSectionView.process?IWAction=Load&Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=109

Anyone know where to buy high quality (german would be great) hand tools; screwdrivers, pliers, allen wrenches, etc. in kit form designed for pc modders/builders? Tired of working with Stanley hand-me-downs. Thanks in advance. Tom

P.S The whole Saloon Keeper tableau sprung from one combatant being from Cowtown and the other from the "Gateway to the Wild West", check sigs. I amaze myself sometimes.

You guys mind takin this fight out into the street, I don't post that often and you are both messin' with my good vibrations. Sheesh, can't we all just get along? Now back to our regularly scheduled discussion. Any more juicy tweaks pro or con. The Saloon Keeper (ducks just in time as bottle...

Thanks Phoenix86, been contemplating swapping out my 1gb (2X512) Corsair XMS with OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) Platinum to play BF2. I'm sure it's a total noob question but I've heard people speak of checking how much total RAM they've used/are using while playing the game, how do you do this? I've often...

How about going to System Properties/Performance/Settings/Checking Adjust for best performace, been doing that for years before a game. Got it off Microsofts website, waste of time? Or using a second hard drive to store the paging file, another useless move? I use to use a program called...

I had forgotten about tweakguides, thanks for the reminder. Tom

Hello, Wasn't sure where to post this in forum and sorry if it's already been posted but I'm looking for a guide on how to set up Windows to play games like F.E.A.R, Riddick and BF2. I scanned the "The Definitive "How to Tweak" Guide" above with no luck. Things like page file and services...

Hello, Is there anyone here that might be willing to speak with me on the telephone or through email correspondence to help resolve graphics problems I've experienced since I built a system based on the A8NSLI Deluxe and a BFG 6800GT video card in May of this year. I'm willing to pay for the...

Whoops, just found.... Ya GOTTA include www.tweakguides.com in this thread. Fantastic source for game/driver/XP tweaks. His XPTC document is one of the best XP tweak guides I've ever read. Check it out. ....in this thread. Thanks alot. Tom

Great guide, was wondering if you know of a guide for tweaking Windows XP to optimize for the latest games, Thanks

I forgot to mention I've got another PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool® 510 Express / SLI Power Supply for the new build, in case anyone noticed it missing in the novel above. Nite

Hello All, It's now 3 AM Mountain time, I've been trying to assemble components for my second PC since 10 AM, Built the following gaming rig in June: Lian Li V COOL PC-V1200B Black Aluminum Case ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB)...

Core looks perfect, my heatsink is in my novel of a signature. I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy a new cpu, but one last quick question. I'm down to power supply connected to motherboard, processor installed with heatsink and fan, no peripherals, 95 % sure all jumpers are correct, hit power...

Hello Everyone, In attempting to fix my son's PC (he was getting blue screens, corrupted registry and files, weird colored verticle lines on monitor at startup, p2p program crashing), I decided after using motherboard monitor that cpu temps from 54C idle to 63C load might be a bit high, I...