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My Windows XP 'hangs' for ~62-70 seconds on the "Windows" loading screen.. I have gone through as many guides as possibly disabling processes, defragging bootfiles, optimising my system with BootVis e.t.c. but none of them have really speeded it up at all. Didn't Microsoft state 30s as the...

I have a Thermaltake Soprano (my first proper case) but am having a bit of difficulty with airflow and organisation. Ignore the case fan - I have taken it out as it is too noisy. They are the following: 1. If I kept the orange fan in the stock position at the front of the case to get...

I have just bought a new Western Digital wd2500ks 250gb SE 16 Hard Drive and have a few questions: 1) I bought a refurbished version and thought it would be black but the top metal is silver, is this how it should be? 2) My other hard drive is a Seagate 7200.9 160gb. I put in this hard...

Hi all, I got my first real case in the form of a Thermaltake Soprano and have a few questions: 1) The fan at the front of the case: Is it supposed to be useless without the front of the case open? When I open the front of my case, all my temps drop about 5-6C as the fan has a place to...

I have an Athlon X2 3800+ Toledo LCBIE 0618 :D However I am having some trouble cooling it. I have installed my Scythe NInja mutiples of times re-doing the As5 every time but still every time I am getting idle temps of 32-36c and load temps of 45-49C at stock. Obviously this gives me no...

Hi all, I have messed up my Windows install, I will try and explain the situation. I have a 160gb IDE Seagate HD with my Windows XP Home Install and al my other documents on 1 large partition. I recently got 36gb Raptor for my Windows install. I also installed XP Home on that HD...

So I am currently running my computer caseless and things were going perfectly until today. I looked at my Vantec fan controller and did something. I can't remember if it was shifting it like an inch, or plugging another fan into it or even nothing, but immediately the leds on the...

1) I don't need SLI, any reason to get SLI-DR over Ultra-D? 2) How suitable is an Antec Smartpower 500W II for powering one of these mbs with the specs in my sig? 3) Is there any way to tell from a picture or anything what revision the mb is, and how important is it? THanks for any advice

I am having difficult on deciding on a case for my build, these are the specs: 2 hard drives (raptor + 160gb IDE) Antec Smartpower II 500w Asus A8n-Sli Deluxe (? might sell and buy a better one) AMD 3800+ X2 Geforce 6200TC I have a few questions: 1) Is the Armor worth £30 ($55) more...

I have a Seagate Barracuda 160gb IDE, but recently acquired a Raptor WD360 for cheap (old version). I have successfully installed Windows onto the Raptor without problems. However, is there any way to have intricate things copied over from my original windows? Or do I have to spend...

I recently came accross Central Brain identifier, a great utility that allows one to do many things. You can change the multiplier, and change vcore in windows. This makes benching and testing for stability so much quicker and easier (its also good to compare temperatures) but have there...

I have picked up an X2 3800+ LCBIE 0618 Toledo so am not moving to conroe or Am2 at the moment. My Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe is not really cutting it. The max fsb is 285mhz which isn't really enough, the chipset fan has gor really noisy, I don't like not knowing northbridge temps or being able to...

Is there any way to read Northbridge chipset temperatures with any program for the Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe? I havn't got any probes to use. . Thanks

I am trying to install a Scythe Ninja Plus, so I need to take my whole Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe. However, I bought the computer all pre installed about 4months ago and the screws aren't budging. (the scresws that are keeping the mb down) I've tried using a variety of screwdrivers, but I'm...

I've just received my first ever dual core cpu in the form of a x2 3800 Toledo LCBIE 0618VPMW :) I have just a few questions: 1) I was reading the manual out of interest and didn't realise not using the stock heatsink voided the warranty :eek: Okay, I will be overclocking (you'd be a...

I've upgraded the RAM in my computer to 2gb of GEIL (2x1gb) (i got them for £100 off eBay) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144321 (I wanted to go for DDr500, but the only ddr500 below about £160 was G-SKILL HZ that has trouble with my mb. ) I originally had 1gb...

I am in the UK, and will probably be buying the Antec P180b. The only thing that stops it being a no-brainer for me is that I wanted a window. Does anyone know anywhere in the UK that would sell a window kit? I don't think I would be able enough to actually buy the perspex or whatever myself...

I have been overclocking my 1gb of G-SKill F1-3200PHU1-1gbnt. I followed EclipseOCs overclocking guide, and got 5 loops of Memtest Test 5 completed with no errors at 224mhz 3,3,3,7. (225mhz got errors on the 5th loop) (3,4,4,8 seemed to get errors at 224mhz as well) So I boot into windows...

I hope this should be here rather than the AMD cpu section. With AMDs price cuts, I have decided my next computer upgrade will move to an x2 dual core as it would be too expensive for me to sell most of my system so I could buy new mbs and RAM for Conroe. I have lots of questions and...

A few days ago my computer was much louder than normal as something was making much more noise and vibrating a lot. I narrowed it down to my chipset fan (this one - http://www.nvnews.net/images/news/200505/a8nfan3_s.jpg). 1) Should it always run at 27,000rpm? (according to smartguardian...

I have decided on a raptor but am not sure whether to go with the 16mb cache version of the 36gb or the 74gb. http://www.scan.co.uk/search/search.asp?criteria=raptor&Submit=Go The difference isn't huge in price, (but it might make me have to buy a 3800+ instead of a 4200+ or something...

Hi all, I hope this question is ok. . I currently have a crummy 'Delux' case that is a little small, and not what I want. Before I upgrade the rest of my system I am looking for a better quieter case. These are my requirements; I will not need to move the case around so weight is not...

Hi all, I am looking to upgrade my system in the near future, and probably to Conroe, as it is now obvuiosly King of the Hill. However I have not got enough money to a complete rehall of my system just at this moment (3500+ venice, asus a8n-sli deluxe, 6200TC GPHX, 1gb gskill ram ddr400)...

Hi all, I have this weird problem with my computer - I have a slight overclock currently on the following system - Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe Athlon 3500+ Venice @2.4ghz @1.4v 1gb Gskill Ram, 3,3,3,8 @220mhz Geforce 6200TC Antec Smartpower II 160gb Seagate Barracuda. My computer is...

I have been playing around with overclocking my Athlon 3500+ Venice lately. I have a few concerns and problems: 1)I have to use a Ram divider to overclock as for some reason my Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe (or the RAM which is this stuff: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=81868)...

Hi all, I am probably being picky, but my psu seems to be louder than I thought it should be. I have 1 case fan and a heatsink fan, (not stock amd 3500+ heatsink, but probably quite similar) and if I turn those fans down the sound my machine makes is not really effected due to the noisy...

Hi all, My system is reasonably loud, so I decided to switch on QFan as my cpu temps are a lowly 27C when idle and only 37C under load. However after turning it on it actually stopped my heatsink fan, which worried me as I was under the impression that that fan had to be on otherwise the...

Hi all, I have a few questions: 1) What components affect how well programs and other application work in windows? e.g. the time it takes to open documents, and software. Am i right in saying the cpu is only a bottleneck if its usage is at 100%. So it is just how well the files are...

I am trying to find the max fsb of my Asus A8n-Sli Deluxe mb. I was following eclipseoc's guide and I had edged my fsb up to 235 with no prime errors. I saw my pci bus was creeping up as well (using clockgen), so checked whether this should be happening; of course I found it shouldnt. So...

Hi all, I have been wondering lately whether to leave my case open or not. It lies down by my desk, and putting the side of the case on raises temps by about 6C with the CPU going from about 29 to 35C and the MB similar. I know this is not a significant change but nevertheless, 29 is better...

So earlier today I restart my computer to enter the bios to start some overclocking. My motherboard is an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe so normally I press delete to enter it. However this time, nothing happens. I restart a few times to check I wasnt pressing the button the wrong time, but still had no...

Hi all, Compared to most of you I am definitely a newbie with overclocking. Earlier this year I was contemplating a new desktop, trying to decide where I should build a computer myself or go for a pre-built desktop but I chose the parts. As with this pre-built desktop I found a good...

I have a MX700 Wireless Optical Mouse and it has a USB>PS2 adapter. I am just wondering if it makes any difference which slot I plug the cable into? (USB or PS2) Which is better? Thanks

I am getting no sound from my Logitech X230 speakers. My FP_Audio connector has nothing plugged into it so I think this it the problem. The manual says 'connect one end of the front panel audio I/O module cable to this connector.' What is the cable and where I would have it from? If I...

Ok, so I bought these speakers because of their good prices and reviews. They arrived today and I hastily unwrapped them and as I was downstairs I teseted them in my laptop by plugging them into the headphone socket and they worked wonderfully and the sound sounded great. So then I take...

Ok, so I have got my corrupt hard drive out of my laptop and bought a hard drive enclosure. However, (my enclosure is driverless) Windows isnt recognising the drive under My Computer or anywhere, Im guessing as it is corrupted, how do I get it to recognise the drive for use with data recovery...

I got a 2005fpw (£260 in UK not bad:)) and it runs an online game stuttery (ISnooker www.thesnookerclub.com if anyones interested.) I e-mailed them and they said its because the game is best suited to 50hz. However the only 'supported' hertz seem to be 59hz and 60hz (why so close, is there any...

Ok so I have a 128mb Geforce 6200 Turbocache and I am trying to upgrade the firmware. The only reason i am doing this is because it only seems to run this not very demanding online game (www.thesnookerclub.com - isnooker) only smoothly in 16 bit. (I know this card is fine as my x300 mobile...

Is it the blue Toshiba bit? It is corrupt so I am taking it out to try and recover the data in a hard drive enclosure.