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Mouse problem

Appreciate your replies :) I think overlordstu had a good point. I had a look at the optical eye (nearly blinded myself cause I forgot to unplug it first). It looks clean but next time it starts creeping I'll see what's going on. It's behaving at the moment so I'm happy. :)
- Badut78
- Post #8
- Dec 17, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Mouse problem

Hi all, I'm having some trouble with my mouse at the moment. I'm on a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop, using a MS Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 USB mouse. The problem is that sometimes, the mouse will go to the bottom left corner of the screen by itself and insist on staying there no matter how much...
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- Dec 17, 2004
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Computer Building
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Computer trys to start up while its off?

Check out your bios settings under Power management. There are some settings there controlling the powering up of your computer. Disable the one(s) that are causing it to power up ;)
- Badut78
- Post #2
- Sep 8, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Top - Middle - Lower Level AMD Gaming CPU

Hi Eagle. Anandtech has some pretty good guides for low/medium/high end systems. www.anandtech.com/guides I've built myself a budget system based on the anandtech guides with some modifications for personal preferences ;)
- Badut78
- Post #3
- Sep 8, 2004
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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vdimm question

Hi just wondering how much does increasing vdimm impact the lifespan of memory. I'm using KVR DDR333 and have vdimm at 2.7V. How much will this shorten the memory modules' life?
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- Sep 7, 2004
- Replies: 0
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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How Much Power is Enough for THIS

Aside from the capacity of the PSU, you might also want to consider the amount of current it can supply on each rail 3.3V, 5V and 12V Perhaps do an inventory of your devices and see how much current they need on each rail, add them up and make sure the PSU you get supplies enough current.
- Badut78
- Post #5
- Sep 6, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Free the video card!

I guess you're looking forward to SLI then? ;) Check out this link for more info: http://www.nvidia.com/page/sli.html
- Badut78
- Post #2
- Aug 31, 2004
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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CPU Over/Under clocking

Seems like I am able to change the multiplier on my desktop Barton. So that must mean it was from before week 39 '03. Is that a bad thing or should I consider myself lucky?
- Badut78
- Post #3
- Aug 30, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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CPU Over/Under clocking

Hi just a quick question for the CPU clocking experts. For an Athlon Barton 2500 the CPU is going at around 1.8Ghz right? that's 166 times 11 Would it make any difference to the CPU if I clock it at 150 times 12 instead? That's still 1.8Ghz. I realise the performance would be lower cause...
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- Aug 29, 2004
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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machine reboots when case is knocked

I'd be checking for a loose power cable/wire. If that's not it, open the case and see what moves when you tap the case.
- Badut78
- Post #2
- Aug 26, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Memory Timing Settings

Thanks Zymer, aw man, that sucks!! It's gonna be painful to RMA. I live in Australia.
- Badut78
- Post #6
- Aug 25, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Using memtest86+ to test memory

Thanks Fern, yeah I know what you mean. I wanna get this testing over with so I can start doing stuff on my computer.
- Badut78
- Post #3
- Aug 24, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stop 0x0000008E on Asus A8V

I had similar problems. Also with an Asus board and an Athlon. I'd be looking at the memory. I think running memtest for 6 hours isn't enough. I've had errors come up after 12 hours. Also, focus on test #5 and then #8 in memtest. Apparently a lot of Athlon systems have trouble with those tests...
- Badut78
- Post #2
- Aug 23, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hard drive problem

Can you boot from the CD ROM? Set your bios so you can boot from the CD ROM.. put the winXP CD in and of you go ;) good luck.
- Badut78
- Post #2
- Aug 23, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Using memtest86+ to test memory

I'm using memtest86+ v1.20 to test my memory. I was getting errors in test #5 and #8 but I think I've fixed that by relaxing the memory timings. So far I've run memtest for about 32 hours on just test #5 and I'll run it for about the same on just test #8. So how long do I need to run memtest...
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- Aug 23, 2004
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Prime95 stress test

I'm running the Prime95 stress test at the moment. Planning to leave it for maybe 24 hours or so and see what happens. I know it's a good test for the CPU but is it also a good test for the memory? I've noticed that some tests use up to 900Mb of memory. Also, is 24 hours enough?
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- Aug 20, 2004
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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Bios programming

Thanks for your responses guys. Real insightful. I like that link Fencer. It's got heaps of info. ;)
- Badut78
- Post #5
- Aug 19, 2004
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Bios programming

I've tried posting this on other forums with no replies. I figure it's probably too technical to be common knowledge: On the Asus website, the latest bios version for the A7N8X-X motherboard is version 1010 The description for 1010 is "Support AMD Sempron CPU" which is self explanatory. The...
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- Aug 18, 2004
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Memory Timing Settings

Sorry to revive a week old topic but I'm still having trouble with this setup. I can't install Windows XP Professional. After it finishes copying the files, I get a blue screen saying Windows has encountered a problem and needs to restart. I tried using a Knoppix Linux bootable CD to see if it...
- Badut78
- Post #4
- Aug 12, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Sapphire Radeon 9200se

Hi, I've got a sapphire radeon 9200se. Should I download the driver found on the Sapphire website or the driver on the ATI website. They appear to be different with the Sapphire driver at version 8.1 and the ATI driver for all Radeon products and version 6.14.10.6458 Which one would be better?
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- Aug 5, 2004
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Windows update help

What error message do you get when you tried to download the updates?
- Badut78
- Post #2
- Aug 4, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Memory Timing Settings

Thanks for your reply. I don't think my problem is to do with the HDD. The reason I say this is cause of the errors in memtest86 which doesn't use the HDD (boots and runs off the floppy). As an update I've found a setting that seems quite stable. 2.5-3-3-13 I've run test #5 on that setting...
- Badut78
- Post #3
- Aug 4, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Memory Timing Settings

Hi, I recently tried to build a computer based on Anandtech's budget/entry level guide with some changes I got: AthlonXP 2500 333FSB ASUS A7N8X-X mobo 2X 512Mb Kingston Value Ram DDR333 CL2.5 I'm having trouble making the system stable with WindowsXP restarting randomly. I strongly suspect...
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- Aug 3, 2004
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Computer Building

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