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350w do i need an upgrade?

Ok, I got new Jraid drivers from JMicron and that stopped the rebooting. WOOT! Thanks, guys. Though the game still crashes. Event viewer says
- DesertChicken
- Post #10
- Aug 22, 2007
- Forum: Power Supplies
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350w do i need an upgrade?

I don't see any recent memory dumps in minidump. Ran the first 4 tests in memtest86 last night successfully but then turned it off cause I had to go to sleep. It has been awhile since I've cleaned out my case. I'll go clean out my case right now. Oh and last night after a crash, I...
- DesertChicken
- Post #8
- Aug 22, 2007
- Forum: Power Supplies
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350w do i need an upgrade?

So the PSU is what's specifically causing my problems? Is there any other way a system will reboot by itself like mine does?
- DesertChicken
- Post #3
- Aug 21, 2007
- Forum: Power Supplies
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350w do i need an upgrade?

Hey, I'm running into problems with my system. It randomly reboots like once every few months. I didn't think that was a big problem but recently I've been doing some pretty system intensive gaming with Bioshock. I've only been playing a day and the system has reset itself two times while...
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- Aug 21, 2007
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Power Supplies
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DVD drives running slow

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=205247 Yeah, same solution described here, but it didn't work. :( I guess I'll got look for a new IDE cable tomorrow.
- DesertChicken
- Post #7
- Mar 10, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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DVD drives running slow

Hmm. Nope. When I disable the third one my disk drive disappears from my computer. It also won't let me disable the second secondary drive. Hmm. It seems the two Intel SATA controllers control two things. The 2 port one controls the IDE port and the black SATA port next to it. The 4...
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- Post #5
- Mar 10, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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DVD drives running slow

Ok, I went into Device manager and opened up the tab for my IDE devices and this is what i see: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/DesertChicken/ide2.jpg The second Primary and Secondary channels say they're running Ultra DMA mode 5. The third Secondary channel, even though its setting...
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- Post #3
- Mar 10, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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DVD drives running slow

Hey, I have an 8X dvd RW drive attatched to my MSI P965 Neo motherboard and I've been experiencing really slow install times when I use dvd's to install games. When I installed company of heroes the music that the installer plays came out all garbled. Whenever I insert a new cd or dvd, hte...
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- Mar 9, 2007
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building
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latest WW2 or FPS game?

If you want to benchmark, and you have to choose a WW2 game, I'd go for CofH. It's showing up in alot of gaming sites' best graphics awards and there's an option in the menu to benchmark your system against a recorded sequence. In terms of other FPSs I'd say Prey, FEAR, Half Life 2...
- DesertChicken
- Post #25
- Jan 10, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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Running 2 Sata drives

Thanks, what's the diference between dynamic and basic drives?
- DesertChicken
- Post #3
- Dec 28, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Running 2 Sata drives

I have a MSI P965 Neo motherboard and am trying to connect an 80gb and 160gb hard drive to it. However, neither have jumpers and when I plug them in, both show up as masters in the BIOS. How do I get 1 to show up as a slave? EDIT: Ok, my friend told me there's no such thing as master/slave...
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- Dec 28, 2006
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Bass enhancement?

Hah, I could do a tape job and run the wire up there to plug it in whenever I needed it.
- DesertChicken
- Post #11
- Nov 7, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Bass enhancement?

Yeah, but the jack is on the center speaker sitting on top of my monitor, which is 3 feet away from the mic input jack.
- DesertChicken
- Post #9
- Nov 6, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Bass enhancement?

Hooray info :) Thanks. My motherboard has 3 inputs, 1 for speakers, 1 for a mic and the blue one in between. The CMI extension gives me 2 extra sockets for my 5.1 sound. What's that extra blue socket for? Also, I just bought a mic-headset with two jacks. The mic is working fine, but is...
- DesertChicken
- Post #7
- Nov 6, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Bass enhancement?

I know what the names are, what does adjusting Wave, SW Synth, Mono In, CD Player, Aux, Line In do respectively?
- DesertChicken
- Post #3
- Nov 6, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Bass enhancement?

I have CMI integrated audio that came with my Chaintech motherboard. I was looking through the included software to adjust my 5.1 volumes when I came across the option for Bass Enancement. What is it and what does it do? EDIT: Well, while we're at it, what are all these slider bars on the...
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- Nov 6, 2006
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Computer Building
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Best way to cool HD's in a Sonata?

Antec sells a few HDD coolers themselves, perhaps your answer lies there. I've seen one on their site that wraps around the sides of the HDD, but it was around 30 bucks. EDIT: hmm, building a case with no HDD ventilation, then selling HDD coolers... Shady stuff.
- DesertChicken
- Post #4
- Jun 3, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Fan monitoring programs

I've got Chaintech's DigiDoc program taht came with my mother board. It monitors my rear case and CPU fans. Also, it tells me stuff about my power usage that I don't understand. :) What I'd like to know is if there are any programs similar to DigiDoc that monitor more fans than just the two...
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- Jun 3, 2005
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Powering fans

Ok, I've hooked up the fan. I pulled down my SATA cord and isolated my HDD on that. However, I've kept my video card, rear case fan, floppy drive, and the new front case fan on the daisy chain. I loaded up Chaintech's DigiDoc program before I hooked up the front fan and got this...
- DesertChicken
- Post #7
- Jun 2, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Powering fans

What's a 12v molex connector? I could solve the problem by sending down an SATA power cord to my hard drive. It accepts both SATA and 4 pins. It's just taht the cords are kinda crowded. So power sources don't dynamically alot power to each of its cords?
- DesertChicken
- Post #3
- Jun 1, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Powering fans

I've got a 350w Antec PSU and currently, one of the power lines is going to my system fan to my 9800pro to my hard drive. I jsut bought a 80cm fan with a 4 pin plug for the front of my case and was considering hooking it up to the same line as the one I just mentioned. Is it hazardous to be...
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- Jun 1, 2005
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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CD repair kits?

got any links or names of the ones you've used?
- DesertChicken
- Post #3
- Jun 1, 2005
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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CD repair kits?

I just bought a music CD a few weeks ago and it's already scratched with 2 songs skipping. Is there any hope with CD repair kits out there?
- DesertChicken
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- May 31, 2005
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Wierd Monitor happenings

Ok, problem solved. It seems something kicked my refresh rate down from 60 hertz to 43 hertz, interlaced. Now, the second question: What would kick my screen refresh rate down without my knowledge? Edit: btw, I'm using ATI's 5.5 catalyst control center drivers.
- DesertChicken
- Post #3
- May 30, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hardrives driven to hard?

http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=75011 found this while browsing for fans. Don't know much about it, but thought you might be interested. EDIT: try searching newegg.com for hard drive coolers.
- DesertChicken
- Post #8
- May 30, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Wierd Monitor happenings

So I was playing Jedi Outcast, when the game freezes and the sound starts looping. I press a few buttons, esc, crtl-alt-del, but it doesn't respond. A few seconds later, the sound changes up a bit, but is still looping. Then my screen goes black. My monitor's LED turns to orange indicating...
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- May 30, 2005
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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Matching RAM sizes

is there anyway i can make it slower by adding ram?
- DesertChicken
- Post #6
- May 9, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Matching RAM sizes

I've got a Chaintech VNF3 socket 754. So you're saying both the sticks have to be the same size to take advantage of duel channel? Would there be a disadvantage if the sizes didn't match?
- DesertChicken
- Post #4
- May 8, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Speaker extension cords

Where would I find extension cords for my logitech z-640's rear satallites?
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- Thread
- May 8, 2005
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Matching RAM sizes

I've been curious about this lately. If I had a 512 mb stick of RAM and I was looking to upgrade, would it be better for performance if I bought a matching 512mb stick? Or could I get a 1 GB stick, run both the old 512mb and new 1 GB at the same time without any issues?
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- May 8, 2005
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Computer Building
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My hard drive died!?!?

i did
- DesertChicken
- Post #3
- May 3, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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My hard drive died!?!?

I bought a HITACHI Deskstar 7K250 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 hard drive about 6 months ago. I was surfing the internet today and suddenly my computer kinda froze up. I could still move my mouse and minimize my browser, but my windows taskbar wasn't responding. I restarted thinking that my...
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- Thread
- May 3, 2005
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building

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