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Overheating Problems

Thanks guys. My board does not have any overclocking controls in the BIOS. This morning, I took a damp cloth and tried to clean up the surface of the CPU. I'm going to let it dry for 24 hours, then use the eraser on a mechanical pencil to make sure I remove what I did to the bridges...
- Athlon4all
- Post #4
- Jun 18, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Overheating Problems

Hi. I'm writing about a computer I built and some overheating issues I'm having. Here's the specs: Duron 1GHz (Morgan core) @ 900MHz (more on that in a min) Asus A7N8X-X 256 Crucial DDR 30GB WD 7200RPM Hard Drive Antec 300W case Radeon 7500 Over a year ago, we had some major issues...
- Athlon4all
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- Jun 17, 2005
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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ASAP: Socket A Mobo/Chipset Recommendations

Evan, I am leaning towards that OR the A7V600-X, which is the same price @ Newegg. Any comments on that comparison (esp. KT600 v. NF2 400)? Thanks!
- Athlon4all
- Post #3
- Mar 3, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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ASAP: Socket A Mobo/Chipset Recommendations

Hi. As some of you may have seen in the Tech Support forum, I have been having problems with my AMD system with a Shuttle AK31A mobo. It does seem that my board died so I am looking for a new Mobo and I thank Jesus that there are some very cheap Socket A mobo's @ Newegg (guess Socket A is...
- Athlon4all
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- Mar 3, 2004
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Motherboards
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Shuttle AK31A Beep Codes: What do they mean?

Yea, DAPUNISHER, it has been a long time. Thanks for the suggestion (you too oddlink:)) I last week had taken the video, CPU and RAM out, unplugged the plug and cleared the CMOS. I honestly have been beginning to think that the board did go somehow. There was some weird stuff going on. Maygbe...
- Athlon4all
- Post #4
- Mar 2, 2004
- Forum: Barebones
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Shuttle AK31A Beep Codes: What do they mean?

Hi everybody. I am having quite a bit of difficulty with my family's computer which has a Shuttle AK31A mobo (the rev3.1 that has KT266A). It's quite a long story, but right now what is going on is that it is beeping through the PC Speaker and I have yet to find out what this particular code...
- Athlon4all
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- Mar 2, 2004
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Barebones
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Best Video Card for Old CPU

I seem to recall the GF3's being very, very, limited by the CPU. However, a R7000 is not a good gaming card at all. I am almost leaning towards maybe a R7500, GF4MX, or for DX8 support a R8500/R9000 although I cannot recall how the R8500/9000 did on older CPU's. I am thinking that you should...
- Athlon4all
- Post #7
- Sep 10, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Pentium 4 versus M

The P-M performs great in non-P4 optimized apps (1.6 between 2.4 and 2.66 Desktop P4), but in P4 optimized apps it falls short (remember its P6 architechure). The fastest Mobile P4 is a 2.5GHz so it could be pretty close. What apps will be run on it? I'd be tempted to go P-M just in case...
- Athlon4all
- Post #3
- Apr 25, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Xbitlabs Xclusive preview on Athlon64.

Honestly... this CPU looks great on paper. SSE2, higher memory bandwidth utilization than anything before, 1MB of Cache. But based on this perview, it did not deliever. Possibly the most dissapointing thing was the SSE2/P4 Optimized apps. The SSE2, and the P4's massive bandwidth numbers were...
- Athlon4all
- Post #75
- Apr 19, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Worth getting Canterwood ?

Wait for the i865PE. The i865PE has got to be significantly cheaper (ie $150ish) and that is much more plausible than the i875P and there should be practically no performance difference.
- Athlon4all
- Post #7
- Apr 16, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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VIA PT400 vs i865/i875: 133A vs 820 all over again?

I too doubt that the 865 will be as expensive as 820 was, but this is certainbly an interesting thing with Intel committing to a more expensive standard and a new faster bus but refusing to support the new faster bus with a cheaper memory (ie single channel DDR).
- Athlon4all
- Post #3
- Apr 10, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
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Poll: ZIF-Socket Chipsets on Motherboards, would you pay more for them?!?!?

Such an idea does sound like a good idea, but in reality as others probably have said, is impractical. There are other parts of the motherboard itself which need to be changed in order to be able to "drop in" a new chipset revision.
- Athlon4all
- Post #17
- Apr 10, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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*ABIT BH7 Reviews (AnandTech Review Up)*

Got another review at Nexus Hardware
- Athlon4all
- Post #20
- Apr 10, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
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VIA PT400 vs i865/i875: 133A vs 820 all over again?

I dunno if you all have seen this. Asus, MSi and possibly Gigabyte are preparing VIA PT400 motherboards. When I saw this I just got into thinking. Are we going to see a 133A again with the PT400? Intel has no plans for a single channel DDR chipset that supports the 800fsb, but rather having...
- Athlon4all
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- Apr 10, 2003
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Motherboards
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Springdale/Prescott question

Yes. All i865 and i875 mobo's will be socket 478 and should be fully compatible with every single Socket 478 CPU that has ever been released. Initially, yes Prescott will be a Socket 478 CPU. Later in its lifetime (like with the WIlliamette) it will be put into the Socket-T form factor which is...
- Athlon4all
- Post #2
- Mar 26, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
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So which laptop do you own?

Dell Inspiron 2600. Celeron-M 1.2GHz (133fsb, 256kb L2 Cache), 830M Video, 256MB PC133, Great battery life (probably on general usage close to 2 hours). Great laptop for the price when we bought it (around $1500).
- Athlon4all
- Post #44
- Mar 21, 2003
- Forum: Laptops
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ATI R400, XBOXNEXT and GOD

Well czar, I believe that the LORD is in control of the world. Men do have the choice to obey God or not to, but they do not escape God's touch, and nor does the next XBoxNET, ATi R400, NV35, etc escape the LORD.
- Athlon4all
- Post #11
- Mar 21, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Poll: Do you run dual monitors?

I was, but my 17" Gateway is starting to go (I had it with a 15" Hitachi)
- Athlon4all
- Post #12
- Mar 16, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need help Dell Inspirion 8200(P4m) or 600m(cetrino)

600m full way. The Video is better, I bet the Centrino 1.3 would give the P4-M 1.8 a pretty hard fight, it's got a CD-RW/DVD rather than the plain-DVD for the 8200. Although it is a tad more expensive, it could be cheaper by downgrading the CD-RW/DVD to a plain-DVD. The only way I see the 8200...
- Athlon4all
- Post #5
- Mar 14, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Uncle wants a new HD, have a couple questions...

^ Any other comments? If I were to buy a PCI ATA/100/133 card which would be the best manufacturer?
- Athlon4all
- Post #8
- Mar 13, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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800MHz FSB and Springdale. Details and First Benchmarks

I think that nobody should complain about Intel changing the Socket in 2004. The Socket 478 was first intro'ed in mid-2001 (with the i845 chipset and 2GHz Williamette). By the time Socket T replaces Socket 478, Socket 478 will have been used for almost 3 years, and will have spanned at least one...
- Athlon4all
- Post #11
- Mar 12, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Uncle wants a new HD, have a couple questions...

Thanks soulkeeeper! And here's a ^
- Athlon4all
- Post #7
- Mar 12, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Uncle wants a new HD, have a couple questions...

Thanks Pariah, I honestly am not sure why he wants a new HD, I think it is space, but he has said that it is slow, and a faster HD would definately help (my K6-2 475 wasn't bad, it was the HD that was slow), but that might be what I end up doing (getting a BB series drive and a PCI ATA/100/133...
- Athlon4all
- Post #5
- Mar 12, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Uncle wants a new HD, have a couple questions...

Thanks Smilin!
- Athlon4all
- Post #3
- Mar 12, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Uncle wants a new HD, have a couple questions...

My Uncle has asked me to help him buy a new HD. He has currently a 14GB HD on a Gateway (which I believe is a 400MHz or so PII, presumably on 440BX Chipset). Now, I have been looking at the WD JB series, and Maxtor 8MB Cache HD's and my first question is, which do you thyink is better?I see that...
- Athlon4all
- Thread
- Mar 12, 2003
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building
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NV31 og NV34 on Anandtech

Honestly, the most important card for me (GF FX 5200 non-Ultra) wasn't in it. That is the most significant card out of this whole bunch. Really, It shall be interesting to compare the R9600 Pro to the GFFX 5600 Ultra. I'm betting ATi is going to maintain the upper hand there. The GFFX 5200 Ultra...
- Athlon4all
- Post #8
- Mar 11, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Radeon 7000 comments please

The R7000/Radeon VE was less than a crippled Radeon DDR. Not only does it have only a 64-bit memory bus, and no T&L but it's RAMDAC's are slower than the Radeon DDR as well. Honestly, I would look for a full Radeon SDR (Radeon 7200) rather than a R7000
- Athlon4all
- Post #8
- Mar 11, 2003
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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GeForce Fx Family Preview up at [H}

I wonder when AT's preview will be up
- Athlon4all
- Post #10
- Mar 6, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Why Do Pentium 4 processors overclock better than Athlon XPs?

The pipeline is a factor in itself, but there's 2 other factors: 1. The age of the K7 Architechure vs the age of the P4 (think back to the P3!). The P4 is little more than 2 years old, the K7 is gonna be 4 years by the time the K8 hits. 2. The maturity of Intel's .13um process vs. the maturity...
- Athlon4all
- Post #31
- Feb 19, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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More IDF coverage: Quad-Channel RDRAM, 865/875, A64 Laptop, more!

In the newsletter, here. The SiS R659 chipset is a quad-channel RDRAM chipset, capable of satifying Prescott's 800fsb with cheap PC800. I have a feeling that it will be impractical (ie buying 4 sticks of 64MB) for the desktop, but it's cool none the less. I wonder if they could have 2 RIMM3200...
- Athlon4all
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- Feb 19, 2003
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Laptops
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100GB, DVD/CD-RW, R9700 Pro, 2200+, 512MB DDR: $999...

Man, this sure is a loaded PC. PC Mag reviewed it, the eMachines T2200SE. The full specs include: XP 2200+ 512MB DDR Radeon 9700 Pro DVD and CD-RW all for $999. They sure are prolly taking some hits to make a system for that price, but this sure is the kind of PC's that should be being made...
- Athlon4all
- Thread
- Feb 12, 2003
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building
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AIW 9000 Pro Review

Hexus
- Athlon4all
- Thread
- Feb 11, 2003
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Intel is Already Sampling Prescott Processors! 3.80GHz CPUs by Year End?

Well, last I understand, Yes Prescott would still be S478, but they would feature HT and a 800fsb. Now, also last I heard, Intel would be rolling out in 1H'03 Northwood's with HT and 800fsb at very low clockspeeds (like down to 2.2) and naturally, there would be mobo's that support 800fsb. The...
- Athlon4all
- Post #10
- Feb 6, 2003
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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AIW 7500 and Diamond Stealth 64: Friend wants to do Dual Monitors, details inside

Thank you tenoc!:) Anybody else have any comments?
- Athlon4all
- Post #4
- Feb 6, 2003
- Forum: Displays
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Win ME: Can it be upgraded by Win 3.1?

Yes, 98 is the min for XP Home (NT4 is the min for Pro). Thanks for the input guys.
- Athlon4all
- Post #5
- Feb 5, 2003
- Forum: Operating Systems
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AIW 7500 and Diamond Stealth 64: Friend wants to do Dual Monitors, details inside

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- Athlon4all
- Post #2
- Feb 5, 2003
- Forum: Displays
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I have only 32meg ram can I install XP or 2K?

You would have to hack into the txtsetup.sif file (it would be on the 1st setup boot floppy for XP/2000, or in the WIN_NT.BT if you ran setup from the Hard drive using WINNT/B kind of thing). The "requiredmemory =" line under the setupdata section determines the min-ram (in bytes, not mega or...
- Athlon4all
- Post #10
- Feb 3, 2003
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Win ME: Can it be upgraded by Win 3.1?

I have sitting here a Win Me Upgrade. According to MS's website, the previous versions that can "upgrade" the Win Me are 95, 98, and 98SE. Now, according to the manual, it says in regards to installed clean, you can give setup a 95, 98, 98SE CD-ROM or a Windows For Workgroups floppy, indicating...
- Athlon4all
- Thread
- Feb 3, 2003
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Operating Systems
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AIW 7500 and Diamond Stealth 64: Friend wants to do Dual Monitors, details inside

I've got a friend who has got an AIW 7500 and a Stealth 64 PCI in, and he wants to do 2 CRT's. Now here's the problem. If the AGP card is set as the primary display adapter in the BIOS, the Stealth doesn't work (exclemation point in System Properties next to it). Now if he puts the PCI card as...
- Athlon4all
- Thread
- Feb 3, 2003
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Displays
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Where can I get a cheap mobo with an embedded processor?

Hmmm, there's a PC Chips mobo (M810DLU v5.2C)that has an embedded Duron 800 and I think (not positive) that it goes for under $100. Performance would be solid, although would not be able to be passively cooled.
- Athlon4all
- Post #4
- Jan 25, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building

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