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GTX 280 BSOD with dual 6 pin to 8 pin Y adapter

Even with a new PSU with the "correct 8 pin connectors, my gtx 280 gave scrambled text and graphics before crashing the system. Definitely a defective card... RMA in process... No new card.... out $30 in shipping as Newegg is out of this card and their policy is to refund your purchase...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #7
- Jun 27, 2008
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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GTX 280 BSOD with dual 6 pin to 8 pin Y adapter

They accepted the return. All CC stores have taken these off their shelves, I believe. Guess Antec made a booboo... RMA of gtx 280 in process to Newegg. Apparently, this is not an isolated case according to threads on other forums.
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #5
- Jun 24, 2008
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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GTX 280 BSOD with dual 6 pin to 8 pin Y adapter

Nice to know I'm not the only one with issues. Thanks guys.
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #4
- Jun 24, 2008
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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8-pin PCIE adapters

Didn't work for me. had the dual 6 pin to 8 pin Y adapter. Worked for 5 minutes then corrupted graphics followed by BSOD. Rebooting shows corrupted text on post. Replaced old video card in and working fine. Have a 800 watt BFG PS and am going to have to replace it...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #15
- Jun 23, 2008
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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GTX 280 BSOD with dual 6 pin to 8 pin Y adapter

Title says it all. Used the included adapters on my EVGA gtx280 to adapt two 6 pin connectors to an 8 pin. used another adapter in the box for the other 6 pin. Worked great for about 5 min. Bioshock totally maxed out at 2560 by 1600 was beautiful. I rejoiced. Then, i suddenly saw corrupted...
- ToadkillerDog
- Thread
- Jun 23, 2008
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Iphone is awesome!

He IS being quite hateful and rude... I have a WM6 Sprint Touch and like it much, but I have to say I love the interface on the iphone much more. Vey nice build quality and feel in the hand. Keyboard is easier to use than on my touch and I don't like the huge mass, size penalty and screen...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #71
- Feb 20, 2008
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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2900 XT lacks a UVD

I smell a class action lawsuit...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #68
- May 27, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Thermaltake took my money but forgot to send product

Thank you all for your input. If I go w/c then I will definitely do an external kit.
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #7
- Apr 15, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Thermaltake took my money but forgot to send product

Someone called me on this on the Tt board so I should be clear that Tt does not sell direct to consumers and did not to me, of course. I bought through a reseller which has Thermaltake ship their orders directly for them. Thermaltake reported my product as shipped to the reseller, but never...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #4
- Apr 13, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Thermaltake took my money but forgot to send product

Ordered Tai Chi case 4/3/07 - got email saying it was shipped on 4/4/07. Found out today 4/13/07, after I called to check, that case was never sent, order never processed by Tt... Cancelled order for full refund - at least that was not a problem. Looking for a case from another company, now...
- ToadkillerDog
- Thread
- Apr 13, 2007
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Thermaltake Tai Chi replacement water pump

Thanks a lot for the recommendations. Will definitely order a backup as I am expecting failure ;) Better to be prepared than caught with your pants down!
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #7
- Apr 8, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Thermaltake Tai Chi replacement water pump

Thanks much for the help and advice. I looked more closely at a review of the Tai Chi and it said 3/8 inch OD on the tubing. I'm glad I was in error as I did not realize what a bottleneck the tubing would be. Obviously, the pump itself may be also as I see the Danger Den pumps put out so much...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #5
- Apr 8, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Thermaltake Tai Chi replacement water pump

Thanks for replying. BTW, the Tai Chi system has not been delivered to me yet, but I was frightened by all the pump failures reported on their forums and in neweggs customer reviews and went looking for a back up on their site. No luck anywhere on their site. The Tai Chi should be delivered...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #3
- Apr 7, 2007
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Thermaltake Tai Chi replacement water pump

Cannot find anywhere on the Tt site where to buy a spare water pump for the Tai Chi water cooler case. Seems these things fail a lot and I want to be ready.
- ToadkillerDog
- Thread
- Apr 6, 2007
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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NVIDIA and Vista Driver News

Well, I looked in the driver release notes and see that the Apple 30 in is not supported in dual DVI link mode so no 2560 x 1600 for me til this gets fixed. That answers my question.
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #36
- Jan 31, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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NVIDIA and Vista Driver News

This frustrates me as my 8800gtx and Apple 30 inch monitor will only run 1280 x 800 in vista with the 100.54 driver. Nvidia control panel doesn't even show an option for 2560 x 1600 or anything higher than 1280 x 800 for that matter on my machine. I still get a rating of 1 for graphics when...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #35
- Jan 30, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Nvidia 8800 drivers

I downloaded the new drivers and my 30 inch LCD will not go past 1280 by 800 resolution. There isn't even a choice to do that in the control panel. I used the tool to reassess my system performance and it still gives me a 1 for graphics so no Aero. What gives? Booting in XP not a problem for...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #7
- Jan 30, 2007
- Forum: Operating Systems
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*** Official NVidia nForce 680i Thread ***

EVGA just released a Beta bios patch that is supposed to take care of the sata and data corruption problems. On their forums, it seems that if actually installed correctly, it is working. We'll see...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #200
- Dec 17, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official eVGA 680i Thread ***

New beta p23 bios out - supposed to fix sata and data corruptioni ssues many were having.
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #70
- Dec 17, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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QX6700 ES up and running...

Woops! Thats 65F for room temp, folks... These fans are going to give me hearing loss. They are really LOUD.
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #30
- Dec 13, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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QX6700 ES up and running...

I am idling at 45C and 45C on TAT OC to 3.2 ghz. Only way I was able to get my temps down from 60s idle was to first install two Vantec Tornado fans blowing air out the back of the case and situated directly above my Tuniq Tower. I am overclocking ONLY by increasing multi. My room temp is...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #26
- Dec 13, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Case ventilation

My case temps dropped 6-8C with side open, but nearly 17C with dual Vantec Tornados on the back exhausting air. So airflow IS more important.
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #21
- Dec 9, 2006
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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CPU Coolers

Strangely enough, it looks like the knob is supposed to be mounted at one of the expansion slot openings. Not in a pci slot or anything but just in a vacant slot/opening. The fan adjustment knob is pretty fat and won't fit inone of my THermatake case's slots. I managed to jimmy it out and it...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #4
- Dec 9, 2006
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Installing new motherboard

Well, I must be lucky because I was anticipating trying this for the what the hell of it. I went from socket 939 to evga 680i intel and just booted into windows without a problem. It looked for new drivers, I installed some of the mobo drivers for it and all is well.
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #11
- Dec 8, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official NVidia nForce 680i Thread ***

Damn, vcore was set to auto. OC again from 2.93 to 3.2 with vcore to 1.35625 and got nearly same temps as above but with higher clock - idle 49C, 49C load 71C, 68C If I can live with these loud case fans, i know I can get this sucker to at least 3.46ghz Serpentarius, my heart goes out to...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #194
- Dec 8, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official NVidia nForce 680i Thread ***

I had vanilla Thermaltake 80mm case fans x2 on the back of my case blowing air out. These are situated just above my Tuniq Tower 120 cpu heat sink/fan. For qx700 OC to 2.93 ghz, my TAT idle temps were 62C and 60C on first two cores. TAT 100% load was 82C and 80C. Replaced those fans with...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #192
- Dec 8, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official NVidia nForce 680i Thread ***

If you have for example the usb pins plugged into your m/b even one pin off, it won't turn on. Check all your connections. That happened to me.
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #191
- Dec 8, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official NVidia nForce 680i Thread ***

Edit #2 I'm coming to believe that speedstep is wrong (: Both Core Temp and TAT agree. Am going to recheck my fan/heatsink again tomorrow. This is really pathetic, but I noticed that all along I have been saying speedstep... I have speedstep disabled BUT was referring to Speedfan in all...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #187
- Dec 6, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official NVidia nForce 680i Thread ***

I have the latest bios and the mouse problem persists. However, I think it is really a PS2 keyboard problem. When I unplug my ps2 keyboard and plug in a usb keyboard, my ps2 mouse problem magically disappears. The keyboard has always worked fine, but with it in the ps2 port, my ps2 mouse was...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #186
- Dec 6, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official NVidia nForce 680i Thread ***

My temps are 8C lower with side of case off. More case cooling will help, BUT there is no explanation for the discrepancy in temp measurements between the two. In a thread in the EVGA forums, someone said that TAT actually measures the temps incorrectly or improperly. I don't know where the...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #183
- Dec 6, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official NVidia nForce 680i Thread ***

I expect part of it is the qx6700 being 4 cores. I am inclined to believe idle at 48C and load at 62 by Speedstep's measure rather than the extremely high numbers reported by TAT.
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #181
- Dec 6, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official NVidia nForce 680i Thread ***

Yes, I upgraded to P21. Noticed that TAT reads 56 C or so unloaded, 82 C loaded by TAT BUT Speedfan shows unloaded temp of 49 and loaded at 62 with my cpu at 2.93 ghz. A huge discrepancy! I overclocked with multi to 12 and have been able to get to 3.2 ghz but am afraid to go farther until...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #179
- Dec 6, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official NVidia nForce 680i Thread ***

Well, my EVGA board came in and booted nicely without any of the infamous SATA problems so far, but I do have the annoying flickering PS2 mouse problem which when the cpu is loaded renders the mouse unuseable. Games are unplayable as weapons switch spontaneously, and you kind of do a dance -...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #177
- Dec 6, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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$1700 for QX6700 at Newegg - Ridiculous

They are shamelessly price gouging while they can because they have the retail cpu in stock and no one else does. That IS the market and not illegal, but it is considered an unethical or dishonorable practise by reputable stores. Do this and you lose your honorable reputation. Now we know...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #29
- Dec 4, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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$1700 for QX6700 at Newegg - Ridiculous

Saw two retailers on quick search with oems in stock for $1099 so yeah they are out there...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #7
- Dec 2, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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QX6700: how good is it?

That's me then... Got to get one now if I can find one.
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #11
- Nov 23, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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YA"x64 or x32 Vista?"-topic

My Windows Xp 64 bit has no drivers for my cable modem or printer. I am very nervous about getting Vista 64 bit and ending up in the same situation. 64 bit drivers out there are still much less prevalent then 32 bit. Some come out and say their product will never have 64 bit drivers. How...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #8
- Nov 21, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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The Vista Hive

Deleted cuz topic already exist elsewhere....
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #435
- Nov 21, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Lost oem xp pro product key sticker will MS help me?

Thanks, I have an old copy of home I am using now. Will try to get my pro product key back from Monarch.
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #8
- Nov 19, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Lost oem xp pro product key sticker will MS help me?

I replaced my case with a larger one for increased cooling, peeled off the sticker and misplaced it, as I said above. The original XP Pro installation was written over as I tried to repair then reinstall it. The original m/b, mem, power, etc were purchased from Monarch computer. According...
- ToadkillerDog
- Post #6
- Nov 19, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems

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