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Memory for Epox 8KDA3+

One thing that a lot of people don't realize is that the SPDIF output (optical or coaxial) doesn't necessarily mean 5.1 sound. I made that mistake. From what I understand if the program encodes the output with AC-3 (dolby digital) or DTS then 5.1 sound will work if your receiver supports...
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- Post #13
- Aug 28, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Memory for Epox 8KDA3+

Well I got a new replacement motherboard and memory and it worked perfectly w/o any adjustments. Even tested the memory with memtest86+ which passed with flying colors. I guess I got a lemon.
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- Post #12
- Aug 28, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Memory for Epox 8KDA3+

Thanks filmore, I'll consult the forums when the shipment arrives.. I figure it had to be some timing issues, but wouldn't they at least try to make them compatible with any DDR400 DIMM? I guess I'll try raising the CAS latency first, then work from there... Are there any sites/reviews that...
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- Post #7
- Aug 17, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Memory for Epox 8KDA3+

JBT, I hope all the EPoX motherboards can do that (or at least DDR400). I'll know for sure when the replacement motherboard comes in.
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- Post #4
- Aug 17, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Epox 8KDA3+(nForce3 250Gb)Review!

Just to caution anyone that is thinking about buying this motherboard. I've bought it without consulting the website (I usually do more research) and found that the EPoX DDR400 issue is real and needs to be addressed. I don't believe this motherboard can support DDR400 (or the board that I got...
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- Post #12
- Aug 16, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Memory for Epox 8KDA3+

To be honest I don't know. I bought one thinking I could get the latest and greatest out of this motherboard but I had to RMA it... along with the DDR400 memory. The memory I used was a dual kit of OCZ Enhanced Bandwidth PC3200 512MB DIMMs (I'm sure they are double-sided). The one issue I had...
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- Post #2
- Aug 16, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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LG-8160B CD-RW Drive Is A CPU Hog?

Um so is it normal for the CD-RW drive to be acting like in my original post?
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- Post #4
- Jan 25, 2002
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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LG-8160B CD-RW Drive Is A CPU Hog?

I was surprised when I used BURNproof technology when burning at 16x (actually it's more like 12x). The drive takes up about 100% of the CPU under windows 2000. Is there any way of fixing this? I had a SCSI CDRW drive before this which would only take up about 10% but burned at only 2x. My...
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- Thread
- Jan 24, 2002
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Not all motherboards are created equally

maybe your right but i've messed with it enough :) good point though.
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- Post #6
- May 4, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Not all motherboards are created equally

And what's up with that! BTW Tribes2 doesn't work when it's clocked at 1.33GHz. Not sure wtf I bought... 1GHz or 1.33GHz. I may have to underclock it a tad.
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- Post #3
- May 4, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Not all motherboards are created equally

The saga continues... Last month I created a masterpiece. Last week the masterpiece became the POS. :) The masterpiece was an AMD 1.33GHz in a Asus A7M266 with 512 MB of PC2100 RAM. It became a POS when it wouldn't turn on anymore. In a panic I RMA'd the motherboard and the power supply...
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- Thread
- May 4, 2001
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Computer Building
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1.33 GHz Athlon doesn't work at 1.33 GHz

Yeah my thoughts were that it could be the motherboard and the whole PC2100 thing. I'll have to experiment on Saturday. I got finals to worry about. Hopefully I can get the RMA'd stuff sent back before they charge me for the new one. If the resetting of the CPU doesn't fix it, I'm going to...
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- Post #3
- May 3, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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1.33 GHz Athlon doesn't work at 1.33 GHz

OK here's the situation. Last week my power supply died. Found this out by the computer not turning on at all. It is an Antec 400 W PS that is certified to 1.33GHz. Now I've replaced that PS and the Asus A7M266 with the same brand/model of components (wasn't sure if it was the PS... that's...
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- Thread
- May 3, 2001
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Come on fellow forum member, give me some help.

It sounds like it could work.
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- Post #2
- Apr 26, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Finally put together the new computer

Sandra: CPU 3698 MIPS 1824 MFLOPS Mem Int ALU/RAM Bandwidth: 578 MB/s Float FPU/RAM Bandwidth: 732 MB/s HDD Drive Index 30999
- schmoe
- Post #8
- Apr 11, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building

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