update: Well, colour me surprised! I called Seagate support to confirm if the RMA request I submitted is valid and they assured me that yes, physical damage of this sort is still covered under warranty. She said they replace damage like this all the time, such as external drives where the usb...
Actually I was doing some web searching and came across a thread which shows a piece which combines the SATA power and data cables into one connection, thus giving a more snug fit. Only $4 at dealxtreme, I just thought I'd try the free at home glue option first. Once I hear back from Seagate...
Okay I made a big boo-boo the other day and broke the plastic around the SATA connector of my 1Gb Seagate 7200.12 drive. Luckily the pins were still intact and my motherboard came with latching SATA cables which made the drive still readable. I immediately backed up the drive and am wondering...
Never mind, figured it out! I didn't connect the chasis 10-pin audio connector to the on-board front panel audio connector. I assumed that the front panel audio connector does not mean the rear audio connectors??? But somehow not connecting this disabled the rear outputs. WEIRD.
Hey guys, I am getting no sound when my speakers are plugged into the green plug at the back of my board. I have tried both the official nForce4 driver set 6.86 and the latest unofficial drivers from nforcershq.com (nForce4 Fernandos XP 32bit Performance Pack v3.0). The latter includes HD...
I haven't checked yet because I'm afraid of excessive removal/reseating of the heatsink possibly causing more damage to the board! But I definitely didn't notice this when I first got the board, only after trying to install the heatsink with board still in the case. That didn't work so well so...
I have the exact same 4GB OCZ Platinum XTC DDR2-1066 installed in my P5Q-E without problems. I have my Q6600 running at 444x8 so I can run my ram at DDR2-1066 with 2.0v (5-5-5-15). Running a memtest right now, so far stable after a couple hours...
I'm concerned about possible bending of my Asus P5Q-E motherboard after installation of an OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU cooler. Here are some pics of a northbridge heatsink, I'm worried that it's not making contact with the mosfet chips underneath. Can I remove the spring loaded NB heatsink to make sure...
Yes just Aero and I suppose LCD monitor support. I just upgraded my computer so I'm giving my old Socket 939 board, but he needs a PCI-E card to go along with it. I don't think he'll be doing anything with HD/BlueRay. What about the 7100GS?
Hey guys, I'm building a budget vista system for my dad and he needs a PCI-E video card but plays no games. What are some recommended video cards I could get him? I'm a bit partial to nvidia so let's stick with the geforce line. Thanks!
graysky: I'm just wondering, is it recommended to start your overclock with a large memory divider, so that you're underclocking your ram and thus taking it out of the equation? Thanks.
edit: also, when trying to determine max fsb should I be sticking to stock Vcc (i.e. my chip's VID, or...
Just got a brand new Q6600 (rev G0, steppig B), coretemp reports VID = 1.3000v. Seems a little high compared to others reported in the first post, does this mean I have a "bad" one?
Also I think I'm experiencing vdroop on my Asus P5Q-E (bios 0704). I set vcore to 1.3v but CPU-Z reports...
The Q9450 is a $150 more than the Q6600, so maybe I'll upgrade to that (or similar) in the future but right now I just can't justify the price difference.
I am having this exact same debate as I try and figure out my build. I do some gaming but mostly video/audio encoding using DivX (which supports SSE4) and Cinemecraft Encoder. I cannot determine what would be better for my applications as I do plan on overclocking. So an OC'd E8400 w/ SSE4 or...
I must say, great thread modoheo. I'm now torn between deciding on my CPU, and basically my options are the 3 listed in mid-range by you.
E7200 - $135
E8400 - $185
Q6600 - $215 (all prices Canadian)
My main usage is video and audio encoding (DivX and Cinemacraft Encoder) and some...
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