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LDee
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_ 		5. August 2006 @ 14:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi

ok I've pretty much given up on that hard disk problem. Would like some advice on a seperate issue if possible though. PC has been having lots of problems especially when playing games, crashes, reboots. I think this might be due to too much thermal paste on the gpu's hsf, I put far too much on when I replaced the fan when it failed but I have rectified that now and will see if it continues to crash. Last time it crashed before this session i am loggin in on now, it wouldnt restart, not even in last known good or safe mode, just kept rebooting over and over, the bios settings had reverted to default so i went in to check them, nothing that significant. The primary graphics adapter was set to PCI though, when I have an AGP card. I changed this to AGP and XP started the next boot. I have been able to boot into xp with the primary video adapter set to PCI in the past, as it reverts to this when there is a problem or cmos battery runs out or whatever. How come pc didn't like it this time? I do have newer video drivers since I booted in with PCI settings last time, I do not have any pci on board graphics or anything and last time I booted in with it set to PCi it was definitely still using my AGP card (Radeon 9550)... ?

Also, in the BIOS, there is a setting which allows you to specify the "video apature" and this was set to 128MB. My card has 256MB, should I change this setting to 256?

Thanks for your help all, cheers!
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dazila
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_ 		6. August 2006 @ 01:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Dnt understand the first question sorry

The 2nd one yes u should put it to 256 if its on 128 now ts giving 128mb quality not its 256mb potential
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BigDK
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_ 		6. August 2006 @ 02:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Maybe read this, it explains the function of aas between the video card and system memory.
http://www.tweak3d.net/articles/aperture-size/index.shtml
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