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Will it OC better? No that I've seen.

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Originally posted by Sophocles:

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Will it OC better? No that I've seen.

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Russ it was the "No that I've seen" (when you wrote no I assumed you meant not) that lead to the response in my post.

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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The RAM isn't overclockable in my system, I thought it might be due to the strap limitations but it seems odd that 1056mhz works and 1080mhz fails to boot windows, let alone be stable running it.

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Originally posted by ChrisC586:

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The Biostar board does have spdif connection both input and output.Had both the Gigabyte and Biostar in my hands at Micro tonight. Waiting on the Egg with the Corsair ram, 7750, and Biostar board.

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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As far as I recall, S/PDIF can be Coax or Optical.

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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True. As much as I like my sound quality though, I still prefer Analog for the reliability. Plug it in and it works, rather than spending several hours wondering why you've still only got stereo...

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Originally posted by rick5446:

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Heads up for all who don't know !
If you have a USB Keyboard that the F8 Key doesn't work, just push the F-Lock tab above the key-pad before you press the F8 and it will work
I had this problem and sent back a good board that I thought was Faulty B4 I found this out. Even B4 I found out that a standard keypad worked
But the F LOCK Cures ALL

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Originally posted by bigwill68:

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Originally posted by greensman:

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@bigwilly,
Lemme know how that mosfet cooler works please. I've been toying with the idea of getting some of those for the E6850/Gigabyte build and the Q6600/DFI build. I've heard good things but I don't think I ever asked anyone if they had used those coolers before. ;) tia....

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From what I have read, I need to put some heatsinks on those FETs if I'm planning to oc a 125/140Watt CPU in the future but they say..
I'll be ok running 95w they don't get that hot but it will depend
on my cooler from the specsheet, the FETs can sustain max Drain current up to 58A @ 25C...but..i wanna be on the safe side when..i do start oc'ing...Gm...I'll keep you posted on the issue

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ABOUT F LOCK : this should help.
http://jtsang.mvps.org/flock.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-Lock

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t2...nd-f8-keys.html

This will give you an idea of Keypad with F Lock\
http://www.yorkspace.com/2007/04/88

it does work.I could not get the Ctrl F8 TO OPEN External Subs ON AutoGK until I turned it on. so I'm assuming it will work for XP Install as well

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Originally posted by rick5446:

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Heads up for all who don't know !
If you have a USB Keyboard that the F8 Key doesn't work, just push the F-Lock tab above the key-pad before you press the F8 and it will work
I had this problem and sent back a good board that I thought was Faulty B4 I found this out. Even B4 I found out that a standard keypad worked
But the F LOCK Cures ALL

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I got to thinking about this, and if you are installing an operating system and the Keyboard is USB, the Keyboard will work right up to that point where it tells you to press the F8 key on many computers. I have to have a PS2 keyboard to install XP on mine, as there's no way to get past it, and DO NOT PLUG IN THE KEYBOARD WHILE THE COMPUTER IS ON! It will fry the keyboard. Been there, Done that! LOL!!

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