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The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition
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bigwill68
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21. April 2009 @ 17:31 |
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Originally posted by sytyguy:
Originally posted by bigwill68:
does any know how to roll back to explorer 7 from explorer 8 it seems that 8 has a few issues
Uninstall IE8, and it will revert to IE7. I have done this three times for some friends.
good looking out...I'll try that 2 night
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21. April 2009 @ 20:10 |
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ram configuration in a asus m3a78-em motherboard is causing boot issues. I am using 2 x 2gb corsair ddr2 800. Only way I can get the system to boot properly is to use only 1 stick in the A2 slot (which goes against the instructions in the motherboard user guide which say to put both sticks in the yellow slots).
4 slots on the board:
A1 (YELLOW)
B1 (YELLOW)
A2 (BLACK)
B2 (BLACK)
If I add the second stick in either other open slot the system will either continuously reboot or boot with scrambled, illegible blue text in random places on the screen. Thanks for any help.
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21. April 2009 @ 20:28 |
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Sounds like a faulty board or memory controller, which for AMD systems is in the CPU.
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sytyguy
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21. April 2009 @ 22:49 |
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Originally posted by dru3692:
ram configuration in a Only way I can get the system to boot properly is to use only 1 stick in the A2 slot (which goes against the instructions in the motherboard user guide which say to put both sticks in the yellow slots).
To insure it is not the memory chips, but rather the MOBO. Download http://www.memtest86.com/download.html And it will check your memory chips.
And Sam is probably correct, your MOBO is in defect mode.
Best of luck.
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21. April 2009 @ 23:59 |
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Originally posted by ddp:
rob, what difference is there on that system hardware wise from before & now? is it just the hd? remember xp without at least sp1 can't partition a drive past 128gig so maybe that is causing the problem.
thats just it there is nothing different. nothing at all. my mobo went out on me i sent it to gigabyte and they sent me one back that i cant install windows???? but from what they tell me with the bios update they did on the new board that a OEM disc wont work on the board unles it has a SP1/2 on it.... i will find out in the morning when i try my new disc....
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22. April 2009 @ 01:05 |
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Man guys! How do I break this vicious cycle LOL! I just cant leave my poor computers alone! Please dont comment on the Beige burner. Im feeling pretty silly about that one LOL! :)
Yes, after viewing this pic, I blew off the dust :D
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22. April 2009 @ 04:18 |
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What's the big blue S-ATA connector?
Also, 6 ODDs... tut tut. How many does my HAF currently have installed? 0!
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22. April 2009 @ 04:35 |
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Its not S-ata. Its an IDE-->Usb connector. The most faithful one I have LOL! Infact, its not had ANY trouble thus far. I transferred 300+Gb with it recently.
Each Optical drive has its own qwirk. Though... 2 LH-20A1H drives, would make me a VERY content guy :D The lite-on drive is the best one ive owned yet!!!
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22. April 2009 @ 04:36 |
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I've never had any issues with LG drives myself, I've had a standard 16x DVD-ROM, a GH20NS15 (current) and an old GSA-4163BA, no incidents with any. The NEC ND-4570 I had was good, but got StarForced, so that was that.
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22. April 2009 @ 04:40 |
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I myself am a fan of Lite-On drives. The 3 LGs I had died within a year. The 2 Lite-Ons I bought 3 years ago are still working fine. I also had a really fast and quiet Plextor but that got Starforced too :(
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22. April 2009 @ 04:42 |
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Not tried them myself, a few years back the school I went to had a load of PCs with Samsung drives and a fair few with Lite-Ons. The Lite-Ons were crazy loud, and seemed like they'd fall apart when you opened the tray. I'm guessing their quality has improved since those days.
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22. April 2009 @ 04:43 |
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The last LG I bought, left a bad taste in my mouth. Though, I think that MIGHT be due to riplock! Plus Its burn quality was less than average. But then, Ive heard some LG's are good rippers soo...I might just give it another shot.
Every samsung ive had has been pretty good :)
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22. April 2009 @ 04:45 |
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My Lite-Ons ARE crazy loud due to vibration on the case. I put in the little rubber bushings and they quieted right down :)
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22. April 2009 @ 04:46 |
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Well, so far 10/10 success rate with burning Verbatim DL 8x discs at 10x. It also managed to burn Vista on an 8x DVD-R at 20x (That sounded awesome). I don't think the burn quality was that great as it was a bit finicky to get working, but it installed nonetheless.
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22. April 2009 @ 04:49 |
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Sounded awesome!!! LOL! My poor LG sounded like it was doing Transwarp when it hit 20X. Needless to say, I wont be burning beyond 16X for a while. Heck, im quite content with 12X
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22. April 2009 @ 04:51 |
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It was relatively subdued, but having been used to the noise 16x makes for years and years, 20x was a bizarre experience.
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22. April 2009 @ 04:54 |
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LOL, Indeed! I think they've gotta be hitting the max on this design. Mini discs however, wont shake much. They really should make the next medium that size!
Take Raptors for example. Smaller platter, faster rotational speed
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22. April 2009 @ 04:56 |
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Blu-Ray 8cm disc. Interesting proposal. I hate the damn things though, I always wonder whether they'e secure in the tray, usually they aren't, and make all sorts of hideous noises because of it.
You do realise they go up to 22x now right? :P
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22. April 2009 @ 05:10 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Not tried them myself, a few years back the school I went to had a load of PCs with Samsung drives and a fair few with Lite-Ons. The Lite-Ons were crazy loud, and seemed like they'd fall apart when you opened the tray. I'm guessing their quality has improved since those days.
Judging by the last Lite-on's I've seen, the quality is a bit better, and the tray seems a bit stronger, but they still seem to be noticeably noisy! The pair I bought were both noisy, but one vibrated so badly it would make the wireless mouse move the cursor! I sent them back to Newegg!
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22. April 2009 @ 05:12 |
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Lol I don't think they were that bad! :)
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22. April 2009 @ 05:28 |
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Try rubber bushings. They're cheap and work wonders on loud drives. My Lite-Ons may be noisy but they're dependable. Near perfect success rate with Verbatim DL disks. One fail yesterday because it was burning at 20X after I reformatted and forgot to turn it down. I try to keep everything below 12X if possible.
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22. April 2009 @ 05:29 |
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Er, surely you can't burn Dual layer discs at 20x?
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22. April 2009 @ 05:30 |
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Haha no it was single layer, I was doing a movie. But it failed nonetheless. I usually burn DL disks as low as the drive can go.
Humor me, it's 4:30am here :P
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22. April 2009 @ 05:34 |
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Oh yeah good point, I'd forgotten about that :P
I usually burn discs as fast as the drive will go, unless it clearly isn't going to work.
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22. April 2009 @ 07:15 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Sounds like a faulty board or memory controller, which for AMD systems is in the CPU.
ATHLON X2 7750 2.7ghz. Verified with Asus support that the bios version on the board is new enough to support the cpu and it did boot up once with just one stick of RAM so that I could install WinXP. Just bothers me that I am limited to one stick. Possible that one stick of RAM is bad?
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