Recent content by aCowbell

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    C: drive is failing in laptop - how to boot from a cloned internal HDD?

    Thanks for reading. My wife's Asus G750's C: (Windows) drive is currently failing (audible clicking noise and SMART diagnostic showing it is in BAD shape) but still works. I have another internal HDD - currently the H-Drive - onto which I have cloned the C: using Macrium Reflect. My plan...
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    Another i7 920 heat question

    I think I have actually solved this question myself by looking at 2 other threads. Will attempt to lower voltage and see if that helps. Thanks for reading and for your interest, if you have a better suggestion I will leave the thread open
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    Another i7 920 heat question

    I have seen so many threads about this on Tom's Hardware but every one seems to give a different answer. I know the i7 920 is a pretty hot CPU to begin with, but after overclocking it to 3.33gHz (all I was willing to try with the 1333 RAM) it idles around 42-44 Celsius I wanted to be sure it...