Recent content by chemicallymark

Thanks for the reply. I've been pondering that myself. I really don't feel like redoing my OS, it's only a couple of months old...but what I'll probably do is try a new raid setup and install the game and try and run it with only the graphics and sound drivers and then try one other item at a...

Hi there, I am very close to throwing this expensive and pretty new PC out the window! Here are my PC specs: Win XP Pro 32 (I also have Vista 64 Ultimate on dual boot) Intel E8400 @3.0Ghz 2x2GB OCZ P 2 x Sapphire 512MB Radeon 4870 in crossfire 2 x 500GB WD HDD in Raid 0 Creative X-Fi Extreme...

Well I tried a few things. 1. Adjusting Ai clock twister between light / moderate / strong 2. Adjusting the Boost level between 0-8 3. Extend ras activate 4. Changing FSB strap to 400 and... Not sure about all cases but my RAM did not like the light or moderate settings on any level. In fact...

Hi there, Read many forums about my issue but not really struck gold as yet :-( I previously had an ASUS striker Extreme II and got a super overclock. I got this board to 4Ghz (444 x 9) with the RAM running at 1857Mhz (8-8-8-22) stable on memtest / Prime95 and 3dmark06. But sadly it was a...

Kinda :) I need to buy one more HDD and then I can run the 1st two in RAID 0 and have the others as storage drives...

Nope I'm running in IDE. I've had enough now. :fou: Since I posted the last time I've had 2x sessions of XP corruption. On the last one my CMOS had a bad checksum error and then my onboard LAN would not work. i.e. couldn't connect to the inet. I tested the modem and cables on 2x other PCs...

Hi there, I have an Striker Extreme II. Here is what else I have: Win XP SP3 Pro / Vista x64 2x 2GB OCZ EB 1600Mhz DDR3 2x eVGA 8800 Ultra Superclocked In my opinion this board I have is absolutely rubbish. I have spent more than 50 hours trying to troubleshoot and get it working like it...

After 6 hours of messing with BIOS settings and trying various BIOS versions and having Win XP corrupted 2x, I have managed to overclock my E8400 to 3998Ghz on my ASUS Striker II Extreme :lol: I did this on air too :pt1cable: I am using an Thermalright IXF-14 with AS5. It only fits because...

Thanks for your thoughts. Much appreciated! I have a DDR2 spec machine on my list as well :-D

Haha, thanks for all the help. Now you've left me with the all consuming "what shall I do now"??? :-D I've made a list and read a bunch of stuff. Posted and read replies from Forum-ites such as yourself. I think I'll read my list one more time and just buy something. And then not read...

Thanks, I understand the FSB:RAM rations work, but only just :-D From what you are saying it seems DDR3 is a bit pointless? I know it would work with DDR2 but I'd like to get DDR3 RAM. I will be overclocking and will try to get above 3.6Mhz if I can. So I guess my question now is about the...