Recent content by danielfoley

Hi everyone, I've just built a new system, M5A78L-M ASUS motherboard, AMD FX4100 Quad Core CPU, 12GB DDR3 1333Mhz Ram, 60gb OCZ Vertex Agility 3, Nvidia Geforce GT640 2GB DDR3 Graphics, Enermax 580w PSU OK, so built it all, had a few teething issues with the overclocking software that came...

Hi everyone! Right so my old machine has finally died due to the crappy components I was sold at a local PC shop, and I've decided to never go back. In fact most PC shops where I live are full of con artists selling crap equipment that always has problems, So, I've decided on a new build, but...

I have temporarily solved the problem, although it works now and again it still plays up. Sadly this is because of a damaged GPU and it will always do this for the rest of the laptops life. What happens is that the GPU itself begins malfunctioning and the overheating actually damages the chip...

No, I made sure all surfaces met as I know the smallest gap can cause a complete failiure in heat dissipation. Should a GPU run in the high 80's or am I asking for trouble? I dont see why I should have to run it in power saving mode to stop it from turning itself off?

Agreed, the stickers at the bottom of the laptop have darkened from heat exposure, I have just turned it off for an hour, booted it up, the CPU (0) AND (1) cores both tick over at about 47c when Idling, but then again I have changed the laptops performance settings to Power Saving so the...

Hi Everyone, I recently brought a HP Pavillion DV2500 of a friend for a really good price because of a hardware fault, the problem was with the screen, when powered on there would be multiple images of what should fill 1 screen, instead there were 6 mirror images of the boot, and xp screens...

I understand but i wanted the crossfire to enhance my gaming through 2 monitors, apparently the crossfire will use 2 cards and output it through the master PCI IE Card. i have 2 dvi to vga adapters, but even with just one card installed i get no signal after the xp logo? Im sure my mobo is...

what about the pci graphics card, or should i remove all but one? Also, what PCI IE cards can I run in Dual Crossfire>? I would of thought itd be the 2x ATI Radeon graphics card, one is an X600 and one is an X1300? Or am I better of with the Geforce 9400gt?

Hi Im having continuous problems with my homebuilt PC, which is now going in the BIN where it belongs. I have wasted more then 100 hours unplugging things, moving things, rewiring and so forth, my conclusion is that the MSI RD480 Neo2 crossfire board is one of the worst motherboards on the...

Hi everyone I have had too many problems to list with my current PC, I want to build a new pc or buy one from eBay, I need some feedback and input on what I should get for my requirements. My budget is 600 pounds, if I can sell my current pc, Ill have 850 - 900 pounds for a PC, These are my...

Thanks for your reply! Ill try another PSU, if that doesnt work, ill start from scratch, might go for the AMD Phenom Tri Core :d

Hey everyone, This is my 3rd thread on this, I have had nightmares with my PC and now I have finally decided to send it to the grave where it can rest in the BIN! I had initial hardware problems with faulty graphics adapters etc. If I can sort this out before tommorow i might keep it...

The fact that the Memory when inserted prevented any beep is a good sign, I would check that your motherboard's AUX power lead is plugged in, you will generally find this to the left of your cpu, it will typically be a small square shaped block with 4 pins, this will run your CPU, without it you...

thanks guys for all your help, I have solved most of the problems, the graphics card will not work in any configuration, so i replaced it with my old ATI Radeon X600 and it now works, although Im stuck with the PNY GeForce graphics card which is brand new, i want to use it but cant!

Great ill give that a shot! thanks, if i can sort the GFX too that will be sweet!