Recent content by dokk2

Somewhat warm yes,, but HOT,, never, remember "you get what you pay for" , or not as the case may be, AND if your PSU does go south it could/might do serious damage to your system, myself I use OCZ PSU"s and am content , never any trouble..:)

You have checked that your vid card is firmly locked onto your mobo ?? Too bad you do not have another mobo/system to try it on,, 'cause it soundz like there may be a problem with your card ,, if the card is still under warranty ,, then use it,R.M.A., it whatever,there is a program called...

Always remove the cooler when it is warm,Arctic Silver is probably your best bet, it is the only one even worth consideration IMHO...:)

Q4 of 2012, WTF ??? it's only FEB of 2012 where I live ,I know that I am old but, I did not think that I had missed the whole year, guess xmas can't be far away ???.....:)

Consider,, download to your local hdd, then copy/transfer to selected usb,your system may be slowing down because the usb is nowhere as fast as your primary hdd..:)

I think that what you need is an old pci video card so you can check the bios and look see what video [on board or discreet] it thinks that you are connected to, I just had a similar problem with a Gigabyte mobo, no video to discreet card because the beast was outputting to the on board,,and if...

I may be wrong ,, but you might be able to update the bios with the existing chip, just that the board will not see it properly until you do, check with the mobo's site just to be sure, also you might get a local brick and mortar store to do the bios for a small fee.. It used to be that without...

I would suggest that what you need to do is to breadboard your mobo or not,, OR,, try to boot from another source, like say, a floppy or a cd/dvd based os, I don't know about the ram situation as I am using Crucial ram that is not "listed" for my Gigabyte mobo, but if possible ,,it would not...

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-November-2011/1430 Read the review and then get which ever one your local ?? ,, supplier[s] cary,simple...Arctic Silver 5 is still one of the best and most reliable, go with what you know...:)

Could have been 'cause your video driver is one generation out of date,,[8558, is current] could be 'cause it Skyrim was originally wrote for consoles and ported to the PC as an afterthought,,take your pick, who cares ,your happy and that is all that counts...:)

It is neither good or bad, it is simply what the beast is built to do,the native rez is what it should be at,, which is usually as high as it will go...:)