Recent content by K_Furbs

It's brutally hot in the bay area this week and I'm having issues with my CPU idling/web browsing/watching VLC (pretty low power stuff) at 60+ °C. I have my CPU fan set in BIOS to smart cool to 50 °C so the fan should be running at 100% when I hit mid 60s but it's still running at 80% even when...

Well I reformatted and everything seems to be working fine. Doesn't feel like a real solution to me but it's working for now. Hope it doesn't come back

Two important updates: 1. memtest was clear 2. Removing the video card and running on onboard graphics didn't fix the problem This leads me to believe the problem doesn't lie with my memory, video card, or power supply. Doesn't leave much...

I'm not sure about it being a power issue. According to this page I should definitely be pulling less than 350W: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5625/amd-radeon-hd-7870-ghz-edition-radeon-hd-7850-review-rounding-out-southern-islands/18 Plus how would this explain the system working fine for a...

I'm having a problem with my computer freezing shortly after logging into Windows 7. This is a new computer I just built and a fresh install of Win 7 64 bit. immediately after logging into my account, be it on the login page or right after getting to the desktop, everything freezes, the screen...