Recent content by King_Ging

okay, here is my current set up: Case: Thermaltake VB6000BWS Swing MOBO: MSI K9N Platinum CPU: AMD X2 +3800 AM2 @ 2.10 GHz (just above stock) GPU: ATI Radeon X800XL RAM: Corsair XMS 2 TWIN2X1024-5400C4 Matched Pairs(2x512MB) Xtreme Memory DDR2 667Mhz PC5400 240-pin Unbuffered HDD: 1 Seagate...

Okay, heres a couple changes based on his preferences. He likes a micro ATX case: Case: Antec NSK2400 NEW SOLUTION SERIES CSX mATX $104.99 Mobo: Asus P5B-VM DO Socket 775 Intel Q965 + ICH8 $164.99 He'll probably use the integrated video to start, and throw in a video card later. Also, I...

Thanks. Yeah, I was surprised when I saw how much dominance the X2's and FX's had in those particular categories. Still, I think all around the E6600 is the better choice. Any critiques on the PSU or GPU? I have that exact Enermax and I like it, so thats why I chose it. The video card is just a...

I'm building a computer for a friend who's looking for large number crunching capabilities, good multitasking and probably some mild gaming. His budget is around $1200 CDN, but it could be bumped to $1500 or so. Here's something I quickly spec'd: CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 $381.89 Mobo: MSI P965...

Nevermind..i can just copy the application data from documents and settings. Looks like im doing a clean install. This has become a real hassle. Oh well, i guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Thanks for the help.

I tried doing a repair install..however, it hangs when estimated time left is 34 minutes every time, and so now that installation is toast (maybe?). I'm typing this on a fresh install on a seperate partition. Now my problem is losing all my semi-important data (emails, bookmarks, etc) from...

Okay, I tried uninstalling all my ATI drivers, etc. When i restarted, it booted up fine (of course the screen was at a low resolution since I had no video drivers installed). When I reinstalled the ATI display drivers (v. 7.1), the reboot problem happened again. Catalyst Control Centre is NOT...

First of all, thanks for the quick replies. I tried the hanging out in BIOS for half an hour thing, but the problem persisted. I never have trouble with random restarts, besides in Far Cry (although I do have it running at near max settings, so I guess that is a heavy load for an x800xl). I...

I don't think its a strictly COLD boot issue, since sometimes recently I've been playing Far Cry, and just as a level finishes loading, the computer reboots, and the problem mentioned above repeats itself. Also, if I reboot the computer, ie after installing new drivers/software, the same thing...

I've built this rig in September, and everything was working fine for a while: Case: Thermaltake VB6000BWS Swing MOBO: MSI K9N Platinum CPU: AMD X2 +3800 AM2 @ 2.10 GHz (just above stock) GPU: ATI Radeon X800XL, running Catalyst 7.1 drivers RAM: Corsair XMS 2 TWIN2X1024-5400C4 Matched...

Anyone notice that the average data transfer rate was a mere 3 Mb/s? Essentially thats 0.375 MB/s . If this disc can hold up to 100 TB of data, a TB being 1 000 000 MB, it would take 266 666 667 seconds to fill this disc. That's 266 666 667 seconds / 86 400 seconds/day = 3086 days! So this...