Recent content by Mr Techguy

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    radeon x1650 resource issue, need some major help pls!

    I ould manually set the IRQ'a for your two devices. Or you may have IRQ steering turned of in the BIOS. IRQ steering, if you can even access some sort of option for it, is very important in modern systems.
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    Good God......sooo many choices, so little knowledge...

    Remember, you get what you pay for. Having your fast cheapy mobo may save some bucks now, but when the problems start, you will be spending more money replacing burned out parts. Some of the advantages for a quality board: All solid capacitor design True x16 PCIe Better quality...
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    Medieval 2 Total War hiccups, why?

    I had problems with my game too. Seems that having my PCIe slots over clocked to 125mhz was the problem. I backed them down to 100MHZ and now the game never crashes.
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    Thinking of Overclocking? Read this!

    Many problems have been created by novice overclockers. I hope this little tid bit of advice can help. Most of the problems stem from a mild overclock causing system instability to a lack of good POST. Now why would a mild overclock cause problems with the same chip that has been oveclocked...
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    E6600 D975XBX2 overclocking question

    When you overclock FSB, you also overclock the memory. Make sure your Mem can handle the added stress.
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    E6750 Overclocking issue - P5B Deluxe

    When you overclock the front side bus you are effectivley overclocking everything that runs on that bus, including AGP, PCI, PCIe, USB, you name it. Modern motherboards may be able to combat this by seperating north bridge and south bridge bus. You are also overclocking the memory as well...
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    e6750 or e6600?why alot go for e6600?

    Just get the E6750, leave it alone and have fun with it. These chips are so overpowered that you will never utilize the chip too its full potential. Think of having a Dodge Viper, the power is there if you ever need it, but it would be stupid to make it even more powerful.