Recent content by ParadigmSys

Yup, about 600 MB after a NTFS fomatting in XP with 2 320 HDD's. I use 2 250's in RAID 0 and it only shows 434 after format, not 500 as one would think. Side note, it will only show 300 if you run in RAID 1 (mirror) even though you still used 2 320;s in there. That is more for data safety than...

Hello, I've seen that too. Yes, leave AUTO in BIOS for the HDD. Try changing out the ide cable and use the end connector (master). Check your PSU connector, no voltage - no HDD in BIOS. While in BIOS and PC running, check to see if HDD is spinning/humming. Now it's the HDD jumper game: Try CS...

It does get frustrating with crashing and all... I own a 6600GT in a nForce2 board AGP version. It's my other gaming unit in my living room. It took me a bit to get that running strong, but now it's solid. Prey, Quake4, HL2, Fear, all run nice... I took the fan off the video card and reset it...

I use 1600 X 1200 for most games. I'm still old school with two 21" CRT's. Love the rich colors it creates. I use 2 of then for my station and only use one to play games on (SLi). Dual boot machine, one for play, single display, the other for work, two displays. I'll probably go LCD soon but...

Thanks, It most likely is a piece of malicious code running. But grabbing 100% CPU, now that's malicious!!! My friend has DSL and alway leaves it on. It's probably something nasty from the Web. I did scan using Ad-Aware with updates and it only found cookies. Then Trend Micro web scan, a small...

Thanks for the assistance, I will look closer into it. It's silly though that even in safe mode it's pegged at 100%! It's "System" not the "System Idle Process" I was probably a program installed and not removed correctly. Maybe bloaty Norton Internet security 2005?... I did, by the way...

Thanks for the reply and link, It's the 2nd from the bottom, just "System". Seems to be an XP OS problem. Darn... I do see what you mean with "system.exe" I wish it was a trojan that I could take out and help the system's stability. Anything in XP to stop it from freakin' out at 100%...

I'm working on a friend's PC yesterday that is running at 100% CPU usage when it boots to the desktop. I suggested to come in Safe mode, still 100%, what the...? I unchecked everything in the startup using "msconfig" and can you believe it's still doing 100%? Upon looking at the Task...

I'm working on a friend's PC yesterday that is running at 100% CPU usage when it boots to the desktop. I suggested to come in Safe mode, still 100%, what the...? I unchecked everything in the startup using "msconfig" and can you believe it's still doing 100%? Upon looking at the Task...

Like stated earlier, download latest video drivers from nvidia website. Suggestion: Fully remove old drivers! Use Add/Remove programs in control panel. Search for nvidia in list. Click change/remove. Then "remove only the following" > "nvidia display driver" reboot. This really sets you up...

Yup, that's correct. You can operate a dual opteron and video board with only "half" of it there. I am currently using a dual Opteron dual video sli board now. It's MSI nVidia nForce4 Pro K8N Master2-FAR board. It will run with only one of each... not too hard. I ran mine with one PCI Express...

Glad to hear it is now fixed with a new PSU. I can relate. I too had that problem on a build and it was the freakin' weak PSU! It turned out the mainboard components required at least 12V / 16 amp feed. Add in some hungry highend video card and full throttle CPU and forget about it ... just...

To check CPU Temp: You might want to install a free ultility to check temp among other things. PC Wizard 1.66: Posts info on FSB, CPU, Temps, RAM, etc. Get a free copy here: http://www.cpuid.org/download/pcw2006_v1661.exe I use it to check my system as well. Thought this would help. Del ;-)

Please describe your harware to be more helpful. I have seen that on one of my build as well. Here's what I did. (...and recommend for you.) Double check all your connections to the mainboard. RAM seated correctly? Video card nice and snug and plugged in? Check PS connections ATX and 12V+...

I ran it again and only got 9143 in 3D Mark 2005! Link here: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1704268 Over 12000 with 7800GT's! Wow. How? Do you mean 3D Mark 2003 score? Post your test results, I'd like to check that out! Have a good weekend. D ;-)