Recent content by rafa79

Found the answer, all I had to do was access my video adaptor's software and set the Scaling to Full Screen.

This occurs especially during games, my native resolution is 1366x768 but whenever I choose a lower resolution than that in games, the size of the game on the screen becomes smaller than my laptop's display/screen. Why does this happen? Is it a laptop issue only? My older laptop had the same...

Hi there, I've ben trying to make a bootable usb flash device with win 7 ISOs to no avail for the last month. THe reason is I don't have a burning capable device. The farthest I`ve got so far is to a blank error message onto which I click only to reboot the laptop. The tools I've been using...

Hi, I have a Biostar G31M motherboard and an Intel E5700 and for some reason I can't overclock it. I simply can't change the "CPU Frequency Setting" option which seems to be the one I should change in order to overclock my CPU. It is defaulted at 200 and it can't be changed for some reason. The...

Right, new info for those in need: I've just lowered my Vcore to 1.3000v and so far it's not only stable but also the temperature in idle dropped 2ºC down to 40ºC. The full load temp now is about 57ºC and the computer is as fast as never before. I've left the clock at 3.4Ghz for now as I've been...

Ok, I'm at 3.4Ghz right now and stable. I haven't had the patience yet to run Prime95 or AIDA or something for hours on end but I always use Mafia II as a benchmark and test stability. And on this test my new overclocked pc has passed. Basically what I've done was turn the vcore down to a...

Alright, not ok! :-( I've downloaded AIDA64 and it seems that the max multiplier I can use is 20(x160). So I guess there's no point trying to go over it, or is there?

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Ok, updating my BIOS seems to have solved the problem. I have just overclocked my cpu up to 3.4Ghz and the systems is stable so far. I'll run a few tests and go through the 'time test'.

I have a Gigabyte Ga31-G31M-ES2L and have never updated a BIOS in my life. I'd like to know what's the easiest way of updating my BIOS and if that's really necessary or if it's going to improve my system in any way. I've seen on the Gigabyte site that there is a newer(by about 7 months) BIOS...