Recent content by Sarscarix041

Hi all. [Sorry; I have done a bit of searching, but it seems to be a waste of time.] The machine in question is not booted at the moment, as one of the HDDs is clicking [I am assuming it is that]… so I am going from memory here. I have a Gigabyte Z68XP running Windows 7. I have (from...

I hate to disagree with the above heavy-weights but… the case specs have a minimum figure for “HDD cage in backmost position” and a maximum figure for “w/o [without] front radiator and HDD cage”. The latter [325mm] is huge. The former [140mm] is smaller than the power supply in question, and...

In case it is relevant… The thermal conductivity of thermal paste is an order of magnitude lower than that of copper and of aluminium. [Offhand, about 1 [units] for thermal paste, and about 200 [units] for the metals.] Thus, at any measurable thickness, it is an insulator. It is thus that...

In parentheses… Some trivia for you: [I believe that] if you double the amount of RAM, the timing numbers (roughly) double, which means it is half as fast. The corollary is that you can have twice the speed if you settle for half the RAM. As per karadjgne’s comment, all those billions of...

Since you said that you are inexperienced, I thought I would throw in my 2 cents worth. {The amount of air being pushed into the case} and {the amount being pushed out} should be roughly equal. (Otherwise, something will be working hard to push extra air in or out through… any gaps it can...

Thank you everyone for your help. [I tried quoting and nothing happened.] @ Joakin Agren: I am having problems with various HDDs that are not so old (as opposed to my other machine that is still going strong after over 10 years)… which has resulted in me rearranging the content of the...

In the absence of anyone else replying... It appears that you have, on your screen, screen-type information ["EStroc" with icon, and "200" with partial hexagon]... but mixed with mostly gibberish... but mostly black, not random hex code. I would infer from this that you have ended up with...

I am in Australia; the 590 III is AUD$90-$100. It is AUD$100 for the Corsair Carbide 100R (150mm), or AUD$150 for the [drool] be quiet! Dark Base 600 (5 HDD spaces, but only 3 cages (!!!)), or AUD$160 for the Cooler Master Silencio S600 (I can accept 1x5.25", but I am drawing the line at...

This probably doesn't help, but... if you can borrow an electric drill with hammer function -- it is like magic. I have no idea whether or not that would be hard on the motherboard. You might be able to simulate the same effect [banging down while turning slightly] with energy and patience...

I am fed up with trying to find a case that meets my criteria. [2x5.25", 4x3.5", window, for the curious. (...And no vertical HDD mounting. ...And I don't want to pay $250 when $100 will do the same job.)] I have already bought a CPU cooler -- ThermalTake ToughAir 310. It is 159.5mm high...

I bought a thing with 4 USB 3 ports, that is mounted in one of the PCI card slot openings at the back of the case. It is just the four USB ports mounted on a piece of shaped metal… plus with four cables coming out of it; at the other end are 2 plugs for the USB header socket on the motherboard...

Your phone is a computer, with access to the internet. You need anti-virus software on your phone these days. (Some AV-SW brands have a free extra copy for your phone.)

If everything was fine, and now it won't boot, I would (using another machine, of course) try to fix the drive, starting at the bottom -- check partitioning, check boot sector, etc. . (Of course, Windows assumes that you want to boot from the machine you are on, so you might need to work around...

I think "Init Display First" is about which graphics card (incl. onboard) is your primary screen when booting. I do not know if that would cause problems for the wifi card, but I would suggest you change it regardless. (That might fix your problem.) Be careful with this; it is annoying to...

I wanted to thank you, Lutfij, for your quick response. My friend ended up having the board checked by ASUS, and it was faulty. [My apologies for myself taking so long to post this; initially I was waiting to find out the outcome, and it ended up in the get-around-to-it category.] I did end...