Recent content by Soprano187

Seems I have solved this! If you have similar, preferably identical symptoms as I have described above, then read this post, including the comments to it: http://www.qliktips.com/2012/11/fix-windows-8-boot-issue.html There you shall find the answer.. It involves naming a partition then using the...

Please help me wonderful Tom's Community! I built my PC last year and it has been working great for the past six months. This was my first build so I was really proud of how few problems I have had...until now. After a nice little session of Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl I turned the system off...

@JED 70 - That software is for stereo phones and isn't for 7.1 headsets. I tried it anyway, it makes no difference. @Chugot - the drivers in the tiamat are satellite, used in conjunction with the sub, so they shouldn't be ticked as far as I can tell. Even if they are, it still sounds bad. I have...

Hello guys I read many reviews about the Razer Tiamat 7.1 headset before getting a pair myself. What I found was that there are many people - individuals specifically - that seem to think the surround sound aspect of this product is just a gimmick, and that the sound quality isn't that great...

Ok I'm on it, but I don't find chipset drivers on Asus's website..?

Asus m5a97 2.0 mobo, I haven't installed any chipset drivers no. I have enabled min, the cores all show 1405 min but isn't the value column what they are actually running at? Those all flicker around 3.0-3.5ghz.

This is after nearly half hour now: What I am concerned about is: 1. Which temp am I primarily concerned with? 2. Although my speed shows a max of 4.1ghz (the turbo speed), how come I never see it actually reach above 3.5-3.6 even under 100% load? 3. How do I know the speeds in Open...

Ok dude, I ditched Core Temp, here's my pic, obviously I've only just started running Prime 95 again. Does everything look ok? First time I've ever uploaded an image, just took me ages working it out, hope it works:

Thanks for the response. Only problem is, why are my temps so low then if Core Temp is right? I'm an hour into Prime 95 and without the adjust my temp is 26C..? And why is my speed not exceeding 3ghz? Thanks if anyone can help

Hello friendly helpers and thanks for opening my question! :) I am a first-time builder at the point of stress testing my system. I have three questions actually: 1. In Core Temp my idle temp was 10C; now I live in cold England but still figured that must be wrong, so after doing some reading...

ok thanks for helping me!

I don't see a D.O.C.P. setting so I went with Auto. I have since noticed this behaviour however: When I select high performance under System in EZ Mode, the Ram speed seems to change. It was something like 14xxmhz last time I looked. This is what I did when I first set up. When I restore...

Thanks for your answer, yes I made sure to install in the high performance slots so that's fine, I'll try to reload the settings first then edit this post, thanks man. Edit: Restoring defaults has set it back to 1333, thanks! I missed that little option in the corner there, sorry. So master...

Hello all, I've got myself in a bit of a pickle and wondered if someone could help me out? :??: I have just built my first ever PC. Felt good tuning it on. However I immediately noticed that on the boot screen it showed "DDR3 1333mhz". Thing is, I put 2x4gb Corsair XMS 1600mhz in there. So I...