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Thanks for your reply. I did try upping the voltage but it didn't work according to taks manager. I'm working on the hteory that even if task manager says 1600 but CPU-Z says probably 1866, that CPU-Z is correct. Steve

Hi, Taskmanager says it's running at 1600MHZ but CPU-Z might be indicating 1866. Steve

Hi, It's as per the image. So I suppose theoretically it 2x that 937.5. But not according to task manager. steve

Processor Processor: AMD FX-6300 3500 MHz CPU Clock: 3515.4 MHz (17.5 x 200.9 MHz) Level 1 Cache: 6 x 16 kB + 6 x 64 kB (data+instr.) Level 2 Cache: 6 x 2 MB Level 3 Cache...

Hi My ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 is an AM3+ motherboard that is obviously very old. I have 4 x 4GB identical ram sticks that can run at 1866Mhz but despite the fact that there is a setting in the BIOS to choose that speed, having set it to 1866 the meory runs at 1600Mhz according to task manager. CPU-Z...

HI, Thanks for your reply. The motherboard is AMD supporting FX chips etc and so old it does have an onboard graphics capability. It won't work with the AMD apus like the A10. It clicked out of place. I've now successfully re-seated it so am much relieved. However maybe unataching it and...

Hi I have an old AM3+ motherboard (M5A7BL-M/USB3). The heatsink on the IGPU chip ( I think that's what it is) has come loose. Is there a feasible way to take it off and perhaps replace any thermal paste or pad? There are two spring loaded screws holding it down. One is loose and does not appear...

Hi Thanks for the suggestion. However on looking through the BIOS and the manual of this old motherboard I can't find anything that specifically refers to a restart power failure. It's a GeForce6100PM-M2 motherboard combined with a sempron CPU, running windows xp. So it's very old...

Hi, The PC will power up as soon as I plug in the power socket but before I press the power switch on the PC. It doesn't always happen. Usually it happens after the PC has been on for a while then switched off but then the plug put back in the wall a little while later. If I leave the PC...

Hi Thanks for your reply. I'm late responding as I was waiting for the arrival of a power supply. It does work booting up just fine. However, what do with it seems limited as it's very much a network thing with little software available on it. The win XP installed is very cut down I was...

Hi, Does anyne know the specifications or have any information at all about the above terminal? I bought it for £1 at a local market out of curiosity. I'd like to get it running but don't know anything about its specifications. I'm not having much luck on the internet. So, if you know...

Hi, The CPU is off ebay and if it doesn't work, full stop, I think I'm covered by the ebay money back guarantee, atleast in principal. The power supply is a cheap one from CCL computers but the A10 9700 and ryzen 3 1200 are both 65W processors , so in theory atleast it probably should be...

Hi, I have an Asus Prime a320m-k motherboard which was running fine with an A10 9700 CPU and GTX 750 ti. It has 8Gb of corsair memory. I now have a Ryzen 3 1200 plugged into the motherboard but the system won't boot. All there is is a slowly flashing orange light at the base of the PCIe...

Hi. I have an old FX AM3+ system that has stopped booting. When it's plugged in and the power button is pressed nothing happens. The power supply does not start the fans don't turn on in the case or on the GPU. Is it perhaps the power supply that has failed? Or could it be something else...

Hi Thanks for the advice. I'm hoping to not spend any more money so I'll just give it a go and see what happens. I haven't spent much but if I do need a better cooler I'll be looking on ebay or a local sales site and see what turns up, hopefully a noctua one. Steve