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I also can't change the core voltage at all, whether that's related?

Using Afterburner now, same heat results. It was at 70C idle, I set the fan to 100% output and the temperature is slowly going down. It's hovering just under 60C now, so perhaps the fan is done for? Barely 12C difference with the fan at full blast is awful.

I gave Nvidia's own monitoring program and Speedfan a go, they both reported the same temperatures. The thing is, I can hear the fan whirring away so I don't know if it's a case of it not spinning fast enough. It's a BFG card, will the MSI program work with it?

I'm still getting ridiculous temperatures, so either I applied the grease wrong or the sensors aren't reporting right. Is using already opened thermal grease a problem? I.e. I'd used some beforea few weeks ago and reapplied the lid tightly.

Oddly there were only 4 screws and it wasn't at all difficult to get the heatsink off -- thermal paste was like concrete though, whoever had done it had sloshed it on like they were laying a road. It wasn't screwed on particularly tightly either, I think it might have been a bit of a rubbish job...

I did a quick search for any advice on this but came up empty, sorry if this has been answered before. I've had this PC for going on 5 years, recently changed the thermal paste on the processor which now runs cooler than it ever did. Feeling brave from my successes I've got my eye on my...

Simple advice, thanks a lot. Any idea on how to pry the heatsink off the motherboard? It's stuck on there like a leech on a fat man's inner thighs.

Hello there. My missus' I7 has been overheating lately, and a quick inspection found the heatsink loose on top of the chip. Fastening it down properly didn't seem to help at all. I bought some new thermal grease to see if that along with a properly-fitted heatsink would solve the problem. I'll...

Righto, thanks sexy! P.S. Tie Fighter was brilliant.

I'm currently using a rather aged system: Asus P5W DH Deluxe Core2Duo E6600 2 gigs RAM Nvidia 7950GT and, as the thread suggests, was wondering what would be the 'best' the board can handle. As it's the original PCI-E and not the newer revision, something like an Nvidia 480GTX would probably...

Perhaps I wasn't clear, I meant how do I set or view it in the actual router. There's no obvious option...or any option at all to change the workgroup name within the CG3000 menus.

As the title suggests, how do I set (or view) the Netgear CG3000 workgroup name?

Well, I went nosing around and found that the Radeon HD4890 might be a sexier bet than the GTX 260. Oh decisions!

I'm using XP at the moment, this is just a quick upgrade to tide my system over till I get a brand new rig and go with Windows 7. As long as it's all compatible with my motherboard, (I assume so?) then we're good to go.

Ahoy there, my PC's a couple of years old now, and the 7950 GT wasn't exactly 'teh pownage' when it first came out. I want to swap it with an Nvidia GTX 260, though I'm not sure if this new-fangled technology will work properly with my slightly haggard system. Specs below: Intel C2D E6600...