Recent content by TechBloke

Hi all. Friends system is i5 4590, gtx 970 (recent drivers), ssd and 16gb ram, latest win 10 with all updates applied. Works great without issues. One game which refuses to start is gta v. Just the standard version...no mods. Anything I can check to determine why? Does it have a log file which...

Confirmed it's exhaust.

Hi all. I have a HP Elitedesk 800 G1 tower pc and the PSU fan was covered in dust. Removed and cleaned fine. Put back in all good. Except I have it in the intake direction and cannot recall if this should be exhaust! Please confirm the correct orientation...many thanks!

Hi all finally got a cpu that runs at full speed. Thanks again for all your advice!

Thanks guys for the prompt replies! Hope to benchmark the pc soon with a cpu upgrade which works. After looking at the cpu z info regarding motherboard intel chipset, the current cpu is not on the compatible list. I've ordered a cpu which is.

Hi all. I've a retro pc used for Windows xp gaming and it originally came with a Celeron D. I applied a few upgrades including a Pentium 4 2.8Ghz. All fine. I then obtained a Pentium 3.0Ghz thinking the included hyperthreading would be a decent bump in performance. I ran a couple of benchmarks...

Great thanks for the quick reply!

Hi all. I've purchased an evga 1070 sc and was wondering how many cards were actually affected by the vrm heat issue reported back in 2016? As this card is 6 years old I am assuming it's nothing to worry about now. Thanks.

Hi. I have a 3020 mt and upgraded from i3 4130 to i5 4590. A restart would cause the system to hang otherwise it worked fine. Updating the bios from a02 to a03 fixed this (I had to put the 4130 back in temporarily to do this). Might be the same with your cpu (i.e. not supported in bios until later).

Hi guys. I have a MSI AM1I motherboard which refuses to save the bios settings. I've flashed to latest version (problem occurring before this), battery power is good (new), HW monitor 'VBAT' and battery motherboard pins(they stick out otherside of battery socket) show battery power is good. I've...

Hi all. I have a windows xp retro build for my old games. cpu is Amd Athlon 64 3500+ single core cpu. I've a dual core 64 x2 3800+ and was wondering if playing my older games such as Crysis, Far Cry 2, Stalker and Fear will have an improved fps with the dual core? The clock speed of the single...

Hey all just an update. I am thinking maybe the mobo is just too old to work with sata. Tried a couple of drives without success. I've bought a 40gb ide drive to act as slave drive storage. Thanks again for the advice.

Hey guys, thanks for the replies. I have another ide cable connection which connects the dvd rom drive and dvd writer drive (strange to have both). Will try it and get back to you.

Hi all. I have a pc from 2003 with an 80gb drive as the master boot. I've added a cheap sata drive I had lying around as storage using a sata to ide adaptor into the spare 'slave' connector. Plan was to use this as a retro xp gaming build with a cheap gpu. On boot, only the sata is found in...

Ok keith12, thanks for the prompt answer! Will report back if I can find a solution. I was suprised the game even loaded and ran to be honest!