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Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?) On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:50:22 +0000, Gazman wrote: > No problems for a while then suddenly refuse to boot. It > doesn't recognised IDE Master 0 so I swopped with IDE Master 1 > which booted fine. The Disk (Master 0)...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?) Hi I have a problem with my computer I was installing sonicstage 3.1 software. I use a firewall and the software kept trying to reach various site that the firewall blocked. At some stage during the install everything...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.dns (More info?) if we do not setup DNS client to append the domain names, then nslookup will not do so. But is there a way by which hostnames (not fully-qualified) will be queryed to the DNS server by ping/IE etc ? -- usr...

thanks again i thought i had fried the cpu or something i went and bought some arctic silver compound and it worked liek a charm .. first time ive seen this machine boot up since i bought it 3 months ago!!! thanks again .. how teh hell did that happen

ok ive learned a lesson .. yes you DO need thermal paste inless you can perfectly position the heatsink onto the cpu without getting any spec of dust or anything of that nature in between .. if you do it will cause the boot to fail no matter. i read it in toms hardware how to part 2 guide ;)...

I just have a quick question .. if i fail to apply thermal paste and start up a new cpu thats never been booted beforer and realize that i didnt apply thermal paste, would that make the cpu unusable or hurt the mobo in any way? or does it just mean it failed to boot? .. how teh hell did that happen

Ok heres goes .. i have this MOBO: http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/Motherboards/soltek_sl75mrnl.shtml and after i had recieved a few parts and assembled this computer i ran into a weird problem, it wasnt sending any signal to the monitor. So i took it all apart and only used teh cpu : Athlon...