q8400

Forum discussion tagged with q8400.
  1. nativoffl

    Question Overclock q8400 can't get past 2.73 Ghz

    i think i tried everything, but it didnt work. can anyone help? i'm new to overclocking my specs are: GA-G41MT-S2PT (rev. 2.0) (F2) Core 2 Quad (currently running at slightly faster frequency (2.73 Ghz) 6GB Ram : 4gb + 2gb both running at 1066 mhz Radeon HD 6850 Sapphire
  2. JoDave

    [SOLVED] System keeps crashing again and again.

    I have Q8400 and GT610 with 6gb ddr3 ram. So, What my problem is that sometimes it turns on and works peacefully but sometimes shuts down randomly and the hdd doesn't read and makes some noise. But when i turn off the pc and give a pat on the hdd it works fine. This started happening again...
  3. A

    [SOLVED] Problems with changing CPU

    Hi, I have a Mercury PI945GCM motherboard. Its old but still working. I tried putting Newer Cpu as i am running too old. So i tried putting Intel Core 2 Quad q8400 in exchange of Pentium Dual Core E2160. After installing New CPU. I cant see anything on Monitor. No connection at all.. tried...
  4. G

    Build New PC Now, or Keep Waiting?

    Hey guys. I've been waiting to build a new gaming PC since July of last year. I sold my old AMD 7950 on eBay then, so I've basically had a giant paperweight on my desk for a year. I sold in hopes that AMD's Polaris would be the card I wanted; it turned out to be mid-range. So fast-forward...
  5. K

    Keyboard lag issue

    I never had this problem before, my keyboard started lagging since 3 weeks ago my keyboard usually lags when gaming and when not for example when i write a word or a letter sometimes it types and usually it dont and if i write a word few letters doesn't show for example if i try to write...
  6. P

    Microsoft.net and or HDAUDIO causing my monitors to shut down..?

    Hello, so yes i have my power options checked to never on both, tried making my own custom plan etc etc. I looked really deep in forums and found out you can find what causes your monitors to sleep despite what the power options are. And yes i have my screen saver unchecked and set to none...
  7. A

    another question around SLI

    Hi. im a owner of two graphic cards from ZOTAC : - GF GTX 970 AMP! Ex.Edition and ; - GF GTX 970 AMP! Ex. Core Edition. I try to set them in SLI but i have some problem or im doing something wrong. My FireStorm can see two cards , my Nvidia Control Panel also , but i cant enable SLI...
  8. S

    Complete this build (Upgrading from a 8 year old dell -.-)

    Need some help with the finishing touches to my first full build. Will be upgrading from a really old setup so the only thing i'm going to keep from the old pc is the hard drive. Idea behind this build is gaming with as much "future proofing" as i can get, would like it to be another 8 years...
  9. L

    Overclocking gpu help

    Hello , I have a msi r9 390 gpu , and I want to overclock it , I have a few questions , I use msi afterburner , I've seen jayztwocents video on overclocking and he always maxes out the voltage and power limit , as the voltage can only add 100mv , is this safe? I am aware that it will decrease...
  10. Netcode Bro

    ***Everything powers up in my case except my CPU fan and the PC won't boot!!!***

    I recently started experiencing this problem about a month ago. It first started with my PC randomly shutting off but this rarely happened. Now, whenever I shut off my PC instead of sleep, it doesn't want to boot up the next day. The fans, lights, and PC lights come on but the CPU fan doesn't...