The only problem is i know the rhythm of my PC. When it starts up i know all the sounds from boot up to when it arrives to my welcome screen and all seems well. Of course i can't see shit.

[img]http://www.biostar-usa.com/products/socket939/NF4UL-A9/NF4UL-A9_lg.jpg[/img]

Also the golden fan in the center isn't running, i don't have my manual on me so im not exactly sure what it is cooling.

That gold fan is your chipset fan. Not a good idea to try run w/ out that working properly. You could fry your mobo.

best agp cards available???

i think its time for me to upgrade...well, i know it is. what are some of the best agp cards out there that will run the latest games? i currently have a geforce 5500 fx which sux and 1.5 gb of ram and it runs cod 2 like shit. Im thinking of getting company of heroes and cod 3 when it is released and i want this rig to hold up its pants while running. any suggs?

Theres an agp version of the ati x1950 pro available soon

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.h ... VzaWFzdA==

[img]http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/cats/computerchips.jpg[/img]

rofl.




asked this before but forgot.


what type of cooling paste do i need to put on my bits and pieces of the gfx card for my artic cooling thing as i lost the type it came with?

use this stuff [img]http://www.acohardware.com/uploaded/images/ACOsite/Brands/Paint/Gorilla%20Glue/Handwithglue.jpg[/img]

LOL! happy:

Any of you guys have IBM Thinkpad T60s?

I've randomly been getting the blue screen of death telling me about a hardware malfunction.

Any suggestions? If I bring it to the computer help desk, I won't be getting it back for a long time....

The previos Gerv response got me wondering if I was running off only single core. How do I know for sure. I have a intel core2 duo with an Asus P5W DH Deluxe mobo.

IN my hardware device manager it shows core 2 2.4 twice but my task manager doesn't show cpu0 nd cpu1 like Gerv's. I got paranoid and the asus website said that a few of these mobo's shipped were out without bios updated for core2 processors. How can I determine for sure if am I using both cores? Mine was just purchased 1 month ago and the asus website said that the most recent should be ok.

Problem #2 When I first built this machine, it booted really fast. Now it takes roughly 3-4 minutes before it begins starting up windows. I thought it was McAffe. I unistalled it to no avail. my startup menu seems not too cluttered. The only heavy hitter on startup is steam. Could it be bios or windows? I have all the latest drivers and utilities. As said earlier, it's only a month old.

Have a feeling my video card is about to take a shit. Have the GeForce 6600GT and when i turned on my computer, i got a messed up looking screen that went black. Wasn't able to reboot the normal way (had to unplug the comp) and it booted fine. Then, put comp on "Standby" as i went to the store to pick something up. Upon my return as i went to "wake" the comp, the screen remained black and i got the "No signal" message on the monitor. Had to reboot using the unplugging method and have a normal screen now.

Whats the dealio?

Card could be on its way out or it was just a glitch that happened.

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1 MB ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium/WiFi-AP R - Retail


1 VGA PNY VCG88GTSXPB 8800GTS 640MB R - Retail


1 PSU PCPWRCL|Silencer 610 EPS12V - Retail


1 CPU INTEL|C2D E6600 2.4G 775 4M R - Retail


2 MEM 1G|CORSAIR DII800 CM2X1024-6400 - Retail


1 HD 320G|ST 7K 16M ATA100 ST3320620A - OEM


2 DVD_BURN HP|dvd840i LS RAM BK R - Retail


1 CPU THERMPASTE|ARCTIC SILVER5 3.5G% - OEM


1 CPU FAN ZALMAN|CNPS9500 AT RTL - Retail


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should see this on wednesday....

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Nice rock: