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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://hothardware.com/cs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Tech Support</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/25.aspx</link><description>Got a question about your gear or next purchase? Is there a ghost in your machine? We'll try to help!</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>PS2(F) USB (M) adapter</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/163168.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2004 06:36:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:163168</guid><dc:creator>sreekar</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/163168.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=163168</wfw:commentRss><description>Hi,&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;   I have a question with the USB(M) to PS/2(F) adapter. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;   I have a laptop which does not have a PS/2 port and now I have bought a mouse GPS.  I went to Radio Shack and picked up a USB-PS/2 converter and to my surprise it was a active adapter. As soon as i pulged it into my laptop, Windows recognised it as a USB Human Interface Device. I paid $15 for this and i today found one for $5 at Frys. I bought it and this one seems to be a passive one. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;   Can anyone tell me what is the difference between the two and what is the circuitary used inside.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;  I have another question......&lt;img src="../i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"&gt;. This mouse GPS that i bought, has a software which works only with serial ports. The manufacturer sells a USB-PS/2 converter along with a USB-Serial Bridge driver s/w. Is it possible for me to mimic this somehow on my laptop with just a passive USB-PS/2 adapter. Any help will be appreciated.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Thanks in advane&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Sreekar &lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Bob needs help</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/341866.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:07:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:341866</guid><dc:creator>bob_on_the_cob</dc:creator><slash:comments>6</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/341866.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=341866</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Ok so I moved my computer and everytime it gets unplugged it starts up and shuts back down then reboots again telling me that the overclock was not stable and asking if I would like to load failsafe settings or boot as is. I always boot as is since it&amp;#39;s not overclocked right now and I it works fine. This time it did that then loads up windows. I start to type my password and shuts off. Now it won&amp;#39;t respond to the power button on the case or the motherboard and when I unplug it and plug it back in(or flip the psu switch) it cuts on for 3 seconds then off again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have reset cmos jumper, switched out memory one at a time(Even tried my old kingston sticks), reset CPU and northbridge coolers, and switched out graphics cards.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Logitech G7 Mouse help?</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/341947.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:32:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:341947</guid><dc:creator>UnlikelyAura</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/341947.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=341947</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hello all,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m having some issues with my cordless Logitech G7 mouse, actually. Weird, I know. lol.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Well, it&amp;#39;s becoming more and more laggy and spits around.&amp;nbsp; Instead of being a nice smooth mouse, like it&amp;#39;s suppose to be and used to be, it like to jump around.&amp;nbsp; Sometimes it&amp;#39;s hardly noticeable, and other times I will move the pointer, and it won&amp;#39;t respond til after a second or two, then it jumps to the spot where it&amp;#39;s supposed to be.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I thought maybe it was a driver issue, but I&amp;#39;ve uninstalled the driver in windows.&amp;nbsp; Then I thought maybe it was Logitech setpoint not working well with Windows 7.&amp;nbsp; Then I thought it was iTunes causing a problem, but it started doing it even if iTunes wasn&amp;#39;t open.&amp;nbsp; I swapped it out with a different wireless Logitech mouse, and I didn&amp;#39;t notice it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, I figure it&amp;#39;s gotta be the mouse.&amp;nbsp; But, before I go out and buy a new mouse, does anyone have any suggestions I should try to do?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Any help is greatly appreciated.&lt;br /&gt;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;UnlikelyAura&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Internet stops connecting after several hours...</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/289026.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:14:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:289026</guid><dc:creator>JackMayHoffer</dc:creator><slash:comments>7</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/289026.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=289026</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The problem I have is when on the internet after several hours my connection seems to stop.&amp;nbsp; I am using latest mozilla browser.&amp;nbsp; Windows XP updated to current. Cable modem. &amp;nbsp; Using Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCE Gigabit Ethernet Controller and updated. Virus checked with AVG free and Avira Free and found nothing. Checked with Spybot-Search and Destroy and found nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When the connection stops I get that grey web page with the notice box &amp;quot;cannot find (whatever site I try to look up).&amp;nbsp; Check with the person managing your network. Etc...Etc..&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp; Well that person is me and I&amp;#39;m not much help! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using ZoneAlarm free as firewall.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When i restart comp everything seems to work again but I seem to have the same problem hours later (like 6 or 7).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>New Build Slow installing and booting windows. Whats up? help</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/341108.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:21:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:341108</guid><dc:creator>revolt3k</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/341108.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=341108</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi, &lt;br /&gt;Upgraded recent to a new cpu, motherboard, ram and video card. &lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;ve bought windows 7 home prem and both on Vista and 7 it takes a long time to install (1 hour plus) and over 2 and a half minuites to boot. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is what i have running. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Windows 7 Home Prem 64Bit version &lt;br /&gt;AMD Phenom X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz Socket AM3 8MB L3 Cache &lt;br /&gt;4Gigs of Kingston 2gb Ddr3 1600mhz Hyperx Memory Cl9(9-9-9-27) &lt;br /&gt;Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P 790X Socket AM3 DDR3 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard &lt;br /&gt;MSI HD 4890 Cyclone 1GB GDDR5 DVI VGA HDMI Out PCI-E Graphics Card &lt;br /&gt;SATA 250GB HDD &lt;br /&gt;120GB IDE HDD &lt;br /&gt;570Watt Power Supply unit (this has the 4pin power to the motherboard but there is an 8 pin connector socket avail, manual says it support 4,6 and 8 pin power leads &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BIOS Setting are set to optimized settings and thats about it at the mo. &lt;br /&gt;The OS sees the correct CPU Speed and Memory &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also have the latest video drivers installed for the ati, falshed the BIOS to the latest, set the DDR3 to 1600 and have the kingstone settings 9-9-9-27 set in the bios.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any help would be great, Thanks &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Need Help trouble shooting 2 pcs for the price of none</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/341484.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:09:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:341484</guid><dc:creator>ernburn</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/341484.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=341484</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I have 2 dell vostro 420s that I recently came into possesion of I was
told I could keep them if I can get them to work.&amp;nbsp; For the first one I
get 2 short beeps when it starts(parity circuit failure) I don&amp;#39;t know
what to do about that though &lt;img class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" id="smileyhappy" src="http://forums.firingsquad.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.gif" alt=":smileyhappy:" title="Smiley Happy" /&gt;.&amp;nbsp;
For the second appears to start up fans spin but nothing at all the
light in the front also stays yellow instead of turning blue.&amp;nbsp; any help
will be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Curious right-clicking problem causes computer to lock-up</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/282646.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:45:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:282646</guid><dc:creator>-=AJ=-</dc:creator><slash:comments>11</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/282646.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=282646</wfw:commentRss><description>Ok... so here's the problem. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;When I right-click certain files or my main disk my computer completely locks up. I can select the file and goto File (in the toolbar, same list as in right clicking) and everything is okay. It wouldn't bother me so much as this also happens randomly when installing applications (normally Wise install wizards, usually I delete the folder and retry install and it works fine).&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;To rid myself of the problem though I completely re-installed windows, which didn't change anything. I reset the CMOS, changed the IDE cable order, and switched the plug it was plugged into, etc... still nothing.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;There was another Hard-disk I had installed which I formatted... (Files I tried to *run* off there would lock up my computer) of which I could right-click again just fine. I'd rather not have to format my main disk again with this hard-drive (yes I did a clean reinstall).&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I ran CHKDSK, Scandisk, Registry Mechanic... nothing turned up either. And I know there has to be a way to fix this. Although I can't tell if it's a hardware or software issue. Even though I reinstalled Windows :-P. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I currently run AVG Free anti-virus which hasn't turned up anything either. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I still haven't tried using a PS2 mouse yet. I'm currently using a Logitech infra-red laser mouse.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Any help would be greatly appreciated!!&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Trying to diagnose general slow performance of my PC, not sure where to start!</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/340799.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:340799</guid><dc:creator>davroscox</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/340799.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=340799</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;ve just joined these forums - I built my own PC about a year and a half ago. I spent quite a bit of money on it, but I&amp;#39;ve been feeling constantly let down by it&amp;#39;s performance. I thought the lack of performance was due to stuff clogging it up, so I have formatted fully in the past which did improve matters a little. Its probably around 7-8 months since I last formatted.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I ran 3d Mark benchmarking tool yesterday, and it drew a graph of my PC versus similar spec&amp;#39;ed PCs. They were about 60^ of the distance up the scale, and my PC was RIGHT at the poor end of the scale.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now, 1 problem I do have is I have a 64bit processor, 4gb RAM but only a 32bit OS. I&amp;#39;m going to get a copy of Windows 7 64 bit soon, so that will address that particular issue. Another issue may be overheating - my CPU temp sits at around 50 Celcius, but i&amp;#39;m not sure what it peaks at when running games etc.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if anyone could suggest any bottlenecks my system may be experiencing? My specs are below:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mobo&lt;/b&gt; MSI AM2 K9NSLI-2F&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;CPU&lt;/b&gt; AMD AM2 D-Core 6400 Black Edition (3.2Ghz/core)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;RAM&lt;/b&gt; 2x Matched Pair Corsair TwinX 1GB DDR2 6400 C4 (of which 2Gb are being addressed)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gfx Card&lt;/b&gt; 512M BFG 8600 GT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;HDDs&lt;/b&gt; 1x 500Gb SATA, 1x 300Gb SATA&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just to put the &amp;#39;poor performance&amp;#39; in to perspective. My system boots to the Windows login screen very quickly. When I login it then takes around 8mins to properly load everything up and start behaving normally. I can then cause system lag just by loading a few different applications - a few Firefox tabs (with Firebug and various other plugins - i&amp;#39;m a web developer).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any help anyone can offer me on tracking my issues down and fixing the buggers!&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;Dave&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Machine Not Powering Up</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/340729.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:00:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:340729</guid><dc:creator>Dev</dc:creator><slash:comments>6</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/340729.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=340729</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Okay,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I gave my rig to my mate for a few months (I wasn&amp;#39;t using it), I get it back today and the thing isn&amp;#39;t powering up.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I know the power supply is&amp;nbsp;receiving&amp;nbsp;power and providing it to the motherboard because one of the LEDs on the motherboard is on. My next suspicion was that the line between the power button and the motherboard became damaged disconnected but it does seem secure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions on the next course of action.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dev.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>What are some of the best external eSATA card?</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/339294.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:34:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:339294</guid><dc:creator>ljCharlie</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/339294.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=339294</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Lately I have been having problem with my computer kept freezing. It would take about an hour or so and then the computer would not respond. Later on I found out that it has something to do with the Seagate eSATA card that came with the Seagate external drive. I connect the same external drive through USB and it works fine. Is there a way to fix this existing card or troubleshooting it more? My second question is, if this is in fact the fault of the eSATA card, what are some the better eSATA cards out there?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Gaming Rig for £600 - £800 (Could be More)</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/338733.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:27:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:338733</guid><dc:creator>Riks</dc:creator><slash:comments>9</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/338733.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=338733</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hey, ain&amp;#39;t been on in a while &lt;img src="http://hothardware.com/cs/emoticons/emotion-2.gif" alt="Big Smile" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My friend wants a gaming rig built up, with a budget of around &amp;pound;600 to &amp;pound;800&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He doesn&amp;#39;t need a monitor or mouse.. just everything else lol,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was thinking of just building him the same rig as me, but there&amp;#39;s probably some stuff that could do with changing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I also thinking going Core 2 Quad, maybe a Q9650, but then there&amp;#39;s Core i7.. and i5 i suppose&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;so what do you guys think?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;oh also would you recommend ati or nivida&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;thanks =)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>What Would You Do With The Contest Prize? (New Specs Oct. 5)</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/338758.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:40:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:338758</guid><dc:creator>eunoia</dc:creator><slash:comments>21</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/338758.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=338758</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"&gt;NEW SPECS!!! (Oct. 5)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;Intel&amp;reg; Core&amp;trade; i7 870 @ 2.93 GHz LGA 1156 45nm 8MB L3 Cache&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;Intel P55 Chipset Mainboard&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; - 3x PCI-e 16x &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; - 4x DIMM DDR3 Memory Slots &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; - 2x PCI-e 1x&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; - 2x PCI &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; - 10 USB (8 x rear, 2 x front)&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; - GB LAN&lt;br /&gt;- 6x SATA, 2x IDE&lt;br /&gt;- I/O: 2x PS2, 8x USB, 1x IEEE1394a, Optical S/PDIF Out Port, Coaxial S/PDIF&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; Out Port,2x RJ-45, Audio&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 1333 Memory&lt;/strong&gt;(Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;1TB SATA-II 3.0 Gb/s 7200RPM HDD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;Nvidia Geforce GTX 285 PCI Express Video Card&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;Blu-Ray Player Drive&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-22x DVD&amp;plusmn;R/&amp;plusmn;RW DUAL LAYER DRIVE&lt;br /&gt;-Flash Card Reader Drive&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;Viewsonice VA2226W 22&amp;quot; Widescreen LCD Monitor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;-Xtreme Gear USB Keyboard&lt;br /&gt;-Xtreme Gear USB Mouse&lt;br /&gt;-Microsoft&amp;reg; Windows Vista&amp;trade; Home Premium 64-Bit&lt;br /&gt;(With Windows 7 Upgrade Coupon)&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;CoolerMaster Sniper Storm Gaming Case &lt;/strong&gt;With Side Window and 800W Power Supply&lt;br /&gt;-Shipping weight : 42Lbs.&lt;br /&gt;-Shipping Dimension : 28 &amp;frac14;&amp;rdquo; (L) x 21 5/8&amp;rdquo; (W) x 11 7/8&amp;rdquo; (H)&lt;br /&gt;-1 Year Warranty and Lifetime Toll Free Tech Support Services&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Old Specs:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;b&gt;Intel&amp;reg; Core&amp;trade; i7 870 @ 2.93 GHz LGA 1156 45nm 8MB L3 Cache&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;b&gt;Intel P55 Chipset Mainboard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; - 3x PCI-e 16x &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; - 4x DIMM DDR3 Memory Slots &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; - 2x PCI-e 1x&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; - 2x PCI &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; - 10 USB (8 x rear, 2 x front)&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; - GB LAN&lt;br /&gt;- 6x SATA, 2x IDE&lt;br /&gt;- I/O: 2x PS2, 8x USB, 1x IEEE1394a, Optical S/PDIF Out Port, Coaxial S/PDIF&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; Out Port,2x RJ-45, Audio&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;b&gt;8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 1333 Memory&lt;/b&gt;(Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;b&gt;1TB SATA-II 3.0 Gb/s 7200RPM HDD&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;b&gt;Nvidia Geforce GTX295 1792MB PCI Express Video Card&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;b&gt;Blu-Ray Player Drive&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-22x DVD&amp;plusmn;R/&amp;plusmn;RW DUAL LAYER DRIVE&lt;br /&gt;-Xtreme Gear USB Keyboard&lt;br /&gt;-Xtreme Gear USB Mouse&lt;br /&gt;-Microsoft&amp;reg; Windows Vista&amp;trade; Home Premium 64-Bit&lt;br /&gt;(With Windows 7 Upgrade Coupon)&lt;br /&gt;-NZXT Beta Gaming Case With Side Window and 800W Power Supply&lt;br /&gt;-Shipping weight : 42Lbs.&lt;br /&gt;-Shipping Dimension : 28 &amp;frac14;&amp;rdquo; (L) x 21 5/8&amp;rdquo; (W) x 11 7/8&amp;rdquo; (H)&lt;br /&gt;-1 Year Warranty and Lifetime Toll Free Tech Support Services&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Are there any weak links here?&amp;nbsp; We&amp;#39;re speculating the mobo will be an ASUS P7P55D Deluxe, pretty solid from what&amp;#39;s available now.&amp;nbsp; Big name PSU?&amp;nbsp; Blu-Ray &lt;i&gt;burner?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt; Faster RAM?&amp;nbsp; Even the case is pretty awesome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For me I&amp;#39;d pretty much buy one or two 24&amp;quot; 1920X1080 monitors and a serious sound card, that&amp;#39;s it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Edit for new specs Oct. 5 - Slight downgrade of video card but still smokin&amp;#39;.&amp;nbsp; Tossed in a 22&amp;quot; monitor and CM Storm Sniper.&amp;nbsp; I think I like this case even better, integrated fan controller?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Virus Total, another tool for us to use,......</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/340098.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:04:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:340098</guid><dc:creator>realneil</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/340098.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=340098</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;So you have a file that seems suspicious and your Anti-Virus program finds nothing wrong with it?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Best Video File Converter</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/159809.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2004 13:13:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:159809</guid><dc:creator>glenpinn</dc:creator><slash:comments>9</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/159809.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=159809</wfw:commentRss><description>HI THERE.&lt;BR&gt;can someone please tell me what is the best program to use to convert video files from one format to another (eg: WMV to MPEG, AVI, DIVX etc)&lt;BR&gt;i currently use WIN MOVIE MAKER 2 to save my digital vids from my panasonic gs70 3ccd dv camcorder to my pc, and now want to convert the WMV files to MPEG or AVI to burn to dvd.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;i tried WinMPG video convert 5.4 but its only the trial version.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;i have adobe premier on my pc, but its a bit complicated to use just for doing basic editing and vid transfers, movie maker allows me to Do some very good basic editing, but doesnt allow me to save my digi vids to any other codec except WMV.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;thanks again if anyone has some advice on this one.....GLEN &lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Car head unit - sorting tracks by name???</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/338839.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:52:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:338839</guid><dc:creator>ivjRE</dc:creator><slash:comments>12</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/338839.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=338839</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Maybe not the best forum for this, but I couldn&amp;#39;t think of a differnet place...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So in my car I have a head unit - Pioneer DEH-P4000UB which reads music from my USB flash drive.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In any given folders I would have tracks named like so:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track 1&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track 2&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track X&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track 10&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track 11&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wanted these tracks to play in proper order, but the player plays them in this order:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track 1&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track 10&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track 11&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track 2&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track X&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At first I thought I could fix this by renaming tracks to start with &amp;quot;Track 01&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Track 02&amp;quot; etc.. &amp;nbsp;But that didn&amp;#39;t work - the player would still play them in same order as before (and after some thinking I understood why).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, I went another step and renamed tracks like so: &amp;quot;Track A&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Track B&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Track C&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I figured this would work... But what do you know, the way it played these tracks was:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track A&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track J - which would&amp;#39;ve been track 10&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track K - track 11&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track B - track 2&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track C&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;etc...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whaaat? &amp;nbsp;Any idea how I can get this player to play the tracks in proper order?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>system doesn't recognize drivers...</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/338158.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:03:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:338158</guid><dc:creator>Ingrid</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/338158.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=338158</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;hello,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; I recently formatted my laptop and now my system won&amp;#39;t recognize any of the drivers I try to install. The installation seems to be successful except that the driver is not used by the system when it is supposed to. Any advice on what to do? I have windows xp pro installed on my laptop. I have checked the drivers for my machine and they are the correct ones. I can&amp;#39;t connect to the internet on my laptop because I haven&amp;#39;t gotten to installing the wifi and lan driver and can&amp;#39;t run driverdetective either.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Cannot Acess Extremely Important Data...</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/337038.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:50:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:337038</guid><dc:creator>Iain</dc:creator><slash:comments>8</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/337038.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=337038</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I recently used my MP3 Player as a USB Drive to store about 1 gig of pictures and videos I had on my PC in order to format and it and put a fresh install of Vista on my rig. To my dismay however, whenever I plug my MP3 player into my PC, it sees it as an audio player with space taken up, but no viewable files. I noticed that on my last install of Vista my PC saw it as a &amp;quot;USA Mass Storage Drive&amp;quot; and not an &amp;quot;Audio Player&amp;quot; as it does now. I can still look at the pics/vids/docs in my MP3 player, I just need to get them of off there, lol. But the question is how... Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Computer tries to fire up but won't turn over... thoughts?</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/337792.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:13:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:337792</guid><dc:creator>MrBang</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/337792.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=337792</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I recently lost the power supply in my backup computer (3.2 P4 on a Soyo SY-RC350 motherboard).&amp;nbsp; I just replaced it with a (tested and working Seasonic unit).&amp;nbsp; Everything is plugged in and ready to go.&amp;nbsp; The LED on the mobo is lit, we have juice to the system.&amp;nbsp; Hit the switch and there is a momentary (blink and miss it) flash of light from the various LED fans as electricity flies over the system and nothing else.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I see nothing wrong with the board.&amp;nbsp; I have triple-checked all connections.&amp;nbsp; Any thoughts on why it won&amp;#39;t fire up?&amp;nbsp; Did my board fry after all?&amp;nbsp; Maybe I have a faulty power switch?&amp;nbsp; (I suppose I could jumper that connection and find out quick enough.)&amp;nbsp; The CPU fan is connected so the auto-safety-shutoff shouldn&amp;#39;t be causing any problems.&amp;nbsp; The system has always been stable and doesn&amp;#39;t have a lot of components to juice up so I doubt the Active PFC on the power supply is preventing startup... but I guess it could really be anything.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>0x124 Hardware BSOD</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/336726.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:25:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:336726</guid><dc:creator>mentaldisorder</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/336726.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=336726</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hey guys, my girlfriend&amp;#39;s Acer Aspire 5630 has been going crazy over the past couple of months.&amp;nbsp; I finally got to see it and I have recorded the BSOD that is causing problems.&amp;nbsp; 0x124 (0x00000000, 0XAZ0Z1028, 0XB2000040, 0X00000800)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ok then, what I have tried is installing the newest drivers for her comp, in safe mode.&amp;nbsp; I have swapped out the ram with ram from my computer and there was no change, so I put her ram back in.&amp;nbsp; I swapped out the hard drive with one I had and tried to reinstall windows.&amp;nbsp; During the Vista install, at the extracting files part. it BSODed again.&amp;nbsp; This makes me believe this is strictly hardware issue, however the computer does not BSOD in safe mode, which implies it would be a driver issue.&amp;nbsp; What are your recommendations?&amp;nbsp; Should I now try to rollback all of the drivers?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the help,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mark&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Hi new here and have a question...</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/337284.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:24:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:337284</guid><dc:creator>mpetroul</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/337284.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=337284</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hello All,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am new to this forum and I just would like some of your opinions about my next computer build.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am in the middle of getting all the parts together for a new PC. I use it for gaming, web surfing, video stuff, etc. The parts I have so far are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;case: COOLER MASTER COSMOS&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;CPU: intel core I7 920&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RAM: 6GB OCZ Plat.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;DVD RW: SAMSUNG 20X w/ lightscribe&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is not much, but it is a start. What I am asking mainly is I am not sure where to go on the video cards. I would like an SLI/Crossfire setup, but which does everyone like as far as bang for the buck? I am thinking about 2x 4850 or 4870&amp;#39;s&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am going to order the HX series 850 Watt power supply by corsair and I am using 2x 36gb 10k rpm raptors in RAID, I like them so I am going to get 2X 150GB velociraptors this time. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My rig now is a P4 2.4 that I run at under 3.0. I am not going to overclock this one that much, but maybe a bit. So that is my story, let me know if you have any suggestions. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mike&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Computer simply powers off sometimes - How to diagnose?</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/336537.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:24:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:336537</guid><dc:creator>Shaitan00</dc:creator><slash:comments>7</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/336537.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=336537</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I have an old P4 computer that I&amp;#39;ve been using constantly for about 5 years, about a month ago the Power Supply (500W) started making a high-pitch sound - so a few weeks ago I went to a local store - bought a new one (525W) and put it in ...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Everything worked fine at first (simply browsing the net, etc... basic stuff) until 4 days later we tried to play Unreal Tournement and within the first 30seconds in-game the computer simply powered off - this was reproducible on-demand... This also started occuring sometimes when watching shows (either AVI or streamed on the web)... &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The only way to get the computer to power on again is to flip the switch in the back (on the Power Supply), wait 30-45 seconds, switch it back, and then power on the PC... Then everything works fine until the next time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obvisouly my first reaction was &amp;quot;defective power supply&amp;quot;, so I returned it and replaced it with another one (same model) - first thing I did was test playing Unreal Tournement and movies and it worked fine for the first 3-4 days ... now yesturday while streaming sosme TV shows it happened again ... &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&amp;#39;s pretty much the entire story ... my question ... how do I troubleshoot the issue?&lt;br /&gt;- Is this a video card issue (only occurs when playing games or watching movies)?&lt;br /&gt;- Is it a power supply issue (too strong? not compatible? sucks because no more return)&lt;br /&gt;... RAM ...&amp;nbsp; Mobo ...? did I just get unlucky?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is there something I can install, some kind of monitoring software? Something that can help indicate where the issue lies ... Given that this is intermittent I can&amp;#39;t just start removing hardware piece-by-piece...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Any advice would be much appreciated...&lt;br /&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>ALIENWARE AREA-51 M5750 R2 17 help</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/337022.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:20:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:337022</guid><dc:creator>nobull</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/337022.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=337022</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I have a alienware area-51 M5750 R2 when you press the power button all of the LED indicators light up for 4 seconds and powers off.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>New computer build advice please</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/336384.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:24:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:336384</guid><dc:creator>Raketh</dc:creator><slash:comments>7</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/336384.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=336384</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Got some great advice from last time I posted here about a new computer, so before building another one thought it wouldn&amp;#39;t hurt to ask. Plan on the following:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Core i7 920 @ 2.66Ghz&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asus P6T, Intel X58&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raja.tw/Products/Asus-P6T-Intel-X58-S1366-PCI-E-20-(x16)-Triple-DDR3-2000(OC)-SATA-3Gb-s-SATA-RAID-ATX"&gt;&lt;em&gt;http://www.raja.tw/Products/Asus-P6T-Intel-X58-S1366-PCI-E-20-(x16)-Triple-DDR3-2000(OC)-SATA-3Gb-s-SATA-RAID-ATX&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6GB Corsair XMS3 RAM&amp;nbsp; 1600MHz&amp;nbsp; (considered stepping it up to 12Gb total)&lt;br /&gt; (&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raja.tw/Products/6GB-(3x2GB)-Corsair-XMS3-DDR3-PC3-12800-(1600MHz)-240-Pin-Non-ECC-Unbuffered-CAS-9-9-9-24"&gt;&lt;em&gt;http://www.raja.tw/Products/6GB-(3x2GB)-Corsair-XMS3-DDR3-PC3-12800-(1600MHz)-240-Pin-Non-ECC-Unbuffered-CAS-9-9-9-24&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Western Digital 150Gb Velociraptor - just for the operating system and some frequently used programs/games&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rest of the parts that can be salvaged from my old machine:&lt;br /&gt;XFX GTX 280&lt;br /&gt;Soundblaster Fatal1ty&lt;br /&gt;Two 1Tb Samsung Spinpoint HDDs&lt;br /&gt;Tagan BZ Series 1100W PSU&lt;br /&gt;DVD/CD drive&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now the CPU cooler is a concern. I plan to overclock the CPU from the stock 2.66Ghz to 3.6 - perhaps pushing it a little further to say 3.8Ghz. My current computer uses a Thermaltake Bigwater SE liquid cooling system (&lt;a href="http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/waterse/"&gt;http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/waterse/&lt;/a&gt;), although since the pump died it now uses a Thermaltake P500 pump. I was considering buying either a new CPU waterblock or conversion kit in order to use this watercooling system for the i7. However since it&amp;#39;s an entry level water cooler, am I right in assuming at overclocked speeds it may not be able to handle the heat?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The other solution that caught my eye was the Vigor Monsoon III LT (&lt;a href="http://www.vigorgaming.com/components/cmp_monsooniiilite_intel.html"&gt;http://www.vigorgaming.com/components/cmp_monsooniiilite_intel.html&lt;/a&gt;). So the question really is, is it worth trying to convert the LCS for the i7, or just buy the air cooler?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any advice on the other components would also be appreciated. :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Need cpu fan replacement for T5048</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/336838.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:32:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:336838</guid><dc:creator>playerdoris</dc:creator><slash:comments>15</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/336838.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=336838</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;My cpu fan is fried. Have tried finding replacement cpu fan for it. The problem is&amp;nbsp; P4 screws hold the fan/heatskink and is 4-pin connector. All I am finding have retention clips and/ or &amp;nbsp;3-pin connectors. Any suggestions? Have already tried newegg and don&amp;#39;t see anything that might fit it. Have even tried the eMachines site and the fan they show to replace has retention clips have already tried that and it won&amp;#39;t fit the holes. Any help would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Greatly appreciate some advice on my new purchase.  Thanks!!</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/305004.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 11:37:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:305004</guid><dc:creator>Charles9798</dc:creator><slash:comments>7</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/305004.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=25&amp;PostID=305004</wfw:commentRss><description>Ok, so i bought this set-up from Cyberpower yesterday and have time to
change things if needed. My main concern is matching up an appropriate
motherboard with the processor. This is a very heavy rig for me and I
don&amp;#39;t want to plop down the doe if there is compatibility issues.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Does this motherboard match up well with the latest AMD chip (Phenom X4
9850 Black Edition Quad-Core)? See any issues with this build?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please, any advice would be greatly appreciated.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;CPU:&lt;/b&gt; AMD Phenom(TM) X4 9850 Black Edition Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MOTHERBOARD:&lt;/b&gt; Asus M2N SLI NVIDIA nForce 560 SLI MCP Chipset DDR2/800 SATA RAID PCI-Express MBoard w/GbLAN,IEEE1394,USB2.0,&amp;amp;7.1Audio&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;FAN:&lt;/b&gt; CoolerMaster Liquid CPU Cooling System (Superior Cooling Performance)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;HDD:&lt;/b&gt; Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MEMORY:&lt;/b&gt; (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)4GB (2x2GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;OS:&lt;/b&gt; Microsoft(R) Windows Vista(TM) Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 (32-bit Edition)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;POWERSUPPLY:&lt;/b&gt; 750 Watts Power Supplies (Ultra Lifetime Series Pro)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;SOUND: &lt;/b&gt;Creative Labs SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio 24-BIT PCI Sound Card &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;UPS:&lt;/b&gt; OPTI-UPS VS575C 575VA/345W UNINTERRUPT POWER SUPPLY - &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;VIDEO:&lt;/b&gt; NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;VIDEO2:&lt;/b&gt; NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>