1. unplug everything from the motherboard and leave it unplugged for at least 10 mins
2. re-connect only the motherboard power
3. most of the recent Asus motherboards I've looked at recently, have a switch/button on the board to reset the BIOS to factory defaults, try pressing that
4. if it boots, start adding the other components back in, one at a time
2. re-connect only the motherboard power
3. most of the recent Asus motherboards I've looked at recently, have a switch/button on the board to reset the BIOS to factory defaults, try pressing that
4. if it boots, start adding the other components back in, one at a time
The benchmarks I've seen for the 9800GX2 so far, seem to indicate that it's pretty much equivalent to 2x 8800GT's in SLI mode.
Given that, and the pricing, I've have to save it would make more sense to go for the SLI setup if you've got the motherboard for it, than spend the extra money on the 9800GX2.
Given that, and the pricing, I've have to save it would make more sense to go for the SLI setup if you've got the motherboard for it, than spend the extra money on the 9800GX2.
Guys, maybe you should read the article before getting all upset 
The Relevant section:
It's currently just some MPs and newspapers, safety groups, trying to get some changes made. Even if they manage to get the consultation started, it still has to come up with it's results, and then it still has to go through the process of any actual changes being made.
I'd expect any changes, if any, will be a couple of years away at least.
The Relevant section:
It's currently just some MPs and newspapers, safety groups, trying to get some changes made. Even if they manage to get the consultation started, it still has to come up with it's results, and then it still has to go through the process of any actual changes being made.
I'd expect any changes, if any, will be a couple of years away at least.
Put me down as confirmed, I'll sort out a PayPal payment with you via PM.
Yeah, CRTs tend to start whining when the tube is starting to go on them. Time to start saving up for a new monitor.
Although it's pretty much hit or miss how long it'll last before it finally pops. (our last TV went within 3 months of it starting to whine, but my old 15" monitor whined for over a year before I put it up into the loft as a spare to drag out when I need it for testing)
You'll get pretty annoyed with it before very long though
Although it's pretty much hit or miss how long it'll last before it finally pops. (our last TV went within 3 months of it starting to whine, but my old 15" monitor whined for over a year before I put it up into the loft as a spare to drag out when I need it for testing)
You'll get pretty annoyed with it before very long though
If you do go ahead with the Dell screen, keep in mind that you can often get them for elsewhere for less than buying them directly from Dell.
I got mine for Overclockers, for approx £70 less, and with an extra years warrenty.
It's a very nice monitor
Jakg's right about the processors, keep an eye on the new Intel stuff coming out between now and January and I'm fairly sure you'll be able to pick up new style quad core for the same kind of money as the current quad and/or dual core.
For the type of graphics rendering you do, I'd expect quad core to work well for you.
OS - depends on what programs you use and whether they are XP only, or if a Vista version is available. The system itself will handle Vista just fine, and Service Pack 1 for Vista should be out in the first quarter of 2008.
I got mine for Overclockers, for approx £70 less, and with an extra years warrenty.
It's a very nice monitor
Jakg's right about the processors, keep an eye on the new Intel stuff coming out between now and January and I'm fairly sure you'll be able to pick up new style quad core for the same kind of money as the current quad and/or dual core.
For the type of graphics rendering you do, I'd expect quad core to work well for you.
OS - depends on what programs you use and whether they are XP only, or if a Vista version is available. The system itself will handle Vista just fine, and Service Pack 1 for Vista should be out in the first quarter of 2008.
I initially setup my system as a dual-boot, XP Pro and Vista Ulitmate, and was getting pretty much the same FPS in both of them.
So I'd have to guess that it's likely to be something to do with the drivers.
Maybe look into if there is a BIOS update for the motherboard, and if there are any newer version chipset drivers for it as well.
Don't limit yourself to just the graphics drivers.
So I'd have to guess that it's likely to be something to do with the drivers.
Maybe look into if there is a BIOS update for the motherboard, and if there are any newer version chipset drivers for it as well.
Don't limit yourself to just the graphics drivers.
Whatever performance Honda have next season won't have a great deal to do with Brawn joining them just now. Since virtually all of the design work for next seasons car and the major management decisions will already have been done.
What we should see however, is an improvement in them, from the start of the season to the end of the season, and then the 2009 car will be the result of his input.
What we should see however, is an improvement in them, from the start of the season to the end of the season, and then the 2009 car will be the result of his input.
Yes, you can jump straight to any level you want, as long as you have the money for it.
Congrats Bob,
Heh!!! Watch it :P If Scotland and Wales are such bad places to live, just why did the English spend so much time and resources trying to conquer us???
Heh!!! Watch it :P If Scotland and Wales are such bad places to live, just why did the English spend so much time and resources trying to conquer us???
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/sa/benefits/vista.mspx
It's basically a premium version of Vista Business, only for MS Software Assurance customers.
In other words, if it's not on a company computer, you shouldn't have it......
Other than that, if Vista Business works with LFS, which I think it does, the Enterprise version should as well.
It's basically a premium version of Vista Business, only for MS Software Assurance customers.
In other words, if it's not on a company computer, you shouldn't have it......
Other than that, if Vista Business works with LFS, which I think it does, the Enterprise version should as well.
Try a different cable, if that doesn't help, try a different monitor.
Yeah, but the Raptor's are really enterprise class drives, rebadged and aimed at the hard-core gamers who're willing to shell out extra money for fractional improvements in speed.
Seagate drives are usually pretty solid, the ones that are interesting me at the moment though are the Western Digital Caviar drives. The specs and reviews for the 500Gb versions look pretty good at the moment.
Seagate drives are usually pretty solid, the ones that are interesting me at the moment though are the Western Digital Caviar drives. The specs and reviews for the 500Gb versions look pretty good at the moment.
The ATA 330MB/sec means the board is a SATA II motherboard, although as Jakg says, that's backward compatible with SATA so any SATA drive will work ok on it. There's not much to choose between SATA and SATA II drives pricewise at the moment, and the performance usually isn't much difference, so given the choice, pick the drive which has the bigger cache size. ie 16Mb rather than 8Mb.
The UltraDMA133 is your IDE connection, so it's got a single IDE connector on the motherboard.
The UltraDMA133 is your IDE connection, so it's got a single IDE connector on the motherboard.
Most likely it's the video driver. Try downloading and installing a newer/older version.
Reaching back a bit now, but if I remember correctly, it's not bandwidth that's the issue, it's that as people's in/outboxes get full it starts to slow the whole forum down due to the load on the server increasing. At least it did on older versions of vBB, maybe they've done something about it by this time, but maybe not.
Check the spec of the motherboard again, the FSB is 1333, but the RAM standard is 800.
Without using whatever overclocking options the board has, any RAM you put in it will only run up to 800, so getting faster RAM only makes sense if you plan on overclocking the system.
Without using whatever overclocking options the board has, any RAM you put in it will only run up to 800, so getting faster RAM only makes sense if you plan on overclocking the system.
DreamScene is essentially a video wallpaper.
Go to your display settings, background, and in the drop down list of wallpapers locations, you'll find DreamScene listed.
If you've downloaded the various updates available you should have at least 5 of them available. There are more available if you hunt around, but I've not bothered doing that as yet.
Go to your display settings, background, and in the drop down list of wallpapers locations, you'll find DreamScene listed.
If you've downloaded the various updates available you should have at least 5 of them available. There are more available if you hunt around, but I've not bothered doing that as yet.
As above, it's the noise of your monitor starting to fail.
It may take a while, but eventually it'll give a pop and stop working, or as in the case of my TV a few years back, give a loud bang, a bright flash and stop working while leaving a burn mark on the screen.
I'd start thinking about putting the money together for a new monitor. My guess is you'll get annoyed enough about the whining to go out and buy one before it actually goes pop though
I did with my last monitor, it's still up in my loft as a spare monitor for testing/setting up system's with when I don't need to be running them for very long.
It may take a while, but eventually it'll give a pop and stop working, or as in the case of my TV a few years back, give a loud bang, a bright flash and stop working while leaving a burn mark on the screen.
I'd start thinking about putting the money together for a new monitor. My guess is you'll get annoyed enough about the whining to go out and buy one before it actually goes pop though
I did with my last monitor, it's still up in my loft as a spare monitor for testing/setting up system's with when I don't need to be running them for very long.
If you have a router and it has an option for 'ping blocking' (most do), then enable it.
A lot of attacks are preceded by the attackers sending out a ping to a range of addresses and they then target the ones they get a response from. When I enabled ping blocking on my router a few years back, the number of hits on the firewall dropped from 1 every 10-15 mins, to 1 a month at most.
A lot of attacks are preceded by the attackers sending out a ping to a range of addresses and they then target the ones they get a response from. When I enabled ping blocking on my router a few years back, the number of hits on the firewall dropped from 1 every 10-15 mins, to 1 a month at most.
Try going into 'msconfig' and unticking the boxes for the stuff you don't want running from startup. Should cut the time to boot up, and save you having to manually kill them all each time.
I pretty much remove everything except for the Firewall/Anti-virus apps.
If you're feeling adventurous, you could also take a look at the windows processes, and see which ones you think don't actually need to be running from boot, and switch them from 'automatic' to 'manual', be a little conservative if you do that though, unless you know what the processes are actually doing.
If you've got 2Gb of RAM, then maybe....
Is it an upgrade version, or a full install version?
Cause if it's an upgrade version, and you upgrade your XP, you won't be able to go back to XP once you activate Vista.
Best bet, would be to do a clean install of Vista onto a seperate harddrive, that way if you don't like it, or it doesn't run well enough for you, then you can ditch it without losing your XP install.
Keep in mind that a lot of 'Vista Compatible' systems are at the minimum level of hardware to run Vista, and may not always have Vista drivers available for all the hardware on them.
Also check that all your other software can run on Vista before you even think about upgrading.
There's a fair amount of software out there which won't run on Vista, or for which you have to buy a new Vista capable version, cause the older XP version won't run on Vista.
The Firewall in Vista is better than the firwall in XP, but not by much, and you have to manually enable the outbound protection part of it. Windows Defender is anti-malware, not anti-virus, so you'd probably be better off getting Kaspersky.
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