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Thanks guys - food for thought. Just need to scrape together the cash and the will to tear apart my existing system. ;)

Back to the top.... Hi folks, A lot of time has passed since I asked this question. I still haven't done anything to my system (budgetary constraints), but I would like to know what people would do to my system for £800. Presumably things have changed a bit in the intervening period so I...

OK, my current system is as follows: Athlon XP 3200+ MSI K7N2 Delta mobo 1Gb of RAM (not sure what type - its in 2x512Mb 184 pin DIMMs) Powercolour Radeon X850XT AGP graphics card 2x250Gb SATA HDDs in RAID 1 config Enermax Noisetaker 450W PSU Soundblaster X-Fi soundcard All this is...

I have two Crucial 512Mb PC3200 DIMMs in my system at the moment. I have been having several stabilty issues with my PC since I installed the second one and yet both memtest fine together and individually. The only difference between the two seems to be that one has chips on both sides and...

The card is not overclocked and is running on ATi's latest Catalysts. I will try testing sticks individually. Thanks.

Sorry - a bit more info: Graphics card is an AGP RAdeon X850XT 256Mb. The RAM is bog standard Crucial stuff. It is running according to CPU-Z at CAS Latency 3.0 RAS to CAS 3 RAS Precharge 3 Cycle Time 8 Temperatures in the sytem seen to be OK - the board is at 44 and the CPU at...

Well, the title says it all really. I have recently taken out the Athlon XP 2600+ on my MSI K7N2 and replaced it with a XP 3200+. I previously had 2xPC2100 256Mb sticks and one PC3200 512Mb stick in my system, but with the new processor I decided to replace the 256Mb sticks with a single...

I ran memtest for about 3 and a half hours and it didn't find a thing. The RAM is set to standard settings: Latency 3.0 RAS to CAS 3 RAS Precharge 3 TRAS 8 I have no idea what any of that means BTW ;)

Hurrah, success. One new heatsink and a nice dose of Arctic Silver and the system boots up fine at 200FSB. The only problem now is the frequent blue screens of death that I am encountering. The Windows fault reporter says that it is a RAM problem and suggests I run a memory diagnostic tool, but...

Rakoon, You, sir, are a gentleman <doffs cap>. If this new heatsink comes to naught then I may have to take you up on your offer. The BIOS is the most current version - I used LiveUpdate succesfully. Overheating is the most likely culprit I think. Thanks for all your help everyone...

Rakoon, Its not a stupid question at all - one of my first fears was that I had been sold a duff processor. 3DMark05 reckoned it was only a 2500+, but I ripped out the processor again and it does have the magic digits 3200 on it, so I guess it is 3DMark that is confused. Anyway, the story...

Crucial DDR 3200. 2x512Mb DIMMs.

Hi all, I have just got hold of an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ CPU to replace the 2600+ currently running on my MSI K7N2 Delta. When I try to set the FSB to 200 in the BIOS and then reboot, the system just hangs with a black screen (no signal) on the monitor. If I leave the FSB at 100 or 166 the...

Thanks folks. I currently have 2x256Mb DIMMs and 1x512Mb Dimm. The 512Mb one is al ater add-on and I know that one is DDR400. Not too sure about the other ones as they were in the system when I got it. How can I find out - is there some sort of diagnostic tool I can get or is it printed on...

I currently have an Athlon Socket A XP2600 on a MSI K7N2 Delta motherboard. I have just ebayed myself a XP3200 which is the fastest CPU the mobo can take. Do I just have to drop the new CPU in the slot or are there jumper/BIOS settings to play with? I believe the FSB speed is different - will...

Just got hold of a lovely new Samsung 940b (No dead pixels - yay!!). What refresh rate should I be running at in games and in Windows? Currently I am at 60Hz which the manual recommended.

What did you do? I also find that some parts of the monitor OSD are locked out.

I've just got hold of a Samsung 940B. 2 questions: Does anyone know how to use the colour calibration part of Magictune? The manual is poorly translated and doesn't really explain what to do. And why does my picture not rotate when i rotate my screen? I have MagicRotation selected, but...

Not to my knowledge... What patches did you install?

Hi, I have a Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS. It usually works fine for games and music. However, on some games, I get loud, frequent cracks coming from my speakers. It happens mainly in 3D shooters such as FEAR or Battlefield 2, although on BF2, if I select Software Sound Driver rather than...