Posts by Jason Harris2

hollowgull5 I can't quite make out what you're trying to say there. It looks like the message didn't come through properly. Could you try sending that again? I'd love to hear your thoughts once the connection behaves itself.
So, what's actually wrong with it? 😕

I mean, they make you sit through those mindless 60-minute wait times, yet they actually offer a decent variety of services, so I honestly can't wrap my head around why anyone bothers using them in the first place.

Yeah, looks like Norton 7.5.431 came up completely clean. Nothing found.👎

Could someone please just upload this to a decent hosting service instead of using that absolute garbage RapidShare crap?

Days and nights, honestly... 😁

http://www.a7vtroubleshooting.com/

via Tips and Tricks

You've got a point there.👍 Man, it’s been a lifetime since I actually messed around with Via hardware.😬
He should try disabling ACPI in the BIOS if the option is even there, or maybe just manually assign the IRQs. He could also try tweaking the PCI latency settings, or when he's installing the OS, just select "Standard PC" to see if that helps things settle down.

Honestly, I've had enough headaches dealing with Via to last me a lifetime.😠 Back in the day, I used to throw a Sound Blaster Live! and a Skystar2 into the mix just to make my life a little more complicated.

I mean, why would he even bother hunting down a specific combo right now just to get Windows installed when everything else is running perfectly fine?

He can just copy it over to an external hard drive and run the install from there.

So, look, after everything we've just been through, if you're still hitting a wall, try swapping that CD/DVD drive to a different IDE port or just flip the jumper settings from slave to master or vice versa. If even that fails to do the trick, your best bet is to just copy the WinXP files directly onto the hard drive and boot from there. I’m telling you, it works every single time.

There are just some certain combinations of motherboards and optical drives that are completely broken. Everything looks perfectly fine on paper, but then the installation just hangs out of nowhere and leaves you...

I should’ve mentioned that you really need to strip away those 5 to 10 degrees that Gigabyte builds into the BIOS just as a safety net for "safe" overclocking.

As for the Democratic Party, I know a ton of people have run into issues with them, though I couldn't tell you exactly why, other than the fact that their positioning is just plain nonsensical.
My guess is that most of it comes down to crappy power supplies; personally, my rail oscillations stay right around +/-0.01v.

I'm thinking about dropping a Volcano in there pretty soon. 😁

Actually, I picked up this old Aopen tower case specifically because the side panel had this single vent designed to blow hot air directly off the processor. The reviews claimed it could drop temps by 10 degrees.

Of course, once the box actually arrived, I realized the holes weren't even there, and then I found out you can't even order the panel separately. Fujifilm, man... what a joke.👎

So, I’ve got a potential candidate here for hitting that 4GHz PR, but I really need a better cooler first. Honestly, I just don't have the stomach to risk a RAID failure by pushing it too hard right now. 😁

The last time I pushed this thing, I managed to clock it at 2400MHz—running 220+11 on 1.60v—using some generic, no-name RAM and a cheap $17 cooler. It sat at about 50 degrees at idle and hit 65 under full load.
By the way, does anyone have a solid recommendation for a decent cooler that works with a GA-7NNXPV featuring DPS? The issue is there's absolutely zero clearance and no mounting holes on the board. Just my luck. 😢