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05-08-09, 02:23 PM | #46 |
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Or taking that mainboard out of the box and holding it in your hands for the first time.
And then installing your graphics card that is as long as the mboard is wide... good stuff.
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05-08-09, 02:29 PM | #47 |
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You guys are nuts.
It was stressful. First time I powered on it gave a loud long beep, revved the fans and died. I was sure the CPU had blown for some reason, but thankfully it powered up fine the next time I tried. Now I am transferring some 200GB of infor from my old PC. It will take some time....(I ended up getting a 500GB HDD). After that I will fire up SHIII or FSX and enjoy. ed: You are right about the smell tho.
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05-08-09, 03:31 PM | #48 |
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I thought it wise to monitor my CPU temp for a while.
It's staying at a healthy 35 Degrees with no stress, but it just had a one second spike to 300 degrees! I'm hoping that was a reading error.
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05-08-09, 03:40 PM | #49 |
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Congrats!!! I remember my 1st system build and it was very nerve wracking! I admire your will-power--transferring data before installing games. I always have to spin a couple games for a while. I go retrieve data after a couple quick campaigns of SH or something .
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05-08-09, 06:04 PM | #50 |
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Problem No.1 Encountered!
My four cores are all running at 1.6Ghz due to a bug in the motherboard's BIOS. Fortunately there is a patch, so I should be able to sort this. At least my first hurdle is not too big.
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05-08-09, 06:50 PM | #51 |
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Yes, your BIOS should let those ponies free to run like mad. What I do is one change at a time and see how it runs. If it is not right I only have to look at the one thing I did to correct it. If you start changing many things at once in the BIOS and it does not seem right then you have to remember what you did so to correct it. Pain in the nards. I'm sure you will get it sorted. Did you download CPUID? Great tool to see what your hardware is up to!
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Quote:
First thing I did after building it was stress-test the **** out of it.
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05-08-09, 07:01 PM | #53 |
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You must have an Gigabyte AM3 socket with a 955 CPU . I think you need to flash the BIOS to F3 (I think). I've been reading about that one lately.
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05-08-09, 07:03 PM | #54 |
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Much better than the old days where a failed BIOS phlash often meant a new motherboard . Or at least a new chip.
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05-08-09, 07:11 PM | #55 |
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Exactly, I remember those days... those where the most exiting days of my life.
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I owe everyone who has posted here more than a few beers.
Thanks guys!
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05-08-09, 09:06 PM | #58 |
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Happy Gaming! I'm pretty sure your frame rates have improved considerably !
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05-09-09, 01:05 AM | #59 |
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I used to struggle to play IL2 at 25fps on low/medium settings.
Now I am at full resolution with all settings maxed and frame rate just isn't an issue. Happy days.
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05-09-09, 03:32 AM | #60 |
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:rotfl: More like sick and twisted geek.
Letum, I'm happy to hear it is to your liking. Happy hunting!
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