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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by DanRSturbo
Providing you bought the cpu from a good retailer, (unlike Eagle and his P4 saga from E-bay )
what the one that is now happily running all be it at 44 degress that will teach me to get a thermaltake heatsink

turned out to be a bios problem on the board so all in all it cost me not alot sent the board back under warrenty
just alot of effort and stress and no i wont be repeating it again


oh also dan found out more about the wonderfull wireless router... its a piece of cack .. thats why they are being sold off cheaply .. BUT you can modify them to be very good .. so might have to try that later
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Eagle
oh also dan found out more about the wonderfull wireless router... its a piece of cack .. thats why they are being sold off cheaply .. BUT you can modify them to be very good .. so might have to try that later
Got to be a Linksys

Crap out the box wicked with hacked firmware
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by UnseenMenace
Originally Posted by Eagle
oh also dan found out more about the wonderfull wireless router... its a piece of cack .. thats why they are being sold off cheaply .. BUT you can modify them to be very good .. so might have to try that later
Got to be a Linksys

Crap out the box wicked with hacked firmware
yep .. been reading how to do it but not too happy at giving it a try ..... yet ....
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 03:17 PM
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Im still waiting for a response as to why you didnt use a piece of software to check your temps might not be spot on but it would have gave you a definitive answer
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
it wouldnt be overheating unless 1. you overclocked it too much or did it wrong, or 2. if your case is cramped and has little airflow.

Why dont you use a programme to monitor the temps, i use Everest, its free and its pretty accurate

http://www.filehippo.com/download_everest_home/
i downloaded this but cant figure out how to use it to monitor temps??

can someone tell me please

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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 04:59 PM
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i use speed fan to moniter mine ...

but open up the ccomputer icon under the everest v x.xx.xxx
then click on sensor..
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