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    AMD X2 6000+ Overclocking: Bad stability..

    Hi, set the cpu voltage to the maximum it cant handle, the pwm's will adjust the voltage to what's needed i presume the maxium is 1.5v? HT voltage i think is hypertransport bus basically fsb (system bus controller) set it to mid - high and northbridge voltage set it mid - high voltage. then...
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    Running PC without cover

    you'll be fine running it without a cover as long as you don't damage any essential components e.g. mosfet voltage regulators, pwm's, core chokes, caps, controllers etc. you can run it in a pizza box or even let it float in mineral oil in your bath. lol
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    what to upgrade ????

    I would recommened overclocking that cpu of yours to 3.6ghz instead of wasting money on a cpu. Overclock your system bus to 1600mhz and you cpu multiplier to x9 and a vcore voltage of 1.5v and cpu pll voltage of 1.6v and nb voltage of mid - high 400x4 (QDR) = 1600mhz (system bus) 400x9 =...
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    At my wit's end (random lockups)

    Hi, you could have stability issues, have you tried running prime95 on your system? You could also try updating to the latest bios revision as you've mentioned it takes the bios a while to detect and set the frequency of a few controllers on the motherboard.
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    Computer won't boot and no POST

    don't give up yet, swop out the essentials, start with memory, one module at a time, then graphics card, psu, cpu fan in some cases. If still no post it's the board could be any essential controllers, mosfets voltage regualors, power caps also bios chip, but from what you where saying it's power...
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    Gigabyte P55-UD3L continuous beeps on shutdown

    check the manual for the bios error codes and it will lead you to your problem. It will most likely be a faulty memory module run memtest 86 +
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    Acer PC wont REBOOT

    what OS are you running? if it's windows xp do a repair on your OS. sounds like some corrupt windows files maybe a few DLL's as well.
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    New Motherboard, BSOD at Windows Boot

    ACPI is advanced configuration power interface, try disabling it in the bios. see if that solves your problem.
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    new i5 750 build help

    stay away from Asus. Gigabyte boards are very good also reliable and reasonably priced.
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    Bios matching Problem

    have you tried resetting cmos with the new bios installed? have you tried disconnecting non essentials e.g. hard drives, opticles drives etc, dodgy hardware can cause bios post to hang generally when an onboard controller e.g. sata controller doesn't like the device attached to it. As for...
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    Lan to Lan VPN

    Hi, vpn passthrough is not an option on my router all it has is " use as default route" which is enabled so i presume that means it uses the vpn router as the gateway. I use PPTP
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    Lan to Lan VPN

    Hi thanks for your reply, I have a vpn router which is in my dads house which is also my gateway to the internet. I also have the vpn users setup on the router. I've ran the ethernet cable across to my house into my switch so it's basically all one network. I don't have a phone line you see...
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    Making a home network secure

    Hi for all your machines make sure you use a firewall and Antivirus, I will recommend using Comodo firewall/antivirus without a doubt best free firewall/antivirus ive ever used. And for your wireless, I would recommend using WPA2 on your router and a SHA-1 hash calculated password. just type...
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    Lan to Lan VPN

    Hi all I've got a problem with my vpn setup, I currently have vpn setup to my dads house which is 2 doors away from my house, where i've ran a cable across my neighbours roof to my house (saves me alot of money) into a 8 port gigabit switch with my pc and file store attached. I get my mate to...
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    start up problems, anybody please

    Hi, seems like you could have an issue with ram. Ram can cause random restarts when it's going faulty. I presume your system bios posts and it starts to load the OS during the OS loading screen it restarts? I would try running memtest on your memory modules also try one module at a time. What OS...
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    oops! dead board?

    what is the bios revision of the motherboard? when you checked the cpu support list did you make sure you don't need a different bios revision to support that cpu? i think celeron D's are 90nm ready. You say when you power on the machine the motherboard starts up stops and starts again alot of...
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    odd startup problem

    Hi, you say it has an onboard speaker but when removing an essential component you get no beep error codes, generally a sign of a faulty bios chip/controller or motherboard could be any essential controllers that have been damaged such as memory controller, system bus controller etc. You can try...
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    System unstable problem

    have you ran prime95 for stability issues? sometimes the case where the cpu needs a little more power. can be caused by overclocking without upping the vcore, cpu pll and vtt and gtlref and northbridge voltages. also sometimes dodgy caps also mosfet voltage regulators. you can run prime95 just...
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    Screen Does Not Power Up?

    Hi, If you've read your motherboards manual and the following beeps you mentioned says it's bad video then you'll have to invest in another graphics card. what motherboard is it before buying a new graphics card I would try and re-seat the current card to see if it makes any difference, if not...
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    odd startup problem

    Hi, have you got an onboard speaker on your motherboard? if so when you remove an essential component e.g. RAM do you get any beep error codes? if so you can rule out your motherboards bios chip. You've basically got a NO post machine it's a fault with the following: motherboard, cpu, ram...
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