I'm curious on what temps I should be cautious of reaching? I have a Intel Centrino 2 Duo P7350 2.0GHz. I've overclocked it to 2.4GHz and ran Orthos and about 3-4 minutes I checked HWMonitor. I was reaching temps around 75 Celsius (167 degrees Fahrenheit) on the CPU. So my question is, is that a safe temp to operate at and what is the "danger level" I should be concerned about?
View 9 RepliesMy windows has the antivirus avast but today when I turned the machine on,I received a message from avast that said my computer was completely in danger because the antivirus was uninstalled!I don't really know the reason,but I don't know what to do. maybe I should call the man that set my pc but meanwhile,am I really in danger with no antivirus? How did the antivirus expired?
View 8 Replies View RelatedIm building a PC at present which is based on an ASUS motherboard, with a SATA HDD. - everything is working fine and the BIOS recognises everything except my DVD rom. The DVD has power going to it fine and operates fine UNTIL I plug it into the IDE (primary or secondary) when it simply hangs with the power light on permanently and will not even eject the drawer.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have been struggling with the task scheduler since upgrading to Vista. I used to have the XP task scheduler run Realplayer when my PC turned on via the bios RTC each morning, and play BBC Internet Radio. Worked fine, no problems. Vista however simply cannot do it. I have setup the Vista Task Scheduler to run a command line that I know works - I have tried dummy runs of the task scheduler when I have been logged in, and it goes no problem. I have also ticked "Run whether user is logged on or not" and entered my password when prompted.
When I login after Realplayer has failed to launch, the Task Scheduler history tab shows the following:Event 107, Task triggered on scheduler, etc, then above it, Error, event 101, Task Start Failed, Launch Failure.Most interestingly, in the failure details it reads:"Task Scheduler failed to start "Alarm Radio" task for user "ROTOMADave".
Additional Data: Error Value: 2147943726." What I find strange here is why the user is ROTOMADave (ROTOMA being the name of my Workgroup) when the user account is DAVES-DESKTOPDave.Could this be causing the problem, and if so how do I fix it? As an aside, the task will successfully run if I login to my PC before the scheduled task, then logout and wait at the login screen.
having just upgraded to Vista, I now need to upgrade my Graphics card, so as Windows Aero will work. Now the problem, which one. I only want a standard AGP card that will operate Aero, as I do not use my PC. for games etc. It seems that all of the graphics card advertised, are over spec for my requirements. Is there a standard Generic card that will operate Aero on my machine.
View 4 Replies View RelatedIf I run the default Vista audio drivers the output volume on my external speakers is very low (i would guess 10% of maximum) with all volume controls set to maximum. Double and Triple Checked - but no change. I have read here an in other forums to try updating to the new Realtek Audio drivers. I have done so, but when I do all of the volume comes from the internal speaker only on the tower. No audio coming out of external speakers. The Realtek Audio Manager in the system tray show a red (ish) speaker.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI need my SB Audigy 2sz to play sounfonts. There is no soundfont bank manager software available for Vista 64. When I load my sounfont player into cakewalk studio; either using Sfz software or loading into midi channels I get a message saying there isn't enough memory. How can I increase the soundfont chache level on my SB card without software? Can I do it in registry?
View 5 Replies View Relatedi tried to get my mic and headphone to working running 64bit vista my pc sees and works fin in vista just when i try to use it in battlefield 2 it does not seem to even see it i have no clue how to get it to work i ran the mic setup and nothing comes up no sound levels nothing to each other in battlefield 2
View 6 Replies View RelatedJust wanted to post the difference between my two different cases. I used to have a CoolerMaster and now have as you know an Antec 1200. Here is the difference in temps. I also do not overclock
View 8 Replies View RelatedHere are mine with Three 80mm Case fans and my cpu cooler.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI think my computer is running a little hot so i want some software that i can monitor the temps in my computer. Can anybody recommend any good software for this?
View 5 Replies View RelatedIs there a good program that can monitor the temps in my comp? At the very least, the CPU. I'm running Vista Home Premium SP1 x64.
View 9 Replies View Relatedmy processor is a core 2 duo E4600 @ 2.4Ghz.The problem is that sometimes when i switch my pc on the beeping overheat sound comes and my pc turns off. sometimes when i do manage to turn it on, i use coretemp and speedfan for the temp. reading and in the beginning it reads at 83 degrees celcius! then it cools down and the temp. remains betwwen 65c - 70c. yesterday the nomal temp was between 40c-45c. the sudden increase in its normal temp scared me. this increase happenned after i cleaned and dusted the insides of my pc. while dusting it i didnt do anything near the processor. i have 3 8mm fans in the pc. 1 blowing on the processor and 2 sucking air out-one from the back and one at the side.
View 4 Replies View RelatedMy new system was running at idle temps of 46c and under load (2 games and ventrillo running) it was sitting at around 61c @3.1Ghz. Now tempted to go a bit further to see how it will perform. I wanted to get the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreeme but found it difficult to locate from local supplies but with more reading i found that a lot of people also had good reviews with the Zalman 9700 LED HSF setup so i was able to get that and man what a difference it made. I now run my system @3.5Ghz easy with idle temps at 38c and under load at 50c thats a damn vantastic difference it has made. extra rep points from me but i am not sure how to do that
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am not afraid to fry my rig but I am better at following orders from someone that has done this before than me testing and trying various changes on my bios. Do any of you, knowing my specs, want to take a gander at helping me OC my rig? I am not looking for extremes, just something to help me play games better (ie: smoother visual and better fps's). I understand if you are reluctant but, we so love to test and what better way to do so if it won't break your rig, right?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI was thinking over overclocking my cpu a bit, and im not sure which program to use, its an amd phenom 8650 x3 2.3mhz.
I was going to use amd overdrive but it doesnt work with my processor.
I tried to overclock my memory ram from 800MHz to 1066MHz,big mistake ,my pc start to restart 5-6 times with many biiiiibs end after some more strange sounds and restarts fortunetly my bios autorecovered.Now when i start my pc with the rest messages...memory dualdual bios mbla mbla i see this to>-->CPUID: O6FB Patch ID 00B6.
My pc specs...
tower silent giant,inout extra large fun x2+in/out large fun x2+duall mini fun under every hard disk.
Power supply Seasonic 700W 80plus with removable pins.
mobo gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 with duall bios rev1.1.
in an article on this forum about ocing an intel 8400 on a asusp5n-t deluxe stew2 advised "go to your tweaking tab and set the cpu,ram and AI over clocking values to manual".....I can find AI overclocking but where are cpu and ram values?
View 7 Replies View RelatedSome people are unsure on how to overclock the GPU. Quite frankly, the GPU is the easiest thing to overclock in a system. Lets start from the beginning. This will void your warranty if you have an ATI video card. The first thing I recommend is to grab some useful programs and the latest NVIDIA WHQL drivers. The programs I recommend are EVGA Precision 1.7.0 or Rivatuner (for the overclocking/monitoring), GPU-Z 0.3.3 (monitoring/GPU info), and ATItool (artifact testing). ForceWare 182.50 WHQL DriverWinXP 32 bit WinXP 64 bit WinVista 32 bit WinVista 64 bit Proper uninstallation/installation of video drivers (Vista, in XP it should be somewhat similar):Download and install Driver Sweeper or something similar. Right click on computer, click Device Manager (on left) Select your display device (video card), uninstall video device software. Delete driver folder (C:NVIDIAWinVista641xx.xx) Reboot in safe mode (repeatedly hit F8 during boot sequence). Run Driver Sweeper or your equivalent. Only clean Display driver. Reboot. Download and install your desired driver. Reboot. When installing new drivers, make sure all anti-virus software is disabled. EVGA Precision 1.7.0 Download , GPU-Z 0.3.3 Download, ATItool.26 Download , Driver Sweeper 1.5.5 Download
View 8 Replies View RelatedI just got done messing around with overclocking a little, and I'm afraid I might have be heading into trouble. How hot is too hot for a cpu to be running? Right now I'm at about an average of 53C idle And the hottest I've gotten is 57C. I just did a quick 10-min stability test from my nvidia software, and the max/min temps are 66/53C, reported on the motherboard. CPUID actually measured core#0 at 43/63C and core#1 at 43/60C.
View 7 Replies View RelatedAny instructions for overclocking an Intel Q6600 Quad CPU. Want increase to at least 2.9mhz from 2.4mhz. Or suggestions for a different CPU, Quad preferred
View 4 Replies View Relatedcan anyone tell me if its a good idea to overclock my CPU and graphics cards i have a q6600 and 2 -8600 gtx 512mb in sli graphics cards installed is it worth me trying to over clock them and what improvement will i see?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am having a problem with my PC. It is a home built with a Gigabyte EP45T Extreme motherboard with a Intel 9550 CPU, 4 GB DDR3 Corsair ram, Gigabyte Nivida GT280 video card and 2 700GB Sata 2 drives set up in a RAID0 array. I have tried overclocking and cannot get it stable. Runs fine for a time and then suddenly starts not to POST. I have gone back to completely standard to see if I can find the problem and even with that there are issues. The drive has two Primary partitions and one extended that is devided up into other partitions. The first primary holds Vista x64 and the second is going to hold Windows Server 2008 as a demo trial..........
View 8 Replies View Relatedoverclocking my Intel Core i7 950 3.07 GHz I know there is a lot of guides and stuff about OC but Check my specs for more info on my system. I really want to make this overclocking the right way. I OC'd my last Core duo 3.16GHz a bit but it never felt safe. So any tips or anything to get me started would be great
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have been overclocking my graphics card with RivaTuner, I decided to try nTune, I then realized I needed to adjust my GPU fan speed, but when I open nTune under the "Performance" tab there isn't any category which let's me adjust my mobo settings... I'm not sure if it is my specific video card (8400GS) or mother board (Dell RY206). But it is running VERY hot, last time I checked close to 140°F.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI just recently overclocked my cpu (Amd athlon64 3800+)stock 2.4 GHz, to 2.83GHz. I have gotten my processor up to this lvl before without facing these issues, my firefox will crash every now and then and azureus does crash every few minutes... This never used to be a problem but i may have done something wrong in overclocking this time. I have ddr400 (200mhz).*2x1gb sticks* The fsb clock is at 257mhz and multiplier is 11. I maximized the voltage for my cpu so that it can run. My dram was configured so that its at 180mhz(with overclocked cpu it is boosted back to around 200-205mhz, checked with cpu-z.) Any idea what im doing wrong or i have missed? do i need to change the voltage for my ram? I tried to change that *other multiplier thing, supposidly stock is x5, i put down to x4, no difference....
View 4 Replies View RelatedI just upgraded to Vista U x64 and am having sound problems. I have a prelude x-fi sound card but the sound coming out of it is extremely low. I have maxed out every thing I can max (control panel sound, creative panel) and the sound level is whisper quiet. I have also upgraded all my drivers except the prelude's, I would but their website isn't offering those drivers at the moment. But the drivers supplied with the card are vista certified so I should get something. But my mobo, etc is all updated. I have been searching for a solution for two days to no avail.
View 8 Replies View Relatedjust got some games loaded and I used to have ATITray Tools which would let you keep the frame rate and temps in the corner during game play, anything like that for Nvidia? Just ran Quake4 at full specs and had Nvidia performance control panel turn the fan to 90%... but would like to monitor the temps and frame rates on this and other games. 9800GT 1GB. ( as soon as the new card arrives.... back to ATI tools.
View 6 Replies View Relatedi know that water cooling is less noisy, takes up less room and cools more efficiently. but how much do the temperatures drop on average from standard air coolers? i want to have a go at decent overclocking when i build my new rig (not what it drops down to, how much it cools down )=
View 9 Replies View RelatedAs the title says, ive managed to overclock to 3.8ghz really stable in XP. But vista wont take anything. my rig is below the stock fsb is 1333 i put it to 1350 and it still froze. What am i doing wrong, i see people online have overclocked in vista just the same. btw it freezes every time about 30 secs after i see my desktop. Usally just after Nod32 smart securty loads. do you think this could be the problem?
View 7 Replies View Relatedi`ve seen a video in Internet where the user overclocks his e2220 (that is my cpu model) from 2.4ghz to 3.16ghz. i got a question: after overclocking will i need a new cooling fan?
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