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Its best if you update your BIOS when your computer is about to boot, I think most motherboards require you to press the "End" key after it detects all your internal drives. If you don't have a floppy, use your USB stick to read the BIOS. Or unless if your drive still uses a FAT/FAT32 partition you can access your BIOS file from that drive.

Just get either the latest P45 Intel or x48 motherboard and a Core Duo2 CPU and be done with it. Worked for me. At least the latest quad cores has a higher level cache, I think Nehalem has 8MB. If your going for AMD I suggest a 790FX or 790GX.

^^ Yes, P45 is the latest Intel chipset, though the x58 Core i7 is around the corner.

I'm using a P45 board and its great. Most benchmarks show that a P45 outperforms a P35 any day.

Yeah that board looks great. Sucks that it won't support SLI though, hopefully Gigabyte in the future will produce x58 boards that supports both SLI and Crossfire.

I just recently got myself an ATI Sapphire 4870x2 and that cost me $690 AUS which is by far the most expensive piece of computer hardware I bought up to date.

You shouldn't really believe what comes out of that site, The Inquirer. The author, Charlie, is known as an anti NVIDIA person, he's always against NVIDIA and therefore posts a lot of crap about how NVIDIA products are failing, etc. He recently mentioned that XFX and EVGA were going to abandon NVIDIA, which was proved false and now he is claiming that all G92 chips and so on are defected and going to fail. Don't believe any of his s***, its just stupid. I'm not an NVIDIA fan either, I choose whatever is best suited for me.

Thanks, and yes, I agree, the cables look way to messy and all over the place. I wish Antec didn't make the cables so thick, one thing I'm not happy about. But overall, I'm quite satisfied with my setup.

^^ Alright, thanks for that. Well, here is my newest video for my Intel machine I recently built: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=KOkkuHtw5JM Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500/ 3.16GHz/ 6MB Cache 4GB 800Mhz DDR2 RAM 1x SATA Western Digital 500 GB, 1x Seagate 200 GB hard drive 4870x2 2GB Sapphire ATI Radeon video card 22" Acer monitor at 1680x1050 Antec TruePower Quattro 1000W ATX Power Supply 1x 20 LG DVD Burner 1x LG SATA BluRay & HDDVD Combo Drive Running Windows XP Professional SP2 and Server 2003 SP2 Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 motherboard Thermaltake M9D Case And my other AMD machine: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=-BwYMNKNyV4 Specs: AMD Athlon 6000+ X2 at 3.00 Ghz dual core 4GB 667Mhz DDR2 RAM Gigabyte GA-M750SLI-DS4 NForce 750a SLI motherboard Gigabyte 8800 GTS GeForce 640 MB video card 20x SATA LG DVD Writer 80 GB Western Digital SATA hard drive 460 watt power supply Windows XP Professional x64 SP2 Coolermaster Case 330 Elite

Am I allowed to post YouTube videos that I uploaded myself? Sorry I don't have any pics at the moment.

I voted for Gigabyte for motherboard, been using them for years now and they usually produce high quality boards with good value. And I voted for P45. Because it has more features over a x48 board, and supports more RAM. But if you want to do Crossfire, then your better off with a x38/x48 board, like somebody mentioned, a x38/x48 board offers 16x PCI-Express speed, while the P45 only offers 8x when you link both ATI cards together. I heard somebody said if your running just a single card, your better off with a P45 board, is this true? If you want to do SLI, you will need a NForce board. I use to have a 780i board and I thought it was horrible, too many stability issues, which is annoying. Hopefully the x58 boards will be good, at least NVIDIA was granted a license to do SLI on the Core i7 aka Nehalem boards.

I'm currently using 4GB of RAM. And my clocks are, 5-5-5-18.

I like both ATI and NVIDIA, but I voted for NVIDIA because their last generations of cards have usually outperformed ATI, until recently. For the second option, I voted for yes, since I got a 4870x2, though they have their share of problems, such as microstuttering. As for the third option, I voted for Radeon 4800, I just got a 4870x2. But I also have a GeForce 8800 GTS as well. NVIDIA's drivers are usually better than ATI's. Right now I'm experiencing annoying glitches and issues with this current ATI's driver which is annoying, argh. I wish ATI would make better drivers already, want to make me go back to NVIDIA.

Western Digital and Seagate.

That is horrible for AMD, and I happen to like AMD too. Hope they recover, they've had enough bad luck already.

Hey guys, I recently picked up a GA-EP45-DQ6 motherboard and I have this weird issue. In the BIOS my CPU it reads the speed as 2.8Ghz (Sometimes even lower) but when I boot into Windows it reads as 3.16 Ghz which is correct. If the BIOS reads it under 3.16 Ghz but would it affect my speed or is this some weird glitch? I paid for a 300 dollar CPU and I don't want it to be automatically downclocked and to be slower than it should be.

You planning to get these computer parts anytime soon? I'll also look for a 4870 X2, thats once it comes out next month or the end of this month, sources say. Too bad the GeForce 280 GTX blows, and not to mention overpriced. A 28" monitor sounds very nice, planning to get one too. Its ridiculous that a 30" LCD costs over $1000, that is insane. I wouldn't want to use a 32" LCD TV because of the low resolution, I don't see why a 30" LCD is so expensive just because it supports a much higher resolution though. If you asked me ASUS charges way too much for their motherboards, and not to mention I was plagued with annoying driver issues with their products. As somebody mentioned, Gigabyte is the way to go, but thats your choice.

Don't worry, I solved the problem. It happens to be Anydvd that was causing the problem. I burn most of my dual layer CDs using 4x speed, anything higher than that will cause problems. The discs I'm using are all brand new.

Hello all, I'm currently experiencing burning errors with Nero. It goes well, but when it reaches 100% it always gives me an error message saying that burning failed. I've uninstalled it, reinstalled it and even upgraded from Nero 6 to Nero 8 but the same problem persists. Here is the log I saved: 8K24-022C-1105-EKK5-5000-000E-**** Windows XP 5.2 AMD64 Wow64Process WinAspi: - NT-SPTI used Nero Version: 8.3.2.1 Internal Version: 8, 3, 2, 1 Recorder: <HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L>Version: 1.02 - HA 1 TA 1 - 8.3.2.1 Adapter driver: <Serial ATA> HA 1 Drive buffer : 2048kB Bus Type : default CD-ROM: <HQ0454O AAA655H >Version: 2.0B - HA 1 TA 2 - 8.3.2.1 Adapter driver: <IDE> HA 1 === Scsi-Device-Map === DiskPeripheral : ST3200820A atapi Port 0 ID 0 DMA: On CdRomPeripheral : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-212 1.21 nvgts64 Port 2 ID 0 DMA: Off DiskPeripheral : WDC WD5000AAKS-22TMA 12.0 nvgts64 Port 2 ID 1 DMA: Off CdRomPeripheral : HL-DT-STBDDVDRW GGC-H20L1.02 nvgts64 Port 3 ID 0 DMA: Off CdRomPeripheral : HQ0454O AAA655H 2.0B aobxbo8z Port 5 ID 0 DMA: Off === CDRom-Device-Map === PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-212 F: CdRom0 HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L G: CdRom1 HQ0454O AAA655H H: CdRom2 ======================= AutoRun : 1 Excluded drive IDs: WriteBufferSize: 83886080 (0) Byte BUFE : 0 Physical memory : 4094MB (4192504kB) Free physical memory: 2989MB (3061740kB) Memory in use : 26 % Uncached PFiles: 0x0 Use Inquiry : 1 Global Bus Type: default (0) Check supported media : Disabled (0) 3.7.2008 ISO compilation 11:15:11 PM #1 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 450 LockMCN - completed sucessfully for IOCTL_STORAGE_MCN_CONTROL 11:15:12 PM #2 Text 0 File Isodoc.cpp, Line 6713 Iso document burn settings ------------------------------------------ Determine maximum speed : FALSE Simulate : FALSE Write : TRUE Finalize CD : TRUE Multisession : FALSE Burning mode : DAO Mode : 1 ISO Level : 1 (Max. of 11 = 8 + 3 char) Character set : ISO 9660 Joliet : TRUE Allow pathdepth more than 8 directories : TRUE Allow more than 255 characters in path : TRUE Write ISO9660;1 file extensions : TRUE 11:15:12 PM #3 ISO9660GEN -11 File Geniso.cpp, Line 3349 First writeable address = 0 (0x00000000) 11:15:12 PM #4 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 3568 Turn on Disc-At-Once, using DVD media 11:15:12 PM #5 Text 0 File FilesystemSettingsValidator.cpp, Line 142 FS Settings: using validator 'CUDFSettingsValidatorDVD' ParamMode = 'automatic', changing UDF partition type from 'physical' to 'physical' Changing UDF revision from '1.02' to '1.02' 11:15:13 PM #6 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 311 Last possible write address on media: 2298495 (510:46.45, 4489MB) Last address to be written: 377791 ( 83:57.16, 737MB) 11:15:13 PM #7 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 323 Write in overburning mode: NO (enabled: CD) 11:15:13 PM #8 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 2932 Recorder: HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L, Media type: DVD-RW Disc Manufacturer ID: <TDK601> <saku> Disc Application Code: 2, Disc Physical Code: 214 11:15:13 PM #9 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 497 >>> Protocol of DlgWaitCD activities: <<< ========================================= 11:15:13 PM #10 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 754 Setup items (after recorder preparation) 0: TRM_DATA_MODE1 () 2 indices, index0 (150) not provided original disc pos #0 + 377792 (377792) = #377792/83:57.17 relocatable, disc pos for caching/writing not required/ required -> TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048, config 0, wanted index0 0 blocks, length 377792 blocks [G: HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L] -------------------------------------------------------------- 11:15:13 PM #11 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 956 Prepare [G: HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L] for write in CUE-sheet-DAO DAO infos: ========== MCN: "" TOCType: 0x00; Session Closed, disc fixated Tracks 1 to 1: Idx 0 Idx 1 Next Trk 1: TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048/0x00, FilePos 0 0 773718016, ISRC "" DAO layout: =========== ___Start_|____Track_|_Idx_|_CtrlAdr_|_____Size_|______NWA_|_RecDep__________ 0 | lead-in | 0 | 0x41 | 0 | 0 | 0x00 0 | 1 | 0 | 0x41 | 0 | 0 | 0x00 0 | 1 | 1 | 0x41 | 377792 | 0 | 0x00 377792 | lead-out | 1 | 0x41 | 0 | 0 | 0x00 11:15:13 PM #12 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 240 SPTILockVolume - completed successfully for FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME 11:15:14 PM #13 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 4359 Caching options: cache CDRom or Network-Yes, small files-No (<64KB) 11:15:14 PM #14 Phase 24 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1767 Caching of files started 11:15:14 PM #15 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 4481 Cache writing successful. 11:15:14 PM #16 Phase 25 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1767 Caching of files completed 11:15:14 PM #17 Phase 36 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1767 Burn process started at 4x (5,540 KB/s) 11:15:14 PM #18 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 2673 Verifying disc position of item 0 (relocatable, disc pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0 11:15:14 PM #19 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3280 Recording mode: Sequential Recording Mode 11:15:14 PM #20 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3434 Start write address at LBA 0 DVD high compatibility mode: Yes 11:15:14 PM #21 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 10164 ---- Disc Structure: Physical Format Information (00h) ---- Media Type: 0, Layer: 0, Address: 0 (0 h), AGID: 0; Length: 2050 Book Type: DVD-RW (3), Extended Part Version: 1.2 (18) Disc Size: 120 mm, Maximum Transfer Rate: 10,08 Mbps (2 h) Number of Layers: 1, Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP), Layer Type: recordable Linear Density: 0,267 um/bit, Track Density: 0,74 um/track Starting Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 30000 h (DVD-ROM, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW) Outer Limit of Data Recordable Area: 26127F h Data in Burst Cutting Area (BCA) exist Revision number of maximum recording speed: 2.0 Revision number of minimum recording speed: 1.0 Revision number table of recording speed: - - - - - - - Class: 3, Extended part version: 18 Start PSN of the Extra Border Zone: 2FE10 h Start PSN of Physical format information blocks in Extra Border Zone: 2FFA0 h Media Specific [16..783]: 80 20 10 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 03 12 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 02 FE 10 00 02 FF A0 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 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00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 11:15:14 PM #22 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3572 Reserved Track size: 377792 (5C3C0h, 737MB) -> return code 0 11:15:17 PM #23 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 269 Pipe memory size 83836800 11:15:28 PM #24 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1404 23:15:28.890 - G: HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L : Queue again later 11:17:53 PM #25 Text 0 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 245 <G: HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L> start writing Lead-Out at LBA 377792 (5C3C0h), length 0 blocks 11:17:53 PM #26 Phase 181 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1767 Writing lead-out... 11:18:53 PM #27 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3840 EndDAO: Last written address was 377807 (5C3CFh)Estimated time for 30mm Borders: 1min 35sec 11:18:53 PM #28 CDR -1080 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1819 Disc not present G: HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L 11:18:53 PM #29 TRANSFER -24 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1819 Could not perform end of Disc-at-once 11:18:55 PM #30 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3840 EndDAO: Last written address was -1 (FFFFFFFFh) 11:18:55 PM #31 CDR -201 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 292 Invalid write state G: HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L 11:18:55 PM #32 TRANSFER -24 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 292 Could not perform end of Disc-at-once 11:18:55 PM #33 Phase 38 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1767 Burn process failed at 4x (5,540 KB/s) 11:18:55 PM #34 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 287 SPTIDismountVolume - completed successfully for FSCTL_DISMOUNT_VOLUME 11:18:59 PM #35 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 11420 DriveLocker: UnLockVolume completed 11:18:59 PM #36 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 450 UnLockMCN - completed sucessfully for IOCTL_STORAGE_MCN_CONTROL Existing drivers: Registry Keys: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon Any help would be appreciated.

Yeah, I suggest getting a Crossfire motherboard. SLI is for NVIDIA, Crossfire is for ATI. A 4850 is nice, but if you want more performance, I would go for a 4870, but thats up to you. I would get a 650 watt power supply just to be on the safe side. 2 GB for gaming just doesn't really seem enough these days, and Crysis is a hungry power game, I would get an extra 1 GB just in case. Everything looks nice.

Its an issue with the NVIDIA x64 drivers: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=67608 A new driver has been released and they still haven't fixed it yet. How irritating. The only workaround is to go to your display properties and go to the troubleshooting section and set the hardware acceleration bar down to 4 - which doesn't really have a huge impact on gaming anyways. Or just reboot your computer.

Windows ME is the worst operating system Microsoft ever made. Its buggy, unstable... everything was bad about it. Why did they even bother releasing it while Windows 2000 was released in the same year.

I've changed all my hardware except my video card, and I pretty much used Nlite to create my Windows CD with all the latest updates and latest drivers slipstreamed. And yes I'm using the latest video card driver, downloaded from NVIDIA. I probably suspect its buggy drivers from NVIDIA, I guess, everything works fine here. I'm not using any theme packs at all, all I did was download this skin and patched the UXTheme file with Nlite, so I don't think thats the problem, being using this skin for a while now without any problems at all. But thanks for your replies.

Ok, I have this annoying problem and I can't seem to find a solution to fix this. Now I'm experiencing this annoying problem I've never had before, not sure if its my new hardware thats doing it or a Windows XP x64 issue. There seems to be black shadows appearing on my Windows session, it happens randomly and I'm not sure what is triggering it. Here is an example if you don't know what I'm talking about: http://www.geocities.com/johnvuong2000/distorted.JPG Help please?

I'm currently using Windows XP x64 and it works great, last time I used it I had to many issues, at least its now running stable and everything works fine. As for Vista... forget it. Too slow, bloated and all that bulls*** you don't want to deal with.