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Computer problem I just can't figure out.... (SOLVED!)
Ginsu Victim:
Too late to RMA. As for buying a new mobo, my wife won't let me spend any more money on my computer. My last one had the PCI-E slot go out on it after owning it for only a little over a year, so I had to buy a new setup (and put that mobo in my arcade, since a regular PCI video card was fine for MAME). She said no more spending.
I did set the bios back to defaults, but I haven't moved the jumper yet to clear the BIOS completely. I will do that and I'll try the fan method soon as well. Thanks.
Ginsu Victim:
By the way, I do have THIS which I'm considering applying, since right now I just have the OEM stuff with the AMD stock heatsink and fan. I'm going to see if it helps any, plus I'm thinking about ordering a better northbridge cooling solution, since it just has a small heatsink that gets too hot.
SithMaster:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 09, 2009, 03:54:40 pm ---Too late to RMA. As for buying a new mobo, my wife won't let me spend any more money on my computer. My last one had the PCI-E slot go out on it after owning it for only a little over a year, so I had to buy a new setup (and put that mobo in my arcade, since a regular PCI video card was fine for MAME). She said no more spending.
I did set the bios back to defaults, but I haven't moved the jumper yet to clear the BIOS completely. I will do that and I'll try the fan method soon as well. Thanks.
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If you really need to buy a new board (same one) to switch and return.
Ginsu Victim:
I don't think a new board of the same kind is the answer. If it is the heat, it's common with this board according to what I've read. I'm going to mess with some heat solutions tonight and see what happens.
IceCold:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 09, 2009, 05:32:36 pm ---I don't think a new board of the same kind is the answer. If it is the heat, it's common with this board according to what I've read. I'm going to mess with some heat solutions tonight and see what happens.
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I think he's alluding to the issue being something like a defect on the PCI Express bus of that specific motherboard(not all of that model, just yours), or some other issue that swapping your motherboard with a different of the same model would fix. You might be right, though, that whole model may just suck.
And I understand where you're coming from, I couldn't drop money on a new motherboard right now either. Money's tight for a lot of people, I'm just concerned that there may not be an answer to this problem. Anyways let us know where you get with messing with the heat solutions, and I'll try to think about it and see if I come up with anything else :)
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