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Dirtbox 73,655 posts
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dsmx 6,855 posts
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Registered 8 years agoWell I suppose I better look for a whole bundle, does this pre overclocked one look good for £370 with the double RAM and the better motherboard? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-080-OE&tool=3"If we hit that bullseye the rest of the dominoes will fall like a a house of cards, checkmate." Zapp Brannigan
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Dirtbox 73,655 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI wouldn't buy anything from overclockers at all, ever, so no.
Also you don't need branded ram, just get a stack of cheap unbranded. Most of the time they're a decent make anyway, just OEMed.
Edited by Dirtbox at 14:47:44 21-03-2012+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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X201 12,991 posts
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Registered 7 years agoDitto the Oveclockers statement.
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dsmx 6,855 posts
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Registered 8 years agowell I went and ordered some stuff from novatech:
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3-B3
INTEL CORE I5 2500K 6MB
2X4GB DDR3
128GB SSD
SEAGATE BARRACUDA 2TB 64MB
MS WIN 7 HOME PREM 64-BIT"If we hit that bullseye the rest of the dominoes will fall like a a house of cards, checkmate." Zapp Brannigan
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THFourteen 29,028 posts
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Registered 8 years agodsmx wrote:
the mobo battery isnt fucked or anything is it?
tried a cmos rest, no good. when I do a cmos reset it doesn't boot up and a screen comes up asking me to enter the bios to set the system clock and I'm not even getting that far. -
dsmx 6,855 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI replaced the battery a little over a year ago, very unlikely that it's that."If we hit that bullseye the rest of the dominoes will fall like a a house of cards, checkmate." Zapp Brannigan
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Futaba 3,159 posts
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Registered 7 years agoHaving some PC problems today a bit out of the blue. First issue was utorrent would hang on startup and become unresponsive. It worked for a while after a restart but now it's playing up again. It's not just utorrent though, I did a MS Security Essentials quick scan which worked, tried to do another scan to my other HDDs and it's been frozen since. Not even end process in task manager kills it (same with utorrent).
Tried to system restore and got:System restore: The creation of a shadow copy has timed out. Try this operation again. (0x81000101). And 'catastrophic failure (0x8000FFFF)'
Winamp's just frozen too, also that worked again shortly after ending the process. Strangely Firefox seems fine, just checked core temp (which took 3 tries to start up) and the temps seem fine.
Bit confused about what's causing this to happen as everything was fine last night. Any suggestions?
Edit: I didn't know this was actually possible, but the problem seems to have been a flash drive I'd left in the PC overnight. Just remembered it was in the, removed it and all the frozen programs suddenly work, or they closed.
Edited by Futaba at 13:47:08 23-03-2012As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a ninja.
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Mr-Brett 11,483 posts
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Registered 7 years ago@dsmx: In case you don't do it anyway (like I didn't before) you should update the bios on that board straight away. I had a Gigabyte board and the bios corrupted causing an infinite boot loop, it's apparently worst on the z68 models.
@Futaba: That's a weird one, I've never known a flash drive to cause issues like that, if you hadn't have added the edit I'd have said it was your HDD at fault.Please don't use the delete button, think of the children.
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Futaba 3,159 posts
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Registered 7 years agoFunnily enough I was trying to boot up a program that monitors HDD health around the time I made that post but it was another program that wouldn't work because of the issues. It loaded when I pulled the usb drive out though and says my HDD health is fine.As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a ninja.
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Mr-Brett 11,483 posts
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Registered 7 years agoMost strange, dodgy driver perhaps? Maybe the drive just needs a format, although that might be tricky if it's causing all kinds of issues when it's in.Please don't use the delete button, think of the children.
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Mr-Brett 11,483 posts
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Registered 7 years agoTime for my PC problem now. I recently changed the motherboard and ever since windows has been complaining about genuine validation checks, so in the past I'd do that and it says everything is fine but this time it say nope. Now I get some text over my background (which it removed and is now blank) saying it's not genuine and I get annoying pop-ups plus Microsoft Security Essentials is threatening to stop working too >
I can't find anything useful online, is there away to get it validated again?
Edited by Mr-Brett at 11:33:44 24-03-2012Please don't use the delete button, think of the children.
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Futaba 3,159 posts
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Registered 7 years ago@Mr-Brett
Have you tried phoning Microsoft? I'm sure they have a number to ring for issues like that, if not try their own help forum.
Update on my situation, it wasn't actually fixed the other day, programs continued to be erratic and opened very slow. Installed some driver updates today and seemed to have narrowed the problem down to the GPU drivers that were installed. Uninstalled them and reinstalled them to some version or another and everything seems fine now. I think it was possibly Steam that installed the bad drivers (I only reinstalled it recently and I almost always see it updating my GPU drivers on start-up) so I've stopped Steam starting up with Windows.
Edit: Gah, still seems like some programs still seem noticably slower than usual. Tempted to just reinstall windows to see if that fixes it but reinstalling everything is a pain... Guess I'll defrag the HDD, give it a day or so and see if it improves.
Edited by Futaba at 01:48:31 28-03-2012As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a ninja.
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Dirtbox 73,655 posts
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Registered 11 years ago@Futaba Sounds like one of your hard drives is on it's way out.+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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Dirtbox 73,655 posts
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Registered 11 years ago@Mr-Brett you generally can't run windows on a new motherboard without a repair install. You'll have to phone MS.+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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Futaba 3,159 posts
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Registered 7 years ago@Dirtbox
Wouldn't surprise me to be honest, the HDD currently running Windows is getting on a bit now. I was actually considering an upgrade to an SSD soon, this could be the excuse I need to get one. Were their prices affected by the flood like HDD prices were?
Edited by Futaba at 01:51:07 28-03-2012As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a ninja.
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coastal 5,343 posts
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Registered 7 years agoLook out for a deal. You should be able to pick up a 120Gb for £100 if you can wait.bf3: sergeant_shaftoe
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Futaba 3,159 posts
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Registered 7 years agoAny chance of component websites doing any Easter sales? Otherwise I'll go for this.As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a ninja.
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Dirtbox 73,655 posts
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Registered 11 years agoEbuyer often has sales for any occasion so it might be worth waiting a week.+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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Futaba 3,159 posts
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Registered 7 years agoGood to know, thanks.As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a ninja.
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grey_matters 3,071 posts
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Registered 7 years agoFutaba wrote:
Just got this myself (different site, similar price). It just comes as is, so make sure you also get a cradle for it and power and data cables if you don't have any spares knocking around.
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mrpon 24,021 posts
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Registered 6 years ago£10 off Agility SSDs with Quidco Futty. -
Mr-Brett 11,483 posts
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Registered 7 years agoDirtbox wrote:
I had an x86 serial key lying about so I tried that and it worked even though I'm using a x64 version of Win 7. Hopefully that'll keep me going until Win 8, cheers though.
@Mr-Brett you generally can't run windows on a new motherboard without a repair install. You'll have to phone MS.Please don't use the delete button, think of the children.
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ManicDrunkMonk 443 posts
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Registered 7 years agoHi all,
I was hoping to get the advice of some of the more PC-savvy members of the forum.
I have a 2008 Dell XPS 420 sitting about that I want rid of. Primarily I'd like to sell it and garner some cash, but have run into the issue that I want to provide a new HDD with a clean OS installed (for security etc.). Dell never provided me with a Vista installation disc though.
1. Is the whole process worth the effort, or should I just take it to the dump?
2. Is going onto eBay and picking up one of the Vista recovery discs (about £10) a reasonable thing to do, or is there a better way of doing this?
I hope I'm not wasting anyones time with stupid questions.
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Dirtbox 73,655 posts
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Registered 11 years agoDownload the same version of an OEM vista disk from a warez site like pirate bay and use the key that's on the case. The disk itself is irrelevant, only the key matters.
Come to think of it, you should be able to restore it to factory settings without any of that.
Edited by Dirtbox at 20:55:25 23-04-2012+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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cianchristopher 6,360 posts
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Registered 4 years agoHere's a question re: RAM
I bought a 4gb stick of RAM last year, and it works okay, no problems. So, i picked up another (identical) stick as it was so cheap at the time (I used my order history to ensure I was buying the same one again) just to see what 8gb RAM felt like.
Now, when I put in the second stick the PC won't boot at all. I've tested both, and the sticks work fine independently of one another. I'm just wondering, do I have to buy RAM together to make sure they're compatible? Perhaps the few months that elapsed between purchases led to the two sticks coming off a different production batch or something (even though they're ostensibly "the same"?).
Or is my motherboard simply not supplying enough power to both sticks? Could that be the reason?
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Rusty_M 3,591 posts
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Registered 6 years agoFrom what I've read, some motherboards are quite funny about RAM. The motherboard manufacturer's site should have some document showing which RAM sticks have been tested as compatible and in which configuration. It doesn't mean other RAM or other configurations won't work. It just means its not certain.The world is going mad. Me? I'm doing fine.
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grey_matters 3,071 posts
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Registered 7 years agoHow old is the motherboard? Is the BIOS the newest available? -
Motherboard is 3-4 years old. BIOS is the latest one.
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