Fan suggestion X1950XT

[tkpenalty]

I know that. $180AUD is freaking cheap... Why dont you keep it for a new PC, like for lan party/other purposes?

 

[technicks]

Why do the shipping charges for worldwide are rediculous high. Over 100 dollar to ship.
I don't get that. I shipped a card to the US for $35,00. Arrived in 8 days.

 

[x800professor]

Why do the shipping charges for worldwide are rediculous high. Over 100 dollar to ship.
I don't get that. I shipped a card to the US for $35,00. Arrived in 8 days.

That's expedited shipping. Super fast. The other one is the cheapest I could find. I'll see if there's something better.

 

[x800professor]

I just noticed that the first bidder on my X1950XT is from Australia. I figure someone from there would pay $200-250 or so even with the $25 in shipping. Sweet sweet land down under.

 

[x800professor]

This is odd....when watching a video on windows media player or encoding a movie for a DVD, it distorts the image across the bottom. It's just a line on the bottom that is not displaying correctly. It did it on the DVD that I burned yesterday and it does it when playing something on windows media player. Wonder what is doing that...

 

[pt]

This is odd....when watching a video on windows media player or encoding a movie for a DVD, it distorts the image across the bottom. It's just a line on the bottom that is not displaying correctly. It did it on the DVD that I burned yesterday and it does it when playing something on windows media player. Wonder what is doing that...

suggestion:
get a cave on the desert far away from computers...
you're the guy with more problems on is pc i have ever know

 

[x800professor]

suggestion:
get a cave on the desert far away from computers...
you're the guy with more problems on is pc i have ever know

The problems I have had with this computer are amazing. This computer is the devil, I swear. I think I may have figured out that problem...it was something to do with an decoder. I don't care what it is, as long as it isn't hardware related.

 

[x800professor]

Well, it sold for $183.50. I was hoping it would go for a bit more. Oh well. Well, now I'm really looking for a monitor. I want 8-bit and HDCP. I like the 22" monitors...and I don't. I like the 20.1" LCDs because they have a really nice pixel pitch. Anyone have this monitor? It's the SCEPTRE X20WC-Gamer Black 20.1".


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824112003

 

[x800professor]

Oh yeah, the 8800's can handle 1680x1050 right out of the box, right ( I mean once I have installed the drivers for the monitor)? Or do I have to set it up as a custom resolution?

 

[Wile E]

I think they should prof. It's a pretty standard resolution nowadays.

 

[x800professor]

Devil computer strikes again!

The gremlins are back. Now, it posts just fine, but then the monitor shuts off and it stops booting when it starts to load windows. If I try it 7 or 8 times, it will get into windows. If I leave it for a while, it will freeze. If the screen is displaying something, it will freeze and continue to display that image forever. If the monitor is in standby, it will stay there forever and not come out of standby. It passes superpi, memtest, everest stability test for hours. I can run 3dmark06 over and over again. Changing everything back to stock speed and voltage helps nothing. My SMART readouts are all normal. It seems to only have problems once windows starts (or begins to start). Think I should just repair windows and see what happens? Other odd things that have been around since the first day I got the replacement motherboard: It thinks my E6600 is a 1.8GHz, 800MHz FSB processor, I cannot disable speedstep, even though it is off in the bios, and this:

Evaluation? That's interesting. Of course, that is the BIOS...who knows.

I'm using this thread because everyone who has read it already knows the story of the devil computer.

 

[technicks]

Your pc has a demon inside. Try to get a priest and let him throw the evil out.

 

[x800professor]

Your pc has a demon inside. Try to get a priest and let him throw the evil out.

Yes...yes it does. I can diagnose just about anything. But...not overheating, passing prime95, memtest and every other kind of test I can toss at it...and then suddenly freezing for no reason!? Must...kill...computer.

 

[x800professor]

Proff. you really need to dump that mobo all together. Don't sell it, burn it. Imo those mobo's are the worst pieces of junk on the market. And sure, I've heard of them working correctly... for a while, then they stop. It will solve all of your problems.

Unless you want to start a "get rid of the gremlins" fund, I don't have the money for it. If I had it to do all over again, I would not buy this pile of junk, obviously. It does have a lifetime warranty. Plus, they cross ship and pay for postage both ways. The only annoying this is taking everything apart AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

 

[Wile E]

More dying ram, perhaps? That'll cause random weirdness.

 

[x800professor]

More dying ram, perhaps? That'll cause random weirdness.

...maybe, but who knows? Memtest is useless. It seems to be fine for about 3 hours now and then just crashes for no reason.

 

[Ketxxx]

Proff. you really need to dump that mobo all together. Don't sell it, burn it. Imo those mobo's are the worst pieces of junk on the market. And sure, I've heard of them working correctly... for a while, then they stop. It will solve all of your problems.

Ditto on this, EVGA 680i boards are really, really bad. One of the more extreme cases I heard not very long ago involved the mobo not only frying its own DIMM slots with a standard voltage of 2.4v for the particular modules that were in it, but the board also decided it wanted to partially melt the DRAM PCB. What a wonderful board.

 

[x800professor]

Ditto on this, EVGA 680i boards are really, really bad. One of the more extreme cases I heard not very long ago involved the mobo not only frying its own DIMM slots with a standard voltage of 2.4v for the particular modules that were in it, but the board also decided it wanted to partially melt the DRAM PCB. What a wonderful board.

I have about $15. That presents a problem. I hate the board...but not much I can do. I hadn't built a new computer for myself since athlon XPs were new (XP 1800+ originally). I finally had the money...and I got this. Oh well, I'm getting a job this summer. That should get me the money for something.

 

[Ketxxx]

Its a little underhanded, but flash the BIOS with the latest official available, then fleabay it. Use aquired funds to buy a better mobo

 

[x800professor]

Its a little underhanded, but flash the BIOS with the latest official available, then fleabay it. Use aquired funds to buy a better mobo

It is flashed to the latest. I figured that if I really got sick of it, I would RMA it, then sell the new board. It wouldn't cost me anything, I would sell a new board, and I have to rebuild the whole freaking thing again anyway.

However, after fiddling with some bios settings...it seems to be working. It's running at 3.6Ghz (400x9) @ 1.44v. The ram is running @ 1100 5-5-5-14@2.2v. I likes running at 3.6 more than it likes running @ 2.6, go figure.

 

[x800professor]

I do not get this thing. When it starts, it's fine. It never starts on the first try. It first restarts immediately after post with a quick series of erratic beeps, then it gets to the windows boot screen before restart, then it gets to the desktop and freezes, then it boots all the way on the next try. After that, it is fine. It will go through 3dmark06...and I mean all the way through, every test selected. It is fine on prime95, memtest and the everest stability test. It is fine all day. Then I shut it down at night, and the same problems greet me in the morning. Same series of restarts. It's like an old car that hates to start. It also doesn't matter how much I overclock it, because it does the same thing on stock settings. This computer is possessed.

 

[Ketxxx]

Sounds like some advanced latencies may be too tight, theres nothing you can do about this - their pre-programmed into the BIOS code.

 

[x800professor]

Sounds like some advanced latencies may be too tight, theres nothing you can do about this - their pre-programmed into the BIOS code.

I left the computer at home for the weekend, so I can't mess with it until Monday. However, I received two of my memory sticks back from RMA today...pulled one out...and discovered that the heat spreader was not properly stuck to the memory! It fell off immediately. I swear....

Well, I got my Sceptre monitor...now that thing is amazingly great. Glossy MVA 20.1" for around $200 after rebate. Goodbye 17" CRT!

Next...get this....I can get that computer to boot just fine. Only one way to do it though. Run it at 1.2GHz! I have to cut my core 2 in half to get it to work! I wonder...just in case it has something to do with the CPU...where do I go to RMA an intel CPU still under warranty? By the way, the core 2 @ 1.2 can do pi to 1m in about 42 seconds. I'd rather have my usual 14.2 seconds though.

 

[x800professor]

680i #3 = dead

I have to wait for the next one before I can do anything. Let's recap:

3 dead motherboards
4 dead sticks of ram
2 dead x1950XTs

This is the build from hell. Now, normally, I would say it was the PSU murdering everything. However, the CPU has been just fine throughout it all. The two dominator sticks have been in there for over a month without an issue. The 8800 has been in there for over a month without a problem. Gremlins I say.

 

[pt]

i think you have a bnad aura like me