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On January 21 2012 12:20 Sweetness.751 wrote:
I need help with a problem I'm having.
Background info. My self build computer case was dropped one month ago. The case is not salvageable and I needed to replace my HDMI to VGA Adapter (allows me to connect my GPU to my monitor)
So decided to run a POST test outside the case, to see if all of the other components were working. (ie: Motherboard, Graphics Card, Processor, Power Supply) I hooked everything up correctly to the power supply. I connected the 24 pin plug, the 8 pin plug, and the plug to the GPU. Then I turned on the system and all three of the fan started turning, (GPU fan, Processor fan, and PS fan,I assumed that meant nothing else was damaged) but nothing appeared on my monitor. No POST test. I didn't even receive any beeps to tell me what is wrong.
PS. And yes I had the Monitor plugged in. Sadly I lost my motherboard manual
Can someone please help explain to me what is wrong, or point me to a site where I can get more information?
HDMI to VGA shouldn't work unless its an expensive active adapter. HDMI has no pins for analogue data while VGA is all analogue. So what is essentially happening is that HDMI is speaking English and VGA is speaking Chinese and they don't know what the hell is going on.
Either that or you're not plugging the monitor cable into the GPU itself.
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I'm looking to buy a cheap netbook (200-250) but I'm not sure how the dual core atoms compare to single core. Anyone have experiences with that? I'm not expecting to be able to play games. Is the 1gb of RAM on most netbooks seriously limiting?
Recommendations?
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@Sweetness from another computer you can download the manual for your motherboard from the manufacturer's website.
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On January 22 2012 13:18 Womwomwom wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2012 12:20 Sweetness.751 wrote:
I need help with a problem I'm having.
Background info. My self build computer case was dropped one month ago. The case is not salvageable and I needed to replace my HDMI to VGA Adapter (allows me to connect my GPU to my monitor)
So decided to run a POST test outside the case, to see if all of the other components were working. (ie: Motherboard, Graphics Card, Processor, Power Supply) I hooked everything up correctly to the power supply. I connected the 24 pin plug, the 8 pin plug, and the plug to the GPU. Then I turned on the system and all three of the fan started turning, (GPU fan, Processor fan, and PS fan,I assumed that meant nothing else was damaged) but nothing appeared on my monitor. No POST test. I didn't even receive any beeps to tell me what is wrong.
PS. And yes I had the Monitor plugged in. Sadly I lost my motherboard manual
Can someone please help explain to me what is wrong, or point me to a site where I can get more information? HDMI to VGA shouldn't work unless its an expensive active adapter. HDMI has no pins for analogue data while VGA is all analogue. So what is essentially happening is that HDMI is speaking English and VGA is speaking Chinese and they don't know what the hell is going on. Either that or you're not plugging the monitor cable into the GPU itself.
Ok so I took your advice and made the correction. It turns out I needed a DVI to VGA adapter. The problem is that nothing has changed. There is still no image on my monitor and still no beeps. The new question I have is, should I replace my motherboard first or my Graphics card? It appears my motherboard has sustained a little damage to the pins for the floppy drive. However I don't use a floppy drive so I was hoping that didn't negatively affect my motherboard. As far as I can tell my GPU is fine.
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Your floppy drive shouldn't affect your motherboard. Unless the entire area around it looks like Hiroshima in 1945. You are not able to try another monitor?
BTW, what exactly is the hardware, specifically the GPU? I hope you're not like my brother who only plugged one 6-pin into his GTX 460...
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What is the highest I can overclock an i5 2500 Processor (Not i5 2500K) to, provided I have adequate cooling?
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Close to zero. If you wanted to overclock, you should have gotten a i5 2500k.
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On January 23 2012 14:09 Womwomwom wrote:
Close to zero. If you wanted to overclock, you should have gotten a i5 2500k.
Alright, I didn't realize it when I bought the cpu/heatsink combo and now it's too late :/
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4.1GHz is the highest you can overclock on a 2500.
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I have an Alienware m11x and I am trying to recover my performance I use to play SC2 higher settings now I have to play in low settings in order to not issue lagg. What I should do to change this? Is it my CPU? Clean the computer? Do some kind of maintenance? I have core i5 and nvidia geforce gt 335m
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On January 23 2012 14:50 skyR wrote:
4.1GHz is the highest you can overclock on a 2500.
But that's 1 core active only. Well, actually you can push BCLK a little bit and maybe get like 4.2 GHz?
i5-2500 runs at 3.3-3.7 GHz. You can up the multipliers by 4 so it goes to 3.7-4.1 GHz. That's 4.1 GHz max Turbo Boost with 1 core active, 4.0 GHz max Turbo Boost with 2 cores active, and so on. Realistically you may see 3.9-4.0 GHz when running games, probably.
Furthermore, you may be able to up the base clock (BCLK) slightly, maybe to 103 MHz from 100 MHz. That would allow you to run about 3.81-4.22 GHz. Maybe that's not worth it though.
Some people just overclock their i5-2500k to only something like 4.0 to 4.3 GHz (no matter how many cores active), even with aftermarket cooling.
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On January 23 2012 05:11 jacosajh wrote:
Your floppy drive shouldn't affect your motherboard. Unless the entire area around it looks like Hiroshima in 1945. You are not able to try another monitor?
BTW, what exactly is the hardware, specifically the GPU? I hope you're not like my brother who only plugged one 6-pin into his GTX 460...
I replaced the motherboard and the system is now fine. Everything works  I guess it was, just too damaged to be used.
My GPU only has 1 6-pin plus. Its a GeForce 460. Ya my old motherboard didn't look like Hiroshima circa 1945. But like I said, there were only a couple bent pins and those were for the connectors to the floppy drive [And a bent PCI slot or two (not express slot though)]. Overall there must have been just enough damage to make it inoperable.
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How much power consumption does an average 7200RPM HDD take? And if the recommended PSU on the Newegg calculator says 605W and I have a 600W PSU would I have to buy a whole new PSU if I don't plan on overclocking?
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On January 24 2012 02:19 Perryy wrote:
How much power consumption does an average 7200RPM HDD take? And if the recommended PSU on the Newegg calculator says 605W and I have a 600W PSU would I have to buy a whole new PSU if I don't plan on overclocking?
Lol Shikyo and I have had this discussion before 
New Egg calculator overestimates power usage by a decent margin (which I personally think is a good thing); I know Shinkyo prefers this one: http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp which is nice because it accounts for all system fans and other devices as well.
Either way if the New Egg calculator says you're only over by 5 watts, you should be just fine.
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Calculators don't give you a power consumption figure. They give you a recommended figure for the wattage your power supply should be at. These recommended wattage figures don't actually mean anything since calculators such as Newegg has to account for the lower quality power supplies. Most configurations will never come close to approaching 600w.
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On January 24 2012 03:43 skyR wrote:
Calculators don't give you a power consumption figure. They give you a recommended figure for the wattage your power supply should be at. These recommended wattage figures don't actually mean anything since calculators such as Newegg has to account for the lower quality power supplies. Most configurations will never come close to approaching 600w.
Er, well I think I meant to say wattage, power consumption doesn't really matter for me as long as the power supply is enough to power everything.
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A 7200 rpm hard drive uses like 20-35W on startup, 4-10W on idle, 6-12W on load. It depends on the model. More platters should mean more power consumption, for example.
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On the TL site. What is the code to indent text next to an image, rather than below or above it?
(Multiple columns)
Or can someone at least find a TL post that does this so i can copy it?
I think this might also be called a table format. I think TL doesnt have the BBCode for tables though
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so my 64gb M4 will most likely arrive today. now ive searched the web but found many different opinions and answers on this so i ask here.
1. just plug it in like any normal hdd right? confused about that since some guides talked a ton about bios settings and all kinds of weird stuff like setting up sectors or whatever.
2. do a new win7 install or just migrate my 20gb boot partition? for migration someone said clonezilla on usb stick is the best choice?
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The thing is that Windows users think they're smart. By being smart they often over-complicate things and end up making things hard for themselves.
The only BIOS setting you have to deal with is changing SATA from IDE to AHCI, if you haven't already. Personally I would just do a clean install, install whatever drivers you need, and use Ninite to batch download and install all of your essential programs. Windows 7 will take care of everything else for you.
Of course your mileage may vary. When I migrated my HDD partition to a SSD, I had a bit of trouble doing so which is why I recommend just doing a clean install...since that guarantees everything will work perfectly.
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