Recent content by Darcadian V1

Finally got hold of a new psu to try but sadly the problem remains...also theres no indication of HDD access from the HDD Led. Looks like the mobo is dead "sigh"

Thanks for the reply. My PSU is a Antec Truepower Quattro 850w After more experimenting this is my view also. The psu has performed amazingly for about 2 years and the problem hasnt occured as a result of any tinkering. I did notice some red lights now showing on the gpu (radeon HD 4870) and...

Last night my PC froze up so I just reset the machine. As it was booting up the was no signal to my monitor so I reset the machine again. Once again there was no signal to the monitor and after about 10 seconds the machine powered itself off. I have encountered this porblem before and it turned...

Tried the other graphics card and all is running fine woo hoo!. Thanks for the input bobby im lucky I didnt need it. Now to fork out for a new card :(

Thanks for the ram tip. My motherboard is an Asus Crosshair.

Thanks for the reply Bobby, Sadly I dont have a spare psu to try but I did notice something interesting. I get a Post readout on a little LCD display on the back of my motherboard and when I start the computer up it hangs on "TEST VRAM" or "BOOT VGA". Could this mean my graphics card has died? I...

For the last few days I have been having a problem where my screen would suddenly go black at random and the only way to regain a picture was to reboot (sound was also cut off). Today this problem became more frequent and now everytime I try to turn the computer on there is no signal to the...

Hi all, I have been using my computer as a DVD player for several years now but have always noticed that the picture quality is inferior to that of a Stand Alone DVD player connected to a TV. I have never been able to get the full quality of DVD on any pc I have had whether im using a Monitor...

Ive installed a Sapphire Ati Radeon HD 2900xt in my new systems and it running great. However ive noticed something odd in the catalyst control centre. On the Ati Overdrive page the core is running at 507mhz when its supposed to be 745mhz. The same applies for the memory running at 514mhz...

Many thanks Big B. :good:

Just got my new system up and running and sifted through the usuall wierd stuff that happens. Theres still one issue concerning me though. The systems is running perfectly stable it seems but just now I loaded up the ASUS PC PROBE II utility and it give a warning on one of the voltages. All...

Some of you here may be familiar with the 2 tiny switches present on ATi graphics cards labeled "on" and "ke" at one end and "1" and "2" at the other. A few years ago when I bought a ATi radeon X800 XT it came with instructions for setting these switches with a sharp pencil for UK use. All...

The motherboard im using for this psu is actually an Asus Crosshair but im guessing the same applys?

Ive just bought a Antec Truepower Quattro 850w power supply. It says its compatible with ATX 12 V systems. The motherboard I have says under power requirments that the board is 12v V2.0 compliant. Does this mean the power supply is not usable with this motherboard?

Ok about to order kit for a new system and just got paranoid about whether the power supply I have selected is man enough for the job and allow for future more powerful upgrades. http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=07666 It will be powering: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual...