Posts by Jan.

The xp and vista installation does not see the hard drive after loading the non raid but the hard drive controller sometimes, very rarely does detect it. Im not sure whats really wron,g it could be that the hard drive is dead. i did...

i did nor the xp or vista see the hard drive before i had xp then installed vista i have never had a hard drive fail on me so im not sure if this is. What hapens to a m7700 when the hd fail. I will try a different hard drive by...

ive got a problem with my area 51 m7700. It does not detect my hard drive in the windows xp installation using the non raid controller. I have changed the hd into the 2nd tray and then back but no result. It also sometimes says no...

Quote: Originally Posted by adc2564 Hey Jan, Im having the same prob. I changed my mobo and it worked fine for a month. Then the other day it wouldnt boot past the alienware screen. The blue bar at the bottom goes about...

Quote: Originally Posted by Devoran Ahh not sure if there's a CMOS reset jumper, Omagian might know, he's been inside his :P If that's the case, you can't use a card faster than the 6800 Ultra I had the same issue...

Quote: Originally Posted by Devoran What purpose are you thinking the jumper would serve? In regards to video cards, there will not be any more released for this model, as it has been discontinued by the manufacturer....

Quote: Originally Posted by Hammerhead The thermal pads or grease are sticky when you apply them, but after they get up to operating temp a few times, they "set". If you break the seal after that, they won't...

Quote: Originally Posted by Devoran The moment you took the heatsink off, you should have reapplied thermal grease or heat pads. Once you remove the heatsink, the thermal grease that is already on there is rendered...

Quote: Originally Posted by Hammerhead Once the seal of the thermal paste is broken, you need to apply new paste or pads. You've likely cooked your vid card. Sorry again but i meant it as in when i took...

Quote: Originally Posted by BFisch06 You do realize its not "F" and the "2" keys to get into BIOS- its the "F2" key.... Sorry i meant the Fn+F2 for full fan speed. Just to check...