Posts by anqe

Very nice parts, if you can get the vcore rating its even better since there are various bins of the G0 step. The lowest Vcore is 1.26v but some are as high as 1.35v. The lower the better for OC'ing. Mine is a 1.28v and reaches 3.6GHz...

A good way to narrow down faults is to boot XP or Vista in 'Disable automatic restart on crash' this can be selected by pressing 'F8' on boot and selecting the option. Any BSOD should then stay and give you a hint. If its not doing a...

The fan should only be held in by a total of three screws, one of those should be removed when you take off the casing, and then there should be two visible screws. If its getting the case off thats holding you back, then the top...

Having read the service manual, the 3690 appears to use the same motherboard as the 5650 / 5610 featuring i943GM that supports Core Solo T2xxx CPU. So any limitation would be artificial and rather unlikely. I'd expect at worst it may...

Worst ones I've seen are the new HP DV9xxx series that take 2x DVD-DL, a ridiculous 10GB gets used and you have to use two identical discs so you can't even use a single layer for the second 2GB of data.

If I understand what your describing correctly... It is usually the graphics drivers loading into the Aero mode of Vista Home Premium / Ultimate. Usually the first stage of boot loads without Aero effects, when it changes to Aero...

Is the drive visible in the BIOS? If its not visible possibly the issue lies with the HDD connector (I've seen them sometimes work loose and cause issues). If thats not the case then it could be a faulty motherboard. If so is the...

Possible culprit might be the graphics drivers since its happening on content from HDD and DVD drive. Are there any processes running in the back ground at 100% or anything? And what sort of load does the program generate when playing...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lunchie Yes there is but it seems to be a software switch and Linux doesn't seem to support it. I'm running Ubuntu (Gutsy). I had issues with the Intel firmare loader too, couldn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by MichelleG the 5100 is the general series. the 5102 is a specific model within that series. as is the 5104, or 5103 the screens are all the same. To second that, they tend to be...