Posts by SMOKE_SKULL

Its too bad Dell doesnt have a buy back program so people can [and should] pay to upgrade there computers. I seen so many people here who just freak out cause there big dollar PC doesnt work perfectly. My 1730 has had some serious issues...

Quote: Originally Posted by MrEvil There is nothing wrong with refurbished parts, and I wish people would stop moaning about them. If Dell had to make a new board for every defective one that would be INCREDIBLY...

I have a T7200 in my 1710 and it frikkin rocks. I upgraded from a 1.86 with 2mbL2.

I think skims CPU is a socket 479? and the others are SocketP?

I have one and I cant get it to run on the desktop monitor only. Seems it wants to run both monitors which kinda defeats the purpose of having the unit. Have you any tips to run the unit as the manual is practically useless.

I have had serious issues changing video drivers, you probably need to run Driver cleaner pro to clean out all the junk.

Basically the same applys to the 1730. Mine would get smokin hot while HD gaming. After removing the card I found a complete clog of the heatsink with a layer of dust, like the stuff you pull from the clothes dryer. Not sure if it can...

I just upgraded my drivers to the 185.20s and am very impressed. You no longer have to restart to switch SLI modes and the drivers automatically clock down to 2D modes on the desktop so the card temps are waaay cooler now. Performance is...

That Windows 7 is a festing pile of DOGPOO. I installed it on a Asus Maximus Extreme and have had nothing but serious problems. I switched back to Vista and the machine runs fine. THat 7 is all hype and some people here are being very...

Oh and I dont thing the Bios should have anything to do with the overheating issue. Mine dont use the latest Bios and I dont have any heat issues.