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Upgrading from SATA 1 to SATA 3
My motherboard is Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 and it has 4x SATA 2 ports. I have SATA 1 disk installed and it's slowing my system, I think it is because of its 8mb buffer. I want to upgrade or should I say ...
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Computer acting weird
My specs:
Windows XP PRO SP3 with latest updates of course
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3
CPU - DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E4300, 1800 MHz (9 x 200)
Video card - Gigabyte GeForce 7200 GS
I have ...
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Why my USB devices are working while PC is not working?
When I shutdown the computer, I need to disconnect all USB devices(mouse, flash drives, USB hub) because their lights are bright and it's hard to sleep or I can just power off computer by PSU PWR ...
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Is C.I.A. 2 good of overclocking? [closed]
I have enabled C.I.A in BIOS. Should I use it to overclock my CPU (Intel Core 2 Duo E4300) or is it pointless?
While it's on and set to 'Full thrust' the CPU temperature falls down to 50C (while ...
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HDMI version on Gigabyte GA-H55-UD3H / Intel H55?
I am looking for information regarding the HDMI standard for the Gigabyte GA-H55-UD3H motherboard. All the sites simply say that the motherboard has an HDMI interface but they do not show its version. ...
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How do I enable SATA 3 on my computer or check if it is enabled?
My HDD is a WD5000AAKX, the Shop keeper told me that it is 6gb/s meaning SATA III right ?
How would I know if its working at SATA 3 6.0gb/s?
My system:
Intel Corei7 920
Gigabyte X58A UD7
AMD ...
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Does my Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P motherboard support a SATA 3 SSD drive? [closed]
Can this motherboard, a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P, support a SATA3 solid state drive?
South Bridge:
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4, SATA2_5) supporting ...
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Audio front panel noise?
I want to use the front-panel audio connections for my headphones, but when I use it, it makes a static noise like my HDD.
There is no problem with the wires. This sound starts only when Windows ...
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How do I replace a motherboard with the new one?
Is there any compatibility check done while purchasing a new motherboard with the available peripherals?
One of the computer's GIGABYTE motherboard got damaged (getting stuck at bios and not booting ...
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M/B Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3: Can I use GA-P67A-UD3-B3 BIOS? [closed]
I have Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 motherboard (B2 chipset stepping).
I want to try Gigabyte TouchBIOS, but there's an update only for GA-P67A-UD3-B3 motherboard. However I'm not sure that there's so much ...
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How can I limit/disable TurboCache on a EX58-UD3R?
I have 16GB of RAM installed in my computer. It is DDR3 at 1333MHZ. My motherboard is a Gigabyte EX58-UD3R MAX RAM 16GB.
In Windows 7 Professional 64-bit I can only see 12GB; the remaining RAM is ...
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“Missing” Realtek 8111E adapter on Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3
I have had my newly built PC for about 1½ month.
Main spec
GA-P57A-UD4-B3
Intel i2600K
16GB Kingston DDR3
GTX560Ti Intel 320
40GB SSD 1TB Western Digital
Corsair Power Supply 600W CX
At first I ...
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Could other hardware be responsible for bad sectors on my hard drive?
I have a Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 motherboard. There is a single hard drive (a cheap Seagate Barracuda drive) attached to it over SATA3, and AHCI is enabled in the BIOS. Recently, the drive started to ...
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Different Audio on front and rear channels
Motherboard : Gigabyte G31MS2L
Drivers Realtek: 6.0.1.6235
I want to have Skype on the blue jack and Windows Media Player on green. Is that possible?
Here's my current setup:
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BIOS hanging when configured for AHCI mode
My system was working fine until I decided to resize my primary partition. To do this I had to reboot. During POST my BIOS hung right as it was detecting the different drives. I updated my BIOS to the ...
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How to know which RAM I can/should buy for my PC?
I have a relatively old PC (5 years or more) which has only 1GB of RAM. I'm running on Windows 7 and unfortunately it doesn't like being so senile...
I have a Gigabyte mother board but I have no ...
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What is the origin of K = 1024? [closed]
Why does the discrepancy in the number of bytes in a kilobyte exist? In some places I've seen the number 1024 (210) while in others it's 1000 (and the difference gets increasingly large with M, G, T, ...
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Does intel E7400 Core2Duo support vt-x?
Does intel E7400 Core2Duo support vt-x? The specification on the intel's website says it supports vt-x,
But the Intel Processor Identification utility says it doesn't
Can anyone confirm this?
I ...
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What precautions when using multi-rail SMPS?
This is a follow-up to my question How to identify an SMPS can power both SATA, and IDE devices?
Since the question was posted, I've purchased Gigabyte R450 SMPS.
The SMPS is dual-rail; something ...
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Why do hard drives display a size lower than the true value? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
hard drive size
For example, I have a 250GB hard drive and when I add up all the partitions (and there are no hidden partitions), it comes out to 232GB. I know that this ...
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Gigabyte Motherboard + Adaptec RAID = No Booting from any drives
I have a brand new PC, just out of the box. It has a Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 motherboard.
I also have an Adaptec ASR-2504 SAS RAID card with 2x 15k Seagate Barracuda SAS drives attached.
After the ...
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Raid recovery in gigabyte GA-8I945 Pro
This was a working machine until a few days ago.
And now it won't boot into the OS, during startup if makes clicking sounds (I think from one of the drives).
Installed OS: Windows 2003 Web edition
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would any of these two motherboards run Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66GHz (Q8400)? [closed]
would any of these two motherboards run Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66GHz (Q8400) ?
the two motherboards i have are:
Genx 945 GC-G333
and
GIGABYTE GA-945GCM-S2C
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when i set my FSB to 400mhz in bios it actually stays at 333mhz
My front side bus (FSB) is rated for a maximum of 400mhz (Rated FSB 1600MHz). In fact, it used to run at 400mhz until recently.
I'm trying to overclock my E8400 to 3.6GHz. I have done that in the ...
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Many Mouses keeps locking/sticking, eventually “USB device unrecogonised”
I am having a terrible problem with mice.
A brand new mouse may work perfectly for maybe 24-48 hours and then start locking up and "stuttering". Eventually the problem becomes worse, either locking ...
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Why are RAM size usually in powers of 2 (512 MB, 1, 2, 4, 8 GB)?
The newer computers usually have 2, 4, 8, etc GB of memory. The older ones usually have like 128, 256, 512 MB or less but usually also in powers of two.
What is the reason behid this? Why don't hard ...
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What do BCU.exe and BCUService actually do?
I've got a Gigabyte G32M-ES2L motherboard with an Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93GHz CPU running Windows XP SP3 (fully up to date).
Today when I booted the machine my firewall (Sygate Personal Firewall) ...
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i7 overclocking problem
I've got an overclocked system that seems to be misbehaving.
When trying to boot up from cold the system just hangs and nothing is output to the screen. Fans are on as they should but nothing ...
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Problems reviving old pc including graphics card issue
I have a PC that seemed to have died years ago that I am trying to revive. It has a dual core athlon processor and a gigabyte motherboard. It had two dual output graphics cards, and I have long since ...
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Kingston HyperX 4GB and Bus compatibility
I'm considering purchasing Kingston HyperX 4GB .
I believe it has 2000 Bus.and i have a gigabyte G41M-Combo which support DDR3 1333 .
Will that work?
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Gigabyte motherboard (890gpa-ud3h) won't shutdown USB power
what the thing the Gigabyte engineers were thinking about their BIOS? How to disable USB being powered while standby/off by button?
If I do hard shutdown by button (not related to my another question ...
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High DPC Latency and Slow Hard Pagefaults on Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R Motherboard
I've owned a DIY-built PC on a Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R motherboard for about 2 years now. When I first built this PC, it ran perfectly under Windows XP 32-bit. Performance was good, and I had no issues ...
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Cost per GB of different Flash media
So I'm looking at getting a new laptop, and I don't think an SSD would be worth the expense, but I thought that using ReadyBoost with some Flash memory permanently jammed in the laptop's memory slot ...
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Can someone help me figure out why my PC doesn't boot up properly with my ATI 5850 card? (Video link included)
When I turn on my pc (cold start) my video card (Gigabyte ATI 5850) makes some weird fan-noises ... like it doesn't have enough power. So i've just replaced my Antec 450W with an Antec 750W TruePower ...
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Rebuild split RAID5 array
I'm running 6 320GB SATA drives in a RAID5 configuration on a Gigabyte M59SLI S5. Last week the system started hanging durning array initialization. One of the disks is dead and another has been ...
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VIA VT6410 BIOS Update Utility? Gigabyte GA-8I915PL-G Motherboard Integrated RAID Controller
I have a Gigabyte GA-8I915PL-G motherboard with a VIA VT6410 RAID controller onboard. I recently purchased a new hard drive that apparently needs the VT6410's BIOS updated in order to have it ...
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Windows 7 install issue with Gigabyte GA-8I915PL-G Motherboard (Via VT6410 RAID SATA controller)
I've been screwing with this W7 install (64bit) for FAR too long now. I boot to the Windows installer, it immediately asks for a driver disk for the controller, and search as I might, I cannot find a ...
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How to enable raid on Gigabyte G33M-S2L?
I'd like to set up RAID-1 on my Gigabyte G33M-S2L motherboard and for this reason I purchased two 1T hard drives.
According to SiSoft Sandra the motherboard does support RAID but it is disabled.
I ...
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Can I set up a separate RAID 5 devices?
I have a GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2 motherboard in my system (Windows 7 64 bit) and currently have a Western Digital SATA 10k RPM drive in it. Is it possible to add three more SATA drives to make a single ...
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SATA HDD stuttering on reads (LED on)
I hope I can get some new ideas to solve the issue. What I have:
AMD Phenom II X4 905e Box, Sockel AM3
Gigabyte GA-MA790XTA-UD4, AMD 790X, AM3 ATX
WD Caviar GreenPower 1,5TB SATA II
4GB Kit OCZ DDR3 ...
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How to update Bios for GigaBye ga-p35-s3 board?
I downloaded the F7 bios from their website (link).
Now what? It seems as if I need to prepare some kind of a dos bootable device because there is an autoexec.bat file in the extracted files. I could ...
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Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P won't boot from USB drive with RAID enabled
I've got a Windows 7 installation image on my USB hard drive, which is set up to be bootable. I know it works because I've used it on several computers, and it works on the computer I'm trying to ...
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How can I update the bios of my gigabyte ex58 ud4p motherboard?
Virtual PC docs say I have to disable trusted execution or update bios.
I am running a gigabyte ex58 ud4p motherboard.
How can I update the bios, is it risking what I have installed on my system ...
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First bootup, do I have to do any BIOS changes?`
Just built my computer, do I have to perform any bios changes at ALL?
keep in mind I am a total newbie!
I have a gigabyte ex58 ud4p, i7 920.
