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  1. Fred69

    Misplaced memory=system instability after 4 months?

    Ok my question was more about the dual channel memory. Can we get blue screens when a memory module is in the wrong slot?
  2. Fred69

    Misplaced memory=system instability after 4 months?

    If I understand this correctly, you have an IDE drive on a master controler with a previously installed XP OS on it and a SATA drive with a fresh installed XP OS on it?" not really, i never installed windows on the IDE. only the kernel as been installed there "Was the IDE drive in a different...
  3. Fred69

    Misplaced memory=system instability after 4 months?

    Here a small issue on my friend's pc. This fall he bought a brand new computer and then ask me to mount it. So he chose all his pieces. Here his config: mobo: asus a8n-e chipset: nf4 ultra mem: 2X 1Gig DDR 400 dual channel cpu: athlon 64 3700+ 1meg cache graphic: asus geforce 7800 GTX power...
  4. Fred69

    CPU PROBLEM! TOO MUCH THERMAL PASTE GENERATE CONFLICTS!

    yes, just like i did, I got the stuff in a auto parts shop because the real stuff is hard to find around here. In fact, i didn't want the real stuff, all I wanted was something very powerful, and this brake cleaner rocks! And the can is big for only 15 canadian dollars. The bad thing is you...
  5. Fred69

    CPU PROBLEM! TOO MUCH THERMAL PASTE GENERATE CONFLICTS!

    Yes badbigben is a bit wrong, because on the artic silver site they recommend acetone... it's just important to have it in its purest form, the less ingredients the less residuals.. And not a blend of solvents, only acetone with water, fragrance, colour etc.. And you need to clean it with...
  6. Fred69

    CPU PROBLEM! TOO MUCH THERMAL PASTE GENERATE CONFLICTS!

    Ok I removed all the stuff with a special spray for electronic components. I know it will sound risky but the full name is a "brake and electrical contact kleen" from kleen-flo. But it is safe since it is non conductive and I tested it on another athlon CPU which is working now. It works great...
  7. Fred69

    CPU PROBLEM! TOO MUCH THERMAL PASTE GENERATE CONFLICTS!

    But, one border of the DIE has no "glue", I mean I'm afraid too much oil or alcohol could enter this way in the die. Is it possible? I don't see any hole, but this particular edge is sharp, not covered by the normal "glue" we find on most cpu. The 3 other sides or edge are almost all covered.
  8. Fred69

    CPU PROBLEM! TOO MUCH THERMAL PASTE GENERATE CONFLICTS!

    I found 2 acetone based products at home. These are nail polish removers. One's ingredients are: acetone, water, glycerine, frangance, vitamin e, blue. The second product is a non-drying formula - instant results- high speed action: acetone, water, ethyl acetate, triacetin¸, benzophenone-1...
  9. Fred69

    CPU PROBLEM! TOO MUCH THERMAL PASTE GENERATE CONFLICTS!

    WD40?? It does not damage the cpu? After cleaning, will I need to clean again with alcohol to remove oil?
  10. Fred69

    CPU PROBLEM! TOO MUCH THERMAL PASTE GENERATE CONFLICTS!

    I have an athlon xp 3000+ cpu. I noticed this morning that applying too much "silver" thermal paste on the "die" could create a major problem. If the paste touches some chips elsewhere on the CPU, it creates a short circuit. Sliver paste has one of the highest conductivity. Before buying this...
  11. Fred69

    HP PSC PHOTOSMART PRINTER DRIVER PACKAGE - ERROR FREE INSTALL TIPS

    -------------------------------------------------------- LATEST FULL DRIVER PACKAGE FOR HP PSC 2410. - 11/12/2005 -------------------------------------------------------- HARD TO INSTALL ON WINDOWS XP... MANY INSTALLATION ISSUES... SO FOLLOW THESES STEPS CAREFULLY AND YOUR INSTALLATION WILL BE...
  12. Fred69

    HP ALL-IN-ONE PSC PHOTOSMART XP DRIVERS PACKAGE INSTALLATION TIPS

    Sorry guys! I made another mistake: STEP 6. WHILE INSTALLING... Manually select drivers: please browse to C:/temp/nosoftware do NOT browse to c:\temp\HP_WebRelease... Else the setup will continue but the printer will not work
  13. Fred69

    HP ALL-IN-ONE PSC PHOTOSMART XP DRIVERS PACKAGE INSTALLATION TIPS

    I made a little mistake. 4. UNINSTALL OLD DRIVERS Just unplug the printer USB cable from the computer. Reboot. Also you need to go in start/control panel/add remove softwares. Then remove all HP imaging softwares that have been installed with the previous driver. And remove any HP driver or...
  14. Fred69

    HP ALL-IN-ONE PSC PHOTOSMART XP DRIVERS PACKAGE INSTALLATION TIPS

    You need to install the recent driver package from HP and it doesn't work? Your printer driver CD explosed like mine and the web driver makes fatal errors during install? Before HP resolves this issue, follow these steps. -------------------------------------------------------- HARD TO INSTALL...
  15. Fred69

    I need a sound solution !

    I've just bought the audigy 2 ZS sound card and it doesn't make a huge difference with my standard onboard audio (asus a7v333, old motherboard, so it wasn't the top, I think this is 6 channels audio). I would hardly recommend you to invest in the speakers not the card. Especially in your case...
  16. Fred69

    Cannot copy NTLDR to a floppy

    Wahou and finally could copy the file and his friends to a floppy BUT READ THIS: When I boot with it, my XP now starts, tries to log in (with the little sound) and then do the sound when he logout, so he do this he loop!!! it login logout login logout login logout, all the time in loop! So the...
  17. Fred69

    Cannot copy NTLDR to a floppy

    Hi I made little changes to my partitions and now I can't boot windows xp. The problem is that the system files needed to boot xp (ntldr, boot.ini) were located on a second partition with Windows 98. This FAT partition was the "Active" partition and at this time the boot.ini file was there for...
  18. Fred69

    DO NOT USE Zone Alarm 4 : XP INCOMPATIBILITY

    Zone Alarm 4 was used by the time of SP1 and is a little incompatible with XP now. The version 40_123_012 specially gave me a lot of trouble on my CLEAN version of XP and I REALLY recommend you to download the last version that's a lot better. The proof of this is that I worked with this...
  19. Fred69

    XP Auto Reboot After Modem Connection

    Yes but the Spyware is now removed, but windows doesn't work correctly. It's not the Bios (it is disabled), and the proof of this is that I now write theses words in Windows 98 and I'm connected to Internet, no problem with this OS.
  20. Fred69

    XP Auto Reboot After Modem Connection

    My pc reboot by itself, just after I connect to Internet via modem 56k, just after my ISP confirm the password and give me access to Internet(its instantly after the pass confirmation process). My pc don't reboot offline at any time. This thing happened the first time when (I suppose to) I...

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