Computer Science Canada New computer!! finally! (i think i got ripped...) |
Author: | bugzpodder [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:09 pm ] |
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$1308 pretax core 2 duel E6700 Asus P5L-MX (<--- this sux) seagate Barracuda 320GB kingmax 1GB PC5300 DDR2 x2 nvidia GeForce 7900 GS 256MB DDR3 1yr warranty what are some good softwares to test memory/hardrive for problems? |
Author: | Silent Avenger [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:53 pm ] |
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Congrats on your new computer. I know there's a program called CPU-Z that I think you can get for free. Also if you go to run in your menu and type in DXDIAG and run it the DirectX diagnostic Tool will come up and give you information about your computer. |
Author: | Clayton [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:03 pm ] |
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and if he isn't running Winders? |
Author: | bugzpodder [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:08 pm ] |
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you can be sure that I will be pretty soon ![]() |
Author: | Silent Avenger [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:10 pm ] |
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Hmm... don't know. I guess he could google "Benchmarking tool" for his OS. |
Author: | Clayton [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:11 pm ] |
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bugzpodder wrote: you can be sure that I will be pretty soon
![]() That's not much of an excuse bugz ![]() |
Author: | bugzpodder [ Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:42 am ] |
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my motherboard seems to be heated to 45-50 degrees celsius... seems a bit high? the default alert is 45 |
Author: | StealthArcher [ Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:05 pm ] |
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![]() BTW Are you the same bugzpodder as the one on sosmath.com as well? |
Author: | md [ Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:35 pm ] |
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Mine is usually around that level, no issues so far. I'd start to worry if it got up to 60 though. [edit] actually mine is usually at ~40 sometimes less at idle; but if it's been running at 50% + CPU usage for a while it will warm up to 50... it cools off very fast afterwards however. |
Author: | TheFerret [ Sun Dec 17, 2006 4:18 pm ] |
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Personally, I feel that anything over 65C is too hot and can damage your equipment... My laptop right now, running an Intel T2050 is at 42C right now, so the temperature is fine for it, its not buring me... Now moving to my desktop which is more powerful, AMD X4200+, with 5HDs in it, it is running around 42C most of the time also... So 45-50 is not really that high since when I start gaming on desktop, the temp can raise 5-10 degress considering what I am doing... |
Author: | TokenHerbz [ Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:01 pm ] |
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Iv'e gotten my comp hot to the touch befor. I finally had to restart it because i ran out of memory, and continued to game it up..... And my comp still works ![]() |
Author: | bugzpodder [ Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:11 pm ] |
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yes stealtharcher thats what happens on my laptop... it is sizzling hot when adapter power is on.. but i leave it on anyways. it might be an issue with those stupid batteries (probably made by sony xd) btw this new comp made my jaws drop when it managed to complete XP setup in under 10 minutes. but of course, with my slow internect connection, i managed to download sp2 in a more shocking time of 5 hours. |
Author: | Silent Avenger [ Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:31 pm ] |
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Wow! 5 hours for sp2? Do you have a 28k or 56k modem or something else? |
Author: | bugzpodder [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:33 am ] |
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DSL but it downloads at 15kb per sec. |
Author: | War_Caymore [ Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:16 am ] |
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my computer runs at 39C when idle and ~48-52C when playing games. So my comp dosen't do too bad. considering the poor ventalation (dam thing only came with ONE fan, and thats with the PSU) i think it runs pretty well. so farn, nothing hppened to it yet (a whole 2 months and no blue screen of death from windows... is that a record XD) |
Author: | Silent Avenger [ Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:29 am ] |
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I'm just wondering what you guys use to check the system temp. I have speedfan but I don't think it gives me the proper reading since the cpu temp reads as below 0C. Edit: @War_Caymore I don't think that would be a record since I know my computer has been running for almost a year now with no errors and my uncle's computer has been running for more than a year and a half with no erros. So I'm sure there are computers out there that have been running even longer but I guess it all depends if you keep your computer well tuned. |
Author: | md [ Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:25 pm ] |
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lm_sensors; and gkrellm2. The first actually gets teh sensor values from the kernel drivers, the second displays them in real time (system monitors are great!). Gkrellm2 you can get for windows, but I'm fairly certain that lm_sensors won't work at all |
Author: | bugzpodder [ Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:56 am ] |
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my computer crashed a twice times from fresh installs ![]() i use prepackaged amd tool (amd probe II) although i heard everest works too |