A CrapCleaner scan (ccleaner.com) (http://www.ccleaner.com/) for issues and old files might help a bit.

Could occasionally put the computer in sleep mode rather than shutdown, but for some people...

It looks like your RAM is currently set to it's default latencies, speed and volts. I can't imagine a situation where you'd get much benefit from overclocking the speed. Reducing the latencies would...

I'd be surprised if you notice much difference overclocking your RAM. However if you want to do it, technically 1066 is possible, but in reality I doubt it. 900 is probably your limit, maybe 950 with...

http://www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm

But most programs have the option of displaying either Celsius or Fahrenheigt, might be worth looking for for this in the options; save u doing the calc. each...

EDIT: IN THE TIME IT TOOK TO WRITE THIS 5 POSTS APPEARED. YOU SEEM TO HAVE SOLVED IT ;)

Ah, yes the compound that comes with the fan would be enough if it's brand new. You still need to clean the...

You can SLI two of those cards, but only on an SLI motherboard like a 780i or an X58, not on an X48.

And yes, having 4 cards (well 2x2) is very pointless. Most games won't utilise it and NVidia...

Do you mean two 9800GX2s in SLI or just the one 9800GX2 because the X48 will take one 9800GX2 but not 2 of them.

The GTX295 is out now for about $500 USD which is the new NVidia dual card. Not...

Yeah you can install a 64bit o/s, your CPU supports it. A compatible CPU and motherboard are the requirements.

I can't give o/s recommendations, as people's experiences vary so much. Some love...

Well, the first thing that comes to mind is; what operating system do you use? Is it 32bit or 64bit?

A 32bit O/S cannot address more than 3.5GB of RAM. So if your graphics card takes the .5 that...

I get mine from JayCar, which is a electronics chain here in Australia...

Very nice setup you have there :)

So you can't get to the point of checking temperatures in the BIOS?

I'd re-do the CPU heatsink. Take it off, clean both surfaces with iso-wipes, making sure...

For something a little cheaper than I suggested 2 posts ago, maybe:

Q6600 or E8500 CPU
9800GTX+
800 RAM rather than 1066 (also, Suspishio makes a good point about RAM and a 32 Bit O/S)
Less...

Depends. You could theoretically spend up to about $5,000 but who's going to do that?

The new Intel X58 boards are out now, with the EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE i7 CPUs. If money's no object this is where...

Yep, I know it's not the question here, but I had a 7600GT (AGP) and it was a great card, handling Call of Duty and Battlefield 2 pretty well. However as they get rarer, the old AGP cards may get...

lol @ conflicting MSI advice:



This bit might be relevant:

It is faster, and more expensive. DDR2 has lower latencies, but DDR3's speed makes up for this.

Since most intel CPUs have locked multipliers, you have to do some serious overclocking to get your...

If you're overclocking the processor more than 5-10% an aftermarket cooler is a good idea.

As for motherboards, the only board that does SLI, 775socket CPU and DDR3 is the 790i (there's a couple...

I think that says your 1 stick is running at 333MHz (166.7 x 2).
It says it's made to run at a maximum speed of 400MHz (200 x 2).

That's all fine, your RAM has been slowed down to what your...

Ah, good pickup caperjack. The SPD of the RAM says pc3200 (400MHz) but your motherboard says 2700 only thanks. Hence the error on startup.

Once your BIOS setup opens, pressing Ctrl+F1 can show...

Yeah that's a fair call :)

The cheap quad is the Q6600.
For the new series, the Q9450 and Q9550 are exactly the same, it's just the 9550 has 8.5 multiplier compared to the 8x multiplier of the...

Oh, I should have mentioned, I don't like ASUS motherboards these days. MSI are turning out some good ones lately so I'd look at them. This board is an X38...

The 'GIGABYTE -GV-NX98X1GHI-B' is a 9800GX2, is that right?
They're a nice card, but I personally don't like the X2 types as some games (mainly older ones) don't utilise both boards. That said...

Zone alarm used to do that to me too. I think it's just one of those things. I've switched to NOD32 for AV and just windoze firewall. I assume ZA is just doing firewall, because you shouldn't have it...

I think the mobo battery is just there to keep the CMOS memory. This is where the BIOS is stored; removing it clears the CMOS and resets the BIOS, which can be useful in some situations.
The battery...

If you've set a static IP, try auto. If you're auto, try static. The static IP you choose will depend on your router (usually either 192.168.0.X or 10.0.0.X)

Try to ping another computer on your...

Some 'shots in the dark' for you:

Do you have the latest Direct X?
There's a version 9c that was released in 2008, might be worth putting on.

Does your BIOS tell you what volts it's putting to...

My favourite free proggie for cleaning up windoze is CCleaner (formerly crap cleaner, lol). You can find it here: http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
The download link's in the top right...

Sometimes a new motherboard means a new install of your O/S, as your stuff is in different places and windoze can't find it.

There's ways and means of getting around this of course. Unfortunately...

The specs HERE (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?dlc=en&lc=en&product=1118242&lang=en&cc=ca&docname=c00471056)seem to suggest this model comes with 256MB. I don't know why properties say...

No problems :)

I should mention that 800MHz is by no means the highest RAM goes. DDR2 comes in 1066Mhz speeds (+ overclock) while DDR3 can come in speeds of up to 1600MHz I think, at the price of...

It's best to match your RAM to your motherboard and processor. So, if you're getting a new Mobo and CPU soon you should decide on that before buying RAM.

If you've already got your sweet new mobo...

The most likely thing is incorrect drivers. I've heard people having real trouble with ATI drivers. Go to this page, (http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html) and select your options (probably XP...

Unlikely.

A 3GHz P4 will run fairly hot as it is, so you'd want to monitor temps if you're overclocking. To monitor temps in windoze you need the right software, and installing this kinda gives...

Well the person in this thread here: http://tinyurl.com/2km267 got a response from Dell saying 'no' with no explanation, but got the response: "They generally will tell you no because they want to...

Notch up a 'solved thread' for Jo

;)

Currently quads are not utilised (unless you're doing heaps of things at once or playing Crysis) but it's about future-proofing. I don't upgrade very often, so when I do, I'll be getting a quad...

Not all 775 socket mobos will support the new quad cores unfortunately.
I'm an SLI person (2 Nvidia graphics cards) so I have to get a 780i because the 680i doesn't currently support the new quads....

I'd go for a Core2Duo from Intel, they have a good price/performance ratio. As for 2 core or 4 core, it's really up to you. Personally I'm getting a Q6600 (4 cores), but the E6600 (2 cores) is also...