lol yea, and if you ever drunk bulgarian beer you'll know it is one of the nicest in the world, and it is VERY cheap;)

Oh man, you're one wonderful, helpful person! I'm speechless, this was simply the most useful post I have ever received over an internet forum! I'm so glad my drive is back working as normally, you just saved me 30 dollars you have a beer from me, tell me how to send lol

It is in PIO mode. What to do? Tried to change to "DMA if available", restarted the PC, but in "Current transfer mode" it still says "PIO Mode".

I'm pretty sure that it's the firmware, but how can I check if the drive is in PIO mode or not?

Hello, please help me, I'm depserate! I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but I have a pretty serious problem, which doesn't seem to have a solution. A week ago I flashed the newest official firmware in my Pioneer DVR-112D optical drive. The drive is fuctional, writing discs, reading ...

Hehe, I understand somewhat spanish;) no worries, thanks for you input on this. I wasn't thinking of overclocking the Quad, but now, seeing your results.. my IDLE temperatures right now are like your LOAD temperatures on your Quad which is simply hilarious.. :? oh well.. the Alpine has never been a ...

Xev , yea, you're probably right and I think I'll buy the smaller xigmatek, and will try to find the bolt-through kit somewhere, ebay or something. The guys here don't carry it at all, which is pretty strange. protellect , can you tell me some temperatures? I'm trying to deside between the Q6600 an...

Yup, as I already said earlier I took a good look at the HDT-S963 and I quite like it, except the fact that it uses pushpins. I also know about the bolt-through kit that Xigmatek sells for their coolers, but again as I said it's impossible to find in Bulgaria, where I live. Newegg won't deliver the ...

Actually, no, you're the first to point me to this heatsink. I can probably order it, but it's out of stock currently in the shop that carries the thermalrights here, so that's why I overlooked it. But will it be good enough for a Quad? Quick edit: just checked thermalright's site, the HR-01 Plus is...

Hello guys, I'm looking for the best 92mm cooler available now. Currently I'm using a Pentium Dual-Core E2160 overclocked to 3.0GHz with an Arctic Cooling Alpine 775. It's doing it's job fine for now, but under artifical load the CPU gets aroung 75 degrees Celsius, and that's after only 5 or so minu...

I plugged of the vga fan, the motherboard chipset fan and the exaust case fan!!! loll , they where all annoying and pissed me off , now its much better, only fan working now are the psu and cpu oh hell man, that looks NOISY AS HELL! also aren't you afraid the chipset and VGA card will start overhea...

Thanks to you too Arvo, I read the review and my hair raised I'm still hunting one of the Antecs though, somehow I don't like 12cm fans in PSUs.. Tend to be noisy according to my experience.

Thanks a lot, that was quite a complete reply. I'm aware of this 10A rating on my PSU, yes, and thats the main problem.. I've got a Fortron-Source PSU which is much more modern than mine but is very noisy, it's 350W and is running in my sister's PC, but it's only a 800MHz Celeron :D so I'll see what...

Hi guys. I have a worry right now. I'm going to buy a used (3 months) 7900GS. Up until now I used a highly overclocked (500MHz on the core and 700 (1400 DDR) MHz memory) 7300GT with 256MB of DDR3 memory. It's running passive under a Zalman ZM80C-HP. FYI the other hardware in my box is: a Pentium Dua...

There it is AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail

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I have a Hitachi 7K160 SerialATA harddrive. Dunno if it's popular, but I'm satisfied with it, it's quiet and runs fairly cool, though it is soft-mounted. It's not as quiet as my previous Maxtor DiamondMax 10 paralel drives, but it's quiet enough. Samsungs seem popular to me, but are more expesive th...

well, this one particularly was just lying around in a drawer, but you should be able to find similar kind in some shop where sewing/needlework supplies are sold... you know, threads, needles, pins, buttons, elastics, maybe yarn for knitting. I live in Bulgaria, so I can't really tell you where to g...

I personally use strips of elastic in place of studs. I tie one knot in one end, take the strip through the mounting hole of the fan, then tie another knot to fix the strip to the fan, and in the end, when all four strips are attached to the fan I take the strips through the mounting holes on the ca...

my vote is for the rubber "rivets". the gasket doesn't do much cuz vibration is transferred through the screws when the fan is attached this way.

I have a Pioneer DVR-112D drive and I'm quite happy with it. It's pretty quiet for an optical drive and doesn't vibrate too much. Also, it has superior burning quality characteristics than any of the above mentioned drives.

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you should definitely get a dual core system, these days they're pretty cheap, i got myself an E2160 (pentium dual-core that is) with 1GB RAM and 945P chipset mobo for under 180 dollars, it just HAD to be very cheap. photoshop is optimised for multiple CPUs so the bump in speed is quite noticeable. ...

I use a (and don't jump on me!) damp cloth. THIS is as good as it gets :) And yes, I unplug the PC beforehand :lol: Even better though is taking your whole computer apart (and I mean really apart, down to the last nut or rivet, or whatever) and washing the case chassis with soap and water. Nice side...

you can try Zalman ZM80C-HP or ZM80D-HP . these are somewhat cheap(ish). i use the "C" variant on a radeon 9550. the difference between the two is that the "D" has two heatpipes instead of one. your 6200 is not one of the hottest cards out there so i think it would cool it nicely without a fan. and ...

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i'll be delighted if i helped in any way

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hello, i have a PC similar to yours, a little weaker - athlon xp 2200+ :) so, i read all the posts, the most laughable was the guy that said socket A CPUs run hot and are not worth investing in. so, here goes.. i managed to silence my PC with pretty much what was on hand at my home, this included th...

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