The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

I was going to say, weren't you before? Then I remembervall the accounts you had
Congrats, welcome to the club!

 

yeah probably would have reached it AGES ago.

now wheres all that free pr0nz i was promised?

 

I've used up all the letters in the Alphabet. Is their a way to add more Drive Letters to Win XP ? Such as useing dbbl letters or letter and number, etc.

 

It seems like I remember XP giving the option for numbers, but windows 7 doesn't seem to be giving that option. Unless I'm mistaken :S

 

You have reached the end!!! Fight!!!

 

I've never heard of the idea of using numbers. As far as I can tell, when you run out of letters, you have to map drives as folders instead.

 

Maybe flash drives then?

 

How would that help? They still require drive letters...

 

Maybe flash drives open up a whole new line of code? Which allow numbers. I SWEAR I remember seeing number options somewhere...

 

Yeah ever since afterdawn moved to the v4 interface the forum system is bugged. The first new post on a page will not display, and following a link to it will just divert to the first page of the thread, until a second reply is posted, when the new page will be created, along with the new post.

 

my Dudes are Crazy Moding
http://www.casemodblog.com/?p=6261

 

Best I can Do for the size

 

Yup, needs to be 100 pixels tall, not 140. I don't wish to sound rude, but I don't understand how it's so difficult to check the rules before posting a new signature...

 

Deadrum,
Most motherboards start out with the default voltage set for 1.8v, which will usually allow you to boot the computer with a single stick, but doesn't work too well with two sticks. My 1066 2x2GB Dominators run at 2.1v, and barely get warm.

Russ

 

Deadrum33,
I think a lot of them are set that way. I check my voltage and it's stability with Everest and the PC Health in the Setup. I guess for someone with 1.85v memory, this could be a good thing, but the Red is meaningless to you and I with our 2.1v memory, It has no effect on the running of the computer, and changes nothing in the setup to compensate for the higher voltage.

Russ

 

So a recent build of mine wouldnt boot after a few weeks of running fine, giving me corrupt file and checksum errors.
All signs and almighty google pointed to RAM errors which upset me because i am using 2x1GB DDR2 corsair dominator 1066 and havent had an issue in about 28 sticks used. I checked 1 stick and everything started fine.
Replaced the 1st stick with the other to prove the failure but it also worked. I looked at memory settings in BIOS and realized I had low voltage so I upped it closer to rated speed and put both sticks in since both worked singularly.
I guess either low voltage let me run for awhile but wasnt stable, or I didnt have things totally seated properly and reseating fixed the issue. Anyway things work, and all you noobs out there dont make my mistakes blah blah blah...