BTW, if you want to keep a close eye on the temperature readings for the vital organs of your system, use Speedfan http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php.
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XP tracks numerous hardware data points including CPU, HDs, BIOS, video and many others. It will allow minor changes like swapping out a HD, BIOS flash, etc. before invalidating itself. Sometimes two things at once, but never more than two.
Pretty clever little scheme by M$, IMHO. But it is fairly trival to call them and get it re-authorized. They rarely ask questions.
Pretty clever little scheme by M$, IMHO. But it is fairly trival to call them and get it re-authorized. They rarely ask questions.
AMD's reason for not wanting thermal paste is that they believe the contraction/expansion of the CPU/heatsink assembly (if the computer is powered on and off as opposed to being left on all the time) over time forces the paste out of the gap between the CPU and the heatsink.
I suspect that most overclockers never run a CPU/heatsink combo long enough (the AMD warranty is 3 years; the CPU is probably obsolete by overclocker standards after a year) for this to be a problem or they just leave their system on all the time.
It does make me wonder, however, if Ford's widely-known TFI-IV ignition module problem was due to the same thing; it's been reported by at least one person that they've kept their TFI-IV module going for years by reapplying the heatsink grease to it every so often. These failures only seem to happen when the module has been in use for tens of thousands of miles or for several years.
I suspect that most overclockers never run a CPU/heatsink combo long enough (the AMD warranty is 3 years; the CPU is probably obsolete by overclocker standards after a year) for this to be a problem or they just leave their system on all the time.
It does make me wonder, however, if Ford's widely-known TFI-IV ignition module problem was due to the same thing; it's been reported by at least one person that they've kept their TFI-IV module going for years by reapplying the heatsink grease to it every so often. These failures only seem to happen when the module has been in use for tens of thousands of miles or for several years.
I've had older windows machines boot with new motherboards but sometimes in safe mode. If you have issues when it boots hit F8 and get more optinos.
Drivers for hard drive DMA accelleration, video cards, network all complain. Takes a few reboots just to get online so one can update everything else.
What they say about licensing makes sense. Probably worse if you have an all-in-one mobo with onboard sound, net, video...
Drivers for hard drive DMA accelleration, video cards, network all complain. Takes a few reboots just to get online so one can update everything else.
What they say about licensing makes sense. Probably worse if you have an all-in-one mobo with onboard sound, net, video...
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