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Liquid Cooling Problem; Core i5 vs. Core i7

Your one-stop troubleshooting guide brought to you by our dearest forum.

Liquid cooling system problem?

Lately my liquid cooling system has been very noisy, I can hear it pumping the coolant, it gets louder and then quieter. Looking at it though I can see air bubbles in the coolant lines and I notice that instead of coolant moving in one direction(in one tube back out thru another) it's going back and forth in tubes - is this how its supposed to move? And the noise corresponds with the coolant flow - any ideas?? The CPu is not overheating the temp gauges are reading normal. I worry about the air bubbles - if air can get in can coolant get out????

Top Tip: Power connection and power supply problem!

I just received my flamant new Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H motherboard and a Phenom II 940 Black Edition CPU, but when starting the "installation party"... I noted the motherboard comes with a 8 pin 12V connector.

Dying Flatscreens; CPU Running Hot

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Top Tip: What do I do next for my new build?

Recently build a new PC and am wondering about the OS installation. The motherboard comes with a setup disc full of drivers, e.g., chipset, network, and other on-board capabilities; I can just run the OS install disc and let it take care of finding a workable driver, but suspect I should be installing some of the motherboard drivers first. Would appreciate any help: experience, recommendation, or other.

Top Tip: Can a flatscreen just die?

From 1 minute to the next? last night my screen a samsung 940bx dimmed and then got dark but my computer was still running and working.

Need Help Underclocking My CPU

It's finally Friday, which can only mean one thing. Another guide for your troubleshooting worries.

Top Tip: My PC died!

Last night when I was in the middle of a game, my pc crashed, no blue screen, just off. I thought it might have overheated so I gave it a half-hour and tried turning it on again, nothing. So I switched the psu off and went to bed, the next morning I turn the psu back on and try again, this time the case lit up briefly (<1 sec), either from one of the fans or the case lighting, then went dark.

Top Tip: How to underclock my CPU?

i am trying to underclock a cpu. its a pentium celeron d duel 3.0 830. it runs hot. i looked up the specs on this cpu and i read it is a 130-135w cpu. no wonder it get so hot. i want to under clock it in hopes to bring down the temp buti cant get to where to change the fsb or multipler. bios is a phinox-award v3.0

Slowly Declining PC--Need Help

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Top Tip: Installing OEM ram in laptops

I have a Lenovo laptop which has basically concked off :(. The Lenovo support guy told me that it was because of installing a non compatible RAM which led to an "display card ICU" going haywire (I had installed Transcend memory after checking the laptops specs from the companys website).

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