Okay i bought some new hardware. New 7900gs + ThermalTake Big typhoon cpu cooling. Well it showed up yesterday, i put the CPU cooling on ( btw it took no more than 4 mins, this thing rocks )
Then i put the new graphic card in. Plugged everything back in, and booted the pc up. it was loading slow and hanging at certain places it didn't before, so i figured the new graphic was slowing it down. so i was at windows, installed the new drivers, reset pc. Still took longer than normal to load, but it did load.
I started UT04 and ran around, pulling almost 200 fps. so i figured wow, its running fine offline, lets try online.
( note, i didn't know my Internet went out, till after )
When i tried to connect to the Internet ( firefox ) it wouldn't connect, so like most people do, i freaked out. called my buddy in case i was forgetting something. He said when he put a 7900gs in his pc ( he has the same MOBO as me ) he had to reset his Cmos. so i turned the pc off, pulled the little jumper by the mobos battery. Booted up , then turned it off, and put the jumper back to where it was.
But when i went to turn the pc back on. i got a. Error-Chipset fan is to low!
so i went and looked in the case, and the fuggn chipset fan wasn't even moving.
So i turned it off, got a little stick and tried moving the fan, and it was Really hard to move. ( i also tried blowing the fan out with Can-Air )
i tested the plug that the chip set fan with a different fan and it started up so, the fan really went out. But 1 of my questions is. Could i have broke my north-bridge chipset? even though i can boot the pc and play a game. ( with a old chipset heatsink on the chipset )
btw i also forgot, i was using my old psu (420watt) Could this be making my pc run slow? because i'm not getting enough power?
Also...
my board i a Asus a8n-sli
It has a 24 pin connector on the board, but i was using a 20 pin connector and didn't even realize it. A. what are the other 4 pins for, and b. will it hurt if i run it with 24? ( This was before i received my new stuff, for the last 1 1/2 years iv ran it with only 20 )
I know this is a lot of stuff, and is all scattered around, but please be kind. i appreciate all the help
Then i put the new graphic card in. Plugged everything back in, and booted the pc up. it was loading slow and hanging at certain places it didn't before, so i figured the new graphic was slowing it down. so i was at windows, installed the new drivers, reset pc. Still took longer than normal to load, but it did load.
I started UT04 and ran around, pulling almost 200 fps. so i figured wow, its running fine offline, lets try online.
( note, i didn't know my Internet went out, till after )
When i tried to connect to the Internet ( firefox ) it wouldn't connect, so like most people do, i freaked out. called my buddy in case i was forgetting something. He said when he put a 7900gs in his pc ( he has the same MOBO as me ) he had to reset his Cmos. so i turned the pc off, pulled the little jumper by the mobos battery. Booted up , then turned it off, and put the jumper back to where it was.
But when i went to turn the pc back on. i got a. Error-Chipset fan is to low!
so i went and looked in the case, and the fuggn chipset fan wasn't even moving.
So i turned it off, got a little stick and tried moving the fan, and it was Really hard to move. ( i also tried blowing the fan out with Can-Air )
i tested the plug that the chip set fan with a different fan and it started up so, the fan really went out. But 1 of my questions is. Could i have broke my north-bridge chipset? even though i can boot the pc and play a game. ( with a old chipset heatsink on the chipset )
btw i also forgot, i was using my old psu (420watt) Could this be making my pc run slow? because i'm not getting enough power?
Also...
my board i a Asus a8n-sli
It has a 24 pin connector on the board, but i was using a 20 pin connector and didn't even realize it. A. what are the other 4 pins for, and b. will it hurt if i run it with 24? ( This was before i received my new stuff, for the last 1 1/2 years iv ran it with only 20 )
I know this is a lot of stuff, and is all scattered around, but please be kind. i appreciate all the help