Well I am not ruling that out, but I have just upgraded to a new CPU (X2 4600+) and I was having the problem before that too. My core voltage is fine and the CPU seems to work flawlessly.
How would I check that? When one presses the little button on the case, what are the sequence of events...
I was recently tinkering with my system and when it came to pressing the power on button nothing happened. I opened up the case and the green light on the mobo was on so I knew power was getting there. I assumed it was a power switch issue so I shorted out the power switch pins on the mobo and...
Just recently my front USB ports stopped recognizing devices that were plugged in - the ports work fine - just no pop-up. The rear USB ports seem fine. Now my rear firewire port doesn't seem to be working propoerly. I have an iPod connected and it charges OK, but iTunes does not "see" the...
Yeah I think you are right about the games - I think I have found the problem (not a solution yet) - I am finding that iexplore.exe processes are just starting by themselves ! I had over 20 open at one point and I was not even at the computer - no virus or adware present apparently! It never...
OK I know I was clumsy, but while doing some "maintenance" I broke one of the pins off the HD15 video input connector. It is pin 15 which the Sony manual says is Data Clock (SCL) - whatever that means. Now normally I would just go out and replace it, but the folks at Sony saw fit to build the...