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Entries from March 2008

What does ASUS P5N-E SLI lack? (3/3)

March 31st, 2008 · No Comments

In such a case the question will become: Can the PCI Express 8x offer enough bandwidth for PCIe 16x graphics cards perform at their peak?
The short answer is simply, yes the PCI Express can!
Truth is, having full 16x SLI support has no real performance benefits over an 8x SLI setup, so again this is [...]

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Motherboard and Warranty

March 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Most of the trouble caused by a damaged motherboard is as similar as to problems caused by an out of order or failing power supply. So be certain to verify if the power supply is not working or switch out another power supply to test if your problem is fixed. If it happens that you [...]

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Checking the Motherboard

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

When your motherboard was broken down be sure to test parts before thinking it was flat dead and acquiring new ones. Be, by all means, to do a visual check up of the motherboard to make sure all IDE cables are connected correctly, the fans are rotating, and that the CMOS battery is in it’s [...]

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What does ASUS P5N-E SLI lack? (2/3)

March 15th, 2008 · No Comments

The only problem with the ASUS P5N-E SLI is it only has one PCIe 1x slot available, with other 1x lane being dedicated to the on-board Gigabit LAN controller.
Another flaw is that the SLI graphics cards are forced to share 16 PCIe lanes, so when SLI is enabled the bus is divided effectively creating [...]

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Asus a7n8x

March 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Asus a7n8x is a typical and very cheap motherboard it is really good-quality for all-purpose computer use. The majority of the mainboard upgrade for this board was accessible on the HP site and they have an automatic inspection to detect what drivers are needed for updating.
It is compatible with AMD 2500xp CPU as [...]

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EPOX EP8K7A

March 1st, 2008 · No Comments

EPOX EP8K7A has presentable layout and installing it is very easy. The gaps between the AGP slot and PCI slots makes a good room for better ventilation. AGP slot has a better lock system which prevents the video card to loose when the case was move. It provides fours USB slots and a built-in sound [...]

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