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I want to change the start up and shut down sounds in my install of XP home. Is there a simple way to do this?

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or go into Run > Regedit and search for "Isshortcut" and delete all instances of it.

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Hmm in addition to the PSU fan I have an 80mm intake and 80mm exhaust fan on the case as well as the Volcano 9 HSF on my CPU. I also have rounded IDE's as well.

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Sheesh...I thought I was doing good pulling 47C at idle and 55-57C @full load in an 80 degree room (Gotta love third floor of an apartment building). This is on the rig in my sig.

So really how do you guys pull these nice low temps?

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It's not responding to the 1700 setting because you have a 1600 installed

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The Volcano 9's temp probe goes underneath the processor on a socket A setup. They give you three options with it though. You can set it up to use the thermal probe "Smartfan" setup, a wide open setting or a little dial they give you to manually adjust.

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Im running a non OC'd 2200 on that same board with a Volcano 9 with the fan shown above (came with it) it holds steady at around 50 celsius at 4800 RPM and mid 40's without a load when the fan spools down to the 3500 range.

That is borderline comfortzone for myself so as far as handling an OC'd ...

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OK, I hooked the 'ol voltmeter up to the last lead on the pigtail coming off the PSU, it's reading 12.56 rock steady.

Both the BIOS and PCprobe report values like before in the 13.5+ range. So now what? :/

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Very cool, thanks.

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I am looking to test my PSU's 12v output because it is showing 13.5+ in the BIOS for the 12v lead. I have a voltmeter here but I am not all that familiar with their use.

I have a few different settings to choose from V DC, V AC, Ohm and A DC. I am assuming it is either volts DC or volts AC that i ...

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Ahh but do not fret, much like the Force, there is balance at Speedguide. I have went to the AMD side to make up for your "falling".

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Actually I did this http://www.thermaltake.com/support/installations/v9.htm Look under the section titled "attaching temperature sensor".

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I installed my Volcano 9 tonight and I am loving it. The fan seems to run at some serious RPM for the most part (4100-4400 RPM out of a possible 4800). This seems a little high but I am just happy to have my main rig back and under 50 degree :D so I'll leave well enough alone.....for now.

When I ...

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Normally on the edge if the fan there are two arrows etched into the plastic one denoting the fan's spinning direction and the other showing which way the air flows through them.

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All I can say is wow! 2 80mm case fans and one super sweet Thermaltake Volcano 9 later I am now 10-15 degrees cooler!

I was running around 60 celsius in a 75 degree farenheit room and now with the above mentioned hardware and a little AS3 (which I have taken to calling "super goo") I have yet to ...

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Thanks.

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Let's get real here guys. If you are wrenching on diesel engines then, yes you need some high quality tools. If you are wrenching on an aluminum cased computer with a few stainless steel screws, a screwdriver you found at the salvation army could do the job just as well.

If you are breaking tools ...

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I had a few questions as to how to set a few features of my BIOS. I figured since it is directly related to the hardware that it would be more appropriate in this forum rather than the software forum. I have quite a few questions so i thank you in advance for spending the time to read/answer any or ...

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I just recently bought the Asus A7V333-R and found it to be a very nice Mobo, my suggestion is to go with the brand you are comfortable with, both are very nice

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Whenever I launch IE it leaves a space at the bottom where the taskbar should be. is there a registry edit or anything similar i could do to keep me from having to click the maximize button everytime I open IE?

FYI I have tried the "launch explorer in fullscreen" tweak (from the registry) but I ...

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BIOS is showing 13 volts +/- .5, so basically it bounces betwen 12.5 and 13.5 but spends more time up in the 13's.

So I am coming to the conclusion that this is bad....what can I do to remdy this situation?

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I am running an XP 2200 on an Asus A7V333. My +12V readings on Asus' PC probe show 13.5 and it continually blinks "out of threshold" messages. Is this something I need to be concerned about or is it simply a setting that The monitoring program dosn't recognize?

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I was hoping some of you mod freaks could give me some cabling ideas. I have a set of rounded cables but just can't seem to get them routed "that certain way" that dosn't look like a plate of spaghetti

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Alright, I took a quick browse over at http://www.so-trickcomputers.com and ordered up a Volcano 9 and a tube of AS3. I leave for vacation this morning so when I get back and slap it all together I will give you all an update and maybe treat you to some pics of the fan grills I took the dremel to ...

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I recently picked up an Asus A7V333 mobo. The chipset has a big ass heatsink just below the CPU. Has anyone found a nice little fan that fits this heatsink?

The only limitation is that it has to fit next to the Volcano 9 I am about to order

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Ok i popped the case open and put a regular old household fan on the box and got the temps down to a steady 60C/140F on the processor and 34C/93F on the Mobo as reported by Asus' PCprobe in a room with a temperature of ~80F.

Are these acceptable temps that i should be aiming for with my cooling ...

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Im running an Athlon XP 2200 on an Asus A7V333 I am running temps of ~65C/150F on the processor and ~40C/100F on the Mobo. The room temperature is ~80F.

These are basic idling temps with the case opened up. I have yet to try it running anything intensive, so I'm a bit concerned.

I think it may be ...

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When I bought the processor I got a heat sink and fan from the vendor. It's not a brand name of any kind but it is rather huge. It had a "smidge" of some heat transfer "goo" under a red celephane pull tab that was already applied to it. I am fairly positive that this is far from the ideal HSF combo ...

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I just put together a new system and I think it's running waaaaay too hot.

It's an Athlon 2200 XP on an Asus K7V333 Raid board. My current Mobo temperature is hovering around 100 degrees Farenheit and my CPU is a blistering 152 degrees farenheit....are these numbers OK or should I start worrying?

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To clean up the look of your desktop shortcuts simply go to the Run menu and start up Regedit. Now search for and remove any instances of "Isshortcut". After you restart, all of your shortcuts will no longer have that annoying little arrow in the corner

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I purchased an AMD athlon XP 2200 today and I am wondering what the BIOS should see it as...currently when I look in the BIOS it says 1800 mhz........!

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Hi guys and gals.

I just built up a new system and installed XP home. I used to run ME and had all the "tips and tricks" down pat. Now with XP I have to relearn it all. I was hoping you guys could direct me to either an FAQ or a website to learn all the new tweaks I can do with XP

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Don't be afraid of putting together your own system

getting it together is always pretty simple, it's just getting it to run afterwords that's a pain. I bet if you list your hardware here these guys could almost walk you right through the process, then you could print that out and get started

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Hehe Lord Yuri quit watching the "Screen Savers" I saw that apisode with the Belkin keyboard/mouse/monitor cable thingy, not only is that nice for 2 computer setups but it looks damn cool too, extra flashing lights on my desktop are always a plus!

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Pretty cool but with adding windows to your case being "all the rage" for most "modders" would the result be people adding "windows" of material that you couldn't see through?

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The fan in that seriously high-tech, sophisticted schematic may have some issues. The extra large blade, comapred to the others, on the lower left will cause instability at high RPM's

but really, did you make that on an etch-a-sketch? :P

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I pass by the Ambassador bridge (One of three main arteries between the Detroit area and Canada) ever day while at work, they have a billboard on I-75 that updates the current exchange rate. As of yesterday one U.S. dollar is equal to $1.53 Canadian , doing the math backwards gives the Canadian ...

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The problems we had with getting the Lanspeedup setting to allow us to change it have been fixed in Kip's latest version (beta 5) under Win ME! Nice job Kipper. Once I set that to yes from it's old setting of default, wow did I notice a speed increase on the page loading :D Thanks for all the hard ...

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Although I'm not a big fan of Proxy servers, I can live with going through one if I have no choice. But to actually record what I do, where I go, as well as my passwords and CC numbers! This is blatant invasion of privacy. My biggest gripe...why the heck weren't we notified before this was ...

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Do you have the server computer set up to allow other computers to access the internet through your connection? I know theres a setting somewhere, I just can't remember where it is.

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Changing sounds in XP

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Testing Molex connector with voltmeter question.

? for those who use HSF's with thermal probes.

Woohoo...cooling solved!

BIOS settings questions

XP annoyance involving IE.

+12V @ 13.5...is this a problem?

Cabling!

Chipset cooling....

AMD safe temps?

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Ahhh hot!

Make shortcut arrows go bye bye...

NooB ? about an AMD XP 2200....

New XP home install....

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