Dalo Harkin

Welcome, hope that we can help where needed -

If you spread your arms horizontally and measure from one middle finger tip to the other is your exact height. and from your wrist to your elbow is your foot size.

and that giraffes have the highest blood pressure ;)

This is spot on, the same with BIOS updates - dont just do it for the sake of it unless there is something in the update be it a service pack or BIOS update that you NEED in order for the system to work - it normally takes any service pack 6 months to get fully tested - WAIT until then unless you NEED something specific.

It will run - it's just saying that with a 64 bit MOBO and CPU - that it can run a 64bit OS

I know but you do need a receipt for this 99% of the time

And dont forget to take out the extra RAM you put in it ;) did you take out the curries thing where you pay so much a month and they replace no matter what happens - it's a D/Debit they take and if you 'accidently' poured water over it :eek:, or 'accidently' fell down the stairs with it :eek: they would replace it. I say 'accidently' as you would not obviosuly choose to inflict harm upon yourself to get a new laptop :rolleyes: (well most people)

If you are using something Like CPU-Z to measure the speed of the core then it will show 1.6Ghz at times - this is the 'power saving' that the GO has to save power - the speed of the CPU is still 2.4Ghz. When you perform a CPU intensive task it will go up :)

If you can afford the 8800GT then just get the reference Nvidia one think it's £120 ish and is an extremely good card - dont get one thats been pre overclocked as you pay a premium for it and wont notice the difference :D

As Advanced Setup has said in terms of playing games the second is faster as it has a faster speed - but if the program you are using supports quad core then that is the better choice - on the other hand you can easily overclock the Quad to run at 3.6Ghz per core with air cooling :eek: And that would seriously beat any CPU out there that doesn't cost you an arm and a leg!

Hi Goku, Nice Avatar by the way ;) - hope that you feel at home and we will do our best to help you feel it too.

I did lol - there are some bits in shop too - is this continuing there?

That completely confused me - how did he get the recovery files off an HDD that has no windows installed? might just be me, but you would need windows installed to get them - did he then delete windows and install the recovery?

Is the end result wanted a dual boot system - one with Windows on and the other a recovery partition, like on my HP or is he after a space to store a ghost of the system?

Yes I know that, what I was trying to get at is what is the end result that he wants, is it:- A recovery partition that basically has windows on as if it's a new install. or is he trying to have a seperate partition that he can store a ghost on.

Right, I have an HP laptop and when it boots I get 2 options recovery console and windows XP MCE - so I get the choice when it boots if something goes wrong to use the recovery partition - I take it this is what you are trying to do Kelly. You would need to do this in a windows environment NO DOUBT as you need windows installed and then use something like partition magic to split say 5% off the main HDD and then install the recovery partition and then install the software that gives you the multiple boot options that people used when testing Vista they had Vista on 1 part of the HDD and XP on the other and you get the choice as above on statup.

Yeah it does sound like the others 'broke' if it will not boot up with both in and will with the one.

Taken from that site - do ONLY the ones I have highlighted in Green leave the red ones as they are. Ai Overclocking: Manual OC From CPU Level Up: Auto FSB Strap to North Bridge: Auto (This is the memory devider) DRAM Frequency: ~1066Mhz DRAM Command Rate: 2T DRAM Timing Control: Manual CAS Latency: 5 RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5 RAS# Precharge: 5 RAS# Active Time: 18 *Starting with higher values below* RAS# to RAS# Delay: 4 Row Refresh Cycle Time: 60 Write Recovery Time: 6 Read to Precharge Time: 5 Read to Write Delay (S/D): 10 Write to Read Delay (S): 4 Write to Read Delay (D): 5 Read to Read Delay (S): 6 Read to Read Delay (D): 6 Write to Write Delay (S): 5 Write to Write Delay (D): 6 DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled Ai Clock Twister: Light Transaction Booster: Disabled Relax Level: 2 DRAM Voltage: 2.0v

They are all fine - check every line of the BIOS - it must be there - can you take a photo of the front page of the BIOS that has all the main options on it and not the subcategories

The below is off the OCZ website for these modules. 1066MHz DDR2 http://www.ocztechnology.com/i/3d.gifEPP 5-5-5-18 (CAS-TRCD-TRP-TRAS) http://www.ocztechnology.com/i/3d.gifAvailable in 4GB (2x2048MB) Dual Channel Kits http://www.ocztechnology.com/i/3d.gifUnbuffered http://www.ocztechnology.com/i/3d.gifOCZ Lifetime Warranty http://www.ocztechnology.com/i/3d.gif2.1-2.2V http://www.ocztechnology.com/i/3d.gif240 Pin DIMM

have a look on the OCZ website on their forums - I am sure you can get these modules to run at 1200Mhz that woudl make it easier as you then need a memory divider of 2:3 think that you have to up the volts quite abit though - these modules are a 'pain' to set up, have you installed the latest BIOS that should do it all for you.

a 3 gig, 800MHZ chip - is it a pentium D or somethin? you need to work out the divider of the memory to run at 1066 - they are in the AI jumperfree configuration or something like that. read the Manual and you are after the settings for the CPU multiplier and they are all located on the same page.

I have never seen a MOBO that turns the VGA off if you insert a GPU. they are also all meant to adjust memory timings - but you still have to set them manually 99% of the time to get them to run at the right speed

Ok you have to set the memory divider at 1:1 so that the memory runs at the same speed as the processor (1066) Or you can set at 1:2 and run the memory at 533 (which is also 1066) see which is more stable on your MOBO I am guessing the 1:1 is better on ASUS

set the timing manually in the BIOS to 5-5-5-15 with a 42 refresh rate and Manually set the Voltage on the DDR2 to 2.1 Volts