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CPU-Z 1.61.3

2012-09-05T10:37:00.001-07:00

CPU-Z is a freeware utility that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system. CPU-Z does not need to be installed, just unzip the files in a directory and run the .exe. In order to remove the program, just delete the files. The program does not copy any file in any Windows directory, nor write to the registry.

CPU

Name and number.
Core stepping and process.
Package.
Core voltage.
Internal and external clocks, clock multiplier.
Supported instructions sets.
All cache levels (location, size, speed, technology).

Mainboard

Vendor, model and revision.
BIOS model and date.
Chipset (northbridge and southbridge) and sensor.
Graphic interface.

Memory

Frequency and timings.
Module(s) specification using SPD (Serial Presence Detect) : vendor, serial number, timings table.
System

Windows and DirectX version.

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4.20MB

AMD Catalyst Drivers 12.8 (XP)

2012-09-05T10:32:00.003-07:00

AMD's award-winning Catalyst graphics and HD video configuration software delivers unprecedented control of performance and visual quality with AMD Radeon graphics processors. AMD Catalyst drivers deliver stable performance and push the limits of innovation with advanced user-oriented features.

Precision controls for power users. Tweaks for gamers and video enthusiasts. Simple wizard-assisted setup, easy multi-monitor configuration, and ultra reliable operation for working professionals. New user or seasoned expert, AMD Catalyst puts you in charge of The Ultimate Visual Experience.

Industry-leading performance

AMD Catalyst updates are focused on improving graphics performance, including enhancements for popular Direct3D and OpenGL game titles.
Innovative and exciting features

AMD Catalyst includes the AMD Catalyst Control Center, delivering innovative features and unprecedented control of performance and visual quality with AMD Radeon graphics.
Robust stability.

Catalyst drivers for Windows Vista and Windows XP are Microsoft WHQL-certified to deliver the industry's most stable and reliable graphics performance.
This version is for the 32-bit version of Windows XP and 2003

This For Only Xp Users.
Enjoy ...!!!

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93.69MB

iTunes 10.6.3 (32-bit)

2012-09-05T10:24:00.002-07:00

iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video.
It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV.
And it's an entertainment superstore that stays open 24/7.

Organize your music into playlists
Edit file information
Record compact discs
Copy files to an iPod or other digital audio player
Purchase music and videos on the Internet through the built-in iTunes store
Run a visualizer to display graphical effects in time to the music
Encode music into a number of different audio formats.

This is the 32-bit version.

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73.67MB

How To Fix Android WiFi Problems

2012-09-05T10:13:00.000-07:00

For this type of persistent problem, a factory reset is often considered the only way to restore a working wifi connection. Before taking this nuclear approach it is worth trying a Wifi rescue app to fix Android WiFi problems. Step forward FXR WiFi Fix and Rescue…

What Is FXR Wifi Fix and Rescue?

FXR is a free, simple but powerful rescue application which may fix dysfunctional or problematic WiFi connections.

The app includes a way to notify the developer if the app succeeded in fixing the problem or failed – to date the success rate is 58% out of the total reports received.

Averages ratings – 4.3 star ratings
Cost – free
Designed for – Android 1.5 (or higher).
Size – 86kB

Features

Unlike many other apps that aim to fix Android Wi-Fi problems, it does not run as a service in the background – it only runs when you open it.

It therefore does not add any CPU (processor) load to your device and does not consume your battery.

It is recommended to install it even if your Wi-Fi is working so it will be available if Wi-Fi stops working in future – the app is so tiny it takes up virtually no space.

One click activation – wait for a few seconds (up to about one minute) and that’s it!

Download [ FXR wifi fixer ]

REQUIRES ANDROID:

1.5 and up

How Bad Android’s Fragmentation Problem Is [GRAPHIC]

2012-09-05T06:31:00.002-07:00

When Google first launched Android, the open-source operating system came with the promise that it could power almost any device. That’s created a proverbial cornucopia of mobile devices that consumers have to choose from, but it’s also led to the issue of fragmentation — there are so many devices running different versions of Android with different capabilities that can alter experience.

Just how bad is the problem? The site Open Signal Maps studied fragmentation in detail, gathering data from 195 countries, and it put its findings in easy-to-discern graphics. The main takeaways: Yes, fragmentation is huge, with 3,997 devices, but it’s also a blessing that has led to the platform becoming the No. 1 mobile OS in the world by far.

From the graphic above, it’s clear Samsung is the king of the mountain among Android devices. The company’s Android phones and tablets make up 40% of the devices Open Signal was able to discern through its methodology. HTC is next, followed by Sony Ericsson, Motorola and LG.

The graphic below shows that the Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone is the most popular device, making it the world’s most popular Android phone. If you’re a developer, you’d do well by ensuring your apps are optimized for the S II first.

For the Android OS itself, a little more than half of Android devices run the most recent version of Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3). About 5.7% of devices are tablets running some version of Android 3.0 “Honeycomb,” and 8.5% are phones or tablets running the latest version of Android, version 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich.”

In conclusion, the study notes, “API and screen fragmentation is probably going to get worse. Android has, however, shown commitment to make it easier to target multiple screen sizes — by introducing the (perhaps ironically named) fragments APIs in 2011 which makes it easier to turn view elements into modules.”

What’s your take on Android fragmentation: blessing or curse? Check out the full study at Open Signal Maps,

For the Android OS itself, a little more than half of Android devices run the most recent version of Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3). About 5.7% of devices are tablets running some version of Android 3.0 “Honeycomb,” and 8.5% are phones or tablets running the latest version of Android, version 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich.”

In conclusion, the study notes, “API and screen fragmentation is probably going to get worse. Android has, however, shown commitment to make it easier to target multiple screen sizes — by introducing the (perhaps ironically named) fragments APIs in 2011 which makes it easier to turn view elements into modules.”

What’s your take on Android fragmentation: blessing or curse? Check out the full study at Open Signal Maps, and share your thoughts in the comments. follow post by mahsable.com

problems with Facebook for Android.

2012-09-05T06:20:00.002-07:00

First, make sure you have the most up-to-date version of the Facebook for Android app.

Go to Market > My Apps > Update.

If there's a newer version of the Facebook app you don't have yet, it'll be listed there for you to download.

If you continue to experience difficulty with the application, check the Facebook for Android Page for the most recent updates on known issues and new builds.

leave comment about this solution .

Internet Download Manager (IDM) 6.7

2012-09-05T05:57:00.002-07:00

Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads. Comprehensive error recovery and resume capability will restart broken or interrupted downloads due to lost connections, network problems, computer shutdowns, or unexpected power outages. Simple graphic user interface makes IDM user friendly and easy to use.

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NCIX Now Carries XSPC Products!

2012-09-05T04:46:00.002-07:00

NCIX Now Carries XSPC Products!

They’ve landed! It’s been a long time coming, but these products really represent a tremendous value.

My original hesitation to bring in XSPC came about because of the reports I was hearing about some of their blocks leaking. That coupled with the low price made me think “cheap crap” and I don’t want to take a risk like that with my customers…

They’ve worked hard to turn that around though. They’re using a more expensive delrin substitute for their traditional plexi tops, and the machining on the base of the blocks looks more than adequate.

You can check out the range of XSPC products we’ve picked up at the XSPC store. I’m hoping to get images and product descriptions updated ASAP.

Powerline networking is the solution to my problems.

2012-09-05T04:39:00.001-07:00

Powerline networking is the solution to my problems.

Well, I’ve been a die-hard wireless user for a lot of years now. It’s been a bit of a love-hate relationship. When I was going to UBC wireless was an essential part of my day and fairly reliable. They have an excellent network there and with a decent wireless card you can walk around campus with a laptop in front you and browse the net.

Not that I ever did that.

As many of the people who game with me on a regular basis know, I’ve been having a lot of trouble with wireless in my home. I’ve tried 3 different routers and about 1/2 a dozen different wireless adapters (USB, PCI, PCIe) over the last year or so and I just can’t find something that works consistently. Either my connection always sorta sucks, or it’s really good, then just totally craps out for 2-3 minutes at a time. It can be very disruptive if the tank shows up while I’m sitting there teleporting around because my ping is 900ms.

So I bought one of these (by the way there’s a smoking deal coming on these in the next sale or two).

The instructions are basically “plug them into the wall, then plug an ethernet cable into them, but make sure you don’t plug into a power bar or it might cause interference”. I was like “Okay. That’s pretty simple”. I unplugged the power bar for the family computer, threw the powerline unit into position on that side, ran over, plugged it into my switch and the wall on my side and…. nothing. No network connection. Turns out the power bar I unplugged on the family PC end also had the router plugged into it. I’ll be needing that. So after I corrected that mistake I could see all the computers on the other side of the powerline network, but still no internet access. A quick reboot resolved that and now I’m golden.

For a little over $50, it’s nothing short of a miracle. Transfer speeds are absolutely dismal, but since I don’t need gigabit to that side of the network anyway, I don’t really care. The gigabit switch on my side (pictured below) connects me to my girlfriend’s computer and the Windows Home Server. On the other side is just the media PC and the family PC to which 2-3MB/s is fine.

Cool Undeleting Program – FreeUndelete

2012-09-05T04:29:00.002-07:00

Cool Undeleting Program – FreeUndelete

I know everyone and their dog has tried to search for “free image resizing application”, “free anti virus”, “free file recovery” etc and been subjected to the entire malware arsenal of the entire internet (just don’t search for free smileys whatever you do).

Well I thought I’d share an undelete software that seems to be fairly simple to use, works under vista 64-bit, and is completely free. Enjoy: http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/

I haven’t tested it extensively, but it helped me restore some videos that I accidently deleted from the SD card in my camera.

CoolIT Boreas – Initial testing done

2012-09-05T04:26:00.003-07:00

CoolIT Boreas – Initial testing done

So far I’m really enjoying my time with the CoolIT Boreas. I set it up last night on a test bed PC running a Core i7 860, 4GB Corsair RAM, an MSI P55-GD65, and a Topower OEM 900W PSU. Overall at idle the unit is reasonably quiet and performs quiet well, but I’ll definitely be making some changes to it. Here I show idle temps with the Core i7 860 running at 3.6GHz using OC Genie. At load though it jumps up to 60C. It’s very important to manage the heat output of your CPU for the Boreas to perform well. Unlike a conventional water cooling system which can actually dissipate more heat as the CPU gets hotter, the Boreas will perform exceptionally well until it is overwhelmed as we’ve seen demonstrated in reviews and end-user testing.

I’ll be making some major changes to this unit including new CPU block, new pump, new (bigger tubing), and we’ll see what it’s capable of.

Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 Overclocking Results

2012-09-05T04:19:00.004-07:00

Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 Overclocking Results

Intel’s first 45nm “Pentium” chip showed up quietly in the last week or two and there doesn’t seem to be much buzz about it, but I decided to take it for a spin to see what kind of overclocking results I could get out of it. I don’t know if the one that I have is exceptional or not, and bear in mind this IS a suicide run, but I think what you’re about to see may shock you.

Will update later with pics of the water cooled test bench as well.

Okay here’s my update with pictures of the test bench. I’m using a Maximus Formula X38 motherboard with OCZ Reaper PC2-8500 C5 RAM modules, a Corsair 750W power supply and a GTX 280 video card.

I’ve also included a photo of the box from the CPU I used. This is a regular retail sample. No cherry picking going on here. this is one cool chip :)

Core i7 Overclocking Report

2012-09-05T04:13:00.001-07:00

Core i7 Overclocking Report

Well I had a chance to play with an engineering sample Core i7 with a Gigabyte EX58-EXTREME motherboard and 12GB of Aeneon DDR3-1333 C8 memory for an upcoming NCIX Tech Tips, and I’m actually very impressed with the platform.

I’ve mellowed out in the last couple years going from balls to the walls overclocking (think E6600 @ 4.0GHz 24/7 with a custom -25C chiller under my tower) to being more concerned with overall platform stability and maturity (while also loving speed).

On another note, I have a confession to make. My name is Linus and I have a memory addiction. I don’t need lots of memory. Frequently with 8GB in my system I was looking at up to 7GB of “cached” memory under Vista only being used to store frequently used programs. That didn’t stop me from salivating when I saw that high end X58 motherboards were going to feature 6 RAM slots. Naturally the first thing I did was load each slot up with 2GB of RAM.

Here’s a shot of the test bench I used including the less-than-stellar stock heatsink from Intel (got an APOGEE GTZ hold down en route from Swiftech), a 6800GT that has served me well over the years, and my ghetto sleeved OCZ GameXSTream 600W (also present in the top picture with my chiller). I will be doing a complete overclocking walk through for Nehalem on NCIX Tech Tips, but I wanted to share my initial impressions with a dog CPU, all 6 RAM slots loaded up (far more stress on the memory controller), and terrible stock cooling:

- 200x base clock multiplier without much fuss

- 1480MHz C8 @ 1.66V on this random set of 3 dual channel kits of memory primed for 12 passes overnight.

- QPI speed of over 1700Mhz without much trouble

- 3.7GHz on the CPU before running into what I think was a combination of a thermal limitation (80+C under load) and having a less than steller overclocking chip

Annoying Windows 7 Bug

2012-09-05T04:04:00.002-07:00

Annoying Windows 7 Bug

Well I’m not sure yet if I can replicate this or not but it’s been annoying me enough over the last 5 minutes that I thought I’d post about it. System is running Windows 7 Ultimate RC1 (64-bit) and I kept running into issues transferring some files over from another hard drive that also has a boot partition on it where the board kept booting to the other drive. Since I’m also tweaking some BIOS settings and whatnot, the boot order keeps rearranging, so the solution I came up with (clever me) was to switch SATA cables so that the system would always automatically boot from the correct drive.

The drive in question is an OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD, so it’s a plenty fast drive. Man was I ever suprised to see 10,000ms access times in the resource monitor when all I was doing was downloading adobe flash player with literally nothing else open. Switching back to the SATA port that the drive was originally on has everything back to normal, but those 10s response times were VERY noticeable and it was not mis-reporting.

I also know that the issue was not caused by putting the drive on a different SATA controller. They are both connected to the ICH10R southbridge and drivers are installed for that as well. Very random. I would have taken a screenshot but the system was soooo painfully slow I had to do something. It would respond just fine for about a second (I could type into search fields, click things, etc) but then it would become completely unresponsive for 5-10 seconds.

Microsoft Office 2013 Customer Preview

2012-09-05T00:15:00.001-07:00

Microsoft Office 2013 Customer Preview

Microsoft has released the much anticipated Office 2013 beta for customers. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that this version of suit embraces the new technology, connectivity & productivity.

New Metro Interface

If you are Metro UI fan like me, then it’s a very good news for you! All Office products now comes with a more clean & sleek UI, Microsoft’s Metro UI.

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NX Series-NX Camera | SAMSUNG

2012-09-03T00:44:00.001-07:00

The exterior of the NX1000 is just as impressive.

The modern and sleek body adds another layer of elegance and sophistication to something that’s usually more functional than beautiful.

Reality never looked so real

20.3MP APS-C Sensor.

Customized for the NX System, the brand-new, professional-grade, 20.3MP APS-C CMOS Sensor produces images that rival those of any premium DSLR.

Each individual pixel has a large sensor area and receives more light, guaranteeing low noise levels, high dynamic range and accurate color differentiation.

The higher sensitivity allows you to shoot during low-light situations without graininess or other noise. The new sensor also provides Full HD video output capabilities.

Light as a feather,

yet powerful to the touch

Simple & Emotional Design

The camera is extremely portable and the perfect travel companion. The lightweight body also makes it easier to shoot stills or video for longer periods of time. The exterior of the NX1000 is just as impressive. The modern and sleek body adds another layer of elegance and sophistication to something that’s usually more functional than beautiful. The body and the kit lenses of the NX1000 are available in three different colors - white, black and pink. What’s more, the easy-to-use interface make using the NX1000 pure joy.

One-touch wireless

sharing

Wi-Fi (Smart Link)

Forget about bringing the right cable along. Built-in Wi-Fi lets you instantly share special moments with friends and family, even when you’re on the move. Upload photos to Facebook or email them directly from the NX1000 to your loved ones. A dedicated Smart Link hot key makes it easy to save photos you just took to any compatible smartphone, opening up even more sharing possibilities.

Bend to Zoom by 3M

2012-09-02T09:37:00.001-07:00

Some time ago we talked about the introduction of a new technology by 3M that allowed flexible touchscreens and we stated that it was just a matter of time before the technology would be put to use.
Looks like we’re there! Last week a few manufacturers presented prototypes of devices with this technology put to use.

Nokia has been showing off a prototype handset that can be controlled by twisting and bending it. It’s called the Nokia Kinetic Device.

Nokia introduced the Nokia Kinetic Device (video below) that uses bending of the device as a form of input to, for example, ‘pinch to zoom’ (or in this case ‘bend to zoom’).

Micro 4/3 Camera

2012-09-02T09:30:00.002-07:00

Lately it seems like there are new digital cameras announced every week with better performance, better design and more advanced features.

One of the systems that keeps growing in popularity is the Micro 4/3 (MFT or m4/3) system. So what does this Micro 4/3 mean exactly and how does it compare to other, more traditional systems like the DSLRs?


	Olympus E-PL1 with a 1980 Olympus 50mm f1.8 lens

It sounds somewhat backwards to get excited about buying old stuff when you’re talking about new technology, but don’t be fooled. Well crafted glass is something that is timeless. In fact, many older lenses have a sturdier build quality because of metal casings as opposed to the now so popular plastic.

Panasonic DMC-GH2 and 14-42mm kit lens

There are many more pros and cons to list when comparing MFT cameras to DSLRs or compact cameras but one thing is very clear:

Intel Ultrabook.

2012-08-31T08:03:00.003-07:00

Ultra ResponsiveUltrabook.

wakes up in a flash, so you get quick access to your favorite content by going from zero to go in seconds.1

Ultra SleekAt less than an inch thick, the lightweight and highly portable Ultrabook™ is easy to grab and go anywhere.

Long LastingRun for hours, standby for days.

New Concept Nokia Phone

2012-08-30T23:05:00.001-07:00

Transparent Nokia Phone

Nokia is the best brand of cell phones in reliability.

The famous designer Mr. Juan Carlos Garson has designed a special transparent gadget for Nokia.

It is totally according to requirements of the people and current needs.

This is a unique model of Nokia which has a touch interface buttons and also with unique features which can you imagine in your dreams.

Carrying on the trend of awesome transparent gadgets, Colombian designer Juan Carlos Garzon has concocted a phone design for Nokia that adds some transparency to all of your conversations.

The touch interface gives a simple and clear view of which buttons you’re mashing, while all of the electronics bits are stored below in the white enclosure.

The lower side of the handset includes the battery, most of the hardware, incorporates the on/off button (front side) and a 5 megapixel camera (at the back).

This Nokia concept’s display also emits light, allowing for better usage during night time.

Announcing new HP PCs for Windows 8!

2012-08-30T11:37:00.003-07:00

Announcing new HP PCs for Windows 8!

The HP ENVY x2

A powerful and ultrathin hybrid PC with the advantages of two devices in one. As a notebook that doubles as a tablet, the HP ENVY x2 has a detachable screen that becomes a full tablet when separated from the keyboard via a seamless magnetic latch.

HP SpectreXT TouchSmart Ultrabook

The HP SpectreXT TouchSmart Ultrabook features a 15.6-inch diagonal multitouch Radiance Full HD display with IPS technology, a sophisticated all-metal design, edge-to-edge glass, a glass touchpad and tilted speakers with Beats Audio for optimal sound.

It is HP’s first notebook with Intel® Thunderbolt™ technology for blazing-fast transfer to external devices. Additionally, HP USB Boost technology charges devices via USB ports while the Ultrabook is on or off.

HP ENVY TouchSmart Ultrabook 4—the power of touch

Featuring an eye-catching metal design, the HP ENVY TouchSmart Ultrabook 4 offers a 14-inch multitouch HD display, measures 23mm thin and weighs 4.77 pounds. A backlit keyboard, up to 8 hours of battery life, a booming subwoofer with Beats Audio and an optional AMD graphics card with 2 GB of graphics memory.

The HP ENVY TouchSmart Ultrabook 4 delivers powerful performance with the latest Intel processors, solid-state drive options, and the same Intel technologies available on the HP SpectreXT TouchSmart Ultrabook. HP innovations such as HP CoolSense, HP Imagepad, HP ProtectSmart, HP TrueVision HD Webcam, HP Connected Photo, HP Connected Music and HP Connected Backup also are included.

Welcome Post !!!

2012-08-30T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hii Frieends ,

We are excited to write this blog post because it is the first of many valuable blog posts that will be released on this website.

The goal with this blog is to create helpful blog posts with the end goal in helping website owners improve their website and subsequently increase their organic traffic.

ASUS Vivo Tab

2012-08-29T11:26:00.001-07:00

ASUS Vivo Tab

Asus just announced Meet the incredible ASUS Vivo Tab and Vivo Tab RT. Taken from the Latin verb “to live”, Vivo opens up a new world of mobile possibilities and transforms expectations of what a tablet can do.

It looks like IFA will be where many Windows 8 devices shown back at Computex get (more) official. Exhibit A is ASUS, which today pulled the curtains on the Vivo Tab and the Vivo Tab RT, previously known as the ASUS Tablet 810 and the ASUS Tablet 600, respectively. There's still no pricing info available, but the company has filled in some of the remaining spec gaps.

As we previously knew, the Vivo Tab sports an 11.6-inch IPS display with a 1,366 x 768 resolution and supports a Wacom digitizer input in addition to 10-point multitouch. The tablet runs an Intel Atom CPU with 2GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The Vivo Tab measures 0.33 inches thick and weighs in at 1.5 pounds. There's also an 8-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, plus a 2-megapixel shooter up front. As we learned back in Taipei as well, an NFC sensor will be on board.

Then there's the Vivo Tab RT, which is slightly smaller, at 0.33 inches thick and 1.1 pounds, and with a 10.1-inch screen. Like its non-RT brother, it boasts an IPS display with a 1,366 x 768 resolution, but it runs a Tegra 3 processor and a 12-core GPU, with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The RT tablet includes the same cameras and NFC sensor as the Vivo Tab.

Of course, these two slates also come with a Transformer-like dock, which adds a full QWERTY keyboard, trackpad, two USB ports and a second battery. The missing element to this equation is still pricing and availability: check back for those details, and in the meantime hit up the press release below the break.

How well does Windows Home Server protect your data?

2012-08-29T11:08:00.000-07:00

How well does Windows Home Server protect your data?

Well my WHS has finally been put to the test. I sat down to my computer to see this error message pop up

Intrigued, I opened up my WHS Connector Software to discover that the status for one of my Seagate 7200.10 500GB drives was “missing”.

I think that this whole experience could have been made more intuitive for the non-tech-heads that Microsoft is apparently targeting with this product, but without too much trouble I was able to get through the removal wizard.

The process took about 1.5 hours. In that time it was rebalancing the data that was replicated on the 500GB drive I removed and splitting it between the 320GB OS drive and the other 500GB drive that remained in the home server.

There wasn’t enough space for the server to duplicate all of the data on only two drives, so this error came up prompting me to add another hard drive. That was relatively simple, and shortly after I added the new drive, this error message went away.

All in all I’m very pleased. I lost some episodes of Numb3rs and a few old Disney movies that I had saved, but not replicated. Congrats to the Windows Home Server team for making this 500GB hard drive failure as simple as an RMA with no loss of important data!

Trying to repair a broken PCIe slot

2012-08-29T10:25:00.000-07:00

Trying to repair a broken PCIe slot

This is one of those projects that clearly isn’t worth the time I’ve already invested, but it’s more of a “can it be done” adventure than a practical thing. I got my hands on an eVGA 790i board that was damaged in a shipping accident. There’s no insurance, there’s no warranty (eVGA won’t put on a new slot for me), so I’m left to my own devices here. I tested the motherboard and it works fine with a PCI video card, but not with a PCIe video card in either of the other slots. I get an error message telling me to move my video card to the top slot (I wish) for non-SLI operation.

Here’s my first attempt at removing a PCIe 16x slot from a 680i donor board. I figured if I torched it I might be able to remove it in one piece with all pins attached. Also I was hoping the pins would be relatively clean for re-insertion into the 790i board. It worked very well except for that fact that the slot bent from the heat while I was removing it.

Then I tried a more brute force approach and simply ripped off a PCIe slot. I’m currently in the process of re-pinning this one using pins from the other two that I tried to torch off.

As for the 790i board, well, I’m going to have to get pretty creative when it comes to removing the pin nubbs that are left over. If anyone’s got any ideas, I’m open to them. Right now it looks like what I’ll need is an incredibly fine soldering tip, and then something else to poke through and make a hole. Once I do every hole that way, I should be able to insert the new slot and solder it from the back. Wish me luck… I’m not exactly skilled with a soldering iron so the temptation is obviously also there to just run the board with PCIe video in some sort of “non-gaming” machine like the girlfriend’s sister’s media PC or something… It kinda kills me to use a 790i and DDR3 for something like that though………

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CPU-Z 1.61.3

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AMD Catalyst Drivers 12.8 (XP)

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iTunes 10.6.3 (32-bit)

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How To Fix Android WiFi Problems

Download [ FXR wifi fixer ]

How Bad Android’s Fragmentation Problem Is [GRAPHIC]

problems with Facebook for Android.

Internet Download Manager (IDM) 6.7

Download

Size 5 Mb

NCIX Now Carries XSPC Products!

Powerline networking is the solution to my problems.

Cool Undeleting Program – FreeUndelete

CoolIT Boreas – Initial testing done

Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 Overclocking Results

Core i7 Overclocking Report

Annoying Windows 7 Bug

Microsoft Office 2013 Customer Preview

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NX Series-NX Camera | SAMSUNG

Bend to Zoom by 3M

Micro 4/3 Camera

Intel Ultrabook.

Ultra ResponsiveUltrabook.

New Concept Nokia Phone

Announcing new HP PCs for Windows 8!

Welcome Post !!!

ASUS Vivo Tab

How well does Windows Home Server protect your data?

Trying to repair a broken PCIe slot

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