Oh OK, well that saves me a bit of work then.

Thanks!

I'm about to go dual core and was wondering if I need to install this Microsoft hotfix prior to shutting down my computer and installing a dual core Opteron 170. Is it even the right hotfix? http://support.microsoft.com/?id=896256 Can I install the hotfix after putting in the new CPU or will XP not ...

Yea I'd definitely wait until the A8N32 matures before moving from your Premium.

I have a Scythe Ninja installed and running passive in my A8N32 right now. Clearance and weight are not issues for me. Regarding the fan, the Ninja with a 120mm fan works fine for me when the fan faces towards the rear. One thing you might want to note is that you cannot use the little blower fan in...

The lowest temp I've constantly run with my 3000+ Winchester is 27C/82F. That was with CrystalCPUID.

Ditto on the price and vibration.

I have to admit, though, it's one fun case if you really enjoy getting in there and working with tools. =)

Yea on another forum I saw some pictures a guy posted of his A8N32 having no transfer material between the heatsink and MOSFETS. I was curious and popped the heatsink off myself and, sure enough, nothing there.

So I suppose it's OK the way it is as long as I don't perform any heavy overclocking?

I was tinkering around with my A8N32 and noticed that the silver heatsink that covers the MOSFETS has absolutely no thermal compound to aid in heat transfer. Why would they skimp on applying thermal compound to units attached to a heatsink? Is this OK for the MOSFETS or should I go apply some AS5 wh...

I left the stock metal backplate on the A8V Deluxe when I installed my Scythe Ninja. I was too scared to try and pry it off anways. lol

OK I previously had a setup which consisted of AMD 64 3000+ Socket 939 Winchester @1.8GHz Scythe Ninja passive A8V Deluxe 9600 Pro etc... Now, with CrystalCPUID working, here were my idle and load CPU temperatures along with their respective voltages. Idle: 82F @ 1.000V Load: 90F @ 1.150V I've recen...

Is there an Nvidia equivalent of ATi Tool, especially in the area of automatic fan control?

Was it difficult to pull the 2-pin housing out of the X800XL? I want to do the same to my 7800GT but I'm worried that I might break a pin or two by applying too much pressure with pliers.

Have you tried covering up the cable opening of the V1100 dividing floor with some type of foam? I cut up the foam that enclosed my S12 so that it would cover up any space not being used by the opening in the divider while still allowing cables through. Temperatures dropped 2-3C due to heat from the...

A Scythe Ninja should have enough clearance installed on an A8N. My Scythe Ninja on an A8V Deluxe hovers around 1/2 in to 3/4 inches over the base of the V1100.

Now if they could only make them in black/silver!

Hmmm, well being one for stability I might just go ahead and spend a morning formatting the windows drive. Having to search for each and every driver linked with the A8V Deluxe everytime a critical error comes up would get pretty annoying in the long run.

Thanks for the replies, everyone!

Quick question, I am currently using an A8V Deluxe and am going to install an A8N SLI Premium, do I need to format the windows drive?

If I don't perform a clean install of winXP upon new motherboard installation will it be safe, if not, what problems can I expect?

Any chance these will come out around the holidays? I might consider going with the new boards instead of an A8N Premium.

If it weren't for the rippled edges on each fin, the Coolermaster Hyper 6 would probably qualify as well.

I have shiny rims on my PC case.

I did this a week or so ago. Just pull the wires from the 4-pin molex ends using forceps, or whatever tool you have, splice the ground wires together and wrapped with electrical tape.

I'll probably do the same for the other two Nexus 120s whenever I do a complete case cleaning during a school break.

So a 30% drop in performance if you set AF to what it "should" be?

I wonder if there will be more coverage on this, I want to see some screen shots of the flickering.

The side those four crossmembers, for lack of a better word, are flush with.

I think you have to use the one that comes with the heatsink since the unit mounts onto the board using clips.

1000W...should be just enough to engage the first chevron on the Stargate.

SVC doesn't show the Ninjas as "out of stock" for me, maybe they got more in later in the day?

Not really, the most I've put it through is a few hours of heavy gaming. When I had my old 300W Fortron PSU powering everything, I could not go below 1.200V under load without the computer randomly rebooting during a game. However, after installing an S12 500 I decided to drop the voltage a little b...

Hmmm, I see...so the Abit does automatically adjust fan speeds, but does it ramp up the speeds slowly, or does it switch from a high and low speed setting? I guess what I'm trying to say is, does the Abit board switch from low and high voltages, or does it slowly ramp up voltages to the fan accordin...

Those are the CPUID settings.

I'm currently using an Asus A8V Deluxe and having Speedfan do all of the fan controlling for me automatically. Since I plan on going PCI Express by the holidays, I decided to look into buying either the Asus A8N-SLI Premium, or the Abit AN8 Ultra. After a little bit of digging around I have the foll...