Recent content by Marwan91

I'm trying to salvage my Asus k50ij. It has an Intel t4500. After some research, I found that the socket can fit an Intel q9100. (though it has higher TDP.) I successfully installed it, applied paste, made sure that the fans are working. I turned it on and it boots to BIOS, including all the...

That's what I feared. Anyhow, thanks for this :)

Okay, there is no need for a MXM slot because there is non on the graphics card. I've searched for Images for all types of MXM and they look similar to regular PCI, only smaller. This socket is different, as you can see in the images. This is the socket again for reference...

Alright, I had an old laptop that died. I have this habit of dismantling every single chip inside before throwing it away. I've got a trove of chips lying around now including RAMS, DVDROMS, Wireless and Bluetooth chips and more. More importantly, I took off a dedicated GeForce GPU. I forgot...

This is because your fan is not spinning. Try to see if any particles are obstructing the air vents.

Hi, your GPU requires a minimum 500 Watt PSU. Your CPU eats another 84 Watts. So I guess it's only fair for your system if you go 600 Watts and above.

Thanks you!

The BIOS does not allow me to change any values. :/ @Damn_rookie I'm watching the frequency through Piriform's Speccy. So what you're saying is that it does run at full speed? If so, what program do you recommend for watching my hardware?

Hi, I recently bought a SoDIMM DDR3 ram for my Samsung NP305E4A-A01 laptop. I installed the chip and it worked just fine. The problem is, however, that I now noticed that the frequency of the RAM is always between 674-665 MHz. This is happening despite the fact that the CPU, an "AMD A4-3305M,"...