FivePointOh

I bought a used SST-ST1500 PSU from some idiot on kijiji for $100 (so I should have known something was wrong), and when I got it home, I plugged it into my board and it's just making a constant clicking sound, and the red LED on the back is flashing but it's going so fast you can barely see it light up. Nothing has helped. I've tried unplugging everything and just trying to plug in the PSU, but I get the same result. When I unplug the PSU from the wall, the clicking slows down over a couple minutes until it stops. Does this sound like a voltage regulator or relay? Does anyone know if this can be repaired, or is it just trash? I'd prefer to use it if possible. It looks like it was hardly ever used, if at all.

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If the MSI RX570 Armor Mk1 cooler will fit it, I can send mine to you for free. Just let me know if you want it, and I can send it via COD so you just pay the shipping when you pick it up.

Nobody can help? It seems like Sapphire isn't going to bother fixing the issue... Is there a better forum I could ask about modding the vbios?

same.

I recently purchased a Nitro+ 5700 XT, but I've noticed that both the memory VRM temp sensors aren't working (see pic). I emailed Sapphire about this a few weeks ago and they verified that they in fact aren't working even on their own test bench, but when I asked when it would be fixed, they kind of shrugged it off and made it seem like they probably wouldn't bother fixing it. They did say it was an issue with the driver though, so I'm wondering if there's any way someone out there could get the sensors working for these cards? I'm sure I'm not the only one whose mem VRM temp sensors aren't working, but I don't see that anyone else has noticed or said anything about it. But it would REALLY be nice to get these working, so if anyone can assist with this then please let me know!

I think I trust a PSU that has been running fine for 10 years before I'd trust a brand new one. It's like buying a used car vs new. You buy new, and you could get a lemon. At least the used one is tested and true. That being said, I wouldn't run one thats older than 6-8 years in a brand new system. But I'd go with an old PSU that was expensive at one time vs a new budget PSU like some of Corsair's flamethrowers. (VQ?)

I also have a ROG Crosshair VII Hero and I can absolutely confirm that it has the rog ext port, you can use it to adjust voltages, clocks, and multipliers, etc. and it works with the rog front base as far as I know. It just says it works with a "compatible OC panel device". It looks like the header for an old USB 2.0. I just checked the manual. It's on page 3-23. I think I've also heard of people using the port as a spare USB 2.0 port as well.

I just went from x58 to x470 today, but my ssd was in mbr and legacy mode. So when I tried to start my new pc up, it wouldnt work. I've changed it to gpt now, but I can't figure out how to make it work as a uefi device instead of legacy. I formatted it and reinstalled windows 10 off a uefi bootable usb drive and it still comes up as a legacy device. By the way, even in legacy mode it won't boot to windows on the ssd. It just hangs on a black screen with the AE - Legacy boot event post code and nothing happens. For some reason, my hdd DOES work as a uefi device and not legacy and boots into windows fine (albeit slow AF). I don't get it.

For all the Canuckian homies, I was just at Canadian Tire and they have a Mastercraft Temp Gun on sale for $19.99, or 80% off from the usual $99.99 price tag. Comes with a 1 year warranty.

It's kinda sad that even a higher-end audio chipset (despite it's age) like the SB X-Fi has cross-talk problems. I assume a USB headset would fix the issue for now?

If you want better cooling, you're better off spending the money on liquid metal for the stock heatsink instead.

Good video for the H500 case...

I'm not on stereo mix, I don't use my speakers - I use my headset, and I shouldn't have to use push-to-talk. The sound that I hear through my speakers should not be going through the mic when I mute my receiver. I'm using the most recent official driver, as well. "What U Hear" is muted and disabled. "Listen to this device" is disabled. The problem exists on both the front panel input and the flexijack (which I set to microphone instead of line-in).

My mic is playing back everything that comes through my speakers for some reason. I can't figure it out. I have Creative X-Fi audio, built into the G1 Sniper X58. I'm starting to lose my patience with this issue. Every time I play online, everyone complains about it non stop, and I get kicked. I haven't been able to play a single full online game for 2 months. what the fk is going on here... I'm seriously about to throw this computer out the window

Just yesterday I read somewhere about someone else having the exact same problem. I don't remember if it was on these forums or not. Definitely a weird occurrence. Maybe a relay?

It seems like the older a power supply gets, the more likely it will run forever lol... I used to have an IBM 5150 which I'm pretty sure was all original but I never opened it. Just got tired of it taking up room and threw it in the trash (I know, you don't have to say it).

I play mainly support/recon on Battlefield so that would work for me... My Steam account is linked to my LTT Forum profile. My username on Origin is 51v3-0H. Gonna play some bf5 within the next couple hours.

Just taking apart my old Dimension E520 for the first cleaning in 13 years. I've had it since 2006, and it was used before I got it as an office PC. BUT IT STILL HAS THE SAME PSU. It's still running the same Sparkle 400w PSU that it came with. No squealing, no sparks, no overheating. I really can't believe it. So what's the longest you`ve had a power supply last?

Just go with non-ecc ram. What mobo are you using? I have an x5675 and it's great.

Well, I left it looping and it finally went into startup repair and I started in safe mode, fixed the driver verifier issue, and removed the saih0464.sys driver and haven't had a blue screen since... Ive been getting these BSOD's for the past 3 months and thought it was my overclock... Thank God it's finally over! So if anyone else is getting lots of BSOD's, check for saih0464.sys and remove it. It's for Saitek joysticks.

I'm having constant BSOD's, so I looked online and someone said to run Driver Verifier. So I did, and it told me to restart. When it tried to restart, it gave me a BSOD from Driver Verifier about saih0464.sys and restarted. Now it's stuck in a boot loop, between the driver verifier BSOD and some other BSOD, and I can't even get into Windows Startup Repair to do anything about it. Can anyone help? I couldn't get the dump files because I can't even get to a command prompt.

I just tried the settings that TechYES posted on his youtube for a 4.5ghz OC, and it worked no problem. Going to run AIDA for a few hours, and then decide if I want to risk my mobo and cpu to try and push for higher or not. I probably will because soon I'll have enough saved up for a BRAND NEW 9th gen intel system (CANT FKIN WAIT)

I tried lowering the qpi but the qpi multiplier is already at its lowest setting so yeah I'll have to try just slow mode and see if that does anything. Does anyone know of some working settings to get a 4.5 OC on the x56-- CPUs? Preferably on the gigabyte/award bios layout. I want to see how different the settings are and maybe it'll show me what I'm getting wrong. This seems to be a really good x5675 specimen and if I can't even take it to 1.35v then that's kind of a waste... EDIT : qpi slow mode is 84mhz lol... The computer posts but it's so slow I don't think it would ever get to windows. It was posting before, though. Just not stable. I think I'm going to call it quits at 4.25ghz because it looks like there's nothing I can do to fix the high qpi.