Andrew_e1 Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 well, first of all i wanna say thanks... after following the guides here and video i can say stuttering is virtually gone in games and source games...except hl2 but that damn thing might be broke lol... anyways... i just have one last concern, they said that you need a native 24 pin PSU and everything, ever since i bought my pc 3 months ago ive been using my PSU without problems... i dont have money to upgrade right now, i thought it was ok since when i bought the PSU it had the 20 to 24 pin converter included... note that i dont overclock and voltages appear fine (check screenshot) but im worried that something might happen meanwhile i get money to get a new one... well, i guess thats it... thanks again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrariedad Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 Only the native 24 pin power supplies are supported by DFI. Keep in mind that DFI motherboards are more sensitive than many other motherboards though the good news is that they generally have higher potential than many other motherboards If it's working for you and you have no stability problems, you're probably OK though less than ideal. I don't think you risk actual damage to any of your components though someone may correct me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
qbnb Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 what was it that made the difference? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken Joe Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 what was it that made the difference? DFI isn't the only one that has problems with 20 pin nearly everyone does to some extent. It was simply desined with performance in mind not lets get adaquate peformance for the everyday user. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shicx1 Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 Is a 20+4 pin considered native 24-pin? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_e1 Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 what was it that made the difference? honestly.....i dont know.....i tweaked the living hell out of it... i followed some instructions Sharp posted in another thread of mine (search my posts) and the video thats on top of this forum..... about the 20+4 pin, yeah i think its considered native... my concern was more about damaging hw other than stability... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 Get is replaced as soon as possible. Also do this, Disable DEP. Right mouse on my computer >Properties Advanced TAB Startup and recovery settings >Settings EDIT Look at the last line .../noexecute=optin... change the word optin to alwaysoff .../noexecute=alwaysoff... Then save the file >OK, and restart the PC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shicx1 Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 R u sure that's safe? What does DEP do that's bad? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...n/sp2mempr.mspx With the 64bit CPUs there is a piece of hardware inside that helps to do this. Every process that runs accesses the memory. So if the process contains a piece of code that is trying to access restricted/protected memory locations (Some viruses will do this), windows will block/stop that process from running. So it is a kind of way to help protect the user from spyware/viruses. But it does make the CPU do more work and will slow down everything, especially loading times/application responsiveness. Some programs will not work with this enabled, that is why many people that upgraded from SP1 to SP2 experienced problems with their old software/anti-virus software. < was not compatible with DEP. I always disable it and anyone that has a 32bit CPU should disable it as it will be running in software mode (use more CPU power). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 Sharp, Correct me if I'm wrong, but when saving the boot.ini file that has been modified it has to be saved as "all file types" right? By default when you select save when using the editor it wants to save it as a .txt file. Now, I've never tried it that way so I don't know whether it will booger the file up or not. I've always just saved it as "all file types" that way it saves it as a .ini file. I'd hate to see someone screw that up. Oh and by the way, on the average that saves about 20mb of space on your page file. So it's an excellent tweak. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_e1 Posted December 24, 2005 Posted December 24, 2005 uummmm so bottom line......DEP disabled means less or more performance? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted December 24, 2005 Posted December 24, 2005 Less system resources hogged by Windows = MORE PERFORMANCE Just do a test. Open up your task manager and select the performance tab. Note your page file usage with DEP enabled. Now, use Sharp's little tweak, reboot your computer and check you pf usage again. It should be down by about 20mb. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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