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Digital Storm Forums : View Our Support Guides (Click Me) http://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/ This is an XML content feed of; Digital Storm Forums : View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Last 30 Posts Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 24 May 2026 22:48:49 +0000 Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:11:39 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.0 30 www.digitalstorm.com/forums/RSS_topic_feed.asp?FID=33 Digital Storm Forums http://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Upgrade / Add Graphics Card https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ Author: DST4ME
Subject: Upgrade / Add Graphics Card
Posted: 16 Jul 2016 at 8:11pm

Thank you Onkel_Ken

]]> Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:11:39 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Upgrade / Add Graphics Card https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ Author: Onkel_Ken
Subject: Upgrade / Add Graphics Card
Posted: 16 Jul 2016 at 5:22pm

Very nice DST4ME!

]]> Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:22:36 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Upgrade / Add Graphics Card https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ Author: DST4ME
Subject: Upgrade / Add Graphics Card
Posted: 19 Jun 2016 at 8:24pm

Thank you Alex and everyone, Hopefully it will help a few people and make it easier for us to just point to this thread when people ask about upgrading video card.

]]> Sun, 19 Jun 2016 20:24:53 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Upgrade / Add Graphics Card https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ Author: hoserator
Subject: Upgrade / Add Graphics Card
Posted: 19 Jun 2016 at 11:29am

Go DST4ME Awesome

. Very clear and with pictures! Excited

]]> Sun, 19 Jun 2016 11:29:35 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Upgrade / Add Graphics Card https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ Author: bprat22
Subject: Upgrade / Add Graphics Card
Posted: 19 Jun 2016 at 10:01am

Nice. Awesome

]]> Sun, 19 Jun 2016 10:01:35 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Upgrade / Add Graphics Card https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ Author: Alex
Subject: Upgrade / Add Graphics Card
Posted: 19 Jun 2016 at 9:46am

We do have a video guide as well on this on YouTube:

I will move this thread to the Support Guides section.]]> Sun, 19 Jun 2016 09:46:49 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Upgrade / Add Graphics Card https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ Author: DST4ME
Subject: Upgrade / Add Graphics Card
Posted: 18 Jun 2016 at 5:22am

My pleasure guys thank you for the kind words

]]> Sat, 18 Jun 2016 05:22:59 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Upgrade / Add Graphics Card https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ Author: Vulcan4
Subject: Upgrade / Add Graphics Card
Posted: 18 Jun 2016 at 5:19am

Awesome 'job', DST4ME!!
This is very informative and very helpful for those like me who has been out of the PC building, upgrading loop for several yrs (Personally, I've been "out of the Loop" for around 6 to 7 years. So, in a way, I am 'new' to a lot of this as things sure did change RAPIDLY during my hibernation). lolololzz... :D

Edited by Vulcan4 - 18 Jun 2016 at 5:20am]]> Sat, 18 Jun 2016 05:19:14 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Upgrade / Add Graphics Card https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ Author: bprat22
Subject: Upgrade / Add Graphics Card
Posted: 18 Jun 2016 at 5:09am

Yeah, linking this will be a lot easier than explaining it numerous times over the year.

Nice.

]]> Sat, 18 Jun 2016 05:09:05 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Upgrade / Add Graphics Card https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ Author: DST4ME
Subject: Upgrade / Add Graphics Card
Posted: 18 Jun 2016 at 5:05am

I will see if Alex wants to sticky it.

I had one before but stupid imageshack deleted all my images, so this time I hosted them all on DS so they are not going anywhere.

MY HDD install guide is suffering from the same problem.

At least now we can just point users here that want to change or upgrade gpu.

thank you for the support

Edited by DST4ME - 18 Jun 2016 at 5:06am]]> Sat, 18 Jun 2016 05:05:35 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Upgrade / Add Graphics Card https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ Author: bprat22
Subject: Upgrade / Add Graphics Card
Posted: 18 Jun 2016 at 5:01am

So, that's how it's done.

Good info, DST, and easy to follow.

Someone should sticky this thread so it dŒsn't slowly disappear. ]]> Sat, 18 Jun 2016 05:01:47 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Upgrade / Add Graphics Card https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ Author: DST4ME
Subject: Upgrade / Add Graphics Card
Posted: 18 Jun 2016 at 4:55am

How hard is it to add a second gpu or upgrade current one?

OH my gosh no no, its very difficult, j/k

Its very simple to do, I/we can show/teach you how to do it in 2 minutes.

It is very easy to do, you just buy the video card:

1. Disconnect the power cord of your pc from the wall, open side panel and wait till all the lights on the mobo are off then(one minute should do it):

2. Look at your mobo, it will look something like the pic below, but yours will have one gpu in it already, below pic dŒs not have any gpus yet:

Now here is what your gpu will kina look like, this one is a evga 980 gtx:

2A. you will probably have to remove the screws that mount the gpu. Dont forget to push down the clip/latch to release the old gpu if you are removing a gpu first before adding the new one

3. Now line up the gpu with the pci lane and put/push the gpu in the pci lane:

And you should endup with something like this:(don't forget to screw the mounting screws back to hold new gpu in place, not shown in pic below.)

4. Then you just grab the sli bridge that should have come with your extra stuff with the pc, "Hard" sli bridge is not bendable and is straight, the one below is a "soft" sli bridge, which can bend in the middle a bit:

Here is the sli port of the gpu:

You take each end and stick one in each gpu, so it kinda looks like this:

5. Connect the power cables already there for the gpu, to the gpu, this guide uses cards that take 6pin or 8 pin connectors like this:

But depending on the gpu you are getting your connectors might be 6 pin or 8 pin, so check to see what your card takes, this guide is using 980/1080 gtx as an example. If you are not sure what you need, just simply make a post in the hardware section of the forum and we can tell you what your gpu takes/needs.

You take them and simply stick it in the 6 or 8 pin socket in the gpu:

And you endup kinda like this (coloring of connectors can be different, this is just an example):

6. Connect the psu back to the wall, turn pc on, you may or may not need to reinstall gpu drivers.

That whole things from the time you open side panel to the time you close it because you are done, should take 2 minutes, give or take a minute.

Edited by DST4ME - 19 Nov 2017 at 1:34pm]]> Sat, 18 Jun 2016 04:55:00 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/upgrade-add-graphics-card-tidf28111/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Control Software - How to Calibrate Fans https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/control-software-how-to-calibrate-fans-tidf27629/ Author: Alex
Subject: Control Software - How to Calibrate Fans
Posted: 25 Feb 2016 at 5:28am

If you have purchased our Control Board and Software package in the "Airflow" category, you can calibrate the fans to run at the quiet mode by doing the following:

(1) Set the computer to "QUIET" mode.

(2) Move the two sliders on the bottom right to the point where the fans are as quiet as you would like. Please note, this slows the RPMs down. When you are happy with the setting, you can then set the airflow mode to "AUTO".

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2016 05:28:52 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/control-software-how-to-calibrate-fans-tidf27629/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Memory Stress Testing https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/memory-stress-testing-tidf12316/ Author: DST4ME
Subject: Memory Stress Testing
Posted: 11 Mar 2013 at 10:37pm

My pleasure Alex

]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:37:23 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/memory-stress-testing-tidf12316/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Memory Stress Testing https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/memory-stress-testing-tidf12316/ Author: Alex
Subject: Memory Stress Testing
Posted: 11 Mar 2013 at 12:52pm

Thanks for posting this DST4ME.]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:52:35 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/memory-stress-testing-tidf12316/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Memory Stress Testing https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/memory-stress-testing-tidf12316/ Author: DST4ME
Subject: Memory Stress Testing
Posted: 09 Mar 2013 at 10:24pm

Go here to download hci memtest

Personally I like to use the number of logical cores, aka how many cores the system actually has.

So in short if you have a 4 core cpu then run 4 insistences of hci and if you have a 6 core then run 6 insistences and if you have a 8 core cpu then run 8 insistences.

Then simply run task manager (ctrl+alt+delete, then choose run Task Manager),(you can simply add a shortcut to task manager to your desktop for ease of access so either go to your system32 folder and create a shortcut for it,or just download this to your desktop and run it, it will add a shortcut to your desktop for you, once task manager is running go to its performance tab and under the graphs you should see "Physical Memory(MB)" in this section look under "Free" and whatever ram is free divide it between the insistences of hci you have open, keep in mind at this point you have shutdown all the program and only background stuff like anti virus is running so your free ram should be a good amount (about 90% - 80% of your total ram).

If your free ram is under 60% - 70% make a post on the forums and let us look at your background tasks, you seem to have too much stuff running in the background.

Now after you divided the total free ram between the instances of hci you have open, run those instances, this is what you want to follow:

1. Test until 100% coverage (a quick test to make sure your RAM is functioning reasonably)

2. Test for 1 hour (this will catch everything except intermittent of errors)

3. Test overnight (recommended; your computer is not doing anything else at night anyway, why not be absolutely sure your RAM is good?)

Before I reset my bios or anything like that I would first come and make a post in the forums or contact DS and ask for some help.

Keep in mind that hci or any test you do from inside windows can not check every sector of the ram, to do that you need an app that you can boot off of a cd before windows starts.

such app is Memtest+:

Memtest86+

if you need help on Memtest please make a post and one of us will be happy to walk you thru.

Edited by DST4ME - 17 Sep 2016 at 10:15am]]> Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:24:35 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/memory-stress-testing-tidf12316/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Video Support Guides https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-support-guides-tidf13207/ Author: !ender_
Subject: Video Support Guides
Posted: 19 Dec 2010 at 9:54pm

oh, and everyone get your laughs out now, i left the 2nd video card is in the wrong lane! lolol

still think its such a silly design to force them to be so close!

]]> Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:54:58 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-support-guides-tidf13207/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Video Support Guides https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-support-guides-tidf13207/ Author: DST4ME
Subject: Video Support Guides
Posted: 19 Dec 2010 at 8:00pm

Nice

]]> Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:00:28 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-support-guides-tidf13207/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Video Support Guides https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-support-guides-tidf13207/ Author: ablahblah
Subject: Video Support Guides
Posted: 19 Dec 2010 at 6:59pm

Ah, about time that fan tutorial got up Hahaha

]]> Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:59:35 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-support-guides-tidf13207/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Video Support Guides https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-support-guides-tidf13207/ Author: Alex
Subject: Video Support Guides
Posted: 19 Dec 2010 at 5:59pm

Initial Checks & Connecting Side Panel Fan

Re-seating Computer's Components

Applying Thermal Paste & Re-seating CPU Heatsink

CMOS BIOS Reset & Format / Install Windows 7

Edited by Alex - 19 Dec 2010 at 6:01pm]]> Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:59:33 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-support-guides-tidf13207/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Check Hard Drive for errors https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/check-hard-drive-for-errors-tidf12384/ Author: !ender_
Subject: Check Hard Drive for errors
Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 6:05pm

HD Tune is a handy free utility that comes with a tool to scan your hard drives for problems. Your hard drive will come pretty low on the list of suspects for the most part. But if you try most other things with no luck, it can not hurt to rule out a potential problem with your Hard Drive(s)

Download here:

http://www.hdtune.com/download.html

Install and you will see:

First go to the error tab, seen in red. (no quick scanning) And hit start, if you get errors, post for help or contact Digital Storm directly here http://www.digitalstormonline.com/customerservice.asp including a link for a screenshot of your HDTune errors.

If you have more than one hard drive, the blue outline around the drop box will let you select which hard drive you want to test.

]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:05:12 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/check-hard-drive-for-errors-tidf12384/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : All Tests Pass, Yet Your Still Having Issues? https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/all-tests-pass-yet-your-still-having-issues-tidf12382/ Author: Alex
Subject: All Tests Pass, Yet Your Still Having Issues?
Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 3:10pm

If you read all of our guides, and all of the stress-tests have passed (Prime95, LinX, FurMark, etc) then your issue may not be directly related to the actual hardware or configuration of the system but a driver/software issue with Windows. In that case, we recommend that you do a fresh re-install of Windows. When you do follow this process, make sure you delete the current partition(s) Windows is installed on. The Windows Installer will allow you to do this when you boot off of the original Windows disc when you are doing a fresh install.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:10:54 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/all-tests-pass-yet-your-still-having-issues-tidf12382/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Analyze Window Crash/Dump Files https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/analyze-window-crash-dump-files-tidf12375/ Author: ablahblah
Subject: Analyze Window Crash/Dump Files
Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 12:53am

If i remember right, i believe whocrashed analyzes minidumps, right? Kernel mem dumps don't work, check your settings if you plan on using it.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:53:25 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/analyze-window-crash-dump-files-tidf12375/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Analyze Window Crash/Dump Files https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/analyze-window-crash-dump-files-tidf12375/ Author: !ender_
Subject: Analyze Window Crash/Dump Files
Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 12:45am

WhoCrashed is a utility that you can use to help find out what is causing full system fails ie Blue Screen of Death or the computer just shutting off all together.

It will not help you find out why a game or program is freezing, lagging, crashing, or anything of the sort.

Download here:

http://www.resplendence.com/downloads

This is very straightforward, you open the program and click Analyze

It will then instruct you to scroll down and read the Analysis and Conclusion. If what it tells you dŒs not make sense to you, simply post it on the forums for help or submit it to DSO directly here http://www.digitalstormonline.com/customerservice.asp

If you do understand it and are working on it on your own, keep a word document with saved results so that you can track different problems and solutions.

Its very common to see driver problems here. If a driver is named, make sure you are using the most current version of that driver by searching for it with Google.

]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:45:11 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/analyze-window-crash-dump-files-tidf12375/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Analyze and Monitor System Tempreatures https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/analyze-and-monitor-system-tempreatures-tidf12372/ Author: AmbientChong11
Subject: Analyze and Monitor System Tempreatures
Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 12:24am

Nice guide !! ]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:24:54 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/analyze-and-monitor-system-tempreatures-tidf12372/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Analyze and Monitor System Tempreatures https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/analyze-and-monitor-system-tempreatures-tidf12372/ Author: !ender_
Subject: Analyze and Monitor System Tempreatures
Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 12:23am

Realtemps is commonly referenced as the most reliable temperature measurement program. It is incredibly easy to use.

Download it here, unzip it where ever you like.

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1691/Real_Temp_3.40.html

When you open it, you will see a screen like this:

The most effective way to use this program is to start it before you run any test (or game if you wish) to see what it will log as your high and low temperatures during whatever activities you do. If you want to reset it, there is a RESET button on the bottom, or you can just close it and reopen it to start a new session.

Here is a key for you:

RED - the processors current live temperatures

YELLOW - RealTemps will track for as long as it is open and keep record of the lowest temperature each core reaches. This is not very important information as it will be highly affected by the room temperature.

PINK - RealTemps will track for as long as it is open and keep record of the highest temperature each core reaches. This is obviously very important information. If you see temperatures at or above 85c, post for help.

PURPLE - This is your GPU temperature, if you have multiple cards in SLI, it will display the higher of the two cards. For more detailed information, you can click on this and it will show you high and low temperatures, how long its been logging, and the PCI bandwidth your cards are getting.

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HW monitor is what DSO commonly reccomends to view your system temperatures. It can be used to provide more extensive information than RealTemps if you are troubleshooting or overclocking

Its pretty straightforward, download here http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

No installation, you just unzip it and double click HWMonitor.

In the red square area, it will show your processor and its current, minimum, and maximum temperatures (listed along the top)

In the green square area, it will show your video card, and its current, minimum, and maximum temperatures.

Edited by !ender_ - 22 Sep 2010 at 1:10am]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:23:13 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/analyze-and-monitor-system-tempreatures-tidf12372/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Video Card Stress Testing https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-card-stress-testing-tidf12322/ Author: !ender_
Subject: Video Card Stress Testing
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 at 5:31pm

updated]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:31:30 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-card-stress-testing-tidf12322/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Video Card Stress Testing https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-card-stress-testing-tidf12322/ Author: !ender_
Subject: Video Card Stress Testing
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 at 1:18pm

yea that was in my screenshot too, ill edit that in when i get home ]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:18:59 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-card-stress-testing-tidf12322/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Video Card Stress Testing https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-card-stress-testing-tidf12322/ Author: justin.kerr
Subject: Video Card Stress Testing
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 at 12:28pm

ATI cards have built in memory error fixemuppers though. lol

also make sure to point out that it must be ran in ful screen mode, SLI, and crossfire only work in full screen mode. reminds of the WOW guys bitchen about not using SLI and running in windowed mode

]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:28:11 +0000 https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-card-stress-testing-tidf12322/ View Our Support Guides (Click Me) : Video Card Stress Testing https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/video-card-stress-testing-tidf12322/ Author: !ender_
Subject: Video Card Stress Testing
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 at 10:44am

not sure how new kombuster is, havent gotten to play with my OC much ... when i tried it a few months ago it did not auto detect, but i may not have had the newest version

i cant find any documentation or posts that show kombuster auto detecting, but that would be easy enough to test once i get home.

it would be interesting to see, if kombuster is documenting errors now.. its report vs occt

that would be a good test to do too

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