there is no power connector from the heatsink la bro
u place a fan there at GeminII, and then plug the cable from the fan to either ur motherboard or u power supply..

can a spec listed below handle 24" WS monitor at max resolution in vista?
amd athlon 64 x2 4400+
Abit KN9 SLI
2GB Ram
8800Gts 320MB (single)
coolermaster 450w real power

Why not? Even the lowly HD 2400 or 8500 can handle it if you just want to run Vista without playing games

haha..thx i figured that out

What software can check either graphic card faulty or not?

You don't need any. Just play games, if you see any graphics anomaly then it have problems. Or you can use ATiTool and use their 'Scan for artifact scanner' to check for graphics anomaly

Faulty in the sense off?

For artificats, i use 3DMark as a confirmation of whether its faulty or not..

what is the the letters V/S/L stand for when looking for mobo?

v= onboard graphic adaptor
s= onboard sound
l = built in ethernet/lan port

oh.. thx alot..

what is the new penryn processor? >.<" always confused with it..i used wikipedia to search and it says that its for laptop?

Can anyone please kindly teach me how to check the processor socket and also the FSB without using CPUZ?

you can find out processor by
1. booting time, the POST
2. Windows' SYSTEM information

with that processor info, it's up to your knowledge (or search the internet) for the FSB and socket information.

penryn is the code name for the new core 2 processor, which is based on the core micro architecture, but it has 6mb l2 cache rather than 4mb for conroe and it will use a newer 45nm process, and furthermore it's the 1st processor to use teh metal gate transistor rather than silicon, which according to intel could give more performance and it will be released next year i think...

Erm, noob question here, whats the average temperatur on Pentium 4.

I didn't care about it befre, but right after I changed my MOBO, I saw that its arround 60 - 70 'C, is that normal?

When I am runnning virus scanning or others heavy task, it will boost up to 80'c, normal again?

same thing happened with my previous P4 3.0GHz..
what did i do is, i took out the hsf, and applied the AS5, then the temperature became 40~50C (still higher compared with my Athlon64 939 )

you changed mobo - but did you change heatsink?

1. re-apply thermal paste
2. clean the heatsink and fan

it should reduce the temps.

lastly, not everyone will have same temperature cos each casing, it's location and it's environment is different.

Didn't change heatsink, thermal paste reapplied, but those cheapskate la, still... normal temperature is 59 - 62, when gaming or whatever heavy tasks are sunning, it will reach 75++

Anyone knows where Western Digital service centre? wanna send my faulty hdd, still under warranty...

If seagate i know...Summit tower, Summit USJ

i also use cheapskate thermal paste. it's no big deal actually. Pentium 4 are known to be hot anyway.