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LOL hahaha oh well, atm my broadband is so bad I cant even access this webpage at home. churning to Internode as we speak. never mind, OEM Vista Ultimate 64-bit for 235 + delivery, guaranteed new and unopened. saw it in harvey norman for $700 odd crazy my current XPpro is a dodgy copy. so I guess its time to do the "right" thing

lol, cheers :laughing-smiley-014: blue-ballsy ? hahaahah yeh, at the end of the day, I bought the Stagea 2 years ago with an overall budget of 30k in mind (incl 18k for car) and a setup safe for 200awkw. which is what it'll be. brakes/suspn/engine all "tuned / setup" for the HP output. only thing missing would be the auto tranny to be serviced + shift kit; all in good time tho.

Sept 10th at Boostworkx Fit cam gear (supplying group buy Aerospeed item) Install Oil filter relocation kit (supplying Greddy item) Oil change (z145 oil filter + Motul Turbolite 4100 oil) Attessa Flush with genuine quality fluid Retune inc remove and refit tailshaft (safc / sitc / 15-16psi not sure yet) Install braided lines and bleed system (supplying Maltech lines and Castrol super response dot4 fluid) Install Front rotors and pads (supplying Dba slotted rotors and Bendix advance pads) got a good quote, so Im happy with that. cant wait looking to "feel" around 200awkw I suppose.

nice score Chops I gotta say that Im *finally* happy with my Xpertvision 2900xt 512mb from MSY Adelaide. better performance and quality in my mind then 2x 256mb MSI 7800gtx in sli mode .......... just awaiting my Vista Ultimate I scored for under $250 on ebay and Im set

Thanks bernard enjoy Ska's old car, great pickup youve got there. Got my beast booked in for the final tune in one months time, (brake lines/rotors/pads + flush, adj.cam gear pulley, relocated oil filter, attessa fluid flush, full service + dyno tune 2xpiggybacks). I will ask the mechanics as they are working along to give the Stagea a good look-over. But *xfingers* I dont have any issues at this stage. expecting around 205awkw at 1 to 1.1bar which is exactly my goal. been right on 30k incl car, my original budget, so Im sure I'll be happy with that.

one day Id like to win something........... xlotto !!!

hhhmmmmmmmm damn pc's going to try the 4pin to 8pin converter first up. $10. hope it makes it more stable :sorcerer:

pm sent, finally. hey, last question from me, the resident tech-nooooooob my actual PC is now running beaut, the final problem Ive been having for around 3months now is that now and then it'll simply shut off, loses all power during my gaming experince (I only play BF2) and simply shuts down. Have no idea why. Been doing this since I got the motherboard and the 650w superflower (sli rated) power supply. Could it be that the psu only has a 4pin power-mobo plug that needs to go into the in 8pin mobo plug? Ive ordered an adapter (4pin-8pin power to mobo) for $10. Wise to use, or not? Also want to use a 6pin pcie to 8 pin pcie2 adapter for the video card. My vid card has 1x 6pin and 1x 8pin slots, currently using 2 x 6pins. Found a place that makes the 8pin pcie2 adapters for the 6pin pcie for $15. Or is a Super Flower 650w sli rated psu not enough for my system, works to a max 700w? (asus p5n32sli deluxe mobo, ocz 667mhz 2gig ram, xpertvision 2900xt vid card, 3x sata harddrive (2 in raid), 1x fdd, 1x dvdrw, P4 3.80 cpu, etc) Bought the psu 3months ago for $190, braided lines rated for sli etc, nice unit, but perhaps sell it and buy an Antec Quattro 850 or 1000w psu, with all the correct fittings ? dunno, thoughts ....................... can get a Quattro 1000w delivered for a straight $300 and that has an 8pin mobo connecter (vs 4pin from current psu) and a 8pin pcie2 connector for the vid card. sorry for the noob querie, but yeah last one I hope !!! (edit: thermaltake soprano case, 9 fans in total, dunno if its becasue I run the power thru a powerboard, although with nothing else plugged in)

Madaz; cant send PM atm. got the 3.8ghz chip today, installed, runs niiiiice 3.4 chip is ready to go, I'll take it to work can pick up mon-fri 9-5 in cbd, or we can catch up over this saturday or next week / weekend.

man thats harsh bad luck dude look @ a 260RS Rb26 Stagea

its a Beta 7.8 (8.40) pack, and the error was in win32k.sys after installation blues screen of death x 20 http://www.station-drivers.com/page/ati%20catalyst.htm warning ^^^^ I wouldnt doooooo it (too late) mind you I installed new driver over old (7.8 over 7.7) so it was probably my fault anyway

cheers. didnt realize they had released the SP1 for Vista yet... hmmm. but Beta. damn Beta. downloaded a beta version 7.8 for my 2900XT that I installed yesterday - lost everything. busily reinstalling everything onto my HD. damn beta pack 7.8 has a dodgy driver that shuts down windows !!!!!!! couldnt repair it, nothing else but to reinstall windows grrrr LOL @ me sore loser ? no, just a plain old loser

nice dude, nice. nah, doing my best to not take tablets. although today, lol, you caught me out ! wondering if one day I should grab a VRaptor 10000rpm HD and go Vista.... found a CCC_7.8_beta driver (170mb) so will try that out tonight

lol yeah browsed thru that site. done heaps of googl searches, so Ive got a cple of tips. Im wondering whether I infact get lower performance using 1024x768 over 1280x1024 ? meh, will wait till I setup the 3dmark06 and try stuff out. stupid clans, always got matches on (BF2). want to format the raid-0 setup (hasnt been done in 2yrs), set up the graphics and reset up the HD's, but never got the time. stupid BF2 nooooooo I didnt mean that !! I lurve my bf2 go majortangles go, dont trip over that tangley-leg

hahaha, yeah I use Zalman surround sound 5.1 stereo headphones, and I assure you its as loud as a Qantas jet taking off at full throttle, at 12am on a still night. My ghod!! wife was pretty bitter about how loud it all is (with a big mofo GoldenOrb fan on the cpu). madaz - I hope the 3.8 chip gets delivered soon so I can pass the 3.4 chip onto you mate. fingersX'd Well, I had trouble at first with the card, using BF2 to benchmark the 2900xt, was seeing 35fps only and I was bitterly disappointed, whereas the 2 x 7800gtx sli's were seeing 85-100fps with low-medium settings. eventually got it up to 85fps with the CCC panel and the ATI tool (small O/clock). Can anyone link me to a site where it goes thru what settings are recommended for the Catalyst Control Centre panel for ati cards, or the 2900xt in general? Im doing google but havent found all that much. Im a ATI virgin. getting my hands on a full version of 3dmark06 for a day only over the weekend, so will use that to set it up and forget, I hope. DX9 cards arnt too bad, say a 7800/7900GTX or pauly's type of card. depends on the game(s) you play. I was happy with my sli's, just something wasnt quite right thats all. perhaps a mem module, who knows. not my problem now tho

I was looking for 2 x 7950's for quad sli work...... found a few around but not at pricing I was willing to pay. Then came across another 7800 so I sli'd my gtx's. The new 2900xt is as loud as a mofo jet. Havent sorted out the settings as yet. sold the ram yay

cheers pal

Madaz, sorry, cant help you with that ^^ will let you know mate when the cpu is available..... Ummmm, lads and ladies, well what an experience. After the sli issues with the 2 grafix cards I worked out it was in fact the sli bridge that was an issue. Took it off and whoila! However, I had the 2 7800gtx's on ebay, and they have sold, even got paid straight away. So, they are going to their new owner tonight, pity, but meh its done now. also sold a box full of old ram, new ram, old motherboards, joystick, fans, old voodoo cards etc, got $550 in total for the two seperate sales. so, Ive put up 2 gig (1gb sticks) of 533mhz Elixir ram for sale on ebay at $30 each unit (are a matched pair, brand new less then a month or so old). although I'll sell the matched pair of ram to a SAU'er for $50. offering this deal on another forum I use.......so....... but anyway I digress; today I walked into MSY on Flidners street, Adelaide, for the first time and picked up 2 x 1gb OCZ 667mhz ram, and 1 x ATI Raedon XpertVision 2900XT 512mb graphics card. Paid overall a cple dollars more then what I got in my ebay sales. SO, Im now happy. straight swap !!!! almost...... if you want a matched pair of near new 533mhz ram contact me. will report on the 2900xt asap.

yeah with your big monster turbo, when you go back for a tune PeRsOnALy Id install the Nismo adjustable FPR (nengun, $160 delivered) and a larger fuel pump (bosch 040, $200 delivered)...... "just in case". comes down to desires/wants and affordability tho. but then youd know deap down the car would forever be "safe", once tuned. with 190awkw (next tune expecting the 200awkw mark with the cam gear pulley and higher boost) I know I dont flatstick it, Im a safe driver and obey all suburban speed limits - just when I want to give it a poke, well, i can, and she responds so well; makes it a pleasure to own. but yeah, we all reach a point and say "No More Mods" and thats that. find your point young padwan. next tune is mine

love ya dude look after yourself and whats yours. will keep in touch tho

get the fuel pump, and adjustable nismo fuel pressure regulator, if you are after 180awkw. just my opinion only, thru info I have gathered off this site and from SK. as said, I dont see the harm in adding a small amount of correction to the safc if you are worried about the afr's. running rich for a month or so, prior to fitting fuel pump / adj.fpr and tune, isnt a huge cost in the long run. good luck with it mate

I bought private from ex sau CoolPC, 18k 2yrs ago for a series 1 (cost him 30k a year prior to that). Got the RWC and 3months rego in Qld, flew up and inspected and paid for it, had it shipped back down. Took it to the Sturt cop shop checking station (next to sturt rd cop shop, looks like a council yard), had engine/vin checked. Had cat back exhaust, I changed the pod to an airbox/panelfilter before hand, and took off the bleed valve. Got passed no probs. paid for sa rego, then started on the mods. Im in morphett vale down south, more then welcome to sound me out for a look:see and drive. Look for a series 2 interstate for 15-17k stock and bring her back ! wont be a problem. and air flights are cheap enough to warrent checking it out prior to purchase. Good luck mate, pm me if you need any further info, etc.

1997 model, auto, 92000kms. brought into the country 3years ago with 48000kms on it for 32000$$$$ for 15g, get a series 2 with under 90000kms on it, demand log books + service history (mine has 'em).

yeah, on my trial run up and down a 80kmph road, I noticed after adding safc correction up high, that it seemed lagier at 4000rpm exactly.... so I toggled the 4000rpm sitc switch a bit and adjusted it on the fly, seems ok. cant hear any audible knock - although this is a temp measure until I can get the final tune done. (have oil filter relocator and adjustable cam gear to go in, and tune to 1bar, PLUS bushes Ive had for a year PLUS front rotors Ive had for a year, damn the fact that I cant kneel to do it myself. sux)