Franklin wrote: If I want to improvise an antistatic strap then could I simple wrap some wire around my wrist (or my ankle) and then attach the other end of the wire to the case of the PC I am working on? Isn't that all an antistatic strap (like this one shown here) really is? ...

I was trying to buy an APC battery backup. The seller went routing around in the box to find a "good" one but it didn't seem to work. When he turned it over, there was a sticky saying, "Returned. Doesn't work.". Probably a lot of what you can buy at these shows are just some company's junk...

What do people do with the 2nd LAN port on this Mobo? I had thought of writing my own whizzy router.

Hi, I read somewhere that ide cables should only be 65cm long. There are some cables that are 90cm long. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_IDE_151.html Some are just plastic some have some metal braiding round that may shield them. I have a full tower case the longer cables...

What are the best brands of long (90cm 60cm)ide cables available in the UK

(see my recent posts starting with "The fire is out . . .) When I receive the new motherboard from DFI (NFII Ultra Infinity), I will need to remove my Athlon XP CPU from the damaged board, which has the AMD-supplied heat sink and fan installed. I didn't look when I had the case open last, but...

On 2/26, I posted the following: "The bad news is that the fire was on the motherboard. It appears to have started at the Firewire connector on the motherboard that goes to the adapter card. The connector cable (mobo end) is pretty well destroyed, and the one of the pins on the mobo is gone...

(See posts over the last 4 weeks starting with "The fire is out" if you want the background.) I got the 2nd new NFII Ultra Infinity motherboard from DFI, after the first replacement had an intermittent POST. The new one is working great! DFI was excellent to work with, and seemed to have a real...

Windows XP system with two 120 gig HD. HD 2 is my data disk, and it is getting full, so I would like to replace it with a 250 gig drive that I got a while back but haven't installed yet. I intend to keep the old 120 gig HD as an external drive for backup of digital pictures. My question is,...

(See posts over the last 4 weeks starting with "The fire is out" if you want the background.) I got the 2nd new NFII Ultra Infinity motherboard from DFI, after the first replacement had an intermittent POST. The new one is working great! DFI was excellent to work with, and seemed to have a real...

I have a Hitachi Deskstar 250 meg HD in an external USB enclosure. I have another external HD now, so I don't use the Hitachi any more. I would like to know if I can copy all the files from my D: drive (120 gig drive that contains all my documents, photos, etc.) onto the Hitachi via USB, then...

Modding Q: Stand-alone fans Hello, Hope everyone is doing well. I'm a noob to modding and have some questions, TIA. 1. What are some of the ways to power a stand-alone AC fan array WITHOUT using the psu? 2. What is the best way to get power to stand-alone fans besides psu?

My Asus manual sez to install cpu only after mobo is installed in case. I usually install cpu with mobo on bench-top. They prolly figger you'll klutz it and break the cpu fan working the board into the case or similar. Any opinions? Willie

I was reading about various high performance thermal pastes and I started to wonder what AMD and Intel use to make the thermal connection between their CPU cores and their metal heat spreaders the cpu's all come with now. Seems like I've never seen any explanation of how they do it in any of the...

I have a case that I really like but it does not have front usb, I am trying to find a single or real compact double usb connector that will atatch to the front of the case and connect to the usb connector on hte motherboard. Thanks in advance

How does this card match up with the 9700 pro, the 5800fx and 5900fx? My wife has this card in her dell and I am thinking of swapping it out with my GF4 mx440 8x

Hi there....I hope someone can help ? I inherited a P 500 (Asus P2-99) from a friend. All seems OK except for the floppy. The light is constantly ON...it's recognised by Win XP but it doesn't recognise a disk in the drive. I'm yet to hear it actaully go! I have replaced the original drive in the...

I just put in an ATI video card that has a heat sink and fan. However, my comp also has 3 opticals and 2 hard drives. I think I better put in another fan. I was thinking about a slot fan, but I do not know what I need to do. I can't tell if my the fan on my front panel is sucking or blowing, and...

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Invest your money in RAM. You want to see your old computer do new tricks? Get about 2 gig of ram "hepcat" wrote in message ... Been out of the loop for about 4 years. Has there been a new cpu release announced recently? The...