Has anyone tried cooling the Athlon 2800+ XP without a processor fan while keeping the temperature within operating range? What heatsink do you use?

Hi all: Is it possible for a USB optical mouse to cause the screen to freeze for a sec or two, like you move the mouse when playing games but the image isn't moving? The pointer of my mouse seems to be not willing to go and stay where I point sometimes. Example: I move the pointer to an icon and...

I'm seriously ready to upgrade my current PC to a far faster system. Been looking at the 3.0GHz P4 w/ 800MHz FSB. Most of the motherboards I've looked at support SATA only, not the "old" Parallel IDE.... My question... What exactly is SuperATA? Will I be able to connect my existing DVD-RW drive...

I'm trying to use a new unbranded dvd drive in a 400Mhz dell base unit. Win98 has recognised it as being there, but it thinks that its a removeable disk drive, occasionally it thinks its a harddrive, and sometimes it just wont recognise it at all. According to the device manager, the device...

Hello, I am planning on adding a new graphics chip to my laptop by soldering via wire to the agp or pci bus. I have quite a bit of experience in soldering and electronics and am looking for tips, stories, suggestions, and things to consider. Please write me at Chandler923 at hot mail dot...

wrote in : Does anyone know the difference between the 005686-xx modems? I see v.92 upgrades for 00568602 and 00568603 (USR5686B & USR5686C) I have a 00568600... which according to USR is the 5686 model...

I'm following the typical path of overclock - too hot, more fans - too noisy - rheobus. I haven't dared stick the CPU fan on the rheobus as it's possible to go down to 0V. But the noise from the 60mm CPU fan (Cooler Master DP5-6I31C-0L) running at 3700rpm is a high pitched whine and buzz that is...

What cases have USB, sound ports and 1394 on its front panel other than Antec Sonota?

Is there any speed advantage in using 80 wire IDE cables for CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or CD-RW, or will they still operate at the same speed as they would via a 40 wire IDE cable?

Any comments about the nVidia GeForce FX 5200 card? Is it a good buy, or no? How does it compare to ATI?

In article , says... I have a case and power supply that I have used before with success. Recently I replaced the motherboard and CPU with an upgraded one. Now I cannot get the computer to turn on at all. I put the old...

Brooks put me in my place by writing I'm looking for a decent graphics card that will play most games and last me at least 1 year without having to be upgraded. But I dont wanna spend more than $130 dollars. I read alot about the ATI Radeon 9200 128mb 8x. and if I get it by Sapphire, I...

How noisy is the retail fan that comes with the Athlon XP 2200+ retail boxed? Must it be left running at 12V, or I could tone it down to 7V with a fan control device? I won't be overclocking. Is the fan 60mm or 80mm? Do some of you guys have this CPU running with a Panaflo L1A running instead of...

Jerry Turba wrote: I am considering the intel d865perl and d875pbz boards but I like to read the manuals before I buy one. I have been all over the intel site but cannot find the manuals to download. While I was on the site they asked if I wanted to take a survey, so I did. I also stated...

Hi all... I'm just about to buy a Abit KD7 Raid Motherboard ... Its great, everything I wanted... except..... well, I really wanted to have Firewire as well... Does anyone know if Abit make a KD7 Raid equivalent with Firewire ?? Many thanks to all... Dave

I am working on a friends older Compaq PC. He has been having some problems with his burner that he put in himself about 2 years after he got the computer. The CD-ROM drive that came with it was set to "Cable Select," but the CD-RW, that he put in, is set to "slave"....could this be the problem? or...

Hi Guys, This is my second post on the subject so perhaps what I'm looking for doesn't exist??I'm looking for sites or resources that have recommendations for computer systems i.e. Systems that folks have already purpose built under certain criteria or categories and can be recommended. You...

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 19:22:19 +0100, "nightic" wrote: "Caroline" wrote in message ... I'm sorry, I think this is gonna sound really stupid but I *cannot* work it out! I've built my...

Im running a Dual AMD XP system. The XP chips have been modded to MP Chips. im running it on an MSI K7D Master L Mother Board with 1Gb ram and the chips are 2400+ (2Gz) CPUs. is it normal for them to run at about 65-68DegC? Not sure what that is in farenhight. Anyway, i have 2 fans getting air into...

hullo, Got a client that wants 6 x pc's built up for an office - now would i have to install windows 98 (or xp not sure which one the client wants yet) on all 6 pc's with 6 seperate windows cd's and licences or can i get a 6 user licence for 1 windows cd? Would appreciate any info from anyone...