ASUS used to use AWARD bios before the AWARD/Phonix merger. Now, they seem to switch back and forth. Along the AWARD CMOS setup, the default was always LBA. Now, it is very strange. On my A7N8X, it is LARGE when I select the Auto. On my P4PE, it is LBA when I select the Auto. LBA used to...

h2so4 wrote: Your temps are well within the limits for your processor. Then mine are downright chilly. CPU temp of 96F and system is at a comfy 78F. I just happen to have an AC line powered 4" fan in the bottom front of my full tower case and I cut out the inner metal to match the full area...

You prob won't find a bios that will support cd boot for that old of a machine. What are you trying to do..? "Name" wrote in message ... Have an Old 133 MHz PC that I need to boot from the CD-ROM drive. The BIOS number is...

What, if any, performance advantages would a single Xeon 533MHz with 512KB cache have over a single PIV with 512KB cache? Assume comparable processor speeds and assume the PIV would be running on an 857P The PIV system would be running on an 875P motherboard, so that it could use ECC memory. It...

There are two methods that I am now endeavoring. 1. Follow the direction found in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314082 2. Follow the urban legend: uninstall the IDE driver and install the generic IDE driver. In both methods, I still have specific questions to ask. For...

Good evening! I am using the Soyo K7V Dragon Plus Mainboard, and I am getting trouble, if I try to use more than one memory bank. Every memory module of the three I got works perfectly alone, but when I try to use two of them or even all three at the same time, my pc completely hangs up, kills my...

opteron is king for photoshop filter tests. the new Xeon w/ 1MB L3 cache is tested alongside at gamepc.com: http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=xeon3061MB&page=1 interesting 3D render scores, opty returns excellent score with maya (yay i use maya :)), not so well with max.... opty also...

We need to build a new network file and print server. I don't need the fastest dual or quad processor system on the planet, just one that supports a couple GB of ECC RAM and runs reliably. I'll probably build it around a single (PIV) Xeon, though I may want to use a dual processor board for...

Hello Please don't be mad at me if I should not be asking this here... If you have any knowlege about IBM PCs, such as general hardware and trouble shooting, and you like to help people... I need 2 or 3 IBM PC Moderators for my Forum. Please stop by and sign up - If nothing else stop by and say...

See he http://www.e-insite.net/electronicnews/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA310195&stt=000&industryid=21368&industry=Memory Seems like our friends have invented point to point differential signalling for data, combined with a single-ended bus for addresses. Get ready to be held up! ...

I could use all the help I can get. I can't afford to buy a new one and this is driving me nuts. Support.com says there is an upgrade but wants $$$ for it. Same with HP support. Is there anyone with an HP 8765c system out there? hp 8765c pavillion winxp 384 ram radeon 9000 graphics

I was wondering if someone could maybe elaborate a little on the new 64 bit processors that are comming out soon and how they will most likely affect us. First I'm wondering, can software written for the 64 bit processors run on our current 32 bit ones? If not, what timelines do the big companies...

I think I'm lost... you guys are gonna get one hell of a laugh out of this! I'm a computer idiot but I wanna start doing video editing of my analog video on my home PC. I'm not willing to switch to MAC though everyone is telling me to. I currently have a Dell V400 (yes, I realize this is an...

I've this vexing problem with most of my floppies after I've tried inserting them into my Sony FDD. This dialog prompt will shows, "the floppy is not formatted. do u wish to format it?" What is wrong and furthermore, how come previously, I was able to use my FDD but it was not able to be open in...

Could someone with more insight please tell me, what (a) dual channel memory (interface) is? Is it just a revival, using a new name for the good old double sided (2 banks) DIMM, are we back at having to use DIMMs in pairs again or is it something completely different? I've seen it with mobos,...

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Hi, I have an old (currently well used by a relative) Olivetti m300-10 (bumped up to a 486, I think) which has suddenly started hanging at Fixed Disk startup. When you turn the pc on, it beeps 4 times, then hangs at Fixed Disk,then quickly flashes Disk Controller Failure 1782. Then it goes into...

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CPU doesn't work properly after I flashed BIOS for mainboard on i440BX chipset by IBM PC 300PL 6862-80U(model #) PII333Mhz, 100Mhz FSB. The system was working just fine till i decided to change CPU from PII-333 to PII-350. I did it because my SECOND(let's say asus) computer box doesn't suport...

I built a pc five years ago. The mother board is PCChips M575S with the Aladdin IV+ chipset from ALi, which supports UltraDMA 33. The BIOS is AMI BIOS. UtraDMA cannot be enabled on that system. And over the years I have not been able to find out why , until today... Viewing the .rom file of the...