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W2000 motherboard switch? by
Michael Volow
I know from experience that Windows 2000 in general does not tolerate a
switch from motherboard to another motherboard. I understand this to be
related to chipset differencences and ATA controller differences on each
motherboard.
I currently have a Shuttle motherboard with Athlon XP 1600 + with...
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July 8th 03 08:02 PM
by Pen
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New PC freezes - likely causes? by
Gilligan Monger
A new PC, made from existing parts, all of which were working in different
systems a month ago, seems perfectly stable with the exception of locking up
irrepairably occasionally. It passes all stress tests and seems usually to
freeze when idle. According to MBM, the 12volt line is often as low as...
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July 8th 03 07:00 PM
by Me2U
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at case by
rw
I am looking for an AT case (not ATX!), preferably a baby AT.
Does anyone know where i can get one in the UK?
TIA,
rob.
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July 8th 03 05:56 PM
by bobb
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building steps? by
leza
I would like to know from your experience when you decided to build/design a
computer, what is the first steps to start with? I mean which part you would
select first?? (the CPU, mb, memory etc) and why? How do you select these
components and why? The market if full of different brands name (there...
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HDD HELP by
Agent Smith
I have just purchased a new Western Digital 80gb hard drive, I get it home,
install it as master, run FDISK, and can only achieve 10gb.
I have a PIII700, Bios detects the hard drive as 80gb. I have flashed to
the latest bios, but still no joy,
My Master drive is 40gb Maxtor, and I want the 80gb...
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Where is this problem? by
Jim Strand
SOYO SY-K7V Dragon Plus
Athlon XP 1700+
Windows XP Home Edition
Roxio Easy CD Creator 5.0
Am experiencing a very frustrating problem which I am having much
difficulty narrowing down. Special note: this unit worked fine for
about 18 months before the problem surfaced.
During the past week I...
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July 8th 03 03:53 PM
by Greg B
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Whats the best way to install a HSF? by
Harry
I use a Volcano 9 on my system. I used "Isopropyl Alcohol" to clean
the top of the CPU and the heatsink. (Bought from Maplin.co.uk in the
UK)
Then I used Artic Silver II, spreading it thinly (I put my finger in a
thin plastic bag and spread it round.)
Spread it on the heatsink so that it...
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July 8th 03 03:13 PM
by Harry
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Building A Home Network From Scratch by
Eric Legge
A long article.
"Our editor moves into a new house, and decides to build himself a real home
network. He finds that getting professional level results can be quite a
challenge. We take an in depth look at the installtion of a new high-powered
home network, running wires through walls, making your...
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How to speed up your RAM by
Eric Legge
A good article for the non-expert.
"When it comes to your system's performance, the main bottleneck is your system
memory. Optimizing it can speed up your PC considerably. We tell you how to do
it." -
http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/20030701/index.html
Eric,
PC Buyer Beware!
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No partition data when ATA-100 cable used. by
DS
"envoy" wrote in message
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Here is a strange development. I am building a system from scavanged
parts with some new stuff thrown in, but that is not the strange
part.
I am using a an ASUS A7S-VM mobo with an...
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July 8th 03 08:01 AM
by envoy
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Nero giving Invalid Media message by
Ralph Mowery
My son installed a new cd-rw in his computer. It is an old AMD 450 mhz
version that I gave him. When I gave it to him we reformatted the hard
drive and installed win 98se. It was working fine before he installed the
cd-rw. the computer still works fine but the drive will not write.
It looks...
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July 8th 03 07:11 AM
by JAD
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Can't read CD's in HP laptop problem by
~Aart
Hi,
I have a Pavilion XH535 and about a month ago it had trouble reading cd's,
but it eventually would. Now it won't read them at all. My Computer sees
the cd, and when I put a disk in it, it spins but then says there is no CD
in the drive. It's a DVD/CD combo read only drive.
I deleted and...
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July 8th 03 06:55 AM
by JAD
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Which Motherboard? by
RayOfLight
I am looking to set up a new system to be used mainly fro internet
surfing, text formatting, email and low level games. I have decided
on an AMD 2.0 or 2.4 Mhz chip and now i am looking for a perfect
integrated motherboard to match it.
The graphics should be very good (to support the games -...
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Horrible Performance after PC Reboot by
envoy
MotherBored wrote in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
at Sun, 06 Jul 2003 19:55:05 GMT:
What gives?
Just a random thought. Sounds like some of the hardware is not getting
reset. If you do a ctrl-alt-del in the short time after shutdown before
window starts to boot again. will...
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July 8th 03 12:38 AM
by envoy
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Question about changing motherboards by
Gary
Hello All,
I have an older computer that runs fine, but is slow (550). I would like to
put a newer motherboard and CPU in. I have assembled new systems before,
but have never upgraded. So, my question is: will this have any impact on
my hard drive data, i.e. will I lose programs or have to...
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July 8th 03 12:21 AM
by envoy
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Newbie question about cooling. by
Alan
How many fans do i need for a P 4 2.8 ghz system with a workstation class
quadro fx 1000 card and 1 gb of ram?
I will also be including two hard drives.
Thanks
Alan
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July 7th 03 11:24 PM
by Simon
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XP, XP Pro, or 2K? by
bluestringer
"philo" wrote in message
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"bern11" wrote in message
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I have Win 98 and I'm looking to update. Which works best, XP, XP
pro,
or...
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July 7th 03 11:08 PM
by Simon
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64bit G5 PowerMac by
philo
"Roland the Gunslinger" wrote in message
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Smokes a 3gig Xeon.
http://www.apple.com/powermac/
i suppose that now makes my performa 6116cd outdated now g?
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July 7th 03 11:03 PM
by Simon
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Failure to boot when installing new CPU. by
Eric Bouchard
I hope someone can help me out with that one. First, this is my PC Setup:
Antec TruePower 330 Watts
Asus A7N8X (PCB 2.0)
CD-ROM & CD-RW
1x 512 Megs 333Mhz DDR Ram
ATI Radeon 9500 Pro
GCVL Internal ADSL Modem
40 Megs ATA/133 HD.
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