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How's this computer look for Mom?? by rferoni
Here's the list of products I want to build my Mom and Grandma's computer with. Please tell me if you think I should change anything. I posted a few days back about building computers for them. I went to new egg and picked out what I thought was decent stuff, not real cheap but not...
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December 6th 03 09:53 PM
by JAD Go to last post
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compaq 5000US question by Mike0000
I have a heavily modified 5000US (replaced drive, filled ram, replaced chip, replaced videocard, etc) and would like to keep it for a while, but the power supply noise is killing me. It has this horrible whine to it. A quick look at it suggests its ATX sized, but can anyone confirm this? Yeah, I...
December 6th 03 07:59 PM
by Guido Go to last post
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Cleaning the CPU dye and HS? by J. Burns
Hey there, would it be safe to use Mineralised Methylated Spirits and a lens cleaning cloth to clean my CPU dye and HS? I've read its something like: "MMS is a mixture of 90 parts by volume of spirits, 9.5 parts by volume of wood naphtha and 0.5 part by volume of crude pyridine, to each 1000...
December 6th 03 07:07 PM
by J. Burns Go to last post
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help! Only the LED on mobo is on but could not boot by rc
Hi guys, I am building a new pc by my own. It is ASUS p4p8000 motherboard and PIV 2.6 FSB 800 CPU, Two 512MB RAM. Now I am facing a problem. When I power on the PC, only the LED on the motherboard is light but there is nother else happened. The CPU and chassis fans are not running, no display...
December 6th 03 07:02 PM
by Bob M Go to last post
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Recomendations for an athlon motherboard by Savoir_Faire
I am building a new system for my kids and I don't want to put too many cards in a mid tower case. I want onboard sound, modem, network connector, and if possible a super vga connector with the full compliment of usb ports maybe firewire ports is there a motherboard that suits my needs
December 6th 03 05:54 PM
by William W. Plummer Go to last post
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SDRAM 128 MB (sichtbar 64 MB) by Jacek Zuber
Hallo. Ich habe auf mein Board AN430TX (ALDI-Rechner) einen 128 MB SDRAM (128MB PC133 DIMM CL2) Kingstone Bausten gesteckt, es werden aber NUR 64 MB gesehen. Im Manual vom Board wird ua. aufgelistet:
December 6th 03 05:13 PM
by Shep© Go to last post
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Graphics cards again. by Mike
I want to upgrade my 32mb nVIDIA TNT2 M64 on my old P111 700mhz machine. Just for game play no TV. I don't want to spend over £70 and I have seen 3 cards on sale below this price. . ATI 128MB 9200 RADEON PNY GEFORCE FX 5200 128Mb Hercules 3D Prophet 128Mb Are any of them better than the other ? Or...
December 6th 03 04:04 PM
by Shep© Go to last post
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Network cables and remote access by Mark
Hi all. A few questions: 1---- Can someone just confirm that it is safe to unplug Cat 5 a network cable without turning off the system on both notebooks and desktop systems. 2--- I want to build a server that runs Windows 2000 Professional. Once set-up this system will not have a monitor connected...
December 6th 03 03:52 PM
by Pack Fan Go to last post
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Hard Drive Recovery - HELP!!! by Leon Pender
Can anyone tell me what's the best Hard Drive Recovery software available. I've tried 'Winternal's ERD Commander 2003' and it could not find any files on the corrupted partition. Is there any better software out there? Thanks
December 6th 03 03:21 PM
by the gnome Go to last post
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CD-burner and CPU usage by Maintane
I have a P4 2.26, Intel 850E motherboard with 512mb rambus mem, 2 ea Promise controllers a 120g WD, 160g WD, 2 ea 80g WD, 30g maxtor USB, DVD, CD-RW, DVD-RW runnung Win XP Pro. Most devices are master on their own IDE channel. I believe the DVD is slaved off of system drive. Initially, I was able...
December 6th 03 02:56 PM
by Shep© Go to last post
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Upgrading memory by Mini Me
I have a Biostar motherboard with an Athlon XP 2700+ in it and 1 GB of PC2700 memory (two 512 meg sticks). I promised my wife I'd upgrade her computer from 256MB and add a 512MB stick. She's running an XP 1600+, so PC2700 is fine. My question is... Can I buy a PC3200 stick of 512MB, put it in...
December 6th 03 02:37 PM
by Chris Go to last post
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Best bang for the buck.. mem or cpu? by Clive
"Brian Link" wrote in message ... Just bought an Abit KD7A, and a new Seagate 7200rpm 60g HD. I used the 1gig Athlon from my old mainboard, and put a 512M PC2700 memory module in. I'd like to boost the performance of the...
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December 6th 03 02:35 PM
by Chris Go to last post
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Confusing HardDisk Problem by Dean
I recently put my old HD back in as a second hard disk, for storage and to run Linux every now and then. There are no problems with the disk (F:) and its installed physically correct and tightly. When running under windows xp, after approximately 35 minutes of using the computer, the computer...
December 6th 03 02:34 PM
by Chris Go to last post
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what are the latest zip drives like?? by Andrew Crook
When I last used a zip drive it was a parallel port one 100Mb these were to small for me and I moved over to tape. latter I heard of the click of death problems. a friend of mine has had some problems setting up one of these old zip drives recently. it just refuses to work with is printer and has...
December 6th 03 02:21 PM
by Chris Go to last post
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How good are ext. HD's? by John Wilson
Hi all, I am looking for a relatively inexpensive backup solution for, at least as of right now, about 8 gigs of data. I've been doing the CD-R deal for the better part of three years, but as the amount of data that needs to be backed up is always increasing, I'm looking for cost...
December 6th 03 11:40 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Blind dailing with PCTEL 2304 WT V.92 MDC modem in w2k by Steven
Modem works fine in NOT blind dailing mode under w2k. However when ticking off the wait for dailtone before dailing (under startControl PanelPhone and modems optionsModemsPCTEL 2304 WT V.92 MDC PropertiesGeneral) and inserting x0 (blind dailing AT command...
December 6th 03 04:26 AM
by GEO [email protected] Go to last post
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Asus p5a w/ amd 450; Ok to run a little overvoltage?? by Mel
Hi, I've got an Asus p5a(atx) with bios 1007.a Amd k6-2 450mhz (4.5 x 100) 256mb pc100 mem Matrox g200 video Buslogic bt948 scsi Dec de500 ethernet Ensoniq soundscape/vivo90
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December 6th 03 04:26 AM
by philo Go to last post
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FS: "New" AMD Athlon XP 2100+ CPU w/ CoolerMaster by rick osborn
Bought Tuesday from NewEgg (receipt available). Incompatible with system board. Now shipping conditions restrict getting RMA. Includes new, unused CoolerMaster fan and heatsink. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3445818827
December 6th 03 02:37 AM
by kony Go to last post
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Hard drive problem - help! by user
All right, so I have become a victim of my own negligence. I thought only other people's hard drives die. Wrong. However, I am hoping there is a chance I can fix my malfunctioning hard drive. Here's the problem: recently, I tried to turn on my computer and it wouldn't. For several seconds...
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December 6th 03 01:19 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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FS: GEFORCE FX 5200 8X 3D VIDEO CARD by ^Doc^
GEFORCE FX 5200 8X 3D VIDEO CARD S-VIDEO TV OUT, 256 DDR RAM, MINT CONDITION LEFT OVER PARTS FROM ANOTHER SYSTEM. $50.00 PC133 ram 256 & 128 meg sticks (best offer) remove NOSPAM to reply
December 6th 03 12:27 AM
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