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What's wrong with my Sony Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB by
KahKeeNang
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...
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P4 2.6 Ghz with hyperthreading vs. AMD Athlon 2800+ by
L Perez
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...
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64 bit chips and software ??? by
Harry Muscle
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...
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July 30th 03 08:22 AM
by Stacey
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req for bios upgrade - HP model 8765c by
on-on
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
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July 30th 03 11:58 AM
by on-on
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They're Baa-aack........ with XDR DRAM by
George Macdonald
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! ...
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IBM PC Hardware Moderator Needed? by
GoLiveSue
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...
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What chipsets support the Xeon? by
Jim Mc
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...
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July 30th 03 09:06 PM
by Jim Mc
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NEW Opteron Vs Intel benchmarks by
Paul Gunson
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...
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Memory errors when using more than one bank by
Jürgen Kosz
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...
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swapping motherboard under XP safely by
G. Hugh Song
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...
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Xeon vs. PIV by
Jim Mc
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...
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BIOS chip upgrade by
Nick Burns
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
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Have an Old 133 MHz PC that I need to boot from the CD-ROM drive.
The BIOS number is...
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How hot is too hot? by
Gregg E.
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...
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August 4th 03 11:02 PM
by Lurch
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LBA or auto? Which CHS scheme is best in general? by
G. Hugh Song
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...
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ATX P4 Power Up Problems by
GCC
My desktop machine has a very strange power up problem ever since I put it
together about 3 months ago.
When I power the machine down and power it up again, it gives 3 or 4 very
quick beeps and the power LED flashes continuosly (1 second flash
frequency). The monitor is blank and there is no HD...
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August 5th 03 05:08 AM
by GCC
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Bios upgrade by
on-on
HP Pavilion 8765c
Amd Athlon Thunderbird 900 mhz
Microsoft Windows XP Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1
bios - PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0.G date: 03/27/00 (ptltd - 6040000)
chipset - AMD 751 rev 37 (irongate)
super i/o - VIA 686 rev 34 found at port 4h (vt82c686a)
If you have a Hp solutions...
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August 5th 03 11:23 PM
by on-on
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Help adding 128SDRAM to my PC, seen 64MB only! by
Ahmad
Hi everyone,
I got a small problem, & was hoping anyone could help me solve it. I
have an old HIS motherboard. It is a PIII 1.0Ghz system, with 128MB
RAM. My RAM module has 8 chips on it. I wanted to add another 128MB,
of RAM, but all the RAM modules in the market have 4 chips on them.
When I put...
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Motherboard chipset questions/suggestions by
Tony Hill
On 4 Aug 2003 15:33:58 -0700, (MB) wrote:
Okay, my system melted down so now I am looking to replace the
motherboard and CPU. I have decided to go the Athlon XP route. I have
tentatively narrowed down the motherboard choices to the Chaintech
7NIL1 and Asus A7N8X (deluxe??)....
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Can I put 100 or 133 MHz DIMMs on a 66 MHz memory bus? by
CLF
wrote in message
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I am having some trouble with random CRC and md5sum mismatches and
other random errors on my PC, and I am wondering if it could be
because I have 3 DIMMS, 83 MHz, 100 MHz, and 133 MHz, and the
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Regarding my FDD problems!!! by
KahKeeNang
I have vexing and very annoying problems that I've encountered these few
days with my abt 1yr old Sony Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB. My O/S is using Win
XP Pro and AOpen AX-3SP mobo. Each time, I insert any new or copied files on
my diskettes, I would experienced this dialog prompting me this; " the...
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August 6th 03 07:23 PM
by Ken
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