I am currently running Windows XP SP2 on a one partition hard drive (WD Caviar SATA-II), which is 250 gigabytes. My curent backup unit is a HP SureStor DAT 40 tape drive using DDS4. Since it is now taking me like 5 tapes to backup my system, would the following solution work for me better? Buy...

I'm going to replace my video adapter soon, and I'm interested in the ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro. It has everything I need and is available pretty cheaply, and my experience with my current All-in-Wonder Rage 128 PCI card has been very good. However, I'm somewhat disturbed by user reviews I have...

Logitech makes ambidextrous mice. More like 10% are lefty's.Naturally the 90% controls the market.And many lefty's(like me) use a right-handed mouse.

Hi, I realize this group is oriented more towards desktops, but I was wondering if anyone had suggestions laptop cooler. I ran a temp/SMART test on my laptop (compaq presario 2195us) and the proc is fine but the hard drive is running hot 120F+. I'd like to keep it below $40 if possible, and if...

"jim evans" wrote in message ... The laser mice I can find are all shaped specifically for right handed users. Why are none ambidextrous? Seems like I read somewhere that about 15% of the population are...

jim evans wrote: The laser mice I can find are all shaped specifically for right handed users. Why are none ambidextrous? Seems like I read somewhere that about 15% of the population are southpaws. Is this too small a market to design mice for? jim It's always economics.....

Hi there, I'm building a chassis with multiple mini-ITX motherboards (teeny ~1Ghz boards from VIA) which, for the sake of this question, use standard ATX connectors. These boards are pretty small and I'm aiming to install 4 in a single chassis. The power requirements all fall well within a...

Lots of lefties here--http://www.mic-innovations.com/mi/display.cfm?id=Mice

Is SATA worth a try? I have a board capable and one on the way. After seeing the conversions from regular ide to sata plugin, usb and sata, etc.It is not much differnet is it? How much transmission is getting shared and crammed onto those little cables? Are they hotter? Is it all that much of...

Hi, Just need to upgrade a few things and re-use components that are here lying around. With all other components being identical, how would these systems compare in terms of CPU "computing power" ? ASUS P5P800 (i865P) + INTEL 640 P4 FSB800 2MB 3.2GHZ BOX S775 ASUS P4P800 (i865P) + INTEL P4 3.2...

Here's a cool looking ambidextrous laser mouse for gamers.Razer Copperhead Gaming Mouse http://www.razerzone.com/

Wonder how common these are? My current AMD-64 system is but a few months old. Tonight while downloading files the system quit. Did the usual things of trying to redo the network settings, etc. Confirmed IP was up by connecting to other computer also connected via the router. Being dual boot...

I fear my harddrive might be dying and I havent upgraded anything in years so now is as good a time as any. I've thought about getting a system from Dell and have also thought of upgrading certain parts of my current homebuilt machine. I'd like to go whichever route is cheapest and right now I...

Hi, Not sure if this is the right forum to ask this question, but here goes anyway. I just installed a GeForce 5500 graphics card, and everything seemed to be fine. I got it for the twinview functionality. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, the monitor display is VERY green, whereas the clone...

There's a guy on ebay selling an Athlon processor that I'm interested in... he says it's "new" and that it's "been tested and in perfect working condition". He even has a picture and it looks pretty new. He has perfect feedback, and he's actually sold over 20 different Athlon processors (most of...

I'm looking for a new CPU for my Abit KT7-RAID mobo, and I read that it supports a 1400 GHz Athlon Thunderbird CPU, but only if the L1 bridges are disconnected. What if I end up getting a lower speed CPU (like 1333, 1300, 1200, 1100, or 1000)... what difference would the L1 bridges being...

Just wondering how many years do heatsink fans usually last? I've got a 5-year old GlobalWin FOP32-1 heatsink with the original fan. I'm getting a replacement Athlon CPU, and if the fan on that heatsink were to suddenly stop working, that would obviously be bad. So should I also get a new...

Correct. "Bob" wrote in message ... I just bought (and not yet received) a custom computer based on an MSI K8N Neo4 SLI MotherBoard. It is coming with an SATA(of which I know little about) 250GB HDD, a DVD burner and a DVD-ROM. I have...

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Bob wrote: I just bought (and not yet received) a custom computer based on an MSI K8N Neo4 SLI MotherBoard. It is coming with an SATA(of which I know little about) 250GB HDD, a DVD burner and a DVD-ROM. I have 2 older IDE HDD's of 60 and 80 GB in my current box. Now here is the...