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Power connectors by Boki
Hi! There are many leads that come out of the power supply. Each lead has three connectors, 2 large ones with 4 holes and one with 3 holes(floppy) 2 Questions? -Can I connect my two optical drives with just one lead? -Can my hard drive and floppy also share 1 lead..
August 12th 03 06:52 PM
by Strontium Go to last post
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long delay between power-on and boot-up by GungaDin71
When I hit the power on my Athlon 1700 system there is a delay of anywhere from ten seconds to several minutes before it beeps and starts booting. During this period the monitor stays on standby, the LED on the cd-rw will blink-blink-blink-blink-blink...pause...repeat, and often the HDD light...
August 12th 03 04:37 PM
by GungaDin71 Go to last post
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Heatsink glue (for VGA or any chipset cooling) by Hackworth
I picked up a GeForce2 MX card at a local computer show. The card came without a heatsink on the GeForce2 chip, however, and I'd like to attach one. I have a small heatsink/fan unit for VGA chipsets, but I can't use it because the two pushpins don't line up with the two holes on the video...
August 12th 03 04:02 PM
by Conor Go to last post
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Looking for Mobo with front port capabilities by iamaran
I am looking for a board to go in a Skyhawk PSR5619 (motor-door) case, so obviously it needs to utilise the front panel USB, Firewire and multimedia (microphone and headphone sockets) on this case. I'm looking for something Socket A, DDR, AGP (no on-board gfx), oh and S- ATA would be good too....
August 12th 03 01:25 PM
by iamaran Go to last post
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Please advise about connection from pc to my tv by Lando Chez
Hi I would like to make a connection from my pc to my tv. The only thing I want to use it for is to watch movies on my tv that I have on my pc. Can someone advise me on the kind of graphics card/ tv-card I minimally can use to get the right picture quality? I only want to use this card to connect...
August 12th 03 01:19 PM
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Toshiba 310CDS by Dark Warrior
"Don" wrote in message ... I have a Toshiba 310CDS with 32M Ram and was wondering if WIN98 or WINME would run on it OK, better than WIN95. The Ram is not upgradable. Win ME, I wouldn't try. Win98 should install with 32MB ram,...
August 12th 03 07:22 AM
by drumguy1384 Go to last post
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Calculating Power Requirements ? by Ken'
Hi Try http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/ Ken' "Atul" wrote in message ... Hi guys. Where can I find power ratings for my computer components? Or
August 12th 03 07:05 AM
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Cooling on a overclocked Barton 2500+ ? by FlashFlood
WHat kind of an overclock can I get out of a Barton 2500+ on the retail HSF? I'm gonna get a case with 6 fans (4 in front, 2 in back, not including power supply fans) and I figure there's gonna be a ton of air flow. I wouldnt mind using the retail HSF and letting my processor run a bit hotter than...
August 12th 03 06:39 AM
by drumguy1384 Go to last post
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Power Problems by Don Buckley
Hi all, Ive got a system here that won't turn on. I know it's not the power supply, because I put the power supply in another system and it ran just fine as it should. In the problem system, the when you hit the power button, the green power LED lights for a half second, the CPU fan rotates for...
August 12th 03 05:24 AM
by drumguy1384 Go to last post
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Help!!! I am stuck. (Heatsinking Heatsinking...) by Silence Seeker
I recently purchased VIA's EPIA-M10000 (Nehemiah) mainboard and happily went to install it on (also newly purchased) CheckerCube 2215 case and a Seagate Barracuda V 60GB HDD. The only reason I decided to purchase the EPIA-M10000 was the promise of a silent computer. I was disappointed. The CPU's...
August 12th 03 04:33 AM
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Upgrade Question by Rick L
Ok......I want to upgrade my system by changing the MB and processor, and memory.....and I intend to "build" it in a new case with a larger psu. I want to use my existing drives and cards, including 2 HDs and 2cd/rw drives. I also want to use the OS that came with the system I have. I am gathering...
August 12th 03 02:56 AM
by Boba & Ilinka Go to last post
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Zalman 7000-Cu cooler? by Erling Groes-Petersen
"Bowser" skrev i en meddelelse news:NZdZa.106015$Ho3.14103@sccrnsc03... Well, I've installed the P4 3.06, and used the stock Intel-supplies fan. Mistake. It sounds like I installed an Electrolux in the case. I've been reading, and it seems that the Zalman radial unit, the...
August 12th 03 02:38 AM
by Bob Davis Go to last post
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Bios Settings by Steve
I recently purchased a 3.2ghz CPU and 2 Gigs of PC3200 Ram (Crucial) My system seems to be benchmarking well below average PCMark 2002 - , so I thought I'd check to see if you might have any reccomendations for bios setting changes. (SOYO MOBO, P4I875 Dragon Ultra Platinum 2) I see that my Video...
August 12th 03 02:10 AM
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Dream P4 HT/DualDDR mobo--Help me find it. by Matt
Hi--I'm hoping that some experienced builders can recommend some possibilities for a P4 motherboard for me. I've looked around a bit, especially using the search features and reviews at newegg, but I'm still kind of bewildered. Especially I need help with the properties that don't show up in the...
August 12th 03 12:58 AM
by Keith Clark Go to last post
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High temperature protection for motherboards that don't have it? by larrymoencurly
I have an ECS K7S5A Pro Athlon mobo with a BIOS that doesn't seem to have any built-in alarm functions to prevent the CPU from burning up in case the fan stops. While I can use Motherboard Monitor for this protection, I'm looking for something that doesn't depend on anything as unreliable as...
August 12th 03 12:30 AM
by larrymoencurly Go to last post
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Demon internet claims another victim by -= ®atzofratzo =-
On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 15:04:56 GMT, ToolPackinMama wrote: More proof of my earlier assertion that the broadening public demand for better PC hardware is driven by GAMES and PORN. You'd be hard pressed to name 10 things that aren't driven by porn (or more generally, sex)....
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August 12th 03 12:25 AM
by El Phantazmo Go to last post
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MSI 865PE and Hyperthreading P4 by J
Hi, I've recently built a system based upon an MSI 865PE Neo2 mobo and a P4 2.4Ghz with hyperthreading. The system is running XP pro and although I have hyperthreading enabled in the BIOS, in device manager in XP it shows the system as a "standard PC" running just one processor. From my...
August 11th 03 11:48 PM
by Strontium Go to last post
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$1 per month music services? by S.Heenan
Glenn wrote: Anybody know if these are legitimate? http://www.freesnippage If you have used one, how is the quality of the files? Are any of these services pretty good in terms of having mp3 files, so they don't have DRM .wma files, if so which ones?
August 11th 03 09:54 PM
by Ed_ Go to last post
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PCI-->PCMCIA-->compact flash problem by Dolphin Boy
Hi all, Can anyone help me with this? Desktop running Win XP Pro, Intel PIII 1GHz, 256 MB ram Installed (successfully!) an ELAN P111 PCI to PCMCIA adapter (device manager recognises ok!) Using an INTEGRAL http://integralmemory.com/ PCMCIA to Compact flash adapter, I'm trying to read compact flash...
August 11th 03 04:24 PM
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RAM latency vs. clock speed by S.Heenan
Stephen Austin wrote: Hi there, I was wondering, which would be better (ie. faster). DDR 2700 at CL2 or DDR3200 at CL2.5? Cheers, Steve
August 11th 03 03:56 PM
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