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Help? P4P800 Really slow bootup - a lot of HDD activity before WinXP is usable... by William Cheng
Hi all, I've been noticing a problem get progressively worst - the time after bootup which I can start using WinXP. The actual boot up is not that bad, and I get my desktop quite quickly, however, the HDD activity light is going like crazy, and I can hear my HDD working overtime for a while...
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December 1st 04 09:26 PM
by Mr Jessop Go to last post
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Help, P4P800+WD1200JB stuck in PIO mode in WinXP? by William Cheng
Hi all, I have a bunch of drives hooked up to my new MB (Asus P4P800) and just recently checked in WinXP that my primary drive Western Digital WD1200JB was running in PIO mode. I swore when I put together the system at first that it was running properly at UDMA5. I can't seem to get it into this...
September 4th 03 04:26 PM
by William Cheng Go to last post
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Help, what's the pin outs for the front connector to SB Live! by William Cheng @HSE
Hi all, I was hoping if any of you know or can direct me to a diagram that outlines what the pin outs are to the on-board card front connector pins. I think these pins are for the older Live Drive that was available - I was hoping to use some of them for a front panel mic, headphones or line-in...
July 6th 03 06:12 PM
by Pen Go to last post
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Intel 865Perl - More than 2 SATA drives by William G. Anderson
I have an Intel 865Perl motherboard, with 2 160 GB SATA drives and WinXP. Everything is working fine, however, files expand to match available hard drive space :). I would like to add some more SATA drives. Since the motherboard has only two connectors, I would need an add-on card. Anyone have...
December 26th 04 07:03 PM
by William G. Anderson Go to last post
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100% Silver heatsinks by William G. Anderson
Caden wrote: jeffc wrote: "Terry Wilson" wrote in message ... I've got one! It's called the Silverado. Its about 2 ounces.
April 5th 04 04:10 PM
by jeffc Go to last post
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Cheap software for a burner by William G. Anderson
wrote: What's a good burner software title these days for cd's and dvd's. I just built a new machine with an OEM burner that didn't come with any software. It pains me to buy Roxio or Nero. No more than I use the burner portion of the drive, I hate to put an $80 dent in...
April 4th 04 04:40 AM
by Overlord Go to last post
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Zone 2 too hot - Intel PERL865 Motherboard by William G. Anderson
Wayne: I have the same motherboard, and the same problem. Different case (Antec) with two case fans in the back, one on the side, as well as power supply, video, and cpu fans. I also see the "Zone 2" temperature get up to about 51 degrees during DVD processing. To see where the temperature...
January 2nd 04 11:32 AM
by Spajky® Go to last post
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Speaker problem by William J. Lunsford
A friend has an HP desktop system that had a pair of cheap speakers that stopped working. I checked all of the settings and could find nothing wrong. She had a headphone set so I plugged that into the same receptacle and the headphones worked fine. I suggested she buy another cheap set of...
June 4th 07 01:06 AM
by Frank McCoy Go to last post
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PSU going bad? by William J. Lunsford
My budget home-built PC has worked fine for several years without problems. Recently, it has acted absolutely dead twice when I have tried to start up - no fan noise, no beep, nothing. However, after I pulled the plug and plugged it back in, it started normally both times. There have been no...
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February 17th 07 01:59 AM
by JAD Go to last post
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Black screen on HP dv2000 notebook by William J. Lunsford
A niece brought home an HPdv2000 notebook with an absolutely blank black screen. There is no beep or fan noise on startup -- nothing but the normal lights at the top of the keyboard. I tested the AC adapter following the instructions on the HP Website. The AC adapter is OK. I reseated the RAM...
December 29th 08 06:28 PM
by John O[_2_] Go to last post
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CL2 or CL3 by William J. Lunsford
I'm looking at a Gigabyte GA-K8NS motherboard (Memory: 3x 184-pin Supports DDR 266/333/400 Max capacity: 3GB). Do I need CL2 or CL3 memory?
November 30th 05 06:03 AM
by William J. Lunsford Go to last post
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Recommendations for new build by William J. Lunsford
I am just starting to gather information. It's been six years since I built my last computer, and I have not really kept up with the latest developments. I'm planning to build a new system for Windows 7, and would like some recommendations regarding components. My new system will be used...
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July 28th 09 09:55 AM
by bcoombes[_2_] Go to last post
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systemboard drivers by William J. Lunsford
When installing Windows XP Home on a new homebuilt machine, at what point in the process should the systemboard drivers be installed?
November 10th 03 03:44 AM
by William J. Lunsford Go to last post
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front panel port questions by William Mendoza
i am attempting to build my first pc, and before i buy anything i want to research all the components. i am interested in using this coolermaster case: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-119-029&depa=1 what i want to know is how exactly the front panel firewire, usb...
June 5th 04 09:33 PM
by Gary Tait Go to last post
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AMD CPU Diagnostic?? by William W. Plummer
Can any one tell me where to get a diagnostic program to test all the features of my XP 1800+ CPU? I believe AMD sells a program but it costs more than the CPU (And I'm short of $$$ these days). The problem seems timing related and causes very infrequent "Kernel exception not...
April 30th 04 12:15 AM
by William W. Plummer Go to last post
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ASUS A7N8X Deluxe vs A7N8X-E Deluxe? by William W. Plummer
What's the difference between the two MBs? I have an broken A7N8X Deluxe and a -E that works fine. The former has a "feeper" sound device and an AGP warning LED and certain things such as the CD Audio header are in different places. The CMOS setup on the -E seems nicer -- it has the...
February 1st 04 05:31 PM
by KCB Go to last post
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ASUS A7N8X Deluxe -- no Game port???? by William W. Plummer
I have a dead A7N8X Deluxe and was looking at it. I can't see a game port connector on the back riser. Is that right? How would one connect in a MIDI keyboard to a machine based on this MB?
January 23rd 04 12:09 AM
by Jim Strand Go to last post
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Minimum "system" for testing by William W. Plummer
I have a bunch of old parts and need to figure out which are good. Should I be able to connect a motherboard, power supply, power switch, speaker, 2 memory DIMMs (compatible with the MBs), a video card (AGP and/or ISA), CPU and fan? No floppy, CD, Hard disk, etc. I expect this to at...
December 7th 03 01:49 AM
by Hackworth Go to last post
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ATX Power supply question by William W. Plummer
I have a dead system -- LED and fans come on, but no beep, nothing on monitor. Same with all PCI cards removed and everything unplugged from mobo. I suspect the power supply. Can anyone verify that the voltages below are correct for an ATX system. These were taken on the main mobo power...
October 26th 03 06:39 AM
by w_tom Go to last post
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ATAPI Not Compatible by William W. Plummer
Be sure you have the Master/Slave/Cable jumper set correctly on all drives. "Richard Kawamura" wrote in message news:IjHac.48198$w54.293907@attbi_s01... Please discribe how you have your hard drive connected. Any other device on the same cable? Richard
April 2nd 04 06:41 PM
by William W. Plummer Go to last post
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