I bought an MSI K7N2 motherboard from Overclockers UK as a replacement for my existing damaged board. After installing the board, et al, my machine still would not boot, calling an error in the RAM, and beeping like buggery. I bought a new RAM stick from someone other than OcUK, because they were...

I am interested in building a 2 cpu system. Not being worried about the preformance issue I am undecided between the two due to the 64 bit OS / Software question - is it that imminent? I can't get a grip of how fast this is all going to change. How fast will it make the Xeon definate prehistoric....

Hi, I need to replace my processor fan with a new one because it keeps making a loud noise when booting. I am currently using the fan/heatsink that came with my boxed Athlon 1900 XP Processor. Will it be possible to replace the fan without replacing the heatsink? Is this advisable? I do not really...

Interesting article he http://www.behardware.com/articles/615-1/lcds-with-persistent-images.html And here the folklore was that image burn-in was only on CRTs & plasma... though this is most apparent on overdrive LCDs and apparently recoverable on some LCDs depending on the cause. -- Rgds,...

I am looking for a laptop to buy as desktop replacement. I am not sure what I am looking for, so I seek your advice. Actually I am a final year student doing my degree programme in Computing, and i am doing my project using a J2EE architecture. My home machine is pretty fine for my work, 1 Gig RAM...

Since I needed to install a 120G hdd I upgraded my BIOS to 6.00 from 4.51PG yesterday. I bought this update at esupport.com after running their tool to identify my old BIOS version. The upgrade itself worked like a charm, no errors during install. At reboot I saw an error message flashing by saying...

AMD is planning to introduce low-power and mid-power Opterons in the first half of 2004. They'll be used for blade servers. The most interesting thing about these new Opterons is that they will be available in the 100-, 200-, and 800-series. I've noticed that a lot of blade servers seem to use...

I don't really buy his arguments, but I'm posting it anyways. AMD's K10 Is delayed or dead http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27421 Yousuf Khan

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:10:46 +0200, "jack" wrote: Roger wrote: : Yes, you read it correctly. I want a free utility that will allow me : to set FSB speeds dynamically while in Windows. The reason is because : the morons at EA made it so the game...

Busy day for processor announcements today. AMD introduced a new desktop A64 3400+ speedking, which makes it the first 3400 rated processor on the market, coming out ahead of any Pentium 4 3.4Ghz processor. Anandtech actually calls this A64 3400+ "the death of the FX-51"....

First bunch of Nocona benchs have come out, this one from GamePC: http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=noconaopteron&page=1&cookie%5Ftest=1 Looks like the Nocona isn't a bad performer, seems to be better at workstation-style applications than at server-style applications. Yousuf...

Hi, This _must_ be a FAQ, yet I couldn't find the answer anywhere (or rather, I found completely conflicting answers): Will Registered ECC RAM work on a motherboard that calls for "Unbuffered non-ECC / ECC RAM"? (First, I'm not even sure how "Unbuffered non-ECC / ECC RAM" is to be parsed: it...

65nm Xbox 360 CPUs delayed until mid-2007 Monica Chen, Taipei; Rodney Chan, DigiTimes.com According to industry sources, plans to produce CPUs for the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console on 65nm at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will be pushed back until the middle of 2007, at least one...

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:43:20 -0500, George Macdonald wrote: Calling someone dishonest from behind your anonymous mask is a true irony. Hey! I resent that, just because people are using a psuedonym doesn't mean they can't call (without relation to either of...

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...

On one of my PC's I have a Intel Pentium 4, Can I go to a duel core or would I have to buy a new mother board?

This news item is a few days old, but I don't think it's been mentioned in either newsgroup. AMD considers Clearspeed math co-processor http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060315-6392.html quote Hannibal It has been over a year since I last reported on Clearspeed, the company that made waves...

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2163054/virus-attacks-amd-processors There are quite a few questions: - Could it really be true? It's not 04/01 - IF true, then are the guys that wrote it INTC fanboys? Or they were paid to target AMD? - Is Intel inherently virus-proof, or it could be...

They've officially signed up for the AMD SVP http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060124/20060123006174.html?.v=1 but there are still no signs of AMD-based products shown by simply navigating their Web site product lists. A search there for "opteron" turns up four 1U chassis products but they don't appear...

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