Has anyone ever seen a passive heatsink like this for a Slot1 PII/PIII processor: http://timgreen.bei.t-online.de/72_1.jpg I found it on Ebay and the seller says it comes out of a Compaq or Dell computer but doesn't have any more information. I'm building a PC-based video-recorder and I'd like it...

Definatly. I would get a smaller 8mb cache drive than a bigger 2mb one without thinking twice. Mousetater wrote: Is there a noticeable difference between 2mb and 8mb cache in a 7200 speed hd?? XP pro, P4 2.4 512 cache? TIA Mark

I'm about to install a Pentium 4 3.06 GHz processor on my Asus P4533-E motherboard. I know I should use the thermal compound (Artic Silver 3 is what I have) but what do I do with the grey padded gunk thats on the supplied heatsink??? Do I remove it or apply the compound in addition??? TIA

I've purchased a few dlink routers for myself and customers. So far I've had DI-624+ keeps resetting itself, did this straight out of the box. DI-614+ won't power up, power supply ok. DI-614+ powers up but can't get to web interface, have done a recovery but no good. DI-something+ Wireless access...

Newegg screwed up and sent me a SATA harddrive instead of the IDE drive I asked for. (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description= 22-135-106&depa=1, http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp? description=22-144-122&depa=1) Anybody know a of a website that has a good installation...

I currently have the following system; AMDBarton 2500+ 512 MB RAM NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200 ASUS A7V8X-MX Motherboard .... but I'm think about upgrading the graphics card to something a little better, but around the £100 mark - maybe a Radeon 9600XT or a GeForce FX 5700?

i have a leadtek fx5950 installed and it appears to work fine until i try to play games. ie c&c generals,x2,perimeter etc the game loads fine then the pc shuts down no warning messages or temperature warnings have replaced the psu (400w) have reloaded xp and used the latest drivers specs. p4 2.4 ghz

This problem happened a few times and is now a regular occurrence. I will be working on the machine and it will suddenly die (like a power failure) and then immediately restart. It runs through POST etc., the crashes again, repeats, then eventually hangs after memory check. If I switch off the...

Hi, Working with Windows ME on a pc with a MSI K7T Pro mobo, used two HDD's, a 80 Gb Maxtor 6L080J4 (IDE) and a 40 Gb Maxtor. That one was near full, so I decided to exchange that one for a Maxtor 80 Gb-6Y080P0, as the other one, except a 8Mb cache, in stead off 2 Mb. Updated the BIOS of the K7T...

I'm looking to upgrade my PC, reason being - I can't play any of the new damn games anymore! I need to upgrade the motherboard, processor, graphics card and memory. I've tried googling, but the available options are so many, I'm completely lost. I'm looking to spend up to $400, hopefully that...

Hey all... I am having one really strange problem. So I have installed a new celeron 1.7Ghz on Asus P4B connected all well clicked computer to start and nothing...cooler is running (on cpu and on power supply), but no bios sounds or something which could tell me what's wrong. Green led on case is...

If I need a PIII that fits the same slot and uses the same VRM as a PII 400 "Deschutes", that's a Katmai? If I'm told PIII, slot 1, 512K cache, 100 MHz bus, 2.0 volts, then it will work, and I can be sure that it's not something weird that's almost but not quite compatible? -- "Let us learn to...

Is this hyperthreading all its cracked up to be? Does AMD have a anything similar to compete? Paul

Hi all I have a Dell Dimension 8300 with a CPU that is cooled via a stock HS and a ducted case fan. I am not sure if I want to replace the HS, but what I want to know is, how do I get the bloody thing off?! It uses 2 strips of green plastic down each side which can be pressed in, but even when...

A friend is buying a new Dell pc, and has a choice between a 17" flat panel monitor with a contrast ratio of 400:1, and an upgraded one costing $80 more with a contrast ratio of 600:1. She uses the pc mostly for word processing, internet, etc., no intensive imaging or the like (she's 65 years...

I just built a new machine. (This is the fourth I've put together.) Into it I put a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9. The machine booted fine to the BIOS, found all the hardware, and I began to run the Windows XP install. While XP was making the second partition, the drive started to make a strange...

Hey all. My PSU (I can't remember the make or model, but its 550w) has 2 fans. 1 points of the case, the other is inside the case pointing either up or down, both fans are internal to the psu. My questions is which way should I have the inside fan pointing? If it points up its got bout 4cm...

I would like to add a 40 or 80 gig hard drive to my Dell XPS 400 with an Intel SE440BX motherboard (running on Windows 2000). Is a ATA 133 card compatible and will it help recognize a larger hard drive. The Dell tech support line (which is always wrong these days) says the largest hard drive the...

I updated the drivers, did a clean install on a different hard drive. It still crashes. Which is more likely? ATI video card or its drivers... I've always had problems with this as it occasionally doesn't allow for two monitors and installs an extra monitor, "generic" along with the two plug and...

I'm in the market for a new cpu to replace my northwood p4 2.4c. The main one I'm looking at is a prescott 3.0E, 800FSB. however... I've seen a lot of confusing and conflicting stuff such as: The earlier prescotts run very hot, but the later ones, D0 stepping run cooler - is this true? Prescotts...