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I'm building a new system based on the Bad Axe and the Core 2 Duo E6400 (2.13GHz) and my current system has a P4 2.8GHz. Someone told me that if the two PCs use the same graphic card, games will run slower on my new system because (1) games ignore the 2nd core and (2) thus game will be powered...

Got a question for you guys, I got a p5dh deluxe and i havent seen it put up against any of these mobos like the bad axe! That being said maximum pc mag said that the intel mobos have features for the new core 2 duo and will support the quad! so am i to understand that my p5w does not ad up and...

From what I can tell, the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility version 6.3.0.1007 is the last version to include any support for Windows 98. There doesn't seem to be any other version between that one and version 7.x.x. (why does the readme say "NOTE: For the list of supported...

Hi all I will tell u every thing i did.. see if u can help me.. i have an intel d850GB Mother board. I had win98SE installed. but i was not able to install video driver.. i was not able to upgrade to xp also.. so i decided to update the BIOS and did that with the latest one from

hi, i've to test some laptops with wirelees configuration. On a HP nc6320 & intel 3945 ABG there a functionnality that switch wifi nic and lan nic... when i plug lan connector, wireless is set to disabled.... great tool ! on a HP nc6000 & intel 2200 ... this isn't exist. Intel 3945 and 2200 are...

My toshiba laptop motherboard with a 3.06 P4 M (Prescott) fried. Can the CPU be used in a desktop motherboard? SL7DT (Intel Mobile Pentium 4) Processor typeIntel: Mobile Pentium 4 Processor number: 532 Part number: RK80546HE0831M Package type: 478-pin FC-mPGA4 Processor speed: ...

I'm currently using an Intel P4 2.8GHz w/ hyperthreading in a system that I built 2 years ago (XP Pro, 1GB of ram, Radeon X850 AGP, etc). I want to know whether I can get *noticeable* performace boost when playing games if I build a new system based on the current dual core processor such as the...

Hi do you know if intel is planning to make drivers of INTEL PRO WIRELESS 2200BG for Windows Vista? Where can i find them? Thanks.

Can anyone help ? I need to find a copy of the original CD given with the Intel D850GB motherboard in order to get my motherboard running properly again .. can anyone help ?? Don't mind e-donkey, torrent or even www.yousendit.com Please contact me to arrange how Thanks in advance

Hi, Couple of months ago I installed a brand new WD2000JB 200GB HDD on my D850 board. The board has the latest P18 BIOS from Intel Installed WinXP SP2 and worked happily for a short period of time. After a those couple of months the system started to take time to boot - maybe 3 - 5 minutes in the...

My Bad Axe arrived this morning and I have it set up with an E6600 and 2GB of RAM. I am puzzled by the difference between the blue/black SATA connectors. The black connectors work in non-RAID mode and recognise my 2 SATA drives. The blue ones don't seem to. I have installed the RAID drivers for...

I am in the process of building a PC and I wanted to use an Intel MB but I haven't been able to pinpoint the right one that has everything I need. Also, I see that there are different configurations for each model. I will be using an Intel Pentium D Processor 925 - 945 (not sure which one...

Which type should I use for the Bad Axe, PC2 5300 or PC2 5400? Thanks.

OK, now I'm a bit confused... I thought a requirement for Core2Duo was a 965 chipset? http://www.asrock.com/product/775i65G.htm This motherboard (allegedly) supports them, yet is 865 based. I guess my question is: What are the requirements for Core2Duo? Is it any LGA775 board that has BIOS...

How do I test an IDE / Parallel ATA channel, as opposed to a drive attached to such a channel? PROBLEM: On a x86 machine, the board has an i845 chipset. I may have partially fried the secondary IDE channel interface, possibly by static or plugging/unplugging the ribbon cable while the...

I'll build a new Core2Duo system. However, since I've caught up with technology, many things are confusing. I have 3 Qs. 1. Which Intel Motherboard would you recommend? The D975XB sells for $260, but that's expensive! 2. The speed of memory should be 533MHz and the voltage should be 1.8v,...

Hi, I've recently bought a SE7230NH1-E Intel server entry level board. I have built-in 2 Hitach SATA-II drives (Hitachi 160GB) as a RAID-1. After disconnecting one drive the server hangs for one minute and then continues working and telling me that drive 0 has failed (event log). Is that the...

I am about to receive a system I ordered that had a G965RY motherboard with onboard graphics. I want to install a PCIe video card. Can I simply turn off onboard graphics in the BIOS? Or does the system know there is a grphics card installed? Are there drivers for the onboard graphics that need to...

Dell now offers a barebone system. For $1,300 you get, -XPS700 case -E6300 CPU -2GB Ram -750W PS -BTX MoBo The case looks awesome and the PS & the MoBo seem like top-notch. I haven't