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Computer upgrade advice wanted please. by
Gary McQueen
I am looking to upgrade my system, which I use mainly for
music-making, to one that will also let me watch videos (DVD and
DivX). I would also like to spend as little as possible. My current
system is:
Some VIA AT motherboard
AMD K6-2 350MHz CPU
192 MB SDRAM
AGP Port:
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Setting up a server! by
Mitchua
Oh, it's free (for personal use) too.
"Mitchua" wrote in message
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Just get pretty much any Linux distro (such as Mandrake) and start fooling
around. They pretty much all come with Apache2 (the server...
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Dell 4400 stops the POST by
callsignviper
"Jenny" wrote in message
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I changed out a cd burner on a Dell 4400 for the cd-rom drive.
It is a cheap Cyntidyne from Staples ($60 with $40 rebate) 52x24x52x
on a WinME.
Now every time Dell starts, it says it can find...
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August 30th 03 05:44 PM
by Jenny
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I am having a system built with the following: by
Glenn M
I have started doing video and DVD authoring and found it was time for
a new system....
I am having a system custom built with the following:
Kingwin KT-424 case in black
GigaByte® GA-8KNXP 800MHz FSB Motherboard
3GHz Pentium® 4 Processor with 800MHz FSB
2 gigabytes of Mushkins Black DDR400...
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Importance of DirectX 9 compatability by
Thomas
Steve wrote:
I'll be ordering a system with the ATI All-in-Wonder 9000 Pro
(http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9000/aiw9000pro/index.html). I
like the card because it is relatively cheap, has on screen TV
viewing capability, and enough memory (64 MB) to drive the somewhat
low-fi games I...
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ATI Vidcard - which one to buy? by
unbekannt
Hey guys, thanks for all the great inputs on another thread I posted. So
far, I'm still looking at ATI cards, nVidia's high-end workstation cards
look great but price is too steep for me, besides, I will have to buy a
capture card to work with my VCR.
As for ATI, I'm interested in the...
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patch or UTP cable? by
pentiumPunk
I know this is a little off topic, but i couldnt find another newsgroup that
was on networking. i need 50ft of CAT5e cable. whats the difference between
patch and UTP? what do need for a basic cable router to pc network? thanks!
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GeForce 4 Ti 4200-8X by
bluestringer
"TAB" wrote in message
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If I have an older motherboard that only has a 2x-4x agp slot, what
will happen if I use the GeForce 4 Ti 4200-8X. Will it scale to the 4x
slot? Or will it not work at all or be buggy?
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August 31st 03 06:31 AM
by Stacey
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Alright to use notebook ac adapter? by
Wen.Lo
Hi! I am building a transportable pc and I am trying to lower
the height of the case by half. I am considering replacing
the standard p/supply with a notebook p/supply a/c adapter.
Is it workable? What about the connectors? do i need to do any modifications
or get any convertors?
What about video...
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Matrox Parhelia 128MB & Gigabyte GA-8knxp by
unbekannt
Update:
I think I'm going w/ Matrox Millennium P650 card, 64MB is little short to
my liking, but considering its 2D capabilities and 8x AGP support, I
can't complain too much. Does it work well with GA-8knxp?
unbekannt wrote...
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Combo Drive not recognised by
Mike Pitches
Hi there
I have an issue that is driving me insane!
I've just bought a new DVD/CDR/CDRW combo drive for my W2K PC. It appeared
to physically install ok, and all leads are (I assume) correctly in place.
I have followed the manfacturers advice and set the new drive to "master"
and the existing CDR...
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Why is my Athlon XP2500 showing up as XP 1.1 Ghz on System Info? by
Edzo
I have recently installed a new MB and CPU (Athlon XP2500 and Asus
A7N8X-X
The computer is running fine except that when I look up System Info or
on boot up, my CPU is displayed as XP 1.1 Ghz.
Have I done something wrong on install that my CPU is running slower?
Thanks....Ed
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August 31st 03 09:11 PM
by Kevin
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Retail box or OEM by
Paul the D
Which is best when buying hardware - retail box or OEM (what does this
mean). Sorry for daft question, but it just had to asked!!
Paul D, Worcestershire, UK
The Sunshine County
P3 700mHz
MS-6178
256MB RAM PC100
Maxtor 30Gb HDD
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August 31st 03 10:32 PM
by Conor
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Need Help and Opinions by
Danny
Hey guys, I'm new here, but I would like some people's advice. I am
going to build my own custom desktop, and I would like some
advice/suggestions. Here is the list of things I've decided on. Any
help is appretiated :P
-Surge Protector---------------------------------------------------------
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August 31st 03 10:34 PM
by @drian
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QDI Legend Briliant 440BX and PC133 memory by
Matt
Hi,
I have a lengend qdi 440BX motherboard
which is need of memory upgrading I tried installing
512Mb but it only swaw 256Mb when I installed 256
is saw 128Mb any idease ?
Regards
Matt
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Asking for recommandations on CPU & Mainboard by
_Jung
Hello,
The last time I have built a PC was all the way back in last century, 1997
to be exact, and after a short and very brief surfing on the web, I have
come to realize there had been soooo much change in the PC industry since
then, which actually wasn't that much of surprise. I am just...
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September 1st 03 01:45 AM
by Ancra
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Which motherboard is better? by
Peter A. Stavrakoglou
"zalzon" wrote in message
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Two questions :
1) Which motherboard is better? I got to choose between the two for
my Athlon XP 2400.
a) ASRock K7VT2 MB
http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/K7VT2.htm
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Sony Vaio PCV-210 occasionally locks up after HD install by
Phisherman
I added a Maxtor 6E030L0 to my PC and removed the old drive. I used
MaxBlast to partition the drive because fdisk would not work after
configuring the Phoenix BIOS drive to AUTO. The new drive is on its
own IDE cable. My machine is now unstable and it sometimes gets the
blue screen of death...
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1st time builder need recommendation by
unbekannt
I'm planning on building a new P4 machine that will be upgradable for at
least 3-4 years. This will be my 1st build, any insights will be greatly
appreciated!
Here's what I intend to use this baby for(I am no gamer, so gaming aspect
will not be a consideration):
Graphic/Video editing
Web...
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