I've been having a problem with a Viewsonic VP181b LCD monitor that I'm hoping someone can help me resolve. The VP181b is connected via DVI-D to an ASUS V9280TD video card based on the nVidia Geforce Ti4200 8X GPU. The video card is AGP 8x but is backwards compatible with the AGP 4X slot on the...

I am getting killed on the shipping from newegg.com. The big stuff is "free" shipping, but the little stuff is killing me. Five dollars here for a keyboard, and then for a floppy and...you get the idea. Any hints are welcome. It looks to be cheaper getting that kind of stuff local even...

Definitely go for the video. SWG is a fairly graphically intense game. I don't think you will see as much improvement in performance, if you get the cpu/memory. Although, I could be wrong. Kinda depends on how much higher bus speeds (cpu and memory) you're talking about with the new...

http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030217/cpu_charts-32.html#comparison_table Not even close. They probably run cooler though.

I can't find seem to find a source for one of these. I'd like Antec, Enermax, Sparkle, or something else that's good.

I just upgraded to an Athlon XP 2200 (strangly, I bought a 2100, but the dealer sent me a 2200 instead) and a Shuttle AK38 motherboard. The whole thing worked fine for about three days. The only strange part was that the Shuttle board has no way to set the clock multiplyer - it seems to be...

Hi The latest Bios for this board says that it supports 800 fsb (overclocked). It doesn't say anything about Hyper threading. This is typical of Soltek with the very minimum of information on their web site. Has anyone got a 800 fsb chip to run with Hyper threading on this board. Paul

Sorry, I meant to ask about the FastTrak S150 TX4 SATA Raid card, not the non-Raid version. (Ed) wrote in message ... Hi, Is it possible to hot swap with a Promise SATA 150 TX4 controller card and Windows?...

Hi, i have a gigabyte ga81exp board, i use ide 1&2 for my dvd and cdr drives, as the board has ide 3&4 ports via a promise raid chip i use these ports for two ibm deskstar hard drives - i am not using a raid array and have set the ports to run ata in the bios. I beleive the hard drives will run...

"Christopher" wrote in message ... Does anyone know if you can get them in white, as opposes to brushed aluminium or a dark colour? I'd settle for a silver white but would prefer white. I've seen them in 'standard' PC...

Hey, My northbridge fan on my Epox 8K7A no longer works (it makes horrible noises and doesnt spin most of the time) does anyone know of somewhere UK Based that i can buy a new one? Regards, Martin -- ============================================ All Mail From this account has been Scanned for...

the more energy efficient PSUs generate less heat. the new seasonic is supposed to be the most efficient PSU available. www.silentpcreview.com "iTsMeMa" wrote in message news:oprs5qjkk1s2vwo2@nntp... We all want efficient cooling and a quiet case. (I think?) My...

I built my own system recently.. Really, I just followed several receipes already on the internet.. Anywho. I have a thermaltake case, and when all the fans are plugged in at high speed, its barely a whisper.. I also got a Thermaltake Volcano11 for a cpu (AMD) cooler, and GAH!!! Its SO LOUD!...

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I Take it you mean the k7vm2 with 32mb intergrated graphics... not used one of them as yet, but if its anything like that pc chips board they can keep it! I've built with their other boards k7vt2 and the k7s8x & k7s8xe and have had no probs at all bar with one upgrade... but ive put that down to...

What do I need in order to be able to have links on my website to files residing there so people can click on the link and download the file? These are all public doman things ... no pirating involved.

If you're putting in that much memory, ECC memory should be considered and skip the CAS latency. Although if it's a gaming machine with a lot of memory, then you could skip it. Personally, I wouldn't skip it. ~ Adrian ~ --- "I have often regretted my speech, never my silence." Xenocrates...

When trying to backup using Ghost (2003 version), the following error keeps getting listed: "A virtual partition DLL could not be located" Any answers in how to solve and back up warmly welcome! Thanks Calum

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/mangadude/computers/drive/one.htm ~ Adrian ~ --- "I have often regretted my speech, never my silence." Xenocrates (396-314 B.C.)

Hi, so we took 2 systems similar specs both P4 3GHz and used MGI video wave 5 on them both to create a 1.5 hour DVD. This software is dual thread so will take advantage of the Hyperthreading. System 1: P4 3GHz 533MHz bus, Gigabyte GA8-INXP, 2Gb PC1066 RD Ram, ATI all in wonder Radeon 9700. System...