alt.comp.hardware - Week 15, 2005

advice on hard drive + memory

Christo - 8 Apr 2005 1:13 PM - 3 messages

i basically want some advice on two products Crucial Ballistix PC4000 DDR Memory and Wwestern Digital Raptor 10k RPM SATA HDD 74GB i have read some bad reviews about the WD hard drives, saying that they pack in after a few months and start crunching etc. ...

Heat- GA 7N400 Pro2 rev2

Rudy Kazuti - 8 Apr 2005 11:56 AM - 3 messages

At boot up I go into the BIOS and the temp reads 53C. Within a minute it's up to 60C. Hovers right around 60-61. At that point I go into Win 2000 pro and MBM 5 reports 52C. I installed the CPU with Artic silver5. It's been ...

video

john townsley - 8 Apr 2005 11:23 AM - 2 messages

Hi I am looking at getting a video card for my PC so I can run directX 3D, as I have an onboard memory and it doesnt work for all directX3D. These are advertised in local PC shop. do these cards work well with directX9 3D ...

buying a PC

john townsley - 8 Apr 2005 7:49 AM - 6 messages

Hi I am confused on what CPU to buy for a desktop PC. I want a computer for word processing, internet web broswing and some emails only. Low usage I guess. I want about 512ram, 80gHD, onboard graphics,sound,CD.....what CPU ...

Anyone use SPEEDFAN - motherboard monitor like free utility

John@Smith.com - 8 Apr 2005 6:17 AM - 2 messages

Its similar but it also lets you control fan speeds which I dont care about and also has a smart monitor for your HDs including temps. The weird thing here is the SMART readings for each HD. At the bottom it gives a fitness bar graphic. ...

Gaming Rig advice please..

welder63 - 8 Apr 2005 5:29 AM - 4 messages

I`ve got £1700 to spend on a new pc, mainly to be used for gaming, can`t decide between: Athlon FX-55 (939-pin) ASUS A8N-SLI Mo`Board 2x GeForce 6600 GT - SLI Mode or Intel P4 3.6Ghz Prescott ...

a network cable is unplugged

Max - 8 Apr 2005 5:13 AM - 4 messages

a network cable is unplugged I just booted up two of my computers and both of them are giving me this over and over. It's been happening for some time, but not this bad! Bad router you think? And switches between: ...

Computer wont switch on/acessing hard drive

fester - 8 Apr 2005 1:03 AM - 3 messages

Hello, I hope somebody can help me, I have an old PC that has been just ticking over just enough to use for storing/editing photographs and word-processing. I am planning to get a new computer this year. However, my computer ...

false SMART indication

dave - 7 Apr 2005 9:23 PM - 4 messages

Hi, since one year, my asus L8400B laptop has a strange problem: at boot says that SMART indicates imminent failure and the boot stops. impossible to disable smart feature from the BIOS. month after month the problem happens much more often, sometimes needing to restart ...

fdisk not recognising full disk capacity

Emlyn - 7 Apr 2005 8:03 PM - 8 messages

I thought I had this issue sorted last time it arose. Previously fdisk didn't recognise the full size of a disk because I was using an older version of DOS on a boot disk. I got a win98se boot disk and ...

Brother laser printers

J. Yazel - 7 Apr 2005 7:02 PM - 3 messages

I've been thinking about acquiring a Laser printer. for home use. However, I've never had a Laser printer and I'm not to familiar with the following manufacturer. Any help for the following is appreciated. How easy are Brother printers to use? ...

Can't get Toshiba Laptop to see 30gb HD

lotsip - 7 Apr 2005 4:45 PM - 2 messages

I have a Toshiba 30gb hard drive that I am trying to install in a Toshiba 7010ct laptop. .It has a 4.3gb that the bios see and works OK but the bios does not see 30gb at all. ...

How many watts needed in a power-supply?

David Cook - 7 Apr 2005 3:48 PM - 4 messages

The other day, I built a new machine. I happened to notice that the case (a mid-sized/standard-size case) came with a 450-watt power supply. (Probably a 'cheap' one.) When I looked on the shelf (idly curious), most all the separate ...

How to connect front-panel USBs to motherboard?

David Cook - 7 Apr 2005 3:37 PM - 4 messages

I just built another computer (Asus A7V880 mobo) and the case has two USB-ports on the front panel. The wiring harnesses (2, one for each of 2 ports) each have 7 separate wires, labeled very differently than the corresponding pins on the motherboard. ...

I need mac G4 help ????

don ward - 7 Apr 2005 5:27 AM - 2 messages

I need to replace my Mac g4 hard drive and want to save the files i need help are there any macies here?? dnw ...

TV out issue

Skeleton Man - 7 Apr 2005 4:11 AM - 4 messages

Hi, I have a Radeon 9250 Card with S-Video out, and I'm trying to get it working with my flatscreen Sony TV (48V80). I can get a stable picture, but with lots of interference... wavy vertical lines right across the screen.. nothing seems ...

Broken pin

John Doe - 6 Apr 2005 8:51 PM - 3 messages

Hi all My friend recently discovered that he had broken a pin on his harddrive. You know the pins in the Pata connector. Just one of them. Is there a way to repair it or does he have to just buy a new one? The warranty ...

My computer keeps restarting (via hardware I think!!)

Ant - 6 Apr 2005 7:37 PM - 7 messages

Hi, Please help, my pc frequently restarts itself and as far as i am able to tell it is doing it in hardware as there is a loud click then beep before it does it. It seems to happen more frequently when I'm watching a video file/dvd on my ...

Reinstall OS On Laptop

Gary Brown - 6 Apr 2005 7:29 PM - 2 messages

Our old laptop (NEC Versa SX) needs an OS reinstall (Win ME) from scratch. What considerations does laptop hardware need that a desktop doesn't? Power control and device bay swapping are two I'm aware of. Any others? ...

Front USB Problem MSI KT2 Centurion5

Jan Biel - 6 Apr 2005 6:28 PM - 5 messages

Hi! I tried hooking up my MSI KT2 Combo mainboard with my new Coolermaster Centurion 5 case so that I can use the front USB ports. The MSI manual stated that I should use the JUSB2 pin header, which is ...

SATA Master/Slave

The Walmsley's - 6 Apr 2005 6:20 PM - 4 messages

Hi I'm about to get a new SATA H/D (Maxtor diamond plus 9 160GB) aswell as my 200GB version. I need to configure the previous 200GB drive to act as slave. I have been advised to remove the jumper on it, so the 160GB acts as master, ...

IDE - must a slave have a master?

David Cook - 6 Apr 2005 6:04 PM - 4 messages

I just built a new machine. I bought the box and power-supply first, and added in the CDROM/DVD drive, with it configured as IDE 'slave'. (I did that because I planned to get an IDE hard-drive ...

ADSL modem question (POTS version)

TaSoS - 6 Apr 2005 6:19 AM - 6 messages

I have the Alcatel SpeedEasy Home (POTS version) and I am upgrading my telephone line to ISDN. Does the modem will work without any problem to the new ISDN line, or it can be modified somehow from POTS to ISDN version? ...

loading a driver

Bacchus - 6 Apr 2005 4:34 AM - 6 messages

How do I load a driver from DOS? ...

loading Win 98

Bacchus - 6 Apr 2005 3:33 AM - 14 messages

I just built up a PC for a friend and I having issues loading Win 98SE. I keep on getting this message below: CDR 101: Not reading Drive E (I have tried 2 different roms now and I am getting the same thing) The PC is not seeing my drives. ...

question on start up

Bacchus - 6 Apr 2005 2:45 AM - 9 messages

Hi, I am trying to load WIN 98 SE into my buddies PC and for some reason it is not readin the D drive which is his CD/DVD Rom. I booted from the floppy. I just built this for him so I may be missing something. ...

Trigem Cognac CPU Upgrade

Stephen - 6 Apr 2005 1:15 AM - 6 messages

Hi All HP Pavilion XE742 Trigem Cognac Mobo Intel 810 Chipset Original Processor Celeron 667 mhz eSpec # SL48E 67 mhz FSB Want to upgrade to Celeron 1.4 ghz eSpec # SL64V 100 mhz FSB Tried this combination w/ a Tualatin adapter and no~joy. ...

CPU Overheat Damage?

Phil - 6 Apr 2005 12:35 AM - 21 messages

I have an Athlon XP 2600 Which has been overheating for about a month and causing system hangs,unfortunately I thought the problems were software related and spent a lload of time clearing rogue software while the CPU was running hot! After being advised to chek the temp, (63C) I purchased a new ...

Wake On Lan - Not Working

dxyzc - 5 Apr 2005 11:48 PM - 4 messages

Hi there, I have a Dell XPS tower system I am using as a music server. When I try to do a Windows network browse of the XPS system, it never wakes up and takes the request. I have checked the BIOS and WOL seems to be enabled. ...

USB2 for old Machines

Alan Secker - 5 Apr 2005 10:17 PM - 9 messages

I'd like to add a USB2 socket on the front of several of my machines so that my staff can use flash memory pens. Does anyone know of an adapter that deliver acces to the front of case, say with a 3/5 inch slot panel? ...

cannot get into windows or safe mode...

rnc54s - 5 Apr 2005 9:05 PM - 18 messages

on ibm thinkpad laptop 380 ... and occasionally get: exception oe 0028:c001539a in vxd--- . it has the original windows 98 with fat16. i recently installed a backpack cd-rw and canon bjc-2100 and then this started. it shows the windows 98 screen and then goes to the "windows ...

anybody here buy a Dell computer?

PeeVee_Hermann - 5 Apr 2005 6:54 PM - 14 messages

Hi we're trying to decide what kind of new computer to get. Looking at Dell stuff. Anybody here have a Dell? Good or bad experience? ...

What CPU and MOBO temperatures are normal?

David Cook - 5 Apr 2005 6:52 PM - 4 messages

I've built a new machine (AMD Athlon 3200+ and Asus A7V880 MOBO) and I notice that the BIOS is capable of 'monitoring' the CPU and MOBO temperatures and the CPU fan speed, etc. A few questions come to mind: ...

BIOS settings for old HD

Wim Cossement - 5 Apr 2005 5:24 PM - 5 messages

Hi, I need to put back a disk in a very old 286, but since I dont know the BIOS settings it wont work. You can select either RLL or MFM mode, and then specify a type from 1 to 47. ...

Are not all USB connectors 2.0 compatible?

Martin Magnusson - 5 Apr 2005 3:47 PM - 3 messages

Hi I'm running Windows XP SP2, and I use USB 2.0 with the USB ports on my computer. However, I also have a Sony GDM-F520 monitor with a built-in USB hub, but whenever I plug a USB2 device into one of the ports there, ...

Need Help Interpreting clock speeds

Victoria <young - 5 Apr 2005 10:02 AM - 7 messages

Can someone explain these various clocking's of my MOBO & CPU? Or advise me where on the web I might find a lay-woman's' view/interpretation of these things? For example, I am trying Everest Home Edition which says: ...

Temperatures on MSI KT6 Delta (VIA KT600)

KED - 5 Apr 2005 8:37 AM - 6 messages

Hello; I own above-mentioned motherboard with Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton, 1833 MHz). My problem refers to temperatures. Indicator on CPU shows 51-53 Celsius degrees, and while gaming - even 60-65 degrees (cooler Pentagram Freezone 80CU). But what disturbs me more, is northbridge temperature - ...

OT? Nero Burning 6 SLOW to add files?

Noozer - 5 Apr 2005 2:59 AM - 6 messages

Not really sure if this belongs here, but I dont know of another group to ask.. I'm trying to use Nero Burning ROM 6 to backup some files to a DVD. For some reason it's VERY slow to add files to the project. ...

Where is FSB?

a - 4 Apr 2005 11:48 PM - 5 messages

Here's a dumb question - Where is the FSB? On the CPU or on the MOBO? ...

Help me understand Buss Speed on ASUS K8V SE MOBO

geezer - 4 Apr 2005 11:37 PM - 3 messages

I have a Athlon 64 AMD 3400+ CPU and PC3200 512MH DDR. The book says the System Bus should be 800MHz. Why does Everest show only 200.24MHz for CPU and Memory FSB's? Shouldn't the FSB speeds be ...

Re Netgear Router RP614

oldgrey - 4 Apr 2005 10:42 PM - 2 messages

Does anyone know if the Netgear RP614 v2 handle dynamic packet filtering or state full packet inspection? Can the v2 be upgraded to the v3 with the firmware posted on their site v6? TIA ...

upgrading SDRAM DDR compatibility help please

zmartha - 4 Apr 2005 8:50 PM - 4 messages

I have WINXP, AMD1800, with SDRAM DDR pc2100 266hz non-ecc. I bid on the same thing on ebay, a new one. It looks nearly the same, notch 8 sections, but my original has the black rectangles (chips?) on only one ...

FSB speed on Chaintech 7VJL5

geezer - 4 Apr 2005 7:29 PM - 3 messages

I am experimenting with a Chaintech 7VJL5 MOBO with Amd Athlon XP 2600+ Thoroughbred CPU & PC3200 512 (single) DDR. No matter what MOBO jumper setting I choose (JP2 & 3) I cannot get a FSB faster than 333. I can get 266, but not 400. In fact some pin ...

Industrial PC with PCI-X

ma - 4 Apr 2005 5:29 PM - 4 messages

Hello, Where is the best place in UK to buy an industrial PC with passive PCI-X backplane and a PCI-X mother board. I need a motherboard that has a lot of PCI-X slots. Best regards ...

AC 97 Microphone doesn't work anymore

Peter - 4 Apr 2005 5:06 PM - 7 messages

Hello, since a week ago my Mircrophone worked pretty good with my AC 97 Sound-on-board. Suddenly it doesn't work anymore. I didn't change anything. I tested the microphone-in with headphones and I can record myself but it's ...

PCI-X system

ma - 4 Apr 2005 3:29 PM - 2 messages

Hello, I need a system with 64 bit PCI (PCI-X). Where can I buy a cheap bare-bone system with mother board that has at least 2 or 3 PCI-X 133 MHZ ...

Raid 0: Synchronization

Markus - 4 Apr 2005 3:18 PM - 4 messages

Hello I just set up an RAID 0 array and i have a question regarding the synchronization of the disks. I'm using the VIA RAID tool 4.04 under Windows and did the synchronization for the first time. Do i have to do this like once week to keep all the data up to date on ...

Staples - I/O Magic 16x4x16x Double-Layer Internal DVD+-R/RW Drive - Any Good?

geezer - 4 Apr 2005 11:25 AM - 7 messages

Staples has I/O Magic 16x4x16x Double-Layer Internal DVD+-R/RW Drive 575690 at [link] for $69.99 on special. Is this drive any good? ...

USB drive letter problem

Time Teamer - 4 Apr 2005 6:00 AM - 7 messages

My mass storage devices are recognised in Device Manager, but they do not get allocated a drive letter in My Computer or Explorer. I have tried Googling for a fix, without having to do a reinstall or repair of windows, but to no avail. ...

HDD noise

Rudy Kazuti - 4 Apr 2005 3:22 AM - 6 messages

Has anybody experienced a whining noise similar to a bad fan from a WD raptor HDD? I have two fans in the front and thought the noise was from one of them. Computer is a little over a month old, using two raptors. It only ...

would a system with 400 DDR RAM installed, refuse to work on a 266/333 mobo?

Sooty - 3 Apr 2005 7:23 PM - 8 messages

Hi I have a nearly working SFF Qbic system... I get a screen up now (only just put together and readying for OS) After a few seconds of booting... CPU recognised and memory then a constant beep. I bought 1x 512Mb DDR 400.. on looking at the manual for the Mobo in the ...

noisy fan

badgolferman - 3 Apr 2005 5:48 PM - 10 messages

I have just upgraded my computer from a 800 MHz AMD Duron to a 2.0 GHz Intel based motherboard. The computer is very noisy where it has a sort of whine coming from the CPU fan. At least that is the only way I ...

extigy drivers cd

Fiev - 3 Apr 2005 3:25 PM - 12 messages

hi is there anyone out there who can do me a copy of the soundblaster extigy driver cd. i've lost mine and i think it's a con that creative don't let you download drivers for free like every other manufacturer around! ...

Alternative to Individual.NET

Christo - 3 Apr 2005 1:24 PM - 31 messages

has probably been mentioned a long time ago but if anyone here is struggling to get ona half decent usenet provider that is totally free like individual.NET was then try [link] servers are alot slower than individual and a bit flakier, however, it's ...

AMD1800+ upgrade to AMD64-939

Bonobo - 3 Apr 2005 10:57 AM - 7 messages

Hello all, I am planning to upgrade my MSI K7T/1800+ to an AMD64-939 system with PCI-E. For safety I backup my XP-Pro system (and a lot of other sw-programs) twice a week to another HardDisk with my Symantec -Norton Ghost program ...

PS2 Mouse problems on A7N8X Deluxe

Ian - 3 Apr 2005 8:29 AM - 5 messages

Hi all, Recently my mouse has started misbehaving. Currently the pointer will happily move left/right (or horizontal), but when moving it up/down (vertical) it doesn't respond properly. Sometimes the pointer will slowly move upwards (whether I'm moving the mouse up OR down), sometimes it'll move ...

Rebates going way of the dodo?

Andy - 3 Apr 2005 2:15 AM - 9 messages

[link] Rebates going way of the dodo? MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. » Retailers' love affair with mail-in rebates may be coming to an end. In response to customer complaints, Best Buy Co., the world's largest ...

Well Now That I Got Blood All Over The Place

Onideus Mad Hatter - 3 Apr 2005 1:11 AM - 40 messages

Have I mentioned recently just how f*cking razor sharp modded cases are? Be very wary of teh Kingwin MutantX case, bastard is like a meat slicer inside, especially in the drive bays! o_O -- Onideus Mad Hatter ...