alt.comp.hardware - Week 8, 2005

Bizarre AMD Athlon XP 3200+ problem... really 2500+ or less?

Steve Kives - 19 Feb 2005 8:06 PM - 16 messages

I had a very strange experience lately with a 3200+... I ordered the retail package from Newegg.com, no problems, the package (unopened, unmolested) said "3200+ 400MHz FSB!" and the part no. on the specimen itself even had "3200" in it, so it all checked out. However, ...

Compaq Motherboard

Valueplay - 19 Feb 2005 7:17 PM - 3 messages

Compaq Motherboard # 169606-001 $ 75 AS IS! BIOS was rewritten after turning off. BIOS needs EEPROM Flash! All prices are in USD dollars and does not include shipping. Payment ...

"new" super 7 socket motherboards still in production?

newbietuesday - 19 Feb 2005 6:50 PM - 7 messages

I remember reading somewhere that (I'm thinking some asian company) is still manufacturing boards for super 7 socket chips. They are new boards that max out the capabilities of these old chips. Support max RAM, highest FSB, etc. However, I can't find any info online. Any ideas? ...

Strange HDD problem

Jimmy - 19 Feb 2005 5:36 PM - 8 messages

I installed a Maxtor 250GB Ultra Series which was formatted in Dynamic format ntfs. I filled this with AVIs and removed it in it's removable drawer. I installed another Maxtor 250 which I formatted in Basis ntsf. I then replaced old drive D with empty 250G attached to IDE cha. 1. I then ...

how much would you pay?

Christo - 19 Feb 2005 5:36 PM - 7 messages

just a little teeny bit of research here by me but if you were to wal into a computer shop, any shop. how much would you pay for the following, not knowing anything about brands or anything just the spec of the PC ...

Modding Monitors / Painting / TFT

Christo - 19 Feb 2005 10:41 AM - 7 messages

hi i have been looking at chieftec Dragon Blue cases for a while now, and i reckon i can pretty easilly take a keyboard apart and spray the shell in a similar sort of blue and as for mice well i already have a lue/black mouse ...

Can't defragment my laptop

Bobby - 19 Feb 2005 10:34 AM - 2 messages

My laptop is 18 months old and is slowing down badly. I plan to buy more memory for it but would also like to defragment the HD. The problem is that the tools I use (Windows defrag, Norton defrag and ...

RAM Testing

Jamie - 19 Feb 2005 9:51 AM - 2 messages

does anybody know the name of the MS program that Heats RAM up until it crashes to see if it is faulty or not? ...

Stuttering computer after installing audigy!

Geezer - 18 Feb 2005 9:49 PM - 15 messages

Ive got a amd 64 3500+, fx 5700, asus av8 mb, sata 300gb hd.1gb ram I bought the computer recently without any soundcard as it has a 6 channel audio on board. Ran hl2 really well. Now ive installed my old Audigy (1) ...

Static Electricity?

geezer - 18 Feb 2005 6:43 PM - 10 messages

Is static electricity always accompanied by an audible (even if slightly) spark (arc)? I guess what I am asking is if I ground myself each time before I touch the computer innards, can I be sure I have eliminated static electricity because I don't hear or feel anything? ...

Should I format a Compact Flash card before use?

Dave - 18 Feb 2005 3:48 PM - 5 messages

I just got my first serious digital camera, a Canon 20D, and the manual recommends that I format its Compact Flash cards VIA the camera's format utility before I use them. I've never done this before and never had a problem and I tend not to fix what ain't broke, ...

SLI ?

Gojira - 18 Feb 2005 3:15 PM - 2 messages

Anyone tried the new SLI motherboards with dual graphics cards yet?Just wondered how much more performance they actually deliver with games.I remember the old Voodoo cards used a similar "piggyback" technique,but read that this new layout requires individual drivers for each game. ...

My computer reboots without a reason

BOOGIEMAN - 18 Feb 2005 2:20 PM - 12 messages

It happens when I turn my PC on, it make problems on the first 3-5 minutes. Like, it gets stuck when loading windows, or reboots without a reason. I reinstalled windows, but same problems again. What could it be ? ...

RAM modules from different vendors within the same PC?

Giovanni Azua - 18 Feb 2005 2:19 PM - 7 messages

Hello all, I have been complaining to the DELL technical support because I found I was installed in my new Workstation four 512MB RAM modules from different vendors: I have 2GB = 4x512M 2x512MB from Hyundai ...

OT - free news servers...?

Christo - 18 Feb 2005 10:01 AM - 7 messages

hi my current news server news.individual.net is changing to a charge service of about £5 a year, which is peanuts, but if i can help it i would rather stay on a free server so can anyone tell me of any good free usenet servers that allow posting and ...

nothing on monitor

Bacchus - 18 Feb 2005 2:08 AM - 4 messages

Hi, I am trying to figure out what is wrong with my buddies PC and I am stumped. it is an old HP Pavillion 500. The thing powers on but there is no video on the screen and I hear nothing ...

Can a bad CPU harm a MOBO?

geezer - 18 Feb 2005 12:22 AM - 4 messages

Seems like my new MOBO will no longer work since I tried a CPU in it. I have a new Gigabyte motherboard and got a monitor image with a new Athlon XP 2200+ CPU. This morning I substituted an Athlon XP 2600 ...

TV Tuner

Martin Racette - 17 Feb 2005 10:19 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I recently bought a NVTV single tuner, but I have a problem, it will only work with Windows Media Center Edition. Is there any way to make it work with XP Pro, if not can any one suggest another ...

Factory installed OS required for software?

Fred - 17 Feb 2005 9:49 PM - 5 messages

Sony has Minidisc/Atrac software, Sonicstage, that states the following requirement: FACTORY installed OS (Win98se and up). Not upgraded (like from 98 to XP). Software will not work on homebuilt computers. This seems to be true. I could not get software to run (it installed ok) on ...

Dell compatible motherboards

nizzle10 - 17 Feb 2005 7:15 PM - 2 messages

I have a Dell E210882 Motherboard in my dimension 4600 that aparently is toast, I've been told that I can use the ASUS A8V-Delux Motherboard to replace it???? Do you know if this is correct or perhaps what is??? Thanx ...

increase Ram on P2

Inder - 17 Feb 2005 6:16 PM - 3 messages

hi at present i have P2 266 Intel MB LX 440, 128 sd ram, i would like to increase RAM to 256 or 512, but some hardware engg say that P2 dows not support more than 128, is it true, can the RAM be increased ...

Monitors turning off

Kaz - 17 Feb 2005 4:12 PM - 10 messages

I have a very frustrating problem, in that it is very intermittent. I can start the PC but within 5 to 10 minutes usually, the monitor will turn itself off (the on off button will go amber....of flash...according to the ...

Chipset

Rudy Kazuti - 17 Feb 2005 12:06 PM - 2 messages

Need to re-phrase my question. Can a board have nForce2 and northbridge on it at the same time? Are they for the same purpose? The reason I'm asking is a builder/supplier in the gigabyte group had a bunch of boards blow the ...

Motherboard Opinions

Jamie - 17 Feb 2005 9:04 AM - 12 messages

What are your opinions on the best boards. Not a cost issue but overall quality and stability? ...

cooling

gregork - 17 Feb 2005 8:41 AM - 12 messages

I recently installed a chassis fan on my system. It cooled the system down nicely but I think if I had an exhaust fan at the back it would be even more effective. Unfortunately there is no space at the back for a fan. Any ...

How can I low level format a hard drive?

OM - 17 Feb 2005 3:32 AM - 15 messages

Can someone tell me how I casn low level format a hard drive? I've been having all sorts of problems with my PC and think I have the source of my problems nailed down to the hard drive. I've formatted and installed a fresh copy of XP. ...

Chipset

Rudy Kazuti - 16 Feb 2005 11:22 PM - 9 messages

Is the northbridge/southbridge chipset only used with Intel mobo's Rudy ...

Help choosing CPU/Hardware

epigram - 16 Feb 2005 8:00 PM - 4 messages

I'm looking at two different laptops. My needs for this laptop is to burn DVDs (video - minimal editing though) and do development work on. Ths systems are slightly different with regards to the CPU only. So I'd like ...

USB

lindon - 16 Feb 2005 6:29 PM - 7 messages

why dose the usb port stay power up then i turn of the computer at the case. ...

ASUS vs ASROCK

Q - 16 Feb 2005 4:14 PM - 3 messages

I have been told that ASROCK is an inferior spin off of ASUS. What is wrong with this board?: 1. Slower Overall? 2. Slower Video for games? 3. Goes "bad" sooner? 4. Fewer features? 5. Unreliable -intermittant crashes? An ASROCK was put in my machine when it was repaired. So far so good. But I ...

BS Posts

Jamie - 16 Feb 2005 6:36 AM - 7 messages

How come the moderator on this Newsgroup doesn't kill the posts that have nothing to due with the topic of this newsgroup? ...

AMD2600, Celeron 2.66 or P4 2.9?

OM - 16 Feb 2005 1:25 AM - 10 messages

I want to buy a new PC. I've almost given up trying to fix my last one. Can someone recommend which I should go for: AMD2600 (£210), Celeron 2.66 (£250) or P4 2.9 (£345)? ...

Pulling my hair out trying to install XP.

OM - 16 Feb 2005 1:00 AM - 6 messages

I'm having all sorts of problem with my PC. It kept on rebooting. I know I didn't have a virus. I thought it was the memory. But... after changing, the same problems occured. This happened for 6 weeks. ...

FSB questions

Kevin Lam - 15 Feb 2005 10:52 PM - 11 messages

Dear all, I am planning to buy a MSI MEGA 180 barebone which it says on the official web site that it supports up to 333mhz FSB However, there is an overclock function which I could potentially increase the FBS to 200mhz (400mhz). But there is no settings for ...

Looking for Sales and Account Executive

Pickajob - 15 Feb 2005 10:42 PM - 2 messages

Hello, I am looking for some sales people in the Sacramento area. Please check us out [link] ...

ATX2.0 or not?

Christo - 15 Feb 2005 10:08 PM - 6 messages

[link] the above link is to a PSU i currently own nowww, will it allow me to support a PCI-E motherboard? obv with PCI-E graphics. ...

whats a bloody sone?

Christo - 15 Feb 2005 7:14 PM - 5 messages

been looking at some coolers, noise levels are 1.0 sone and 0.4 sone these are really quiet apparantly so in relation to dB whats a bloody sone? anyone i will thank you :-) ...

Computer Builders Warehouse?

Brian - 15 Feb 2005 7:12 PM - 3 messages

How many of you PC homebuilt guys (or girls) buy supplies from CBW? I have bought some items from them. The quality seems better than computer shows and the prices seem to be fair at least from what I've seen. ...

older pc & newer card...

byru - 15 Feb 2005 5:11 PM - 5 messages

Hi, My PC has the configuration as follows: Intel Pentium 4 3,06GHz HT (FSB533) ABIT BD7II-RAID (i845 chipset) Kingston 1042MB DDR 266 (2 * 512MB, timings 2-2-2-5) Gainward GeForce 3 Ti 64MB As you can see the compy was bought more than 2 years ago (2,5 to be exact). ...

Dynamic vs Basic

Jimmy - 15 Feb 2005 11:08 AM - 7 messages

Somehow a new HDD I installed ended up formatted as dynamic while the others are basic. Will this cause any difficulties in speed with any of the drives? I seem to find my system has slowed but I am not sure if this is ...

Performance gain with Windows XP x64?

Pete - 15 Feb 2005 10:16 AM - 15 messages

How much of a performance improvement can we expect on an AMD64 CPU running Windows XP x64? Should we expect any performance gain on 32-bit applications/games running on a 64-bit OS like x64? Also, anyone have any more specific idea than "first half of 2005" as to ...

Shuttle SB51G repeately crashes and will not post until tilting the box

bbwannabe - 15 Feb 2005 5:31 AM - 4 messages

Hi All, This XPC box had the same problem with SuSE, that it crashed about once a day and constantly rebooted itself until I tilted the box on its left edge about 70 degree counterclockwise and held it there about 30 ...

solving a custom build computer problem

Troubledyouth - 15 Feb 2005 1:15 AM - 17 messages

I build a computer for christimas and I still haven't got it working to the way it should be. The computer runs slow at just about everything. It will freeze up during games and the hard drive lights will come on and stay on. I have all of the latest drivers for ...

detecting Processor

Jamie - 15 Feb 2005 12:53 AM - 10 messages

more often then not my POST screen does not detect my processor but device managaer does, I know this isn't that big of a problem but I was wondering what causes it. ...

Buzzing Noise From TFT

Chris Kilian - 15 Feb 2005 12:07 AM - 6 messages

Hi I am getting a horrible buzzing noise from my TFT Screen , anyone got any ideas? Cheers CK ...

SCSI confusion

r - 14 Feb 2005 10:53 PM - 5 messages

I am about to purchase a Quantum Certance DAT 72 Tape drive and would like to know which SCSI card to use. The drive sped says it has an Ultra2 SCSI LVD - 68 pin D-Sub (HD-68) interface. ...

Help!!!

MP - 14 Feb 2005 10:01 PM - 7 messages

Hi! I have problem and I don't know what to do. Sorry for my English. My computer (WinXP Pro SP2, Pcchips m825, Athlon1700+, 250 ram) stalls while i'm using Kazaa or other p2p programs. I happen usually about 5-30 minuts ...

MS8137C ???

Kid - 14 Feb 2005 4:22 PM - 2 messages

I wanted to run AMD Athlon XP 2600+ on MS8137C. When I put it into socket it didn't work. So, I went on [link] and downloaded MB manual, and didn't find anything helpful. The question is does my MB support AMD Athlon XP 2600+? ...

ASRock

Q - 14 Feb 2005 3:01 PM - 8 messages

An ASRock motherboard was recently installed in my computer in place of a dead mother board. It does have an Intel chipset. Is ASRock a good manufacturer? Or is it on the cheap? Tks. ...

What's up with Hard drive?

macglade - 13 Feb 2005 8:54 PM - 6 messages

Just added a 2nd drive. It is a "slave" to the older primary drive. Since I added it, the light (the ones that flicker to show activity) on the CPU is alway illuminated. Only thing is, it does not sound like it ...

Gamepad disappeared

Ampersand - 13 Feb 2005 5:06 PM - 4 messages

I'm having a problem right here: I have 2 Gravis Game Pad Pro gamepads (regular, not USB), but I usually only keep the first one connected since my system is becoming choppy when both are connected. Usually, when I connect ...

SATA vs IDE, Round 8

Dave Zass - 13 Feb 2005 3:43 PM - 22 messages

Ok, I've googled and read a ton of information. And none of it points to a clear choice and reason to support it. I'm building a new box. Other than smaller SATA cables, there seems to be ...

Prescott CPU's

FingAZ - 13 Feb 2005 2:17 PM - 3 messages

Im looking at scrapping my AMD AthlonXP 3200+ CPU and Biostar M7NCD for some form of Intel CPU and compatible board (becuase quite simply i don't feel that 32bit AMD cut it anymore for Vid editing, gaming etc)- The first thing is that is there a significant difference between the 3.0Ghz ...

Problem with Epson R300 printer - Disk tray seems balky

geezer - 13 Feb 2005 11:05 AM - 4 messages

I keep getting an error that the tray isn't in correctly and to reposition it and then clear the error. Anyone else have this problem? Is it solvable? Thanks ...

internal

Squibbly - 13 Feb 2005 8:51 AM - 6 messages

can any1 tell me where internal card readers goes as i dont wont to buy any that fit only in the cd/dvd rom bay ...

RAM question

Tom Mc - 13 Feb 2005 3:06 AM - 2 messages

I've recently installed a second 256 Mb RAM card in my ABIT motherboard. When the BIOS boot up it displays the RAM as being 512, which is correct (2 x 256 ). I am running WindowsXP Home edition on that machine and when I run "My ...