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Computer Cases that run off 12v batteries

2008-06-12T15:10:27Z

I need to build a PC that can be powered of 12V batteries, but would like to avoid the whole 12V via inverter to mains into PC method.

Looking for brand names of such cases and motherboards that will run off DC batteries. Prefer not embedded products as I really need a generic PC, rather than a specialised logging device, etc.

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Trying & failing to run legacy DOS or Win95

2008-06-03T22:33:14Z

I have a smaller 6-gig drive upon which I wanted to run a legacy program. That legacy program wants DOS, native or that which is available under Win95 will do. I own licensed copies of both.

I used my boot disk for DOS 6.22 to start the computer (& not some boot disk from Win98 cause the dos is different and not downward compatible).

The drive got an FDISK and I formatted it.

When I try to load the Dos 6.22 ( not run but load) I get an error message that says that the program is too big for the memory.
That's not an accurate error message. The RAM memory is One Gig. So there's plenty. And it's only DOS 6.22. I used to run that on a 450 Meg hard drive with a whole Meg of memory . Woo Hoo~!!

While attempting to run ( after a successful load) Win95 I get an error message that says:

"Insufficient memory to initialize windows.
quit one or more memory resident programs or remove unnecessary utilities from your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, and restart your computer

Press any key to continue . . . "

And then the system shuts off when I hit any key.

There is no autoexec or config file. There is a COMMAND.COM file which I renamed to take it out of the loop. When I tried to re-boot after that, the system offered the "6 boot options" ranging from "SAFE MODE" to "SAFE MODE COMMAND PROMPT ONLY"

In SAFE MODE or BOOTLOGGED it presents me the same error message.
In BOOTLOGGED
It fails when I respond YES to the message:
"Load all Windows Drivers [Enter=Y, Esc=N] ?"

I am thinking that I may have a hardware problem.

Will DOS and Win95 run on a newer power supply type mother board? The type that shuts down based on a software command?

What are the RAM thresholds that may be difficult for DOS and Win95 to live with~? Should I yank a memory card?

Any ideas?

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Broad-spectrum freeware system monitoring utility

2008-05-27T17:48:47Z

I have been downloading various freeware and proprietary (but free with purchase of component) monitoring utilities for stats of my new system.

Anyone have a link to a one-stop total computer monitoring freeware that will give me all the vital components to monitor my system?

Cheers,

Alex

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OS Transfer Problems

2008-03-19T22:46:09Z

Good Morning,

I recently got all my equipment for my new rig and put it together last night.

Last night I:

1. Installed my old IDE drive from my old comp into the new comp.
2. Installed my new, empty SATA drive
3. Installed one of my old DVD drives into the new rig so I can load discs that came with the different components of the new system.

Result:

1. Started the comp up, got a message that said my CPU config had changed and went to set-up.
2. Tried to change BIOS settings to accommodate new setup.
3. FAILED - Comp eventually would power off before I could even get into the BIOS each time I cranked her up.

Concerns:

1. Is the old IDE hardrive and the OS on it "locked" to the old cpu and MOBO?
2. New MOBO has only one IDE slot (I'm used to one for CD and one for HDs) I have the old IDE HD on the same IDE cable as the DVD player. Is this bad form?
3. Am I screwed?

Anybody have any tips on this?

I am planning on flashing the BIOS when I get home to (hopefully) stop the restarting issue so I can get things straight in the BIOS.

Attempted to boot from the old IDE drive in order to ghost to the new one using Seagate's utilities.

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Top Twelve Vista Tweaks

2008-03-14T02:20:22Z

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTMyNywyLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

I could have narrowed this list down to one tweak...

"Uninstall Vista"

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Monitors

2008-03-11T17:41:25Z

I had gotten a free 19" LCD from someone and it frazzled recently. It was given to me because it was frazzling for him and I was just able to patch it up for a while, but I think it is on its way out.

Any recommendations on a good 19 - 22' widescreen LCD monitor?

I found a few candidates but word of mouth is best.

I guess a less than 5ms response and I found out today that contrast ratio is shite (for the most part).

Who has a brand loyalty they want to scream about?

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if everyone's flash work was this good~!!

2008-03-10T14:04:40Z

http://www.butagumi.com/shabuan/

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Got it going.

2008-03-07T03:14:56Z

The rig is up and going.

WinXP SP2
Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo 2.66 Ghz
Asus P5N-D SLi 750 SLI MOBO
4Gb Gskill DDR2 RAM
1 8600 GT XXX 256 MB DDR3 Ram Video Card

I aint overclocking a thing!!!

I was showing temps of 140F when taxing the CPU and I don't want to risk frying 200 bucks worth of CPU. I'm using stock cooling and may consider upgrading... Who knows.. Right now I just am elated putting all my favorite Open Source doftware on it and seeing the difference this Proc and GPU make on some of my old standard games. Civ 4 is smoking fast!!! (I am not an extreme gamer).

Thank you folks for your advice and input.

Any idea on how to cool this puppy down? I have 1 200mm fan and 3 120s in the case along with the cpu fan. They are all running on high.

Well, maybe I am hoping for the moon.

AD

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My potential new rig

2008-02-29T21:40:03Z

I have there is my cart at New egg and am ready to do the buying.

Anyone care to chime in?

HARD DRIVE: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

GPU: XFX PVT84JUDD3 GeForce 8600GT XXX 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card

MEMORY: G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBP

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

PROCESSOR: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6750

CASE: Rosewill R6AR6-BK 0.8mm SECC 120mm Fan ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

FAN: Rosewill RD550N-2DC-SL-SLV ATX Form Factor 12V V2.2 / SSI standard EPS 12V 550W Active PFC Power Supply - SLI Ready

I already have a DVD writer to add in and I think i may strip the card reader from my Compaq.

Anyhoo... does anyone see a problem in the config I'm getting?

The CPU comes with stock cooling and the reviews says it works... do CPUS usually coem with soem kind of thermal grease, or should I order that?

714.44 after shipping and all...

Sound good?

Thank in advance for the input.

Cheers,

Alex

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Video Cards

2008-02-29T13:44:58Z

I am gonna build a new rig and want to make it capable of playing some of the newer games out there.

I am not so much into ultra-high end gaming, but I want something that has pep.

I was thinking of getting a SLI-capable motherboard and getting one video card and then add the second at a later date, so the video card must be pretty good to begin with.

I have narrowed the field down to a 7000 series or 8000 series, but that is where my understanding of GPUs kinda falls short.

GT, GTS, GTX... its pretty much greek to me.

Anyone want to venture to recommend a card for under 100 bucks that will get me playing most newer games that I can supplement later with a second card? Most bang for my buck, of course.

My thanks, in advance, for your thoughts.

Regards,

Alex

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DOS 6.22 needed

2008-02-29T13:28:26Z

I have a legasy application I now need to run. It' runs on DOS 6.22 and if memory serves well on the DOS inside Windpws 95.

I have both - sort of.
Soooo I figure on using an older drive and loading the OS on that and just swapping 'em out when I want to run the legasy stuff.

My Win95 copy wants to install over DOS. DAMNITALL!!
My DOS 6.22 disks have a corruption in the start disk. Double DAMMITALL!!

Any one have an idea how I can get a DOS copy?

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removing vista

2008-01-07T21:49:31Z

I confess, I'm not much of a PC user (more of a Mac guy), but my office has asked me to remove vista from one machine and install XP. Any advice on how best to do this? Just go in with the XP discs and do a fresh install?

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Legacy

2008-01-07T19:29:22Z

I got my Dos ver 6. disks recovered. And I got my old Windows 95 disks recovered.
No data storage is forever.

I'm trhing to run a legacy CAD package that wants native DOS and won't run on 98 or XP.

I have a separate HD on which I loaded DOS. OK it works fine. It's a stand alone DOS run HD so I avoid all the Dual Boot issues between XP and DOS.

Then I loaded the CAD package.

Everything loads without a hitch except that when I run the CAD package The software's screen has an echo from the native dos prompt on the screen overwriting the CAD software's screen and all of the interactive functions radio buttons for the software package are missing.

Does this sound like the Video card is the problem?

I'm on the verge of reformatting the drive and starting over.

Another weird issue appeared:
I loaded Win 95 trying to overcome that above issue (Win 95 has native DOS and will run my CAD package VIA the command prompt).

I was getting an error that the Config or Autoexec files were interfering I tried Step by step loading in safe mode nothing seemed wrong. But it wouldn't get Win 95 up.

So I went in from a boot floppy and renamed those two files to eliminate 'em from the boot process for 95.
Now after the files were renamed (using the REN command) they are gone - poof - disappeared. Can't find 'em.

I can't find 'em in native DOS and when I slave that Hard Drive to an XP HD and look at it I can't find 'em and I can't find the CAD software Directory.

I can't find the directory. Yet when I type the batch file I made to boot it, it boots. I get the flawed screen as described.

Have I stepped of into the twilight zone~?

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Laptops??

2008-01-02T03:07:34Z

Who is making a robust laptop these days?

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How does one prevent this??

2007-03-20T16:57:03Z

Go here and watch this video:
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2791168

It is astonishingly frightening.
Some kid on his PC managed to pick up 4 illegal images without his knowing
They were either encrypted in something innocuous he downloaded or planted there by criminals who wanted to use his box for storage and managed to plant malware on his PC.

The 16-year old kid Phoenix, AZ was looking at 90 years in prison.

Apparently YAHOO ratted him to the cops. They got a warrant and invaded his home.

Over the course of the investigation the family spent un-knowable tens of thousands of dollars on his defense.

What the kid had done was to visit conventional nudie adult websites. The FREE ones most likely.
However, some number of the images he looked at or downloaded were loaded with malware and encoded material allowing child pornographers to use his PC.

They placed him under house arrest with a shackled tracker.

They were fairly sure that he was in fact innocent but the Maricopa county DA
stated “He needed to be taught that he is going to be held responsible by the law.” lesson.” This in spite of the fact that the prosecutor was sure he was innocent.

They did lie-detector tests &psych evaluations by state and private experts. Every thing pointed to innocence. The fact that the illegal images were encrypted pointed to innocence.

The family hired a technical expert who found over 200 infected files were discovered on his PC that allowed hackers to gain access to his PC.

The DA’s case was falling apart and the DA pressured the kid to cop a plea or face trial and possible life in prison.
In the end the child pled guilty to a charge of “distributing obscene materials to minors.”

His was labeled a sex offender who has to register and self report.
The Judge in the case was outraged at what the prosecutor had done. The Judge wanted the kid to appeal. It took two more years to finally dispose of the case and get justice – sort of. They still lost years and many tens of thousands of dollars.

Music, Videos, & Photos can be encrypted with hidden images. If the cops find ‘em on your PC you will very likely face child pornography charges.

Defending such a thing will bankrupt most people. The costs can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Need help, lost my OS

2006-12-30T15:10:30Z

Hi,

My apologies if this is the wrong tribe to ask for help with this. I'm not sure where else to go...

First off, I am a MAC guy who can use Windows. I have a MAC G5 tower (my I-net machine) and a laptop made by Notebook Computer. I bought this used with an OEM version of Windows XP Pro on it. No OS disc. The machine ran fine for a number of months and then froze up one day playing Halo. The bios page came up after a while and said it could not find the operating system. Since then I have had no luck getting it to run.

I purchased a repair disk from pcbegginer.com ... their Utilities Suite 2007. It's not helping a whole lot.

I was wondering if anyone out there might care to point me in the right direction so I can get my machine repaired? I'm pretty good at working things out and if it doesn't require any expensive tools and or text books, would like to repair the machine myself.

Thanks in advance and again, my apologies if I am posting this request for help in a bad place.

Happy New Year!

Ran D

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OMFG VIRUSESSS

2006-11-08T22:54:47Z

Is it my lack of recent exposure or have there been a dramatic and ( dare I say complete) drop off in worms viruses and such lately.
No new threats??
Just the old run of the mill CIH and well documented trojans??

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acer monitor power cord...

2006-08-17T09:55:33Z

ive got an acer 17" flat screen lcd monitor and no power cord...havent had any luck in replacing it with an original...its power rating is 19v...2.6a...any suggestions on where to go to find a replacement or fabricate one will be greatly appreciated...

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CPU... What's practical?

2006-08-17T01:04:04Z

What do you guys do, do you buy the fastest fkn chip you can, or do you buy the one with the best cost/speed ratio?? I'm not sure if it's smartest to buy the fastest, or to save some money on one that's a few months old.

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64 bit XP & HP 3380 !@#$@$#@#$$%%^

2006-05-17T22:09:31Z

I had a work around some time ago but I can't recall what it was.

I am running XP 64 bit and I have a HP 3380.
HP has been promising a driver sonce this version of the OS released. They are still promising.
Microsoft hasn't done a thing to run this printer.

Has any one got a handle of a workaround or compatable drivers? It's a PLC6 I think

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I wonder if I am doing somthing wrong.

2006-05-14T15:50:26Z

Just recently I rebuilt most of my computer.

Specs:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+
GFX: eVGA 7800 Gt
HDD: 2x Seagate 200 gigs
CD/DVD: Nec 16x DVD +RW
Mobo: Asus A8n SLI
Ram: 1 Gig 400 MHz ram.

The ram is my first and most pressing concern. First of all this motherboard doesn’t recognize that its 400mhz Ram it registers it a 333mhz I guess this is a problem that is well known by Asus and is being worked on or something like that. I kind of assumed that well a dual core would make a huge difference in the way I do things and not bog down constantly.

But though it seems that I have everything put together and good specs this comp tends to bog down and have to sit there thinking semi frozen all the time. Now the oddest things about that is the CPU rarely gets above 20% - 30% however the ram usage does hang at a constant 500 - 600 megs.

I don’t have any idea if the ram usage is normal or if this comp shouldn’t ever be hanging with the amount of ram it has or what.

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no power to motherboard

2006-05-14T14:36:25Z

I've got two motherboards that i think are bad because all that is working are the fans
one is a elite mini atx and the other is a msi mini.

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Building a computer!

2006-04-16T14:52:31Z

I started this tribe a long time ago, because I wanted to build a computer, and I thought it would be good for everyone to input on the setup I was planning. Well, I never did it. I just didn't have the money nor time. Now-a-days however, I have both, and I would like to start fresh and get some input from you guys, so here it goes.

Here was my strategy. I knew I wanted an AMD rig, so I found some websites that build computers for you, and checked out their specs.. They were "build your own" computers, I did just that, and here is what I came up with.

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Pro
Main Board: ASUS AMD Motherboard (A8N-SLI Deluxe)
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+ 2.4GHz (2x1MB) L2 Cache Dual Core (ADA4800CDBOX)
Power Supply: Antec TruePower 2.0 (TP2-550 EPS12V)

Case: Still up for grabs (I need input)
Cooling: I'd like to go watercooled (Still researching)

Memory: CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM (TWINX2048-3200)
Video Card: eVGA Geforce 7800GTX (256-P2-N529-AX)
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface (70SB036000000)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Raptor (WD1500ADFD)
Optical Drive: Sony (DW-D22A)
Combo Media Drive: Mitsumi (FA404M BLK)

I changed some stuff during this post, but my original price estimate was 2300.00

As far as cases go...

Aspire X-Navigator Aluminum Computer Case - Blue (ATXA8NW-BL/500)
Thermaltake SHARK (VA7000BWA)
Gigabyte 3D Aurora Case, Black with Window (GZ-FSCA1-ATB)
CoolerMaster Stacker 830 (RC-830-SSN1)

I am currently using my girlfriends laptop:

Hewlett Packard HP Notebook PC
Intel Celeron 1.33 GHz
240 MB of RAM

It does the job we bought it for: Schoolwork

But I need something that can actually play a game.

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identifying parts

2006-02-05T21:54:30Z

how do i identify my motherboard ?

i have an old p.c. i want to renovate (as a hobby )

lots more questions in the pipeline !

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Intels in Macs

2006-01-20T22:33:05Z

Its true.
http://www.apple.com/imac/

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Current "Best Parts for the Money"

2006-01-05T05:19:15Z

Hello!

The first computer I built was a 286-12 Mhz, and thought it was great to expand RAM up to 8 MB! That really sped up my machine...
Anyway, now Im running some 1.2 GHz machine and will be building a new machine in about 3-6 months. I would love to have suggestions for individual computer parts that are EXCEPTIONAL, and currently the best thing going, for the money. I'm new to the group - - - building your own machine enables you to know what's under the hood.

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Replacing a motherboard

2005-12-31T20:44:08Z

I have isolated a comp crash prob as a burned out system board for a Compaq Presario 7000Z (part # 207610-101). (Fans come on fine, power supply powers up, RAM works in other comp... just absolutely nothing happens other than that when i try to boot. No beeps, no signal, no hardrive work... nada!!)

I have no idea if processor is still working.

Does anyone have a good resource for finding replacement parts at a low price AND does anyone have a good resource for instructions on getting the processor out of my old one? I have tried ebay and knwo to look there periodically.

I also was looking for any sites that you could enter a part number and they would let you know what parts are compatible. Any info on that?

Obviously, i am a newbie.

Thanks, Alex

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Transferring OS

2005-12-11T22:08:15Z

Hi all.

I recently purchased a new mobo and proc and custom built a new comp for my gf(thanks for all the tips and help, Blue Lobster!!). This new comp is networked to my comp.

I had a spare hd (60 GB WD) from the old comp (wiped and reformatted... I was using it for storage) and a 6GB HD donated from an old dell with win 98 on it.

I configured the new custom comp using the 6GB HD, upgraded to WinXP and slaved the 60GB storage HD to it.

SO... I know have a new XP comp with 6GB FAT32 master HD with a 60GB NTFS slave data HD.

I want to transfer the OS to the 60GB HD and then reconfigure the 6GB HD
to NTFS, then network it as shared data folder.

I would rather not have to buy Ghost or Partition Magic for this.

Any suggestions?

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Front Panel Switch

2005-12-07T01:53:36Z

I bought a new mobo and proc combo and it arrived today.

Woohoo.

But.. I instantly ran into a problem.

It appears the plug on the mobo for the front panel switch has a 8-pin recepticle, the case I have has a 16 pin male plug.

Any quick fix or is this something I will have to order/salvage/shop for?

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Looking to Build a Computer..

2005-12-04T15:30:34Z

I want to get a computer for my music production.. I am totally software based.. I am wondering if it is best to build or buy..

I don't know much about computer so I am looking to you fine folks for some help..

I want a smoking fast Computer that will be able to run multiple programs and has a good sound card... That's pretty much all I know that I need.

Thanks for some input..

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Building a computer soon!

2005-09-20T15:09:24Z

Im in the works for building a computer, and before I start the actual buying process, I would like to get recommendations. This little tribe here, will hopefully help people out like myself, who are intersted in doing so. I have a list of components already, and I will be adding it here within the day, I just need to modify it so it will work on Tribe.

Mike

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Case thermometer

2005-09-14T23:31:34Z

My ATX came with a thermometer, but i'm not sure where to hook the cord up to. Do I place the end between CPU and heatsink?

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XP Pro issues.

2005-08-31T23:37:33Z

Looking to fix a few of those decisions that Microsoft makes for you.
This time it's the way XP causes your open web pages to all stack in one expandable block in the bottom tool bar (assuming like me you leave that one at the bottom).

The options are to tile horizontially, vertically or cascade them.

I prefer the idea of having them all lined up next to each other.

anyone know how to accomplish that?

Or even some good links for XP issues and fixes.

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migrating to linux - maybe

2005-08-29T15:16:54Z

Any one know of a killer app for emulating windows in linux?
I’m thinking of making the transition.
The hitch is I live and work in a universe of windows users. I have to share digital documents with all manner of screwy formatting symbols text boxes etc. That means I need a killer app as a windows emulator. I’ve heard of Wine but, haven’t had the chance to try it.

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ATX Cases?

2005-07-18T07:12:00Z

Hi all!

Just wondering if anyone has a favorite ATX case that they like?

I definitely want a mid-tower and I'm trying to maximize my dollar for the important stuff. I would really like something that is stylish, simple, not at all modded out. I love the look of the steel/aluminum boxes but have not found one that is relatively inexpensive.

Four 5.25 external, two 3.5 external and four 3.5 internal drive bays would be ideal.

Any suggestions or ideas would be extremely welcome!

~Rick

BTW...I plan to get a pretty hefty HD and partition it. On one partition I am going to use Ubuntu-Linux and I haven't decided which OS to load on the other yet. If any of you are Linux heads and have thoughts on system hardware, please share. This will be my first Linux install/distro and I can use all the advice I can get!

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Hi.. New here. Wanting to build a comp

2005-02-25T18:47:05Z

I'm wanting to upgrade my computer, as I bought a "custom" compaq box in 2000 from a retailer and the processor speed is starting to limit me.

I have (of things I think would matter):

Compaq Presario 7000 series box
1.4 Gb Processor Pentium II? I think the 1.4 was the last Pent II)
512 RAM (I think I could max at 1 Gb, but it is a low pin DDR)

I want to:

Upgrade processor/motherboard so as to increase speed and allow for more, and more efficient, RAM.

Questions:

How do I go about finding out what motherboards I could use?

Where are good sources for motherboards?

Would anything else have to be changed to accomodate for new motherboard?

Shoudl I just start from scratch and get a new box and leave this comp as a clunker for my gf to play solitaire on (i.e. Is it cost efficient to upgrade this box instead of just getting new one)?

Sorry for the barrage when I first arrive, but any help woul dbe much appreciated.

I am new to this.

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Keyboard mod

2005-02-03T23:22:38Z

I'm interested in turning my old C64 into a useable keyboard for my pc. Any advice?

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Building an SFF

2005-01-18T01:55:47Z

Hi, I'm about to build an SFF system. It'll be the first system I've built in about 4 years - I'm chomping at the bit! Parts are still being delivered and ordered, here's what I'm collecting:

Case: Hornet Pro Aluminum u-ATX (indigo, 'cos I like purple) with Topower 350W PS
Mobo: Intel D925XBCLK
CPU: P4 540 3.2 GHz (LGA775) 800 FSB
RAM: 1GB Corsair DDR2 3200
Video: ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder X600 Pro 256MB (PCI-Express)
Sound: Audigy ZS (eventually, will use integrated 7.1 for now)
HD: 2 x Hitachi 200GB SATA in RAID 0, 1 x Maxtor 200GB Ultra/133 USB 2.0 (for backup)
Speakers: Creative P7800 7.1 system

The parts simply can't get here fast enough. I'm upgrading from an old Dell Precision 420 with a P3 700, 512MB RDRAM, 32MB Nvidia AGP, and 78GB total HD space. This'll be fun.

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