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The computer I use now I built from parts ordered from newegg and help from these forms Mechsomthing another... he had a really helpful guide. My old computer I am wanting to upgrade a tiny bit and set up for my wife. I will have to find out the specs of my computer, it is couple years old. It...

XP. No I am wanting a clean wipe. There are 2 hard drives, but one is bad I want to take it out.

Never redone a computer before, I like step by step instructions. Where might I find something like that.

Here is what I built: Thrmaltake Tsunami VA3000 case with 400w Thermaltake Powersupply Epox Nforce3 MoBo AMD 64 3200+ WD 74g 10k Raptor DDRAM 1 gig Consair value pack ATI Radeon 9800 pro 256 bit 256 memory Going to go pick up a floppy drive at Best Buy Thursday (anything I should...

I have windows XP service pack 2 with all updates. I get this message when I do the test on CBS sportsline. Live Scoring Help Center -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This page has been developed to help diagnose problems that you may...

Got my computer running!! Thanks for all your help! Just for a refresher: Epox nvidia nforce 3 Mobo 754 socket AMD 64 3200+ WD Raptor 10k HD Sony CDRW/DVD combo Conrsair 1 gig value pack ddr400 memory ATI Radeon 9800 pro 256RAM 400 watt thermaltake psu Windows XP Home ( hope I...

So far so good, loading Windows now. Only thing that seems amiss is my HDD light isn't doing anything and another light that I am not sure what it is is always on. None of my manuals where clear on how the plugs where suppose to go so I went with what felt like the path of least resistance...

How will I be able to tell the speed my memory is running?

EPoX "EP-8KDA3J" nForce3-250Gb Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 CPU -RETAIL Model# EP-8KDA3J Item # N82E16813123219 Specifications: Supported CPU: AMD Athlon64 Processors Chipset: NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb FSB: 800MHz (Hyper-Transport) RAM: 3x DIMM for DDR400/333/266 Max...

Couple more questions: 1) My MoBo manual has this chart for setting up memory. It makes a distiction between Double-sided DIMM type and Single-sided DIMM type. It says if I am using only 2 DIMMs that I need to have one of each single and double. First off, I can not figure out what type of...

I have to go to work so real quick.. I onced over the directions for my cpu and heatsink and it doesn't say anything about thermal grease and none come with it. It did say something was already applied at the factor. Is this new? Is this adequte? I will read more about it at work tonight...

Ok, the power supply has these linked lines too but they have a couple that have 2 4 pins and 1 smaller 4 pin. Sorry if this all seems elemental to you all but I have never dealt with a powersource before so it is intimidating. I am imagining that I will need to use at least one on my Video...

You assume I have CD burning avaliable to me :). I don't, my no name cdrw drive quit on me. Any other suggestions? Yes I am getting multiple ip addresses from TimeWarner. They don't seem to like it but I get it /shrug.

I have read mechBgon's guide a couple times. I am sure it will help me a lot but I have a few questions still. Lets see here is what I am working with: Thrmaltake Tsunami VA3000 case with 400w Thermaltake Powersupply Epox Nforce3 MoBo AMD 64 3200+ WD 74g 10k Raptor DDRAM 1 gig Consair...