Recent content by BillyBob313

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    Can't format or write zero's to H.D.

    The best probram I have found is called Wipe Drive
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    Need help with a old Pentium POS

    I did not think WIN98SE was bootable from CD like XP. You may wish to try running setup from from a floppy. On my rig XP boots from CD but only if the boot-up sequence is set to CD,A,C in the bios first. If I leave it as A,C,CD or any other sequence it will not boot the CD. I still run an...
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    How much RAM can a motherboard effectively manage

    I am actually in the market for a new motherboard and do not want to repeat the expierence with the last two. From what I can tell even some of the new motherboards lose perfromance if you try an run the maximum RAM stated by the manufacturer. My expierence has been that the maximum RAM a...
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    How much RAM can a motherboard effectively manage

    My data transfer rate drops oorm just over 1000MBits/sec to 400MBits/sec when I add the second stick. The performance drop is very noticeable. There must be more than the onboard cache size which affects RAM performance otherwise none of the new motherboards with 1MB L2 cache would support...
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    Jumper setting on SIIG Ultra 133 ATA controller

    Does anyone know what the RAID/EIDE jumper is for on the SIIG Ultra 133 ATA controller?
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    How much RAM can a motherboard effectively manage

    The motherboard slows down when I put in a second 256MB stick. It is a FIC VA 503+ motherboard.
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    How much RAM can a motherboard effectively manage

    I am in the market for a new motherboard and have been burned twice in the past when it comes to a boards ability to manage RAM. My first board was supposed to handle 128MB but after purchasing the RAM I found out it could only handle 64MB due to a chipset limitation. My second motherboard...