Recent content by BlahBrah

thanks, the last computer I bought had AGP in it(when PIIIs still had 450 Mhz versions) and due to the rise of AGP video cards I thought PCI only motherboards were dead. I'll be sure to look into those. edit: oh and you are right, my PC is Celeron based.

Hi again, I opened up my PC today to my surprise to find that HP lied about the a300y PC and that there is no AGP slot in here. I think I'd like to upgrade my motherboard for a fairly low price. Does anyone have any reccomendations for me? I'd like to try to keep it cheap. thanks.

Hi again, my new PC came in the other day but when I boot up I only get around 100 MB of RAM(according to cacheman 5.5) out of 256. What programs can I disable through msconfig to give more RAM at boot up? Also, I've got Windows 98SE on the old one and I was wondering if it'd be worth while to...

Actually, I ordered it a little while ago. But thanks for the advice, the next time I buy a PC(could be 5 years sadly) I'll be sure to consult you guys first. So all I have to do is go into Bios when it boots up and set the FSB to 533? I heard that intel chips are locked so the only way to...

Hi, I'm getting a new PC soon and its CPU is a Celeron 2.4GHz. I heard that the way to really let the Celeron shine is to overclock it a little bit, but since this PC will be my only operating one(this one is slowly limping to its death) is it a good idea? What kind of damages can I expect if I...

Hi, I've got Dish Network Sattelite with its PVR thing(like TiVo I guess, it records programs) and I was wondering how I could go about recording the stuff I have on PVR onto the computer. Do I need a special video card for this? Also, on the back of the reciever there is an S-Video plug, if...