Recent content by calaverasgrandes

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    A stick of PC3500 RAM in a PC3200 slot?

    I am running Mushkin Pc3500 2-3-3 in my Gigabyte N400 pro. The board and the chip are meant to run as 200 front side buss. I spent the last week running some tests with memtest to see what speeds it will do. Basically 213-215 is as fast as I can get it, running 1:1. I would think it would hit...
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    Raid n00b question: on GA-7N400 Pro2

    I understood your post perfectly. I am just trying to tell you that it really isnt possible to make what you want to happen, happen. Ok much easier, dont setup raid if you dont need it which it doesnt sound like you do. Go into the bios and make sure it reads raid controller enabled. Then...
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    Chipset - which should I choose ? I´ve already read a lot of about it but it´s so confused !

    I have ben trying to find a good chipset as well. The Nforce 4 looks good for the above mentioned reasons. Also The more recent VIA offereings are a bit behind on the CPU support it seems, EG Venice, dual core.
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    Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI Firewire Help

    I had this problem with my N400 Pro, I ended up breaking the connector with the case using some needlenose pliers, ten used even smaller needlenose to crimp them onto the mobo connectors.
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    Raid n00b question: on GA-7N400 Pro2

    I have a very similar board, the N400 pro (not pro 2). I migrated a raid 1 array from a fried board, the ga-7vaxp. It was no problem, but I had a matched pair of drives, and they were already formatted as raid. Are the 160 and 250 already formatted as an array? If not they will have to be...
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    need help. nf4 RAID problem.

    I do not have the same motherboard as you, but it sounds like you have a raid 1 mirrored set. In several mother boards with raid that I have built recently the documentation and labeling of raid modes was incomplete. On my ga7n400pro it just gives you 2 selections, "volume optimise for...
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    motherboard suggestions

    are you sure the old PIII motherboard can handle the bandwidth of your NLE video editing software? NLE throws a lot of data around even if it isnt using the CPU to do the heavy lifting. It will still generate previews, save to disk etc. have you checked out...
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    Anyone try this Jetway ATI board yet?

    I would reconsider. Jetway is not know for high quality or stability. SO I wouldn't choose them for such a critical component as the motherboard. My experiences with their past products has been, to be brief, painful.
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    Nforce 4 dual raid for audio Anybody out there using the Nforce 4 boards with dual raid enabled? What kind of luc

    I finally got a hold of a pdf of the ASUS NF4. In Chinese! With no block diagram? Man how did ASUS ever get their reputation? Their website is crud and their cust service is lame.
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    Another woman dies at the hands of abortion practioner

    what is this, the extremetech forums?
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    Nforce 4 dual raid for audio Anybody out there using the Nforce 4 boards with dual raid enabled? What kind of luc

    Anybody out there using the Nforce 4 boards with dual raid enabled? What kind of luck/problems are you having? I am researching an upgrade for my audio computer. These seem ideal due to their 4gb ram, multiple sata controllers and PCIe. I am planning on running a 4 monitor setup with 2 cards in...
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    Need a PSU reccomendation

    I personally would steer clear of Antecs. They have very good specs, but I have had two fail on me in such a way as to take out an entire motherboard. The silver lining to that cloud is that they have a fairly liberal RMA policy. On the other hand I have never had any problems with ENERMAX...