Recent content by Cavalier

I'm really hoping there might be a good UPS under the tree from Santa wife... I've been wanting/needing one for quite a while now. I hope that takes care of the problem. If I can find my multimeter, I'll test the actual voltages. Just FYI, the software I'm using to monitor everything came...

Is 10% tolerance too much to ask from a power supply? I just replaced my 300 watt atx power supply (generic) with a 420 watt atx (I think the brand is TigerPro). I have my hardware monitoring software set to alarm if the level is more than 10% off. I have been getting alarms like that for...

<< ME came out after 2k so you cant upgrade that direction. >> Funny... I worked on a laptop just the other day that was upgraded from WinME... of course, I have to agree with the previous statement about WinME: << Considering what crap Me is, I wouldn't want any remnants of it on my system if...

Heres' the system: Asus A7A266 mobo (most recent bios update) T'bird 1 Gig @1 Gig 512 megs Micron DDR 64 Meg nVidia Geforce GTS AGP Creative lab 128 pci 40 Gig 7200 rpm WD HD 16x Pioneer DVD 16x10x40 TDK burner Win 2k Here's the problem: Watching DVD in full screen and playing some games, I...

OK... so what's the upper limit on temps? How hot can it get before I start expecting a meltdown?

Ok... here are the specs (as far as I know): Asus a7a266 AMD T-bird @ 1gig Volcano 6cu CPU fan 256 megs DDR 40 Gig WD 7200 rpm Geforce GTS 64 meg TDK 16x10x40 Pioneer 16x dvd Sound Blaster Live 10/100 Lan I have 2 case fans (one generic, one thermaltake 38 cfm) in a mid-tower case. I don't...