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Hi, From what I gathered reading, to operate in dual channel mode, a memory module has to be installed in separate memory channels for the motherboard? So for dual channel operation with 4 slots with memory channel A in slots 1,2 and channel B in 3,4, for dual channel operation with 2 DIMMs...

Hmm, i've not been keeping up with hardware for the past year, but it is SATA but i'm not OC'd. I"m on a Athlon64 3200+ with a Chaintech VNF4 ultra. I'm not sure what a locked port for SATA is, I will google it to see if i find anything. THanks.

I have the harddrive in my title i bought in july, and for some weird reason, whenenver I boot up windows xp, sometimes it gets past the windows loading screen with the progress bar at near the middle/bottom of the screen within a minute, other times it will sit there for about 5-6 minutes...

I have a diamondmax10 250gb sata. I bought it from newegg approximately 2 months ago...and this is something I've started to notice recently...the bootup time for the machine into windowsxp is extremely long if i turn it off for a long time(ie, overnight). It will sit at the bootup screen with...

Thanks for the explanation JackMDS

I am running my computer behind a linksys wireless b router that says it has a hardware firewall built into it. Is it pretty safe to run my host computer w/o a software firewall if the router already is running a hardware firewall? Thanks

I just bought this OEM and from the reviews I have read it is supposed to be decently silent and Anand had it rec'd on his June midrange buyers guide...It is silent when idle but during accesses, the hd is pretty audible and I can hear the whirring sound. It sounds like if someone was stepping...

Ah ok, thanks

I have a chaintech vnf4 ultra running a amd64 processor, and in addition to the 24pin power connector on the mobo, there is a 4 pin square power connector. Is this the 12V connector? I thought that was for Intel P4's only. Obviously it's required b/c it won't boot up unless I connect it, but...

Thanks for the replies, they helped out.

This is pretty basic but I never figured it out and I can't find it detailed on any other post here...The fan that is on a heat sink on a cpu or gpu...is the fan supposed to be blowing cool air ONTO the heat sink or is it supposed to be taking hot air AWAY from it? ie., what direction should...

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Just some things out of the way.. AMD 1800XP on Win2k.. 4x agp and 128MB aperture size in bios...fast write enabled.. I have an Epox 8k7a and anand used a 8kha+...I believe i read the performance difference b/t the two isnt too much I have the newest drivers and am not waiting for vertical...

I'm wondering, what tweaks did anand or most benchmark sites do that would optimize the performance of the card they're testing...I have the exact same config as anand on hi retake of the radeon 8500 drivers(cept i have a amd761 based mobo and running win2k instead of winxp) and yet his...