Recent content by DrewsNick

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    ok weirdness with defrag in windows me

    On two systems I ran the win me defrager and hosed up the system. First my wifes box (generic mobo amd k6-2 with a 20 gig maxtor) after running the frager getting tons of errors mostly in kernel32. Format and reinstall. On my system (kt7a rain same hard drive 1 gig tbird @ 7.5x133/33)...
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    Problems with my abit kt7a system

    Thanks guys will try some of that next weekend when I got more time. for now I will just keep watching for other info in here.
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    Problems with my abit kt7a system

    ok I dun get it was fine for near three weeks then poof. abit kt7a raid (raid controller is dissabled) 1 gig t-bird (7.5x133/33) crucial cas2 133 256 meg ram a pair of maxtor drives (20 gig 7200 rpm ata 66, 8.4 gig 5400 rpb ata 33) generic dvd sony spressa creative annihilator 32 meg ddr ram...
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    good link for how to set up a tcp ip net work

    Thanks for the link and info. I am on it.
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    good link for how to set up a tcp ip net work

    well I had an ipx spx network setup but I am having a lil problems with it so I want to go with a tcp/ip network instead. got any good links for it? Any concerns with doing that with the att@home service? Got two boxes to network through a linksys network in a box doohickey and the cable...
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    ok I understand some of this distributed computing stuff but......

    oh.... also you alls have some really cool litle terms and words like WU and some other terms I read in this forum? is there a link to some of the terms and abriviations? kinda like a glosary?
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    ok I understand some of this distributed computing stuff but......

    Just want to know a litle bit more and not even sure what questions to ask. I would consider an offer to join a team for the rc5 that I have recieved one offer by pm already and that is the one I would consider first. None of my questions/concerns have anything to do with what I would...
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    New to AMD--oem or retail for my first cpu

    as I understand it the oems may or may not have the hsf with them and rarely have over a 90 warranty. the boxed set should have a 3 year warranty and come packaged with the hsf that amd would like to see used with the chip. If I am incorrect in this please feel free to pull out all my nose...
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    HELP with Abit KT7A-RAID!!!

    I would suggest clocking down the chip to like 1 gig or not much higher first. Get everything stable either at the defaults or not much past that. also sometime what slots you put things in can have an impact. try different slots for different items?
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    not a huge deal but I dont like loose ends

    I am sure it does but I cannot verify from here as I am at work. I did the instructions exactly as in the linksys kits booklet and it worked on the previous box. this time I ran the floppy from the wifes box as per the me directions. and as part of my troubleshooting it all looked right as...
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    not a huge deal but I dont like loose ends

    problem: I cannot log onto the network on my system info about: I can "search for my wifes system and see it fine, I cannot search and find mine tho. My wifes system could see mine too. Its not a big deal because I can use the search to open her box and pull files and all that...
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    What is the best Mobo for 1 Ghz TBird and RAID

    I just build a 1 gig tbird system on the abit kt7a raid board. It was bar far the easiest build I ever did and I been doing this for near 20 years. Just because I had ABSOLUTELY ZERO probs with it does not mean you wont and I cant speak for the raid side of it as I dissabled the raid for now...
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    peice of cake

    uhhhh do I need that too? LOL yes I did. got crucial pc133 cas2 256 meg btw I have built many many systems over the past 20 years even worked for micron pc for like 6 months doing assembly in both a line format and full builds. BUT this was the easiest build I have ever done. I am running...
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    peice of cake

    I just put together my new box and MAN what an easy build that was. abit kt7a raid 1 gig tbird (136 fsb 7.5 multiplier) creative labs annihilator w/32 ddr ram maxtor 20 gig ata 66 7200 rpm/8.4 gig ata 33 5400 generic dvd sony spressa cd rw linksys nic (slot 3) zoom pci modem (slot 4) generic...
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    via 4.28a

    ty yalls