Recent content by DWF

Well....I tried all the suggestions, but still no good. So I guess it has finally bit the dust. The drive still shows up in explorer, but I guess that's unrelated. Thanks for all the replies. I guess I'll just have to use my cdrw drive for now. I'll be on the lookout now for cheap cdroms...

Hi, The problem first appeared when I tried to play a VCD movie in my CD-ROM drive. The drive was trying to access the disc, but the blue screen eventually popped up. I hit "ESC" to get back to my desktop and inserted a different VCD. That one did work, but eventually crashed after I tried to...

Hi, The problem first appeared when I tried to play a VCD movie in my CD-ROM drive. The drive was trying to access the disc, but the blue screen eventually popped up. I hit "ESC" to get back to my desktop and inserted a different VCD. That one did work, but eventually crashed after I tried...

Ok, I had already secured my purchase of the 2MB edition WD120gb hard drive earlier last week. I called the store in advance to check if they accept online coupons; they do. When I brought my receipt in today for a repurchase, they said that the $30 off $150 coupon would not be accepted since...

jaeger66 ,thanks for your clarification as well:) That's good news for me then. ATA66 cards are cheap on ebay, being around $10... But after doing some thinking last night, I just may opt for the ata100 card since I may just get a new system in the summer. thanks again. DWF

Thanks for the replies, guys. EeyoreX, many thanks for the clarification on the ATA133 spec. However, since I have an older system (uses 440LX motherboard; 33MHz bus), what if I decide to get the cheaper ATA66 card instead? After all, I don't think I'll see much of a performance gain with...

I will be installing a WD120gb HD soon on my old Dell. It originally was a PII233 with 440LX motherboard, but a few years back, I upgraded it to a Celeron 533 using the same motherboard. Currently I have the following two hard drives on this system with no controller cards installed: 1.) WD...

TheDiggler, thanks for the very well-written OP. You're awesome, man:cool: Btw, I was finally able to find an OMAX B&M that accepts online coupons. I'm in for the 2mb cache WD on 4/27 :) Thanks again.

man......this sucks. I'm looking to buy that WD120 hd, but I don't have a 30 off 150 coupon sent to me from OfficeMax. I tried asking the local OMAXs in my area but none of them accept the "online" 30 off 150 coupon that I printed out. Does this mean that I have no other option but to try to...

I sure hope you're right, Peter. I'll check up on it though;) Thanks.

One question concerning bioses: If I flash with a new bios, do I lose any hardware support (or a feature of any kind) that the older bios may have? Since I'm using the Intel P14 bios on my LX motherboard (Dell), which is the bios I used in order to utilize the Celeron 533, I'm worried that...

rickh, can you tell me what bios you were using with that LX mobo system?

Ok.....but if I wanted to change to another bios, would the hardware support of the bios being replaced be lost after the change to the newer bios?

Hi everyone, Things are getting tight in my 17gigs (13+4) so I'm hoping to be able to upgrade to an 80GB hard drive soon (WD most likely). The concern is that my Dell PC is rather old; it's got an LX motherboard. Originally, it was equipped with a PII233, but I eventually flashed it with...

Oh, and keep in mind, folks......I'm stepping up from a $20 Labtec set. If I've been able to tolerate them for the past 9 years, thinking that they've been "fine" or just ok, then.... I'm gonna be blown away by these Grados:D One other thing....I just emailed and cancelled my order because I...