Recent content by hafa

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    Some of the new Antec cases are in at NewEgg

    The side panel is the same one as the SLK3000B. The front panels, however, leave somthing to be desired. I'll wait for the P-180 or save a bit more for a Lian-li...
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    Anyone who owns a Gigabyte GA-k8nf-9

    For some odd reason, I'm just not comfortable with a NB that's too hot to touch. Take a look at my ghetto solution to get some air over the Passive NB HS. This also solves the problem of what to do with all of the stock AMD HS fans I have lying around. Now if only I could find something...
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    Returning DFI Ultra-D

    I'll second the Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9. The epitome of plug-n-play, not plug-n-pray.
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    Mobo gurus: what do you think is the most stable 939 mobo out there?

    This is merely apocryphal, but over the past 2 years, I've built over a dozen systems with the MSI K7N series and haven't had one complaint. Most of these systems run in office environments, 40 hours per week. I'm not a fanboy by any stretch, as I choose my builds based on research of...
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    MSI Tech Support -- Kudos!

    Perhaps I did. Your post regarding them calling back seemed to portray them as inept, since they did not understand an issue which was clearly defined previously. I'm glad that you've had a positive customer service experience with MSI. I've built many systems on the K7N2 board and they've...
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    GIGABYTE GA-K8NF-9 experiences

    I've had many problems with the N-vidia hardware firewall on both the Gigabyte (NF4) and Epox (NF3) boards. The configuration options are limited, the interface is cludgy and hard to set up and it has many performance and compatibility issues. I'll just stick with the DLink 804HV hardware...
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    Ultra-D - how to install 2 drives (CD + DVD)

    Helpful post, there tripp 17... Leepark, you'll do fine with both drives on one IDE port. Performance wil be indistinguishable from 2 ports and you'll save on cable clutter. Just set one to slave and the other to master, ensuring that the master goes on the end of the cable. Also ensure that...
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    MSI Tech Support -- Kudos!

    No experience with anyone's tech support whatsoever, as I've never even attempted to use this "service" and have always assumed it to be entirely useless. I've always gotten excellent responses from forums through the years and rely entirely on posting and googling for all technical issues...
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    Serial Port

    You could also use one of these or something similar.
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    A8N-SLI Motherboard

    I would suspect that this problem is unique to the A8N, as I've built several Nforce4-based systems on other boards (non-Asus) without encountering this problem. The installation sequence mentioned by babyjocko may be required for only the Asus A8N, as it is contrary to the sequence I have...
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    GA-K8NF-9 BIOS

    Yep, that's my experience...
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    DFI Lanparty Ultra-D, ports...and GIGABYTE GA-K8NF-9

    Strictly apocryphal, but the last system I built, which was based on the Gigabyte board with an A64 3000+ and Corsair value select PC3200 RAM, was a breeze to set up and (even though you mentioned that you've no interest in overclocking) overclocked beautifully. Performance and build qualtiy...
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    any Dual CPU & SLI boards out now?

    Man rpsgc, that is one sweeet board! I've been waiting for Tyan to release their Nforce Pro boards for quite a while now and now that they're out, I must say that they've exceeded all my expectations in terms of the specs. Although Tyan is not much of an overclocker's board, with this much...
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    Finally down the MotherBoard Stretch

    The BFG is an AGP card; "Bus Type AGP"- The PCI express bullet is simply wrong. All sites use the manufacturer's boilerplate text, thus the proliferation of this error.
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    Anyone who owns a Gigabyte GA-k8nf-9

    What retailer did you get your board from, z3r0x2?