Recent content by hammong

You've got some other issue - it's not an IRQ problem. PCI 2.0+ compliant devices can share an IRQ under Windows XP with no ill effects. Most PCI devices access the system bus via DMA and do not trigger an IRQ unless there is a prioritization stack problem. Back in the 8-bit and 16-bit...

The WD5000KS (and YS) drives are some of the fastest 7200 RPM drives ever produced, and the performance is going to be pretty good in comparison to a 36GB Raptor. You can do your own performance benchmarks and see for yourself. Hook the 500 GB WD up as a second disk, and benchmark the...

The "retention module" is for mounting a P4 heatsink onto a P4 motherboard. When I installed my P4T and P4 1.7 processor, I was almost knocked for a loop when I saw how the thing was put together. Your case probably has four threaded screw holes in a rectangular pattern about...

Thermal grease just on the die. The ceramic portion of the CPU doesn't make contact with the heatsink. Be advised that TOO MUCH grease is almost as bad as no grease at all. Apply only enough to leave a tissue-paper thin layer between the CPU die and the heatsink itself. Greg

Plenty. Be advised though that your power supply needs to have the 12v 2x2 and 3.3 volt 1x6 auxillary power connectors to deliver a stable system. The case and 400w power supply I bought from CompUSA had the auxillary connectors, much to my surprise. Most PSU's don't have the extra...

I have been banging my head (no blood yet) agianst the wall trying to install Windows 2000 Professional on my newly constructed Pentium 4 system based on the Asus P4T motherboard. I have extensive experience with P/PII/PIII boards and Win2K installation, but this one has me semi-stumped...