Recent content by JJFlash

Peter, thanks, sorry for the delay. I have two MB's in a networked system, one has 1.5 gig of PC133 ram and I will leave that one alone. The other, and the one I am interested in using for Photoshop work, is a Biostar M7VIG with 2 slots. It has a VIA VT8233A . VIA KM 266. Phoenix bios. It...

Thanks, Peter, I am now chewing on this.

Thanks, I am working on studying these, now. With PC133 Dram, 4 slots were common. For those doing a lot of graphic / Photoshop and rendering work, 3 Gigs of ram is the right sweet spot. Photoshop will only address 2 gigs, but seems to do well in that the operating system, etc. will make use of...

I wish to buy a solid reliable AMD based (T-bird and above) MB which will provide at least 3 and much preferably 4 ram slots. Raid is nice but not as important as number of ram slots. I will probably move an existing 1.3 Mhz AMD CPU over from a 2 stick board to the newer board. I am not too...

I have an AMD CPU 1.2 gig in one box and AMD CPU 1.3 gig in the other system. Both are presently using PC 133 ram, the #1 system has 3 x 512MB = 1.5 gig pc133 ram. The #2 system has only 256 MB ram, or so. Both could use a USB 2.0 upgrade. The system #1 clogs and freezes on USB 1.1 transfers of...

Are there still any good motherboards which will support PC 133 Ram and which would also have USB 2.0 (and preferably also firewire, but not necessarily). I am considering new models that would also support the PC 133 ram in sometimes dual ram configurations. At this point there is something...

Thanks, Peter , Serp86 , Soulkeeper , Doh! and Yield Particularly the Anand review of the 9000, linked in the previous posting.. It appears that with a touch of time the 9000 pro has dropped in price, it would be workable. It is worthy of note if the ATI box includes the DVI cable or not The...

Wow, I blew the spces reading of that card ! I have a different thread that has also provided considerable help and it seems sensible and workable to go ahead with a stronger card, which will also provide DVI. Thanks again, kawboy68 and Peter, this is of help. JJflash

Recommendations for a not too expensive DVI out card? My friend seems ready to utilize the value of DVI for an LCD monitor. There is no need for a monster 9700 type card, as office viewing of sharp text and the occasional DVD would seem to be the majority uses. Even some leads to the good...

Thanks, NelsonMuntz, "only helps if the LCD has DVI" is a significant statement. I put myself through a bit of a tutorial on DVI, just from your reference. While I have a guru on the phone... I have been in to a store to eyeball LCD monitors (I have two 21? Nokia CRTs and have not much...

A friend wishes to purchase a 17? LCD flat panel monitor (suggestions as to make and model of 17? LCD welcomed). I opened their Gateway box, and she has an Nvidia Vanta card ? Riva TNT2-64. Thus the 64 megs, 128 bit, should be workable to run a modern 17? LCD flat panel monitor. Correct ? If...

Thanks Gazza, your wife's (past) predicament is precisely, exactly what took place on this system. Nothing could be done to repair Win 98 on the C partition and I had, prior to this posting, deleted the Windows directory and copied over a backup, but to no avail. In that the MBR is a bit of a...

Thanks daveshel and Gazza, So to recap, I could install Win XP pro, from within Win2K (at the outset) and install it into the C logical (which is a logical partition on the SCSI drive that has the greater part of it devoted to the D logical, upon which is my important Win2K OS, and which is my...

Thank you daveshel. That is what I was worried about. I am actually not willing to go through the rebuild of Win 2K that might transpire with Win 98. Having the MBR become corrupted happened to me several years ago and I will spare you the horrific details. But would not Win XP pro comfortably...

Is there a way to re-install Win98SE or ME on a C drive in a multiple boot situation, where Win 2K is already on the D drive (both logical on one physical SCSI HD) with 2 other SCSI drives and 2 other IDE drives and with the various partitions ? thru ?Q? established through Win2K ? I have not...