Recent content by McCoy Pauley

I have a MSI K8T NEO2-FIR motherboard and I'm using this Geil RAM. I'm beginning to suspect one or both of my sticks of RAM is bad. I've had strange errors trying to install UT2K4, which some people have suggested might be related to bad RAM, and I get strange crashes every once in a while that...

Decryptor should let you rip the file. If you go to the DVD Shrink website, there are links to several very good guides on how to use Decryptor/DVD Shrink. Anyone know a good link to some kind of compatability list that would tell me what DVD-/+Rs or RWs would work best in my Sony...

I'm quite interested to see if Microsoft in fact unveils 2 or 3 different kinds of Xbox 2 (e.g., a basic model with out a HD, a middle one with a HD, etc.)

I only have the one optical drive in my system, unfortunately, a Lite-On DVD burner (I'm not OC'ing anything, either). I'm not running any virtual CD programs, as far as I know (I installed the NERO OEM Suite that came with the burner -- I don't think that has a virtual CD program in it, but...

Okay, so I sit down to install the copy of UT2k4 (for the PC, the CD-ROM version -- I'm running XP Home and have LiteOne DVD burner) that I just got from GoGamer, and I begin the installation process, type in the CD key, and the first disk starts copying files. 30 seconds in, I get a "Critical...

Thanks again for all the help. I opened up the machine last night and tried changing the RAM configuration. First, I put each stick in one at a time (in DIMM1) and booted up to see what CPU-Z said. For both sticks the machine booted up, BIOS selected 400MHz when I used the "SPD" option...

mechBgon, I appreciate all your help, but I think I'm still having trouble. My CPU-Z is version 1.26, so it looks slightly different from yours, but when I look at the Memory tab, it shows I have 1024 MB (which is what I have), but the Frequency is listed as 163.7 MHz, not 200. Also, it shows...

Great -- that's exactly what I needed to see -- I'll check it as soon as I can. Thanks again.

I have Geil Value Series 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 RAM and a MSI "K8T NEO2-FIR" VIA K8T800 motherboard. The manual for the board contains more or less this information on installing the RAM. My problem is that two of the recommendations in those instructions appear to be contradictory (or...

Okay, thanks for your help. I got CPU-Z and ran it last night (not in front of the computer right now.) It showed me that the RAM was there, and correctly identified it (i.e., that it was Geil ram of the proper size), but I couldn't tell where I should have been seeing that the RAM was running...

Everything seems to be working now, pretty much -- thanks very much. One question, though -- I had some trouble with getting XP to recognize the two 512 MB sticks of RAM I have in the system. This is the RAM I've got: Geil Value Series 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 W/ Blue Aluminum Heat...

Maybe something more serious is wrong. I note that the first message I get says "No drive attached to Fastrak controller!" and "NOte: BIOS is not installed" Have I messed up something at an earlier stage? EDIT: Nevermind, pressed F6 and entered the SCSI drivers from the disk for the VIA...

Great -- thanks for the help. I think I'm missing something with the F6-key routine, but I didn't see a time to do that when I had the XP disk in. I have the VIA SATA disk here, though, so I'm game. I also just went on Seagate's site, and they have a installation program that creates a...

So I'm putting together my first computer today, and so far the mechanical building part seems to have gone well. I can boot up and get into BIOS, but when I try to install XP, it tells me there's no hard drive in the system, so clearly something is wrong. Okay, I've put everything together...

While I think I'd rather have something in the machine, and I don't forsee needing to attach the device to another computer, I assume the PCI cards with separate antenna would provide the same advantage, right?