Recent content by Moonshine

dparker, There have been a lot of problems relating to VIA drivers, VIA northbridge and southbridge (although, the 686B seems better than the rest), SB Live!, and some models of CDRW/DVD. Most of the problems appear with Windows OSs, so if you're building a GNU/Linux system you *should* be...

At AMDzone.com there is a significant consensus against the MSI K7 Master. I'm also still extremely wary of the 686B southbridge. I'm going to investigate the GA-7DX and Epox 8k7a, I've heard a lot of good stuff about the Epox. Also, amdmb.com gave the epox the editor's choice award. Any...

Well, I'm leaning toward the AMD system. But, first, I wanted to ask if anyone has any other recommendations beside the MSI K7 Master. The system probably won't be overclocked and the board I need has to offer rock-solid stability and excellent performance, in that order. IOW, I'd be willing...

MCS: << I don't know what it will take to dispell the &quot;AMD is unstable&quot; BS. I perfectly understand, I went from a P3 to a TBird and I felt exactly the same. That was nearly 6 months ago and I have nothing but good things to say about AMD now. IMHO my system is as stable if not MORE...

The system is going to be running Win2k and stability is the primary concern. It will be used primarily for games, Internet, MP3s. The budget is $1600. System 1: Intel P4 1.4 GHZ $180 ASUS P4T $200 256 MB RDRAM $260 (not sure yet which brand is best) IBM 60GXP 40GB $125 Plextor CDRW 16 or 12...

Disregard the following: << I also searched the registry, but found only two entries, despite having uninstalled Winamp: 2) HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT->Applications->Winamp.exe->shell ->Enqueue ->ListBookmark ->open ->Play 2) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->Applications->Winamp.exe->shell ->Enqueue...

When using a particular PowerUser account, it would take Winamp 2.65 15 seconds to load and around the same time for an MP3's right-click menu to appear on the screen, even if Winamp is not running. Under all other accounts, the load time was nearly instantaneous. AFAIK, there are no significant...