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Thanks!! NTFS it is!

Will performance be affected in any way???? (Now setting up Win XP R2, and wondering about that option that's presented at install.) Thanks for your advice. Nicholas

Source of the problem: I had to change my 3com NIC card PCI slot, temporarily. Well, big mistake.... Windows 98 made some ***changes***. Okay, now everything hardware-wise is back exactly as it was before. Exactly!! Computer: PII 350. 'Device Manager' shows the NIC to be installed just...

Damn, what a headache I now have. Last week I decided on and ordered the CPU, Athlon 1.4, the motherboard, EPOX EP-8K7A, and the memory, Crucial 512 megs. But that's only the first 20 miles of the marathon. All morning long I've been reading here and going off on all sorts of URL tangents...

Damn, what a headache I now have. Last week I decided on and ordered the CPU, Athlon 1.4, the motherboard, EPOX EP-8K7A, and the memory, Crucial 512 megs. But that's only the first 20 miles of the marathon. All morning long I've been reading here and going off on all sorts of URL tangents...

"Why Hitachi SuperScan 812 21" monitor?" I have it already. Nice clear bright screen. I tried a triniton tube different monitor, but couldn't ever get used to those shadow lines across my screen. Been happy with the Hitachi.

Wow, you folks have really responded to this thread question. Thanks so much for your input. Now that you've given your opinion on the basic DDR motherboard, I wonder if you would like to build the rest of the system???? Here's what I already have **tentatively** decided on thus far: --- EPoX...

According to AMD's web site, these are the 'certified' motherboard choices for DDR memory: 1 -- Asus A7M266 2 -- Biostar M7MIA 3 -- EPoX EP-8K7A 4 -- FIC AD11 5 -- Gigabyte GA-7DX 6 -- Microstar (MSI) MS-6341 Are they all about equal?? Any one stand out above the rest for a...