Recent content by onieda

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    Free Guinness bottle opener

    Thank you, Onieda
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    What AMD mobo have ya recently bought?

    I just recently bought a GIGABYTE GA-7DXR+ and like it a lot running an AMD XP 1700+. Has onboard RAID controller for UDMA 133. http://www.giga-byte.com/products/7dxr+.htm Onieda
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    Motherboard Battery - ?

    What type of things would I expect to see if the battery on my motherboard was dead or dying? I have a brand new Gigabyte 7dxr+ (http://www.giga-byte.com/products/7dxr+.htm) and the BIOS has been giving me a bit of a prob, and I don't get proper restarts, it goes down, but never seems to come...
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    New Setup Question - HELP!

    OK, the plot thickens... I took the whole thing apart, even took the board off the posts and put it back together just to make sure that something was not shorting out. I then plugged it in with only the floppy, memory, processor, and video card on the board. It booted, and went to find that I...
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    New Setup Question - HELP!

    I am pretty sure that I installed everything correctly, and it is just so strange that I was able to boot all day and get everything installed, including email configured. Could this be the battery on the Motherboard? When I first got it, there was no plastic between it, so it had an active...
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    New Setup Question - HELP!

    OK, I am building a new system. I high end desktop/gaming machine with all brand ne parts. Here is the part list: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-7DXR+ (http://www.giga-byte.com/products/7dxr+.htm) Chip: AMD 1700XP (retail version with warranty) Memory: Single Stick of 512MB from Crucial Video...
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    CDROM Problem

    I have a system that a relative uses to surf the net, send email, and use some office applications. It is a PII 333 with 128MB, 6GB HDD, 16MB ATI Vid, newly formatted with Win98 installed. CDROM is 24x generic, not new, but not that old. I installed Win98 no problem, but when I put a CD in the...
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    Thinking of a new MB - Gigabyte

    Bought it, now waiting. I went with the AMD XP 1800 and a single 512 stick to start with. Will post resluts once i get it up and running, Onieda
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    Thinking of a new MB - Gigabyte

    Hey there, this is my first post as a new member to this board. I would like to know if anyone has had any experience with the Gigabyte GA-7DXR+ found here: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/products/7dxr+.htm I am getting ready to upgrade from a PIII667 and definately want to go with an AMD XP 1500...