Recent content by Overman

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    Motherboard decisions and questions!

    Thanks Boonesmi! Why XP? I'm not into overclocking or anything, but I am looking for the best performance. Do you know of any diagrams that show what the power connector should look like for a P4? Anyone else have a thought on the AMD or P4 system (performance etc.). Thanks again!
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    Motherboard decisions and questions!

    Thanks Marlin.....so why do you like the Abit better? Also, do you (or anyone else) have any info on my Power supply/connector question? Thanks!
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    Motherboard decisions and questions!

    Hey All, Haven't been on this forum in many months......but, it's time for an upgrade...so I had to get the expert answers! :) I am thinking about either buying: ASUS A7N8X Deluxe with XP 3000 Barton (400MHz) or ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe with P4 2.6CGHz (800MHz). There is around a $75.00 -...
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    Hey guys anyone know about xTechnology laptops?

    I have a friend who is looking into gettin a laptop....and he found this site: xTechnology I was just wondering if anyone has had experience with their products/service level etc. I looked at resellerrating.com...but there are only 20 responses for this company....not enough to be really...
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    Win2K and a modem problem...Please Help!

    Hey all, Otay, here's the problem. A customer of mine is trying to dial out with a modem using Win2K and wasn't getting anywhere. I found that they had their connection setup so that it would dial a 9 to get an outside line.....which they didn't need. So, we took that out of the dialing...
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    What happened to that Great WinXP FAQ...haven't been here in awhile!?

    "with the answer being that the questions were incorporated into the general FAQ. " Couldn't find anything on the Counter-strike refresh rate problem.....any ideas?
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    What happened to that Great WinXP FAQ...haven't been here in awhile!?

    Hey all...I just wanted to find that WinXP FAQ that had all those great tips from about 2 months ago....haven't really been back here since there...when I do a search I can't find it. Did someone mirror it somewhere? I specifically wanted to know 1) how to fix the counter-strike refresh...
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    UGGHH Please Help! 8KHA+ Was working fine....now nothing

    Well SON OF A.....yeah, my system sounds the same! Stuck on FF (without any of the cycling) with absolutely no video signal. Great....just got done with surgery for a nasoseptoplasty (so I can breath better) and was looking forward to playing all weeked......NOOOOOOO :( Thanks for your help!
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    UGGHH Please Help! 8KHA+ Was working fine....now nothing

    Hey all...I have no idea what just happened. I was playing Counter-Strike and I got a windows lockup. So I reboot, and try again. Another lock-up. I try playing DiabloII...and for awhile it works fine....then I get an endless loop of sound and everything else locks up. So, I turn off the...
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    Anyone else hear that TI500 is not going to be produced anymore cause of defects?

    Hey guys....I was just in a computer shop that I frequent....and I was looking at the TI500 cards there. One of the guys that work there came up and said many manufacturers are stopping the production of TI500 cards because of some defect. Has anyone else heard if this is true....I ask...
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    Questions on Dual Boot (Win98 / Win2K) system:

    Yup....I have the same config (except with WinXP). First drive is Fat32 with Win98 on it, the second drive is NTFS with WinXP on it. Works great!
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    After getting USB extension cable for mouse...system keeps crashing.

    Thanks for the info guys.....so do you know if MS Intellipoint Optical mouse is considered high speed or low speed usb device?
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    Could someone please recommend a good 4 port powered USB Hub?

    Title says it all.... :)
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    After getting USB extension cable for mouse...system keeps crashing.

    Hey guys...well, I decided to move my pc into the closest (ok...no obvious jokes on that one...hee hee :)) so I bought a USB extension cable for my MS Intellicrap mouse....but after hooking it up....I kept getting crashes etc. in games. When I got rid of the cable...it worked fine. Does this...