Recent content by pailhead

Good to hear.. thanks for the feedback fellas.. My gaming PC will be right where the router will be so my signal strength should be good. With the MAC it'll be on the other side of the second floor but I think the signal should still be quite good. Any disadvantages of using a USB NIC...

Ok.. right now I'm using cat5 for all the computers and I've gotten to the point of wanting to get rid of the wires and goe wireless. Now I'm an avid gamer and play alot on the weekends having fun with Battlefield 1942. If I was to make the switch to a wireless setup how would my gaming...

I'll have to try your partition scheme. I thought about it. but wasn't sure if I needed it that way. But it might help, my boot times are just fine, around yours.. it's just frustrating. Thanks..

yup my board has the latest bios update. I did it after installation of windows. thanks

Ok have a quick question. I've recently purchased a new 160GB hard drive. It's a Maxtor DiamondMax 16 Ultra ATA133 drive. Now my motherboard is an epox 8RDNA+ which does support ATA133 drives. I'm currently running WindowsXP SP1 and also installed the Maxtor Big Drive Enabler and I've got it...

I listened to both the Creative and Altec systems. The Altec sounded much clearer with less distortion than the Creative. Of course these were sitting on the shelves of the local best buy so who knows what kind of abuse they have gotten. I'd like to find the Yamaha system and listen to it.. It...

Roughly around $100.

I'm on a limited budget and want to get a 5.1 speaker system for my pc here. I've got 2 that I'm looking at. Could I get comments from you guys on the plus and minus' of these 2 speaker systems? Creative Labs Inspire 5.1 Speaker System (6-Piece) Altec Lansing 5.1 Speaker System (6-Piece)...

Yes I need to know also.. it's at a good price and has a print server... please anyone with any experience with this product .. voice it! USR have made good modems for years and years... so I'm thinking their Network hardware might be just as good... Thanks Jason

Anyone else experience this problem?

Unfortunately money doesn't come easy now adays :'( I've already bought this card do to review that I read praising it's sound quality which I can't argue with. These two games are just frustrating. GTA3 is twice as bad as N2k2. I'm hoping it's something that can be fixed... -J

I'm having a problem here. I've got an SB Audigy Gamer in my AMD Athlon 1.3Ghz on an Abit KT7 mobo. Now I've got one problem with this thing that I can't figure out at all. I have 2 software titles that I run that I have problems with. NASCAR 2002 and Grand Theft Auto 3 to name them. Well...

No I did not.. thank you for pointing me there.. Didn't know it was there. Much appreciated! -J

Hey all.. my company is wanting to purchase a DVD-R for our office... I'm not too familiar with DVD-R's. So here's my question, what are your opinions of the DVD-R format? Are the drives worth the money? Any negatives out their when compaired to the CD-RW format? How much data can a DVD hold...

Ok here's my problem. I just picked up a Linksys BFSR41 router and I want to have all of my PC's on Static IP's because I'll be hosting a BBS, FTP and other stuff. Right now I have one PC hooked up. Now if I go into the configuration of the router and turn off DHCP then give my current machine...