Recent content by Paul7

...and do I just do the coolbits edit to OC the card?

What drivers to use? - nvidia drivers 40.21 - nvidia drivers 30.82 - MSI drivers on CD What utility/tweak to use to OC the video card? Current system: MSI K7N420 pro, 512 ram, windows XP, gf4ti 4400, AMD 1700XP Just got the new video card, installed it, and ran 3dmarks 2001 and got score of...

Don' t need dual monitor out or VIVO, just a good card for gaming. What is your choice for best video card to buy for under $200 total...and please don't say to save for a 9700...thanks

I have narrowed it down to these two: - ati 8500le from newegg for $89 - ati oem 9000 pro for $89 Which would be better for now and the future. I do not buy video cards very often. Current system: windows XP pro, XP1800, MSI K7N420(nforce)

I need help setting up a A7N266-VM with windows XP Pro. This is my second one to setup and I had problems with the first one so now I have a few questions. On the first computer under the device manager under computer it has "Standard PC". 1) Should it say "ACPI PC"? 2) Do I need to do...

I need help setting up a A7N266-VM with windows XP Pro. This is my second one to setup and I had problems with the first one so now I have a few questions. On the first computer under the device manager under computer it has "Standard PC". 1) Should it say "ACPI PC"? 2) Do I need to do...

Running windows XP pro, 512 ram, AMD 1700 XP. Do not overclock anyhting. PC used for general at home stuff and then mostly first person shootem games...Unreal, Quake, Serious Sam... I do not play alot. I currently have a GF2 GTS Pro 32 meg video card. I have narrowed the selection down to...

Just finished putting 2nd nforce together and all was working fine, but then started to lock up after use. I then noticed that fan on CPU not spinning. PC still boots and windows XP loads, so at least CPU is not fried. It is a retail AMD XP1700 with stock fan. How can I tell if it is the fan...

What version to use?

I tried that. I ran the setup.exe and it told me that this program cannot be run from DOS. - Paul

I tried that and it will not boot from the cd-rom. I get message "BOOT DISK FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER". My system is: av7133 amd 1.2 266 512 ram asus s500 50x cdrom ... hd is on ide1 - master cdrom is on ide2 - master A friend made the XP RC2 cd for me so I would...

I bought my copy of Windows XP RC2 and want to install it on a brand new system with a new HD. The HD has not been fdisked or formatted yet. How do I get XP loaded onto this HD - new system? - Paul

I already have 1 stick of Crucial 256K PC133 cas2. I am looking to get another stick of 256K, what is a good brand at a good price, or should I stick with Crucial at $54 with shipping. I do no overclocking. - Paul

Sorry there is so much here, just trying to fix this crap pc/problem... Specs: win98se Asus A7V133 AMD 1.2 266/133 Corsair 256K ram cas 2 ata/100 HD - on ide 0 - master cd rom - on ide 1 - master nothing on ultra promise controller Santa Cruz sound card - pci slot 3, irq 5 Linksys PCI II NIC -...

I also had a lot of various problems with the USB ports and devices. I ended up puting my USB mouse on the mouse port. I had trouble with my USB DSL modem shutting off, losing power. I loaded all the necessary/various patches from VIA and Microsoft for USB stuff and use a self-powered hub...