Recent content by pjr

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    Tyan Trinity 400 S1854 CPU upgrade

    I have a 667EB Slot 1 CPU on a Trinity 400 S1854 with a stamp of 9990YA near the power supply. I've never flashed the bios on the board, purchased it in December 1999. Does this stamp mean I'm limited on the Slot 1 upgrade I can do for the processor? It appears according to the Tyan...
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    Image burn in

    Thanks for the information. What surprises me is that I have an older Micron 17" monitor on another computer from 1995 and have used the same type of wallpaper with no screen saver and have never had this happen. Do you think it's more common with Trinitrons? pjr
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    Image burn in

    I'm puzzled because I've never seen this but maybe it's relatively common. On my Sony 19" Trinitron I recently noticed that a centered wallpaper image of a picture I've had on my desktop for more than a year has partially burned into my screen. I noticed it when I was recently in Microsoft...
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    Image burn in

    I'm puzzled because I've never seen this but maybe it's relatively common. On my Sony 19" Trinitron I recently noticed that a centered wallpaper image of a picture I've had on my desktop for more than a year has partially burned into my screen. I noticed it when I was recently in Microsoft...
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    Spontaneous reboot

    I thought my video card was overheating and causing my monitor to go black while the hard drive just spun, but it appears to be something else. My manufacturer replaced the video card, whose fan had stopped, and another external fan, which had also stopped, but after about a day the problem...
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    Changing video cards

    I'm thinking of switching from a GeForce 256 SDRAM to a GeForce 2 or Ultra. I'm using Detonator 3 drivers. After I switch to VGA Standard Display Adaptor before installing the new card, should I uninstall the D 3's manually also, then re-install them after the new card is in? Or is it enough to...