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I had to delete all partitions on the new drive, then reinstall xp. I disconnected secondary drives before the second install. I all came up correctly this time. Only one hour talking to Windoze tech support.

Most operating systems are installed on the c: drive. Especially when it is the only OS on the system.

I just installed XP on a new WD 120gb HD set as master on primary ide cable with cd burner as slave. 30gb non-bootable HD is master with dvd/cdrom slave on secondary cable. Booted from xp cdrom, partitioned and formated drive and then continued the install. Boot drive is now F: and can't be...

I guess those black ones look pretty good, but if you can stand beige, these are excellent ATA 100 racks for $7.49 ea! I've got 3 hd in the carriers, with only one rack in the comp at this time. These work very well and are a bargain at twice the price.:D Look at these!

I think wire nuts would last longer if you are not going to solder. Did your old fan die or did you replace it to increase cooling?

Haven't seen any PCI Geforce 2 cards. They are all AGP.

Visiontek makes the Elsa cards. The Visontek GF2 Ultra is well under $200 now and available at auctions for under $160. If you don't need all the software that come with the Elsa the Visiontek is the way to go. The card IS a Elsa Gladiac Ultra in a Visiontek box. Just comes with reference...

I would be very interested in the results also. Also where did you find the Thermaltake fans? Vendor site? I'm going to switch from Volcano II to Thermalright SK6 w/ delta 38cfm. I know I'm not going to be happy with the noise. I have a Sunon 27cfm that I may test on the SK6, and possibly...

Thanks guys, I thought I'd remembered reading that before. I've got a 3 pin to 4 pin adapter, and have ordered one with the tach plug also.

Thanks, I did some searching and found one at KD Computers, $3.25.

Should Delta 60mm fan on SK6 be plugged in to motherboard cpu fan plug or power supply molex? Motherboard is Gigabyte 7VTX, Tbird 1.2 C. I'd like to be able to monitor fan speed, like I won't be able to hear it?, but not if its going to smoke the mobo. Thanks

Getting SK6 with delta 60 x 25 black label fan to replace Volcano II. Is any one running this fan off the motherboard, or is it safer to plug it into the power supply cables? Motherboard is Gigabyte 7VTX, Tbird 1.2 C. thanks