Recent content by ProtoCube

Yeah, I decided to go for it and ordered a Linksys router from NewEgg, so I should be fixed up - thanks.

My cable modem does have ethernet - I've only got it on USB so I can connect the other computers to the two NICs. I realize it's kind of a lousy setup, though it worked ok before. There don't seem to be any IRQ problems - I've tried different slots and all I've got in there so far are the two...

Actually there's only 3 machines: machine A (with the cable modem and 2 nics) is new but simply replaced the old one - everything's in the same configuration as it was before when it worked, except that machine A is new. So machine A just connects to machines B and C. I'll get a switch or hub...

OK, here's the setup: we have three computers on our home network. Mine has two NICs, one to connect to each of the other two computers. (My computer is also hooked up to a cable modem via USB, and I'm sharing our Net connection with Wingate.) Everything was working fine like this before. I...

I don't have a pic, but there was only a tiny amount near the edge of the cpu - there was still plenty on the heatsink.

I was installing the heatsink on my retail XP 1800+, and when I first tried to press down the clip, I found that I needed to move the heatsink a bit so the first clip would be latched securely. When I removed the heatsink, a bit of the thermal pad material had already gotten on the CPU. I got...

Win98. It's a pentium 100, so I was a bit surprised the mb didn't have a ps/2 port, but it doesn't.

I gave my dad a Logitech Mouseman Optical and it didn't work - turns out his (older) computer doesn't have a PS/2 port, and he had tried to plug it in to the PS/2-to-Serial adapter from his previous mouse. I assume the mouse just doesn't support serial, so it's impossible for him to use this...

Well apparently, some winmodems are just about entirely host-based and have inefficient drivers, requiring a faster CPU (but who knows why they need MMX - maybe it?s just a way of specifying minimum CPU speed?), and others like the Lucent that have a built-in DSP and better drivers can work on...

Yeah I figured that out - Lucent=Agere, and Rockwell=Conexant. And the Lucent is the one that's not so CPU-dependant.

I'm leaning toward just getting a couple Lucent/Conexant-based modems as skriefal suggested, for example the one on this page, which specifically says it'll work on a P90 or better. I'm more inclined toward this one, as it has cheaper shipping and I've dealt with NewEgg before, but I'm not sure...

Well let me ask this: how would I go about finding a PCI hardware modem, and how much more should I expect to pay over a winmodem? And can anyone recommend a good one?

OK, ISA - thanks. I was having trouble finding hardware modems, or even figuring out which modems were hardmodems, as they usually don't say on store sites, and pricewatch doesn't seem to have a catagory for them. Now another related question - I might end up needing to get a 56k modem myself...

Thanks - that's what I needed to know.

Have you tried disabling smooth scrolling in IE? I find this makes for more responsive scrolling. As for games, Logitech has a registry patch, downloadable here (assuming you're using win98): http://www.logitech.com/cf/support/mousefiles_w98.cfm