Recent content by Ranger361

I bought a V92 URS Ext modem (USR5686D) for my dad's Christmas present and this modem continues to lock up when I go on line. Installed the USR ControlCenter and when I try to update the modem with this program, the program locks up. At 1st I figured it was the cable (Belkin 25 to 9 pin), so I...

Is there some place on the Internet where I can complain that would get COMPUSA's attention? The week before Christmas I ordered a Iomega 12x10x32 CDWR for a Christmas gift that was listed as a Hot Deal from COMPUSA for $129.99 (with an additional Manufacturers rebate for $30). COMPUSA was...

I'm also having a shutdown problem with windows 98SE on a Abit Mobo, I think I know were the problem is I just don't know how to fix it. The problem I'm having is related to the SoundBlaster Live card. My system worked fine until I updated the chip INF files the other day. SB wants IRQ 5 and...

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Thanks for your help . . . I tried the overclock (6X75), but at the end of the POST I receive an error message that the CPU has changed. Going back into the bois the CPU had defaulted to 266 Mhz. As you can tell I'm a newbie and not really sure what I'm doing. In the Soft Menu how should I...

I'm want to install a Celeron 400 on a BX6 (1.05) MoBo and can't find the setup spec's for the processor, voltage, HHz and clock speed settings. Right now the Soft Menu shows the chip as a 400 MHz and the default voltage is set at 2.0 The computer seems to be running pretty slooow . . . Any...

I would like to put a Celeron 400 CPU on a BX6 1.05 MoBo and couldn't find the voltage, HHz and clock speed settings. (Intel's support is down). Also I checked ABIT's Homepage thinking I should try to upgrade the BIOS and (INF) chipset files . . . Their Tech Support sucks, wasn't sure which...

Everything went just fine . . . stuck the HD in booted right-up into windows. Windows reloaded several things in the device manager, re-detected some hardware and booted right into her normal screen. Thanks Again

I did screw up, its not AMD but Cyrix . . . mind fart The MD are the same same chipset, just that one motherboard was newer. Thanks for all the help, after work I dive in and try the switch. Thanks again for all the help Steve

Just got a new Barebones and I would like to upgrade my wife's computer. She has a AMD 300 and my old computer is a PII 400, both have the ABIT-BH6 motherboards, both have the same soundcard and modems. Question is . . . can I just take her Hard Drive out and put it in my old computer so she...

I do have the SBLive card installed and setting the IRQ 5 Reserved to to Yes solved the shutdown problem. THANKS!! I looked in the Device Manager and could not find the LPT Interrupt under the SB Emulation Device to enable it . . . Also I couldn't find DOS SB Emulation in the device manager...

Flashing the BIOS from 1002 to 1003 and disabling the Legacy USB in the Bios setup fixed the hang-up during shutdown. But, now there's another problem, the computer will not shut off . . . it is re-starts and boots into the Bios setup screen.

I recently purchased the Asus CUSL2 MB with a PIII 866 CPU and I'm having problems with Microsoft's Optical Explorer mouse. This mouse is physically connected to the USB port and I can't get Windows (Win98 Second Edition) to load the MS Intellimouse driver. It loads a driver called...

I recently purchased the Asus CUSL2 MB with a PIII 866 CPU as a barebone systems and I'm having problems with Microsoft's Optical Explorer mouse. This mouse is physically connected to the USB port and I can't get Windows (Win98 Second Edition) to load the MS Intellimouse driver. It loads a...