Recent content by rfwinters77

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    Is my mobo dead/dying?

    Nobody has any ideas, huh?
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    Is my mobo dead/dying?

    Ok. I've been having issues with my system for quite awhile. I've thought it to be several things which I've since ruled out. Basically, I started getting an error message when I would reboot my computer that said something like "a registry file had to be recovered from a backup. the recovery...
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    Video Card installation hallaballoo!

    I knew I should never have bothered with this thing... Anyway, no problems when I used it to go from my Geforce FX 5200 to an ATI Radeon 9600XT. Now, I was going back to a Geforce FX 5200 until my 6800LE arrives, but I can't install the drivers and it's pissing me off. Basically, I...
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    Overclocking this Athlon XP 1700+

    The cooler I have is a Slim Volcano 8. Rated for use up to an Athlon XP 2800+ The motherboard does support DDR333, but not 333Mhz FSB. :( Can't use Barton chips on it.
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    Overclocking this Athlon XP 1700+

    I'd really rather not try and make any hardware modifications to the chip. Can't really afford to replace it if something goes wrong.
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    Overclocking this Athlon XP 1700+

    icyredsol: I'm not sure what you mean. To get a pick of the CPUID info, there's an option to save it as a bitmap. Amaroque: My motherboard is an MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU; 512MB PC2700 DDR RAM (set at default speeds; latency is either 2.5 or 3...can't remember)
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    Any overclocking potential here?

    D'oh! Must have missed that one. I posted in that forum now. If a mod wants to close this, please do. :)
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    Overclocking this Athlon XP 1700+

    Here's a pic of the basics with CPUID: http://img124.exs.cx/img124/3932/cpuid3ln.jpg I've been searching and searching. I'm guessing it's a palomino (model 6?) and not a thoroughbred as I thought. I'm pretty new to OC'ing, so I thought I'd get opinions before fiddling around with it...
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    Any overclocking potential here?

    Here's a pic of the basics with CPUID: http://img124.exs.cx/img124/3932/cpuid3ln.jpg I've been searching and searching. I'm guessing it's a palomino (model 6?) and not a thoroughbred as I thought. I'm pretty new to OC'ing, so I thought I'd get opinions before fiddling around with it...
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    Upgrade advice wanted

    Azndude: Yeah. I figure BTX systems will start showing up this year, but I probably won't be able to upgrade to that form factor until next year, probably. Stern: Like I mentioned, I don't really want to get a whole new mobo until the new BTX form factors start rolling out.
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    Upgrade advice wanted

    That's what I was thinking, but some people on another forum were basically telling me to just get more RAM. And the reason I'm keeping this mobo for now is because I don't wanna/can't really drop more money on a new mobo as well; I'll wait until the new form factors come out before I do a...
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    Upgrade advice wanted

    Hiya. I have a bit of money coming to me soon (I'm unemployed because I take care of my disabled father, so I don't have money often) and I'm planning on doing some upgrading. I've already decided to get a Geforce 6600GT AGP card. Not sure what else I should upgrade. Rather, not sure...
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    Sound Problem

    Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I'm considering reformatting and sticking with 98 so I at least have some control over system resource settings.
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    Sound Problem

    Did some more research and I'm thinking it might be an ACPI issue. I think that's pretty stupid to create ACPI which messes up if there are non-ACPI compliant devices installed! X-P
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    Sound Problem

    Hi. I recently built a system for my father. It's slightly older, but it's all he needs. Anyway, I had an ISA sound card (yep...ISA!) in there initially as a hold over until I got a PCI sound card. I had 2 PCI devices installed along with that ISA sound card, a video card and a...