Recent content by rhx852

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    what's good for video

    Can you suggest a card with a MPEG2 decoder?
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    what's good for video

    I have a pIV 3.2 1024 mem. Asus p4800-E deluxe 8xAGP I don't play games, but I'm into digital photos and make home movies I have a Rosewell 9600 256 mb card (it's flakey, don't want another Rosewell 4sure) Making DVD's is slow can the video card speed that up, or am I cpu bound I like...
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    I want a mb with 4 memory slots??

    Thanks for the help. good advice/observations I won't be doing any overclocking so I'm a little confused. does this mean that i can i use the three dimms I have now and not add another till later i mean i don't have to fill all four memory slots at once do i
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    I want a mb with 4 memory slots??

    I'm looking for a good stable mb for my amd 2400+. I have 3 184 2700 memory I want to use and I want an extra memory slot for future enhancement. I found these two; Abit KW7 Via KT880 Athlon XP/Sempron Skt462 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, LAN, RAID/Serial AT Retail ***Free 2nd Day***...
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    need a guiet cpu hs and fan, any suggestions

    so, you have that mb, I'm just conerned if it'll fit do you know what the differnce is in -alcu and -cu ? thanks
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    need a guiet cpu hs and fan, any suggestions

    The intel fan on my 3.2 cpu emits a high pitch or i have a ringing in my ears. I have an ASUS pb4800e deluxe mb. i was interested in a zalman cnps7700 series but i can't figure out if it would fit! Can anyone tell if it fits or suggest a fan that would be quiet? Thanks
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    which, quiet cpu fan asus pb4800 3.2 prescott

    The intel fan on my 3.2 cpu emits a high pitch or i have a ringing in my ears. I have an ASUS pb4800e deluxe mb. i was interested in a zalman cnps7700 series but i can't figure out if it would fit! Can anyone tell if it fits or suggest a fan that would be quiet? Thanks
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    how setup sata hd and cd drive?

    By jove, I think we've got it! Thanks for all of your help.
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    how setup sata hd and cd drive?

    i"m sorry I wasn't clear. I don't get so much an error as a mesage during boot the no fastrack device was found. bios not installed! i went into bios and changed from raid (default) to ide now it just says bios not installed. I don't know what that means. Device manger is ! other...
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    case fan, plug too short, IGNORE MSG

    Sorry, solution found!!!!:o
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    how setup sata hd and cd drive?

    Hi, I'm up and running now, thanks I didn't install the raid drivers like you said, but device manager has a problem with that (an explanation mark) also when i boot,I see a fasttrack message bios not installed! what's that about
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    how setup sata hd and cd drive?

    perfect. Thanks helpmeout, you have given me th confidense to plow ahead. just hope i don't screw it up.:)
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    ENLIGHTCASE CONTROL PANELCONNECTORS

    I have an enlight case. The connectors do not indicate + or - so i'm unsure how to orient them, does it even matter? Most connectors have one white wire (whichn i'm treating as -) and a colored wire. Is there a standard or does someone know how it's oriented?
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    Install xp over an old xp

    I'm upgrading to a new mb. If I reuse my hd, should i reformat the c: parition? Will the install give me the option to install 'over', or format? Will the new board even recognize the old partitions?
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    how setup sata hd and cd drive?

    I just bought an asusp4p800-e deluxe and a sata hd to update my system. if i use the sata hd, where do i plug the cd rom drives primary or secondary ide controller? Actually i have 2 optical drives, can 1 be on the primary and the other on the secomdary? and i keep hearing about sata...