Recent content by tcw76

Anyone have any ideas why the computer is so slow now?

I just bought the floppy drive. Im not sure if it did work. I connected it to my new comp wrong. Now it just makes a lot of noise. I tried connecting it to my old comp and it made the same noise. Then I noticed the old comp would run extremly slow. The old comp is a p200 with 80megs.

I was having a problem with a floppy drive on my new computer so I tried it on my old one. It didnt work on that one either. Now my old computer only runs at about 1/1000th its normal speed. I havent even tried booting to windows yet. I dont know what the floppy drive did to it. Anyone have any...

I just recently built a system. The bios wouldnt detect the floppy drive. I disconnected it and noticed the floppy drive has a pin missing. Then I looked at the motherboard floppy connector and that has a pin missing too. Theres not supposed to be pins missing are there? Can I fix it? Can I pull...

Im building a system with a Athlon XP 1900+ and a Soyo Dragon Plus motherboard. I also installed the SK6 heatsink and fan and I used the thermal tape that came with it. After I put the system together, I tried booting it up and only the fans came on and nothing else happened. I disconnect...

Im building a system with the Dragon Plus motherboard with onboard RAID. I already bought a 60GB Maxtor drive and was thinking about getting another for RAID 0. Should I do this? Are there any downsides? Im gonna install Windows XP and Linux. Is it compatible with Linux?

I have a computer that is about 10 years old. I was thinking about taking the floppy drive from that computer and putting it into the system im building. Can I do that or should I purchase a new one?

Anyone?????

Im gonna be building a new system and I need to figure out which sound card to get. I want a card that I can connect to my home audio system. I have a Sony 5.1 Dolby Digital Reciever with two digital inputs, one is optical and the other is coaxial, it also has 5.1 inputs. I want to use my home...