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I just encountered this same problem with my floppy drive this weekend in an Antec SLK3000-B case. The floppy drive worked out of the case, but not in the case. The problem was this: The front part of the case where the floppy drive slid through had a metal support tab/shelf. This support...

I just purchased an Antec SLK-3000B. It has two latches on the side panel. The upper one worked fine, but the bottom one was a little flaky, and after a few uses, stopped latching. I called Antec on a Tuesday and received the replacement latch on Thursday (no charge, no shipping charge)...

I just bought an ATI brand Radeon X800XL. From pictures I'd seen in a couple of reviews, I assumed that the viewable surface of the cooler would have one of those fancy "monster" graphics on it. However, mine is plain aluminum. Also, the fan looks smaller than the pictures I'd seen. If you...

I'm probably going to run it stock for awhile before I consider overclocking. And even then, I'll probably start with Abit's auto-overclocking options.

Well, I ordered one. I'll post my experiences with it once I receive it and build the system.

Thanks for the information, DAPUNISHER. It is very helpful.

I'm debating between two motherboards -- the Abit AX8 and the Soltek SL-K890Pro-939. Both have the necessary features for me. I haven't seen any reviews of the Abit board, but the Soltek reviews have been quite good. However, here's my questions: 1. Which vendor provides the best support...

Yes, the A8V-E Deluxe looks good, too. It only supports 2 SATA drives, though, and I don't need wi-fi. I'll be starting out w/2 SATA drives, so that limits future expandibility without adding another PCI card. Adding a Zalman would be no problem, I suppose. Would that void the warranty?

At that price, the board looks pretty good. From what I've read, the AV8 was a pretty good board, and this looks quite similar. If they've fixed the temp sensor problem, that would be great. The passive cooling is nice compared to their nForce4 offering. I sure wish some site would review it...

Are you set on the nForce4 chipset? I've been looking around at all the offerings, and for various reasons, don't really like any of the non-SLI nForce4 offerings. I'm looking at the possibility of going with the Abit AX8. I know it's Via, but there's nothing that's a must-have for me with...

If this picture is correct, there's no firewire (IEEE 1394), but there's a spot for it. Look at the right-most corner of the picture, by the last PCI slot -- there's a spot labeled IE1394 where a header would normally go. Also, right next to the parallel port, there's an empty area where the...

Be a guinea pig and post your review, so I can know how it performs ... :D

Well if the EastLuna picture is correct (and it looks like it is), then it's got an active NB cooler.

ATACOM reports it as being in stock now! Their website lists it, and I received email confirmation from them that it is in stock ($168.95 USD): Asus A8N-e at ATACOM (of course the picture shows the A8V-e) :roll: EastLuna expects availability on 3/15/2005: EastLuna coming soon items