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    Question about BIOS setting on a 8KHA+ motherboard...

    I'm looking at the manual, and under Advanced Chipset Features is an item called System Performance. The options are: Normal, Fast, Faster, and Turbo. It says when a selection is made, the other related items will automatically vary values (well, that's not EXACTLY what it says, I cleaned up the...
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    AMD DDR MOBOS: LET'S DECIDE THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL

    I just finished my first home-built computer last week...I used an Epox EP-8KHA+ with 512mb and an Athlon XP 1500+. I've only had one problem with it...when I first booted it, I got a C1 reading on the onboard digital display...it wasn't recognizing the memory (Crucial DDR...with the 15%...
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    Need advice. Which video card should I get for less than $100.

    I just finished finished my first home-built computer last week...I bought this card from NewEgg.com for $49 + $7 shipping: VISIONTEK Xtasy 5632 GEFORCE2 GTS-V 4X/2X 32MB AGP - OEM It seems to work fine for me...but I only use Flight Sim 98, Superbike 2000, Motocross Madness 2 Trial version...
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    Mandrake Linux RAM handling - I can't find anything that says how Linux handles 1gb RAM...

    Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places (wouldn't be the first time!), but I haven't found any specs or reviews that say how well it handles large RAM. I found lots of information about how Windows handles (or doesn't handle) it. Anyone have any idea? I've just finished my new XP1500+ box and I...
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    USB-to-USB PC file transfer...is special software necessary for this to work?

    I'm just finishing building my new Athlon/ePoX box...I have some stuff on my laptop that I'd like to put on the new machine. I've found several of the USB-to-USB packages, but only one place that sells just the cable (much cheaper, of course). Problem is, I don't know if I really need the...
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    How can I tell if it's the XP1500+ that I ordered from NewEgg?

    Just wondering if anyone can tell me how I verify whether the XP1500+ CPU I just received from NewEgg is what I ordered...it came packaged in a plastic container with two staples holding it shut and one of those cheesy hard-as-hell-to-remove-cleanly fluorescent orange store tags...the ones that...