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    Problems booting with a sata drive connected

    My problem is the following: When one of my many SATA drives is connected during bootup, the computer will just stop at the HD detection and not progress any further. When this hard-drive is hotplugged while Windows XP is booted, it works ok, until I reboot. Computer specs: ASUS...
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    Coolling a AMD Athlon 64 4000+

    So I've picked this: PAPST 80x80x25mm (19db) Swiftech MCX6400-V To cool my 64but Athlon XP 4000+ Will it be enough? I'm not even sure it will fit in the MSI Neo Platinum SLI motherboard... :-) Time will tell.. I'll be using Arctic Ceramique to grease it down... anyone...
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    Motherboard / Ram Fried? Question.

    Hi, Is it most likely for the memory chips, or the motherboard, to have become 'fried' if you have placed all three DDR (PC2100) memory chips the wrong way in the memory slots? :-) my ASUS A7V266-E motherboard (KT266a chipset) will no longer boot with these memory chips in place, and when they...
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    Memory for A7V266-E

    Hi, I'm thinking about purchasing a 256MB module for my ASUS A7V266-E (yea I know its old and i'm gonna buy a new computer -soon-) but I'm having some problems deciding what memory to choose. Should I go with the Corsair XMS2700 (2-3-3-6-T1 333mhz) or Corsair Value S PC2100 (CL2.5) Can I...
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    New P4 DDR2 800 motherboard

    I'm looking to purchase a new motherboard.. right now my configuration looks like this: 1 x MSI 875P NEO-FIS2R Hovedkort S478/800mhz I875P,SATA,ATX,GbLAN,Dual-DDR,1394,Raid 1 x Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz Boxed PC800 Socket PGA478, 512kB "Northwood" 1 x Corsair TWINX1024-3200LL DDR-DIMM 1024MB...
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    New Computer - Need Helpø.

    Hi, i'm looking to purchase a top of the line computer setup, and Just thought I'd gather some recomendations and experiences from any of the helpfull members here (Assuming there are some? :-) Probably).. I have some ideas as to what my system should do, but I am willing to negotiate this to...
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    I need a new motherboard.. :) Which?

    Currently happy with my Asus A7V-266-E that has 4 x IDE 100 ports and 4 x IDE 100/RAID ports. Onboard audio, which I dont use (and would rather not have) The raid is disabled since it corrupted my data 2 IBM Deskstar 120 GXP (80GB) 1 IBM Deskstar 30 GXP (30GB) 1 IBM Deskstar 20 GB something...
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    To ACPI or Not to ACPI - A Tale of WinXP.

    Could anyone who _KNOW_ about this reply, not if you have heard the same 'myth' as everyone else. 1. Why would I want to disable ACPI in Windows 2000/XP. 2. What do I gain from it? 3. What do I Loose (Except for power features, hotter cpu, etc) 4. What chipsets is this encouraged for (some...
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    ASUS must release an KT266A motherboard!

    Does anyone know if ASUS has plans, and when these will be "productified" ;), for a KT266A motherboard? I am planning on upgrading, but I cant do that before the card is available.. :-) Thinking an AMD 1,4ghz, 512MB DDR ram (CL2), 3 x 75GB IBM Deskstar 75GXP, SB Audigy and a Radeon 8500 (If...