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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...
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    backup, restore point & ASR

    i have two systems with two different problems, Can anyone sugggest a reason/remedy? 1. Windows XP Pro SP2 Norton AV: Will Do an ASR bckup and creates a recovery diskette. When I try to create a restore point, Is says it's unable and to reboot. when rebooted, same problem, forever. How to...
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    NV Silencer on Shuttle (SN95G5)

    http://www.sudhian.com/index.cfm
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    which CPU budget $200

    I'm replacing/upgrading a soho box Soyo mb 2400+ 512 2700 mem windows xp pro NO gaming some graphics web dev programming surfing trying to figure out if I need it, or just add another 512 to what i have I think that sums it up
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    which CPU budget $200

    I'm trying to figure out what CPU to get with a budget of $200 or less It looks like the pentium IV 3.0 but there are many to choose from, which core? which is the faster. And how about AMD from 2600 to 3000 they all seem to be 2 ghz, boy that's confusing. then the MB whew! Any advice thanks
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    help with CPU upgrade

    I have a Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum MB with a AMD 2400 Thorton core My mb can take up to 2600+ 266FSB is it worth doing the upgrad I can use the 2400 to upgrade an 1800+ it has 512 memory would a memory upgrade make a difference Thanks