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    Older AMD Socket A MB's still available? - 900Mhz Thunderbird

    Does anyone know of a site that still sells the older Socket A motherboards? Have a neighbor that needs to replace his. He doesn't want to have to replace the CPU and memory. - Socket A (462-pin) - PC133 168-pin Memory - AMD 900 MHz Thunderbird Thanks!
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    Replacement Mother Board needed

    Looking to replace this mother board. Has a 900 MHz Thunderbird on it. Anyone know where online this board or an equivalent might be available?
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    Heat damage? What's your best guess between MB and CPU?

    After thinking about this over the last day I agree with DimZie and am leaning toward the MB. The only conclusion I can come to is that there is a cracked land pattern somewhere on the board. This might explain why it won't boot when cold but runs flawelessly after it heats up which could...
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    Determining if a hard drive is defective

    The clicking and scratching and absense of hearing the drive spin up all indicate a bad drive. The inability of the BIOS to get information off the drive is another. It sounds like you definitely ought to go the RMA route. Make sure you tell them these symptoms when you initiate the...
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    Determining if a hard drive is defective

    Is it safe to assume you are running just fine with the old drive in the machine then? It looks like the Hitachi 7K250 250 is parallel model - HDS722525VLAT80 As far as the jumper settings you've attempted. There seems to be additional choices besides Master/Slave. Which of the...
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    Heat damage? What's your best guess between MB and CPU?

    Hi All, I'm trying to fix a neighbors PC that I'm pretty sure has heat damage. What's really really strange is the fact that it won't boot at all when it is cool. Only after the BIOS says it has heated up to over 110 degrees will it actually boot. Once it actually does boot, it'll run...
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    can only dial out to dsl line in safe mode

    If you can ping www. yahoo.com in safe mode then you don't have any hardware issues and you are successfully doing name resolution through your DSL provider. Did you also open command prompt and try ping yahoo in regular windows? The first thing I'd do is go to Device Manager and...
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    Need a How-To: Boot off a CD onto a laptop that has not CD-Rom or Floppy

    Not all systems support booting off of USB. You'll have to boot your laptop to the setup menus to find out. Look for something like hitting DEL key or F1 at the prompt while booting to enter setup. When you get into the setup menu, find the boot options. If you don't see your USB...
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    everything went black

    I agree with Fern, except before I'd take those drastic measures I'd go 'minimum config' inside the box. Unplug everything you don't actually need to boot. adapters, cd drives, floppy, etc. Get down to just the PS, MB, CPU, minimum memory, hard drive, keyboard, mouse and display. Hell...
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    Random Reboots

    Did you search for this file (Sausb.sys) as mentioned on the support site? Curious as to whether it is on your system even though you've never had a USB reader attached. RESOLUTION To resolve this problem, obtain and install the latest driver from Lexar Media, Inc. STATUS Lexar Media...
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    What is this?? n3monap23.exe keeps reappearing!

    Your antivirus ought to take care of it now. I'm cleaning up a neighbors computer that has the same problem and pulling the latest virus definition file resulted in Norton Antivirus putting this file in quarantine.
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    Why do graphics cards cost so much?

    So, I've upgraded my sons system. Motherboard (abit ks7-s) ~ $100 CPU ( AMD Barton 2500) ~$100 1 Gig Memory (Buffalo Winbond) ~$150 Graphics 9600XT $172 Why? I'd think a Motherboard or a CPU would be the high cost item. Why is it that a stinking graphics card is the high cost item...
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    Help Please - DHCP requested but not received - Win XP

    Update Tried all of Boscoh's suggestions - no change. I didn't mention in the first post that this system has an ATI Rage Fury MAXX AGP graphics adapter. But after searching through the archives here and on the internet I found several hits stating this graphics adapter is not a good mix...
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    Help Please - DHCP requested but not received - Win XP

    Just this XP install. Have installed XP several times (other systems) with no problems. Ran the 3 ipconfig commands - no change. Still getting the timeout with a 169.254.x.x address. Also, no errors being logged into the Event Viewer - System log.
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    Help Please - DHCP requested but not received - Win XP

    Just installed Windows XP Pro. Was running Win98 SE and network worked just fine. System: ASUS K7V motherboard latest bios 1007 AMD Athlon 650MHz Nic cards tried - Dlink DFE-530TX+, Linksys 10/100, USB Netline. The cards appear to configure OK (recognized and 'working properly' in Device...
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    Help request - gamer upgrade to 4 yr old system

    OK, I've compiled your suggestions! Here's the results: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MotherBoard - nForce2 seems to be the favorite AMD 3 votes - Abit NF7-S ($105-107) 2 votes - Shuttle AN35N ($50-65) 1 vote - FIC AU13 nForce2 Intel 1...
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    Help request - gamer upgrade to 4 yr old system

    Thanks to everyone!! A lot of great replies and suggestions. I'll mull over these responses and try to come up with a consensus which at a quick glance, there seems to be one. It also seems that this coming Friday is the day to place the order so I've got some homework to do in order to be...
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    Help request - gamer upgrade to 4 yr old system

    My son has been asking for an upgrade to his 3 1/2 year old system so he can play some of the newer games that seem to require a faster processor. So, for christmas, I'm trying to figure out what that will take. If possible, I'd like to keep the total cost under $500. Would the minimum...
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    Fast, simple RAID question

    Not with RAID. By using a 30G drive and 100G drive you are essentially creating 1 drive in the operating systems view. Any level of RAID would yield the same results. You are stiping data across 2 drives block 0 on drive A, block 1 on drive B, block 2 on drive A, block 3 on drive B ...
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    Can you run two printers off one computer at the same time?

    Update to previous reply, I have to revise my assumptions. Just tried printing to the 2 printers, this time using 2 different applications ( Paint Shop Pro and Adobe Photoshop). Printed the same photo to both printers with no problems and no pausing. The photo printed was the same file on the...
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    Can you run two printers off one computer at the same time?

    I'm trying to do the same thing - print to 2 printers at the same time from 1 computer. 1 printer connected to USB, the other Parallel port. In my case it works but not very well. It seems to ping pong back and forth. I send 1 print job to the 720 then start another print job on the 5550...
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    Netscape 6.2 - Opening Mail attachments

    How do I setup my netscape mail to use the same 'open with' settings for different file types as windows? For example, I want to open pictures I receive as attachments in email ( .jpg files ) with Paint shop pro, not in a netscape browser window. Also, I turned off the 'ask me everytime'...
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    asus a7v bios 1009

    I received a new bios chip from ASUS today. Problem Solved!!!!! :) All is back to normal. They sent me a chip with 1009 on it so I guess I'll see if I have stability problems as mentioned in other threads here.
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    asus a7v bios 1009

    Lamplighter, Did you actually see smoke, or just smell it? First thing you need to do is a visual inspection. -Pull out all the adapter cards and check them for damage. -Take a close look at the mother board with the adapters removed and look for damage there. You may need to remove the...
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    asus a7v bios 1009

    Lamplighter, if I were in your shoes (and I wish I were) I'd leave it alone and see how your system performs. What was your motivation to install a new bios anyway? I just wanted to bring everything current. But then, you do have an extra A7V. So you are in a position to take some risks if...
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    asus a7v bios 1009

    Even though the symptoms seem the same. It seems the solution isn't. I did move the JEN jumper to enable Jumper mode btw. When I spoke to the ASUS BIOS Tech support guy (Ritendra) and explained that I'd done the things suggested here. He pretty much agreed that if those things didn't solve...
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    asus a7v bios 1009

    I just got off the phone with ASUS. They took my credit card number (even though their website FAQ says they won't) and will send me a new bios chip via us mail ($25 total). In a week or so I'll let you all know if it fixed the problem. I checked badflash.com, same basic options for roughly...
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    asus a7v bios 1009

    Yes, I've already severly punished myself for using Live Update instead of aflash. But, I'm not entirely sure that method is what caused this problem. Lamplighter indicates he used aflash and has the same problem.
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    asus a7v bios 1009

    to short the pins, look along the edge of the board by the battery. You'll see a white box with 2 solder points in it(not pins). Under the box, stamped on the board is Clear CMOS and CLRTC. Short the 2 solder points together. It is on page 14 of A7V book if you have one.
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    asus a7v bios 1009

    You can gently pry it up, a little at a time, from both ends using a thin flatblade screwdriver. The goal is to not bend or damage the pins. I think the tool they are referring to is similar to a big pair of tweezers that allows you to grab both ends of the chip and lift it straight off...
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    asus a7v bios 1009

    It's good to hear that some folks are able to flash either version. I'd like to just get back to 1007. Tried shorting the pins and pulling the battery to clear cmos....no help. Tried Yield's suggestion of changing to jumper mode, which required setting the cpu frequency and multiple (page...
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    asus a7v bios 1009

    I've blindly jumped into this boat. Attempted to flash 1009 and have the same exact problems as Nick and Lamplighter. Came to Anandtech looking for help. The ASUS website says they'll send a new BIOS for $25 if you send them a check (no credit cards). I was going to try this but is seems...
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    PCI Adapter Placement - ASUS A7V

    It seems that adapter placement in the ASUS A7V motherboard is a hit or miss situation. I'm looking for your advice regarding the correct or best placement of the following PCI Adapters. The only thing I've concluded so far is that the 10/100 Linksys Ethernet card SHOULD NOT be installed in...
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    Can I operate 3 computers from 1?

    if this has been hashed out before, please enlighten and forgive me. I have a home network with 3 computers connected. Is there software available that would allow me to sit at 1 of the computers and operate the others as though I were sitting at their locally attached keyboards and monitors...
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    Software to make my own calendar - suggestions please

    I'm not familiar with the use of visual basic or other programation tools. Can you elaborate? I'm not really looking to write my own program for the calendar. I was hoping there would be a software application that would allow me to choose a layout, add my photos, and mark special days on the...
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    Software to make my own calendar - suggestions please

    This year, I'd like to make a 2001 Calendar that has a different picture each month of the families in our family. For example: My Mother and Father in January, Brother and his family in February, etc. I'd also like to be able to mark the days for Birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Can any of you...
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    Hotsync Manager causes MSqsrv32 (not responding)

    I'm having a similar problem with my plug and play ethernet card. Although I'm still digging into it. It seems the program in question is not msqsrv32 it's msgsrv32. This program, defined microsoft at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q138/7/08.asp States: Msgsrv32.exe is a...
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    What is msqsrv32? and how do you fix it when it's not responding?

    I have an older IBM Thinkpad running W95. When I pop in my Ethernet II Credit card adapter the mouse pointer turns into an hourglass and stays that way. Ctrl-Alt-Del to access the Close programs windows reveals << msqsrv32 (not responding) >> Is this a file, program or what? Find files...
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    Has my RAM died on my A7V?

    I just thought of something else you might try. Another program, running on your computer may be causing your games to fail. Try going into the Close Program window (Ctrl-Alt-Del) and close as many things as you can.
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    Cat5 and Cat5e

    Cat 5 is rated for 100 MB/s, Cat 5e is rated for 1000 MB/s. At Home Depot at least you can buy either one for about the same price. Why not go for the higher rated cabling then? In the olden days people thought you'd never need more than a 10MB harddrive on a personal computer. Never know...