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    Patriot 5600+ at 7100+

    In case anyone else was following this, I asked before what everyone though might be better (I did come up with my own answer): 4-4-4-12 @ 800MHz, 2.20V 5-5-5-12 @ 891MHz, 2.20V On Patriot 5600+ (700MHz) RAM... That seems like a good overclock for some older RAM. I'm happy. :) I...
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    Memory overclock Patriot PC2-5600+ to 7100

    To summarize here quickly, I just made a system upgrade where I swapped out my mobo and processor. The RAM I bought a year and a half ago (Patriot PC2-5600+) is rated to 700MHz, at 4-3-3-12 timings, 2.2Vmax. I had run it in my older mobo at 4-3-3-10, 667MHz (5400), 1.9V for over a year...
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    8800GTX/S exhaust air or draw it in?

    This will probably be a quick thread once someone comes up with an answer, but I can't find it anywhere else. Do the new nVidia 8800 cards draw air from the back and exhaust it into the case, or do they draw air from the case and exhaust it out the back? Near Christmas I'll be doing an...
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    Warm: 60GB Samsung 2.5" Notebook Hard Drive $100AR

    I missed the last 2.5" Notebook drive deal from Dell when the 100GB Momentus (Seagate) drive went on sale some time ago for $149. But, I did find a Samsung drive at CompUSA for $100AR this week. It is actually boxed as a "Centon Notebook Hard Drive", but their web site and the sticker on the...
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    Overclocking an older slot 1 processor

    Has anyone here had a Slot 1 processor based system (for example, I have the P3 866 w/ 133MHz FSB) and successfully overclocked it at one time? I am looking for web sites that may still have info on this, and realistic gains that you can get. I'm thinking of pushing that older 866 I have a...
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    Testing firewire cables

    I just attached a firewire device (the first) to my computer that doesn't work. It could be several things, but I want to check the firewire cable. However, I can't find any reference at all on the internet on how a cable should be wired. Just the wiring of the port or cable end. What...
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    Syquest 270 ATA/IDE Jumper settings

    A friend of mine gave me one of his ATA (IDE) Syquest 270 drives that he uses in multiple computers. I have some space in an empty removeable drive bay. But, we don't know what the jumper settings are. There's a label on a chip that says "Master/Slave E1" and it points to a row of jumpers...
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    Abit WI-1P serial ports

    I have the Abit WI-1P motherboard. It's a great socket 478 mobo. I decided to stick with socket 478 due to my SCSI drives, PCI-Express doesn't have any SCSI cards that I could find. PCI-X SCSI cards are reasonably priced finally. I doubt few have this mobo, but if you do, have you used any...
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    Fastest 478 pin Prescott

    Does anyone know... What speed will Intel run the 478 Pin Prescott line up to before they quit? Have they stopped at 3.4GHz? Thanks.
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    Cable/DSL router w/ Gigabit LAN switch

    Do any of the Cable/DSL router manufacturers make a router+switch combo box that has Gigabit Ethernet on the LAN side? Preferably supporting Jumbo Frames? Hey it's my wish; I can make it a big one. :) I have not found such a combination yet. 100BT is fine for me on the the WAN port, as it...
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    Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Ultra-64

    Has anyone seen the Ultra-64 version of Gigabyte's latest mobo yet for sale? I'm wondering about how much. (Besides LOTS.) :) I may either go for the U-64, or wait for the Pentium-775 CPUs to come out. But with the U-64, I can reuse most of my existing hardware. Thanx
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    Gigabyte 8KNXP Ultra questions

    Edit: I deleted most of this post as it seems that Gigabyte JUST released the Ultra-64 version of this mobo, which answers most of my questions. Hopefully they have fixed the SCSI RAID problem. Thanks.
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    Intel 820 to 850 upgrade RDRAM question

    I have an older Dell B866r that I currently use for a web/file/game server. It has an Intel-based 820 board as far as I can tell, probably a variation of the VC820 without built-in audio. The processor is a Slot 1 P3 866. This mobo uses the fast (for the time) but expensive PC800 ECC RDRAM...
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    Resolution settings not saving after reboot

    I am not sure whether a video technical support question should go in video or here, so I posted in both. If you read both categories, sorry about the duplication. Recently I decided to upgrade the video drivers on my Radeon 9500. Windows XP added a brown circle with a yellow "X" in my system...
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    Resolution setting doesn't save after reboot

    Recently I decided to upgrade the video drivers on my Radeon 9500. Windows XP added a brown circle with a yellow "X" in my system tray near the clock, and when I clicked on it the text said something like "Your monitor is not set to the ideal resolution, shoud I do it for you?" I said No, and...
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    Hi-flow and quiet 90/92mm fan?

    I put a new CPU cooler on my computer, and apparently picked the wrong 80mm fan. At high RPM it not only sounds like a jet engine :) but vibrates too. (Not good for a CPU.) Can someone recommend a high flow 90/92mm fan that is also quiet? Most important is that it doesn't vibrate more than...