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    What's up with FOXCONN

    I very seldom see any mention of Foxconn motherboards. At one time I thought I read somewhere that they were the producer of Intel motherboards. Intel boards are AOK, that's what I've used on the last three systems I've built. Mostly out of curiosity I'm considering a Foxconn board for my...
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    Microsoft Beta Spyware

    I've been using the Beta Microsoft Spyware for a week or two, and just today it told me that my system was clean. Out of curiosity I downloaded a program called Spyware Doctor from PC Tools Software. The downloaded pogram will only scan your system until you pay to "register' the full program...
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    me and My Mother-in-law

    After zillions of tries at all kinds of hard drive settings, cable select and everything in between. Tearing apart and rebuilding three times, running the system outside the case on pieces of cardboard, I've solved the problem and her computer is humming along with WIN XP. With head hung low...
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    Help me and my mother-in-law's computer

    This is older equipment. My mother-in-law wanted WIN XP on her computer to replace WIN ME. She has an MSI 815E Pro (MS-6337) mobo with 256 meg memory and an 866 meg pentium III. I thought it a good idea to boost her machine a little so I put in a 1 gig pentium III and 512 meg of memory. I...
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    Can an AT do ATX?

    I recently came into an AT case and WIN 95 system I built for my brother almost 6 years ago. I frankly don't remember much about the unit though I built it. It has an Intergraph video card (PCI), a huge creative sound card and 3com modem that are in the old pre-PCI slots. I have no idea what...
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    Raid 0 switch to Raid 1

    The comments I've read concerning the loss of data if your raid 1 losses a drive is making me nervous. Can I switch my setup to raid 1 with little or no problems? I've got two Hitachi 80 gig SATA's running raid 0 on an intel D865PERL mobo with XP Pro SP 2. Thanks
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    Where can I buy the retention bracket for P4

    Searching for a quiet and efficient HSF for a Prescott and purchased a ThermalTake QuietTower. It requires removing the retention bracket for installation. I'm disappointed with the noise level of this supposedly quiet HSF and I think I'll go back to a ZALMAN 7000ALCU. Does anyone know where...
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    Can I read the files on a WIN ME HD while in WIN XP?

    I finally convinced my wife to get rid of buggy WIN ME but she is absolutely convinced she wants all of the things and files and folders she had on the old system. My plan is to now install her old HD as a primary master in the new system which is NFTS (NTFS?) WIN XP on an 80GIG SATA HD. Can...
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    The click of death?

    I set up a new system about a month ago. The new board has SATA and I installed 2 Hitiachi 80 gig 7200 rpm in raid zero. I have never experienced the infamous "click of death" so I'm not quite sure what I am hearing. It is sort of a rattling but not constant or synchronized. The drives are...
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    Dual Channel need matched ddram?

    First I'm not a newbie here, I just keep screwing up passwords and UID's. Question; I just bought two kingston 400 (3200)512 memory sticks because NewEgg had them on sale. I anticipate a new 865PE Intel motherboard in a few weeks (856PERLL) and either a 2.8C or 3.0C processor. Will dual channel...