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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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    HELP! Is my computer doomed??

    mechbgon --- I've wanted to tell you for a long time - there is such joy in the name of Jesus
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    Microsoft Beta Spyware

    John, are you saying I can have all those programs on my system at one time? I figured there would be all kinds of conflict if too manay programs doing the same thing were on a system. .....and why run in safe mode?
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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

    I startd not to tell anybody but i thought it only fair to clear the air.
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    I Just Electrocuted Myself

    Wanna hear an old soldiers story? Back in the early 50's I was an Air Force junior airman, two stripes, and worked in airborne communications and navigation equipment on the F 86D at the time. Before the days of transistors, an aircraft radio transmitter/reciever wa a pretty hefty unit with a...
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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

    Thanks Zepper, I'll try the cable select setup and if no result, I'll go to tech support. Thanks to all who responded.
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    Help me and my mother-in-law's computer

    Thanks propellorhead, I went to Maxtor earlier and found the subject hard drive and the settings of the jumpers are correct for master function as are the settings for the WD as set for slave. BIOS reads out the drives perfecty as the maxtor on primary ide master and the wd as the primary ide...
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    Help me and my mother-in-law's computer

    What I meant was, -- not on the motherboard. I did change the WD jumper to slave. I didn't change anything on the Maxtor - mainly because I didn't know if changes were necessary and the drive does not have jumper diagrams on it. When I first built this unit back in 2001, I had something that...
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    Help me and my mother-in-law's computer

    Thanks andypress , but I didn't change any jumpers.
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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

    I was prepared for the loss of 1/2 my drive space but I hoped to avoid a start from scratch rebuild of my OS and files. Oh well, when the very first sign of something amiss in either drive occurs - I'll take that major plunge. Thanks for your input.
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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

    Thanks Zepper, Just completed a PayPal order for the retention plate. This is better than the original which was fastened to the board with little plastic stubs.
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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?

    Thanks, I'll go put the old drive back in while she is out on business this evening. Thanks again, I thought I could but the risk that comes with it not working is awesome (church correspondence, consulting files etc.)
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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?

    Thanks a heap! Nothing as bad as those clips you provided, just a quiet rattling with no connection as far as I can determine to what the drives are doing. I'll drag it out from under my computer desk and try what you suggest. Thanks again.
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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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    *PICS* of my setup and ceiling-mounted surrounds

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations moved it's headquarters to Andrews Air Force Base where it has it's training academy some time ago, about two to three years I think.
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    Dual Channel need matched ddram?

    Thanks all - I won't have a chance to try the memory for a month or so, so if it won't operate dual channel I'll live with it. The Intel board is solid and should latch on with no problem. I'm not going to over clock anything.
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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...