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    Two Mobo, One Power Supply?

    Howdy - I'm putting together a "stack" computer to work on grid.org and some other distributed computing projects. I have (or will soon have) 8 microATX motherboards (ASRock K7S41) with AMD XP-M 2400+ procs, overclocked to around 2.3Ghz. They will be mounted caseless, so I'm trying to solve...
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    ASRock K7S41 and XP-M 2400+ Woes

    I'm building "critters" for a Grid.org stack, and the route I've opted to take is an OC'd XP-M 2400+ on a microATX board. I ended up going with the ASRock K7S41 because it had OC features either by jumper or in-BIOS, and sure enough, some of those features are there. Trouble is: a) when I...
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    Silly question

    I succumbed to flat panel demons finally - three 2001FPs now grace my desk, and they are lovely ... except for one of them. I have a x800 Pro and a 9200 PCI - so there are two monitors with DVIs - but the third - the second monitor off of the x800 - is VGA and I'm hating it. I don't think I...
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    Firewire mobo header-to-6pin plug adapater?

    Just that - an adapter that allows you to rig the six separate female wires hooked up to the front case Firewire ports on a Sonata to an internal Firewire port (also female) on a PCI card. My mobo doesn't have header pins, and I've found such adapaters for USB, but none for Firewire for some...
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    Godawful DigiDoc beeping

    So, I'm currently using a DigiDoc3 to drive four case fans. What I WANT is for the fans to silently and happily come on when the various sensors hit particular trigger points, then turn off again once the temps are back down. And that happens, too -- ALONG WITH THAT GODAWFUL BEEPING. I don't...
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    Plop: 3DMark2000 around 4700, why so darn slow?

    Just that: I ran 3DMark 2000 on my new system (running Windows 2000 Server), and I came up with 4700. My hardware is available in my rig listing (follow the link below, "My First OC'd Box") -- but basically it's a dual proc PIII 700@1030Mhz, Hercules Prophet II 3D (or whatever they...
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    What's the best digital photo album software out there?

    I just received my digital camera for Xmas, and so far I'm using Canon's ZoomBrowser to organize pics on my harddrive (surprisingly sweet little app, for a bundled freebie). Now I'm looking to start burning pics into a photo album, on a CD ... but I don't know what my options are here. Software...
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    Sorry, FAQ: where is the video card OC FAQ?

    I recall hearing about an article that contained a bunch of FAQs for neophyte video card overclockers -- where is it? (apologies, I HAVE been searching for it ... :)
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    Newbie question: when do I adjust voltage?

    I have dual PIII700s running on an MSI 694D-AR. They handle 933, 966, and 1002Mhz just fine -- Sandra's CPU benchmark or games can't seem to get the temp over 39C. No instabilitities ... but when I jump to 151 (or 2, can't remember) FSB, the system won't even POST. The DLEDs say it's hung at...
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    FAQ, I'm sure: How hot is too hot?

    I'm running dual PIII 700's on an MSI board. At stock 700Mhz (with Alpha 6035s and a Sunon and Sanyo Denki CPU fan), she averages about 28C per CPU. At 868, average on SiSoft CPU benchmark is around 34. 933 isn't much higher than that. When should I start getting nervous? When should I pause...
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    Dual proc cooling

    Howdy - I'm planning to pick up an MSI 694D dual Socket 370 mobo, and populate it with twin PIII 700s, since I've heard that they overclock the purdiest. Cooling question: if I'm gunning for 933 for each, do you think I'm likely to need more than just, say, two Alphas or Orbs? I've looked at...
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    Newbie question: OC and SMP

    I'm planning to get the MSI dual Socket 370 board, and (eventually) two PIII 933s. So the questions are: - CAN OC work, in general, in an SMP/dual environment? - can the PIII 933's, in particular, be OC'd? - where can I find out what additional PIIIs (1 Gig, and maybe 1.13 if they ever come out...