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    How stupid can one be?

    Thank you GeezerMan. That is information I was looking for. I?ll pull it apart, take the motherboard out, and install that I/O panel, mainly for integrity of dust, proper grounding of the I/O network, and proper airflow within the case. I?ll try to do that today, or tomorrow, I need to rest...
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    How stupid can one be?

    How stupid can one be? After installing my ASUS A8N-SLI Premium in my new Rosewill Black Screw-less Dual 120mm Fan ATX Mid Tower Case and applying all the cabling to the board, I realize I haven?t yet installed the silver back plate on the back panel. In order to correct that, I need to...
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    Windows XP Home Options

    Cleverhandle Using OEM in serch yesterday got me nothing but everything I didn?t need, I spent hours looking, however, just now I found what I wanted to know : http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=34&threadid=1916429&enterthread=y I hope I can trust this advice. I found this...
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    Windows XP Home Options

    Thank you.
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    Windows XP Home Options

    Oh Man! Why do people report that in their reviews? I?m so confused. How is anyone supposed to figure Microsoft out and know what to buy? If I buy the Retail, How restricted is that? Also, if I call Microsoft, will they tell me the truth, or give me a whole lot of run-around - BS...
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    Windows XP Home Options

    Windows XP Home ? Retail, or OEM Installing and Re-installing Options I?ve searched here on most topics and I?ve done my research on Microsoft web pages and I can?t find the information I need. 1. Is it true you are not allowed to re-install XP Home (OEM) version on the original computer...
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    I think it?s about time I upgrade my system.

    And, in six months time whoever manufactures the next generation dual -core possessor will market it and sell it to you for a thousand, or so bucks to do the free research for them and report the catastrophic failures and spend the time and money in doing so, just so you can play the new game...
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    I think it?s about time I upgrade my system.

    Betasub, Thank you for your reply; I know what yah mean. As a writer, I should be more careful, but you know writers are careless and can?t spell worth a darn without their editors and the editors sometimes are no better than I. But, there are times I speel bakcawords and can?t Phiniwh a...
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    I think it?s about time I upgrade my system.

    Bamacre; Pay attention. As I?ve said before, I haven?t bought the X2 4800+ yet. The AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2000MHz 939 Single Core Processor is a highly respected ? well-developed processor and has the best bang for the buck for gaming. A dual-core CPU is not all that...
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    I think it?s about time I upgrade my system.

    Magomago Oops, I didn?t know that. I already bought the 7600GS. You see; this is why I posted this here, but what the heck, too late now. ---------------------------------------------- ItsAlive My budget has almost been spent. ----------------------------------------------...
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    I think it?s about time I upgrade my system.

    fire400 I don't see anything wrong with the truepower 2.0 either, but I?ll be keeping my fingers crossed. ---------------------------------------------- OvErHeAtInG As to duel core, or single core processors, I?m a little stuck right now with the 3700+ San Diego 2000MHz 939...
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    I think it?s about time I upgrade my system.

    Thanks dBTelos. I?ll look into those.
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    I think it?s about time I upgrade my system.

    dBTelos; Your information is valuable as to the PSU, however I?m not sure what I will be running in the future. Right now, I have a USB 2.0 Maxtor one touch III backup drive and I may have other USB 2.0 toys to hook up later. I may just put my old PSU away with my old hard drive...
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    I think it?s about time I upgrade my system.

    Bamacre; Hah! I forgot about the shipping cost. I?m sorry; I?m not a big fan of Intel, especially their newer processors. The X2 4800 + is a highly respected ? well-developed AMD processor that?s been around for a long time. Therefore, it has probably gone through fixes of most...
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    I think it?s about time I upgrade my system.

    Bamacre; I haven?t bought the X2 4800+ yet, but I plan to within the month and I?ll put it in another case with a duplication of the motherboard, video card, and a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive. I just want it because it is the top of the line, duel processor...
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    I think it?s about time I upgrade my system.

    I think it?s about time I upgrade my system. Don?t you think I should? I built it a year, or more ago, just to see if I could. I did, and it fired up real nicely with some minor little problems recognizing my processor speed that was solved quickly with the help I received on this forum...
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    Ferret pooped in computer case and it stinks.

    You say they are smart? From now on, use the Ferret instead of toilet paper. You might also consider using its bed as your territory.
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    Is a decent $450 computer possible?

    I picked too quick and didn't notice that.
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    Is a decent $450 computer possible?

    Antec Solution SLK3000-B Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $49.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129152 AMD Sempron 2400+ Thoroughbred 333MHz FSB 256KB L2 Cache Socket A Processor - Retail $80.00...
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    Storage Review reviews new Raptor

    Sigh! Bobthelost, I didn?t think I needed to be that explicit. Yes, I back up all of my work on both the Internet and CDs and I don?t intend to buy the one with the window in it. This is the one I may want: Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150...
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    Storage Review reviews new Raptor

    Boy! I?d like to have that 150GB one, and I don?t mind spending the 3 hundred dollars for something good, but how am I to know if the Western Digital drives are as good as what I think the Seagates are? Are they? I don?t know. Which drive manufacture can I depend on to protect my precious work?
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    Recommend me a good sub $150 Laser Printer

    Yup. I have one and love it.
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    I have a strange theory.

    I know, but several people on getting this had misled me. I thought Acer was a real good Laptop. I plan on getting an extra gig of ram and replacing that slow HD with another, preferably a Seagate. I hope this can be done.
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    WARNING: Before you buy an Antec PSU, read these links!

    I just ran onto this topic and I hate to bring up old sore topics, but this one takes the cake. Upon first reading this, I confess that it scares me about the Antec Power Supplies, but I have one on my Antec Sonata case and I?ve been thinking of building my second system. It?s taken me...
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    I have a strange theory.

    I have a strange theory. I bought me a new Acer Aspire AS5002LMi-XPP Turion 64 NoteBook just before Christmas. I had just turned it on when this message came up immediately. ?This system has recovered from a serious error.? Got the death notice from Microsoft notifying me, ?Unspecified...
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    what are the Best motherboards and is Athlon still King?

    BSOD means Blue screen of death. Damn Initials. LOL
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    Question about BIOS updates.

    My ASUS MB came with a CD that had the latest BIOS, it didn?t tell me so, but it did. But to answer your question, I would only install the latest BIOS Version. That should cover all the previous ones.
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    Dual core vs Dual cpu?

    Thanks classy. Awesome. I got so very much information about this subject and it even gave information on the OCZ Power Supplys that interests me.
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    Is it a bad idea to connect an Acer Laptops? power cord to UPS Backup?

    Good information on Printers! Thank you all, however my thinking was to have a hell of a buffer between Florida Power & Light and their power problems of high voltage and brownouts hitting my computers. I was also looking for a quick easy extra battery time on my laptop when I lost power...
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    Is it a bad idea to connect an Acer Laptops? power cord to UPS Backup?

    Thank you John. I feel I can too. There must have been something in that old Compaq that conflicted with Ups Backup devices.
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    Is it a bad idea to connect an Acer Laptops? power cord to UPS Backup?

    Is it a bad idea to connect an Acer Laptops? power cord to UPS Backup? All right, I?ll place this question here seeing I have some heavy knowledge available here. I read this on my old Compaq book, ?Don?t use an UPS battery back up for power.? Okay, UPS has a battery fed by Utility fed...
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    What can I do to help my MB to recognize my Processor?

    Whew! Ya had me worried for a moment. I still haven?t found out how to bump that CPU External Frequency (5MHz at a time)... But then, I think I need to load that program you mentioned (Download CPU-Z). I think I will leave that for another time, or not change this at all. Everything seems to...
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    What can I do to help my MB to recognize my Processor?

    I changed the CPU External Frequency from 100 Mhz to 166 Mhz. I looked but I didn't see any FSB setings. I assumed changing the CPU External Frequency to 166 would do it, and it seemed to do it. I wen't back into BIOS and checked and it has stayed that way. It's at 166 still. Did I do...
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    What can I do to help my MB to recognize my Processor?

    I did it! I have: Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1 AuthenticAMD ~ 2162 Mhz I was unable to select and change the Memory Frequency from 200 to 100. The curser just skipped right over it. This was also a lesser shade of black, (Gray) so I don?t think they wanted to change this...
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    What can I do to help my MB to recognize my Processor?

    Okay. Thanks. I wont do it now, maybe tonight, or tomorrow. I need to do some work on my files; I?m a publicist, an author and am a little busy. Have a good night. You know, I built this computer myself for somewhat less than $999.00. I just bought me an ACER Laptop for more than that...
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    What can I do to help my MB to recognize my Processor?

    Okay. I took a look and with the instructions from you, things started to make a little sense. What I found was: CPU External Frequency was set to 100MHz... CPU Frequency Multiple was 13x... Memory Frequency was not set to 100% it was [BY SPD] the Resulting Frequency was not 100MHz, it...
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    What can I do to help my MB to recognize my Processor?

    Thank you all. I?ve Studied: Essential Overclocking Utilities in forum CPU/PROCESSORS AND OVERCLOCKING by Son of a N00b. Good information. http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=28&threadid=1759901&enterthread=y I will probably venture into this tonight when I can gather enough...
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    What can I do to help my MB to recognize my Processor?

    They sent me the second DC ? the good CD that worked: BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A7N8X-X ACPI BIOS Rev 1011, 8/4/2004 SMBIOS Version 2.2 I would assume that would be the latest version over the 1010. Could I be wrong? I followed the instructions and set the FSB...
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    What can I do to help my MB to recognize my Processor?

    Wentelteefje I have the latest bios update from AZUS. The first CD that came with the AZUS MB didn?t have anything on it and they shipped me another one and told me it was the latest. I have no idea what you mean, or how to do it when you ask me, ?Check with CPU-Z if it runs at full...
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    What can I do to help my MB to recognize my Processor?

    What can I do to help my MB to recognize my Processor? I have not had much help in doing so in calling for help from AZUS. I have just built my first build some few months ago using the old AMD Athlon XP 2700+ ?Thoroughbred? 2.17GHz Processor mounted on an old ASUS "A7N8X-X" nForce2 400...