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    New to Home Theatre, any advice welcomed

    Aikouka -- Thanks for the info! What do you think of Apple TV vs Roku XS?
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    New to Home Theatre, any advice welcomed

    heat -- Thanks for the prompt and informative reply. I was thinking the Roku would be the most robust (and have access to the most content) streaming device of all of them -- nice to know I guess right once in a while! I'm a little hazy on Airplay. Does it only play content stored on your...
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    New to Home Theatre, any advice welcomed

    For 17 years, my wife and I have been completely satisfied with our 27" Panasonic CRT TV, which not only refuses to die, but the picture quality of which seems as good as when new (maybe our eyes are just older). We have finally decided to go with HDTV, incorporating it into a whole new A/V...
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    Another bit of novice idiocy

    Thanks to all who replied, and unanimously, too! So, as I'll keep the Athlon XP3000, should I stay with the Soyo K7VME or go to another motherboard? If a new mobo is a good idea, any recommendations? Should I keep honkin' on this bizarre Soyo case and PS (listed as 350W), or spring for something...
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    Another bit of novice idiocy

    Pardon the insurrection, but I was wallowing about on this board several months ago regarding the dreaded Soyo K7VME barebones kit from Tiger Direct. I'm an all-Mac, all-the-time ex-graphic repairman who now owns a retail biz (hobby shop), and am forced, for technical reasons, to go to the Dark...
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    Soyo K7VME EXTREME CASE MOD!!! GUIDE ADDED W/ PICS!!!

    Interesting fix! I'm positioning the PSU on the "floor" of the case as wel -- so the 92mm Panaflo fan would be a good "PSU hole" filler. For the CPU fan I'm using the Thermaltake TR2. I'd like to try one of those CPU exhaust horns many Antec cases have -- looks like trumpet attached to the...
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

    I WISH I could finish MY adventure... but thanks for the tip on sending my lament to Soyo. Don't know why I didn't think of it before, as Soyo was the ONLY corporate entity that was willing to help me out, and summarily got Tiger to RMA the damned thing. So now I'm back at sqaure one, with an...
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

    Sorry, that should have read: "Athlon XP3000+..."
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

    And just to make matters even MORE delightful, after my initial quick look at my replacement Soyo K7VME to satisfy myself that the board, and therefore the CPU, are in exactly the same place they've always been, today -- my ONE day off each week -- I sat down to put this thing together, took the...
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

    RoyKaBob writ << Candiazoo, I wouldn't worry until you get the case in hand. It seems that TigerDirect and Soyo are shipping a different version of that case, one that is taller and with the mobo under the PSU. I suspect and hope that is what you get. >> Don't bet on it -- I just got my...
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

    Well, after examining every component, tearing down and rebuilding 6 or 7 times, I finally did what I should have done from the start (but was too inexperienced to know it -- should've read mechbgone's step-by-step all the way through): I reduced the whole thing to just the mobo, one stick of...
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

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    Soyo barebones kit all built -- won't start up

    Thanks for the hot tips, all of which I've already been through (check the rest of the thread, maybe?). As for RTFM, have you ever SEEN a Soyo manual? Apparently translated from the original Mandarin through Babelfish, it's as much help as your post was. Cheers Bart
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

    Did you buy the whole barebum kit or just the K7VME? I think I talked with one of TigerDirect's "Support" Reps, and he told me that I'd have to send the whole megillah back: case with PS, mobo, 52X No-Namo CD-ROM, clickety-clack keyboard, mouse, and the famous Soyo "Tin Ear" speakers. Kind of a...
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

    I was going to do that last night, but you know how sometimes you get home after a long Monday and you're just not up for one more frustration? I didn't want to tempt fate in that frame of mind. I'm a huge believer in John Muir's (How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive) work ethic: your attitude...
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

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    Soyo barebones kit all built -- won't start up

    I just fired up my first homebuilt PC (from a Soyo barebones kit): the pretty lights came on, it sounded like the drive was spinning up, and then, after no more than five seconds, it simply shut down. No attempt to restart it has been successful. I don't know where to go from here. I *do*...
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

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    Soyo K7VME Problem

    I have yet to fire this sucker up -- time and circumstances have slowed my progress immensely -- but it's all wired up and ready to go... I hope. IDE 1 has just the WD Caviar 200 GB drive at its last connector (jumpered as "cable select," as WD advises), IDE 2 has a 52X CD-rom (master) and...
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

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    Soyo K7VME Problem

    This is the one to use: Thermaltake TR2 M2 Tip-Magnetic Driving (TMD) CPU Cooling Fan for Socket 370 and Socket A Processors up to AMD Athlon XP 3400+ Considerably more clearance between the heatsink and the PS. It IS a ridiculous design, considering all the acreage available in the...
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    Mac Hick builds Soyo barebones kit -- dopey questions

    OK -- though it's probably the slowest PC build in history, I've now got everything in my Soyo barebones K7VME/Athlon 2800XP+ box, except the HD (Western Digital Caviar SE 200GB). This may sound exceptionally dumb, but bear with me. In the Soyo case are two tiers of drive bays: three 5.25" bays...
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

    Check this ATI page: http://www.ati.com/support/faq/agpchart.html#Figure1 Bart Brown
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

    Sorry -- didn't mean it to be a rant; I just find it hard to believe that the richest man in the world, and one of the richest companies in the world, would be satisified with cranking out new makeup every few years for the same old crippled pig. How many lost man-hours, how much money in lost...
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

    Just as an aside, I've heard a couple people say what a POS the Soyo K7VME is, and all the POST, fan sensor/heat problems they've encountered. OTOH, AnandTech, Tom's, and Sharky Extreme have all had very good things to say about this board, and in their reviews, have not experienced the problems...
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

    Not quite ready to give up on the old K7VME yet. However, I may or may not have created a new problem for myself: In my struggle to get my Thermaltake CPU heatsink/fan unit carefully placed atop my Athlon XP2800+, while wrestling with those damned clips, I had to take the heatsink/fan off...
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    Soyo K7VME Problem

    Yeah, I fell over this one, too, and am stuck until I get an answer, Though the pin settings for JP3 seem to be correct numerically, as pictured under the heading "CPU Front Side Bus Clock Jumper Setting," the images of JP3 are incorrect (rotated 90 degrees clockwise from what's actually printed...
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    Old topic, new goof

    Allow me to preface my question with the admission that I'm a total Mac-head, and have been since 1989. My previous life was as a graphic designer and Mac IT, networking, and pagination specialist. My new life is as a hobby shop owner (all part of Life's Rich Pageant?), and business needs...