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    My Dell is dead, help.

    Hi everyone, My 4 year old Dell Inspiron 8000 won't boot! I reinstalled Windows XP as I do semiannually and everything was fine. About 2 hours later I noticed that Windows was only recognizing 256Mb worth of Ram out of my 2 sticks of 512Mb for a total of 1024Mb; even in the BIOS it was...
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    Shuttle SN25P power

    Hey everyone. I have the SN25P that I bought and used in the US, connected to 120 VAC, 60 Hz. Now I'm working in Europe and will be using my SN25P here. All the info that I can find shows that the SN25P is capable of using dual voltage but I can't find any info about whether or not the SN25P...
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    My new crashing Shuttle SN25P

    I finally put the guts into my new beast, the SN25P and fired it up. Loaded Windows XP Pro with no problems, it recognized my WD 250GB SATA HD ok without installing any extra drivers. Damn it takes forever to format a 250GB HD! After letting it run for a few minutes I started loading...
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    My new SN25P and an SATA HD - build advice needed.

    I've ordered my SN25P from NewEgg today along with the rest of the giblets needed to bring it to life but I have a question for you experts before working on it. I've never used an SATA HD before and I'm wondering if I need to do anything special to get the OS (XP Pro) to recognize the SATA HD...
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    I need your help with my first SFF build

    Hi my new forum friends! Ok, my first post here is a big one. I'm planning on starting my first "small form factor" build next week and I need your expert advice. Question 1. The parts listed below are what I'm planning on using, if you see anything that doesn't look right, could be improved...