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    Regarding installing one XP OS over another XP installation

    Any techies familiar with what would happen if I installed a different Win XP Pro over an existing Win XP pro installation. do want to keep the registry entries for the existing programs applications. I have a legal CD of XP pro, (not for resale) that I was sent in exchange for beta testing...
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    Display seeming degrade - drivers ? vid card ? Monitor ?

    A communication presumably to the veteran folks here. My two Nokia 445X pro monitors are/were very high quality in their day http://www.smartcomputing.com/.../24g09/24g09.asp&guid= or TINY URL http://tinyurl.com/d4bww5 After a crash of various factors in my previous Win2K system...
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    Display seeming degrade - drivers ? vid card ? Monitor ?

    A communication presumably to the veteran folks here. My two Nokia 445X pro monitors are/were very high quality in their day http://www.smartcomputing.com/.../24g09/24g09.asp&guid= or TINY URL http://tinyurl.com/d4bww5 After a crash of various factors in my previous Win2K system...
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    EVGA 9400 or 9500 for photo & graphics work

    EVGA 9400 or 9500 for photo & graphics work On the EVGA site they reference that the 9500, which has the 32 processing paths requires, or is recommended to have a minimum of 350 watts power supply. The 9400 is, however, recommended to have a minimum of 300 watts power supply. I am not a...
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    External esata as permanent boot drive - update ?

    How workable to fully run and boot off of an esata MB and system with one or more esata external drives only. In other words, with no bare mounted sata drives ? Would there be a downside to doing that ? There would be an advantage to the security of being able to detach the external drives...
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    8Gig of DDR2 versus 4Gig of DDR3 system memory ?

    I may be showing my lack of recent exposure, I used to build computer systems, but the motherboard I am about to acquire, the GIGABYTE GA-P35C-DS3R, seems to accept Either 8GigS of DDR2 or 4Gigs of DDR3 system memory ? but not both types, in the MB, at the same time. In reviewing the Wikipedia...
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    Will a PCI-E 1x slot accept traditional PCI cards ?

    In changing to a new system, I would have a definite need for the use of an Adaptec 2940 UWW PCI SCSI card. Will the PCI-E 1x slot accept this card ? Thanks, Jerry