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    How far away are the SATA3 Drives?

    Thanks for the comments. I'll get on with buying some drives then.
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    How far away are the SATA3 Drives?

    I am planning to buy a couple of large capacity hard drives to expand and reorganise my media collection. I see a lot of noise being made about SATA3 and USB3 being much faster then the current lot. Most of the new motherboards also seem to have these. But I cant seem to find many HDDs with...
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    DDR2 533 on a 667 motherboard

    Thanks, I had a look at the threads. Looks like I will have to go for ddr2 only boards. Don't want to risk getting cought out and needing to buy new rams. Looking for something cheap, with firewire support. Any recommendations?
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    DDR2 533 on a 667 motherboard

    Thanks for the replies. I have a e4500 processor. I think thats a 800 FSB processor. My current specs are in my signature. The reason for my question is most of the new motherboards now says it supports ddr2 667 and upwards. For example, if I were to consider the ASUS P5KC as my next board, it's...
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    DDR2 533 on a 667 motherboard

    Hello I am looking for a motherboard upgrade. Is there backward support for DDR 2 533 ram on a motherboard that has the 667 as the lowest speed for RAM? I'm not really keen to dish out extra for RAM if I can keep my perfectly working 2GB DDR2 533 speed rams. Not thinking of overclocking...
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Anyone tried the ATI 4870 on this board yet?
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Is anyone using the suspend to RAM function properly with this board? I am at present running at stock speed and the PC goes into suspend mode easily both in XP and vista but has difficulty waking up. When I wake up the PC the power and chasis fans come on but the HHD's don't seem to powerup and...
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Well, I looked at the device manager. In details mode both my SATAII drives have IDE in the beginning of the string. I have one SATA1 drive on a SIL Image SATA controller Card and that has a SCSI in front of it. Now the surprising thing is in HD Tach that drive has a much poorer speed, approx...
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    I think I read somewhere on the web that SATAII drives actually never get that speed in practical life.
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Hmm. Just Checked with HD Tach. Both my SATA drive are showing burst speed above 150. 166 and 172 to be precise. I definitely did not Load any SATA drivers during XP installation and as far as I remember my settings are non-raid in BIOS. I did install the VIA chipset driver after XP install and...
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    There has been some talk about SATA drives being seen as IDE drives a few pages back. I presently have a couple of SATAII drives hooked up. How can I check if my drives are actually running in SATA mode or IDE mode? How can the operating system access a SATA drive on SATA port without running it...
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Just a quick question to the people who've done the BSEL mod. Does it cause problem in other boards if I lateron change my Motherboard? Does other boards see it as a 1066 fsb processor? Thanks.
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    FYI Vista installs without any issue with BIOS 1.9 and ATI 3870. However after installing the catalyst drivers I had to manually activate the AERO in vista. So far on minimal testing no apparent problems.
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Well, got my GeCube 3870 overclocked edition at last. I had thought I could just install the latest catalyst drivers (8.2) from ATI but I had to install the ATI HDMI audio driver separately as well. But installing this card seems to have broken my Suspend to RAM function. The PC goes into...
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Well, suspend works ok and all fans stop when I run my e4500 at stock speed. I have reached 266 FSB and fans just would not stop if I overclock. So it look to me more related to overclocking.
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    The ones who are overclocking this board, are you guys able to suspend the pc? If I am not OC'ing it goes into suspend mode without any problem but if overclocked the PC fans keep on running. Does not appear to be related to PSU as both my old Antec 480 and new Corsair PSU demonstrate the same...
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Would I be able to flash a 88xxx with a "Gen1" bios by putting it in the PCI-E slot while I am using a AGP card to look at the monitor? Has anyone tried that at all?
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    ATI HD 3870 with Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 MoBo?

    Did you not try the ATI Catalist drivers? By the way, your answer gives me a confidence boost about getting this card for my motherboard.
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    ATI HD 3870 with Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 MoBo?

    Thanks for your reply Engineer. Anyone else?
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    ATI HD 3870 with Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 MoBo?

    Anyone here using the ATI HD 3870 with Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 MoBo (Bios 1.80)? Would it be possible to give some feedback on: How easy is it to setup? What is the performance like. Any luck at all with Vista? Which manufacturer/Brand are you using...
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Anyone here using the ATI 3870 with this MoBo? May we have some feedback on: How easy is it to setup? What is the performance like. Any luck at all with Vista? Which manufacturer/Brand are you using? As the Nvidia midrange cards are no go with this board, I guess the 3870 is the way...
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Thanks BAUBAU. I have already reinstalled XP. Installed it in my second drive after making it the primary drive. As I keep my data on a different partition, getting things up and running was easy although time consuming. I will keep your advice in mind for future reference.
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    It's difficult for me to say that the Bios update had anything to do with it as I can easily boot up from ubuntu CD. However ERD commander would not load. And also, I have been able to restore back up disk image of my C drive. I only wish I had made a backup before everything messed up.
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Having problem reinstalling xp. Had a perfectly running system with XP and Vista dual boot. Recently updated Bios to 1.80 as I am planning to get the ATI 3870. Due to some software issues, I seem to have messed up my system. I have been trying to reinstall XP but everything seems to freeze after...
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    It's here, but it seems to be motherboard specific. http://www.asrock.com.tw/mb/do...odel=4Core1600P35-WiFi
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Can anyone please elaborate on the ATI 3870? Will it work out of the box or will it need Bios flashing like the 8800GT? How can something work in xp and not in vista, should it not be just a driver issue? Would someone please post their experience with this board and the 3870? Thanks.
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    Looking for a new monitor

    Thanks for the replies. I have been googling and there seems to be mixed preference to virtually every TFT monitors. Of course there are technical issues like dead pixels, back light bleed, color saturation and response time etc, and then there is matter of aesthetics and personal bias. Not to...
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    Looking for a new monitor

    Hello, Thinking about buying a Monitor. Had been considering the Samsung Pebble 22" and the HP W2207h. My initial preference was the Samsung. But after having a hands on experience of both at PCWorld, I must admit I am leaning more towards the HP. The design and the adjustable stand is just...
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    I did read about flashing the 8800 GT before. I was hoping bios update could bypass that. Not every one has a spare pc with a pci-e slot or a friend with a pc willing to let you use it for flashing. I will read the threads you mentioned to find out about the ATI cards. Thanks for your reply.
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Does that mean these cards will not work in Vista? Any news on 8800GT?
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    Power Supply recommandation

    Thanks. I'll Have a look at them.
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    Power Supply recommandation

    Hello everyone, I am in the process of gradually upgrading my PC. My current specs are as follows: Intel E4500 @ 2.8GHz with AC Freezer Pro 7 cooler ASRock 4 CoreDual-SATA2 533MHz DDR2 2GB RAM ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB AGP 3 SATA and 1 IDE HDDs Creative Audigi 2 Value PCI One PCI...
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    I have been using this board now with E4500 and 2GB of DDR2 533MHz Ram. I can standby XP if I am not overclocking. If I overclock even a bit it does not go to standby. I have no idea why is that. With regards to O'clocking, I'm afraid I'm very much a noob on that subject and am still in the...
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    Hard drive partition question

    Hello all, Previously while partitioning a disk under DOS, the options were to create a primary and an extended partition with options of having multiple logical drives in the extended partition. Now in the Disk Manager of XP or Vista, I can see that although the option of extended partition...