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    Maxtor/Epox compatibility problem?

    Well, the freezing is back. Man, just when I was feeling happy about things again. I haven't done any overclocking and I don't run anything hard in my pc at all. My timings are 2T. I tried to find a jumper on the drive to set it to 1.5bps, but didn't see anything. Did I overlook...
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    Maxtor/Epox compatibility problem?

    After mentioning the PS, I thought I'd try and unhook some of the fans. I have 2 fans running now and both drives connected. So far everything has been running for 3 hours with no freezing. I want to give it more time and see what happens, but maybe it is my PS. If anyone thinks it could...
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    Maxtor/Epox compatibility problem?

    I?m having a problem with my system and I think it has to do with the motherboard rather than the HDD. When one of my DiamondMax SATA drives is hooked up everything works fine. However, every once in a long while my computer will freeze and I?ll have to open it up and move the SATA connection...
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    Will Linksys WAP54G work in Japan?

    Gotcha....thanks nweaver!!!
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    Will Linksys WAP54G work in Japan?

    I ordered a Dell from the US site, so everything is US specs. So with with everything being US it should work?
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    Will Linksys WAP54G work in Japan?

    I'm in need of a wireless router and am looking at the WAP54G. This router does not state a channel for use in Japan and I see some routers do. Will it really make any difference? The Navy Exchange on the base where I work sells some wireless routers that people buy and use all the time and I...
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    Inspiron E1505 Intel Core Duo WXGA Notebook $699

    Getting my first notebook with the $35 off included. Great deal!!!
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    How much of a difference with Dell SXGA+ Display

    Cool! This is our first laptop. With the deals going on with this setup I didn't want to pass it up. One thing that really surprised me is that Dell gave me free shipping and I'm on an overseas military base. It is very rare to get that when we can only get mail via USPS. I'm looking...
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    How much of a difference with Dell SXGA+ Display

    I went ahead and just ordered it.....deep down I knew I was going to order the better display anyway.:) I started reading some reviews after posting this and it sounds like the better display is well worth it.
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    How much of a difference with Dell SXGA+ Display

    I'm going to get a laptop for my wife to use and am looking at the Dell E1505. The display upgrade for the SCGA+ is $100 and I'm wondering if it will make much of a differnce for her. She will use it for surfing the net and emailing mostly and will probably not use it for more than an hour at...
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    Optical drives not working because of driver?

    I tried this again and this time followed the directions more closely.....doh! It is the fix to my problem and apparently it is a problem others have had with XP after having to cut power to the pc when it freezes. Everything is working fine so far. Good call pcman!!!! And THANK YOU!!!!!
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    Optical drives not working because of driver?

    I used another hard drive to load Windows and my drives are working on the new one. I've been trying to do a Windows install on my main drive while working from the new drive, but can't figure out how to load it on the new one. Is there a way that I can do this? I'd rather not reinstall...
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    Optical drives not working because of driver?

    So far nothing is working. Uninstalled and pulled the plugs on the drives. Reset the CMOS. Put the Windows disk in the drive and booted....nothing. The drives are detected in Bios. Tomorrow I'll see if I can get the disk to run from DOS....too tired right now and need to hit the sack. I...
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    Optical drives not working because of driver?

    I tried doing a system restore, but couldn't find any date that would take. Any other thoughts on how to fix this?
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    Optical drives not working because of driver?

    Guess I had too many words in my searches in Windows help files. I tried rolling back and was given the message that no drivers were backed up for those devices. However, I did find when I uninstalled and then reinstalled my DVD and DVD/RW drives were both listed as CD-Rom drives. Could...
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    Optical drives not working because of driver?

    pcman- tried it and I still don't get them to show up. jlbenedict- I'm looking around, but can't find how to roll back the drivers. Can you give me a hint.:) BTW, I should mention that I'm a newbie with pc stuff..... Thanks for the help so far guys!
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    Optical drives not working because of driver?

    Both of my optical drives are down after my pc froze and I had to power it off using the power button. Right now they are not showing up in My Computer and there is an exclamation mark next to them in Device Manager. Both have the following message in properties "Windows cannot load the device...
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    Trouble installing Office 2000 Premium on XP Pro X64

    I'm trying to install Office 2000 Premium on my new system with XP Pro X64, but I'm having trouble with it. I can install disk 1, but there is no prompt to insert disk 2 (or disk 3 and 4). I've tried installing disk 2 by using the Windows installer, but I get an error message from it. I've...
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    Trying to get pc to boot from different drive

    Montag, you are the champ! It worked and everything is cool now. I've read about others doing this or similar things for other reasons, but when it happened to me my brain just took a dump. Lots of this stuff seems like common sense when you read about it happening to othes, but when it...
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    Trying to get pc to boot from different drive

    Hello all. Last night I had my first crash and it was ugly....well, I was anyway since it scared the crud out of me. I ended up re-installing Windows and figured I'd just go from there. Once I got rebooted I found that all my data was still on my hard drive, but the drive that my pc used to...
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    How can I type Japanese in Firefox?

    I installed the language support package from MS and then installed IME from WinXP, but I still can?t type in Japanese on my computer. I can read it, but can't type it. I have the language bar on my toolbar and I switch it to Japanese and still nothing. Any suggestions on how I can make it...
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    Setting up a EPOX 9NPA+ Ultra

    Glad I read this....I was just going to work on getting ActiveArmor set up. I know there are free firewalls out there that I can download, so I'll stick with one of those. As for bios, I just did my first bios flash (I'm a total noob with all of this stuff right now) and everything worked...
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    EPoX "EP-9NPA+Ultra" NVIDIA nForce4 ULTRA Chipset Motherboard

    Thanks Spooky! Very cool of you to offer, but I'll run down to my local shop and pick a few up tomorrow. I'm in Japan and there is a pretty good computer shop a few blocks away. Most of the stuff there is for build your own use, so I'm sure I can find them.
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    EPoX "EP-9NPA+Ultra" NVIDIA nForce4 ULTRA Chipset Motherboard

    Thanks for the Reply! It looks like I only need to attach the "H" plate using two bolts. One bolt on each side with an "H" plate on front and back of mobo. I wish I could attach more botls because this thing is heavy. I may look for another way to get some support on it. I won't be moving...
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    EPoX "EP-9NPA+Ultra" NVIDIA nForce4 ULTRA Chipset Motherboard

    Hi guys. This is my first post here and I'm starting to build my first computer. Wish I would've started reading this BB earlier because I would've bought a different hsf. Anyway, I have one now and I think it'll work just fine. It's a Thermaltake Tower112 with 2 Thermaltake SilentCat 90mm...