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    Guru needed: P-III WinXP install issue

    Hey guys, I got a strange problem. I'm not an idiot and I'm very computer literate. Especially with AMD systems. Built lots of computers myself. Here is my problem. I recently got several older P3 systems. One was a dell which had a 1 gig processor in it. The other had a celery 400 (HP via...
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    HDD Performance Questions

    OK Guys, looking for some input from hard disk performance gurus. I'm building a new computer based on Epox Nforce2. I got 2 identical Maxtor 40 Gig ATA133 drives and 1 Maxtor 80 Gig ATA133 drive, a DVD Rom, and a CD Burner. So count'm 5 ide devices. Fortunately I also got other stuff. A...
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    Athlon Multipliers

    Hey, I got an old via KT133 (not 133a) mobo. Its a cheapie with no BIOS support. Was wondering if I could run any of the newer 133Mhz bus athlons on it. The mobo officially supports mutlipiers up to 10. If I got a newer athlon with a multiplier of 12 (12*133=1.6gig=1900+XP) would it work ...
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    Warm deal ... firewall

    Bought a 2Wire HomePortal firewall at Office Depot this weekend. Acts as a firewall and you share cable/dsl modems among mutliple computers behind the firewall. Has connections for ethernet, usb, and HPNA 2.0. All in all a pretty cool little box to replace my linux firewall. Oh yea, the deal...
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    Why are the forums so slow ???

    Several weeks ago when AT redesigned the forums it seems that they didn't add much new functionality but made the whole system a whole lot slower. Anyone know why ? Anyone know if there is anything we can do to speed it up ? RB:disgust:
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    Staples name change !

    I remember the threads from some months ago that lead to the phrase "Staples is SUCK" with great fondness. Boy, some of the people here sure have a pretty good sense of humor!! But after today I think we should change the phrase to "Staples is STOOPID". I got in on the...