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    General question/help

    Hey guys, Im currently on verizon DSL. From that we have a buffalo wireless router. From there we have 1 desktop wired. and 4 computers wireless, 3 of them desktops upstairs and 1 laptop wherever in the house. Now we get excellent speeds, and a very stable connection wirelessly...
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    Network question

    Hi, i have 2 computers beside each other. Each are connected to the net via wireless, which the router is located downstairs. I want to xfer big files via a lan connection between the 2 computers as wireless is alot slower. How would i do this. They both have lan ports and i have a cable.
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    HD not detecting or is it?

    Hey guys, I bought a 120 IDE hd off here for my dell dimension 2400. its a bit old but afaik doesnt have HD limitations. Anyways, when i go into the bios it shows my prim HD as unknown device. I have it set to master on the HD. Also im able to boot with tinyxp's cd and install to the...
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    Ram not being detected on the EVGA 680i

    Hi, i have 4x 1gb 4-4-4-12 ram. I was running with 2 gigs perfectly fine. i recently bought 2 more gigs and put them in, for some reason its saying i have 2.5g of ram. Any ideas?
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    Problem with new hardware

    Hi guys, i got a computer that the video card fan was going, so i decided to upgrade to pci-e as well as get a new mobo that supports pci-e. So i got them today. And i installed them, switched the cpu/ram/hd's over. However upon booting up, i get to the Windows Xp loading screen and i...
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    Mushkin xp3200 1 gig kit.

    I bought a computer off a frined and in it was these 2x 512 mushkin xp3200 model 001357 These things come stock at 2-2-2-5. Have nice black heatspreaders. I havent even played with them but did a memtest and are error free. Not sure their OC capabilties.. According to mushkin site...
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    Comp keeps restarting.

    My comp is randomyl restarting. Sometimes during boot up, sometimes after 10 mins.. It just turns off then back on. Longest ive had it on was about 30 minutes prolly. Any ideas?
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    10krpm Raptor not showing.

    Basically just got a wd raptor, and hooked it up, went to my bios on boot up, its in there np, Load into windows it says found new hardware yada yada yada, it sets it up, so its in device manager working properly. Only one problem, its not showing in my computer?
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    More memoery - slower???

    Im wondering , i ahve an Asus a8n5x mobo, on the nforce 4 chipset, with 4 dimm slots. i have 4x 512 corsair xms pc3200 ram. and a 64 3700 cpu I was wondering, is having 4x 512 ram chips going to slow my comp down compared to 2x512 running in dual channel? I use it for gaming and general...
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    Ram info

    ok im confused as hell. Whenit comes to ram, the lower the timings is better correct? Also what does CL mean, and is lower better or worse? Also, whats TCCD , TCCC etc etc? BH-5? Registered vs unregistered? Also i was under the impression that DDR ram couldnt go higher then...
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    Instaling XP pro on a SATA HD

    IM having problems do to the fact that when i boot from the XP Cd, it loads it upetc, but only showed my IDE hd's . I want to install it on my sata hd, anyidea how. Im using an Asus A7N8X - E mobo. Also im using a tweaked version of XP to install, so the cd doesnt have an exe, just a boot.bin...
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    Stepping

    Can someone basically explain to me what the stepping is in a core? Like on the 3800x2, The toledo and manchester, the cpu is the exact same besides the fact one is E4 and one is E6, Whats the difference?
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    Temps on CPU

    Was wondering what are threshold temps for an Athlon 64 3700 and also for the 3800x2. Also, what is a good cooler for this cpu for around 30ish dollar :(