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    Using front panel audio ports disable rear audio ports?

    I connected the front panel audio ports the the front panel audio connector on my mother board. However, upon doing so my rear ports stopped working. Is this common when you connect front audio ports? Its for a Shuttle AB60R intel motherboard btw.
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    Program that shows comparison between AMD processor speeds and Pentium speeds?

    Is there such a program? I found a program that compares OC'ed AMD processor speeds between each other. Wondering if there is the same for AMD compared to Pentium.
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    Where to buy reliable BH-5 or BH-6 Chips for Nforce2 board?

    In particular for an Abit NF7-S board? Looking for 1GB of ram for under $275.
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    Antenna replacement for pci tv card

    Has anyone replaced the antenna, particularly on a leadtek tv2000 expert. The antenna that came with the card is long and radio reception isnt great. What could it be replaced with?
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    Time to buy a DVD player?

    I notice games are now using DVDs. Is it a good time now to buy one - If I were to buy one i'd like to look into a burner.
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    Partition Magic 8.0 - Can't merge with 180 megs of the drive

    http://images5.fotki.com/v58/photos/2/22469/45074/snag-vi.jpg http://images5.fotki.com/v57/photos/2/22469/45074/snag2-vi.jpg I'm not sure what the beginning part of the drive contains - but I can't seem to merge my D: with it. I didn't have the problem before. When I did try to merge it - I...
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    SATA RAID 0 - How to configure dip switches on hard drives?

    I have 2 Western digital HD and I'm going to run SATA RAID 0. How are the dip switches supposed to be set? Should I just leave it on cable select or should I change it to single drive for this setup?
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    What does the code under AMD model number on the chip mean?

    http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/view_message/19202179 I'm looking a few websites like http://www.ocforums.com/vb/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=244237 and under the model number on the chip shows a code starting with AQX, AQY,and AQZ. My chip has a code of PQZFA 0347MPMW Whats the difference?
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    Which hard drive should I install winxp pro on?

    Maxtor 40gig 2mb, 7200rpm or Western Digital 80gig 8mb, 7200rpm I was considering partitioning either one of the drives for windows and program files? Is that a good idea?
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    Help with cooling decisions: processor, mobo and vid card.

    This is the first rig I'm going to build. I already have these parts: AMD 2500+ Barton Abit NF7-S ver 2.0 Radeon 9500 softmodable to 9700 WD SE 80GIG 7200RPM, 8mb I'm looking to overclock: 1. AMD 2500 to a 3200 2. ATI 9500 to 9700 Pro speeds or more 3. Has to be quiet, does not need to be...
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    Looking for a motherboard that supports sdram and ddr ram

    Any suggestions on a basic motherboard that supports these 2 types of ram for under $50. I will be using an AMD XP2500+ cpu.
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    What utilities to use to soft mod ATI Radeon 9500

    I've tried Omega drivers, wizzard drivers and havent been able to get the rivatuner proggie to work. What happens is that when I boot up with Omega or wizzard drivers , my monitor is not getting a signal from the vid card. So there is a blank screen. I was able to get the omega driver to work...
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    Irda / Infra red ports

    Any recomendations on which brand to use? There area good number on ebay, but i've never heard of those brand names.
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    Net MD MiniDisk recorder drive?

    http://www.planetminidisc.com/planetminidisc/pcv-mxs10.html Does anyone know where I would be able to buy this seperately? They are so rare I can't find them at most PC stores. I need it for my NET MD minidisk player.