Steve what OS were you running? My XP box has an internal 56k (it's a Compaq Lucent Winmodem) an I can't get it to go any faster then 36k...
If your budget will allow it and you have room on your desk then I highly recommend an external modem I have a US Robotics USR 5686E serial modem...
I have a USR 5686E (external) on my other PC and it works great. ICS is possible I would let XP be the dail up PC and then share it's connection...
What errors are you getting? What does the Win98 installer do when you boot off the cd-rom? Is this a dual-boot or single boot PC? If it's a...
Once you get started just watch it grow and branch off into subfolders :D . Good Luck to you Bubba169
First XP on a 166!!! Wow dude I didn't think it would run on something that slow. My old Linux box was a pent. 166 Mhz non-MMX, 16 Mb...
When your done with XP there will be a new version of Windows then another and another. I just picked an old pent 166 PC and tried it that's how...
Good job Sarissi, sounds like you have done your homework :D My first mistake when I started with Linux was thinking like a "DOS or Windows"...
I agree with aleekat that the monitor should be tested on another system before you make any major moves. If you don't have a second pc at home...
Yeah I agree and to futher prove your point look at this link: http://www.littlepc.com/ a PC the size of a CD-Rom drive. I'll bet it's a tight...
I agree 100% with that. It drives me crazy to buy brand new stuff then have to "make" it fit. Oh well maybe one day. Bubba169
Yeah let me clarify The frist time I plugged mine in it didn't work so I just swapped the wires then it went to working fine and as I said...
I had to cut the plug on a PC I built once like Alex Ethridge suggested and it's still working today. Just be sure to observe the polarity (+, -)...
Let us know how it goes. I have got another idea for you it's one I'm considering myself, build a standalone MP3 player out of it you know just...
I may be one the wrong path here but have you done a online virus scan? I once got a virus (I believe it was a loveletter.vbs) that changed my...
Yes there is still life for your old pent. 166. My first Linux box was a pent.166Mhz non-MMX 16Mb ram 3 gig harddrive system. There are a number...
If there is a 56k modem installed then you can remopve it from the case and look for numbers or markings on it, it should have an FCC ID number on...
Have you reinstalled the motherboard drivers? Here's a list of SiS driver downloads for the SiS 650:...
I try to buy most of my RAM from Crucial if you know what motherboard or if you have a mass produced PC (Compaq, Dell, HP, etc...) then they can...
I'll assume you used a Win98 bootdisk with fdisk & format funtions on it, Formatted the drive as fat32 then convertrd it to NTFS durring the WinXP...
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