thoughts on building This thread is pertinent to what you're considering.
agree with pci solution I just want to second Pete's pci suggestion and add: you can get a card with both usb2 and firewire. Your question is...
a good idea if ballbearings I've had bad experience with a couple of those -seizing up because they had inadaquate bearings. Might work if you...
outdone? Not to be outdone, I just want to say that my first pc had NO hdd, only 32KILOBytes of ram and two floppy drives, one sided yet, that...
I second all that mattman said, and i'd emphasize the following. That's the agp bios, not dos, and I think it indicates that at least some of mobo...
According to techreprts The drivers have been a problem with this card, and it sounds to me like that could be your problem as well. You may have...
I've built both over the years (20+) and at the practical level There's no difference except in price. AMD has more bang for the buck. Without...
Thanks Thanks for letting us know. We wouldn't dare suggest that on a Wndows BBS! :D :D
user error When I have a similar problem, I just start over again. I don't think you can easily overcome this situation, and I've found the...
Absolutely not! What you describe is normal and harmless. Explorer is simply a record of what's present on your drive. Most any program...
important! BTW, etc. - see last post.
I can't predict what is safer; really, nothing is safe. It depends on your resources, too. You may be wise to take the machine to a professional...
If you haven't solved this after all of the above, it sounds to me like the CPU has quit. I wonder if you had protection from static and unpluged...
Probably yes, if you remove the old one. You'd get the same effect with fdisk (or it's equivalent) and format applied to the present one if you...
Hi Cal, See this thread, please. Hope you have a CD burner.
Obvious! K? :)
Just this week I ran accross a pc that had xp pro installed and a 160 hdd that it couldn't see more that around 130, and it didn't have sp1. I...
Jim, We have had bad experience with ATI: when my wife's card quit under waranty, we found they didn't answer emails in a timely fashion and...
Jim, I would personally go for number 1, since you're not a gamer. I've had and built both intel and amd and even tho benchmarks may differ, I,...
I think service pack 1 for XP corrects this problem. You can install it and see, and it's free from Microsoft.
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