Recent content by bobbi

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    Boot issues

    thanks for input. I got a barts boot environment cd with utilities from a mate. when i could i ran memtest for about 12hours=pass. hd with hdbench = pass. cpu load = pass I think i will replace psu, or get a friends spare to test with first. I shouldnt have risked the cheaper psu, i knew about...
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    Boot issues

    Hiya all, recently been having booting problems, getting pretty serious. I have a home built XP intel 2 duo,sitting on a gigabyte board, rammed with 3gb ddr2, dvd/rw, 2x160gb wd hd, 7950gt, tv tuner, 1xusb mouse 1xusb port used on and off, all running from a EZcool 650watt psu(not sure about...
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    Multitasking dual core

    Hi, I am not a total noob at building and setting up computers but this multitasking word has been thrown about and Im a bit confused. experts please! Im planning on a budgey system consisting of gigabyte s3 or ds3 mb, £4 difference only (i've never oc but may try with ds3) core 2 duo e6400...
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    spellcheck not working

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Every since my computer guys installed Windows XP on my machine, I haven't been able to use my spellcheck on Outlook Express. Not that this is a major problem, but I always get this error message that says something like...
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    MN-100 firewall

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware (More info?) I now have Windows XP-SP2 with the firewall enabled and also have the MD-100 firewall enabled. Should I have both?