Recent content by Oceanwatcher

Yeah, Cylinder, heads, Sectors and a few more... I use my laptop and the USB adapter to check things, so if Everest will work on WinXP with HD attached to USB, then I am ok. Re busmaster drivers: I am going to try to install Linux (going to try Xubuntu first) on this PC, so it will not help...

I have a USB tool to connect harddrives to my computer so I can check them etc. Does anyone know of a tool that can identify a harddrive and give info on BIOS settings for it?

Cpu-z was definitely on my mind - but then the PSU fried. So now I working on getting it to boot up from the harddrive again. The manual will definitely help :-)

Well, I got it to start after connecting an old ATX powersupply and clearing the BIOS. However, it did not give any message about what brand or type of motherboard it is. So I am going to try with a Linux disc to see if I can get it to boot and check some things. Thank you so much! So far, so...

Ok.. So I am going to take a chance and connect an ATX powersupply and see what happens. If I can get it fired up and get the BIOS going, maybe I can give some more info. I will remove the older RAM chips. They would not have made any big difference anyway - just had them around so I was...

Sounds very likely. I have seen several PCCHIPS based computers here in Brazil. Would the board accept an ATX powersupply? The Celeron processor here is a P3 kind of processor? I do not remember the name of this kind of socket.. (it is a Celeron processor, not a P3, but I had a PC long time ago...

I am sorry, no. That is why I am posting here. I can not find any info besides the version number close to the power connector. My hope is that the very knowledgeable people in this forum will be able to recognize the board and provide me with some info. Thank you for asking. I should have...

I have an old computer next to me here that I have promised to upgrade a little. Before anyone say anything about buying new stuff, I really have the time to do this and I have some spare parts around to upgrade the computer (basically a bigger harddrive and install Xubuntu). I am a Norwegian...

I have a pc I built a couple of years ago and I figure it still has enough power to do the work I need to do. But after I moved into a smaller room, the noise became extremely noticeable. So I want to do some modifications to it. The motherboard is an Asus A7M266-D with 2 x AMD Athlon MP 1800+...

What is the difference/similarities between the 64 bit PCI you find in serverboards today and PCI Xpress?

I am looking for motherboards that has 64 bit PCI slots, but only one processor. A gigabit ethernet port would also bee good. I am building a 1 unit server and will use a 64 bit PCI raidcontroller from 3ware.