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- before it boots press F8 like a maniac 'till it asks you to select a mode - it will give an option to select the OS, press the key for that option (I forget which one it is, you know, microsoft and it's nasty habit to change the way everything is called and done with each release...) - select...

try disabling the trackpad and connecting an external mouse. if the problem stops then it's probably a hardware / driver / windows updated your pc without asking and forgot to clean up after itself issue. if the problem persists it might be a virus (I remember around 1998 I had a pc with a mouse...

hmmm are you using windows 7 on your other hard drive? does the os boot ok and work well with the drive connected? did you run chkdsk on your new drive? does it slow down (drive or pc) when you copy something from one drive to another? from a dvd to your new HDD? Is the windows disc you're...

you should start by uninstalling norton security suite. If the problem disappears it's safe to say that's the culprit. On another note I'd recommed installing microsoft security essentials. It's not the fastest out there but in my experience it gets the job done, is an antivirus only (as opposed...

go into the bios and under advanced -> sata config check that sata mode is set to ahci. I've seen a lot of pcs that won't install windows and changing this setting fixes it. not too sure about the details but windows 7 probably no longer has proper drivers for ide devices. besides this always...

I would love to know what you guys think of the revodrive aswell

I was referring to computer hardware stores. typical hardware stores are called something like iron stores here in Chile =)

hmmm I guess I'll just wait and see then, since one of those adapters should be available at a hardware store, right?

I have another question, will a standard ATX Power supply be compatible? I have a Topower 750W modular one with two 12v rails. Will this work? Regards!

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After doing some research it looks like opterons are indeed better suited for my needs (and quite cheaper, which is always good). I've been looking at this mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131671 I like it and find it to be the best c32 that's around (after only...

Thanks for your lengthy post. I'm not quite sold on the point about getting opterons since i've always percieved intel to be better at anything but games. Could you point me to some benches? If I were to buy amd what mobo should I get with those cpus you recommend? Thanks!

about the RAM, will it affect the system in any way? Obviously the memory modules will perform a bit slower than they're supposed to, but will they cause stability issues? Regards!

Supermicro is a very good manufacturer, I buy my server boards from them and haven't had a problem yet. That said I'd rather go with asus for my pc since they require much less tweaking to work properly. For now I have $2000 for mobo + cpu + RAM + ssd, and no I don't need physx for work I just...

ok after thinking this through I've decided to buy the following components: CPU: 2 x Intel Xeon 5620 Mobo: Asus Z8PE-D18 RAM: Kingston HyperX T1 Black Edition (24GB) VGA: Sapphire Radeon 6970 2GB I'm not so sure about the vga card nor the RAM. A radeon 6970 costs almost $100 more than a 6950...