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hello all, finally getting my 2 wd raptors, been wondering, I have a ASUS A7N8X Deluxe mobo, was wondering what all do i need to get these drives running in raid? (software/firmware-wise)... Best BIOS rev? Best nForce drivers The onboard SATA is Silicon Image, is there anything I need to do...

ok i have a GA-8PE667 Ultra 2 Mobo. i have a Seagate 80Gb baracuda iv HDD on boot up my computer shows a thing saying SMART capabilitys on primary hard disk drive = "disabled" ok i have been having a few minor HDD problems and am wanting to turn on SMART, now i have looked in the Bios and...

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Hello everyone....I have got a sony vio second hand lap last month...I wr usig it properly without any problem..but day befor yesterday I decided to install windows 8..after installing I pressed shutdown option n its get off.then I closed my lap and kept it on my bag..after some time whn I took...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I use XP Pro and I u used to be able to see the welcome screen after the computer cam out of the screen saver or stanby mode. Now the check box says password protect with brings up a Windows 2000 login. how do i...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I've installed a program (Palm Desktop to be exact) that required Administrator privileges for installation. I can see it from the Start menu as Administrator, but not as a user. Poking around, I've found a number...

Can someone tell me what speed this CD Rom drive is? It is a sony CDU571 Slot load. The Sony site is no help. Some other sites I have are going fee based. So I've lost some good resources. The bios does not say and the os will not say either as sometimes it will give a clue in the listing. It...

can I burn a VCD on a CD-R that is readable in a home DVD-VCD player? I have made a video for a small ( 100 copies ) distribution via VCD, can I burn my own or do I need to pay to have this done? <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by bangkok_cowboy on 11/07/01 08:41 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

I have the following: ECS k7s5a, geforce 4, an 7200rpm ide HD and Windows XP. I intend to install a PCI AHA-2940 scsi controller and a 2Gb scsi drive, to be used for backup purposes only. Will the SCSI drivers cause any conflict with the detonator drivers? Comments are very welcomed...

hello, i am experienced and worked a lot with raid-arrays. now it happened to me, that during a short power loss one of the two hdds building a raid-0 the raid-information was lost. i assume it is the boot-sector, where raid-information is usually written (isn't it? or more than one sector...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?) I may be a fool concerning SP2 but when I download files, in a .ZIP, from my FTP site I can't get them to open, no mater what I have tried. I now have the site is set up as a "Trusted Site" so that I don't have to...

Hi I just bought a AMD 965 Phenom II Black Edition and when checking to see how fast it was compared to my 9950. The result staggered me since the 9950 walked all over it so I knew something must be wrong but I don't know what. I noted when the computer was booting up the processor is listed as...

I have a Phillips, I think, 8x4x32 CD-RW. Now, when I try to burn stuff, I NEVER get 8x speeds. The drive came with Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4.0, but I also got Nero 5.0. When trying to burn audio CDs, it will only go at 2X, no matter if I use a .wav or a .mp3 as the source file. Even cloning...

Is there a big difference in transfer rate and performance between ATA100 mode against ATA66. For some reason, Win2000 is not detecting my IBM ATA100 HDD connected to the ATA100 slot on my Asus A7V. So I am thinking of reconnect the HDD to my primary IDE connectors running at ATA66. So is...

I am for the moent the proud owner of an AST with i486DX2 66, 16 RAM and 545 HDD. The lads in the computer-store says that if I by a CD for it probably won´t work since it´s too fast for the computer. Another guy says it will work, it will lower its speed to what the platform can take... The...

I recently purchased a 660ti for my system. I installed the necessary drivers from here: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/research/hints-or-tips/detail.page?DocID=HT073559 Specifications: Intel 3.1GHz ivy bridge 8GB Corsair CX 600w The issue is that the screen is blank after I connect to the...

Hello, my pc Conf Intel(R)Pentium(R)Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00Ghz 3GB DDR2 RAM with internal graphic SIS margin 32MB

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) I have a problem with my disk cleanup and hope someone here might be able to shed some light on it. When I open it I get the normal, regular popup asking me what drive I would like to cleanup. C is chosen, (so far so good)...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) Hi there, recently i have noticed that as the pc boots up an aditional screen comes up with the following text appearing....Intel UNDI PXE 2.0 (Build 082) Via Fast Rhine II Ethernet Adapter 2.25 Client Mac Address...

I plan on getting this HDD: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840 I currently have an old SATA II HDD but the new one is just a bare drive so I don't know if my old connector (the little black plug the goes in the back) will go with this SATA III HDD. In other words, do...

Hello, I want to build a PC for gaming, but I have this idea: What about to put 2 PCIex16 4Gb VRAM graphic cards on a Motherboard with an integrated GPU in order to play multiple games at once? One user at each of the 3 workspaces. Can this be possible? How can I configure the joystick for...

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Hello, i have a studio dell xps right now an i wanted to upgrade the graphics card to a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 , is that okay if i just also replaced the power supply to a 600w spare that i have laying around?

My motherboard has 1xPCIe x16 slot, will this slot fit a PCIe 3.0 Video card?

My issue while I play my games is that I get a Lag and studder, but no artifacts. I have read and done research, checked vsync both in game and in nvidia control panel (turned them all OFF). In BF3 in ultra @ 1080p, one monitor my GPU averages about 37FPS, with a CPU load of 85% and ram load...

Hi, I'm trying to rebuild my Asus Tek, Model # CM5570, Processor is a Pentium (r) Duel core, CPU E5300 @ 2.60ghz, Mem: 6144mb Ram, Nvidia geforce 9800gt. Currently used for gaming, mostly wow. I replaced my video card & cpu fan last year, but my computer continues to overheat and lag out...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) A third puzzle. I don't have MS Word or Office so don't have the spell check in OE. In W98se I installed a little program called Ispell which gave me functionality with Spell Check in OE. I've just installed it on XP...

First of all, I know that the 7850 is clearly a more powerful card.. But Im reconsidering the 650 Ti because of the brand, eVGA is the best IMO, whereas I've read some bad reviews about Power Color cards. I just wanna ask, if you guys were to choose, would you go for the 650 Ti (considering...

Hi, I just put the following build together: Intel i5-3550 AsRock Z77-Extreme4-M MSI R7870 Twin FrozrIII OC G.Skill-NT 8GB Kit (4Gx2) ASUS PCE-N15 Wireless-N Network card Samsung SATA 22x Black DVD RW Seagate 3.5” Barracuda 1TB Thermaltake Dokker (Case) Thermaltake LitePower 600Watt PSU The...

Hello, help needed! i put an 8800 gts card in my pc a couple of years ago and it worked brilliantly until it fried. Ive oven baked it six times now and the time it lasts afterwards has decreased massively. Whats the best card i can put in, with only one power connector in the dell and not...

Please help! I currently purchased a MSi GT70 OND-492 with GTX 675mx dedicated. Everything seems fine so far except for the issue that my laptop does not recognize the Geforce card. I opened the dxdiag and it always show Intel Graphics Card in the display panel. Please tell me how to fix it. Thanks!

hey I have a acer aspire m3910 it has a Intel i3 550 at 3.20 GHz 16gb of DDR3 ram I was hoping two upgrade my graphics card to a EVGA GeForce GTX 560Ti but i am not sure if it would fit and I know I would need a new power supply as it is only a 300w supply at the moment so would like to know...

Hello, i really want to know which graphic card should i buy for normal gaming.I donot need new one i am going to buy a used card Which have these specific Direct x 10 Pixel shader 4 memory 256 mb Vertex shader 3 or 4 I play games like pop 4and5 devil may cry 3 4

Hi fellas, For once, I actually have a question, it's more out of curiosity than anything else. As the title states, many AIB partners make cards such as the 7950 with 2 DVI outputs along with the normal HDMI and 2 miniDP ports. That's a total of 5 video outputs. Do those cards support 5...

well.. basically.. this is my rig: case with 3x 80mm fans, 1x 90mm and 1x 120mm fan. no lights at all (i took them all off xD) 2x 80gb sata hdd on raid 0, 1x 160gb ide hdd and one 250gb sata hdd. one regular lg dvdrw, one floppy. asus m3n hdmi board, 2x 2gb ddr2 800mhz ram (cheapo supertalent)...

Hello, I am trying to connect and use a second external monitor thru the DP port on my laptop docking station with a DP to usb adapter. In the control panel the 3rd monitor is connected but greyed out. Advice anyone on how to activate and extend to this 3rd screen??

I can't figure this one out. I have windows 2000 sp 4 Dx9 c. When i stick in a Game install disk(the latest bad game being Rainbow 6: raven shield) the autorun is triggered..the hour glass comes up and stays up. i check the task manager and see that setup.exe is being loaded over and over...

Here is the situation: I have two computers connected together via a crossover cable. One (call it Main) is running Windows XP Professional, other (call it Client) is running Windows 98SE. The 'Main' has internet access via a 56K Modem. I tried to share the internet connection so that I can use...

im having major problems reconecting my belkin router i was giving a seires or instrutions on how to reactivate it but the only problem im having is that i have an invaild ip adress i know my correct ip adress but i dont know how to actually bunch it in i need help what can i do

Hello, What's the best configured and cheapest alienware m17x I can buy?