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    OK... Here is my e4400 Asrock 4core-VSTA setup

    There are pencil mods that allow the 775dual-vsta to go above 300fsb with stability. However, the price is that the pci-e frequency must be allowed in the bios to proportionally go up also. Very bad for both pci-e video cards and sata hard drives. However, if a 200fsb chip is run at exactly...
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    Better ways to multi-boot? (isolate OS's)

    See my recent post on making an OS selection switch for under $10: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1174630
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    Floppies are the Future

    Mitchell OnDemand http://www.mitchell1.com/products/repair.asp Uses a key floppy disk to verify that the product was actually purchased...
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    Floppies are the Future

    There still are a few unique uses for floppies. Raid setup (F6). I have a rather expensive automative repair program that requires a floppy key disk at install and will accept absolutely nothing else.
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    How To Make a OS Selection Switch For Under $10

    I bought a dpdt rocker switch at Radio Shack and a long "Y" power splitter cable with molex connectors on eBay. Cut off one of the yellow and red wires from the female molex connector and clipped the other red and yellow wire from it to 6 inches. Soldered the 6 inch red and yellow wires to the...
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    encrypted hard drives

    I use drivecrypt plus pack to encrypt my entire computer, including the operating system.
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    To Partition or Not??

    The first third of a partitioned drive is a little bit faster than the rest of the disk due to being on the outside edge, which is one reason I always partition my raptors with 33% on C and 67% on D.
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    Stupid idea? Possibly... new comp but waitin for price cuts

    The best way to build a computer is to gradually accumulate parts as they go on sale. I bought my BadAxe2 motherboard for $176 on sale, my Corsair 8500 RAM on sale for $304, my sealed retail c2d266 for $439 on eBay, my Powercolor X1950 for $163 on eBay, and my Vista Home Premium for $68 on eBay...
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    Warm: Vista Home Premium Upgrade Academic $69

    If you go to eBay, you can get all of the copies you want for $68 + $19.80 shipping with no questions asked. The seller is godblessu2, who has an eBay store there. Got mine in three days...
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    Warm: Vista Home Premium Upgrade Academic $69

    I bought mine (home premium upgrade) for $70 on eBay, no questions asked...
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    Asrock 775Dual-VSTA

    Great little board if you don't care about overclocking. I have one and it ran my E6700 just fine with DDR1 memory. I used an ATI Radeon 8500 AGP videocard with it. Nowadays using a BAD Axe2 motherboard, but for only $44 on eBay I always liked the Asrock...
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    What do you think of the Bad Axe 2???

    I would use ICH7R sata port0 for the boot drive. Select IDE in the bios for all of ICH7R ports, not raid or AHCI. Since I installed windowsXP from an IDE burner, I can't say for sure, but I'd assume you'd need to initially use an ICH7R port (port3?) to install windows from a windows disk in the...
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    What do you think of the Bad Axe 2???

    Yes, as long as you connect to one of the four ICH7R sata ports, no floppy is needed by windows at installation. Windows sees the drive. The Marvel ports will require a floppy, but I don't use those.
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    What do you think of the Bad Axe 2???

    Excellent board! Connected my Raptor drive to sata0 port, windows saw it and loaded fine. Overclocked my E6700 (2.66Ghz) to 3.0Ghz on stock volts. Raised the chip volts up to 1.35 just for peace of mind. Be aware though that not all of the bios versions are equal. Mine came with 2333, the best...
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    which memory worked flawlessly with your Bad Axe 2 motherboard?

    My Corsair TWIN2X2048-8500C5 ram is working fine. I went into the bios and immediately raised the voltage on it up from the 1.84v default and immediately saved as a custom default, then rebooted back into it to tweak the other adjustments.
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