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Yeah, I've checked the caps, they're perfect. Anyway, the system works now, CPU dead. I got a cheap Applebred as a replacement and the old XP2000+ is now a keychain. Thanks for the help.

'Twas the CPU. Got a cheap 1800MHz Applebred as a replacement. Thanks for the feedback.

Well, for one thing there was no power when I tried to turn it on not knowing the HSF fell off. But I wouldn't know if it did power up prior to that.

I've received a computer in a big box from my grandaunt. It's her old computer, now broken, and she told me my granduncle couldn't fix it anymore. So they bought a new computer and sent me this old one. When I first plugged it in, no power. I didn't even get any LEDs light up or fan noises...

Yesterday, my dormmate knocked on my door asking me to fix his computer. We will call his computer System A for later reference. The thing apparently bluescreened, and would no longer boot. It does the "ok" beep, but nothing would be displayed on the monitor. So I tried using the CMOS reset...

That doesn't explain why one stick of my 2x512MB Infinity (generic) PC3200 died last week. Bought it April, 2005 and sent it in for exchange. But for the most part, he's right. Stuff like that either fail right away or, for all intents and purposes, last forever. Unless you do something...

Ditto. Newegg doesn't ship to my country, and most of the stuff higher than low-mid-end from local retailers are overpriced. I had to approach a big supplier, and they couldn't get me the proper CPU (thanks in part to AMD's confusing and redundant PR rating system) and the right Socket 939 mobo...

Hell I wouldn't know. Maybe not unless the manufacturer deliberately broke compatibility with DVD+R, but don't take my word for it. Why not just try DVD-Rs? Is there any special reason you use +Rs?

Lots of people would. I know it's not likely to happen, but if it did the only ones who would complain would be the AMD cheerleaders.

DVD+R/RW in general is less compatible than -R/RW. Are your older DVDs -R's? It could be just your drive simply not being able to read +Rs. Google gave me this http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=118430

Some people choose not to think, you see. The brain is designed to do completely different things. While it could do raw calculations, it isn't dedicated to do such. Think about it, as you're looking at this screen right now your brain is processing lots of information coming through the...

Yeah, I know it's a typo. But logically speaking, Intel won't price a 2GHz 65nm chip at $215, or they wouldn't clock a $215 65nm chip at 2GHz. Heheheh.

Is it any different from any of the other DVDs you've written? I've personally had lots of DVDs doing all sorts of strange stuff. I have a LG GSA-4163B and two DVD players. Using the same brand and batch of media burned in the GSA-4163B to burn movies I've had DVDs that: -Read perfectly...

Am I the only one drooling upon reading that Intel will be shipping 2GHz 65nm's? Think about it... $50 65nm CPU idling at freezing +decent mobo +DDR2 mmmmmmm....

I have one on the kitchen counter right now!

12.54 on the 12v is still within spec, but it is cause for concern because you're almost at 12.6 which is the +5% mark. I wouldn't worry too much about it though, I think that's normal. How long does it take for the voltages to normalize, and what about your idle voltages?

1. Have you ever had a hard drive fail on you? Yes, three to be exact. Two of them failed in my old computer and one in my dad's old computer. However, all of the drives that failed were in SFF computers and were setup in such a way that they'd run (way) hotter than in normal ATX cases. Two...

Here's the important part. Go to Control Panel->System (or Winkey+Pause/Break) -> Advanced Tab -> Settings Button under "Startup and Recovery", and uncheck "Automatically Restart". If it BSODs instead of restarting, see if the BSOD contains any reference to a certain VXD or SYS or whatever.

Well, have you tried another PSU, or removing stuff one at a time as troubleshooting measures?

Exactly. The biggest hole in computer security is the user, not the OS. Even with IE SP2 and all its warnings about stuff being potentially dangerous, an alarming number of users still click "yes". It wouldn't make a difference if the browser was Firefox or whatever your browser of choice is...

Freespace 2. I had an OEM demo that came with my computer. It was basically a fully working version of the game, but there were only the first ten missions (and a BUY FREESPACE 2 ad at the end of the truncated campaign). Got hooked into it so much, that I kept downloading missions and campaigns...

The whole point of x86-64/EM64T/AMD64 is being able to run "old" (i.e. 32-bit) applications natively. You do NOT need 64-bit software. Also, Pentium D's aren't "only" good for multitasking. SMP setups have a lot of potential, but OS and application support is needed to use that performance.

When, in the quest for solving one of mankind's biggest problems, you unknowingly manage to solve *another*. That is, you develop an alternative, renewable, and efficient energy source to power your boxen in your quest to find a cure for cancer, and you didn't even know it.

I dunno. I've had the opposite problem before on my old PIII+Win98SE, but instead of the clock ticking too slow, the comp would just randomly lose a couple of hours or even DAYS!

The only reason 2K/XP would crash is because of either bad hardware or bad drivers. "Approved" drivers don't mean horsecrap, the VIA drivers could be "approved" and still make 98FE/ME on an Intel chipset look stable over 2K (or Linux or whatever) on a VIA. If you have decent drivers, XP wouldn't...

The J *does* mean xD-bit. My 530J doesn't have EM64T on it.

Even your 5V is out of spec, slightly (acceptable is 4.75-5.25). 12V is WAY out of spec!

Frankly there wasn't really much reason to move from 98(SE) to ME. Win98 introduced a lot of stuff that Win95 only had limited support of or didn't support at all... such as AGP, USB, big disk support, and many other things that actually added functionality. The most useful thing that was "new"...

I don't quite agree. All the SiS systems I've come across since SiS 630 have been quite stable... but you always had to download the AGP drivers because either they don't come with the mobo (or system if prebuilt), or they gave you some suckyass drivers. The hardware is okay, but software...

THREE to FOUR DAYS? Man, that's gotta be a record for any 9x system out there! Seriously, that's no longer "unstable" by 9x standards... you're lucky

If you're doing a clean install, I don't see why you shouldn't integrate SP2 into it. At the very least, I find SP2 to boot up much faster than earlier versions of XP (including the SP2 betas). The problem isn't Microsoft and SP2 anyway, it's Via and their sucky drivers. That said, my friend...

I've only had BSODs in XP because I've either installed bad drivers or I've been overclocking too far. Win9x crashes so often you'd think it's a feature and it supported crashing natively. Even when you're not doing anything, some harmless-looking background app will crash, then take down...

Nah, I'm not getting either right now, for two reasons: I'm not getting Intel because they're too hot and are underperforming. I'm not getting AMD because they're too expensive. Better wait for Socket M2 and 65nm.

It's a three-way shootout between the original Windows 95, the original Windows 98, and Windows ME. Win95 OSR2.0/2.1/2.5 and Windows 98SE were okay. Not like the Win9x family was known to be robust anyway, but 95OSR2 and 98SE were tolerable. The original Windows 95 was obviously very buggy...

I acknowledge that AMD has the better all-around product at the moment. Intel had the upper hand with Northwood+HT, while AMD had an advantage with TBird which came before that. I wish I could have had an A64. Unfortunately here in Southeast Asia, Socket 939 mobos are suspiciously rare, and even...

674GB... 226GB bigger, probably not even 10% slower.

Not supported probably means "not guaranteed to work 100%". It's not saying the thing wouldn't post on an "unsupported" CPU, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will either. Most likely it means "unstable" or "buggy".

Maybe it's your power supply. Try swapping in a good known power supply.

Sorry, your board doesn't support Prescott... guess you're outta luck. http://www.biostar.com.tw/support/cpu/index.php3 Prescott supporting boards will have "P4 Prescott" as well as "Celeron - D" right next to them.

Well, not officially. See for yourself: http://support.asus.com.tw/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us Possible, but the 845 boards have all sorts of warnings all over them.