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Tried that just now, but got the same result. I'm noticing in the install when I view the log after the driver finishes. It gives a blank statement instead of a pass/fail next to Driver Status. To further clarify, when I run any DirectX application which initializes the 3D, I get a 'No 3D...

I'm having a problem where I can install up to 7.8 Radeon drivers, but anything past will not enable my DirectX, so I have no Aero or anything. I can't load any games as well. My DirectX is up-to-date, and I uninstall everything ATi before updating so I can't figure out what the problem is. I've...

It looks like it's talking about drivers and memory dumps. Try reinstalling all the drivers for all the hardware. - Para

When my computer did that it was because my power supply didn't have enough wattage to power the system. When I got a more powerful power supply, the computer booted fine. - Para

I get at least a 20% faster transfer rate with SATA than I do with E-IDE.

I have Outlook 2003 on another HD, that can't be logged into. So I can't go in and export all the files I need. Is there any way to import the old files onto my new Windows installation? There are no pst files, which is my main problem I suppose. - Para

Does the motherboard give a Post Code? - Para

NM. - Para

Diskeeper increased the entries of mine and then my folders read faster after. - Para

Ok, I figured it out. Even though the HD's were set on UDMA in the BIOS, Windows had them loading in Multi-Word DMA 2. So I found where to switch it to UDMA/133. And now they are working great. Sorry for the useless post. Maybe, it will help someone else though. - Para

Ever since I did a clean install and put in my new SATA drives, my other 3 IDE HD's are slow when they need to continously be used. Like extracting large RAR files. It takes over 8 mins to extract a 700mb file. Where before I had the SATA drives it would do it in 2 mins. Reading folders and such...

Maybe your MFT needs to be enlarged. - Para

I just got 2 new HD's as you can see im my sig. I'm going to run them raid and then fresh install XP. Even though I have XP installed already on one of my older HD's, as long as I set the BIOS to boot RAID first it should not look for the other windows installation correct? Or should I uninstall...

I would say since you are a but underpowered go with another 512MB of RAM. This should fit into your $100 budget. - Para

System restore saved me quite a few times. When was the last time it saved?

I already said I wasn't overclocking.

Hmm.

Because I want to have the best heatsink period, if I ever move it to something else. And I don't care about noise. I run my Volcano 9 right now at 5150RPMs all the time. It sounds right to have the 3200 but I've just been leaning towards the 3500 for some reason. Is there a big performance...

Thanks for the help! Much appreciated!

And just to give an idea this is what I'm going to go for this week. DFI Lanparty NFII Ultra B AMD Athlon 3200+ "Barton" Thermalright SP-97 HS Vantec Tornado 80mm Fan Kingston HyperX Dual Kit 1GB(2x512MB) DDR PC-3500 (2) WD Raptor 36.7GB HD Sapphire Ultimate ATi Radeon 9800Pro 256MB...

I'm not even thinking about overclocking. It's just given the best speed at stock that I've seen so far. Plus, it's a badass looking MB.

I had 2 quick questions on some parts I will be buying this week. For my video card I have decided that Sapphire is the brand I want to go with (no changing my mind there!). Should I go with the 9600XT 256MB DDR or 9800Pro 256MB DDR2? I'm leaning more towards the 9600XT due to the clock...

Yes, but you have a 9800 where I have an 8500. It's not the same to make that statement.

Max Payne 2 and X-Wing Alliance both say that no 3D card is present. Yet, I can run Armed and Dangerous, Painkiller Demo, etc. and no problems. This was upon a 4.3 upgrade. Will go back to 4.2 and see what happens.

Great info guys. I really appreciate it.

Is the Corsair TwinX1024-4000Pro faster or better? I've also read that on an AMD system that a PC3200 or PC3500 would be better suited because the higher MHz of the PC4000 or PC4400 wouldn't be used.

Either way you go, you would need some pretty good cooling as well.

This will probably go in my new system, but what else is comparable? Or better even? Money isn't an option.

I'm gonna go dual in a RAID, so I hope it isn't too loud. But, the way I'm planning my new system out it's gonna be loud anyways. So what the hell!

Is there an MSDOS Compatibility issue with the drive within Windows? This plagued me horribly with that system. Or was that Win 95? I forget.

I do my own, because the screenshots most people have to download look like crap. Especially the MAME32QA ones.

Max Payne 2 definitely.

Keep the multiplier at default (13.5x)?

Ok, I upped the FSB to 166MHz and Locked the RAM to 100%. Then I set the Multi at 11x. Booted up Windows no problem. Ran a memory test on Sandra and a CPU test and came out fine. So I rebooted and set the Multi to 12x. MB alarm went off. So I set to 11.5x, and Windows wouldn't boot. Kept...

I have an Epox 8RDA3+ with an AthlonXP 2200. It autoruns at 133MHz of course because of the chip. But I want to take advantage of the DDR333 memory I have. Will bumping it up to 166MHz be a problem? Plus, I've been wanting to overclock this thing forever. Is there a site or such that shows...

It's there. I say why not!?