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Hi all, I've been shopping out a new laptop to replace a nearly dead Compaq V2000 (yes it's old and way underpowered by current standards). I've narrowed it down to a Sager 8690 and an Asus G53 over at Xoticpc.com With similar specs they are coming out close enough in price that I can go...

My current computer was an AthlonXP 2500, and it's well past time for an upgrade. I've been reading through the forums, and I'm not sure which direction to go with a solid budget build. I don't know much about the current crop of AMD procs, and only a bit about the Intels. I'd like to stay as...

Ok, as the subject said, I'm in major need of some help on this one.... Here's the situation and the details. MB: Asus A7N8X Deluxe (rev 2.0) Proc: Athlon XP 2500 Mem: 1 gig Vid: 9500 I had a raid set previously made up of 2 Maxtor 250 gig drives, that were actually IDE, but had adapters to...

Hi all, My mom just got a new laptop (should arrive in a week), and she wants to get a new printer. She looked at a couple of all-in-one models, but wasn't sure what to pick. I'd like to help her find something nice, and easy to work with. Ideally here are some of the features I'm hoping...

I'm looking to upgrade my 9500 and I'm wondering if this will be a good card. I don't really care about the all in wonder part, but it's the only x800 card I can find thats not over $200. I've got an A7N8X deluxe and a 2500+ I'd like to get better gaming performance, and from what I've read...

Ok, here's a little about the system so I can explain the problem XP2500 on an A7N8X Deluxe 500watt power supply 2 optical drives 1 ATA HD 2 ATA HDs connected to onboard SATA RAID via SATA Adapter When the computer is running, and I reboot it, it hangs trying to recognize the two "SATA...

Hi all, Like many, I archive a bunch of stuff to DVD and CD after downloading. Now, I'm going nuts trying to find one particular thing, and having to hunt through a bunch of discs. Worse yet, is in a week or so from now, doing the same thing all over again. (can you say glutton for...

I've been running my box with a Zalman cu7000 (I think that's the right model number, it's the all copper one), and it's been making a bad sounding grinding noise for about a week now. The grinding isn't all the time, it's probably about 50%, and I'm worried that it's just going to crap out on...

Ok, I've posted in a couple of areas and gotten some good suggestions to narrow down what is actually causing the problem. Here is the quick summary. 2500+ @2.2 for about a year A7N8X Deluxe 2x512 Giel Value 9500np The above config was running stable and fairly cool for close to a year. In...

Help!!!! ok, with that out of the way, here is the problem. I rebuilt my system about 2 months ago, and things have been flaky to say the least. Here is the quick spec sheet a7n8x deluxe 2500+ @2.2 ati 9500 (omega drivers softmod to9700) 2 maxtor 250gig 1 seagate 120gig 1 liteon...

Ok, I've sleeved my PSU and I'm getting bored again... I'm still not happy with the extra wires laying around my case that aren't being used even though they're tucked away. I was thinking about going with one of the new modular PSUs that are becoming popular, but then started thinking why...

Ok, my raid0 is no raid 0.5 since one drive this morning decided to spend it's time going click, click, click instead of working correctly. I'm looking for advice / help getting it to come back (for at least an hour or so) so that I can backup the data that was on this set and then replace...

Ok, I shoudl probably know this, but I don't.... I want to have a shorter IDE cable so that I don't have to keep folding and tucking crap away. I've got round cables too, but they seem worse to hide in certain areas. Can I just cut one section off of an ordinary IDE cable and use the...

Ok, the subject pretty much sums it up, but here are the details. I built two boxes for my father-in-laws office, both identical case: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=11-132-027&depa=0 MB...

Sorry if this has been talked about, I didn't see anything posted in the forums (though I probably could have looked harder), but when did newegg stop carrying the Chieftec cases. I was looking at their site, and thinking about getting the BX02 series, but noticed that they only have the...

Ok, so I've been tasked with setting up a couple of computers for a small buisness. (no I'm not getting paid, he already gave me his daughter). Anyway, hardware should be here by next week, and I was hoping to get a head start on the system build. What I want to know is, can I...

I've currently got a 2500+ running at 2.2 1.75 vcore and I'm maxed out. I cant get the bus over 203 which I figure is probably cheap ram and at 11.5 multiplier I can't even get into the OS. Would it be worth spending the money on a 2500 mobile proc? I'd only be hoping for a better...

Problem: on my MOBO i've discovered that the usb headers that connect to the frontside usb connectors in my case (Chieftec Dragon) are only USB 1, not 2.0 as I was lead to believe. I rechecked the specs on my case, and on my MOBO and it appears they should be USB 2.0. I've updated all the...

First, my appologies if this should have gone into a different forum section but it's a rather general type question so I thought it would be safe here. Second, the real stuff.... I'm about to buy two new HDDs for my box, I'm looking at a couple of maxtor 250GB, but I'm stuck deciding...