So, I just got my shiny new heatsink in, and I had a bit of a problem. I went to mount it, and the PWM stuff in the top-left of the board seems to be blocking one of the retention brackets on the heatsink from locking in. I know it's a big no-no to run it with one unattached, but I'm wondering...
So, after finding a bit of a problem with the onboard sound on my computer (AC-97, 8 channel, but the back-panel onboard port is dead for the L/R stereo front), and having generally crappy speakers, I've been highly considering getting a new sound card and speakers. I've been eyeing the...
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TITAN 64 CLASSIC SUPERBLADE NEST WITH (6) BLADES, EACH BLADE CONSISTS OF: DUAL OPTERON 246 (2.0GHZ) PROCESSORS AND 4 GB RAM, 40GB IDE DRIVE, DUAL GIGABIT
And, for those of you who like the not-so-crapper crappers, this auction has quite a few dual/single...
So I was thinking about how much of a beast the HT P4's are, and I got to thinking about the near future: What kind of a beast of a folder would a dual-core HT P4 be? I mean, my P4 at 3.2GHz with HT already cranks out the work units, imagine doubling that power in the same amount of real...
Here's a cranker for all of you. I just installed WinXP SP2 on my desktop, and I get an Explorer error whenever I open a plain old .txt file. Every single time. I'd think it'd just be my computer and try reformatting, but my parent's also bought a new Dell and it has the exact same problem...
So in a few weeks I'm going to start building a watercooling kit for my A64 tower before the SoCal summer hits. I've got a heatercore on it's way from my dad's truck shop (he's ripping one from an old diesel engine, it'll handle a LOT of heat really well), and I'm planning on getting rid of...
I'm currently putting a new computer together on a KV8-MAX3 board. According to the specs, it has support for ECC DDR400RAM. I was wondering if ECC RAM is required, or if I can go backwards a bit and plug in some non-ECC RAM.