Friday, 4 August 2006
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| PCCHIPS M848A V5.0 problem T. T. 23:49:19 |
| | Dear all:
My old Epox 8RGA+ motherboard was dead (bad cap problem), so I bought a
cheap PCCHIPS M848A motherboard (V5.0) in the hope to replace it. After
I installed it and turn the power on, first the CPU fan would start
spinning, but then after like 5 seconds, the power will automatically
turned off for some reason. Does anyone know what might be the issue? I
heard that this motherboard is very picky about memory, the memory that
I'm using is Corsair CMX512-3500C2PT XMS3500 (which is probably PC-3500
I believe, rated at 433Mhz CL2). Does anyone know whether it is the
memory problem? If so, what are the memory that are tested to be
compatible with this motherboard (V5.0)?? Thanks!
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| Impossible to boot on HD and slow BIOS access Michael Mils 23:48:39 |
| | I have a weird problem and for holiday reasons (I'm leaving tomorrow)
it's impossible for me to check right now by changing hardware bits
(and that would cost me money too)
The problem is this : I was using Windows XP, everything was going fine.
Then I rebooted and I had plenty of "99" on the screen. Checking some
web boards, I found it was actually a Lilo problem, which I had
installed though I actually didn't have any working Linux partitions
anymore, so I did a FIXMBR to remove it.
Now here comes the weird bit. I'm not actually sure it's a LILO problem.
The reason is, the symptoms are SLOWNESS. I simply can't boot on my HD
(Hard Disk Boot Failure), and trying to put a Windows install DVD results
in more... slowness. Slowness to launch the install program, mostly.
There is a lot of complete inactivity of the computer : it says
it's loading, but no drive is spinning for a long while. And funnily
enough, when it starts to spin, it has normal speed... until it
freezes once again.
Doing a FIXMBR or even attempting a reinstall of Windows didn't help.
However, my Linux KNOPPIX DVD works just fine and had no kind of slowness
whatsoever.
There are a couple of other symptoms, which make me think it's either
the motherboard or the Power Supply Unit.
Those symptoms are
-VERY SLOW to leave BIOS and enter actual booting
-VERY SLOW to access CMOS utility.
-No system bips (even if it boots)
-No USB recognized before actual OS is loaded. That means I need to plug
a PS/2 keyboard to actually access CMOS where as I could do it just
fine with my wireless usually.
I've read stuff about a bad PSU possibly being the problem in such cases :
things about it not powering fast enough components. Does that fit in
with the rest of my symptoms ?
Thanks in advance.
-Mickmils
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| ASUS V9570 (Geforce FX 5700) - Overclocking/BIOS Flashing question Cronzor 23:37:36 |
| | After much sleuthing, I've discovered that this card is utterly
un-overclockable because of the crappy BIOS it has - no updates from
ASUS. And by un-overclockable, I mean that ANY change to the clock
settings (1mhz) will result in about a 300-500% drop in frames per
second.
My most recent wave of googling brought me to this page:
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=134488
The punchline comes from the last guy who posted there:
"I have the same card as you and I had the same problem. Everytime I
OCed, the FPS drops. The problem lies in the ASUS BIOS. I solved this
problem by flashing my original BIOS with the Jaton 5700 BIOS.
I found the Jaton FX5700NU BIOS in the following website:
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/vgabios.htm
Look under NVIDIA Geforce 5700 4.36.20.35.15 Jaton
This is a zip file of an executable that makes a boot disk for you; so
you need an empty floppy disk. I used nvflash ver. 4.42 using the
followng parameters in DOS mode:
nvflash -b backup.rom - to back up the original BIOS
nvflash -p -u -f p191-0n.rom - to flash my card with the Jaton BIOS
I can now OC my ASUS V9570TD FX 5700 to 515/620"
I have my reservations about doing this and would like to know your
thoughts? Is this safe? Might it result in worse performance? Could I
even undo something like this?
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| Switching from 4000+ to 4800+ AnotherAnonymous 23:25:38 |
| | In switching from a single core 4000+ to a dual core 4800+ will i have to re
install windows? I've had to do so in the past by changing certain hardware.
Anyone experienced this change, thanks for any info.
Windows XP Pro
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| Re: Backup Software Jan Alter 23:20:42 |
| | "Gary Brown" <garyjbrown@charter.net> wrote in message
news:loIAg.5$Ns7.4@fe02.lga...> Hi,>
My PC is acting up again. I would like to back up the disk before> doing surgery or it fails completely. What are some good back up> programs that will do a complete backup of the XP Pro OS so that> it can be reinstalled after with minimal fuss? I think this needs to> include the boot sector (true?) as well as XP's registry and so on. I> have a DVD burner (single layer) and an external disk available for> backup. XP's backup is adequate for most files but requires XP be> reinstalled - that I'd like to avoid.> Thanks,> Gary>
Acronis True Image 9 does a nice job. It will create an image of your drive
onto an external hard drive, CD's and DVD's. Restoration back to one's hard
drive is straight forward and at least to me has shown itself to be
reliable. It will also clone disks and can be scheduled on a daily basis to
append the full image created of the hard drive.
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| Best storage for medium sized mail system? Andrew Hodgson 23:11:55 |
| | Hi,
I would like to implement a mail system (Linux Scalix) with about
500gb of data. I am wondering whether to use local storage (I would
probably go with RAID10), or whether a SAN would be a better choice
for this purpose, which would also give benefits of being able to have
multiple boxes do the work.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Andrew.
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My Email: use <andrew at hodgsonfamily dot org>.
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| imaging programs Craig 23:08:58 |
| | It seems to me that imaging program use to be good for backup for any
o/s prior to XP since you could restore to another computer. Now with
XP you can't use the data in a new computer. Is there a way to get an
XP image to work in a new computer. I know XP doesn't like hardware
changes but still there should be a way to get to o/s, data operational
on a new computer without having to reinstall everything.
Thanks,
Craig
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| How does speed control work on Antec case fans? Doc 22:29:06 |
| | I just got a couple of Antec Tricool fans. One is a 120mm with a 3-speed
switch, the other is an 80mm with no speed switch. Unfortunately, the
packaging contains no documentation. Anyone familiar with these?
Both of these have a lead for sensor pins on the mobo.
My mobo only has 1 such set of pins marked "case fan" that I've found, so I
currently have the 120mm fan connected to it. What's not clear to me is how
the speed switch and control socket interact. Does the 3-speed switch
override the mobo speed control or will the fan speed change within a range
at any of the speed settings?
What's the difference between how the the 80mm fan (no speed switch) will
behave depending on whether it's connected or unconnected to the sensor pins
on the mobo?
Thanks
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| Is this possable at all? Need help Gabriel Knight 21:43:29 |
| | Hi I was woundering if it is possable to use the same thing that the movie
"Jarasic Park" had where on the pc of one was a password protection with an
animation of the fat guy saying "thats not it har har har" when the wrong
password was entered. Ide like to put something similar but with my face and
sound file, dose anyone know something like this? Ide use it for password
protecting files and or bootup into xp at the moment im using logon studio
with a password for the administrator but its not as much fun as above.
Gabriel Knight.
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| layer jump support, Nero and NEC ND-3550A Guest 21:37:38 |
| | I bought NEC ND-3550A DL burner, installed a trial version of Nero 7
and when I tried to create a bacup of 6G worth of files on a DL DVD-R I
got an error:
"Can write multisession or unfinalized DVD-R DL on recorders with Layer
Jump Recording support only"
I know what Layer Jump Recording is but how can I enable it? Or is it
just a matter of updating the firmware?
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| WD45AA drive is detected as WD75AA Oliver Friedmann 20:52:13 |
| | Hi,
I'm trying to recover the data on a WD45AA (45 GB) hard disk a friend of
mine gave me. I've seen many damaged hard disks, but this particular one
is quite interesting, because the bios (and the data lifeguard tool from
WD which is generally supposed to work without caring about any bios
options) both are detecting this drive as a WD75AA (7,5 GB).
I'm not able to access any data, but I'm wondering where the string
"WD75AA" comes from. Obviously the bios cannot contain a table of all
hard disk drive descriptors, thus the drive itself claims to be a WD75AA
(which is not true).
That brings me to the conclusion that either the controller card on the
drive is a "mass production" that can handle different WD drive types
and is internally configured (by a jumper, an eeprom or whatever) or the
drive parameters (descriptor, but also cylinders, heads and so on) are
stored within a writeable eeprom (maybe in order to be able to apply
firmwares) that is corrupted.
How can that be? Maybe a virus that writes to such a firmware, but I
doubt so, because a virus wouldn't change the model of a specific hdd
(WD45AAA to WD75AA) but just destroy any relevant firmware data. Maybe
there is an internal jumper on the inner side of the controller card
that specifies which model the controller card has to handle that has
been fallen off.
What do you guys think?
Thanks in advance,
Oliver
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| Odd Temperatures With X2 4200 Peter van der Goes 19:21:28 |
| | I just replaced my A64 3200 Venice (running at 2.5 GHz) with an X2 4200.
The 3200 idled at 32-34C and would go up to 42C at full load.
For reference, case temperature = 27C in a 25C room. Temps apply to all PC's
and CPU's mentioned. Stock HSF on all CPU's.
The X2 4200 idles at 46C at stock speed, and at 48C overclocked to 2.64 GHz.
But, even after running Prime 95 for three hours, The temperature never
exceeded 53C.
The HSF that came with the X2 appears identical to the HSF that came with
the 3200. Plain aluminum block.
Oddly, I have an X2 3800 in another PC that idles at 38C and never exceeds
44C with stock HSF (looks the same as the other two).
The X2 4200 I got is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2000MHz HT Socket
939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200BVBOX - Retail
from Newegg, if that helps.
I guess my questions are:
Why the high idle temp? (I suspect aluminum HSF about maxed out).
Given the top loaded temp, I don't see any danger, but:
Suggestions for a better HSF that won't cost an arm and a leg?
Thanks.
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| FTC Finds Rambus Unlawfully Obtained Monopoly Power Jan Panteltje 18:59:01 |
| | FTC Finds Rambus Unlawfully Obtained Monopoly Power:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/08/rambus.htm
This _could_ lead to a withdrawel of some of Rambus patents,
and possibly claims from memory manufacturers.
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| FD-505 floppy write protect LED Brian Sturk 15:30:26 |
| | Finally got around to hooking this up. It's a combined 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 drive.
I was getting errors trying to write saying disks were write protected when they
clearly aren't. Turns out the write protect LED was dead. I replaced it with
what I had lying around. It does light up now, but I think it's drawing too
much current or something because now I get a floppy fail (40) during POST.
Anyone have an idea of what type of LED I could replace it with?
thanks for any help,
~brian
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| Upgrade Report [New Uses for Old Hard Drives - 07/11/2006] Ablang 14:02:57 |
| | July 11th, 2006
New Uses for Old Hard Drives
Contributing Editor Steve Bass
Call me cheap, but I use old hard drives, no matter how small, as long
as I can. Read on for two neat ways to give ancient drives new
purpose.
Play Downloaded Videos on TV
Q: I legitimately downloaded a few episodes of ABC's "Lost." I want to
watch them on a TV, so I tried to burn them onto a DVD. But first I
couldn't figure out the correct format, and then an episode wouldn't
fit
on just one disc.
A: You can string all of your ruined discs together and build a wind
chime, because I have a nifty contraption that makes playing movies on
a
TV a hassle-free affair--and it has nothing to do with DVD burning.
My secret is the Galaxy TVisto Multimedia Center, an external drive
enclosure that you attach to your PC via a USB 2.0 or FireWire
connection. You then hook up the device to a TV to watch your movies.
Here's the link::
http://www.galaxymetalgear.com/Products/3500tvisto.html
Start by dragging and dropping the video that you want to watch,
including uncompressed ISO files, onto the TVisto. (Your PC will see
the
TVisto as another drive.) Afterward, link the device to your TV,
choosing from five standard connectors. The TVisto's built in,
menu-driven, Linux-based software permits you to play back videos of
various formats. I tried several kinds--MPEG-1, -2, and -4; DivX
(which
is based on MPEG-4); and AVI--and they all played. Though I was
interested in using the device only for videos, the TVisto can play
music (.wav, MP3, and other formats) and show images, too. The product
costs about $143, and it includes a remote control and cables.
The catch is that you need to supply and install your own hard drive.
I used an old 60GB, IDE hard drive I raided from an unused PC. But,
hey,
hard-drive bargains are everywhere. At press time, a Maxtor 80GB
drive,
adequate for around 20 videos, costs about $50; a 250GB drive runs
about
$80. Go to our Product Finder for the latest prices:
http://find.pcworld.com/54468
You should also check our Upgrade Guide for reviews and pricing:
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/infocenter/0,ctrid,9,ic,UpgradeCenter,tk
,nl_urxctr,00.asp
Fortunately, installing the drive into the TVisto takes just a few
minutes: You remove some screws, pop in the drive, connect the cable,
and reinsert the screws. And when you're not watching videos, you can
use the TVisto for backup storage.
DIY External Storage
Q: I have some perfectly good hard drives I've removed from old PCs.
They're small (most are 40GB), but I hate wasting the drives. What can
I
do with them?
A: I have a quick, cheap fix that will let you use the drives for
long-term storage of photos and videos: an $18 adapter that allows you
to connect any IDE drive to your PC's USB port. The PCMS IDE to USB
2.0
Drive Adapter consists of a USB cable that terminates with an IDE
connector and a power supply. That's it--there's no enclosure, and you
provide the 2.5-, 3.5-, or 5.25-inch drive. You can find this gadget
online:
http://www.pcmicrostore.com/PartDetail.aspx?q=p:10501935
Attach the drive to the connector, turn on your computer, copy the
files, and disconnect the drive once you've shut down the system. This
is a great way to use old 20GB drives. Though I wouldn't waste a new
SATA drive in this manner, you might need to; if so, the $30 Young
Micro
USB 2.0 Adapter can help:
http://www.pcmicrostore.com/PartDetail.aspx?q=p:10503470
Read Steve Bass's regularly published "Hassle-Free PC" and "Tips &
Tweaks" columns:
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/columnist/0,colid,43,tk,nl_srrsc,00.asp
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| Recommended RAM/mobo for Intel D 805 CPU? Altcomphardware 12:37:01 |
| | Hi guys. What RAM/mobo would you recommend as best for the dual core
2.66GHz Intel D 805 CPU, if the intention is to buy one at stock speeds
with the future option of "reasonable" overclocking?
According to this article from Tom's Hardware, it seems the max
recommended speed is DDR2-1066.
http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores_uk/page10.html
However, by "reasonable" overclocking I mean no extra money spent on
fancy heatsinks costing as much as the CPU and water cooling...so I
will be setting more modest targets. Do you think DDR2-800 RAM and a
matching mobo will do the job?
How badly crippled will the 805D CPU be if I buy a cheapo DDR400 mobo
for now until I am ready to overclock it?
TIA.
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| power supply for Intel Pentium 4 531 Guest 12:31:50 |
| | I just bought an Intel Pentium 4 531 CPU and motherboard. Been having
some trouble with it. So I'm wondering if the CPU/Motherboard is
defective or if my 350W power supply is insufficient? What is the Power
requirement for the Intel Pentium 4 processors? I can't seem to find
this information anywhere on the web.
Chieh
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| Athlon 64 3000+ RAM issues Htnakirs@Gmail.Com 11:08:56 |
| | Config : Athlon 64 3000+ Venice, ASROCK 939NF4G-SATA2 (Nforce 6100+410
chipset), 256 MB X 2 DDR 400.
CPU Z shows under the memory tab :
DRAM Frequency value 129
CPU: DRAM value CPU/14.
SPD tab shows the max bandwidth as 200 MHz.
Setting the RAM frequency at Auto in the BIOS shows DDR 333 at boot up.
Since the 3000+ runs at 1800 with the multiplier of 9 and HT frequency
at 200, the DRAM frequency works out to 1800/14 = 129.
Setting the RAM to 400 in the BIOS does not change this value.
If overclocked by increasing HT frequency, the CPU and RAM speeds
correspondingly increase. To run the RAM at its rated speed, I need to
OC the CPU to 2800 (and the HT at 300)!
Can anyone help me understand these values? Anyone else with the same
processor having similar values? Is it the mobo that puts in the
CPU/DRAM ratio?
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| PACKARD BELL LEGEND WONT BOOT OR RESPOND Guest 09:54:02 |
| | I have a Packard Bell Legend 1824 CDT. Which as of now it will not do
anything.
Some Specs are:
-Intel 100 MHz Pentium Processor
-1.6 GB of Hard disk Drive
-16 mb of RAM
When I turn the computer on the screen comes on and says
"CL-GD543x PCI VGA BIOS Version 1.23b
Copyright 1992-1995 Cirrus Logic, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Copyright 1987-1990 Quadtel Corp. All Rights Reserved.
04/24/95
_"
And it just stays on that screen. I have the master cd in the cdrom
drive and the recovery diskette in the a: drive. Please Help !! What
should i try or do ?
Thanks
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| TeraServer Pro does not support sleep Snorkeler 06:52:30 |
| | I paid extra for a TeraServer Pro network storage device, rather than
their consumer unit.
I was shocked when I tried to set it up to sleep when I don't access it
(12 hours a day, you have to sleep sometimes!) to save power, only to
find that, unlike the consumer versions, it cannot sleep!
I talked to Buffalo, yet they declined to put this feature in their
recent firmware update. Odd.
It seems peculiar to not have good features in upper price zone units.
They do not disclose this in their comparisons, so buyers have no way
to know that by paying more, they're getting less.
They do not respond to inquiries about this. Disappointing. As buyers,
we should demand that mfg. either disclose their energy performance.
Nowhere in their specs does Buffalo let you know power consumption. Any
device that is on 24/7 consumes lots of power, and it is a known issue.
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| Hard disks on one machine, control from notebook? Davidp 03:26:14 |
| | Hi --
Strange question, but maybe not.
I have two computers. Dell Desktop (old Dimension) and a Dell notebook
(old Lattitude).
The notebook has a bad screen and the desktop now won't boot properly.
(Yep, I'm working on that problem too.) But I began wondering if I can
hook up the notebook to the desktop somehow to control the hard drives
in that box without going through the desktop system.
Maybe use that old desktop box as a storage rack? What do you think? Is
this a crazy idea?
Thanks for your help.
David
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| Thanks to all for answers on processors. Yugo 03:19:09 |
| | I would like to thank everybody, mainly Paul, then Bazzer, for the answers I
received to my questions about processors. I'm still far from a processor
expert, but the knowledge I gained here in very little time I couldn't have
obtained on the net unless I had spent weeks on research. I'm afraid I
wouldn't have done that.
It's sad, but magazines such as Tom's Hardware seem to always take for granted
that their readers have good basic knowledge of hardware. I'm afraid they lose
a lot of readers this way. 10 years ago, magazines took more pain to explain
the basics.
If Paul wanted to write a page on processors on his site, I'm sure many people
would pay a visit, mainly if there were pages on other pieces of hardware:
monitors, power supplies, etc. No testing, just the basic concepts. But it's
important to keep it simple. Concentrating on the Athlon 64 3500+ has helped
me to learn notions that would also apply to other AMD processors.
Thanks to all again. I received a good demonstration of the usefulness of usenet.
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| Toshiba 3.5" external hard drive problem Wal 03:15:02 |
| | I have had my 250gig external hard drive for a few months and it has
behaved perfectly well.
I determined to reinstall Windows to clean up my PC tonight and
although the hardware is shown on the list of items in the system list
and the drivers appear to be all properly loaded, when I switch on the
machine, the icon simple doesn't show in "My computer" with the rest of
the storage devices. As a result I can't save anything onto the disk or
get anything off it.
Anybody know why?
Thanks
WAL
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| Best soundcard for recording stereo music? Steven Spits 03:05:47 |
| | Hi,
What would be the best PCI soundcard for recording stereo music? At this
moment I'm using the linein on my mobo, but I'm looking for something with a
better signal-to-noise ratio.
I don't need MIDI, surround, a remote control or any other fancy stuff. I
only want the recorded stereo music to be as crystal clear as possible.
Any suggestions?
Steven
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| POS kasa jeftino D/S 02:33:39 |
| | Pos kasa za ducane i ug. objekte super jeftino. Upiti na mail.
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