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Think this is the same but newer or something? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16817139001

I assume you meant it's made by Seasonic? Looks like a good deal for that one on Newegg...

I'd like to get a nicer new PSU. I heard the Seasonics are good. I think something in the 500W range will be fine for me (if not more than enough). Can someone recommend a model & vendor? Thanks, C

I have an xp2200 with HS someone from here can hafe for free if it will be put to use. You will need to provide a fan (80 or 92mm). Sorry for typos I'm posting this from wifey's blackberry as we drive back from Mackinac. Shipping is six dollars US.

Well, I tried another optical. Also, tried swapping between master and slave and switched the optical and HDD between IDE ports (just to see if the symptom would change). The failure mode is at least consistent now, when I go to select a partition to install XP on, the system just shuts off...

I'll have to give a different one a try....tomorrow. Thanks for the idea! C

Now a WinXP install BSODs at prtmgr.sys during the install process (with one 512MB DIMM).

per my PM, now it just reboots during reinstall. I'll try pulling a dimm and going with just 512MB. The DIMMS are by SimpleTech.

Ummm. WTF. I THOUGHT it was working OK. Now it reboots when the install is almost complete. Same with WinXP SP2. This is the board that was pulled from my father-in-laws system that had the CPU die. Maybe there is more to that story than meets the eye. :-( I have an IDE drive in there...

Had an interesting learning experience. It appears the Sis748 lets you run your ram out of synch with your Socket A processors FSB. I have a 266mhz FSB CPU and setting the RAM to 'Auto' in BIOS sets the ram speed to 400Mhz. I thought this was a bonus! NOT! After multiple tries, it appears...

Running WinXP and 2GB RAM, my 2ndary drive only spins up when I try to access data that is on it. After about 20minutes, it spins down and doesn't wake up again until I try to read data from or write to the drive. Maybe you can get what you're looking for by adding extra ram.

In order to use 4GB in Windows, don't you need a 64-bit version?

Yes you have my addy...THX!

Mine came with one but I should not have peeled off the paper from the adhesive. I recently read that a little heating with a hair dryer would have made the backplate a little easier to get off but I didn't want to damage the M/B since I was selling it and (at the time) never thought I'd need a...

WOW. Scythe already got back to me and is sending me a complete mounting kit for free. It's only costing me $5.50 for shipping. Not bad as long as they ship it out in a reasonable amount of time...

The backplate that came with my Scythe Ninja was completely bonded to a motherboard I had a while ago. Fortunately, the motherboards I had after that already had a sturdy backplate so I had no worries. Unfortunately, my new DFI Infinity P965 board has no backplate to provided added support for...

I had a relatively new Toledo Core X2 processor so I'm not sure how to tell which ones would do it and which ones would not. I think the AM2 processors are less prone to this issue rather than the S939 one I had.

Has anybody tried FreeNAS lately? This is starting to spark my interest.

My experience is that the ram latentcy is change to 2T but also the frequency is cut in half, at least with the A64 CPUs. http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php?t=6263&highlight=Vista+Ultimate+x64+4GB+RAM

I ran 2x 7800GT in SLI for a while on an NF4 (power hungry IIRC) motherboard with an Antec SP-500 PSU w/o problem. That was with a 4400+ CPU, 2GB of RAM and three SATA HDDS. A single X1900XTX worked fine is well.

CPU is yours. Just PM me your address.

Next week, I'm upgrading to a E6420 in a DFI Infinity P965 motherboard. I'll be looking to unload my current system. If anybody is interested, let me know. All prices are OBO (within reason). Here are the parts: Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Socket 939 (CrossFire Xpress 3200) $95 Shipped Socket...

My only other concern would be that you are dealing with women. I think most of us here know how unpredictable they can be. :-)

I think the banter between Merc. and his coworkers is more or less lighthearted fun between them but.... It's all fun and games until someone gets pissed at somebody else for something and then decides to use the 'offensive' emails at a later day to get somebody in trouble. I would not...

Consumer Reports is moronic, biased, unreliable & inconsistent. No wonder a large number of American's have come to rely on them almost exculsively for advice on what to buy. Other than that, CR is OK. :-P

Guys know what the largest IDE hard drive that a Gigabyte GA-7s748 will correctly recognize? Merc. probably knows since he seems to have a lot of experience with it... Thanks, C

As I stated, I'm doing some testing and other things with the system. Looks like the Promise SATA150 TX2 controller card isn't supported Windows Home Server, it can't find the drive attached to it during install. :-(

Whoops. The Vista disk I have is only x64. No wonder it won't work.

I've build a system out of my old spare part and some parts donated by Doug: Fong Kai FK-320 (Excellent case, if it were a little quieter I would take it over my P180 any day). Athlon XP 2200+ with Thermalrite heatpipe cooler (Thanks Doug) 1GB (2x512MB) DDR400 Gigabyte GA-7S748 32MB Ti200 AGP...

The Gigabyte is working great! I just wish I would have kept the new(used) -L version for myself but I was too lazy to swap out the board (again) after I learned that the CPU was actually the culpret.

Wow a Trip & a job. Perfect compromise for Merc.

One other thing about the roof... if you wait until you have a problem, you won't be in a good position to negotiate with your contractor on price & may not have time to shop around. So, definitely, be proactive rather than reactive.

I would replace the roof now. You can't expect much more life out of it and if it does develop a problem, it could be very costly to fix the damage to your home after all is said and done. Also, when you plan to sell (about 7 years IIRC) it will have a newer roof on it which will be a great...

. . . found what I was looking for . . .

I don't know what he'll be looking at...probably just stuff like watchersweb.com but I do know he/we get the occasional video clip from friends via email that contains some 'adult content'. Don't want him to miss out, of course. :-P Don't want to ruin his first impression on Linux. It will...

Is playing Flash, WMV and avi any problem? Sorry for sounding so clueless. :-/

Any issue with looking at PrOn sites using Unbuntu? Issues with that will probably be a a problem for the person I'm thinking of.

I'm embarassed to say I could not figure out how to install an app (i.e download and install Firefox to the latest version) in Ubuntu. Is it easier with Feisty? My father-in-law is a great candidate for Ubuntu since he doesn't need office and just does email and internet. Can you import OE...

Sometimes you scare me. :-) Very impressive.

Thumbs Up!

Very cool!

My mother-in-law is a principal at a school so I'll have to keep that software discount in mind.

Looking for cheap old RAM to use with 266Mhz FSB CPU (AXP 2200+) Make me an offer if you have something you want to sell me. Clocker

When you take into account the cost of including legit software (i.e. Office etc.) , how to your systems compare with the Dells and HPs? I really don't know. I'm just curious as I have some family member's who may be needing PCs in the near future and I will have to choose between building...

Thanks again, Doug. C

Definitely not taboo in my eyes. :-) If you don't need the HSF, I'll take it too. Just PM me whatever it costs... Thanks :-) , CxP

Sounds good to me! LMK what you want for it... KCH

Merc, all I'll need is a CPU to use in the motherboard I thought was dead. I'll make a little file server or something with it. My father-in-law's system already has the replacement M/B in it so he'll be keeping that and getting the Duron 1600 I got (for $20 shipped) for him (from the seller...

GOt a Duron 1600 en route but if anybody has another CPU, the other motherbard I have here is probably in need of one if I can find out cheap. Thanks, CxP