Summary: No problems here, just some insight, or a laugh for someone. I have an old Dell Optiplex GX1/450mtbr+/300mgb ram/30gig hd/running windows 2000pro. I ...
Summary: ^^^Topic :) My weirdest hardware moment: Around 2 years ago, my dad bought himself a used Comcrap Deskpro. Advertised specs were a Pentium 4 1.8GHz, 2...
Summary: Thanks for all of your help. I love this site. Been using it since 2001. Ok, My plan is to transplant some of my old hardware into my new pc build. My...
Summary: You would need a relatively new motherboard if you're looking for on-board ATA 100 support. Otherwise, an add-on ATA card should work on any motherbo...
Summary: When upgrading to a different type of processor, just about everything has to be replaced. If you want to get like a P4 or one of the newer athlon xp...
Summary: big number? i espected an increase of performance, not a decrease, but i didnt expect to double. Like i said earlier, im low on cash, this upgrade all...
Summary: I have 2 questions for you guys. 1. I have 2 old computers which are both from around 95/96 and next to the CPU socket there is a long brown slot, Its...
Summary: I have some old hardware scavenged from obsolesced systems. I want to install a ZIP drive in the old Optplex and a 5-1/4" floppy, if possible, in ord...
Summary: Do I understand that right, you just took the old windows installation from your old system and now you try to boot the new system with that installat...
Summary: I have a new machine running WinXP Pro-SP2 up and running for about 3 weeks trouble free. About two weeks ago I pulled a hard drive (NTFS) from my p...
Summary: I use win98 not winxp, but what's happening is windows is not able to use your mobo until it installs all its new devices off the motherboard install ...
Summary: Hi Actually even on busy forums, I'd expect members to check backwards for questions which have only a single answer or two. I will generally check b...
Summary: I take it you've tried again after changing this jumper to no avail. The CDROM jumper should be set as you have it now (master) --that is for the devi...
Summary: Look on eBay. You can get a motherboard/CPU combo for $50 to $65, some with RAM! And these are newer boards with newer processors. And as Bobthearch s...
Summary: What are the specs of your old computer? Vista has some pretty stiff hardware requirements. Doesn't Vista have built-in drivers for your integrated gr...
Summary: 1stepbeyond: HUH? Jaenak: I re-read some of your posts and I have a few questions. Had the "old" IDE hard drive been set up on this new compuer, or is...
Summary: I'd go with a new case, mobo, and ram. I can get them all for about $150 CAD. K7S5A mobo - 79.95 256MB PC133 SDRAM - 39.95 Case with 400watt PSU - 19....
Summary: I had similar problems and it didnt' matter what mother board I was using. It turned out to be and old 12x DVD drive I had. Not that it is the same ...
Summary: it sounds like one or some of your hardware is going bad, I installed a old hard drive with a scsi card (isa) and the drive was fried so when I pushed...
Summary: I can see that those of you who are complaining haven't spent your life working on some of the stuff I've worked on Automobiles. Ever tried to chan...
Summary: My basic $0.02, and answers to some of your concerns: Any NAT router makes a solid hardware firewall--unsolicited traffic is dropped cold, and as T&W ...
Summary: "... i was unable to install windows back onto the C: partition of that HDD" Why was that? What was it you couldn't do? We need details! "i cannt full...
Summary: I didn't know you could sell that stuff; I give it away too. Current project is a M577 with P200MMX @ 75x3.5 2.9v / 256Mb (2x128) PC133 / AGP Pro100 c...
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