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23. August 2008 @ 07:35

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Kinda what I thought there creaky. ;)

Well messed with that build until about 1am this morning and there's some issues with the "mobo driver disc". lol. IT's scratched all to heck.... :( I downloaded the drivers on the other computer but I'm gonna have to do a CLEAN M$ XP install to make sure everything is in good working order. I got it to run ok but there is something missing from the driver disc that causes issues that I don't want to deal with. Oh well... nothing that can't be over come. ;)

Once I get some more info I'll post it. ;) OH... took a little stroll around the BIOS... ZOMGosh... it's WAY more comprehensive than the GB for sure and about the same as the ASUS as far as I can tell. Didn't mess with any settings just L@@KED around. :D

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23. August 2008 @ 12:25

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Wait what? I don't understand...

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23. August 2008 @ 12:50

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Originally posted by abuzar1:
Wait what? I don't understand...

Is that directed at my computing experience or the "other" issue? lol. :P

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23. August 2008 @ 12:55

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The "other" issue.

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23. August 2008 @ 17:47

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I quote
"I'm not changing it until they call me out on it"
Am I the only one round here who tries to obey the rules? lmao, just kidding. I don't really care, it's not my site to run, but you know, I don't like people letting themselves get suspended for trivial reasons.

On a more on-topic note, why only two 4850s? lol

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theonejrs

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24. August 2008 @ 00:05

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Anyone here ever do a wipe and full format on a 500GB HDD? You could take a short vacation in the amount of time it takes! LOL!! About 27 hours for both! ROFLMAO! This thing is tiny 4: wide, 10.25" high and 13.25" deep. It has a PIE-e 16x slot, but has the sweetest CPU Cooler I've ever seen. 2 heat pipes and about a 60 or 70mm fan. Aside from the fan in the PSU which is about the thickness of a book and about 12" long, there are no other fans! It has a sideways mounted DVD Burner and a card reader. That's it! Comes with an AMD 64x2 4800+ and 2GB of DDR2/800. Runs about the same as my AMD 4800+!

Just got done converting this HP Slimline to XP-Pro SP2. The software for the modem was a major headache, as the only site that has an XP driver for it has been down all day! It's a low profile PCI slot so I wound up modifying a different HP modem that I had the drivers for. Turned out good! Two more conversions to go! LOL!!

Russ

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24. August 2008 @ 13:52

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hey fella's. im at my parents house right now looking at there OLD computer.seeing abut upgradeing some things.mem,hdd mostly. i cant seem to find any info on the board?? here is what they have.

via technologies, inc p4m266 8233

256mb ddr2100 184pin
also will it matter if its ATA100 or ATA133?
i cant find their mobo disc so i guess i will need all the drivers for it,, where can i go to find all the required drivers?

im trying to talk them into a all new build. thats why i was asking about the P43 board.
but they being on limited funds. the new hdd and mem increase is about the cheapest thing i can think of to help them out...

any ideas?

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24. August 2008 @ 14:29

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I'm wading thru this right now.. ;)

google link to Via mobo for RedRob

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Rob looks like you can use 768MB of RAM total. ;) I'll send you some RAM if need be. ;) tbh 768MB is plenty to run XP on an internet beater. ;0

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24. August 2008 @ 15:29

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so you dont think it can take a gig of mem?

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24. August 2008 @ 15:33

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Looks like the max it support is 768MB. Man, my 5 year old PC is sooo slow on XP. I wonder how I thought it ran fine back in the day.

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24. August 2008 @ 15:40

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thats what i told my parents i dont think it is worth spending 100-120 on a hard drive and a small amount of mem for it and it wont be that much better than it is right now. granted i know and understand them not haven the cash to do a good small build. the only good thing about their puter is the 17in flat panel monitor it has..lol

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24. August 2008 @ 15:46

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hello fellow afterdawners, i just bulit myslef a new computer i would like to hear your thoughs on this bulid on a raqting out of ten. I ran 3dmarks06 and got a score of 7567 is this a good score?

Motherboard: ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE
CPU: AMD64 X2 5000+ @ 2.6Ghz
Ram: exile 2 X 1 Gig of DDR2 1066
GPU: XFX 8600GTS
HDD 1: Seagate 80GB SATA
HDD 2: Seagate 80GB SATA
Power supply: OCZ COOL 650Watts
DVD Drive: just a no make dvd rom cd writer
Case: E Z Cool G5 Tower Case

Thanks for any info that you can give and all comments welcome.

PS can you please tell me the idle temp for xfx 8600GTS.

thanks agian

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24. August 2008 @ 15:54

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Out of 10? Ten being the best gaming computer you can build? I would say a 3.5 or 4.

Realistically though, that's a pretty decent computer. The graphics card is weak but everything else looks decent. I think you should be idling around 50-55C.

Oh and Rob, this is one of the computer si Use everyday at home.

Celeron at 2.6Ghz
768MB of RAM
80GB HDD
Integrated graphics
DVD ROM

It's painful.

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24. August 2008 @ 15:58

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I'd also give it 3/4 out of 10, mainly due to the GPU, though marks off for the 5000+ too.

Is that an OCZ PSU you have there or an EZ Cool PSU? If it's the latter, bin it fast, EZCools are units known to cause serious damage to hardware when they go bang.

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navskin

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24. August 2008 @ 16:04

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sorry thwe psu is an OCZ 600SXS StealthXStream600W PSU and not 650 lol had to find the box lol.

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo...source=googleps

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24. August 2008 @ 16:06

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it has a P4 in it. 1.8ghz 256mb ram 60gb hdd. and it is slow...lolim hopen they can swing about $500 and i can get them up and running nicely

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24. August 2008 @ 16:12

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lol I know how it feels. I think the 1.8Ghz P4s are faster than these Celerons!

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24. August 2008 @ 17:03

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navskin: You'll be fine with that PSU then.

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theonejrs

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24. August 2008 @ 17:21

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sammorris,

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via technologies, inc p4m266 8233

256mb ddr2100 184pin
also will it matter if its ATA100 or ATA133?
i cant find their mobo disc so i guess i will need all the drivers for it,, where can i go to find all the required drivers?

What's the CPU? Via chipsets are about the slowest things on the planet. The speed is mostly dependent on the MB and if it supports both 100 and 133MHz memory. Some will run one or the other and some will run both, but you need to find out which! If you can't come up with that info, then just use the same speed as what's in it! Some memory sticks are compatible with both as well, and will run at either speed depending on the hardware!

ATA Drives are backward compatible, so if the MB only supports ata-100, that's what an ata-133 will run at. Unlike S-ata, there are no jumpers involved for the speed difference! Again, this is all dependent on the MB's designed in capabilities!

Happy Computering,
Russ

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24. August 2008 @ 17:39

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Misquote Russ, you're after Rob! :)

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theonejrs

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24. August 2008 @ 17:44

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Sorry Sam, that's what you get when you are trying to do several things at the same time! LOL!! At my age, I should know better! ROFLMAO!!

Russ

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24. August 2008 @ 18:04

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rob, who makes the board or the computer? look at this link as possible to do some upgrading once the board maker is determined.
http://tekgems.com/Products/et-9580-mbb-u8868-n.htm

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24. August 2008 @ 20:06

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thats just it i dont know exactly who makes it. i need to open it up and look at it closely. CPU-Z didnt show the manufacture.

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24. August 2008 @ 20:26

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RedRob what is the make and model of the computer. ;) you know Compaq and model # or whatever. That might get us something too. :)

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