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If you bought it as new then return it ASAP. If you bought it as refurbished, seems like it should be in a sealed bag also. I've only bought a factory reconditioned and it was sealed. AckNack www.computer-help-guide.com

Windows 98 is not a secure system. You'd have to go with some type of third party software to secure it. AckNack www.computer-help-guide.com

Heat was my first guess as I was reading your post. What is it doing when it crashes? Just locking up or shutting off? AckNack www.computer-help-guide.com

So, just to recap, according to your first post you can (or could) see two 20 GB partitions. So that would mean that the drive is recognized properly by the BIOS as a 40 GB drive. You say you remember something about a non-dos partition. That sounds like that's where the rest of your drive is...

tf1, Yep multi-port video cards are definitely easier to deal with than multiple video cards if the budget allows. AckNack www.computer-help-guide.com

When you view the partition information in fdisk does it show only a primary partition, does it show an extended partition or non-dos partitions? Another couple of ways to go about this: How are you going to re-install Windows? If it's a recovery disk that was included with the Dell, it should...

And don't forget that there's a correct way and an incorrect way to install the 80 conductor cable. With the 40 conductor you can connect it any way it fits as long as the stripe on the edge of the cable connects to pin 1. On the 80 conductor cables, measuring the data cable from the middle...

People are posting answers for you in the PC Hardware - General Discussion post that you made. AckNack www.computer-help-guide.com

Here's Microsoft's Knowledge Base article on Fdisk and Format: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;255867 You can get a Windows 98 Startup disk from www.bootdisk.com if you don't have one. AckNack www.computer-help-guide.com

Try a different monitor on that computer. Try that monitor on a different computer. AckNack www.computer-help-guide.com

You can use PowerMax from www.maxtor.com downloads section to test the drive. If it's under warranty and you're goint to return it you'll need the test results from that utility anyway. AckNack www.computer-help-guide.com

What I mean is statically assign both addresses for now. On the DHCP side you can assign static addresses (big pain on a large network, I know) and the DHCP server shouldn't try to issue those addresses while they are being used. You could always exclude those static addresses from the DHCP list...

Even though the new stuff uses DHCP, you can still assign a static address to the NIC. The DHCP server shouldn't try to assign an address that's being used. You could also set the DHCP server to not assign that particular address while you're using it for a static address. AckNack...

I'm pretty sure it can't be done that way. With DHCP enabled, you don't have the option to add another IP address. The ADD button is greyed out in the Advanced properties. You can add a static address through the alternate configuration, but I'm making a guess that you want the NIC to use both...

I think the Athlon 2800 XP clocks at a little over 2 GHz stock. Not sure what they can overclock at. Were you talking about stock speed or overclocking? AckNack www.computer-help-guide.com