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  1. Wassup393

    Compaq Laptop Motherboard Compatibility

    Hey!! Long time no post.. Anyway.. the time for trouble returns. Being an idiot, I spilt a glass of water on my beloved Compaq N800c laptop. Didn't like it very much, so I followed the compaq procedure for disassembly and completely dried it out with a hair dryer. Upon reassembly, nothing...
  2. Wassup393

    MOBO Mishap (I think)

    I recently bought an upgrade kit (2 months ago) which included: 1800+ Athlon XP CPU No-Name Mobo with recent AMI Bios; Mobo has SiS chipset with everything onboard 256mb Cheap RAM ATX Case with underrated power supply I installed my old parts which include: 4gb Seagate HDD 50x CDROM...
  3. Wassup393

    Pro over Home

    I live in Australia and I've found a deal where I can buy XP Pro Academic for $185AUD but Home would cost me $5 more (not academic) I run a single home PC. Would I benifit more from Home or Pro? Sam
  4. Wassup393

    Power Supply

    I'd like to direct this tidbit at Martin (paparazi) as he has already helped me with this particular problem. refernce to "thread602-448289 took your advice and attempted to return the supply to the retailer, and he told me that I was very wrong and that even though the mobo manual said...
  5. Wassup393

    Vid Card Switching

    I have just upgraded to an Athlon 1800+ with a no-name mobo that carries an SiS chipset. The onboard graphics chip is an SiS 630/730 (or so it tells me). The motherboard has no manual apart from a basic jumper diagram. AMI Bios. What I need to know is how do I put my old graphics card in (NVidia...
  6. Wassup393

    CPU Power Rating

    I've just upgraded to an Athlon XP 1800+ and I've read in the manual that it reguires a minimum of 22A of +5V. Further investigation of my power pack reveals an output of only 17A. What will be the effect of this and should I upgrade to a new pack? Sam
  7. Wassup393

    RPM

    How much faster is a 7200RPM than a 5400RPM? Is it worth the extra expenditure? Sam
  8. Wassup393

    Onboard and Shared Memory

    I'm looking into a new video card and I'm wondering exactly how does shared memory work? And I also want to know what the disadvantages are with shared memory. I have an Athlon 1800+ and 256mb RAM. Please inform me.

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