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  1. Antcomp

    Question about small upgrade?

    I have my uncle's pc and he wants to make it a bit faster and im sure he dosnt wanna spend anything on it, it seems to lock up when using 2 progs or more and load them up slowly, so here's the deal: 1.3ghz p4cpu 1300mhz, 128mb ram. A regular dell dimension 8100. what would be the best thing to...
  2. Antcomp

    HD will not format please help!!!

    I have a western digital hard drive series wd2500pb. I recently took it out of 1 pc and put it in another. I use the drive for only storage.The drive is an ide drive and i combined it with the newer sata raptor drive. As soon as i tried to access my stuff i was able to, but when i tried to open...
  3. Antcomp

    HD will not format please help!!!

    I have a western digital hard drive series wd2500pb. I recently took it out of 1 pc and put it in another. I use the drive for only storage.The drive is an ide drive and i combined it with the newer sata raptor drive. As soon as i tried to access my stuff i was able to, but when i tried to open...
  4. Antcomp

    ide hd and 2cd drives with 1 ide slot

    I have a mobo that has 4 sata slots and only 1 ide slot. i need the ide for my 2 cd drives correct? I have 1 sata hardrive and 1 ide hardrive. i would like to run them both with my mobo but is that possible if i have my cd drives connected and only 1 ide slot? or would i be able to connect 1 cd...
  5. Antcomp

    8800gt card fan spinning fast

    i have the geforce 8800gt card and after a while of keeping the pc on the fan on the video card sped up alot and i was wondering if that was due to too much heat in the case? i have 3 fans and the cpu is watercooled. i shutdown my pc after that happened b/c i was going to sleep. the next day i...
  6. Antcomp

    Watercooling setup running hot

    ok i have the aquarius III external liquid cooling system for a 3.4 ghz p4 processor on an intel 925 board with 1gb ddr2 and a geforce 8800gt video card with a wd raptor hard drive. I hooked up all necessary parts and filled up the water bottle the system came with twice. once with a mixture of...
  7. Antcomp

    Cant install xp on new sata drive

    i got my new drive formatted and now it reads in bios and in my computer. i tried to install windows xp on it but the drive letter didnt show up. all i saw was my exisiting drive. how can i install win xp on my new drive. ive heard of ppl using ghost prog. is that any good? i really would rather...
  8. Antcomp

    Watercooling question on coolant

    im setting up a liquid cooling system the aquarius 3 and im having a little trouble understanding when it says to use a water 10: coolant 3 ratio. i was thinking maybe 30% coolant compared to water but i wanna make sure. Also the booklet states that it is preferred to use distilled water. does...
  9. Antcomp

    new sata drive reads as cd drive

    i boughts a new wd raptor drive and i have as primary a reg ide hd. i was having problems bootin up with botyh connected until i finally figures that out. now my new hd reads as a cd rom drive for some reason. i uninstalled the drive from the properties menu and rechecked for available hardware...
  10. Antcomp

    problem with sata drive

    ok ive looked through the forum on this situation and i havnt found an answer to my problem im having with my new sata drive. I have an intel desktop board d875pbz and have as my main drive an ide attachment cable. this is my primary which i have windows installed on. I just bought a new sata...
  11. Antcomp

    cable modem ethernet help

    i was just wondering what is better to use for a cable modem an ethernet card from lets say linksys or a gigabit ethernet controller by marvel that is on my intel motherboard. i just dont see why anyone would buy a pci ethernet card if a motherboard already comes with 1. if anyone can help clear...
  12. Antcomp

    ddr2 675 with 533 ddr2 standard

    i was looking into getting corsair xms memory and was wondering if it will work with a 533 ddr2 standard mobo b/c the chip is a 675 ddr2 anbd i see no mobos that support that.
  13. Antcomp

    ddr2

    im planning on getting a new mobo that supports ddr2 and was wondering what number ddr2 would be advisible. is there a difference btw 3200, 4200, 5300 , 6??? . ive seen many diff numbers but not sure the difference. im getting a p4 processor chip the new 600 series 3.2ghz. also if i get 1 gb of...
  14. Antcomp

    New video card help

    im building a new computer and would like to know what is a good video card to get with the new pci express slot. i have the option to spend money on a new mobo and being that pci express is the newest thing related to video cards i want to go that route. My comp might be used for some gaming...
  15. Antcomp

    Building a pc, know some specs need a little help

    I'm building a pc and need a little help. i would like it if i can get some responses on good items with the specs i tell you guys and about how much each piece would cost. i've been looking at newegg for some time and some products i want range from 250 to 400 dollars. im not a genious with the...

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