Home Built PC

ide to sata converters (5 wire sata)
HDDs that are 500GB and more tend not to fare well using "Molex-to-SATA" power connector adapter cables. Even though the SATA-300 spec *claims* that the orange 3.3V wire is not necessary you may find that these large drives will not spin up or operate correctly in the long term. YMMV. Many users of large drives ... 5 Sep 2009 01:16

Replace this motherboard fan ?
Hi, There's a fan on my motherboard that is noisy - it's really making a racket and I wanted to know if there's a way to replace it or fix it. I have a pic of the motherboard below with the offending fan circled in red. It's been a good motherboard but the fan is acting up. Thanks. The model is Gigabyte: GA-M... 9 Sep 2009 01:57

What cluster size should I opt for in re-install of XP Home?
On previous installs I've gone with whatever the default is, but there must be a reason they give you options. My most system intensive activities are video and audio editing, I've got some PC games that get looked at occasionally. Other than that a lot of YouTube'ing, Googling and more recently Facebook. What... 5 Sep 2009 18:41

XP machine will only boot in Safe mode after cable problem and replacement
On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:55:14 -0700 (PDT), brassplyer <brassplyer(a)yahoo.com> wrote: I should add that prior to this, it was booting as far as the desktop but then freezing. Now it won't get as far as the desktop. Does the BIOS recognize all drives on the cable and the correct order? The "Master" drive should be ... 3 Sep 2009 21:46

Very slow SATA and eSata peformance
Paul wrote Rod Speed wrote Paul's experiments and results seem to directly contradict your opinion / comments. And your own dont. Yours are more useful because its the total time to copy the file using a stopwatch etc that matters, not what HDTunes shows. If you read my test results, they were... 3 Sep 2009 13:56

No beep - no post - with new barebones system
I just got a bare bones system for Xmas with a Biostar MCP6P-M2 Socket AM2 motherboard, 4800 AMD CPU, 250 gig HD, 2 gigs of RAM etc. I put it together BUT I cannot get the monitor to connect (stop blinking) and it does not BEEP or POST on BOOT. What happens is this: The system turn on, the monitor continues to b... 25 Dec 2008 16:22

I need your advice - new build: fans and lights, "no signal", no post beep
In article <9696b1d9-f165-46a8-9e7d-f09337394db2(a)d23g2000yqc.googlegroup s.com>, westom1(a)gmail.com writes Of course, since a CPU heatsink is not even on a list of suspects, then there was no reason to remove it. Since the heatsink has to be removed to check that the CPU is correctly seated in the socket, y... 24 Nov 2008 23:51

Replacement ACER Aspire 1690 Laptop Battery
specifications: Chemistry : Li-ion Voltage : 14.80V Capacity : 4400 mAh Dimension : 211.40 x 70.60 x 22.30 mm Color : Black Brand : Acer Laptop Battery Description of Acer Aspire 1690 Battery : Brand new replacement Acer Aspire 1690 laptop battery.This rechargeable laptop battery is tested throughout the manufac... 24 Nov 2008 02:46

64-bit driver for MIX Gold Label Mini DMB-TH
Product information: http://www.shooting.com.hk/product_details.php?brand_id=25&pcatg_id=&pID=478 Does this toy have a generic 64-bit driver? Chip has the name 8GL5 ... -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 8.04.1... 21 Nov 2008 06:21

Puzzling Problems -- Pulling Hair
The Mighty Favog wrote: On Dec 8, 1:05 pm, Bob M <ram1...(a)vzavenue.net> wrote: Bob, I never did figure out how to interpret the results of Memtest 86. But I did find something called DocMemory PC Memory Diagnostic Software that seemed to be more user friendly, for me, anyway. I removed one stick ... 9 Dec 2007 23:39