Home Built PC

Duron vs. Sempron?
OK, here's another one. My mother board will only support 266FSB however I have updated the BIOS. I have previously asked what would be better, a used Athlon Socket A, or a new Duron Socket A. But, I notice I can get a Sempron socket A for ten dollars more. The sempron is a 333 FSB however. Can I put a Sem... 29 May 2006 15:30

Power Supply Probs
Hi All, I've been trying to replace the ATX power supply on a PC for a friend but without success - I've tried two different PSU's but it just won't power up. I'm convinced it is the PSU as I've connected a microATX supply and the PC powers up fine but obviously isn't the right size for the case. What am I doi... 18 May 2006 12:57

Gigabyte K8NF9 - 4Gb RAM
According to specs this should work. Have 4 1Gb Sticks Kingston as recomended for this board. Board will not boot with 4 in place, All sticks work individually or in pairs in either set of slots, but if I put all 4 in power will not turn on. Any ideas? ... 15 May 2006 19:44

Unknown device
windows XP SV2 Intel D975XBX MB with 950 duel core processor 2GB ECC ram Right from the beginning, I had an unknown device in my device manager. Everything seems to work on the machine. I have spent hours trying to figure out what it is and I can't. Any help would be appreciated: (location is on Intel 82801... 12 Jun 2006 03:15

CMOS Checksum error on power on
Hi, I got a "CMOS Checksum Error" every time I power on my pc. How can I solve this? What's going on? I have replaced the cmos battery recently. TIA ... 18 May 2006 18:48

PSU Calculator
Calculate your PSU needs http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/ ... 4 May 2006 15:12

LINKSYS WRT54GS
thinking more now of the LINKSYS WRT54GS router for future wireless, can I get some opinions on this one from the people that have it. a. how easy to get up and running, any configuring or does it run pretty much out of the box b. i don't have wireless anything now, can you disable the wireless part of it c. wh... 1 May 2006 17:35

Memory not reading properly
I am running an ECS motherboard and have fitted 512Mb of DDR memory, yet it read as 266. I replaced this with another brand and same result. I have even put in a 256 stick and this came out as 66Mb. I am obviously missing something. I wondered if the memory sticks were buffered and the mothrboard can't handle buffe... 18 May 2006 15:05

Routers
Learned that my existing RT-314 is seriously choking my 15mb cable service. So I guess the time has come to upgrade to a 10/100 router. Curious what you guys recommend these days? Wired and/or wireless. Although routers should be OS independent, if there are issues related to Linux use kindly mention them. T... 19 Apr 2006 20:18

fujitsu s series lifebook - Thermal Error
02F9 : Thermal Sensor Error Does anyone know what this relates to? cheers laptop works ok..but im worried as to what it means. ... 12 Apr 2006 11:31