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trouble with Tyan S1598C2 mobo

Hi, I'm having a problem with a computer I was building with some spare parts sitting around: Tyan S1598C2 motherboard AMD K6-III/450 128MB PC100 SDRAM ATA66 13GB HD Floppy Drive different video cards The problem is that when I turn the computer on, the cpu fan starts going, but I don't get...
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- Sep 5, 2001
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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AGP 2x/4x device in AGP 1x/2x slot?

pretty cool. I got the card from buy.com with some $30 off coupon. Easy installation, works great with win2k. Now I have to figure out how to do a decent video capture without eating up so much hard drive space. I was able to make a 115MB file of 640x480 video from a video tape. Thanks...
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- Post #14
- Jan 21, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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AGP 2x/4x device in AGP 1x/2x slot?

wow, thanks for all the responses.
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- Post #11
- Jan 17, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Does all the cool junk of the AIW radeon work in W2k?

Yeah, I'm running Win2k, and thinking about getting AIW Radeon. ATI's web site shows specs for the card, and shows support for Win2k. But I've read elsewhere, that in general, win2k isn't good for video editing software available. Mentallo
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- Post #4
- Jan 17, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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AGP 2x/4x device in AGP 1x/2x slot?

Hi, I have an Asus P2B-DS motherboard, with (I think) a 1x/2x AGP slot, and I want to get the ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder 32MB video card for it -- specs for this card state AGP 2x/4x. Will this device work properly coupled with my Asus motherboard? Does the slot accept 1x or 2x devices, and is...
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- Jan 17, 2001
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Computer Building
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help! need to replace fan on amd k6-3

Excellent. I'll try these suggestions. Actually, this morning before coming to work, I tried to unscrew the new fan from the heatsink, but it seems to be bolted in -- I couldn't see the "head" of the screw, and neither phillips or regular screwdrivers worked. Thanks again. Mentallo
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- Post #4
- Dec 12, 2000
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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help! need to replace fan on amd k6-3

Hi, The fan on my AMD K6-III/450 is excessively loud, so I purchased a new heatsink and fan. I've taken the processor off the motherboard, but how do I remove the old heat sink / fan from the processor? It seems to be stuck on their pretty good, and I don't want to damage the chip. Would it...
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- Dec 11, 2000
- Replies: 3
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Free Cisco book? Nah! Desk and Travel Alarm Clock!

the deal is still on .... I just backed up one level on the link, and it still works. The site says it's good til 12/15 http://www.cisco.com/offer/listening
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- Post #29
- Dec 8, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Asus support web site

I stumbled onto the website again. ctechnet.com
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- Post #2
- Nov 29, 2000
- Forum: Motherboards
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performance differences

Thanks for the info. I think I'll buy a mobo for the PII/350 I have sitting around, with plans to upgrade at some future point. I've read about all the problems people have with the AMD chips and affixing heat sinks on them -- it seems like such a hassle.
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- Post #4
- Nov 29, 2000
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Asus support web site

About 6 months ago, I bumped into a great Asus support web site, which may have been Asus-affiliated, maybe German. I've since lost the URL. Anybody know of a non-"asus.com" web site that has great reviews and support? Thanks, Mentallo
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- Nov 28, 2000
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P2B-DS with S370-DL?

Hi, I have a Asus P2B-DS with dual PIII/600 slot1 CPUs. What's the highest copppermine processor I can upgrade to, using the S370-DL slotket? Which FCPGA chips can I get -- 100mhz or 133mhz FSB? I searched all over ASUS's site, and couldn't find a straight answer. Thanks, Mentallo
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- Nov 28, 2000
- Replies: 0
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Looking for suggestions for a good micro ATX size mobo

I bought a abit wb6 microatx, and was unable to get the machine to post using a 145W power supply. It worked fine with a 230w supply, though.
- Mentallo
- Post #4
- Nov 28, 2000
- Forum: Motherboards
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Intel 600mhz slot 1

I can't remember for sure ... I've used axiontech.com, tcwo.com and techstore.com most recently. If you go to resellerratings.com, you can look at what people think of virtually any vendor out there. Also, check bizrate.com for possible special deals in using one of their approved vendors...
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- Post #5
- Nov 27, 2000
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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K6-II or k6-III?

I have a K6-III/450 that I don't want any more ... email me if you're interested. It has a fan and heat sink -- works fine, just a little noisy -- probably something to do with the fan. stormbull@snet.net
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- Post #4
- Nov 27, 2000
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Intel 600mhz slot 1

At pricewatch, you can also type in PIII 600 retail I recently purchased two of these processors, and I wanted to make real sure that I was getting the right ones. Frequently vendor sites don't do a very good job of differentiating between katmai and coppermine processors.
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- Post #3
- Nov 27, 2000
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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performance differences

What kind of performance differences are there between similarly clocked Celerons and Pentium III's? How about between Athlon Thunderbirds and Durons? I don't NEED a new system, but if I'm on a budget, does it make sense to buy a socket A motherboard and a $100 processor now, and then upgrade...
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- Nov 27, 2000
- Replies: 4
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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internal scsi cables

Thanks for the tip. I didn't find it on onvia. Almost looked for it on an auction site starting with the letter e. Found it on cdrexpress.com ... I've ordered from them before and have been happy with their service. Thanks, Mentallo
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- Post #3
- Nov 13, 2000
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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use for a 145w power supply?

I've got the case and power supply ... I'm looking for a motherboard that will receive enough power from the 145w power supply to power it up along with say a modem, floppy drive, hard drive, and a cd-rom drive. Motherboard vendors don't seem to list the information of how much power there...
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- Post #5
- Nov 13, 2000
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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internal scsi cables

anybody know where to buy inexpensive (cost plus s/h) internal scsi-2 cables? i need one that supports 3 devices. Thanks, Mentallo
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- Nov 13, 2000
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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additional power connectors?

Tonec - that's exactly what I'm looking for, thanks. Bignate603 - that's an interesting idea -- but I don't have room for it in my case. I think 300w should be plenty for the following devices: asus p2b-ds, with 2 PIII/600 256MB RAM 4.5GB SCSI drive 30GB IDE drive SCSI CD-ROM SCSI CD-RW Sound...
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- Post #4
- Nov 13, 2000
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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use for a 145w power supply?

I foolishly bought a microatx case and 145w power supply to go with a microatx mobo that I was gonna give to a relative. But the motherboard would not power up under the 145w power supply (abit wb6 w/ pII/350). I ended up buying an ATX case with a 250w supply for the microatx mobo - what a...
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- Nov 13, 2000
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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additional power connectors?

Hi, I've got a 300w power supply, but I've run out of power connectors for all the devices I've got in my system. What can I do to get more power connectors? Thanks, Mentallo
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- Nov 13, 2000
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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IDE not working right?

Yeah, I'll call abit .... grumble .... I emailed Axion Technologies to do an RMA ... no response.
- Mentallo
- Post #12
- Nov 13, 2000
- Forum: Computer Building
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IDE not working right?

Thanks for all the advice. But, as I suspected, it appears that there's something seriously wrong with the motherboard -- at the very least, the IDE connectors are somewhat fried. I set the jumpers as master for the hard drive, slave for the dvd, connect the ide cable, boot up ... only the...
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- Post #10
- Nov 11, 2000
- Forum: Computer Building
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IDE not working right?

Okay, thanks for the suggestions. I'll re-jumper the 13GB to be master, DVD to be slave. But here's a wrinkle. IDE1 connects to the 13GB drive -- ATA66 cable. I figured I would put but the DVD on IDE2 (as master or slave?), connected with an ATA33 cable. But the bios doesn't seem to...
- Mentallo
- Post #6
- Nov 10, 2000
- Forum: Computer Building
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IDE not working right?

The bios settings show that both IDE connectors are enabled, and all the devices available on those connectors are set to Auto detect. The master device should be the hard drive, right? And the slave should be the DVD, right? I set both devices to cable select -- is this wrong? On a two...
- Mentallo
- Post #3
- Nov 10, 2000
- Forum: Computer Building
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IDE not working right?

Hi, I'm having problems with my system detecting the drives connected to the IDE conenctors. It's an Abit WB6 with a 250w power supply, 128mb ram, p2/350. The system only detects one drive connected to the IDE1 connector, and does not detect anything when connected to IDE2 -- this drive can...
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- Nov 10, 2000
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Computer Building

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