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Asus P4C800-deluxe

Yes, it doesn't have to run RAID. You can run one or two non-raided disks.
- MajorKong
- Post #2
- Jul 3, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe - Lost ability to boot from SATA

I just set up a new machine today with the P4C800-E Deluxe, P4 3.0E, and a Serial ATA boot disk. I first set ip up with just the SATA disk on the ICHR5 SATA #1 channel, plus an optical drive as master on IDE #2. I installed XP Pro without a hitch onto the SATA drive. Boots great - no...
- MajorKong
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- Jul 3, 2004
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Motherboards
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Memory Speed: Real World Differences

Hmmmm. You would think that all these people who pay out the wazoo for terribly over-spec'd memory would have some idea of what they were buying in terms of performance gains. Then again, most people are lemmings.
- MajorKong
- Post #4
- Dec 10, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Memory Speed: Real World Differences

I'll be building a system around an Asus PC4800-E Deluxe motherboard and P4 3.0 with 1 GB of RAM. I'm not going to be overclocking the system at all. Stability of the system is one of my chief goals, though I'd like it to be fast enough that I won't worry about upgrading for maybe 1 1/2 to 2...
- MajorKong
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- Dec 9, 2003
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Computer Building
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Best 2D Card Under $200

I'm debating which card to get for a new workstation. Probably 90% of what I will do on the machine will be programming in Windows 2000 or XP Pro, but it would be nice to have a card that can also run today's games. I've been considering the ATI 9600 Pro, but am wondering if there are any good...
- MajorKong
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- Aug 30, 2003
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Chieftec/Antec Drive Bay Fans

Yep. I did the same in my Antec case. Went from four case fans (two in front and two in the rear) to just the two in the rear. Also changed to a slower, quieter fan on the CPU. Much nicer. This server won't be in the same room as anyone, though, and I could give a damn if it sounds like a...
- MajorKong
- Post #7
- Aug 3, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Chieftec/Antec Drive Bay Fans

Thanks for the replies. I think I'll pick up the smaller Chieftec/Antec 1040 and get the additional drive bay fan. I'd actually prefer a case without the front USB and firewire ports, so might have to search a bit for the Chieftec, since all the Antecs now appear to have them. I considered...
- MajorKong
- Post #4
- Aug 2, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Chieftec/Antec Drive Bay Fans

In the classic Chieftec/Antec case that has pretty much become ubiquitous, there are two removable 3 1/2" drive bays. The bottom one has a clip-out fan mounting bracket, while the upper one does not. This is because two of the upper drive mounts line up with the two external 3 1/2" drive...
- MajorKong
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- Aug 2, 2003
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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*** Official ABIT IS7/G/E (865PE) Thread ***

I wouldn't call ours an "enterprise" situation. We're a company of less than 20 people. I'm talking about building five or six machines and Dell offers us very little, if any, cost andvantage over building them ourselves. We've still got a few Dell's in our office from about two or three...
- MajorKong
- Post #387
- Jul 21, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official ABIT IS7/G/E (865PE) Thread ***

Thanks. Why the IC7, or are you recommending 875 boards in general? What do the 875 based boards offer over the 865's other than ECC? I'll take a good look at the Asus offerings. I've always had good luck with Asus boards. JJ
- MajorKong
- Post #384
- Jul 20, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
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*** Official ABIT IS7/G/E (865PE) Thread ***

A couple of questions: I'm looking to build a number of new systems for programmers and graphics designers here at our web design company. I'm seriously considering the IS7-G for the job. Generally speaking, we like to build several identical systems to ease the maintenance down the line, so...
- MajorKong
- Post #379
- Jul 20, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
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What's the story with Intel E7205 Motherboards?

I did a search on E7205 motherboards across all forums and came up with _very_ few posts. And only one Anandtech article, with a review of a handful of early release boards. Are there better chipsets out there for high performance P4 systtems? Or are there problems with the E7205 chipset...
- MajorKong
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- Apr 9, 2003
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Motherboards
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PIII TualatinS VRM ??????

Anyone ever see a VRM installed on a motherboard along with a PIII TualatinS processor? I haven't seen removable VRMs since the old Pentium Pro days. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2046351838 The seller says these CPU are pulls from Dell 2550's, so could it just be...
- MajorKong
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- Aug 23, 2002
- Replies: 1
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Hooking up DVD drive audio to SoundBlaster Live

How exactly should I hook up my Lite-On DVD player into my SoundBlaster Live card? I want to be able to watch DVD movies as well as listen to CD audio. So, I use a 4-pin MPC to MPC into the SB's CD audio connector, but I don't get DVD sound. Do I need to also connect a digital audio (2 pin...
- MajorKong
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- Sep 5, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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Epox 8k7a Numlock

Does setting the numlock state in the Epox 8k7a BIOS not work? I set it to "on" in the BIOS but the system always boots with the numlock state "off". K
- MajorKong
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- Sep 4, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Motherboards
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sx830 or 1030?

I've got an 840. Didn't want to deal with the door. The 1030/1040 has an extra 5 1/4" external bay and it has a second removable internal hard drive bay. I believe this gives you space for four internal hard drives, rather than the three in the 830/840. Also, only the 1030/1040 is available...
- MajorKong
- Post #9
- Aug 27, 2001
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Subscription Emails

Yeah, I was just playing with the customizations and found the descending sort order option. For myself, that will do the trick. Still, it would make more sense for the link to reference the actual message id that generated the notification, and then go to the page containing it, no matter...
- MajorKong
- Post #3
- Aug 26, 2001
- Forum: Forum Issues and Feedback
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Front Page Confusion

Obviously no need, just makes navigation easier. How about this approach: Have a "brief" option in the user customizations, where the forum descriptions would simply be omitted from the front page and the oversized folder icons would be trimmed to the size used in the forums themselves. It's...
- MajorKong
- Post #3
- Aug 26, 2001
- Forum: Forum Issues and Feedback
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Subscription Emails

In the email notifications of a new post to a subscribed thread, why not link to the _last_ page of the thread instead of the first? After all, that's where the new post is to be found. It's a pain to have to load the first page of a long thread, especially on a dialup connection, before you...
- MajorKong
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- Aug 26, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Forum Issues and Feedback
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Front Page Confusion

Just a small observation and suggestion: Once you get into the forums, the way you move to another forum is through the Navigation drop-down box. The entries in that list become very familiar. However, if you come in on the front page of the forums, no such list exists, making going to a...
- MajorKong
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- Aug 26, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Forum Issues and Feedback
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Windows 2000/AMD Patch for AGP?

I just found out about this patch while reading a thread in another forum. There doesn't seem to be a release date for the patch on the AMD site. Is it still necessary after SP2? I've been running an Athlon on a new Win2k system, but haven't noticed any problems. Any advantages to patching...
- MajorKong
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- Aug 25, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Epox 8K7A Temperature Sensors

Well, that's cool. I wonder why they don't modify the BIOS, though, to display the third sensor? So, I'd guess the lower of the three, the 25.0 C temp must be the case air temperature, while the 33.0 C temp must be the mother board itself. It would certainly be interesting to find out where...
- MajorKong
- Post #3
- Aug 24, 2001
- Forum: Motherboards
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Epox 8K7A Temperature Sensors

How many sensors are on the 8K7A motherboard and where are they located. Ok, I know there's one under the CPU, but are there one or two others? In Hardware Sensors Monitor, it displays three temperatures -- the CPU, the motherboard and one other. The CPU and system (actually labeled CPU1 and...
- MajorKong
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- Aug 24, 2001
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Motherboards
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Restore Preview Capability

Why the major step backwards with the loss of preview capability? BTW, I prefer the way preview is implemented in some other forums software, where hitting the preview button, submits the message form and then shows it exactly as it would appear as a thread message, with the form containing the...
- MajorKong
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- Aug 24, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Forum Issues and Feedback
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Radeon Overclocking

I thought I'd take a stab at overclocking my Radeon DDR. It's a new retail Radeon DDR 64MB VIVO from newegg.com. When I open up RadeonTweaker, it shows the speed at 198 (it's actually running at that speed, correct?). I tried bumping it up to 202, without making any other changes, but...
- MajorKong
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- Aug 24, 2001
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Thermally Controlled Case Fans?

Anyone using thermally controlled, variable speed fans? What's the consensus on these things (like the ones from Enermax)? Do they make sense in terms of quieting a noisy case? One alternative, I'll tell you right now, I have no desire to install pots or similar manual fan speed controls. I...
- MajorKong
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- Aug 19, 2001
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Source of AT Powe Supplies?

Looking for a source of good (Sparkle, Enermax) AT style power supplies of 300 watts or more. All I can find are ATX power supplies. I need to replace an older AT power supply.
- MajorKong
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- Aug 17, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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RANT: POed at DOA Pioneer 106s DVD drive.. new advice for a different one!

I never figured out the fascination with these slot loading drives. I hate the way car CD player scratch up CDs and I refuse to use one, or let my original CDs get anywhere near one (dupes are OK - can always make another dupe). Do people really buy these things because they don't like to wait...
- MajorKong
- Post #19
- Aug 16, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question for those with dual p3s....is it faster?

Only with an operating system that can utilize both processors. Right now that means *NIX or Windows 2000 (or Windows NT). Windows 2000 will tend to split tasks between the processor automagically, without the application programs being designed to use multiprocessing. Some apps, like...
- MajorKong
- Post #2
- Aug 15, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Best Configuration of Hard Drives vs. CD Drives on IDE Channels

I'm going to be setting up an Epox 8k7a with the following drives: 1 IBM 60GXP IDE drive 1 Lite-On IDE DVD drive 1 Plextor IDE CDRW drive What's the recommended configuration of these drive on the two IDE channels? Should the DVD and CDRW be on the same channel, leaving the hard drive by...
- MajorKong
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- Aug 14, 2001
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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What are most recent steppings of 1.33GHz TBirds?

Well, while I was twiddling my thumbs, adding things to my cart, it's sold out again. Too funny.
- MajorKong
- Post #5
- Aug 13, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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What are most recent steppings of 1.33GHz TBirds?

Thing is, they _do_ have 1.33 TBirds in stock. If they turn over stock as quickly as it appears, then I'd think that everything in stock would be the latest stepping. What I'm getting at, is that if it's not a AYHJA, what else would it be? I'll be damned... I just checked and they're showing...
- MajorKong
- Post #3
- Aug 13, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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What are most recent steppings of 1.33GHz TBirds?

Was just wondering, since newegg is currently out of the AYHJA stepping of the this chip (at least their site says so). Is there a later stepping that's now being shipped? Also, where can I find a good OC'ing database of AMD chips/steppings. Had one, but I lost the link to it. Thanks, Kong
- MajorKong
- Thread
- Aug 13, 2001
- Replies: 4
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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