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W7, Vista, & XP Just Don't Play Well Together

A few months ago I purchased a new laptop and installed W7. It obviously connects with my network (both wireless and wired) because I have good internet connectivity. However, I have two major and unacceptably limiting problems that I have not been able to resolve. 1 - The Windows 7 laptop...
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- Oct 12, 2009
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Networking
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AW9D-Max 12V CPU Power Connection

My Abit AW9D-Max has an 8 pin 12V CPU power connection requiring two 4 pin connectors from the power supply. Will this board work properly with only one four pin connector plugged in? I am not currently using this board and need to test it before I sell it to someone that has offered to buy...
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- Feb 18, 2009
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Motherboards
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Why Won't This Work?

In my opinion, overclocking and stability are not at all inconsistent goals. One just has to be smart and reasonable about how far to push a chip and associated memory and not get greedy or have bragging rights as their goal. I use my machine for both work and home related tasks so I cannot and...
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- Post #5
- Feb 8, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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Why Won't This Work?

techmanc, I never really had any complaints with performance but I also do not have anything worthwhile to compare it to. I am now thinking the AW9D-Max is not designed to handle PC2-8500 / DDR2-1066 memory. I just noticed the following statement in the Abit manual: "Supports Dual Channel...
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- Post #3
- Feb 7, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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Why Won't This Work?

I started out planning what the new bios settings need to be when I replace the E6600 currently installed in my AW9D-Max with a new E8400 in a few days. While looking at my existing bios settings, I noticed that I have not been fully utililizing the capability of my installed memory. When I...
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- Feb 7, 2009
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Motherboards
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FSB Speed Mystery

Thank you for your quick response. It is, with out question, the best explanation I have seen on this subject and certainly corrected some significant misunderstandings I previously had. I appreciate your effort.
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- Post #3
- Feb 7, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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FSB Speed Mystery

In a few days I am going to replace the E6600 currently installed in my Abit AW9D-Max with an E8400. While doing a little planning ahead and trying to decide what bios settings to consider, I was stopped dead in my tracks trying to figure something out I always took for granted. The bios...
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- Feb 7, 2009
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Motherboards
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Over a network, some shared folders give "Access Denied" while other work - Vista

bsobel, why do you "*not* recommend you do this for your boot drive."? My local network is at my home and only used by my wife and myself. There is no internal threat, only the internet and this is dealt with by both the NOD/Eset firewall and the hardware firewall resident in my Linksys WRT54G...
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- Post #4
- Mar 16, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Why do people hate Vista?

It is indeed Vista's fault! The XP systems we are using on our other machines are not broken. They are reliable and fast. Because of Vista, XP support will be a thing of the past in the not too distant future. Therefore, I will be forced to upgrade all our machines to Vista. This in turn will...
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- Post #673
- Mar 16, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Why do people hate Vista?

Two weeks ago we purchased a new Dell machine with Vista Home Premium, primarily for my wife's use. We started out open minded. If anything, we were looking forward to learning this new operating system and eventually upgrading our two other desktops and two laptops (We have a small real estate...
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- Post #671
- Mar 16, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Vista - It is trying my patience!

Two weeks ago we replaced my wife's computer with a new Dell using Vista Home Premium. It readily sees the other XP computers on my network and it can be seen by all the other computers. It is even able to use the network laser printer. I can print to printers connected directly to the new Vista...
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- Mar 16, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Problem Booting with USB Devices plugged in

During the early boot phase, before Windows starts to load, plugging in a USB memory device causes the bios to freeze. Simply removing the USB memory device causes the bios to continue. This problem also occurs in the bios setup dialogs. In other words, a USB memory device acts like an on/off...
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- May 29, 2006
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Ghost 2005 - Problem cloning

Thanks for the suggestion dunkster. I am trying to get away from a DOS based solution for a number of reasons. Some of these reasons are a result of SATA drives and the lack of DOS SATA drivers needed to recognize drives not on the two primary SATA ports. My wife now needs to back up the drive...
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- Post #3
- Feb 21, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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Ghost 2005 - Problem cloning

I previously used Ghost 2002 to periodically clone my hard drive as a backup. Ghost 2002 ran from DOS and a floppy and was very reliable. I never had a problem with the cloned drive not being a true bootable clone. For a number of reasons, using the floppy/DOS method has become much less...
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- Feb 17, 2005
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows
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Every other boot attempt consistently fails

I eventually discovered what was causing the problem. We had a 128MB Lexar JumpDrive "permanently" left in one of the USB ports that was used as a backup location for Quicken data. As soon as I removed it, the problem resolved itself. I tried another USB memory device I had and it too caused a...
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- Post #3
- Dec 23, 2004
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Every other boot attempt consistently fails

Page_fault_in_nonpaged_area Help!!!! My parents are using an 866 MHz PIII Gateway with mininal software loaded. The system originally came with W95 and was eventually upgraded to W98SE. About a month ago I upgraded W98SE to Win XP and put in 256MB memory. The machine seemed to work fine until...
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- Dec 23, 2004
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Operating Systems
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IC7-MAX3 SPD Problem

Mushkin tech support advised, prior to purchasing this memory, that mixing level I and level II would not be aproblem because each is in a different memory channel. Mushkin has proven to be very credible to me over the past few years so I am not sure this is indeed the problem. However, I do...
- barryng
- Post #3
- Feb 6, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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IC7-MAX3 SPD Problem

I have been running an IC7-MAX3 for a number of months now. Using the following settings the machine has been completely stable and runs both Memtest386 and Prime without errors. 2.4c P4 @ 267MHz FSB (3.2 GHz) 512 Mb Mushkin PC3500 Black Level II 5:4 memory multiplier / 2.7 volts DRAM Timing...
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- Feb 6, 2004
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Motherboards
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TH7II - It just wont go into Standby

I am running a TH7II with Windows XP Pro on one of my computers. When shutting down into Standby mode it starts to shut down and then just hangs at the "Preparing to stand by..." screen. All my other computers shutdown into standby so I cannot understand why I cannot get this TH7II to do the...
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- Feb 5, 2004
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Motherboards
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For Sale/Trade Question

I have a mobo, CPU and associated memory I want sell but I have no feel what a reasonable price would be for the combination. Does this forum have any restriction relative to a post in the For Sale/Trade forum asking what a reasonable price would be? Since I no longer have a need for this...
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- Jan 10, 2004
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Forum Issues and Feedback
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GPS - Windows CE Software & Large Scale Maps

I have the new Delorme Earthmate along with the Delorme Street Atlas Handheld software. My intention was to use it with my IPAQ PDA to follow the progress of commercial aircraft while flying. Some airlines do not have restrictions on using a GPS so it seems like it would be very interesting for...
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- Dec 21, 2003
- Replies: 0
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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File Sharing Problem

Thanks for the suggestion but, unfortunatley, the workgroup name is not the problem. It is consistent with the other machines. Also, from "My Network Places" the problem machine is visible from all the other computers. It would not be visible if the wrong workgroup name was enetered.
- barryng
- Post #3
- Dec 16, 2003
- Forum: Networking
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File Sharing Problem

I have a small network with three desktops and two laptops. All five machines run Windows XP Pro and all have Simple File Sharing enabled. Four of the five machines play nice with one another with respect to sharing folders and files. However, one desktop does not want to readily share folders...
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- Dec 16, 2003
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Networking
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Scanner SCSI connection problem

I do not think the problem is related to an IRQ conflict because the Adaptec SCSI adapter is assigned IRQ 21 and it does not share this IRQ with any other device. I also swapped out motherboards since I installed the new scanner last June and the characteristics of the problem did not change...
- barryng
- Post #7
- Nov 30, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Scanner SCSI connection problem

Thanks for the response Mastertech01. The bios is set for auto termination and the scanner only has a single SCSI connector so it appears to me to be an end of line device not requiring termination. I purchased the cable from HP and it appears to be a quality cable with the peoper connectors on...
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- Post #4
- Nov 30, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Scanner SCSI connection problem

I just tried using the Windows XP "Camera & Scanner Wizard" to access the scanner and it too responded exactly the same way as the HP PrecisionScan Pro software. This eliminates the software as the problem and focuses the area of interest to the SCSI interface. The Apaptec card has a dual in...
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- Post #2
- Nov 30, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Scanner SCSI connection problem

Early last summer I replaced an HP 6250cse scanner with a much faster HP 7450c. I have opted to use the SCSI interface, in lieu of the USB port, because the SCSI connection allows for faster scans. I am using an Apaptec 2930cu SCSI card on an ABIT IC7-MAX3. The slower 6250cse worked without...
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- Nov 29, 2003
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building
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NTLDR - wierd problem

I am having a problem when booting with the NTLDR file. The following sequence of events prceded this problem. 1. I started out with a single 120 Gig bootable SATA drive on the SATA 1 port (ABIT IC7-Max3 mobo). 2. Installed a new unformatted identical 120 Gig SATA drive on the SATA 2 port and...
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- Oct 26, 2003
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Newbie to watercooling, want to get Koolance case, what else do I need?

I currently am using a Lian-Li case but find the fan noise to be much too distracting. I have two 80mm intake fans, a 92mm blow hole fan, an 80mm exhaust fan, and of course the dual fan Enermax power supply. Electronics devices are supposed to be silent and this thing is anything but. I am...
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- Post #15
- Oct 26, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Actual Speed IDE vs. SATA vs. SATA RAID 0

I certainly apprecxiate all the responses. Based on all the input, I am going to go with a single SATA 120 Gig drive. I will use my "old" 120 gig PATA IDE drive as the usually powered down backup for use with Ghost. The the second SATA 120 gig drive I just bought can be better used as a second...
- barryng
- Post #8
- Oct 18, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Actual Speed IDE vs. SATA vs. SATA RAID 0

Thanks for the response, that solves one of the two hurdles to set it up as a RAID array. I was pleasantly surprised as I did not think GHOST would work. I now just need to find out if committing two hard drives to a RAID array will result in any consequential gain in performance.
- barryng
- Post #3
- Oct 17, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Actual Speed IDE vs. SATA vs. SATA RAID 0

I am in the process of upgrading my computer. I am trying to make a decision relative to the hard drive configuration I will use. Originally I intended to build a SATA RAID 0 array. I just discovered GHOST may not be able to easily clone the array so I will not have the safety of a full backup...
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- Oct 17, 2003
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building
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IT7/Nvidia compatibility w/Hauppauge Vid Cap Card

I am trying to install a Hauppauge PVR-350 video capture card into my Abit IT7-Max2-Rev2 mobo. Although the Windows XP P&P function recognizes the card and installs the necessary drivers, the IT7 will not allocate an IRQ to it. The installation process ends with a "This device cannot start -...
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- Oct 12, 2003
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Motherboards
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AMD K6-2 mobile vs. K6-2 (non-mobile)

I have a four year old Compaq Prosignia 150 with a 380 MHz AMD K6-2 mobile CPU. When I had it apart to install a bigger HDD, I noticed that the CPU is socketed. This prompted me to consider finding a faster CPU and putting a little more pep into this laptop. Sure enough, Newegg has a 500 MHz...
- barryng
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- Jun 20, 2003
- Replies: 1
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Outdoor CAT5 cable???

Keep it out of the soil (direct buried) and keep the suns ultraviolet light off of it and there will be no problem. As long as the jacket is intact and not damaged, exposure to just moisture should do no harm. About seven years ago I needed to run two cat5 cables to a nearby room. For various...
- barryng
- Post #14
- Jun 17, 2003
- Forum: Networking
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Laptop refuses to play using wireless LAN

We are having a problem with a Compaq/HP Presario 2100 (2145US) Laptop that we purchased only three weeks ago. Simply, it sees low to unusable signal strength in areas that are known to consistently have very good to excellent signal. This problem occurs both with its internal mini-PCI wireless...
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- Jun 16, 2003
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Networking
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Ignore - inadvertent double post
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- Jun 8, 2003
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Networking
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Compaq Pesario Wireless Enigma

We just bought a new 1.8 Gig (AMD) Compaq Presario 2100 with a built-in AMBIT 802.11b miniPCI card and built in diversity antennas. Although it recognizes our wireless LAN, it sees low to very low signal strength unless it is within three or four feet of the Linksys wireless router. Frequently...
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- Jun 8, 2003
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Networking
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Help - MS Windows Update gone Awry

This morning I used Microsoft's Windows update site to download and install the latest updates. Although I have periodically done this in the past with no problems, this time many problems suddenly became apparent. I am using Windows XP Proffessional. Any suggestions how to resolve the following...
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- May 20, 2003
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Dial-Up vs LAN Internet access conflict

I am running W98SE on my old laptop because it does not have the horsepower or memory to up grade it to XP. As I only use it for portable internet access at home and email when traveling, it suits my needs perfectly. I usually access the internet via my LAN and DSL connection. Last week I used...
- barryng
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- Apr 17, 2003
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Networking

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