Am planning to build a fast and quiet system very soon.  I have already
bought an ANTEC SOLO case and an ANTEC TP-550 power supply (too big? loud?).
My case has a 120 MM 3-speed case fan with room for 2 additonal fans in
front of where the HDD's go.

Put the box together like this:
865PEDA Mobo,
1 - IDE drive on secondary IDE channel (80-wire cable CS-jumpered on
the drive  plugged in the second IDE socket - black)

Ok I downloaded the free Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 from the link but
noticed the rest of the list of free firewalls, what is the best free
firewall out there to use?
Using winxp sp1

I have a problem with CPU temperature. It has constant temp 60-70 degreese
and cca 2500 RPM.
First, is it normal temp? If it's not what should i do to level it down?
I have PC AMD Athlon 2.5GHz,1GB DDR, 80GB Maxtor, etc.etc.etc...

I have now a non-HT 2.53GHz, 512KB, 533MHz, Socket 478 CPU.
Would an:
*HT* 3.06GHz, 512KB, 533MHz, Socket 478 CPU
...speed up my systems graphics noticeably?

Computer started acting up a little while ago, would go to turn it on, fans
would come on, HDD LED goes on for a bit, optical drives light up for their
check, but NO POST beep(s), and then nothing (on screen). Keep trying,
nothing. Turn off, come back some other time, turn on, ...

Gettin' time for a new board (ATX).  Been a few years since the last
upgrade, so I'm a bit behind in what's good right now (in boards, or in
chipsets)
I want to put in an AMD dual-core proc.  No IDE necessary.  One legacy

Now I'd like to know if I can put a HDD of 120 or 160Go with 4 partitions
with Windows 2000 SP4?
The bios accept only larger than 82 Go. (maximum 82 Go)
Do I need a special soft for this?

My computer is connected to a surge protector, so it usually won't have
the typical power problems, but I was out today and had left it on.
When I came back, the power was off for about two hours and the
computer stayed off.  I tried to turn it on, but no go.  The surge

I realize this is herasy, but is it possible to send an
Xbox360 output to a standard lcd video monitor?
Or would it be possible to send the output to a tv
tuner like the Hauppauge 350 pci card in my PC ?

This might be a very stupid question, but I am new to this building game. Is
it possible to get a power supply that is to powerful for the motherboard?
Like a Enermax Liberty 500 Watt for an INTEL D865PERL motherboard for
example? Or even one more powerful like a 600 Watt? etc..?

I would like to know how to find expert PC builders in my area (Rhode
Island).  These builders may not be in the yellow pages - and I need someone
that is *very* knowledgeable (I want cutting edge equipment and a RAID array
or two).  Also, I would be looking for upgradeability ...

I'd like to upgrade BIOS rev. 1.01.E1 for big HDD support by AMI flash tool
under DOS.
Can you please send me the instructions?
It's impossible to upgrade the new firmware with flash822 under DOS...

hi guys, I have a problem with my usb flask disk. After I installed the
usb filter patch I could no longer used it, My pc wont detect my usb
anymore, it would light then goes out when plug on the usb port on my
motherboard.

I am going to remove/uninstall a LucentWin K56 V90 modem and replace it with
a V.92 U.S. Robotics Modem #USR5699B .
Does anyone have any special uninstall/remove instructions and installation
instructions?