I searched for information on the internet and found several
recommendations, but they were a year and a half old and their
suggested Motherboards were no longer available.
Can someone point me in the right direction for a budget priced

Does anyone know how to safely run the output from 2 PCs (or games console)
into one TFT monitor.
I have one with VGA and DVI inputs. I realise you can unplug one cable or
make sure one PC is off but what would happen if both PCs were feeding into

Can anyone comment on the quality, stability etc of the ELITEGROUP
K8T890-A MOB.
I built a system in August and since then have had endless problems.
Disks disappearing, O/S [Win 2K]==> I/O Error or lost completely, have

Hi, I'm interested in building my own PC - mainly because I can't find
a name-brand that's able to accomodate my needs. Please keep in mind
that this will be my first build...I'm perfectly comfortable
installing cards, etc. - but things like adding on the heat sink fans,

I built a nice machine last year but it has developed some problems and I
need to strip out the OS and reinstall.  This was my first use of a RAID
configuration (RAID 1 to be specific) and all went well.  This mirrored pair
is for data only and there is a 74 gig Raptor that ...

Thank to all the people that helped with my last question.
Here is me next question:
I just got a 22'' LCD monitor.  It has a NATIVE resolution of 1680
x1250.  My Current POS video card cannot go up that high.  I'm due for

Would a XFX 7950 GT be able to run in a MIS K8 NEO4-FI mb equipped with an
Athlon64
4000+?
PSU is a SeaSonic S12 500w

I used to have a system with 2 IDE HDDs which were used for data and backups
mainly. Eventually I was going to use one of them for an alternative OS, but
more about that in a bit. My OS and applications were present on my single
SATA drive.

I am trying to compare these two AGP video cards. I have Radeon 9600
Pro/256 now.  Compusa has the GeForce FX5500/256 I am considering for
an upgrade....but how much would performance be boosted?   The fill
rate for the  GeForce card is given in texels/sec, while for the

I've just done a system upgrade. Actually started 2 weeks ago, but I've
had issues with DDR memory timing. Both random and predictable lockups,
and occasional spontaneous reboots.
I have it stable now running the RAM slow, but for a couple of times and

I have always wondered if there are any heat benefits to just leaving
my case open.  I unerstand that when the case is closed air is forced a
certain path.  However, what if I removed both sides of the case?
My setup:

in the bios where do you set for virus protection for the boot

I was trying to uninstall an Epson printer driver for the 830U. In
"Control Panel/Add/Remove Programs" there was an item called "Epson
Printer Software". If I clicked "Change/Remove" for it, a dialog poped
up with a "Printer Model" tab, and with "Epson Stylus Photo 830U

Not sure what is going on.  I ran the famous MS Windows update and it
had a hardware update for my VIA motherboard.  Since then BOTH my CD
Burner and DVD driver are unknown.  Here is the message from the
Device manager for each of the devices:

I am new here and have a quick question: I had to send my ASUS m/b for
repair and now am faced with the dilemma of remounting the CPU/FAN. I
have a Pentium D socket 775 and a large fan that came with it to mount.
I have never done this before (I was chicken so I took it to someone