When I fill all 4 memory slots with GEIL 1 Gb modules, systems becomes very
slow, i.e. unsable.
With 3 or less modules, no problems.
Any ideas?

Say you've got a bunch of old obsolete but working PCs, including a
386SX, a 486, and an Apple ][. Would you part them out, try to sell
them intact, donate them, toss 'em? Who would use old stuff like this
these days?

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am VERY confised with AGP, especially with the different versions-
AGP 2x/4x. AGP 4x/8x.  It does not seem to make much sense to me.
Here is a synopsis of my situation and quandry.  I have a PC/

I found about this newsgroup yesterday.
I finished a 2 day "learning experiment" putting together a system
from some parts I had bought.
I would be very interested in any suggestions/feedback on anything

Does anyone know where you can order motherboard LED type connectors
and posts like these
 http://estore.asus.com/images/14-000014000.JPG
 http://www.pctechguide.com/images/tutorials/SCSI/LEDConnector.gif

To: "Phil Weldon" <not.disclosed@example.com>
Subject: Re: Upgrade?
Date: Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:44 AM
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Help Needed!!
My Dell pc shutsdown right after I login to Windows XP.  If I try to
powerup the pc again, the system shutsdown even sooner in the startup
process.

Just built a new PC for gaming and was looking for a Raid 0 set up. I
cant find the raid utility on the startup with BIOS option. I have 2
seagate 250gb 7200.10 and not looking to do any autocadd or
benchmarking, but the XP set up would be new and exciting. I know of

I've recently purchased a 7800GS AGP card for my aging system, as well as a
Hitachi 320gb SATA HD.
I had to reset the CMOS battery by switching the jumpers in my MSI
motherboard. Now, when I boot up my machine, I get the AMIBIOS boot up screen

Earlier today, I was doing stuff in Debian like upgrading my Kernel
(2.6.18 with an updated package) and rebooted. The computer never
rebooted and it just got stuck (I think after shutdown -r now told it to
reboot -- shutdown seems to have completed).

When I fill all 4 memory slots with GEIL 1 Gb modules, systems becomes very
slow, i.e. unsable.
With 3 or less modules, no problems.
Any ideas?

A few days ago, I noticed powering on my computer showed MSI splash
screen (had this disabled) and then it went to BIOS screen to say "CMOS
Checksum error. Defaults loaded."
I was hoping it was a hiccup. I powered off the machine off and on to

I have an Epox 8K3A+ which is about to die.  Here is the items I would
like to keep if I can find a motherboard which will let me use them.
My System is as follows:
Epox 8K3A+  (BIOS Release Date: 03/28/2002)

I just bought a Linksis WRT54GL wireless router (May 28), and everything was
fine. Upgraded the firmware to the latest version with no trouble.
No problems connecting my two laptops wirelessly, or my desktop via RJ45
cable through the router to my home network, or getting on the ...

I was told to just put the drive in the USB slot and it
would work. Having been led to believe it would take
care of everything by itself, when it asked about
drives I just hit the next buttons thinking it would