I recently upgraded my CPU to a Core 2 Duo and at the same time
needed a new motherboard. I didn't have enough cash to do a major
upgrade so I decided to get a ASRock 4COREDUAL-VSTA  PT800. With this
board I was able to keep my current RAM and graphics card. I figured

  I am having a problem setting up my system with an IDE hard drive.  I
bought the system
used with a SATA drive as the main disk drive.  I had added an IDE drive and
things

So I'm going to implement Raid 1 at home, and have a quick setup
question.
Currently, I have an 80gb disk, with 2 volumes (C:, D: at 40gb each.)
If I stick in, say a 250gb there, do I create 2 volumes on it at 40

A mate (v. wrongly!) uses a pirated copy of Windows XP. Because he can't
receive updates - keeps getting a Validate your Windows message ...and due
to his guilty conscience has decided to go legitimate.
How does he do this?

First, DON"T post using anything but plain text, most servers won't send it.
I couldn't repsond to you at all.
Second, for your mobo, go to newegg.com and search for either an Asus or MSI
board based on your needs.

I am going to build a new system for Flight Simulator FSX version and intend to run it with my current version of XP Home Edition.
I cannot afford to buy everything at once so will be buying month by month a bit of hardware at a time.
I have just bought my first item....
Antec ...

I am not familiar with them and I just need a performance boost and I
would like to go dual channel with my P4 2.8 ghz Intel D CPU on an Asus
MB. I was looking at this from Tiger Direct.  I won't be doing any OC so
that's not important.  http://tinyurl.com/36besc or

I have a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 m/b with Intel C2D E6420 CPU. According
to the supplied utility Vcore A varies between 1.210 and 1.370V.
Is this normal or indicative of a problem?
TIA, Mark

Is there any hints of a company coming out with a soundcard
that uses one of the pci-e slots?  The new MBs seem to have
more pci-e type slots than the old "legacy" pci slots.

It looks like newegg has tightened up their return policies.  I bought an
LCD TV from them a while back and do not remember the 'no return' policy, if
they had it back then.
However, now they have a category of items, including TVs which essentially

Topic: Pentium 4's are horrid, hot running chips, and should be
totally erased from computing history.
Discuss.

I was just playing Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and I noticed my cooling
fans and making quite some noise !
Like BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ... they are spinning at full speed.
And when I rebuilded my PC I noticed lot's of heat inside the case coming

What is the fastest clock speed (in MHz or in GHz) for the Intel P3
Slot 1 Processor/CPU that Intel sold?  The reason that I ask is that I
have a Tyan S1834 Tiger 133 Dual Processor Slot 1 motherboard.  I
currently have 2 X P3 933MHz CPU's in my current configuration and

just bought an Intel D975XBX2 MoBo and it was interesting to find all the
cabling marked FoxConn.............so is the board manufactured by FoxConn
for Intel................MADE IN CHINA.
Bloody marvellous if it is, cos my current system has a FoxConn MoBo and I

Am I out of luck for running the other two fans? There only seems to
be one plug for a fan on the motherboard.
Thanks,
Joel