Currently have an Abit NF7S 2.0 mobo with an unlocked xp2500. Thinking of
moving up to Athlon 64 and would like to know what is currently considered
the best mobo. System is for gaming and my rig has 1gig geil pc3200 ram,
Winfast 6800gt 2x seagate barracuda v hard drives and a ...

Anyone know why this is? I've overclocked it to a 2800 at 2.08 GHz but it
still shows the CPU as a 2600.

Could someone offer and opinion here...
My abit nf7s claims agp4x(1.5v) and agp8x(.8v) compatibility.... my old
radeon 8500le claims agp2x(3.3v) and agp4x(1.5v) compatibility.... but the
two won't work together.

I have the athlon xp 2600+ cpu on a Gigabyte GA7VM400AM mb. On default
settings the system bus is running at 166Mhz and multiplier is 11.5 which
gives the CPU running at 1.9 Ghz. The max I can overclock is 2.1 Ghz if I
change the system bus to 185 Mhz.

i've got duron applebred 1600 from 2-nd week of the 2004. And may question  
is: can i unlock L2 cache?
greetings
mkm27

I want to learn to overclock this ram/ any sources?

I found a mobile XP-M 2500+ for $83 and the mobile XP-M 2600+ for $93.
Which one is best bang for the buck?  I always see the 2500 as the
favorite, but for another $10 I'm thinking the 2600+ on paper seems
the better choice.

I'm a diehard Abit person but this board has given me fits at various
times.The latest issue is another USB one, I have a Saitek ST90 joystick
which has no software driver (uses default miscrosoft usb device driver). XP
detects it but cannot load the driver. I've tried directing ...

   Using an Asus a7n8x mobo with 1 stick of 'old' Kingston PC3500 DDR which
actually has cas 2 latency.  How do I set bios for its cas 2 timings?  IE,
if I need to set bios-parameters at "a-b-c-d", where does 'a' go?  'b'? 'c'?
'd'?  BTW: I'm attempting to overclock also.

Hey all:
I noticed that when I run my board under load occasionally the power led
goes from being on all the time to blinking on and off.  I looked in the
manual, but did not find any mention.  Anyone have any ideas on what it

I have a couple of old boards and chips and want to build a computer for a
friend, one is an asus with a slot a 800 MHz Athlon the other an ECS with a
1.3 gig duron.....which should I use??? I figure it is about a wash....what
is the general opinion here?

Article posted on Forbes web site.
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o&referrer=
"Intel (NASDAQ: INTC - news - people ) will provide a mid-quarter update for
the fourth quarter next Thursday. Earlier this week, Credit Suisse First

does anybody have concrete data for changing from the typical in-box thermal
paste to something more sophisticated like Arctic silver?
CPU-temp before and after would do the trick.
TIA

I have been running my system for over a year with a P4 2.4C processor and a
genuine Intel Heatsink/Fan combo.   The noise level was very low.
A few days ago, I upgraded my CPU to the P4 3.2 version (also with a retail
Intel heatsink/fan), and immediately I noticed that the "fan" ...

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