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ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Overclocking
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Continue reading →: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro OverclockingNow that I’ve got the Chaintech and the Athlon 64 about in the right range. That is maximum memory overclock to DDR500 and maximum CPU overclock to about 2.45GHz, the next question is how fast can the Radeon 9800 Pro go. First some data on the Internet: * “Extremeoverclocking.com”:http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/reviews/video/Sapphire_9800Pro_4.html. My…
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XP SP2 Problems
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Continue reading →: XP SP2 ProblemsGot my first call from someone that has SP2 causing them problems. Actually I’ve heard of two other folks with issues. Some folks think 1 in 10 will have problems with an upgrade, so beware. At my house, I have one SP2 machine that I installed as a greenfield installation,…
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Brother HL-5170DN Truetype quirk
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Continue reading →: Brother HL-5170DN Truetype quirkBrother HL-5170DN. Been using the printer. It is great with both duplex and network port. Main thing not covered in the FAQ is that it doesn’t do TrueType correctly, so printouts over the network fail. For some reason the default is to load TrueType fonts as graphics. This is fine…
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Flash Reader
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Continue reading →: Flash ReaderNewegg.com – WOET TSERN ICR-A2 Beige Card Reader/Adapter. For $15 how wrong can you go. This thing lets you read just about any type of flash plus it has a USB 2.0 port as well. Great for upgrading a case that doesn’t have a flash reader.
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Crucial Ballistix Overclocking
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Continue reading →: Crucial Ballistix OverclockingI was able to get the Crucials to run to 217MHz before I had stability problems. This was running at the very aggressive 2-2-2-10 settings Anandtech recommends for Athlon 64. To get farther, you have to relax timings, I was curious to see what others folks experience was. The Crucial…
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Gigantic Fan
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Continue reading →: Gigantic FanThermalright XP-120: 1st 120mm fan CPU heatsink :: SilentPCReview.com. Well, if you really want to be cool and quiet get this monster. This is absolutely massive heat sink that can take a gigantic 120mm (that’s about five inch wide fan). “Newegg”:http://www.newegg.com/app/SearchProductResult.asp?DEPA=0 carries it for about $65. It is expensive, but…
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Chaintech VNF3 250 Overclocking
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Continue reading →: Chaintech VNF3 250 OverclockingOverclocking is a complicated topic. Here’s how I did it on this new Chaintech VNF3-250. The net is that I got an Athlon 2800+ costing $150 to perform like an Athlon 3700+ costing $400 with a 30% overclock. And also got another 10% out of the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro.…
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Chaintech VNF3 250 Tweaks
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Continue reading →: Chaintech VNF3 250 TweaksTurning Legacy USB Mouse support on in bios locks keyboard o. Thank goodness for the internet, it just required the correct google query, which was google:”Chaintech VNF3-250 keyboard locked”. This told me that when you turn on USB Legacy Mouse support in the BIOS, then you get the Post Code…
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Installing a new Windows PC
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Continue reading →: Installing a new Windows PCBoy it sure has gotten complicated installing Windows. Here’s what I did (breadcrumbs for Calvin’s new machine): # BIOS errors. On startup, I got BIOS errors 7F and 8C. 7F is “Keyboard is locked”. This means the BIOS thinks that there is a lock on the PC case itself and…
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Continue reading →: Tongfamily Network Configuration
OK, this entry is truly for me, but with so many devices in a home now that are IP aware, I think folks are going to need some sort of mapping and documentation tool. Here’s my poor man’s network: D-Link DI-624 Router. Running WPA-PSK encryption (whatever that is, but I’ve…