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Strange problem with new P4 setup and DVD burner

The 3 optical drives are on the normal IDE ports, and according to Device manager they are all set to Ultra DMA 2...
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- Post #3
- Dec 10, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Strange problem with new P4 setup and DVD burner

Hi there (wow haven't posted on here for ages!) I have just replaced my Athlon XP setup (board, chip, mem), and purchased some new SATA drives, and my system is now the following P4 3.0Ghz 800FSB Abit IC7-MAX3 1024MB PC3200 RAM 2x120GB Maxtor SATA drives in RAID0 -----------------------------...
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- Dec 9, 2003
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Can't Ghost XP from old HD onto new HD

Sorry - some more info. I am using Ghost 2002. I have also now tried Drive Image, which would not even start the copy. I set it up, it rebooted the PC and gave me a message saying the drive is not visible in boot mode. I am just swapping HDs, no other hardware change. I have SP1 installed. I...
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- Post #5
- Jun 8, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Can't Ghost XP from old HD onto new HD

I have just bought a Maxtor DM+9 8MB 160GB drive. For some reason though when I use Ghost to copy the XP partition from my old 60GB Maxtor drive, it appears to copy fine, XP even boots off the new drive, but there is a problem. It stops just before the Welcome screen, with the little Windows...
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- Jun 8, 2003
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Computer Building
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Good online PC hardware stores in the UK?

As many as you can think of? Cheers :)
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- Mar 13, 2003
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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We are spoiled by the Mhz

Somebody...at last...thank you :)
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- Post #43
- Feb 14, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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We are spoiled by the Mhz

Of course I am not complaining, and I am very likely to keep upgrading myself. I just wanted to read people's thoughts on the subject. And I agree, if we take Unreal II, set the resolution to 1600x1200, maximum details, FSAA etc etc, we all know how it will run ;) A lot of gamers are quite...
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- Post #32
- Feb 13, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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We are spoiled by the Mhz

Think about it. The Athlon core speed rose so quickly that it forced Intel to release their P4 early. Since then the two companies have been locked into a fierce power race, with one or the other occasionally nudging the lead. Prices have been driven down, there are chipsets/RAM coming from...
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- Thread
- Feb 12, 2003
- Replies: 44
- Forum: Computer Building
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Upgrade decision

I've got an 1800 XP too. It was paired up with a Geforce 2 Ultra, slower than your current card. Games had started to struggle at 1024x768 so I upgraded to a Ti4600, now they fly. You are probably at the half way point between these two cards though, so unless things are getting too slow for...
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- Post #4
- Jan 21, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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The best motherboard ever created?

Abit KG7 - AMD 761 chipset. Still using now, I won't be tempted back to VIA, as this motherboard is just so stable. I leave my PC on 24/7 for months with no problem.
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- Post #52
- Jan 16, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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XBOX (Microsoft) running into more and more people who want to file a class action lawsuit

Doesn't suprise me. I work for the UK XBOX repair centre and put it this way - I don't have and nor do I want one of these units.
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- Post #2
- Nov 8, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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I'm trying to loose 5lbs of fat. any suggestions? and don't say lyposuction.

You say you don't want to change your diet, but seriously you can lose 5lbs very easily just by CUTTING DOWN on high fat/high calorie foods for a few weeks. I did I diet last year and lost weight at a rate of 1-2lbs a week (which is a healthy rate) and I was not stuck on "diet" food. It's all...
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- Post #22
- Oct 30, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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UT2003 and Windows XP pagefile?

Whenever I play UT2003 I get terrible jerkiness for the first 30 seconds or so. Afterwards upon returning to the desktop I notice a message in the tasktray warning me that my virtual memory is set too low. I have 512MB of RAM, and my pagefile is locked at 200MB. This only seems to happen when I...
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- Thread
- Oct 15, 2002
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Computer Building
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How long does it take you to drive to work?

About 15 minutes but I have to allow over 5 minutes on top of that to walk across the carpark, into the building and all the way over to my department!
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- Post #56
- Oct 15, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Being UNEMPLOYED SUCKS!!!

Good advise. I lost my job at the end of April and I gave myself May, June and July to find the job I wanted and after that I just went for any old job I could find. By that stage I was so demoralised and unhappy that I didn't mind so much. Sure I could do with a little more money but I am FAR...
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- Post #15
- Oct 8, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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