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    Starge cdrom problems....

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    CD Rom drives showing errors

    They do, I placed them in a working PC and both drives are working fine.
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    CD Rom drives showing errors

    I friend of mines computer is having problems with the optical drives. Its a Compaq Presario 5000 with a P4 1.5 and 256m ram. The two optical drives show up in device manager but have errors. We swapped out ide ribbon cable, changed out drives and even placed one of the drives on the ide...
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    Any one heard of softnicks.net???

    Wonder how long they will get by with it till the "Redman Stormtroopers" desend down upon them with a vengence. Dux
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    Any one heard of softnicks.net???

    Was doing some websurfing this morning and found softnicks.net, they offer downloadable software for crazy low prices. I cant seem to find anything out about the company. Example of price, Windows XP Pro SP1 for only $49.95. You can only download,they dont offer shipping of software on cd's...
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    Starge cdrom problems....

    Tried all that and nothing. Anymore ideas folks?
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    Starge cdrom problems....

    I recently turned on one of my boxes to burn a dvd only to find out it wasnt working, bios did identify it during boot. Device manager says "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)". Well I tried removing the drive and...
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    Which mobo manufacturer has the best Customer support and RMA?

    Asus bites! I had a config problem with my wifi card and adapter. I emailed for about a week and then finally called them( on my dime). They asked a few guestions and then said basically you screwed, buy another wifi card. Time on hold 33 minutes, time talking to live tech support 8 minutes...
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    First Time Raid user

    Crafty is right, according the puter Gawds at anandtech its pretty much a wash. I ran a raid setup on my Shuttle AK35GT-R for almost a year, went back to conventional setup when one of the drives died(both maxtor 40GB ATA133s) and didnt notice much of a difference. But the raptors kick major...
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    A7N8X Deluxe: 3Com LAN or Nvidia

    I use the nvidia port for my home network, have used the 3com before, no difference from either one that I could tell. I stay with the nvidia because its on the bottom less cable overhang. No other reason. MrDux
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    Absolutely the most reliable nforce2 mobo out there?

    I have two nforce 2 boards,Asus A7N8X-Deluxe rev.2.00 and Abit NF7-S rev. 2.00. I have had the Asus since they first come out and its rock solid and has plenty of features. Just picked up the Abit board so I cannot comment on it yet, but everything I have read says the board kicks butt and is...
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    nfs7-2 bios problems

    I have the same problem. I am trying to flash a NF7-S bios and keep getting the locked jumper warning also. I looked at abits website and nothing. Post back if you find out something, I will do the same. MrDux......long time listener, first time caller
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    ATI 9500 pro/128 or 5600/256 Asus

    Thanks for the info. I was pretty sure but you never know. "Joe-six pack" will thank you next week. MrDux
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    ATI 9500 pro/128 or 5600/256 Asus

    Ok, making a average box for "joe six-pack" and I have a few extra cards on hand. Trying to find out which one has the most giddie up and go. I am leaning towards the 9500 pro but just want a few opinions. The rest of the system will be a Athlon XP 2400/Nforce 2 set up. Any opinions will...
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    FS/FT: Spare Parts 9700PRO, 512mb PC133, USB enclosure

    Any movement on the CPU/Mobo combo? MrDux
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