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  1. pirate252

    Cooling Air Coming Into Case

    A mini air conditioner huh? well that sounds like the best way so-far, sept my little plan...were would i get one of those and how much would they cost? I dont have tons of cash, im only 15 ;) Thanks All Matt
  2. pirate252

    Enough Power???

    ok thanks guys Matt
  3. pirate252

    Enough Power???

    Grrr...i forgot i also have 5 case fans, plus 2 inside, and will later be adding a digital doc 5 to keep track of temps and fans, just to let you know incase it changes anwsers...thanks all Matt
  4. pirate252

    Enough Power???

    Ok heres my -future- system (the one i need to know about for buying the PSU)... MOBO - ABIT KX7-333 CPU - AMD XP 1800+ Video - GeForce 4 (min req. says needs 300 watt PSU) PCI Cards - LAN 10/100 and SOund Blaster Live Value 2 7200 RPM HDD DVD-ROM CD-RW Floppy 4x256 DDR-RAM PC2700 Plus LED's...
  5. pirate252

    Cooling Air Coming Into Case

    I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or know any sites that have things on how to actually cool the air coming into your system via the front intake fans, i came up with my own idea of twisted copper piping with iceswater flowing through them, but i need a more practicle one, any help woul...
  6. pirate252

    Memory Speed Question

    ok another question to add on...i was here http://www.overclockers.co.nz/ocnz/misc/ddrguide/f1.shtml and they showed a comparison about memory on different configurations, named 2-2-2, and 2.5-3-3 what are they talking about??? Thanks All Matt
  7. pirate252

    Memory Speed Question

    o and by the way that 400 mhz says its a PC3200, and once again my mobo will only support up to PC2700...thanks all! Matt
  8. pirate252

    Memory Speed Question

    ok ive done some more research and think that i can only get the ones that go up to 333 mhz because thats a PC2700 and thats all that my mobo will support, but should i buy a 400 mhz just so i can overclock the FSB later without worrys, or will it not work with mobo... Thanks, Matt
  9. pirate252

    Memory Speed Question

    ok ive done some more resurch and think that i can only get the ones that go up to 333 mhz because thats a PC2700 and thats all that my mobo will support, but should i buy a 400 mhz just so i can overclock the FSB later without worrys, or will it not work with mobo... Thanks, Matt
  10. pirate252

    Memory Speed Question

    I am going to buy a new motherboard, the ABIT KX7-333 and a new AMD XP 1800+ i need ddr ram for this mobo and am looking for places to buy from, i plan to overclock so im looking for high quality stuff, so i found this company called Corsair that sells high performance memory. The list that...
  11. pirate252

    Overclocking Sites / Forums

    Anyone know any good sites or forums about overclocking the Athlon XP's or Athlons, or anyhting about overclocking, thanks all! Matt
  12. pirate252

    Case Fan Placement

    Thanks for all the input everyone, the reason for the fan near the pci slots was to get rid of the known dead spot right there, i guess that could be taken care of by the air flowing intoo the case from the front though...the hard drives are right in the way of those intake fans so that should...
  13. pirate252

    SD-RAM vs DDR-RAM

    I just bought a video card from PNY called the verto GeForce4 mx420 It has 64 megs of sd ram but there is a modle that is just a little bit more that has 64 megs of ddr ram pc2100 i was wondering if i should go through the trouble of talking my parents into taking the other card back and...
  14. pirate252

    Case Fan Placement

    I didnt know where to post this message so ill post it here please go here and look at the pic i drew of my case (yes i know im not a good artist) but just see whats u think is good.bad.ugly, ok thanks Matt go here http://www.geocities.com/pics252/Fans.htm
  15. pirate252

    Mounting Hard Drive Sideways

    thanks ed! now i guess i dont have anything to worry about anything and a gold star for you! Matt
  16. pirate252

    Mounting Hard Drive Sideways

    i have read that if you mount it sideways this will wear out the motors that spin the disks...is that true? i have to mount the disks sideays in the case i have now and i dont want there life span to be shortened becasue of somthing that could be avoded, thanks Matt
  17. pirate252

    HDD and Power LED not lighting

    I bought a new case and it came with a different connector for the power and hdd LED's and all that other junk, i pluged everything in and it worked except for the swich that turns it on. So i looked inside and there was a problem. The power light is on pins 1 and 3 and the connector connected...
  18. pirate252

    Mounting Hard Drive Sideways

    I was running a system with 2 hard drives that both layed flat, now i bought a new case that makes you mount them sideways. I was wondering if this would cause damage, or limit the life of the drive, i have searched all over the net and have found different answers, some saying yes, other...
  19. pirate252

    To help prevent system coruption

    I do this with my own system and i thought i should just share it with everyone. Partion your hard drive into either 2 or 3 partions, on C ONLY HAVE WINDOWS and on D (and E) keep all of your backup progam install files, and install all of your things to these drives or drive. This way if...
  20. pirate252

    I Need A Hero!!

    Yeah you could either try to auto repair or get a boot disk and run scan disk. I hate that msg. i just got it the other night but luckly i only keep windows on the C partion so it wasnt that big of a deal to just reformat. JUST A TIP FOR ALL OF YOU OUT THERE ONLY HAVE WINDOWS ON THE C PARTION...

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