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problems with building a new PC
In short, just what George21 said but didn't say, STICK WITH INTEL! Slot1 or socket 370 or slot1 w/slocket. You will never go wrong. >>>>>>>>>> I have sold some Duron, and guess what: The FIC mb. does not work with Duron.Try an up-grade of BIOS, or try an GIGABYTE motherb.(see if it's supporting...- JRotten
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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problems with building a new PC
Check all your jumpers.... There are millions of them on FIC boards. Next time buy ABIT.... If your AGP card is loose you will hear a bunch of beeps at startup instead of the familiar "one" beep........ Much easier to stick with Intel processors! More and better boards to choose...- JRotten
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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cd writer WONT WORK
I exclusively use a HP9110 and cloneCD software on Win98, Win NT and Win2000 platoforms. I have yet to make a coaster.<br><br>J. Rotten- JRotten
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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No dial tone under windows 98 SE
First remove modem through device manager. Now install it through the "add hardware" applet in control panel. If this does not work.......go into BIOS and disable one of your serial(com) ports. Microsoft uses virtual com ports and your physical serial ports may be sucking up available...- JRotten
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
