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  1. FT099

    flashing the BIOS????

    My best suggestion is to boot the machine, enter the BIOS and find out what kind you have. Then, go to google and enter something like "Flash Award BIOS". Also, go here and click BIOS http://www.majorgeeks.com/ {Please support solar, wind and hydrogen renewable enery projects. We need to get...
  2. FT099

    Extension Cords

    Hey, you can do the same thing using a "Power Strip". This is just like a "Spike Strip" but contains no MOV's inside. The advantage being that you go from 1:1 to 1:6. Of course, you always want to add up the current and multiply that times the voltage. For example, if all your devices were...
  3. FT099

    Calculate your power supply needs.

    A wise person once said "get double what you think you'll ever need". When I built the most recent system, I didn't exactly get double but purchased the Antec "True Power" 430 watt. This is the best power supply I've had thus far. Clean, quite, no bad plastic smells, and the fans only run fast...
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    You probably think I'm crazy.

    I don't think its a bad idea at all. I once made the mistake of buying a Kingwin computer case and power supply. The burning plastic smell was over powering.. to the extent that I thought of venting the machine to the outside using clothes dryer vent piping. I sent e-mail to Kingwin and the...
  5. FT099

    Using Serial ATA mobile rack as a removable backup device.

    I would be very cautious using those Kingwin hard drive racks. I used to have 4 of them installed in my computer and kept getting opens (an electrical open circuit) which would make the hard drive lose 12volt motor power and shut down. After swapping them around, some hard drives would start &...

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