http://forums.cabling-design.com/alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt-newsgroup51-.htm - Do-it-yourself computer enthusiasts go here. en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:08:02 -0400 info@cabling-design.com http://www.cabling-design.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://forums.cabling-design.com/Do-I-need-an-IO-shield-article20650-51.htm A friend gave me a mother board, an Asus A8NSLI Deluxe. but not what I think I saw called the I/O shield, the thin metal plate that surrounds all the ...... The post has 6 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 6 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:21:29 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Making-Money-Quickly-article20649-51.htm Posted by jacobo muro on July 25, 19101 at 23:01:32: In Reply to: Re: Read this message for your own benifit posted by gary graf on May 02, 19101 at ...The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here ]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:15:04 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/WHat-sort-of-camera-is-this-guy-using-article20646-51.htm What sort of camera is this guy using to get that clarity How much would it cost for a PC cam of this quality http://www.youtube.com/watchvkQZ3jTkd9...... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:37:36 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/how-to-connect-2-PU--article20642-51.htm HI, I need to add some power to my PC. Here is how he is right now : ZNF3250Gb Pro chaintech motherboard with a Athlon 64 3200+ and 3Go of Ram. The g...... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:33:21 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Sata-Drive--EIDE-Mainboard-article20630-51.htm About 18 months ago I bought a Seagate SATA HD and started using in external enclosure. After about a year (programmed by warranty I supose) it stop...... The post has 9 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 9 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:34:36 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/need-help-setting-raid-0-on-Asus-A7N8X-Deluxe-article20627-51.htm Could some one please share with me how to use the mobos SATA feature Ive tried and tried with no success. I tried the jumpers but I dont know if I sh...... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sun, 31 May 2009 21:12:11 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Trying-to-Recover-a-Crashed-System-article20619-51.htm I had a box with two Win2K SP4 installations on different HDs. The C drive developed a fault that left it just about useless and I had to replace it. ...... The post has 7 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 7 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sun, 31 May 2009 16:30:19 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Floppy-Disk-DirectWrite-Procedure-article20616-51.htm Hey folks, Im wanting to clarify how you would interface with a PC floppy disk drive directly, so maybe somebody with this oldschool knowledge can hel...... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sat, 30 May 2009 19:04:58 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/httpwww518valucom-sell-nextel-i9-lcd-article20615-51.htm http://www.518valu.com sellnextel i9 lcd,flex, ++ | http://forums.cablingdesign.com/ | | *** a better way to...The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sat, 30 May 2009 10:07:22 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/problem-with-KVM-MT270S-switch-article20612-51.htm I connected 2 PC using KVM switch Mac and WinXP. When I start WinXP and Mac PC BIOS ask me for a password. I key the password and OS starts. But aft...... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sun, 24 May 2009 22:46:36 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/23-of-New-HD-Missing-article20608-51.htm Hi Experts :) I bought a new 400GB HD a few days ago. I added it to my older computer to format it and it went fine. After that I set up about 1/3 o...... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Fri, 22 May 2009 18:27:58 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Re-USB2-Networking-Cable--driver-for-it-article20600-51.htm quotPaulquot ltnospam@needed.comgt wrote in message news:gulevjq521@news.motzarella.org... igt RF wrote:/i igt gt Hi Experts,/i igt gt/i igt gt I hav...... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Mon, 18 May 2009 03:06:31 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Unknown-camera-article20595-51.htm Can anybody (Paul) identify what camera this is (Im looking for some driver that would get it to work on Vista/Win7) Its some el chepo, that I got fr...... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 22:35:19 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/External-SATA-article20594-51.htm I have 3 hard drives for my notebook. A 165gig with Ubuntu7, a 320 with Vista Home Preimum and a 500 gig with both Vista and WIndows 7 dual boot. I wa...The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 17:48:12 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/computer-beeps-twice-at-random-times-article20591-51.htm Recently, my computer started beeping at me at apparently random times, two beeps about 7 seconds apart. Sometimes its a long time (15 minutes or eve...... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Wed, 13 May 2009 23:54:18 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/New-build-XP-OS-instlall-problem--SATA-HD-article20584-51.htm Put together an ASUS M2NSLI AMD 6400 CPU combination With windows XP Home edition I initially had the single SATA HD hooked up to the SATA 1 con...... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sat, 09 May 2009 09:48:11 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/homebrew-DIY-SDcard-pinout-amp-driver-algorithm--article20576-51.htm http://uanr.com/sdfloppy tells: igt You can attach an SD camera memory card to any homebrew DIY /i igt project that has a few I/O pins, using ordina...... The post has 8 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 8 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Fri, 08 May 2009 04:54:44 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Re-CPU-for-Windows7s-XP-compatibility-mode-article20575-51.htm On 20090507, Andrew Smallshaw ltandrews@sdf.lonestar.orggt wrote: igt/i igt Dont know specifically about Windows 7 but AMD and Intel each/i igt provid...The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here ]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 11:47:12 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Why-is-this-article20574-51.htm I have Windows 7 ultimate RC1 installed on C drive and W2K installed on D drive. With W2K booted I can see both drives in windows explorer and transf...The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here ]]> Wed, 06 May 2009 22:50:42 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/virius-article20571-51.htm hi i need some help with this one.i think i have a virus on my computer.i am running xp pro. the error says task manager has been disabled by your adm...The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here ]]> Wed, 06 May 2009 21:39:09 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/virius-article20570-51.htm hi i need some help with this one.i think i have a virus on my computer.i am running xp pro. the error says task manager has been disabled by your adm...... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Wed, 06 May 2009 21:38:59 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/home-brew-S100-backplane-project-article20569-51.htm Hi Ive designed a home brew S100 backplane project. I have several PCBs available for testing and am looking for experienced S100 hobbyists for the i...The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here ]]> Tue, 05 May 2009 22:14:10 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Help-deciding-between-two-AMD-CPUs-article20565-51.htm Will be ordering an Athlon 64 X2 for a M2NSLI DELUXE MB shortly Question I have is Whether to get the AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB...... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Tue, 05 May 2009 07:08:56 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Case-to-mobo-connection-problem-article20555-51.htm Im building myself a new computer. The mobo is an Asrock AOD790GX/128M AM2+ RT http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.aspModelAOD790GX/128MampsAM22b The ...... The post has 7 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 7 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:24:56 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/REstore-USB-Memory-stick-article20547-51.htm I used an 8GB memory stick for a Dell Diagnostic tool, which wiped out everything on it. Now it only has 1.96GB, not 8GB. Can anyone let me know how...... The post has 7 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 7 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:23:27 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Virus-gt-APARTMENTS----CHAPEL---article20528-51.htm Link downloads the Rogue Virus. The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here ]]> Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:07:59 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Vertical-hard-drive-article20523-51.htm Im going to build myself a new computer soon when I do, my wife will inherit my old one (replacing her even older one). The computer she will be get...... 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Read more and discuss here ]]> Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:15:09 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/hdd-troubleplease-help-article20506-51.htm I have two hdd that show as NOT seen in windows,nor can i get them to boot. i tried formating with no luck, any advise TIA ... The post has 6 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 6 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:04:38 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Low-power-consumption-motherboard-and-processor-co-article20500-51.htm What low power consumption, motherboard/uprocessor combinations are available nowadays What are typical figures for the power consumption Thanks in a...... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 2 replies so far. 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Read more and discuss here ]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:56:54 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/How-to-make-a-hardware-switch-for-stereo-to-surrou-article20439-51.htm I was thinking about making a hardware switch that would allow me to run the front channel speaker outputs to the rear speakers when Im only using ste...... The post has 20 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 20 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:22:21 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Aopen-AK86L-bios-capability-article20432-51.htm Sorry to ask this without being able to look in my systems bios but its down for some a hardware addition. The Aopen AK86L mobo has Phoenixaward Bios...... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 1 replies so far. 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The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:33:55 -0500 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Intel-Core-i7-293-GHz-vs-266-GHz-article20420-51.htm Where might I find some speed compairsons between the Intel Core i7 2.93 GHz and 2.66 GHz. I am wondering if it is worth the extra money to purchase ...... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:46:24 -0500 http://forums.cabling-design.com/I-need-STABLE-bios-settingshelp-article20415-51.htm q9400 cpu, gigabyte gaep45ud30 rev 1 motherboard, 4 gb of ddr21066 ram, using 700 watt PSU and using VISTA. The CPU is defaulted to 2.66Ghz but I can...... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:58:52 -0500 http://forums.cabling-design.com/How-would-this-work-article20405-51.htm Ive seen motherboards with HDMI or DVI video outputs, which seem like they would work well to hook up to my new HDTV. But I dont quite understand ho...... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:02:00 -0500 http://forums.cabling-design.com/ASUS-P5N32E-SLI-mobo-and-4GB-RAM-article20401-51.htm I have four sticks of Corsair DDR2 memory for my ASUS P5N32E SLI mobo. Two Ive had for awhile and they are version 2 while the latest pair is versi...... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:38:53 -0500