http://forums.cabling-design.com/alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt-newsgroup51-.htm - Do-it-yourself computer enthusiasts go here. en-us Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:08:03 -0400 info@cabling-design.com http://www.cabling-design.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://forums.cabling-design.com/2-weird-hardware-problems-article19628-51.htm 1) A PC ive just built ot of an old mobo. Boots up fine into the BIOS Screen, Bios shows a checksum error, change a few options like boot sequence, a...... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:24:11 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/agp-motherboard-article19621-51.htm anyone reccommend a agp 8x AMD motherboard with 5 slots Dilbert Firestorm Opus is my Hero ... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:51:00 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/ati-x600-pro-allinwonder-article19620-51.htm I have a problem with cards drivers. When i install them from original cd,they work for while.After some time TV tuner dont start. (unable to start).P...... 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, 29 Jun 2008 07:58:45 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Home-Shop-18--Kingston-USB-20-Flash-(Pen)-Drive-article19618-51.htm * Data Traveler USB Flash drives are ideal for home office, small business, schools and promotions. Theyre affordable and put mobile storage in ne...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, 28 Jun 2008 05:52:52 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/The--1-Wholesale-Guide-article19616-51.htm How do I know that this quotwholesale Listquot is the best their is First of all, I have interviewed over 50 eBay power sellers and ask them to reve...... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:26:05 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/NAS-appliances-article19595-51.htm Does anyone have any recommendations for NAS devices Ive tried some LaCie devices in the past and their reliability has been truly shocking. Capacit...... The post has 19 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 19 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:22:58 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/PSU-Fan-Cable--article19582-51.htm Hi there, Ive bought a brandnew Enermax Pro82+ 385W power supply unit. It has a two wire quotFan RPM (FM)quotcable coming out of it and Im wondering,...... 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, 17 Jun 2008 06:02:43 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Which-Power-Supply--article19581-51.htm Hello, I need to buy a power supply for the PC I am building. Thermaltake, OCZ, Corsair, and Rosewill, have very good ratings and Newegg. Which on...... The post has 9 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 9 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:32:28 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/DDR2-1000-with-1066-board-ok-article19577-51.htm Hello, I am finally putting together my dream pc. I bought some DDR2 1000 memory (not 1066). The motherboard I will be receiving in a few days is a...... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:10:25 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Front-Panel-USB-Headers--some-devices-dont-work-article19566-51.htm Hi All, I have come across this once or twice and its never really bothered me, but I am curious as to why: Occasionally I fond certain devices wont...... The post has 12 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 12 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:20:40 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/ac3-player-article19558-51.htm i received a file of .ac3 But i cannot play it with WIndows Media Player or QuickTime, can anyone suggest a player for me Many thanks ... 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, 13 Jun 2008 10:24:11 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/CPU-and-case-fan-spin-down-while-running-article19555-51.htm Hi I just bought a socket 478, Intel i865 chipset motherboard as a replacement for an Asus board that seemed to have a failed AGP slot. The Intel ...... 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, 12 Jun 2008 22:41:24 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Re-VGA-No-display-problem-article19554-51.htm On 20080610, Tony A lttony@nowhere.comgt wrote: igt/i igt Turn it on and it all seems to power up ok cpu fan spinning, hard drive/i igt powering up, ...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, 11 Jun 2008 08:23:00 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/SATA-RAID-1--setup-problem-article19551-51.htm I have a pair of Seagate 300 Gb discs plugged into the SATA of an ECS k8M800 M2 (rev.2) mainboard . I jumped the discs to limit them to the lower data...... 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, 09 Jun 2008 10:15:04 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/building-a-new-pc-hdd-article19529-51.htm Hello, I want to build a PC, yet I want to transfer everything that my current PC has, data and applications. I thought I make an image of the old ...... The post has 5 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 5 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sat, 31 May 2008 13:40:25 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Comp-restarts-article19517-51.htm Here is the spec for my system, Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz Motherboard: Asus P5E3 Deluxe with Intel X38 chipset Ram: ...... The post has 6 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 6 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Fri, 30 May 2008 11:42:08 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/AGP-slot-failure-Asus-P4P800SE-article19515-51.htm Hello I have PC where an AGP video card stopped sending a signal to a flat screen monitor in the middle of playing the Sims 2. The video card and f...... 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, 29 May 2008 21:19:12 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/need-rec-for-high-gain-directional-wifi-antenna-article19508-51.htm Hi, Can anyone recommend a wifi antenna, and pci card, to extend a routers range Ideally the antenna would have a lead of about 3 feet. The PC is ...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, 29 May 2008 11:21:27 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/eSATA-enclosure-article19505-51.htm Hope this is the right place for this question. Can I use a SATA HD in an eSATA external enclosure Thanks Louie Gainesville, FL (eat the flies to...... The post has 5 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 5 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Thu, 29 May 2008 05:07:48 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/AGP-8x-in-a-4x--mobo-article19497-51.htm Some cards specify both 4x and 8x and most only specify 8x. Can I use any 8x video card in a 4x mobo slot I just want it to work, dont care if its ha...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, 28 May 2008 09:53:34 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/PCIe-video-card-and-PSU-compatibility-article19487-51.htm I am building a system for a friend. Not a high power one but one for web surfing and multimedia use. Components: ASUS M2NE AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570...... 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, 25 May 2008 18:37:35 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Help-Cant-Format-Hard-Drive-article19471-51.htm I have a Western Digital WD400 drive that I am attempting to format. It is a used drive, but it at present has no operating system on it. I get to a...... The post has 32 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 32 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sat, 24 May 2008 17:54:32 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/SATA-HD-problem-article19464-51.htm Im having mega headaches trying to install a SATA HD and get it running. My motherboard is a Gigabyte 915P MB GA8195P Duo (Pro), new about 2 years a...... 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, 23 May 2008 04:12:06 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/cd-cant-see-disk-article19454-51.htm I was working on my computer and had to rearrange the cables to my cd players, but I was sure I put them back correctly because both drives are seen i...... The post has 5 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 5 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Mon, 19 May 2008 18:58:04 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Dell-Inspiron-6000-Laptop-Battery-article19445-51.htm Our Dell Inspiron 6000 Battery from powerbattery.co.uk delivers power when you need it and where you need it. It has been specially designed to meet t...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 ]]> Mon, 19 May 2008 00:23:24 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/3BTechnet-Viotek-quotBlack-Titaniumquot-Power-Supply-Ri-article19426-51.htm Hi All, I just ordered this Viotek 550W24 Black Titanium 600 watt quotHigh Qualityquot power supply from 3btech.net http://3btech.net/vi600...... The post has 22 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 22 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sat, 17 May 2008 12:48:02 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Cant-get-30gbs-on-my-SATA-II-drive-and-promise--article19422-51.htm Ive got a samsung 400gb drive and a promise TX 2300 raid controller both say they are rated for 3gb/s operation. Yet when I connect this drive to the...... 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, 16 May 2008 12:22:47 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Time-to-upgrade-article19419-51.htm Is the new DDR3 ram THAT much faster than DDR2 Im running a Evga 780i (DDR2), Evga 9800gx2, and an Intel Q6600 So if I upgrade, I need a new board......... The post has 7 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 7 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Fri, 16 May 2008 06:46:05 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Water-cooling-a-9800-GX2-article19418-51.htm My system is: EVGA 780i 3x sli PCIE2.0 motherboard 4gb DDR2 memory Intel Q6600 @ 3.0Ghz (Over clocked from 1066 to 1333 FSB) EVGA 9800 GX2 Creative XF...... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Fri, 16 May 2008 06:32:38 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Need-to-know-power-consumption-article19413-51.htm Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz Motherboard: Asus P5E3 Deluxe with Intel X38 chipset Ram: Mushkin Enhanced 2x1GB DD...... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 4 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Tue, 13 May 2008 10:58:48 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Subject-Newly-built-comp-is-laggy-and-begins-to-h-article19390-51.htm Specs, Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz Motherboard: Asus P5E3 Deluxe with Intel X38 chipset Ram: Mushkin Enhan...... The post has 20 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 20 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 14:33:50 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/need-screw-size-for-cd-roms-article19380-51.htm Can someone please tell me what the standard screw size is that fits Cd Roms and DVD players to the computer cages. I need to order a box of them bec...... The post has 7 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 7 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 04:07:44 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Re-Do-any-internal-modems-work-article19364-51.htm iltletterman@invalid.comgt wrote.../i igtI have always used external modems. I think internal modems are the/i igt curse of the universe. I swore I ...... The post has 16 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 16 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 13:43:09 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/external-HDD(Caddy)-problems-article19361-51.htm Hi Guys, have an external HDD in a USB Caddy, built the computer around 5 months ago and everything was going ok, when I shut down (WinXP SP2), it se...... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 20:52:26 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Re-Do-any-internal-modems-work-article19360-51.htm iltletterman@invalid.comgt wrote:/i igt Im running Win98se. Neither modem is recognized./i Uninstall the software, the drivers, turn off the compute...... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 2 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 11:40:56 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Re-Do-any-internal-modems-work-article19359-51.htm Three internal PCI modems that have work well for me under Windows XP SP2 are: the Zoom 3025C, the AOpen FM56PX, and the very inexpensive, very soft...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, 01 May 2008 08:59:29 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/PRR-First-post-article19358-51.htm Now that that hassle over I can post for real. In the immortal words of hwf: This is you not giving a shit HA HA I MADE YUO POST I win amp stuff. ...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, 01 May 2008 01:00:54 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Need-help-locating-a-quotKey-Retainerquot-for-a-laptop-article19356-51.htm A plastic piece that holds a key on my laptop broke. I see where I can bid for one on EBay, but I was wondering if they sell these some place out righ...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 ]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:14:50 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/buy-laptop-battery-camcorder-battery-camera-batter-article19355-51.htm if you want to buy replacement battery please visit www.batteriesworld.co.uk 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 ]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:37:42 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Re-Z80-home-brew-project-article19352-51.htm On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:46:21 0700 (PDT), lynchaj ltlynchaj@yahoo.comgt wrote: : Hi, : : I am working on a Z80 SBC home brew project and am looki...... 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, 27 Apr 2008 19:26:20 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Re-Z80-home-brew-project-article19351-51.htm On 20080427, lynchaj ltlynchaj@yahoo.comgt wrote: lthuge snip that should have been done long agogt igt I believe most people have not considered bu...... 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, 27 Apr 2008 15:32:09 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Re-Z80-home-brew-project-article19350-51.htm ltsnipgt igt/i igt I guess I did not realize you are building an entire computer./i igt Well, if I want to run CP/M all I have to do it go up into my...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 ]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:59:00 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Setting-up-cheap-RAID-Advice-on-drives-article19329-51.htm Got a Gigabyte S775 Intel P35 DS3 REV2 wanting to setup a raid using 2x 160GB gt SATAII Can anyone recommend make/model of drives to get, reliable m...... The post has 11 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 11 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:42:16 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/invisible-drive-article19328-51.htm A recently fitted SATA HD isnt showing up. I have 4 SATA slots on my Gigabyte Duo GA8I915P Duo Pro motherboard. Two have a matching pair of Hitachi S...... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:34:16 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/High-quality-SATA-II-cables-article19324-51.htm I will be adding a couple of SATA drives to my computer and would appreciate knowing a source or brand of good quality SATA and SATA II cables. (str...... 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, 25 Apr 2008 13:04:48 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Are-Xeon-or-Itanium-Procs-Ever-Used-In-Personal-De-article19323-51.htm 1. Are Intel Xeon or Itanium processors ever used in highperformance singleprocessor desktop personal computer systems 2. Are these processors so c...... 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, 23 Apr 2008 02:53:06 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/laptop-battery-recharging-article19319-51.htm I bought this ancient laptop (Toshiba T2000SX) on flea market. It uses two batteries (second one is for BIOS): pa8725u (14.4V 2.2AH NiMH) shows 0,45VD...... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:29:52 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Inserting-DVD-causes-PC-to-crash-article19315-51.htm It doesnt happen every time but about 80 of the time. When I put a new DVD into my PC when I am attempting to burn onto it, my PC crashes to a Blue ...... 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, 20 Apr 2008 14:08:08 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/XFi-Fatality--Game-Port-article19299-51.htm On the pictures of the XFi Fatality sound card, theres what looks like a game port on the back plate. That makes no sense given that all game contro...... The post has 7 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 7 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:30:16 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/whine-motherboard-or-psu-article19286-51.htm I built a new machine last week. I used my old power supply, cd burner. The power supply is 350 watts and hadnt been used in a year but worked fine in...... The post has 5 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 5 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:39:44 -0400