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I'm looking at the following components for an update to my existing Socket 754 rig (yeah -- I've stretched the mileage): Asus M4N78-EM or Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-UD2H AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE 2GB x 2 Corsair DDR2 1066 Western Digital 500GB SATA2 Black HD When I look through the approved...

I'm debating a Phenom II X2 550 CPU for a long overdue upgrade from a socket 754 computer. However, I need a microATX motherboard solution, and there's not much in the way of AM3 (DDR3) motherboards out there just yet. If I were to use the 550 with an AM2+ DDR2 board, would I be wasting...

This is a question for any of you closet Mac owners out there. ;) I just bought my first Mac -- a refurb Macbook Pro, and I'd like to set it up with a local server to do PHP/MySQL/ActionScript development. I'm reading through PHP5 for Flash (Friends of Ed book) now, and their setup...

I'm finishing up a Flash quiz that's powered by PHP/MySQL, and I'm trying to figure out the best method for storing the high scores in the database. Here's an overview of what I had in mind: User finishes quiz and has a total points score stored User fills in 3-letter initials (arcade...

Recently, I had one of my 200GB Maxtor SATA drives just...well...not start up. It was actually used once, I think, as a 2nd drive, and then I stored it. Never worked again. Anyway -- I'm running on the 2nd such drive, and I want to upgrade to a SATA2 drive. Problem is, I'd LIKE to not have...

Bought a 2GB kit of Patriot Signature Line PC3200 (2 x 1GB) for use with my ASUS K8N-VM (microATX) motherboard. I'm getting random reboots and, if I'm in WinXP too long, program crashes and BSODs. Here's some questions/other information: I see that ECC is turned on in the BIOS (this is...

I'm working on building a database-powered Flash interactive -- a quiz. I'm at the point where I need to build out the back-end database (MySQL and PHP) to power it. This would seem like a simple setup, but... ...there are about 10 question types/variants in the quiz design/requirements...

I'm having trouble accessing the row that I'm updating via the SQL update statement below. I'm parsing the results with mysql_fetch_row($submitQuery) and trying to access the 'master_count' field via $submitQueryRow['master_count'] -- it comes up empty. How do I access the row data that I just...

I just did a mid-grade -- took parts from a Socket 754 Shuttle XPC SFF and put them into a mini-tower running a microATX Socket 754 motherboard supporting PCI-E. I'm using a Coolermaster Centurion 541 microATX mini-tower, and I'm loving it, except that it didn't come with fans. I need 2 80mm...

Well -- I finally bought a CoolerMaster Centurion 541 case and related hardware to migrate from my Shuttle SN85G4V3. Here's what's going in: Athlon64 3400+ (Socket 754) Asus K8N-VM Nvidia 6100+410 mATX motherboard 1GB (2x512MB) Kingston DDR PC3200 eVGA 7900GS 256MB PCI-E video card...

Anyone here familiar with or done business with Axiontech? I know they're the "modern" Directron operation, but I've never dealt with either company before. Bizrate's ratings are not recorded properly, for some reason, and Axiontech's Resellerratings ratings are by a bunch of 1-time posters...

I'm interested in purchasing one (1) Athlon 64 Socket 754 CPU (NO SEMPRONS, PLEASE!!!): Prefer 2800+, would consider 3000+ or higher depending on price Budget is $50 or less shipped Heatsink/fan optional Require serial number (photo preferred) and pin status (photo preferred) prior to...

Anyone here with Shuttle XPC experience know if you can run a Sempron64 processor (say, 2800+) with the Shuttle SN85G4V3? There's support for Semprons, but I'm not 100% about Sempron64s. If someone can chime in, I'd appreciate it. Trying to give my Shuttle to my wife and keep the Athlon64 I...

I'm at my buddy's house helping him build a computer with new parts (case, PSU, Zalman CPU cooler, ASUS P5B motherboard, Seagate SATA2 Barracuda hard drive) and a CPU and memory from a Dell small form factor Socket 775 machine. We checked out the Dell CPU and DDR2 before the build -- CPU is...

I'm doing a half upgrade to get out of my Shuttle XPC shackles. I have an SN85G4V3 that I'm going to pillage for DDR memory and a Socket 754 Athlon64 3400+ CPU. I plan to get the Biostar microATX T6100 motherboard and a whole new case, PSU and, most importantly, VIDEO CARD -- an XFX 7900GS --...

I'm in a pickle. I have the following setup, with which I'm pretty happy, except the video card is getting long in the tooth: Shuttle XPC SN85G4V3 Athlon64 3400+ (Socket 754) Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB (AGP) 1GB PC3200 DDR RAM I want to upgrade to PCI-E, but to do that completely...

This may seem like a dumbass question to be asking, but there are no dumbass questions, just dumbasses... I run a Shuttle XPC in my office, and I have a problem. It's too damned hot in my upstairs to keep it cool. It lags when gaming, yada yada. In my battle to get my home cooled better...

I installed Cat 5.7 about 2 months ago when they first came out. I had a Shuttle XPC (not the same XPC listed below) and an HTPC running two different ATI cards on WinXP. As soon as I started using Cat 5.7, I started getting random reboots/crashes. We're talking no BSOD -- just straight...

I am selling a 60% complete system -- case, motherboard, processor, PSU, optical drive, etc. All you need supply is memory, a hard drive and a video card. I'm selling this because I need to downgrade/upgrade to a smaller microATX system or barebones system. This monolith is a wee large in my...

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I just bought my copy of HALO for PC. Yeah -- OLD GAME -- I know. I'm playing it in protest of my friends with XBOX, HALO2 and 1337 skill with gamepads. :rolleyes: Anyway -- $30+ later, and I can't play the game on the following system without it TOTALLY lagging to hell in the single...

Alright -- here's the lowdown. I bought a Shuttle SK83G XPC about 2 months ago, and the Everflow (??? - Evercool - ???) 80x80x15mm ICE fan is already failing. It grinds horribly when I boot the machine. I have an RMA in process to send it in for a replacement, but I'm hearing that these new...

I just tried out the Linksys USB 2.0 802.11g adapter I ordered from eBay -- a new-in-the-box WUSB54GP. I wanted to test the unit on my Dell WinXP SP1 (fully updated sans SP2) laptop at work, so I installed the unit and manually added the drivers. I didn't want to use the WLAN utility from...

I'm running the following: - Shuttle XPC Sk83G (BIOS 29 - updated today) - Athlon64 3400+ (Newcastle) - 1GB PC3200 DDR (Crucial) - 200GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA hard drive - 8X Lite-On DVD-R/RW drive - ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB When I first set up the box last night, I was running the...

I posted a thread about 2 weeks ago regarding a Zalman Reserator part recall that I learned about when my friend and I put together an Antec Aria SFF case with a Zalman Reserator. For reference, here's the previous link: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=778217 Now I have...

I ran a search on the SK83G in this area, and I see virtually no one using one. Lots of SN85G4V2s, though. Is the SK83G destined to become the bastard child of A64 SFFs? I wanted to get one (since I hate that mirrored card reader on the nForce3 XPC), but I'm concerned that it'll be like a...

Just an FYI -- a friend of mine and I learned of a Zalman Reserator recall (http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/support/rma/recall.asp) last night while installing his new Reserator into an Antec Aria case. First, though -- our experience with the unit. PLEASE NOTE -- WE ARE TOTAL WATER COOLING...

A few months ago, I bought a pair of 512MB Kingston PC3200 DIMMs for my Abit NF7-S 2.0. I'm loving the 1GB of memory, but now I'd like to make sure that I'm using the optimal timings for the chips. I notice a lot of the high-end DIMMs come with recommended timing -- 2-3-3-3 -- on the...

I'm running a single desktop sporting the specs listed below in my sig. I'm sick of seeing this rather bland and never-got-around-to-modding it Chieftec black-windowed tower sitting at my desk. And I want something that's portable. So...I thought I might do this... Split the AMD AthlonXP...

OVERVIEW I just added an SATA RAID to my NF7-S 2.0 motherboard -- using the onboard SATA RAID controller and two (2) Maxtor SATA 120GB hard drives. As you can see from the specs below, I have an AthlonXP 2500+ (stock) and Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB also in the system. It's powered by a 480W...

I was wondering if someone, going by the basic specs in my sig, could give me an idea of the ideal stripe size for WinXP on an Abit NF7-S 2.0 SATA RAID. I did the auto RAID 0 setup, and I was wondering if, with two Maxtor SATA 120GB DiamondMax 9 drives, I'd get better performance setting up the...