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building a new computer - having some problems

Four and Twenty
I and trying to build a computer with a friend of mine and we are having a hell of a time getting it running. Here is the story: Parts: MB: Asus A7V CPU: T-bird 950 RAM: NEC Multisync PC 133 CDROM: Creative Labs 52x HDD: Maxtor 41 gb ata 100 diamond max video: Matrox g400 dual head with the matrox card in there it ...
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Hibernation problems with Abit BH6

cyb
Hi! I got an Abit BH6 motherboard with the newest Bios (QN) and Win2K intalled. My problem is if I turn off APM in Win2K, hibernation mode works fine, but the computer doesn't automatically power off.
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Win2k server

@~@:~KEV~:@~@
Ok i want to know if win2k server will run on the following system. Im running nt4 on it and it really like to upgrade: AMD K6 233 64Meg Ram 1. 7 Gig Hard Disk Really Crap ATI Graphics Card (256kb or summat) Id like to get win2k on there and if i can ill use it as a dedicated lan server.
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All my PCI and AGP cards share the same IRQ!

Winger300
Running an Abit BH6 with ACPI enabled, and latest Bios. Just installed windows, and im having some problems with the sound card drivers (Aureal Vortex 2) The applications crash out with an error The instruction at (address) referenced memory at (address).
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NT4 Drivers In Win 2000......

Virus666
Hi, I've just recently switched to Windows 2000 as 98 was getting on my nerves. I am well impressed with 2000 but I can't get any games working with my graphics card (Maxi Gamer Phoenix) I've downloaded the NT4 drivers for the card, but wanted to get your opinions before I install them.
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TBird and SMP ?

louissan
Hello everyone. . . Well, I've had a dual-PII400@448 running under Win2k for quite some time now and I'm still very pleased by its performance. . . But it will soon be time for an upgrade!!! (sheeeesh) So I'm pondering over what to choose: - Buy two PIII 800 once the PIV is out (nice price/performance ratio I guess ...
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Monitor Problem

Damien
FOr some reason I'm unable to select my monitor under Win 2K, I used to be able to then one day it just dissappeared out of device manager. I can't add it again using add/remove hardware, and plug and play detection doesn't pick it up (which it should) Under display properties, all I get is default monitor under th ...
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Zoiah website

FrogMaster
Where is it? Seems to have been kicked off by his isp? I need some bios tweaking stuff but can no longer find his great site. THX.
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FAT 32 to FAT 16

INFERNO2000
I know this has to have been covered, but for the life of me, I cannot find it. I want to format an 850 mb partition from the FAT32 it's set at, to FAT16, that way I may install WinNT4, either server or Workstation.
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SB Live owners w/crackling: try this

GHackmann
This is probably the stupidest possible solution for fixing SB Live! sound crackling problems, but it worked for me. Open up your volume control, and mute PC Speaker. As soon as I did that, the crackling faded away and never came back.
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Merging hard drives... possible? If so, how?

Anonymous
I've got three hard drives. . . two of which I would like to merge so that they appear and are used as one. Can this be done, and if so, how do I do it? ********************************************** -Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
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MAX RAM in 2000

Sparkhard
I have a question about RAM in 2000 what is the max ram allowed in win 2000 if there is a maximum and if by some chance does anyone know the Max RAM allowed in Windows ME ? im just comparing OS's. .
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Creative Live! drivers give a crawl for GF 256DDR ?

ProjectUnfinished
I am running a good system, check the signature below. And if I stick with the WDM drivers I fine, but if i install Live! drivers 3. 0 alone or with Liveware its gives a crawl when you encode MP3 or play Deus Ex, it uses tracker music, pretty similar to playing mp3 in cpu use refers.
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sidewinder gamepad & MX400 in Win2K

norrissm
I have a monster sound MX400 operating in win2K and I cant get my microsoft sidewinder gamepad to work. When I add a game controller I use the Microsoft Sidewinder (autodetect) and it tells me I have a sidewinder 3D Pro, which I don't.
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P3 cumine 800 running like an athlon 650 =(

Spuddeh
I've gotta new p3 cumine 800 and asus ge-force (6800 deluxe), its not too shabby. . . . one minor complaint. . . . i get theeee most appauling framerates around, 138fps on demo1. dm2 (i used to get 149 with my athlon 650 (asus ge-force as well) - and quake3 is totally un-changed.
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New Liveware, same old problems

Ningauble
MP3's still skip, EAX games have no volume control again(they blare full blast), and snap crackle and pop just like the liveware 2 drivers did. Tyan 1836dluan dual celerons at 550 onboard AIC7895 scsi sb live! voodoo5 agp 5500 onboard intel 100Mb ethernet 128mb pc100 ram Creative dvd-ram seagate 8gig barracuda 2gig ...
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Realtek8029

Cordless
Hi is it possible to use both ports on a lan card (I'm using a realtek 8029) ie: I have 2 machines networked by 10baseT with a crossover cat5 cable. can I add another machine by using a BNC cable attached to the connector on the 8029?? cheers CL Dual PII233 @ 525 Matrox Mill II 4MB aGP Creative 12MB V2 UW SCSI, 230 ...
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