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SBLive Value Digital

rbduck
I'm running an ABIT KT7A Raid. I bout the CPU,MB and SBLive card in a bundle. I really didn't pay much attention until last night. I was surfing on the creative site and from the description there, I have an SBLive Value Digital.
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Couldn´t install Win XP Final

bpn
Hi, Just Spent 18 hours trying to upgrade from XP RC2 to the final version. I tried to look on several messageboards for some help on my problem, but I couldn´t find that either, so I thought I would post something about it here.
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Advent Laptop 5480 DVD

paul_h_amiga
Does anyone know about the full specs of the Advent Laptop 5480 DVD and indeed where the manufactorer's web site is? Also I want to know about the SIS 630 Graphics i. e. does it support OpenGL or other 3D?.
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Happauge TV/FM Tuner

ZoSo925
Ive had this card for a while now and Id like to instll this in my system. Has anyone had any problems running this card and which drivers should I use. Win98 or Win2K ? The Happauge TV/FM Tuner WinTV that I have is listed as this model NTSC 61381 Rev.
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HDD's defaulting to PIO when Raid is enabled on KG7-R in XP

Karl
Well here's the story, First of all here are my system specs. Board: Abit KG7-R (761 north, 686B south) CPU: Amd 1. 4Ghz Memory: (1) 256MB PC2100 Unregistered DIMM CD-ROM Drives: Secondary Master Acer 8X4X32 CD-RW Secondary Slave Pioneer 107S (7X DVD Slot) HDD: Primary Master Maxtor 30GB 7200RPM UATA 100 Primary Sl ...
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winXP2600/AMD761 mobo which AMD miniport driver?

DremNeonBlack
A friend of mine put an Athlon PC together with the Abit KG7 mobo (amd 761 northbridge/via 686b southbridge). He´s running winXP2600 and is wondering what chipset drivers (if any) is needed for the agp and ide stuff in winXP (and winME because of dualbooting) Thanks.
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Gamepad problems

OroTheGolden
I bought a Saitek 8 button analog/digital gamepad waaaay bback in my win98 days. It's software isn't exactly NT/2k friendly. Does anyone know of a generic 8 button driver for win2k?.
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DetanatorXP Driver comparison?!

tweaked
21. 81 to 21. 85 image quality got better if just a tad tiny bit slower. 21. 83? I am going to install them tonight since they are WHQL, but i was wondering what experiences every one else is having with these minorly differet flavors of DetanatorXP drivers on their geforce and TNT whatevers.
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Visioneer Not supporting 6100b in W2K?

mstone_26
Visioneer has not written Windows 2000 drivers and doesn't plan to write drivers for many scanners. They state that W2K is not an upgrade path from Windows 98. Does anyone know of another driver that will allow a parallel port Visioneer 6100b scanner to work under W2K? Thanks.
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Voodoo5 5500 PCI Drivers For WindowsXP

oribiasi
Hey all: I am in desperate need of GOOD Voodoo5 5500 PCI drivers for WindowsXP; after installing it and upon runniny q3 and various other games, nothing seemed to work @ all. . . Any idea? If you know of ANY good drivers for 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI card under Windows XP, please post the ling this will be very much ap ...
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WTF? everything on the same IRQ?

kingtrey
alright i just got my new system put together, and my good ol' SBLive has decided to act up again, so i was playing around with the system trying to fix the snaps crackles & pops, and i noticed something.
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Memory Question

BoogieMan
When i boot and the system i counting up my memory (BIOS says to 512Mb) it says 524288k (524288/1024=512Mb) and i got 512Mb of ram in my system 2x128 and 1x256 so far so good. But when i look in the system in Windows (w2k) it says 523740k why ??? 548k is missing its the same in Win98 it says 511Mb shouldnt i read 5 ...
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Drive Letters?

shineon134
I just installed the OEM version of WinXP Pro and I have 2 hard drives. When I finished the install process I saw that my main drive has a drive letter of D: instead of C:. There used to be a way of changing this in device manager can someone point me in the right direction so I can swap the drive letters of my two ...
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Auto Turn Off

Marktait
OK! Windows 2000 and Windows ME both will turn the PC off when i shutdown but WinXP 2526 insists on not turning the computer off. Just leaves the display message that its now safe to turn off the computer.
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Game Theater XP problems

Gambler FEX online
if I choose 5. 1 speakers setup and test it, the sound is skipping a lot and crackling a little. In games, sounds are repeating, and there is no center/sub or even rear channels in some cases. I have tried a lot of things, even re-installed windows 2000! SMP disabled, ACPI off, ive taken all cards out of the PC and ...
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Audigy problems!!! Snap, crackle, pop!

GTwannabe
I uninstalled my soundblaster live and replaced it with my new Audigy OEM. Used the drivers that came on it's CD, and it installed fine. Music sounds much improved on this card (especially. mod's with 16bit samples), but I'm having serious issues.
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SB Audigy Platinum and Windows XP (full version)

OblivionSHO
Hi, today I picked up an SB Audigy Platinum. I am interested in finding out what people's luck has been with this sound card and the final version of XP. Also, general opinions on the SB Audigy (in regards to features, performance, etc.
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Game Theater XP under Win XP/2K

cyberguru
I have a Hercules Game Theater XP and in windows XP and 2K all that comes out of it is noise. No sounds, just noise. Ive read else where on NT Compatible that its a driver prob but can be fixed if you install an nVidea GFX card.
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Need some help rebuilding my PC!

shinglung
Hi I'm planning to rebuild my PC when I get my copy of XP Pro. The major buy for this rebuild is a new case. I know which case I want to get but I just can't find anyone who sells it in the UK. Can anyone help me find Lian Li PC-621? I also plan to update the BIOS's for all my major devices so can anyone tell me th ...
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BlackWidow 648Home Scanner

Marktait
I have a BlackWidow USBScanner 648Home and will not install under windowsXP. The installer loads and says its only compatible with Win2000,98,etc can anyone help me get a driver for the scanner because i use my scanner quite a lot.
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