Recent content by daj123

you need to use WinXP drivers. Not even 2k/2k3 drivers will do.

In search of true broadband... Interesting read: *www.rimweb.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3578 What do you guys think? Have you used any of those ISPs he mentioned? Please post your thoughts/reviews/experiences. Edit: I meant to start a new topic! :lol:

Does your motherboard support DDR333? Is your motherboard old? If its old AND supports DDR333 then it prolly needs a BIOS update. You're best bet is to stick it right into a new system which definitely supports it and checkout what MHz it shows...

Yep, you'll lose all your data lest you use qparted and resize your partitions ;)

If you care to understand architectures then you would understand that you can fit more instructions per clock cycle and have a slower gigahertz OR you can have higher gigahertz and fit less instructions per clock cycle. BUT you cant have both. Intel has chosen the latter for its pentium...

My old PIII 450 MHz starts up within 20s with 192MB RAM and a slow 6.4GB 5400RPM HDD 8)

try this at your own risk: In the folder where you copied all the RPMs... rpm -Uvh --nodeps *.rpm

scan for spyware and viruses.

enoomai, my $0.02. Intel processors always were and have been more "stable" than AMD processors. I remember Tom's Hardware guide testing processors for overheating problems. They removed the Heat Sink and fan off the processor while the system was removing. Their results? All Intel processors...

guys, you are talking about bandwidth/download intensive applications. Remember that you have only 600MB of free downloads ;)

keyloggers are the biggest concern. I know I have been to a cyber cafe and I have suspicions of keyloggers on the PCs and I was right. So I just didnt login to my accounts. Surfed for a while and left.

Debian was given with Dec/Jan issue of PCQuest. You can obtain it's dvd. Also, if you're considering cds then it will take about 8 CDs

hack expert, depends on your motherboard. if you have a motherboard which supports dual channel ddr then i recommend purchasing 2x512.

Stop bashing HT! HT is a technology which was being used in servers far before it came to desktops and currently only Intel offers it. My experience with HT has been marvellous! I have 3 machines: 1. P4 2.8GHz HT 800MHz FSB Northwood 2. P3 450MHz 133MHz FSB 3. Pentium-m 1.6GHz centrino...

I doubt the 845 based mobo will have an AGP slot or if it does it will have a 4x AGP slot. You need a 8X slot for an Ati radeon 9600/9800 PRO.