Motherboards

[Sukaeto]

On 2001-11-29 18:51, Implicit Distrust wrote:
You've made a wise choice with the EPoX! They make some damn good boards, and I'm gonna get the 8KHA+ for my new PC later on once I get enough money to buy all the parts for it.

I know.  I'm the one who recommended it to you over at FFA. :wink:

On 2001-11-29 18:51, Implicit Distrust wrote:
It's always best to just do a format and reinstall when changing your mobo. Using the HD without a clean format can lead to some problems.

I know that.  I'm lazy.

On 2001-11-29 18:51, Implicit Distrust wrote:
That's kind of strange that you got a speed increase in your graphics, seeing as the bottleneck for graphics performance these days is the video card. Unless you've got an AGP 4× video card and your old mobo only supported AGP 2×, then that would be a different story.

My old mobo was an AGP 4x.  DDR RAMs some great stuff.

On 2001-11-29 18:51, Implicit Distrust wrote:
Don't disable any of the sound (either in the BIOS or device manager), there's a better way to do it. Get a Male-Male audio cable (I'm assuming your sound cards use 3.3mm jacks) and connect the Speaker Out of the not-so-good card to the Line In port on the good card. Go into your volume properties and make sure that Line In isn't muted on your good card.

Then go into the audio properties, choose the good card from the drop down menus (for recording and for playback), but make sure that "Use Only Preferred Devices" is DISABLED. If it's enabled, the other card can't do anything. Last but not least, test everything out and make sure your volume settings are set properly (you don't want it to be too loud.)

Well, I wasn't gonna disable it in the first place.  Jari already came up with the idea of using a 1/8" to 1/8" audio cable to connect the two together . . . but thanks anyway . . .

On 2001-11-29 18:51, Implicit Distrust wrote:
Ghost > God. Definitely ghost your HD, you wouldn't believe how many times it's came in handy for me. When you ghost your HD, what you gotta do is first format your HD, then install the OSes you want. Install your games, Internet Explorer, service packs and critical updates, etc., but don't install any drivers for your hardware. Instead, use SysPrep for the drivers, and put that into your ghost image. Remember: Ghost for software, SysPrep for hardware.

Heh heh . . . I know all about the wonders of ghost.  It's especially good when you have a network full of computers with the same hardware.

 

[BDA7DD]

On 2001-11-29 22:36, TiadaghtonDude wrote:
I know.  I'm the one who recommended it to you over at FFA. :wink:

Hunh? You're at FFAlpha? You must be using another username... wait, I just noticed some guy named Orlandu who suggested it... his sig is "404 - Sig Not Found"... now I get it! You and Orlandu are one in the same!

On 2001-11-29 22:36, TiadaghtonDude wrote:
My old mobo was an AGP 4x.  DDR RAMs some great stuff.

Oh, that explains it :grin:

On 2001-11-29 22:36, TiadaghtonDude wrote:
Heh heh . . . I know all about the wonders of ghost.  It's especially good when you have a network full of computers with the same hardware.

You probably already know this, but if you've got a WindowsNT/2000/XP machine Ghosted, make sure you use Ghostwalker to regenerate the SID. Otherwise, those computers can be detected as illegal copies.

 

[Threesixty]

On 2001-11-29 22:36, TiadaghtonDude wrote:
I know.  I'm the one who recommended it to you over at FFA. :wink:

And If I recall....I BBCode Start color told you BBCode End color about the Epox at the BBCode Start color Eidos' board BBCode End color ....

And now, I'm saying the Dragon is the better board.....  :razz:

 

[Sukaeto]

Dry Ice:  Yeah, I'm Orlandu at FFA.  (Also, I do know about the SID number in NT.  Those boxes we used ghost on were all '98 boxes.)

I've heard that having two identical SIDs on the same network can cause conflicts between the two machines.

Threesixty:  Was it you who told me about EPoX boards?  I thought it was Vakusuma, but I might not be remembering correctly.

 

[Threesixty]

Oh I dont' know....I know I told someone :grin:
And a very long time ago.....months ago.

If you don't mind the price the Dragon is the way to go.
If your looking to save 40 dollars, go with the Epox.

:smile:.....oops.....guess you already got one. LOL.

[edited] 65 2001-12-15 01:17

 

[Darkness]

once again, i am leaning toward abit because of recent reviews ive seen.

 

[Threesixty]

The KR7a?

It looks like a good board. It also looks new....new boards are usually expensive, and sometimes hard to find.

I just have a problem with Abit....not personally,  I never used one. But about 8 months ago, all I heard was how much Abit Motherboards were frying. Discussions about Abit loosing their edge and stuff......So I went with MSI's K7T-Turbo (mainly for stability issues). 8 months in computer time, is a long time. Besides, they were probably frying, because they are able to push the limits of Overclocking, so far. Extreme Overclocking  will quickly limit the life of a computer.

I hear newer Motherboard are coming out in the beginning of the next year.....That's the main problem of computers...your only have the best components for a few weeks.