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I installed burn in test, i start the program and it starts running for maybe 2 seconds then it stops and gives me the message that a debugger is running and i should stop that program. And closes the program when clicked on OK I disabled NAV etc. still the same message. Question: how do i find what...

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard GV3DI (DUAL 9600 GT) PCI EXPRESS 16X graphics card 1 Gig Corsair Memory (512MBx2) (Inserted at DDR 1 and DDR 3), (but see no dual channel at start up) (C512XMSLP Corsair XMS DDR400 Extra Low Latency DDR with LED) 1x Gigabyte DVD Rom is SLAVE on Cable Sele...

If it is the M64 nvidia chip it is not worth it, <BR> is their a problem with your current card, does the games still play wothout any glitches, if it does keep it. a better upgrade is to buy a card with a graphical processor unit on it (GPU). Eg: the geforce 2 mx200 <IMG SRC="images/forum/smil...

I am battling to get my home network up and running, On my one computer i have XP prof and my dads 98Se, i am not sure i am doing things correctly.
<BR>Any help will be apreciated <IMG SRC="images/forum/smilies/icon_confused.gif">

Wild thing what do you mean, XP is the best platform i have worked on, win me downwards suck, <BR>One´s you have tasted the cake why go back to the bread? <BR> <BR>freakno 1 keep looking for the updated drivers for your hardware, it is worth it. <IMG SRC="images/forum/smilies/icon_wink.gif"...

It depends what the other guys have on their pc, if i am happy with my geforce 2 GTS, why would i see things in another light. <BR>If you have a 8mb display card then you will see the goodness that that card will offer you. <BR>The drawback is that you should also have a up to date pc, in order to a...

Strange but true...I have founded that memory works in one box and not in another box, so it can be that the parity checks that the bios excecutesat start up reads the parity differences between the memory modules, even if they are the same eg. pc133, this is why it works when used on their own then...

I wouldnt worry to much about putting heatsink on the memory, the only thing that gets really hot is the GPU, if thats covered it is fine.
<BR>I have a geforce 2 GTS, and only the GPU is fanned not the 32 mb memory. <IMG SRC="images/forum/smilies/icon_confused.gif">

Do you leave your computer on for the whole 2-3 days? Suggest that you check your settings in the bios: pc health status, power management controll. <BR>Also look at 98 power management. <BR>The problem is minor compare to the blue screen <IMG SRC="images/forum/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif"> ...

<!-- BBCode Quote Start --><TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font size=-1>Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE=-1><BLOCKQUOTE> <BR>On 2002-07-22 01:31, ZeekY wrote: <BR>What is the difference between low format and normal format when it comes to formatting hard drives? <BR>Cau...