JackA

To figure what program is crashing, take a look in the eventviewer, which likely will give you a hint - and reinstall the application.

My Pc is Dell Optiplex-GX50. last month, the sound (tit..tit..tit) appeared from CPU FAN. So i bought a new one and changed it but it is not original Dell cpu fan. And then the error occured.

" Alert! Previous System Fan Failure! press F1 to skip or F2 to enter the Bios"

      So, first, i reset my bios. but it didn't work. second, upgrade my bios. it also didn't.

Now, i press F1 whenever turn on my pc to load Boot. Help....

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Try the following:

Compare the old fan to the new one - does the old one have more wires (3) compared to the new one (2) ??? - if so, it's because the rpm monitor cable is missing and the BIOS warn you. If this is the case either get a new fan with 3 cables enter the BIOS to override the warning, (if possible) which most likely located under PC Health section (the place where the temp and voltages are monitored).

Good luck.

The RAM you're suggesting is okay, as long as you realize and agree to:

- The memory you're buying might not be usable in a new system.

(All new Intel systems feature DDR2, but AMD is still running DDR).

About the hard drive:

- Windows XP will allow you to occupy the driveletters in the range: C to Z (physical drives or partitions) so the limit more likely will be with your motherboard controller, which in most cases means 4 devices (hard drives, dvd, cdrom etc.).

So yes you would be fine to run your old drive as slave to the new one.

I would suggest that you get a Geforce 6200 or 6600 AGP, the tv-out (composite, S-Video and Component ) - both cards are relatively cheap nowadays and very available - just make sure that you get the "breakout box with Component.

And believe me - it makes a world of difference, using component, compared to either composite / s-video.

These cards now fully support "Pure Video" - read about it here:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2305

These functions are hardware implemented for improving the picture quality, playback and works on all outputs (S-VGA, DVI and TV Out).

Best of luck.

Have you updated the firmware yet?

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

AirPort Update 2005-001

This update fixes reliability and resolves AirPort compatibility issues with certain THIRD PARTY 802.11 CARDS and access points for Mac OS X v10.4.3 and later.

This update was listed 2. november 2005.

The report was found here:

http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/11/17/in...rport/index.php

Read about it here:

http://whatdoiknow.org/archives/001808.shtml

Other peoples experiences:

http://www.vonwentzel.net/ABS/

Happy debugging..

My first suggestion would be to update your Memory and install a new hard drive, both which can later be ported to a new system (if needed).

The cause for the lag you're experiencing is probably that your hard disk is almost full and is highly fragmented.

Once you get the new memory and hard drive installed, reinstall windows and move your old drive to a backup in a mobile rack.

I think that should take care of your current needs.

---I Presume that you have a DDR capable mainboard, because SDRAM is really hard to get and will be a dead-end for you (no new system use this kind of memory)

RAM: Buy 2xKingston 512Mb PC3200 DDR Sticks CAS 2.5 (Perfect for moving to system recommended below).

OR If the system still don't behave then:

I would suggest the following:

Get a new casing, including a powersupply (min. 400w), but more importantly one that can supply at least 18A on the +12V rail.

- Mobo: Either ASRock Dual Sata II (Can accomodate both AGP and PCI-E) natively.

- CPU: AMD Athlon64 3000+ Running extremely cool and still plenty fast for what you're doing.

- RAM: Get a pair of 512Mb sticks PC3200 DDR and make sure that they are CAS 2.5 (which you already invested in, above).

Hard Drive: 250Gb Western Digital BB (which is VERY cheap right now with 3 years warranty).

- Graphics: If you already have a AGP graphics adapter - use that one in this setup, else go for either ATi X700 or nVIDIA 6600 (not the GT).

And then fill use your old floppy drive + new memory + hard drive + DVD + CD etc.

@Condo_bk!

Hi again - just want to mention that the main difference BTW SATA and SATA II is NCQ (Native Command Queueing), which should make the biggest difference. NCQ explanation found here:

http://www.seagate.com/products/interface/sata/native.html

As for the hard drives, take the following into consideration:

Maxtor Maxline (Series 9/10) have MAJOR issues with NFORCE chipset and NCQ (Major corruption). Read about it here, certainly a firmware upgrade of the hard drive seems to solve the problem, but who is gonna upgrade the firmware?:

http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=Article...=read&arc_id=59

Warranty 3 years

Seagate:

While being good drives, they do tend to get hot and are quite a bit slower than both WD and Maxtor. They do provide the longest warranty though (5 years).

Western Digital:

I would do the following:

Take the Raptor 36 Gb as the system drive (5 year warranty).

Get a high capacity Western Digital SE16 series Hard Drive (16Mb / 7200 rpm.)

And on a note - if you are into overclocking - avoid using SATA port 1&2, as they aren't frequency locked when overclocking (only SATA Port 3&4).

Happy hunting.

How would you compare:

1. Gigabyte GA-K8N-SLIN4 SLI (nFORCE4 SLI) : 4.200 with

2. ASUS A8N-SLi - nForce4 SLI x 8 / Dual DDR400 / 4-SATA / PCI-Ex2 / 1394a : 5,500

ASUS is superior to Gigabyte (well at least that's my pow), but there's just one thing that really S*CKS on that board - the chipset fan - it's LOUD (spins 7-9000 rpm) and it WILL die within the 3 first month of use.

If you're willing to spend a "bit" more I would strongly suggest the ASUS A8N SLI Premium, which is the same as the A8N SLI Deluxe, but with passive chipset cooling (heatpipes).

The reason I suggested the 3000+ was because of price, and that most applications today aren't optimized for dualcore - so you can basically say that the x2 3800+ = Athlon64 3200+ under most circumstances.

BTW, dual-core Athlon X2 3800+ : is ~16,000 today.

So, the whole system should be:

CPU : 16,000

MB : 5,500

1 GB Ram : 4,000

Video card : 5.000

Hard drive :

Case + CPU :

Somewhere around 35K.

Yes with dual core that is about the price...

My current setup is:

Athlon64x2 3800+ (Manchester Core)

MSI Neo SLI Platinum

Zalman 9500Cu Led Cooler (Artic Silver 5)

SoundBlaster X-Fi

2x1Gb Corsair PC3200 (CL2)

E-VGA Geforce 7800GT CO 256Mb

4x300Gb WD SE16 SATA II Drives

And 2xLG DVD Burners 4167

Coolermaster Stacker Casing

Super Power 500W PSU (Single Rail)

And except for the stupid Chipset Fan - which I have silenced a bit with Fan Mate 2, I am happy.

You're right, about the SLI thing, but just keep the following in mind:

nForce4 SLI > nForce4 Ultra > nForce4 FX = nForce3 Ultra

If you compare the prices - SLI or Non SLI you'll end up saving around 500

baht. Given the choice, I would take that anyday over the ultra.

I like choices - who knows what the future might bring, just because the possibility is there don't mean I have to USE it. And with nFORCE4 SLI there's no doubt about the Dual Core support.

My original response wasn't directed at George, but rather @ Condo_bk

Just my 2 cents.

Which Mainboard (socket 939) would you recommend?

For the mainboard I like upgrade possibilities: Gigabyte GA-K8N-SLIN4 SLI (nFORCE4 SLI) : 4.200,-

Fully SLI ready, with the possibility to interconnect 2 similar graphics cards and get a nice speed boost.

It is probably RAM: Standard DDR PC3200 Memory (2x512Mb Dual Channel) (4.000 - 4.200) - Yes

and GeFORCE 6600 (3.900 - 4.900) is the video card, isn't it? - Again Yes.

What would be a total cost for such system?

Add the prices given and you'll have a rough idea.

I would just like to stress out the following things:

The P4 get's extremely hot, and the stock cooler supplied is quite noisy (and there are 2 versions of the cooler (the 5 blade cooler is superior to the 8 blade version).

Even though the P4 6XX series contain 2Mb L2 Cache, the 5XX matches the speed former due to lower latencies.

DDR2 while having a higher speed, unfortunately have higher latencies compared to DDR, so overall it's on par or slower than standard DDR (PC3200) - typically the DDR2 that are available are all either CAS 4 - 5, whereas the DDR are CAS 2.5 - 3.

Socket T (LGA775) have the pins located in the socket, which makes processor upgrades slightly more complicated, as those pins are bending quite easy and will render mainboard useless.

Also a reminder, as we're moving forward towards Dualcore, there's currently ONLY 3 chipsets available that supports those D chips:

Intel 945P, 955X (support all)

nVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition (don't support 820D).

i915P, 925X, SiS, VIA don't.

I would suggest a total other solution that is running Cool and Quiet.

AMD Athlon64 3000+ (around 5.200) - Have to be SOCKET 939

A nice Nforce 3/4 Mainboard - (AGP/PCI-E) (3.000 - 9.XXX)

Standard DDR PC3200 Memory (2x512Mb Running Dual Channel).

And a GeFORCE 6600 (3.900 - 4.900 Brand - RAM)

You'll end up with a system that is fully ready for DUAL core and is whisper quiet.

Happy Hunting.