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Alright now...this is where help would be needed. I can find sites for working in Linux all over the place, and when googling for linux installation help, I find sites that advertise it, but don't...

Hey everybody, I'm mainly a windblows user, but I want to switch to linux. A friend of mine gave me a copy of Slackware Linux 10.1. I have an old box that I was gonna give away eventually, so I'm...

Alright...back to my horrible system like last time...

My compy has not been connected to the internet for close to 6 months. AVG wouldn't update properly from a burned disk when I tried, so I...

Hey everyone...a few days ago I had my normal system crash, and when I rebooted, my firefox bookmarks were not there...none of them. Any idea what happened or how to get my old bookmarks back? I'm...

Garak, thanks for the advice, but once again no such luck. any more suggestions? anyone?

I now believe that my BSOD's were caused by my Saitek P2500 gamepad being connected at all times (USB). disconnected it and have had a stable system since! still trying to find the drivers for the...

I'm debating on whether or not to go with a desktop replacement or a mobile...I'm leaning towards desktop replacement. I don't mind the weight, and the short battery life, because I can plug in...

Sorry Noo, I was about to start a new college course in Industrial Electronics, but the professor died of electrocution yesterday. fitting.

so I kinda feel your situation, but I would have just...

FINALLY, I'm 21 and able to buy alcohol...

What should I buy first? I help out at a new local Pub (A TRUE Irish Pub, at that, the first one in town) and they're letting me drink free of charge...

Thanks Silverman...I'll give it a try ASAP and let you know whats going on with it

wait...a desktop for under $200...no way...

but hey, that's what we pay $30 a year for...
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it's a ghost town in here...

anywho, I wanted someone else to check this out, I'm a desktop user wanting a laptop, and looking for a deal so I can get one sooner...heh...Impatience...
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no files whatsoever for XP Pro install...I recently got a raise and I'm getting a bit more money...so I'm thinking about buying a new compy (something that is more reliable) and using the recovery...

well, the install went great...thought that was for sure going to fix it...but no. after the reboot it came up with the same box, looking for the Via Bus Master IDE drivers...

So since I had the...

*Bows to Mayet*

Thanks, I did not know that they were universal drivers...and you even took the time to get the good ones linked for me with an explanation! That makes me happy. Well, I'm gonna...

well, after more digging, Via Arena came up with this for me: Name: Apollo KX133, Northbridge: VT8371 Southbridge: VT82C686A/B, CPU: Athlon (At...

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?modelname=K7M&SLanguage=en-us

I found some things from Asus here for my Mobo, but none are listed for use with XP...

I can't find any info for my via vt82c686a at the via homepage...no info at all...great... any help?

The "Found New Hardware Wizard" wants to look for the software for:

VIA bus master IDE drivers

and gives the message that if I have the CD, insert it now...blah blah

no mention of .cat...

Hello everyone, the unstable-and-crappy system owner here again. Previous crashes were due to bad video card drivers and missing connectors on a pricy ram chip. Now the only problem I'm running...

just to recap for anyone that had a similar problem - I recently had more problems with the same system, and it seems that my Kingston RAM chip had two gold connections that FELL OFF...so that was...

Hey everybody...you were all correct in that it was not a bad flash...the flash worked, but the ram was what was crapping out. I got Peeved-off and started stripping my tower to check the...

man...what a day.

this on top of being sick and 2 weddings to attend coming up...come on...

anywho, enough of my bickering. I thought I was doing good when I looked up Asus for any updates...

:thumbs2: it's alive! my compy is up and running again, let the memory diagnostic run for about 26 passes, failed one test, plugged in another stick, ran another 30 passes, passed...

Kodiak, if you were in Louisiana, I'd treat you to a frosty cold beverage. I tinkered around with the jumpers and a magnifying glass, disconnected everything, reconnected everything one-by-one, and...