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by s4brains
Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tips for noob
Replies: 12
Views: 21044

A home theater project, eh? Some generic suggestions for any home theater setup: Graphic card with TV-out. Don't forget that AGP slot of a BP6 is the old style and that most newer AGP cards aren't compatible. I have an older ATI Radeon VE (a.k.a. 7500 series) card that seems to work quite well. A co...
by s4brains
Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Johnny 5's older brother back from the dead!
Replies: 3
Views: 8030

Re: Johnny 5's older brother back from the dead!

I'm back to the original V 1.0 R .40 board that ran my dual 1100E's! Re-did EC10 cap and BOOM! . . . I am awaiting my "new" 1100E from "down-under" for another shot at dual PIII's. jaybird jaybird, I'm hoping you are willing to clarify something for me. It is my understanding that the problem with ...
by s4brains
Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:34 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Wanted, Ver .40 BP6 w/plastic ZIF socket arms
Replies: 2
Views: 13966

jaybird,

1) What makes a Ver .40 board more desirable than a Ver .41 board?

2) Is the presence of plastic release arms on the zif socket a "proof positive" indicator that the board is Ver .40? Are there any other features or markings on the board that provide identification?

Regards,

s4
by s4brains
Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:09 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: hpt66 bootup problem
Replies: 22
Views: 45864

Gentlemen, I'm quite confused. It is my understanding that the HPT366 controller is not compatible with optical drives (unless I'm thinking of an add-in ATA controller card that is installed in a different machine.) I do not believe I have sucessfully connected a drive to the HPT366 that was not a h...
by s4brains
Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: No USB functionality
Replies: 4
Views: 8671

What manner of device is it that you are attempting to connect to the USB port when the system locks up? I have experienced a similar problem if I attempt to connect a USB wireless networking adapter to my PCI USB 2.0 adapter card ports while at the same time using a Hollywood Plus MPEG decoder boar...
by s4brains
Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:43 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Question about XP Media Center Edition 2005
Replies: 5
Views: 9837

Re: Question about XP Media Center Edition 2005

My question is this, can I "upgrade" my BP6 with this version of XP and will it "see" true dual cpu's? Hi. I don't think WinXP Media Center will see "true" dual processor CPU's. Isn't WinXP Home Ed. capable of responding to dual core CPU's even though it does not support two separate chip CPU's? I ...
by s4brains
Sat Dec 31, 2005 4:25 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: WinXP Pro SP2 won't restore "desktop theme" w/SMP
Replies: 6
Views: 10447

put your theme, and then in System Restore make Restore Point! Then boot, and see if it's still default Lune or your Win Classic theme! KliK, Tried this long before you suggested it. Messing around with restore points doesn't make any difference with the problem. I thought about changing the kernel...
by s4brains
Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:18 am
Forum: Software
Topic: WinXP Pro SP2 won't restore "desktop theme" w/SMP
Replies: 6
Views: 10447

Installing the latest updates to WinXP Pro did not resolve my problem.

Are there any other sugestions?

Regards,

s4
by s4brains
Mon Dec 12, 2005 4:59 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Why most recent bios/driver are slower ?
Replies: 28
Views: 64813

Grrrr! KliK, I cannot believe that you are deliberately trying to infuriate me but you have made me very close to losing my patience with you in this discussion regarding this matter. Move the cursor for your mouse until it hovers over the second URL in my 1st post in this topic and click your mouse...
by s4brains
Mon Dec 12, 2005 5:06 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Why most recent bios/driver are slower ?
Replies: 28
Views: 64813

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s4
by s4brains
Mon Dec 12, 2005 5:04 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Why most recent bios/driver are slower ?
Replies: 28
Views: 64813

KliK, It sounds to me like you had multiple versions of HighPoint drivers simultaneously installed In the Windows folder which resulted in a corrupt installation. Let's hope that others are not similarly faced with such a goofed up situation and find it necessary to follow your instructions. I have ...
by s4brains
Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:44 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Why most recent bios/driver are slower ?
Replies: 28
Views: 64813

KliK, Aha! The thought just occurred to me that the difficulties that you describe could be the result of failing to install HighPoint Device drivers in WinXP or improperly installed device drivers. In WinXP's device manager you should have (2) instances under the tab "SCSI and Raid controllers" of ...
by s4brains
Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:39 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Why most recent bios/driver are slower ?
Replies: 28
Views: 64813

Re: now I'm totally confused!

so can anybody tell me, can there be more that 2 HDD on UDMA setting?! maybe that is the problem... Yes, more than (2) UDMA drives are supported by "most" controllers. I have not tried this with the HPT366 so I cannot say with certainty that this controller supports multiple UDMA drives. s4brain qu...
by s4brains
Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:44 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Why most recent bios/driver are slower ?
Replies: 28
Views: 64813

KliK, The best solution that I can offer you without hands-on access to your PC is to suggest that you buy a Promise or Maxtor brand "Ultra 100" ATA adapter card and attach your drive to it once you have installed the card in your PC. Promise Tech made the cards for Maxtor and they are the same exce...
by s4brains
Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:27 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Why most recent bios/driver are slower ?
Replies: 28
Views: 64813

The WD utility is labeled "Data Lifeguard Tools". The most recent version I have is "10." There may be newer versions available. My WD drive is an old 40 GB model. I have HighPoint configured for "UDMA 4". Hehe, I had never bothered to benchmark anything before this discussion began. I downloaded "H...
by s4brains
Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:21 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Why most recent bios/driver are slower ?
Replies: 28
Views: 64813

KliK, 1) If I remember correctly, WD drives are shipped with a software utility which allows users to enable or disable UDMA performance for a specific drive. The utility works only in DOS and it is supplied on a bootable diskette. Use this utility to verify that UDMA has not been disabled on your d...
by s4brains
Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:59 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Why most recent bios/driver are slower ?
Replies: 28
Views: 64813

KliK, The BIOS files located on the HighPoint page you refer to are for add-in expansion boards only. The application "load.exe" is a program to flash HighPoint's expansion boards. This application cannot be used to change the BIOS on your motherboard. Keep in mind that the "RV" BIOS was created by ...
by s4brains
Thu Dec 08, 2005 1:34 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Why most recent bios/driver are slower ?
Replies: 28
Views: 64813

The two of you are not the first people to notice this anomaly. You might wish to visit http://www.ruwebit.net/article/64/chapter/2 for a discussion of this subject. The article actually begins on an earlier page at: http://www.ruwebit.net/article/64 I believe that the link in the files section of t...
by s4brains
Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:33 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: WinXP Pro SP2 won't restore "desktop theme" w/SMP
Replies: 6
Views: 10447

WinXP Pro SP2 won't restore "desktop theme" w/SMP

Hi, I inherited my BP6 as a castoff from my nephew and since the I first got it up and running I have experienced what I would classify as a nuisance problem. When XP boots, it comes up with the default desktop theme (Lune?) even though I have repeatedly set "Windows Classic" as my preferred theme. ...
by s4brains
Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Which Wireless -g network cards will work with bp6???
Replies: 26
Views: 41098

I have a Hawkings brand USB wireless G adapter working using the onboard USB 1.1 ports but because it is not USB 2.0, the throughput seems to be capped at 11 Mbps. (Isn't that the speed of wireless B?) Anyhow, I tried plugging it into a USB 2.0 adapter card but when I plug the WiFi adapter into a US...
by s4brains
Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got a package from Taiwan (Jackcon) today.
Replies: 13
Views: 31804

ditto what kuun says!