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  1. Posted

    I need to be able to save the message i am typing to the drafts folder then close it. at the moment i press save and it saves to the drafts, then i have to press close to close it.

     

    any ideas ?

     

    i don't know how to write a macro to do this - i have a feeling thats how you do it.

  3. Posted

    yup, that it does. I was using the benchmark to put a number to it - it's just to point out that it is still working at the same speed. before, it seemed very sluggish - hence the 6000 benchmark, but now its above 10000 again and is working fine !

     

    now to install simcity and exit real life again....

     

    PS thanks for all the help guys laugh

  7. Posted

    1) it did work correctly previously, but with an old 10Mb/s hub

     

    2) as it didn't work I tried re-installing windows, but that didn't help

     

    3) originally used drivers with WinXP, but then tried the drivers on the website

     

    4) router/switch is brand new and works with a sony laptop and three other desktop computers, all with completely different configurations, so i am guessing its this card

     

    only thing I haven't tried is up[censored] the BIOS of the motherboard and I am usually slightly wary before doing things like that

     

    I think this is a hardware problem!

     

    PS Have ordered a nice new 3com NIC which should then make things work - i.e. I give up ! However would like to know what the problem is.....

  8. Posted

    Hi all,

     

    Hooking up my various computers to a 3com Cable Router/Switch and all except one of them want to connect to the switch. My main one. Typical.

     

    Its currently using a Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Driver and the switch is a 3com OfficeConnect Cable/DSL Gateway

     

    Problem: When it connects to the router, it keeps connecting and disconnecting repeatedly.

     

    Any ideas ?

     

    I had a stab at all the obvious solutions and fiddled with the network card settings and even downloaded a driver from the Abit website but to no avail.

  11. Posted

    right, this would after all be a PC i am messing with so there are bound to be problems:

     

    My newly burnt SP1 slipstreamed CD with RAID drivers is great. Boots, loads all the way up to where it "loads windows", i.e. the slightly higher res text bit where it asks what partition you want to put things on etc

     

    BUT it doesn't seem to want to know about my USB keyboard.

     

    This works on my original XP cd, but not on this new one.

     

    HELP !

  12. Posted

    Well, I had a few problems with slipstreaming but that's another story. I reinstalled WinXP, and then applied SP1 and then Detonator Drivers 40.72 and now my 3DMark is

     

    11077

     

    much better. I did also do a bit of BIOS tweaking.

     

    Two final questions:

     

    1) Is it worth installing the VIA 4-in-1 's

    2) Is it worth putting on different detonators ?

  15. Posted

    Thanks for all the feedback guys.

     

    First step is to reinstall windows with a slipstreamed WinXP and SP1 install.

     

    Then I will see what I can do with the BIOS settings. There is a guide on the internet that I recently found that seemed to go through all the possible BIOS settings possible.

     

    Then I will install the latest drivers.

     

    Then I will put on 3DMark2001SE again, and see what she says.

     

    Watch this space !

     

    PS My CPU isn't overheating but is pretty toasty - 61C - which I am not sure does it any good but I am putting in a cable modem before I start playing around with the insides of my computer again....

  16. Posted

    I am just about to re-install windows on my computer, and read that if you slipstream Service Pack 1 into WinXP, the performance is better than if you install one after the other.

     

    So, having done this, I have a few more queries:

     

    1) I run a RAID system which normally means needing to put in a floppy disk with the driver for my RAID card on it to get WinXP to recognise the card. Where can I copy this on the WinXP CD to not need to have the floppy ?

     

    2) Is there a way of setting the options easily so that I can just put the CD in and it installs standalone ?

     

    Cheers

  17. Posted

    Hi Guys,

     

    Wonder if anyone can proffer some advice. My Computer is as follows:

     

    Athlon 2100+

    Abit AT7 Motherboard

    512Mb PC2100 DDR

    Gainward GeForce4 4600 Golden Sample

    IBM Deskstar GXP 30Gb (on RAID)

    Windows XP SP1

     

    This should be a fairly quick set up. However. I ran 3DMark2001SE yesterday and got a score of about 6200 at 1024x768 on default options.

     

    This seems way too low. Any info ?

  20. Posted

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    No sound huh? THANK YOU creative labs for creating such good drivers.

    heh instead of using resources for better drivers when they got some competition from Aureal, they sued them. Nice going creative labs heh customers will get such good products in the future heh

    sorry for my rant but everytime I must reboot my PC to win9x just to get no crackling for games I think about Creative frown


    I had this problem with my old motherboard - it turns out that it is a problem with the old VIA chipsets. You probably get problems with USB occassionally too. As soon as I changed motherboard (I upgraded) then it all fell back into place - no problems !

  25. Posted

    Guys,

     

    Just a quick question - was getting worried that my computer was running a bit hot so slapped on a bigger fan. My current readings are:

     

    CPU: 58.5 C

    System: 32 C

     

    Is this OK for a Athlon 2100+ / Ti4600 ?

     

    Cheers,

     

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