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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donny Dane [mailto:ddane01@...]
> Sent: 13. juni 2001 15:59
> To: eqbards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] OT - Equipment question
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>
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> Two: Only use 'name brand' memory. Yeah, I know you can go
> out on the web
> and buy that stick of pc-100 128 mb of ram for 1/3 of what CompUSA or
> whoever charges, but there is a reason for that...
> If you are gonna get new memory, don't be cheap and go ahead and get
> Kingston or VisionTek or such. Yeah, it'll cost you a bit
> more in the short
> term, but it'll make you alot happier in the long run.
> (Compaq and HP both
> use Kingston, or used to, even though it's labeled as Compaq or HP).
>
Aye I myself say Kingston or Micron :)
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> My machine is home-built, and I've only put in the best parts
> I could put my
> hands on, i.e. SB Live, Hercules GEForce, Adaptec SCSI,
> Maxtor HDD (40GB
> UDMA 100), and NAME BRAND MEMORY. I crash, but that's
> because I have who
> knows what loaded on my system...I run every game I come
> across, beta's,
> demo's, etc. etc. etc., and usually the crashes are from some
> of that, and
> they aren't real common.
>
Im using a homebuilt system too. Much like yours (Although I still need to
upgrade my HD and will most likely buy a IBM ATA100)
You mention that your PC crashes and there is a little thing that I know I
overlooked when I built my machine and that is the fact that the AGP port
and the PCI port right next to it - shares resources! I put my SB LIVE next
to my AGP port, because I did not know better (Hey the last machine I put
together was a P166 with PCI and ISA). The result was that my GeForce and my
SBLive shared interrupt!! While WIN98 says that is ok my machine crashed
alot esp when gaming (most activity on GFX and sound)!!
I tried everything. Until I finally detected that graphics and sound shared
interrupt and moved my SB to another slot.
Since then I very rarely have system freezes. You can check your IRQ
settings and make sure that no interrupts are shared. I had to remove an old
ISA LPT port I have in order to free enough interrupt, so that no int was
shared..
Well its just an idea if you dident know about it..
Musiker
> MacGrough Mich'Rathe
> 40th Bard
> Solusek Ro Blood Tide
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JESSICA_WEBBER@... [mailto:JESSICA_WEBBER@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 7:26 AM
> To: eqbards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] OT - Equipment question
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