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Hello all :cool: ! :danger: ! i am about to undertake another major cock-up & thought i would consult with you all first ! currently running win 98 & have purchased a new win98se it's not the upgrade but the fresh install version & was wondering the best way to go about installing it query...

ps 2 but good news the beetle now handles like a new shopping trolley !

rob9804 .... at last somebody i can sort of offer assistance to i have been there and had that done to me ! ok so my solution is drastic but i had exactly the same problem having gotten hold of an original win 98 (mt current o.s.) i formatted both of my hard drives & re-installed everything...

01 boland , yes colin mcrae is good ,very good infact , it's just that trying to drive a vw beetle round a rally course is like trying to push a shopping trolley (cart for our u.s.buddies) along the bottom of the thames ! mattib..coffee coffee did some-one mention coffee milk & 2 sugars please...

Yes ok i know the idea is for a real driving experience but i had this game for xmas and now & again (normally when the misses is online ) i'll give it a whirl yes fantastic great start small work your way up & whatever but which fool put the vw beetle into a class rally game like cmr 2005 ...

spuff : aimly use for surfing , misses uses it for shopping general type stuff , no need for gaming , use the ps2 instead when i can be bothered more fun had surfing instead ! anti trend : what would you advise for a tight arse brit ? ok have mortgage bills etc etc , intend buying 2nd hand &...

could any-one recomend what mobo & cpu to upgrade to , have had a look on dabs but there are loads of diffrent manufacturers let alone which 1 to go for .... help ! thanks for site recomendation addis cheers pal

:mad: Rotten no good low down lousy :swear: some body sent me a dicky :swear: e-mail i suspect & my browser & e-mail threw it's toys out of the pram & wouldn't pick them up again it just sat there laughing at me ! resulting cock-up spent :swear: hours formatting both hard drives &...

Let's hope they get the artwork correct or somebody is going to feel a right tit ! ....... Sorry , couldn't resist it !

HOW SAD ! &ven worse somebody has bid £410.00 !!!!

:hi: thanks :good: i sort of guessed that the motherboard wouldn't support that big a memory stick because in the bios(i think) settings it's got an option for the memory that tops out at 256mb , which would explain why the 512 won't work , but the stick of 256 is still a mystery . :confused...

thanks sniper have managed to fit extra cd rom's cd writer , extra hard drives , memory (ok , unsuccesfully ) replaced floppy , formatted and installed windows so the next stage has got to be a complete build (imagine the stress i can create ) like the look of these see through towers & am...

ok here we go again have been to another pc fayre tonight & purchased some more memory(pc133) 512 mb this time . on installing it on it's own i tried all 4 slots and could only get it to register @127mb i thought the earlier post with half memory was bad enough but now it's down to quarter ! yes...

cheers what cpu would that motherboard support do you think ? any ideas for an amateur ?

thanks but what's overclocking and how do i do it &why would it produce more heat yes that one went straight over my head like concorde woosh and it was gone , i know it says i'm an apprentice geek but i havn't got that advanced yet ! :eek:

i have a 'chaintech' motherboard model 'i440BX-8671' running a processor 'intel pentium 3 (0.25um) @449 MHZ' & was wondering if (& what to ) it was possible to upgrade the processor , yes it's pc fayre time again, or or is there a cheaper way of getting a quicker pc & yes i know it's old from...

have just right clicked 'my computer' , gone to properties to check i wasn't dreaming & it says 255 mb ! :eek:

Thanks have tried randomly shoving them into different slots & peaked out at 255 mb will try placing them in order after the lid comes off when i return from the next pc fayre ...watch with baited breath for the next cock-up to happen !

Went to a pc fayre before xmas , purchased some more memory sticks (pc 133) on installing them they are only coming up at half the amount it says on them ! have 1 @256 & 3 @ 64 but i can only get them to total to 255 ! any clues what i have cocked up this time around ? :confused: