Sip Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 ... the rest you can remove.. not sure if there's any quick way to mass-remove them. So what makes the remaing RPC patches for example so much less important than the blaster patch? ALL critical patches are important. That's why they are critical. I would not remove any of them. I also don't buy into this "patches made my computer slow" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 ALL critical patches are important. That's why they are critical. I would not remove any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 If you want to run wireless on a MAC portable - powerbook/ibook, you absoutely need an airport card - other PCMCIA wireless cards will not be compatible - and don't force them in! They won't fit! If you're running wireless G - then yoiu'd opt for the Airport Extreme - you can use it with any wireless base unit, not just the airport base station. BUT - be careful, 'cause your system must be able to support wireless - if I remember correctly, you were running a PB G3 (a slightly older version) some models are not wireless compatible. You can find out weather your MAC is wireless compatible on the Apple site Vava jan, then so be it, you cook and Seap cleans! I will totally have like the best roommates EVA! THOTH and Gamavor can also move in as sources of my inspiration and constant words of encouragement with a drop of ego strokes. Azat you are not welcome in to our domain of Utopia since I sense a little resentment of geekdom from you. Well in terms of the wireless connection vava, I was talking about a USB wireless network adapter which I believe doesn’t necessarily require Air Port card, what do you think about this one? D-Link 11Mbps Wireless 2.4GHz LAN USB Adapter, Model DWL-122 http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc....23&searchdepa=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Eve, that is an 802.11b card ... if you want G, keep looking. USB 1.1 will not have the bandwidth to support G at full speed. But 11b will not be that much of a problem ... just be aware that the more USB devices you have connected, the less the performance of the network component will be as bandwidth is shared. With USB 1.x, you have something like 12Mbps max theoretical throughput if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 By the way, my SMC g router can do both 802.11g and 802.11b ... right now, I am just using it in b mode ... if yours can do the same, then just go with the b. Just make sure you check before buying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Ani jan,after those poetic words you can distroy my system any time you like I changed my avatar just for you Thou hast put gladness in my heart and my eyes, Armat jan! Although I much rather see a masculine form as your avatar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Eve, that is an 802.11b card ... if you want G, keep looking. USB 1.1 will not have the bandwidth to support G at full speed. But 11b will not be that much of a problem ... just be aware that the more USB devices you have connected, the less the performance of the network component will be as bandwidth is shared. With USB 1.x, you have something like 12Mbps max theoretical throughput if I remember correctly. Actually Seap my router is A+B compatible. I like my things versatile and flexible the linksys adapter is my only mishap, since I didn't do as much research as I was supposed to, I was caught up in a trance of my shopping spree you know how it is.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 So what makes the remaing RPC patches for example so much less important than the blaster patch? the fact that they suck, and that i don't use them and haven't had a problem ever since i got a reliable firewall... ALL critical patches are important. That's why they are critical. I would not remove any of them. I also don't buy into this "patches made my computer slow" that's because i guess you've updated your windows as soon as you installed it, so you never got to compare your computer pre and post those updates.. i installed those upgrades/patches on my new laptop, and it started giving me various problems, and once i uninstalled them, the problems just disappeared... various problems, like slowing down, crashing, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 but i guess everyone's free to install whichever patches they want to.. I'm not advocating anything here.. just stating my point of view and experiences with it.. by any means, you can keep them if you like them so much lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 that's because i guess you've updated your windows as soon as you installed it, so you never got to compare your computer pre and post those updates... I continuously do the updates ... for example, there is one that I saw today having something to do with the "Data Access Components" whatever that means. I have installed all critical patches on both my laptops, my tabletpc, and my 3 desktops with no adverse side effect that I have noticed yet in the past 5 years. The patches are almost always patches and nothing more. They dont' run additional services that may slow you down. Some simply disable already existing services that may be turned on by default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 By the way, do NOT forget office updates ... most people don't even realize there is an automatic office update site just like the windows update. There's a link to it from the regular windows update site as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Seap this is also what I want to do with my PC, it gives it a bit of a Rocket look. http://lib1.store.vip.sc5.yahoo.com/lib/xoxide/footstep3.jpg And also check this site out, very cool cases. PS I am not responsible if anything pops up when accessing the site, it was very pure when I accessed it. http://www.xoxide.com/allcases.html I love the last case BTW, it's a bit cheesy but groovy as hell I don't care if you think it's "girly" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 hehehe ... love that case with the fishies!!! That rocket look is also just too damn cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Seap did I confess my admiration for you? Well I shall now... My admiration for you is equal to the extent of my dedication to the “Age of Mythology” it goes as far as 8 AM in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armat Posted January 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Thou hast put gladness in my heart and my eyes, Armat jan! Although I much rather see a masculine form as your avatar. Ani jan,I decided to show me...all masculine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 ehhhhhh aper jan es glux@t inchu es brnel? eli chtoxetsin qnes ha erexeq@? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 (edited) Sip, i don't know about you, but i don't regularly update my OS, and when i do update it, i have like 40 updates to install, and when i do install them, it messes up my computer. installing them one by one as they are released might not enable you to know what it's doing.. and plus, i've uninstalled them all because i have to install them one by one to find out with one's causing the problem, and i don't have that much free time on my hands to toy around with some micro$h*tty updates lol.. http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/kern...h-problems.html Edited January 17, 2004 by Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 Ani jan,I decided to show me...all masculine. Armat jan? It's good to know that you transcend the barriers of what is considered masculine....A chicken on top of the egg, is that some kind of a metaphorical term for masculinity that I am not aware of? Nonetheless the Avatar is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 I am going crazy here! My "new PC" is giving me effeminate issues! It's beeping with these long whiny beeps like it's in severe pain. THere is no display. I removed all of the contents and now I only have my CPU, cooling fan and nothing else and it's still beeping. By the way it was working before, and the HD was giving me issues. Agh! Can anyone help out this little ignorant female, I know I am supposed to bake bakhlava and being that I am sticking my nose into the field I where I don't belong, I hope you'll have mercy on me and help me out. Anyone know what the issue could be and how can I solve it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 (edited) I had such a problem - its most likelly the CPU overheating for some reason. Check the fans. Edit. - i misread ur post, if its not the fan.....I wouldnt have a clue the heat sensor maybe, if there is such a thing in a CPU Edited January 20, 2004 by Accelerated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 hmmm, you mean when you turn the computer on, you just hear it beeping? if that's the case, then you might want to make sure the graphics card is in place or something.. sorry if i misunderstood the problem/question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 I had such a problem - its most likelly the CPU overheating for some reason. Check the fans. 2 cooling fans, I don't see how that is a problem with a CPU fan and 2 cooling fans the insides should stay nice and breezy. It was absolutely fine. Ok I don't have plastic separators for the board, it's mainly sitting on the golden elevated screws. Could that be an issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 I took everything out, there is nothing except the CPU. So RAM and VGA can't be an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 i'm not sure if i get it.. sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 OK now that the beep is gone, here's how I would proceed: 1) Go into BIOS and set very conserative settings i.e. Disable AGP 8x, AGP fast write, set memory and cpu clocks slow ... maybe half what they should be etc. 2) Boot to Win98 command prompt or dos and update your BIOS http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios...ail.php?UID=488 ... you should have version 1.3 3) WIth the new bios, set again to conservative settings (i.e. underclock it and disable fancy shmancy stuff ... set your RAM timings correctly ... I am guessing 8-3-3-3T unless you know otherwise) 4) Boot from a windows CD and install on a FRESH hard disk 5) You may need 3rd party drivers for your IDE, let me know if you need help with how to do that while windows is trying to setup (you have to tell it to load the drivers in setup) 6) After windows is installed ... update ALL drivers to the latest versions ... do NOT touch your CDs ... get straight off the web... install each driver a couple of times. 7) Once all the basic hardware seem to be ok and up to date then go to step 8. Otherwise go back to step 3 and try to play around with it. 8) Do windows update ... install all criticical ones 9) Go to http://www.futuremark.com/ ... get 3dmark2003 and install it (free version) 10) let 3d mark run it's tests ... if it crashes, your system is unstable. If it runs fine you are set 11) Go back to Bios and set settings to what they should be .... regular clock rates etc. I'd suggest still not getting too crazy with the fancy stuff. Leave AGP 8x and fast write off for now. Leave system timing optimal and not too aggressive. 12) Go back and re-run 3dmark .. a few times ... make sure your system is totally stable ... maybe leave it overnight After all is good ... THEN go ahead and start adding peripherals and install other junk on it. Note that on my new PC, I had to underclock the external bus from 200 Mhz to 198 Mhz so I have 396Mhz for FSB ... I used a multiplier of 11 for CPU so that's 2178 Mhz instead of the full 2200 Mhz you can do with the AMD 3200+. That made it totally stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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