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I havejust impleted it in my I386 works perfectly so far ! Thanx ! Nice work out there ... keep it up ! Best of Luck !

Alienware is a reseller of Ahanix and they ship in Europe All you have to do is ask them to deliver you the case ... http://www.alienware.co.uk Best of luck !

There isn't a complex program to TEST ALL OVER stability ... instead you have to use a nuber of programs to teast each component one by one ... or in couples. There are few parts that should be tested for stability ... RAM: The RAM is one of the most importatn part to be tested, cuz if your RAM memory gives error while working your XP might need reinstall and this is not the best thing to happen In most cases you will rescive "the blue sreen of death". The BEST program to test you memory is not for windows It is called Memtest . It creates a bootable floppy disk that runs 10 tests of your memory. If your memory passed them all then it will be 200% working w/o ANY problems at all in Win. CPU: When CPU hangs ... it will probably FREEZE the screen you are on or sometimes restart the PC. Restarting of the PC might also be because your ATX PSU (Power Supply Unit) can't supply the required by the CPU power ... ( There are only 2 or 3 PSUs that are REALY 300W, most of the 300W PSUs i have seen noname PSU 350W that can't provide even 200W, so a good PSU is one of the important things to hae if you want stable PC ) The BEST program to place some load on your CPU after you have tested your RAM with Memtest is called Prime95. It uses simple alorithms to load the CPU to the MAX ... when it is running you will probably notice that the CPU temp is rising dramaticly so have in mind that if you have crappy CPU cooling you might cause damage to the system ) Prime95 has 3 Stress tests ... each of them is good to be runned for about 30 mins ... First is to test your CPU only at high priority .. means that you won't be able to use your CPU for anything elese but testing. 2nd one tests CPU-RAM communication ... same thing as the first you won't be able to use your PC for anyting else but testing . The 3rd test blends the Prime95 into background while you are working with lowest class priority, and instead while you are working to have any idle cpu time Prime takes it for testing your CPU and RAM so you won't notice the prime's presence. Video Card: Gamers engine is one of the parts that also can make your PC unstable. To test this one the best way you can run 3DMark 03 ... I did not reccomended 3dmark 2001 or 05 for few reasons ... 2001 it loads more CPU than Video Card; 05 too hevy for most of the users. So 03 is the best way to test you VGA. Motherboard is also important for a stable system but the programs that can test MBs are too profesional and making theer wrong step might result to MB for the Bin .. instead of stable system I will not mention them for security reasons If someone experanced is interested PM me ... Well i hope i have been of help of you ! Best of Luck !

Here is mine first Somehow .. i don't know exactly ... i managed to remove the process bar ... and now there is only appearing in the left corner what is windows doing now Plz use personal webspace or free img hosting provided by msfn members. Attached images slow our database. Thankx

Please provide some more info about the PC configuraton in order to able to help you... it sounds to me like a cnflict between devices.

Try updating the BIOS ... i had similar problems with one Abit NF7s ... Updated the BIOS and went just fine.... Best of luck !

The only brand that is offering highspeed CDRW media at a descent price and reasonable quality is Verbatim. As far as i can remember they had 24x CDRW+ media at very good price ... i can't remember how much but it was very good ! And you won't notice very much difference between 24x and 32x 2 minutes at most but you will save a lot of money Best of luck!

Depending of what you are about to use the UPS for ( Long Life Battery w/o Power or Just protection from power surdge)... If you are going to use it for Long Life w/o battery look for a cheap one SMART UPS with higher VA. 1500+ this will ensure you long work w/o power deppending of the devices attached to the system (monitor probably) and the powersupply utit of you PC. The last UPS i bought for a business server in one office was APC Smart UPS 750VA and it was going w/o power attached 90 minutes. The power supply of the PC is 400W and there was a 17" Monitor attached on it. As for the brand APC are the best for home and office use. They offer very good protection and quality at a descent price. Well if you want something for a Server there the things are very different. I can also provide you with some info how to MOD your 750VA UPS to a UPS that can last w/o power for 24+ h without problem Best of luck!

When you enter BIOS ... hold down Ctrl and press F1 ... you will bet new options in the BIOS menus. look around the menus for them and you will see them. This combination works for ALL Gigabyte Motherboards

I've been runing Xplode under SP2 with no problems at all ... i'm calling it from RunOnceEx [offtopic] shadol: What program did you used for creating your custom Setup Screen ? [/offtopic]