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  1. harakim

    Maximum system memory, theoretical or actual?

    I have an old IBM I'm working on and it supposedly can only hold 128mb of ram. Now when I put in a 32 stick and 128 stick, it only used 64mb, but i went into the bios and it came up with an error saying it had 160mb of ram. It obviously recognizes all the RAM, but it won't let the computer use...
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    Old computer, new storage?

    I was under the impression (from a guy at best buy) that flash drives were faster than hard drives! I'm not sure what interface my hard drive uses and I don't know how to tell. What I'm trying to do is get a system set up where I can practice programming an operating system, so I thought how...
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    the refridgerator

    Your cpu runs so hot, you don't get a whole lot of condensation on it. It doesn't work that well though, you should put it in a full size freezer and put a dehumidifier in it if you really want to keep it cool. Just make sure to run lots of air in and out of the case. I did it without a...
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    Old computer, new storage?

    My new hard drive doesn't work with my IBM pc 300GL as suspected. So I have two questions: 1) Can you set options to boot from a flash drive? I'll just run the OS on a flash drive in that case. 2) Failing idea 1, how can I tell which hard drives will work with it? Thanks.
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    I don't know much about gfx cards.

    I have an ABIT VI7 motherboard that says it can support an optional AGP graphics card up to AGP 8x mode. When I turn my computer on I don't see anything but the hard drive, cd drive, and fan start going. I figure its the graphics card since mine was made in like 1993. So the question is, will...
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