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Re: Open Office

martywoy...@communitymail.com (Marty) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:16:31 UT

Duh! Although you might have the 'firewall' turned off in your router, in
all likelihood the router is still using NAT. It is NAT which primarily
protects your PC from external attacks.

Re: Which motherboard?

l...@notmyaddress.com (Larc) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:59:53 UT

On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:56:30 -0700, "John Weiss" <jrwe...@invalid.invalid>
wrote:
In the list of supported CPUs, Core 2 Duos to the E8600 (3.33GHz Wolfdale) and
Core 2 Quads to the Q9650 (3.0GHz Yorkdale) are shown for the P35 Gigabyte. In
all, it's a rather impressive list of supported processors assuming it's right.

Re: Which motherboard?

jrwe...@invalid.invalid (John Weiss) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:56:30 UT

If you're going to go for a 45nm CPU any time soon, you better check the
compatibility on any older MoBo. Some of the P35s promised it with future BIOS
upgrades, but I've been burned by that promise in the past. If you are looking
at a CPU upgrade in the near future, the P45 is a much better option.

Re: Which motherboard?

l...@notmyaddress.com (Larc) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:21:09 UT

On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:07:16 -0700, "John Weiss" <jrwe...@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

Never! It just happens to be on the Nvidia boards. I couldn't find anything
comparable in the ASRock and MSI stables without it.
Looks nice, but a local computer shop has a PCI card with two IDE connectors for
about $20. A big plus with that is if it doesn't work right, I can have it back

Re: Open Office

tumppiw_nos...@hotmail.com (Thomas Wendell) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:52:15 UT

"Des" <desotuat...@aol.com> kirjoitti
viestissä:c3f56b52-8e6b-4b64-9 b15-a1c0c38a1...@m44g2000hsc.g ooglegroups.com...
Just go to [link] and get the latest there....

Re: Which motherboard?

l...@notmyaddress.com (Larc) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:08:05 UT

On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:16:36 -0400, Blattus Slafaly
I've owned more MSI boards than all others combined and have always liked them.
But in this case it's the Nvidia chipsets I'm concerned about. The only time I
ever strayed away from Intel chipsets, I got burned (VIA). And that was a Tyan
board I paid more for than any other board I ever bought.

Re: Which motherboard?

jrwe...@invalid.invalid (John Weiss) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:07:16 UT

"Larc" <l...@notmyaddress.com> wrote...
Biggest obstacle is already overcome -- you decided which features are
important.
Next question is whether you will ever use SLI. If not, then any of the above
will work.
I'm happy with my Gigabyte DS4s (1 P35 and 1 X48). If you are sticking with
your old IDE Hs, a plethora of SATA ports may not be important to you, so the

Re: mixing ram

jrwe...@invalid.invalid (John Weiss) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:38:18 UT

"ryclise" <a.rycl...@hoomail2.com> wrote...
When using DDR2, it is essential to use pairs of identical sticks, and to adhere
to any basic limitations set by the MoBo mfgr. However, if you use 4 sticks, it
is only essential that each pair have the same specs (e.g., DDR21066 or PC2
8500). You can use different size sticks in each pair (e.g., 512 MB or 1 GB),

Re: Which motherboard?

boobooililili...@roadrunner.com (Blattus Slafaly) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:16:36 UT

Larc wrote:
I have an AS Rock and I like it. Before this I was an MSI advocate and
they worked the best for me. I use AMD processors.
I am also surprised by a PCChips board I have which works quite well.

Which motherboard?

l...@notmyaddress.com (Larc) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:27:47 UT

I have to buy a new motherboard but want to keep the same CPU (Pentium D 945),
which I'm very happy with. This is what I've narrowed down to:
ASRock Penryn 1600SLI-110dB - Nvidia nForce 650i chipset (2 IDE & LPT)
[link]
Asus P5Q SE - Intel P45 chipset

Re: Front USB ports do not recognize hardware

killtherob...@hal.net (TVeblen) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:09:22 UT

news:48f071da$0$22570$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
The case was an Antec Sonata One (as noted above). The front panel component
was defective. I sent an e-mail to Antec about the issue and they sent me a
replacement component - no questions asked. Both component boards had USB
2.0 stamped on them, but the newer component had updated connectors (single

Re: Open Office

j...@usenetlove.invalid (John Doe) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:29:33 UT

Really? My router firewall is turned off. Except for occasionally
scanning my computer with Ad-Aware, ZoneAlarm is the only Internet
protection I use. In zone alarm, Internet Zone Security is almost
always set to medium (so every hacker in China knows I'm here).
Therefore, according to some (maybe trolls) who got into it in

Re: Open Office

j...@usenetlove.invalid (John Doe) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:07:01 UT

Probably, but I wonder why you post all of your software questions
here without at least labeling them OT. Of course you might find
information about Open Office in this hardware group, but directing
your software questions to a software group will elicit better
answers.

Re: Open Office

thomas...@gmail.com (ThomasCpp) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:56:31 UT

It's not right.
It's a scam trying to get your bank details.

Re: Open Office

nos...@needed.com (Paul) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:56:50 UT

Des wrote:
You can read about Open Office here.
[link]
As for the above web site, I won't click it. Here is
what siteadvisor has to say. The comments are from
reviewers who had a look at the site.
[link]
"Needs to be RED. It's a scam operation/transaction site.