Month: February 2004

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Help – My PC Won’t Boot! A Troubleshooting Guide

February 5, 2004 Matt Ring 0

After spending thousands of dollars on brand new hardware the dang computer won’t even boot. Before you breakout the sledgehammer or start panicking, read this guide to help you troubleshoot this common problem. The fans are spinning and everything looks as though its functioning correctly, but nothing comes up on the monitor.

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H-E-A-T

February 4, 2004 admin 0

Some Scorching Numbers We pointed out the other day that Prescott is simply too hot. A few places provided measurements of just how hot Prescott is compared to Northwood using Intel’s standard cooling, and another test (under somewhat overvolted condition)

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Excuses, Excuses

February 2, 2004 admin 0

Prescott: What It Should Have Been And What It Is Prescott is primarily a shrunken-down Northwood with extra cache and tweaks. The most notable result of a process shrink is that it reduces power consumption of the CPU, a lot.

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Pepsi and P2Ping . . . .

February 1, 2004 admin 0

A large chunk of this audience (and most of the U.S. audience) will be watching the Super Bowl in a few hours. These days, there are two types of competition: the one that occurs on the field, and the other