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To: Zeddie88 who wrote (10503)	2/15/2000 8:31:00 AM
From: Jeff Jordan	Respond to of 14778

>>>but has an extra ISA slot for my 56K modem card.<<< I would think if you had to use a 56K modem you would at least want a pci card. The ISA slot is the slowest slot on the board....maybe good for a sound card? JMO

To: Zeddie88 who wrote (10503)	2/15/2000 11:15:00 AM
From: jw	Respond to of 14778

I've decided that I'm going to give the Abit VA-6 mb a try. They have good reports. Thinking they have 1X/2X AGP Slot. Is this a problem? The 800 AMD Athlons are out. Need to float a Home Improvement Loan to play.LOL http://www.altima2000.com/cgi-bin/altima.storefront/742162608/UserTemplate/50 Jeff mentions the ISA slot for modems. Perhaps he will enlighten us. I get KBs, MBs and all those confused. If a ISA Slot is 16 bit, w/10 MBs transfer rate isn't this faster than any Dial Up modem, Cable, DSL? or????? Jeff, Dan, Anyone?????? Regards, /jw ps:Microstar K7Pro MS 6195 in above URL has 6 PCI.

To: Zeddie88 who wrote (10503)	2/15/2000 12:42:00 PM
From: jw	Respond to of 14778

http://www.altima2000.com/cgi-bin/altima.filereader?1719556069+EN/products/1339 Not too shabby Sue, maybe get the AGP Gamer exchanged for Dual Matrox G400 if compatible. Add single PCI for additional monitors? until Dual PCI Video card appears on scene. Could they add NT4 in a dual Boot Config???? Am I missing Monitor included???not/included. It's in picture. Regards, /jw other opinion??????

To: Zeddie88 who wrote (10503)	2/15/2000 7:32:00 PM
From: Zeddie88	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Just when I thought all hope had been lost, I get this call from the computer store telling me that my computer is ready. Turns out that the SB Live Value PCI card had been causing the problem and had to be replaced by the SB 128 PCI. No problem as I am currently running some cheap ISA-based audio card on my PII 400! He did tell me, however, that the motherboard is quirky when it comes to installing cards in different slots. He said that he had to reload Windows '98 several times but that the configuration was now "stable." From memory, this is the system that I ended up ordering: PIII 667 Coppermine 133FSB, 256Kb full speed L2 cache ASUS P3V4X (1 AGP4X, 6 PCI, 1 ISA, UDMA66, VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipset) 256Mb PC133 SDRAM Main HD - 13Gb Quantum KX UDMA66 7200 Secondary HD - 20Gb Quantum KX UDMA 7200 Pioneer 10X DVD-Rom HP 9100I CD-R/W Matrox G400 Dual Head AGP SB 128 PCI sound card Acer 56K PCI modem card Acer 10/100 NIC ATX Mid Tower case By the way Howard, JW, Zeus and gang, I have only used up 3 PCI slots - still have 3 left for 2 video cards (I'll try 2 ATI Expert '98s) AND A SECOND NIC for networking!!! Will let you all know when I pick it up! It'll probably be Friday or early next week as I want to have a couple of hours to try it out before bringing it home! Sue :)