Recent content by jesterc

Thanks, tried an older card in the slot and that works fine. From what I can see the fan is working ok on the card - I have contacted MESH (where I bought the PC) to see if they can help with the warranty on it - maybe time to look for a new card (AGP) £150 any thoughts?

Thanks - will take a look at acronis and avoid nylon carpets!

Yeah I know - but I am a cheapskate! Will jus have to take care of the drives. Next question is to do with partitioning SATA drives - any ideas on software that will deal with these - came across something that said Partition Magic woulnt work with stripes - which I think have something to do...

Thanks for your help - I actually bought the one with its own power supply. Turned out I hadn't set the jumpers properly to make the drive "master" - never understand what way I should look at the diagram on the HD drives most confusing sometime - anyway finally got it right and drive is now...

Thanks, I bought the cable here and Iassumed it would work out of the box! Oh well guess I need to flog it on eBay

I seem to have collected quite a few IDE HDs over time and thought I might try putting them to use - backup purposes - so bought a USB 2.0 to IDE cable - looked straightforward enough - plug in the cables, power up HD and hey presto a nice 60gb USB Drive. Hmmmmm - not having much luck -...

Card been working fine for over a year - installed a new game and the video when to pot - now all my games are totally screwy and all video playback as got tiny pixelated green/red dots. The non-moving images on the PC are fine. I have totally reinstalled XP on a new hard drive - installed the...