Mazda Protege Owners: Protege Posse

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  • protege_fanprotege_fan Member Posts: 2,405
    I think there are a few members here that have owned a Porsche 944. Can anybody supply me with comments on them? My friend is looking at getting a second car and we found this one:
    http://www.canadatrader.com/trader/result/affich.asp?sid=76XLJMG1- 0986201&rubno=4000&pa=1&pr=1&cregion=2001

    Thanks!
  • mdaffronmdaffron Member Posts: 4,421
    Looks like a Honda motorcycle to me!

    Meade
  • protege_fanprotege_fan Member Posts: 2,405
    I don't get it...they must have changed it. Let me see if I can fix it...
  • mazdafunmazdafun Member Posts: 2,329
    No watchouts in particular I know of. Just test drive and get a mechanic to give it a once-over to make sure it hasn't been abused.

    I don't know about the 944, but some older models had large oil reservoirs (I think they were air-cooled, not water-cooled, like the 944), so you could go a long time between oil changes, but you had to change something like 12 quarts when you did. Plus, I think some have more than one oil reservoir (one in front, one in back), so you had to remember to drain and refill them all.
  • chicagoprochicagopro Member Posts: 1,009
    Don't forget to wish Malt a Happy Birthday!

    :)
  • dinu01dinu01 Member Posts: 2,586
    HAPPY B-DAY MALT!

    Dinu
  • krotinekrotine Member Posts: 93
    Don't forget to wish Dale a Happy Birthday as well!
  • protege_fanprotege_fan Member Posts: 2,405
    Don't get any cake on your Protege's seats! :P

    Hope all your HK wishes come true! Haha!
  • protege_fanprotege_fan Member Posts: 2,405
    You have a great Bday as well!
  • dinu01dinu01 Member Posts: 2,586
    HAPPY B-DAY DALE!

    I should check that other site more often :)

    Dinu
  • theparallaxtheparallax Member Posts: 361
    Happy Birthday!
  • chicagoprochicagopro Member Posts: 1,009
    And Happy Valentine's Day!
  • maltbmaltb Member Posts: 3,572
    A hearty thanks to all and Happy B-day to Dale...again.
  • chicagoprochicagopro Member Posts: 1,009
    Happy birthday!

    :)
  • maltbmaltb Member Posts: 3,572
    Happy b-day Krotine
  • dinu01dinu01 Member Posts: 2,586
    Dinu
  • dinu01dinu01 Member Posts: 2,586
    Been having computer problems lately but I will fix it this week (perhaps a new CPU is in order).

    I have an AMD Duron 750 w/256MB and ATI Radeon 9000 PRO 128MB video but it still hangs when playing Formula 1 2000 and Medal of Honor. That was my initial reason to upgrade.

    Now since Saturday, I also can only start programs by opening an Internet Explorer window and going to File>Open. I have absolutely NOTHING on my desktop displayed and no start button. Explorer does not load at start-up (only "OSD" shows when I hit ALT+CTRL+DEL). I am lucky enough to have a keyboard where I designated certain buttons to open applications/websites. Otherwise I couldn't even type this out to you now.

    So tomorow I'll go do a little research and see what faster CPU is compatible with my motherboard and perhaps add 256 MB of RAM. Then I'll reformat and go from there. And yes Raymond, this time I do have my files backed-up. I learned last time just how much I can trust my OS.

    Any ideas on how to fix this? I looked for fixes but they didn't work.

    Any CPUs you know of that go with a Soyo K7VTA-B motherboard?

    Thanx!

    Dinu
  • chikoochikoo Member Posts: 3,008
    check out www.anandtech.com for compatibility issues.

    And I have had bad luck with duron CPU's.
    Most software are written with intel+windows in mind and it causes glitches when a program that is "specially" designed to exploit the features of Intel is used on an AMD machine.

    So i just stick with Intel.
  • dinu01dinu01 Member Posts: 2,586
    I'll check that out.

    Dinu
  • meinradmeinrad Member Posts: 820
    Sitting at work and no one is calling us. Some days I'd beg to turn off the phone, but today it's just so calm I'm going nuts.....

    Why do I have to enjoy getting out in the snow so much while everyone else just stayed home?
  • protege_fanprotege_fan Member Posts: 2,405
    It's a holiday here in Alberta and it's really dead today too since I had to work and the majority of the Province didn't. Ah well....at least traffic was light this morning!
  • chicagoprochicagopro Member Posts: 1,009
    you guys should just go find some forums to start some fights on!

    The whole internet awaits you!
  • protege_fanprotege_fan Member Posts: 2,405
    Or we could just stay here and mock you.

    Tell us...how was your weekend? That should provide adequate fuel to start the fire. :P
  • protege_fanprotege_fan Member Posts: 2,405
    You never "purposely" give us ammo...it just seems to happen that way.

    Hope you had a great Bday! Get some HK crap...I mean HK memorabillia?
  • chicagoprochicagopro Member Posts: 1,009
    YES!

    A co-worker gave me a stuffed Hello Kitty, wearing a pink tutu, with pink flowers on her head.

    My only regret is that I do not own a digicam, and thus can not treat you to the splendor and beauty of this gift. :P
  • protege_fanprotege_fan Member Posts: 2,405
    Is my gratitude.
  • meinradmeinrad Member Posts: 820
    Glad you weren't at that night club over the weekend!
  • mazdafunmazdafun Member Posts: 2,329
    And just what is wrong with Hello Kitty? :)
  • maltbmaltb Member Posts: 3,572
    don't give us reasons to doubt your masculinity.
  • chicagoprochicagopro Member Posts: 1,009
    I was in that club maybe five, ten years ago, although at that time the dancing was downstairs, and upstairs there was a comedy club. Much better use of the space.

    If you've read any of the reports in the Chicago papers, you've seen that there were many building code violations and locked exits. It was a terrible, senseless tragedy.
  • chicagoprochicagopro Member Posts: 1,009
    You ragging on Chow-chi about HK?

    Glass houses, my friend......

    :)
  • maltbmaltb Member Posts: 3,572
    The dev...er...a...my kids made me do it.
  • mazdafunmazdafun Member Posts: 2,329
    ;)
  • meinradmeinrad Member Posts: 820
    We weren't lucky enough to get as much as the rest of you. Only about 12 inches by last night and another 4 by this morning. I had everything clean and nice last night at both home and work then wake up to the new 4" this morning...

    And I do love this stuff! I just wish I was headed skiing instead of sitting here in the office. I've always loved the snow. Only good thing about winter. I hate cold but love snow, so if it's going to be cold it might as well be snowing.
  • mazdafunmazdafun Member Posts: 2,329
    Not when I have to slog through it to the office. :(

    At least the cold weather means no mowing and no bugs (outside, anyway). :)
  • chikoochikoo Member Posts: 3,008
    shovelling the snow off my ES.......
  • dinu01dinu01 Member Posts: 2,586
    As you might have heard, after a few days of Winblows problems, I am ready to change my old AMD Duron 750MHZ into an Intel P4 1.8GHZ 512K cache.

    But here's the problem: what motherboard to get?

    I had in mind the ECS L4S5MG 478/SDR/DDR b/c I can use my PC133 SDR 256 MB RAM card with it and if I need more oomph I can swap it for a 512MB RAM card.

    Are there any other motherboards I should consider?

    Also, considering I like my F1 game and there will be a new Colin McRae Rally 3.0 coming in a few mths, should I get a heatsink?

    Thanx all!

    Dinu

    PS: To everyone that had the big storm, a little snow is nice to shovel :)
  • dinu01dinu01 Member Posts: 2,586
    I'm on antibiotics since last week - last Wednesday out of the blue, I couldn't swallow (food or liquids) anymore. Then a day later on Thursday, it almost went away, but I did have something for sure.

    Good luck w/the cold. Take 20-30 mins to stay outside if it just snowed. The weather that usually follows a snow storm is very mild and good for you - easy to breathe cool air. But whatever you do, wear a tuque :)

    Tuque=hat

    Dinu
  • protege_fanprotege_fan Member Posts: 2,405
    My friend has built a few PC's using ECS mobo's and we're in agreement; ECS=poor quality.

    I'd stick with names like ASUS or Gigabyte. I built my bro's PC using an ASUS mobo and it works great.

    Where are you going to put that heat sink? If anything, I'd get another cooling fan and put that in the case.

    I'm sure there's a site out there that lists what mobos are compatiable with the chip you want to get.

    For further reading, I suggest www.tomshardware.com and www.anandtech.com .
  • dinu01dinu01 Member Posts: 2,586
    Is it still Win98?

    Dinu
  • protege_fanprotege_fan Member Posts: 2,405
    I'd go with Win2K. I've been using it at work and it's really stable. Also, many people are using XP with not too many issues.
  • dinu01dinu01 Member Posts: 2,586
    Dinu
  • meinradmeinrad Member Posts: 820
    Mine 98 machine crashes 4 times as day! Win2K is talked about as most stable by far.
  • dinu01dinu01 Member Posts: 2,586
    So what you're saying is that 98 has this feature that crashes your comp so you can take many unintended breaks during your work day?

    Ok, so Win2K it is then?

    I don't know much about computer specs.

    Dinu
  • protege_fanprotege_fan Member Posts: 2,405
    WinME=garbage.
    WIn2K is good, but the "latest and greatest" is XP.
  • dsm6dsm6 Member Posts: 813
    OS X. ;-)

    BTW, I've had good luck with my ASUS board and with Win2K.
  • dinu01dinu01 Member Posts: 2,586
    Mike: Tom's site is amazing!!! I learned so much just by reading the tests/comparos.

    Mike/Ray/Darren: I'll see if I can find Win2K then. I'm sick of this Win98 crashing all the time. When you're almost at the end of a and Prix after having fought from last place on the grid to have the comp freeze is not good. Hopefully 2K will be better.

    I'm going to a few computer stores now to talk prices and compatibility. I'll let you know what I came up with. The system will be upgraded by week's end.

    Thanx again!

    Dinu
  • ashutoshsmashutoshsm Member Posts: 1,007
    For starters - the snow here was ridiculous! I got lucky and carpooled in with a neighbor/colleague :)

    Anyway - for the price/performance - you would be better off buying an Athlon Motherboard, CPU and brand new DDR DIMM memory, instead of trying to waste your money on an Intel system. Think about it.

    Hit anandtech.com or tomshardware.com for some nice reviews of the latest and greatest. If you do end up choosing AMD over Intel, I can give you a few tips, to maximize the results, given your budget (if you have one :)

    I went with an Athlon XP2100+, with an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboard, and two 256 MB sticks of PC2700 DDR DIMM RAM (for weird reasons, this is better than one 512 MB stick, on this and some similar motherboards).

    As for OS - install Win2K, if you must stay with Windows. My old PC has Win2K, and this new one has XP - no comparison, the 2K system is MUCH more stable and secure. You can bump up XP's level of security/stability with some configuration, but out of the box - that just isn't the case! Forget about 95/98/Me for now :)

    Of course, if you can, install a dual boot system with Mandrake (or some other variety of) Linux. That's what I have, and its an optimal setup!
  • ashutoshsmashutoshsm Member Posts: 1,007
    Consider purchasing online, if you know exactly what you want. I found out about newegg.com recently, and loved their service. 2-day shipping (in the US) is free for most things, prices are very competitive (way cheaper than ANY local store) and their return policy on faulty stuff is good. However, returns on chnaged-my-mind items will invite a 15% restocking fee!

    Had to plug the store after the absolutely incredible service I got from them. I bought my RAM and MoBo at a computer fair, and my processor, case, monitor and other sundry items from newegg.com.
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