Hello Ivan,
Oh what fun! Hardware Problems!
I´ve run into serious problems too, with the new duplicated Internet speed, but have managed to avoid WinXP HDD reformatting. WinXP apparently caters for only half the newly available bandwidth, but not knowing this, I bought a separate, new fast Ethernet Card, which has exactly the same performance!
Curiously, the software supplied didn´t work for WinXP, so I installed it on the Win7 HDD I have in dual Boot. Everything worked fine, and I got FULL Bandwidth! AND Also with the normal LAN connector!!
BUT: The new card FORCED an Ethernet Boot-Up (PXE) installation, making my DATA HDD invisible. It altered the BIOS/CMOS, the Smart Alec, and WinXP wouldn´t work anymore.
Re-setting the BIOS and then blocking the Network Boot was ignored.
Taking out the new Ethernet card was also no good: The entire computer wouldn´t boot.
It was also impossible eliminate the PXE Boot written into the WINXP HDD !!
I got round it by disconnecting the WIN7 HDD, luckily being allowed to repair the WINXP installation. Then, disconnecting the WINXP HDD, I had to install WIN7 anew - no repair allowed this time!
Now there´s no dual boot, but I can select which HDD to boot from in the BIOS/CMOS, and it remembers it until I change it again. ...and I got a refund on the new card!
OK: Airacobra:
Interesting, the CFS model. The stance is good on the on the metallized model, and the transparent cockpit is an asset, but I agree with you that EJ´s one is better, especially now.
As you have the AFX for yours, perhaps a transparent canopy could be easily and artfully done as a top-only structure with Alpha Transparency Speed Below 179 setting and a frame component. Not being pushy - just an idea!
Cheers,
Aleatorylamp
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