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    U2413 on market

    Yeah you are right about that. Hopefully it at least gets to $500 soon. I'd love to go 27" eventually but this monitor death wasn't exactly planned and I'd probably need a new video card to run 1440p smoothly haha. Hope to see some good reviews soon!
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    U2413 on market

    I'm curious about this as well. My monitor is on the brink of death and I've been trying to hold out for this or the nee 24" NEC just to see if its better in general and if the AG is less aggressive. I saw the U2413 is on the US site for $599. Price seems pretty steep compared to how much...
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    Geforce 285.38 overwrote my cutsom settings as default?

    LOL thanks, that did it! (I think) What I meant was yes it kept the previous settings but I wanted it to be default. This was the weird part: Normally in the section "Choose how your color is set" -> "other applications control color settings" would have my monitor way to bright for desktop...
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    Geforce 285.38 overwrote my cutsom settings as default?

    Hi all, I just installed 285.38 Beta Drivers for the Battlefield 3 Beta. One problem however is that it seems the install took my custom settings for my desktop and made them the default settings? My monitor is really bright so I had to dial things down in nvidia control panel. I did not...
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    Monitor contrast way too high after calibration with i1Display

    Hi all, I have a Samsung 2493hm which has always been way too bright for my liking. Anyways, I've tried to calibrate it with my i1Display Eye Match 3 software. Before calibration I reset the monitor to default settings. The device seems to have a very hard time with the contrast. on 100...
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    What is -5v for on a PSU?

    Good to know. Thanks for the info guys! Now to figure out why the video card won't power up...
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    What is -5v for on a PSU?

    Hi all, I've been having problems getting a video card spinning up so I decided to use a Power Supply Tester to see if everything is at least putting out juice. The PSU I have is Corsaid HX620. I can get all the LED lights to light up but the one for -5v? I'm a PSU noob, so I'm not sure...
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    Can a bad case prevent my video card from seating?

    Hi, thanks for the replies guys - Out of the case I cannot seat it into the Blue slot, but I can in the two Black ones. I don't have a very exact method of checking the posts and at most I would see 1/16 of a inch difference. But that could just be a result of the angle I'm standing over...
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    Can a bad case prevent my video card from seating?

    Hi all, I've been having this problem that's been going on for awhile now, where no matter what I do I cannot get my video card (geforce 260 gtx) to seat into my motherboard (asus pq5 pro). After lots of trial and error on different things I wonder if it's possible for the case to be...
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    evga 750i replacement for Asus p5q deluxe?

    Hi all, I am currently looking for a new motherboard. I have had this weird issue that I have not been able to resolve where my evga 260 gtx will not seat in my Asus P5q Deluxe and my Asus p5q Pro, no matter what I do. It is the weirdest thing in and out of the case. So for whatever...
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    Is this trace damage?

    Hi all, I was messing with a mobo out of the case on some cardboard and upon lifting it up there was some very thin, kind of flaky metal thing left on the cardboard. It was thin like a very thin wire, but flat and made of metal yet not hard. I looked the bottom and couldnt see where it...
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    Must you re-apply thermal paste every time you remove CPU and heatsink?

    thanks for the replies guy. I have mx2 paste to use now, and the paste that was on the CPU formally was whatever came pre-applied on my Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 heatskin/fan. From what I've read if I don't want lint, I shouldn't use tissue or paper towels to clean them? Find some kind...
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    Must you re-apply thermal paste every time you remove CPU and heatsink?

    Hi guys, got a noob question here, I recently got a new rig, mobo cpu etc. Anyways it turns out I have to get a new mobo b/c the one I got didnt work correctly. I was just wondering when I put the cpu and heatsink in the new mobo I should clean them off and put new paste on correct...
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    The Official P45 Asus P5Q Motherboard Thread

    Hi guys, I posted about this here http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1365371 also, but I figured I might be able find some help here as well. Basically I just purchased an EVGA Geforce 260 GTX Superclocked and an Asus P5Q Deluxe and the card won't fit. I think it's what I've read...
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    my EVGA GTX 260 OC doesn't fit in my mobo (asus p5q deluxe)

    Hi, thanks for the reply. Its def not the tabs. I took the mobo out of the case and put it on some cardboard and the card just wont go in. I can see from all sides now, and I def think that its getting blocked by the capacitors. When I try putting it in the other pci-e slots it snaps and I...
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