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    Is NForce On-Board Sound Atrocious?

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    Nvidia Card Lowers Power Consumption, How To Fix?

    Well nothing is wrong on the hardware side because I've never messed with any of the hardware, and my computer has booted up just fine over a hundred times. Also since that one incident, I've restarded my computer numerous times without error messages. My question was do I need to change...
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    Nvidia Card Lowers Power Consumption, How To Fix?

    I started up my computer, and I get a message saying that my video card was not getting enough power, so the performance or power usage or something along those lines has been adjusted downwards. I restart my computer, and this time I don't get this message. No reason for it because I have a...
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    Any Benefit to Athlon 64 With Windows XP Home (32-bit)

    I recently purchased an Athlon 64 3200 system. My OS however is 32 bit. Is there any benefit I'm getting from the 64-bit capabilities of the processor?
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    "Athlon 64 Processor Driver"

    I installed the AMD Cool and Quiet software on my Athlon 64 3200, ASUS A8N-E Windows XP Home (32-bit) system. It didn't seem to work (plus I read some articles on the internet saying that when it did work, it hurt gaming performance) so I decided to uninstall it. I went under Add/Remove...
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    New Computer Sometimes Doesn't Start Right

    Well by clicking I mean the normal accessing sound. On one of the "bad starts", there are still occasional hard drive clicks, but just fewer of them, and not the constant streem of them you get when Windows loads. Also, the BIOS does not post, or at least it does not post to the monitor on...
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    New Computer Sometimes Doesn't Start Right

    I receieved a new computer from ABS a few weeks ago. It has an Athlon 3200 with an ASUS motherboard, 1 GB RAM, 6800 GS, etc. About 1/3 of the time when I turn it on in the morning, it makes a "beep", but nothing displays on the monitor. There is the occasional hard drive click every 5-10...
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    Is NForce On-Board Sound Atrocious?

    I got a new rig with an ASUS A8N-E mobo, Athlon 3200. I'm using the on board sound, because I figured if this thing can do surround it probably does basic sound just fine. I'm not an audio buff by any means. I'm using my old 2.1 Harmon/Kardon speakers, that sounded just fine with my old...
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    Really Bizarre Networking Problem In WoW

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    New Computer - Very Loud

    I just received my new computer from ABS. I'm satisfied with it overall, but it is very loud. My old Dell had a 250W power supply, and this one has a 500W, plus a bunch of case fans, a GeForce 6800GS. Is there anything I can do to make it quieter? Can I possibly disable some of the case...
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    Critique My Rig

    About $1200 shipped.
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    Critique My Rig

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    Page File?

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    IBuyPower - Buyer Beware

    I just placed an order with ABS. It cost a bit more, but hopefully I will have better luck with them. ABS's website looks more professional, and they don't give you as much choice in terms of components, but that may actually be a good thing if it makes it easier for them to put the things...
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    IBuyPower - Buyer Beware

    I ordered a computer from Ibuypower several weeks ago, and they just kept delaying my order over and over again. I wouldn't have minded so much if they just told me up front that it would take a month to ship my computer out (or two months or whatever), but they stated a week and they kept...
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