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    why would my router's firewall cause packet loss?

    oddly enough, my internet experience doesn't seem to be affected. videos stream fine and what not. is it necessary to enable the router's firewall since i am also using windows 7's firewall? thanks for the response wes i take that back, everything loads like crap with the firewall enabled.
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    why would my router's firewall cause packet loss?

    i've been searching all over and have found people with the same issues, but no solutions but to disable the firewall. that does fix the issue, but it makes no sense to me why is it happening in the first place. the setup is simple: cable modem>belkin router>network. i'm also going to assume...
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    new everything... except power supply

    ok so i thought i was done but now i have to update: after pulling the bad stick of ram i finally got windows7 64 bit in stalled. later i though what the hell and i put the bad ram in just to see what would happen. here is what...
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    new everything... except power supply

    First I'm going to put the bad stick in another computer to see wether there really is something wrong with it. If not I guess it is a compatibility issue. What exactly is RMA and would I have to send both sticks back since it came in a 2-pack?
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    new everything... except power supply

    well after new power supply, i shut the case and put in the screws certain that the problem was solved. of course not. i got frustrated and pulled out a stick of ram and what do you know, she boots! the two sticks were in dual channel configuration so i thought maybe that wasn't supported until...
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    new everything... except power supply

    yeah. i just hope i haven't ruined my new motherboard with a faulty psu. i'll post an update after the new one is in. thanks
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    new everything... except power supply

    its an antec 350w. a few years old i guess. the motherboard is an asus m3a78-em with corsair xms2 6400 ddr2 memory. i'm not sure of any conflicts with this ram and mb.
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    new everything... except power supply

    hi i'm wes, new to the forums. i have purchased a new motherboard, ram, cpu, hard drive, and upon firing it for the first time i have instant problems. after immense research and troubleshooting i believe the culprit to be the power supply. (hoping anyway) the computer won't boot, but...
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