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I come home today and find my internet doesn't work. I discover that the dsl modem is attempting to connect. Ideally, the modem's internet status light should go from slowly flashing to quickly flashing, and then staying lit when it's connected to the internet. However, that light is just...

I just bought a new hdd (WD6401AALS) and as I was installing, I noticed that the BIOS would detect whatever was on sata-0, whether it be the new or old drive. If I plug any of the hard drives into sata 1,2, and 3, the drive is not detected by the BIOS. The power and sata cables work fine. How...

I'm looking to create a website using flash, but I'm a noob when it comes to programming, so I'm looking for a program a bit like Microsoft FrontPage, but for flash. Right now I have Swish Max 2, but it seems a bit difficult to use. I just downloaded a trial for this program called A4DeskPro...

My Sony EX-71s are terrible for working out. The cord is either too short without the extension cord or too long with it. The earpieces also fall off quite often because of the way they're designed to go around the back of the neck, so the right earphone cord is longer than the left. Does...

I would like to know if it's possible to run ventrilo on my headphones and all other audio on my speakers. My sound card is an x-fi xtremegamer and i use the 3.5 mm jacks for both headphones and mic.

Hey people, I just set up a laptop (a ThinkPad R60 my school gave me :eek:) for F@H. Right now it's only using 100% of 1 core, which shows as 50% on task manager. I have never left my laptop on through the night, so leaving it on pretty much 24/7 while crunching proteins makes me a bit...

Everytime I play CSS, I am able to play for at most 2 minutes until I get kicked because apparently, a "connection to the steam vac servers could not be made." This only started happening today. I checked my VAC status just to be sure it wasn't some dumb mistake and sure enough, I am in good...

Hey guys, I'm looking to buy another 2 gigs of memory for my 'puter, for a total of 3 gigs. I'm browsing through newegg and found two, 2x1 memory kits for around $40. Which would you prefer: Kingston PC2-5300 2x1GB ValueRAM or Corsair PC2-5300 2x1GB ValueSelect I don't plan on...

Hey all I just bought myself an x-fi xtremeaudio sound card and since I got it, I've been getting complaints about a microphone hiss. I've tried moving the SC to the lowest possible position, and ahve tried my mic on other computers to rule out the microphone itself. Is there a way to get rid...

Hey all, I have a wireless laptop (dell xps m140) that is able to connect to my wireless router. However, it is unable to connect to the internet. My other laptop, however, does. When I plug in an Ethernet cable to the dell laptop, the internet works, but after disconnecting the cable, it...

Just recently, my internet has been acting up very strangely. I run 3Mbps down/ 768Kbps Up Verizon DSL Netgear WGR614 v6 Router When playing CS or any type of online game, my ping would range from the 50s-300s. When running bandwidth meters (www.speakeasy.net/speedtest), I noticed that...

From November 2nd to November 5, you can try out The Ship! I'm preloading as I type this. Too bad I won't be here from on November 3,4 and 5 :( Oh well it's all good hopefully one day would be enough (yeah right) to have a taste of what The Ship has to offer. Anyone else preloading or...

Well, I just got back from a week vacation at Florida, and I come home to boot my computer. In the BIOS it said something along the lines of "NIC dead." Anyway I thought this would be another Dell bug so I rebooted. When I connected to the internet, my download speed ranged from 100-800kbps when...

Hey all, I'm new to the folding scene, but today I'll be starting and have already joined team 33. There are few things concerning me about this, though, namely power and heat. 1. I will be using an XPS-400 with a Pentium D @ 2.8Ghz, 1Gbram, 6800 vann. to fold. How much power would this thing...

Whenever I play HL1 engine based games, i see some weird black box on certain in-game effects like this It only happens when I use the 9 series drivers, and not when I use drivers before the ones that came with Nvidia control panel. Is there some kind of setting I need to change in order...

On Newegg, it says it's based off of the PX100, so are there any differences between this and the PX100, other than the way it's shaped? PMX 100

I'm trying to create a co-op game so that my cousin and I can play some BF2 with bots for practice, but I don't know how to get him to connect. I forwarded the ports needed for BF2 TCP(80,4711,29900-29901,1024-1124) and UDP(1024-1124,1500-4999,27900,28910,16567,55123-55125) but he is still...

Hey all, I'm going to be buying a new set of headphones for around and less than $50. I have a few headphones in mind. I'll be using them for gaming, as well as listening to many different types of music (from rap/hip hop, raggae, to techno/trance, to rock/alternative, and many others, heck even...

I don't have any preference, brand wise. Price range: less than $400 Heat and Power: Not too hot, as the P-D is already baking my room, especially in the summer. Power-wise, I don't feel like buying a new PSU for this thing. Noise: Don't care, as I play with headphones or speakers turned up...

At first, when the Wii Controller was revealed, I was looking forward to all the possibilities, but also reserved some skepticalism as to how it would really end up. However, after watching the press conference, I was simply blown away, especially by Wii sports. I'm really looking forward...

I'm planning on buying a controller for flying jets and helos in BF2. I am using this controller SOLELY for BF2. Which controller do you think would I be better off with? BTW I don't plan on spending over $50 for any controller.

Hey everyone, I am looking to get a new pair of headsets mainly for gaming and a lot of music. My current AC97 (or whatever integratd audio comes with intel mobos) is really lacking in both departments. Would a USB headset give a noticable (better) performance compared to regular headphones...

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Hello, all. Today i plugged in my mic into the back of my new comp. My comp has integrated sound (via sigmatel or something like that). Anyways I don't know why my microphone works on my old computer but not on this one. BTW I'm coming from an SB Live Value Sound Card to this integrated...

Props go out to crstacy from the Dell Community forums for this neat little "trick". I have yet to try this out, as my Dell will be arriving in a few days. People have reported mixed results with this, hence YMMV. here is the original link for some extra information...

I recently ordered a Dell XPS 400 (i know, dell, but hey! im college bound and had lots of coupons :p ). I also ordered the Windows XP Pro reinstallation disc. Can anyone who has owned, or had experience with an XPS 400 tell me if Dell includes the necessary drivers to reinstall everything...

I plugged my xbox into my sony projection tv (model kp43t70) to play some halo 2 big screen action. However, when I start playing, my tv switched from color to black and white sorta like a bootleg vhs or something. Is there a way to fix this? I'm using the cables that came with the xbox...

Well, after reading this article I am very impressed with the X1900 Series. I'm quite surprised it was able to do HDR and AA on SS2 without that bug. I was unaware ATi fixed the problem. I thought the article was well made, so kudos to Brent for another good evaluation. FEAR 1600x1200...

Well, the title says all. The stock fan on my Powercolor 9800 Pro keeps coming out, so I need a replacement cooler for this thing. I'm a real n00b at this, so can someone please help me? I need help with the following: What kind of cooler would be good for a 9800 pro? I don't mine a dual...

Hey, I am currently looking towards getting an OEM system. I found an HP Pavilion Desktop from Best Buy. Linky What do you think of this system? I'll be using this mainly for schoolwork with some gaming on the side (mainly source based games/BF2). I'll also be adding either an x800pro or a...