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    Vista won't resume from sleep

    Hi guys, here's a problem I've been having lately. I have Vista x64, and it won't resume from sleep (most of the power settings are at the bottom). When I move the mouse or press a key, the fans spin back up, but my case display and monitor don't turn on. So I have to do a hard reset by...
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    Trouble editing UT2004 .ini's

    Awesome, that worked, found it. Dunno why I didn't think of that myself, haha. Anyway, thanks again.
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    Trouble editing UT2004 .ini's

    Hi everyone. So I decided to play UT2004 on my Vista PC. There's one problem though: When I edit the ut2004.ini to get the game to play at 1920x1080 (or 1280x720, I don't care either way really), it ignores my changes, and goes with whatever the last setting was. I've changed it under both...
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    What are the oldest games you still play often?

    PC: Deus Ex (still amazing after what, 8-9 years?) Thief (struggling to get it working in Vista...) Consoles: Mega Man X series (SNES, never played the PSX ones) Super Mario World Yoshi's Island (probably my favorite platformer ever) Super Mario RPG I need to go back and replay FFVII...
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    Dolby Digital Live frustration

    For music I use Winamp, and for videos I use Media Player Classic - Homecinema edition with the ffdshow plugins, both of which are outputting the audio through the optical output of my soundcard (Winamp is getting upsampled to 24 bit, 96kHz; not sure what's happening to the Dolby/DTS signals in...
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    Dolby Digital Live frustration

    Hi everyone. I have an Auzentech X-fi Forte sound card (uses Creative's x-fi chipset), and I'm using Dolby Digital Live to encode games' 5.1 surround sound so it can be sent over SPDIF. However, any time I want to play a game, I have to enable Dolby Digital Live in my sound card's software...
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    MX5500 mouse problem

    Hi everyone. I'm having trouble with my mouse (the MX Revolution bluetooth version that came with my MX5500 keybd/mouse combo set). Basically, I can't press the left button while holding down the right one; it doesn't register as a click. For example, in Mass Effect, the right mouse button...
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    Jagged edges on HDTV

    Alright, so after some research I've got the following: Media Player Classic (regular and Home Cinema 64-bit; still need to work out some issues with HC before I remove the regular version) ffdshow (64 bit, same issue as with the MPC versions) Haali Media Splitter (which doesn't like to...
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    Jagged edges on HDTV

    What more would you like as far as hardware goes? I figured that was all the relevant equipment. Only other thing I can think of that may be of interest is my DVD drive, which is a standard Samsung IDE DVD burner, IIRC it has a 32 or 36x read speed; nothing special there. Motherboard is an...
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    Jagged edges on HDTV

    I looked up some terminology so I can sound like I know what I'm talking about, haha. Looks like tearing is what I'm seeing. The edges of objects will be broken apart into couple-inch pieces when the camera pans across the object. Updated my first post so people understand my problem.
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    Jagged edges on HDTV

    Hi everyone. I'm using my HDTV (Samsung LN46A650) as the monitor for my HTPC (Intel E8400, Vista 64-bit, Radeon 4850, 4GB of RAM...you get the picture; a relatively new, capable PC). The TV is connected with a DVI to HDMI cable. So here's the problem I'm having: when I play DVDs (I usually...
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    Anyone care to critique my new PC?

    Actually, M-Audio released final 32-bit drivers back in April, and they claim 64-bit drivers should be out by Sept. 1 (they're currently doing private beta testing on them). Here's the m-audio forum post where a general manager of M-Audio (Niels Larsen) states that...
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    Anyone care to critique my new PC?

    Thanks. Looks like it's a huge upgrade for both of us. Yeah, Vista was $100, and the Logitech wireless keyboard/mouse set I got was $80 IIRC. Got 4 nice case fans (including the one for the CPU heatsink) at $12-13 each, the heatsink was $50 (I overpaid a bit there, but I had a hard time...
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    Anyone care to critique my new PC?

    I thought the 500GB was 2 250GB platters? Edit: Double-checked, and the 500GB 7200.11 does use two 250GB platters. Honestly, I think I'd be happy with either of the drives. They seem to be pretty evenly matched, after taking into account the Seagate in the data I posted was a 1TB model...
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    Anyone care to critique my new PC?

    Yeah, I'm not too worried about the sound card honestly. I do remember hearing about the lack of Vista drivers for the card, but I'll just be using the digital output when I get a receiver anyway, so I could even use the onboard sound for that and be alright I imagine. Interesting to hear...
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    Anyone care to critique my new PC?

    Altogether, it was roughly $1550 after shipping. The case was almost $250 of that, and I spent a fair amount on nice quiet fans (well, as quiet as you can get for the 60mm ones I needed at least). The RAM was right under $100, but then there's a $30 mail-in rebate, so it's actually the...
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    Anyone care to critique my new PC?

    Okay, so I decided it was finally time to upgrade. Here's what I had before: OLD PC Athlon XP 2400+ (stock cooler) PNY Geforce FX5200 (128MB version, AGP of course...had an eVGA 6600GT until it died on me. Honestly, the heatsink fins were packed with dust though) 1GB (2x512MB) Corsair...
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    LCD tv vs. LCD PC monitor, differences

    I still have a 19" widescreen monitor I plan to use when browsing the web, programming, etc. I just need to figure out where to put it in the living room. Maybe just on an end table or something.
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    LCD tv vs. LCD PC monitor, differences

    Thanks for the replies so far everyone. This post sums up my thoughts on the matter pretty well. The way I see it, a signal is a signal. The only thing I could think of, is if the extra video processing electronics inside the TV (for upconverting, etc.) somehow get damaged by the PC signal...
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    LCD tv vs. LCD PC monitor, differences

    mods please delete, internet issues caused some crazy triple-posting, and I can't figure out how to delete it myself.
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    LCD tv vs. LCD PC monitor, differences

    mods please delete, internet issues caused some crazy triple-posting, and I can't figure out how to delete it myself.
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    LCD tv vs. LCD PC monitor, differences

    Okay, so I've read a bit on here about using a TV as a monitor, and the general consensus seems to be it's perfectly fine, except plasmas may have some burn-in issues. I went to the local electronics store, and the salesman was mentioning how a plasma would have burn-in from the taskbars...
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    Scythe Zipang on ASUS P5E?

    Hi everyone. I'm looking into building a new computer, and I was wondering if anyone has used the Scythe Zipang HSF on the ASUS P5E Deluxe motherboard. I'm mainly concerned about the clearance below the CPU; it looks like the heat sinks on the P5E may get in the way of the Zipang.
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    Help choosing an HTPC case, also LinuxMCE vs. Vista

    I looked at the 4850. Honestly, I didn't look too closely though. I'll have to look at it again now, haha. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who wants to game on an HTPC. As far as the sound card; I have it already. It replaced my crappy Audigy2 ZS, which in turn replaced my crappier...
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    Help choosing an HTPC case, also LinuxMCE vs. Vista

    Thanks for the replies so far. It sounds like I'm okay with the Silverstone case, since I'll only be using 1-2 HDD's. Also, it's good to hear that my assumptions with Linux MCE were accurate at least. Maybe Vista would be a better choice for my needs. Is Windows Media Center seriously...
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    Help choosing an HTPC case, also LinuxMCE vs. Vista

    As the title says, I could use some help picking out an HTPC case. In fact, I may just go with a standard desktop case. Here's what I'm looking at as far as hardware, so you get a feel for what all has to fit: Intel E8400 (would like to add an aftermarket heatsink/fan too; quieter, plus...
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    a good 2-speaker setup for LCDTV or PC

    I think he wanted the system to go with his TV as well (says so in the title at least). Plus, if he has an HTPC setup, I wouldn't second guess spending that much anyway. I mean, the HTPC would ideally be handling all the A/V in the house/room anyway. Those av123 speakers would be a steal at...
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    a good 2-speaker setup for LCDTV or PC

    Hmmm... You've definitely got a good price range there. I assume you'll need an amp/receiver as well? Basically, to sound noticeably better than the 2.1 sets you mentioned, you're looking at a pair of home audio bookshelf speakers and an amp/receiver. You'd probably want the bookshelf...
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    Using HTPC as a normal PC?

    Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm pretty set on a plasma at this point...low-level contrast and black levels are really important to me, and I've yet to find an LCD/DLP that can come close to a good plasma's black levels. I actually did look the the Kuro line, but in the end, the Panasonic...
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    HDTV resolutions -- 1024x768 is HD and widescreen?

    Looks like the above poster beat me to it. 1024x768 can be widescreen as long as the pixels are rectangular. I agree that it shouldn't be marketed as a true widescreen display in that case, but oh well.
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    Using HTPC as a normal PC?

    Hi everyone, I'm contemplating building an HTPC over the summer as my next computer. I was wondering how practical it would be to use it as a normal computer as well (i.e. gaming, internet, e-mail, word processing, etc.). I'd be the only person in the house, so there wouldn't be any issues...
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    How to quiet a GPU fan with bad bearings?

    Well, scratch this plan. After all that work (I had to remove the 6600's heatsink to get the fan out; stupid design IMO), the fans were slightly different sizes (the 6600's fan was too large for the 5200's heatsink), and had slightly different connectors. I may give oiling it a...
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    How to quiet a GPU fan with bad bearings?

    Looks like a total of 2 years of warranty (1 year, plus another when you register it). Unfortuantely, I bought the card in January of '06, so it's been right over 2 years. Funny how that works, the card fails within 2 months of the 2-year warranty expiring.
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    How to quiet a GPU fan with bad bearings?

    Actually, after I posted this, I took a closer look at the fan. First off, it seems like the bearing is pretty bad. The fan actually wobbles around on its mount (like, I can push on one side of it and it has a fair amount of give). One thing I noticed is that this fan and the one on my...
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    How to quiet a GPU fan with bad bearings?

    Hi everyone, I recently had my old graphics card go out on me (eVGA 6600GT...AGP...I started getting red vertical lines on the screen occasionally, and finally Ubuntu froze up and wouldn't reboot, and I could only boot to Windows XP in safe mode), so I needed something cheap to last me a few...
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    HTPC vs. seperate components

    Hi everyone, I've been debating the idea of an HTPC all-in-one media/PC system for a while now. Basically, I'd like to use a PC to feed (and as a source of) all audio and video signals to a 42" 1080p plasma (which I don't own yet) and an amp and 2.1 stereo system (I've got that part covered...
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    Reformatting a Dell Dimension 4600...

    Thanks Brad, I actually didn't notice I had received a pm. Anyway, that link should come in handy if I can't find the restore CD.
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    Reformatting a Dell Dimension 4600...

    I found some pictures of the restore discs, so I know what I'm looking for. That's a good point about downloading the most recent drivers, and putting stuff on my flash drive instead of wasting a CD on it. I remember we had 4-5 of the blue and white driver CDs all together in our CD tower...
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    Reformatting a Dell Dimension 4600...

    Thanks guys. The memory has been upgraded (I suggested it one or two years ago, it now has 512 or 768MB, can't remember which). I wasn't aware of the hard drive setting in the BIOS though. I'll definitely have to look into that when I go home next, along with figuring out what happened to the...
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    Reformatting a Dell Dimension 4600...

    Hi everyone, I volunteered to reformat my parents' Dell Dimension 4600 desktop over my Thanksgiving break, because they've been complaining that it's running slow, and they've had it 3-4 years now, so I figure it's overdue (WinXP Home is installed). I assumed they had a standard restore disc...
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