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    Ram or Mobo or PSU = crash?!

    My old PC (Pent D805 with i945 Gigabyte) is crashing constantly. BSOD's and general windows and non windows freezes. I have more success while booting with certain RAM placements (I have 4 dimms and 4 ram sticks). However while trying to run some Memtest on the different ram sticks/dimms...
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    Rosewill R218-P-BK Black 0.5mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Case - $24 + FS!

    ripped from SD linky Looks like a solid case, price seems good enough
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    new mobo causing jitters?

    Got a new motherboard replaced in my Dell M1330. Popped the harddrive back in. Booted up eventually. But the whole OS is now jittering. Sounds jitters (skips and repeats then resumes...) so does video and even the mouse movements are effected. Tried resinstalling drivers. Nothing...
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    Water Damage on laptop - Help me recover

    A little under the weather here. So reflexes not the best. Spilled my Tea over the keyboard of my trusty M1330. Screamed...recovered myself and remembered to immediatly disconnect all power sources. As I was reaching for the power cord I noticed the laptop shutting off. :( Tried all the usual...
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    Problem with Dell sp2309w - Backlight??

    Hi all, I want to share my expirence with the 23" Dell sp2309w monitor I have been using. the monitor's backlight seems to be defective. The screen used to work fine. but now the screen goes on for one second then it is as if the brightness setting suddenly drops to nearly zero. I can...
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    Where to find replacement parts for laptops

    Besides ebay... I have an old Dell Inspiron 6000 I want to revive - needs a new motherboard. Also looks like I will need to replace the HP TX1000Z Motherboard also. I have some friends with decomissioned laptops also from Toshiba, Sony, etc.. any ideas?
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    ATi Uninstall Guide

    Hi, Just got me a new 4670 the other day. I have a very old X800 in the box. I want to uninstall the card before I replace. I read up on google some and it seems there is no clear verdict on this. There have been some guides mentioning tools such as Driver Cleaner Pro. Also there is an ATi...
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    Thougths on Disk Optimizers

    Hi, Was looking into DiskTrix Ultimate Defrag. Like they market the product as more then just a defragger, but also a file placement optimizer. Anyone have experience with this product? Are the any alternatives. Thanks
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    Fixing XP after Vista Dual boot install

    Please help. I installed XP pro on my new XPS m1330 the other day, updated it and everything. got it to work and i was happy. Then I went on to install Vista. I have a 160GB HD and I gave the XP partition 40GB. the Remaining space was left unallocated. On the install of Vista I...
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    New Build Suggestions

    Hi Looking for some ideas on a new build. Here are the parts I'm looking to get so far: CPU Q6600 $209.99 CPU Q9450 $339.99 GFX XFX GeForce 8800 GT $159.99 $(30.00) RAM 4GB DDR2 PC6400 $79.99 MOBO ASUS P5N-D $149.99 $8.00 PSU...
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    XP on a new Dell XPS M1330

    Hi all, seeking some help in installing XP (dual boot with preinstalled Vista) on my lappy. found this guide; it's a little outdated and so i was wondering if anyone can direct me to a more recent one. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=153941
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    XP on a new Dell XPS M1330

    Hi all, seeking some help in installing XP (dual boot with preinstalled Vista) on my lappy. found this guide; it's a little outdated and so i was wondering if anyone can direct me to a more recent one. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=153941
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    AMD Chipset 780G question

    i'm a Intel guy. i'm excited over the new AMD/ATi chipset and especially the Hybrid Crossfire Graphics capabilities. I know that combining the IGP and a 3450 wont yield high end gaming results. I was wondering if anyone knows if AMD/ATi are planning on adding more powerful Hybrid...
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    Tablet that can game

    Hi, I'm a moderate gamer. I want to get a new laptop, but i need a tablet this time - for work. Any recommendations for Tablets with graphics cards that are not integrated? seems to be that the c-140 no longer has the 2300HD option. Anyone know why? does this mean there are no tablets with...
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    Seagate Momentus 100GB SATA/150 7200RPM 8MB 2.5" NB HDD $53+ Shipping

    2nd Deal post so go easy... $53 + ship at geeks :cool: Link it is a REFURBISHED item. any opinions on refurbs from seagate for notebooks? I really want to upgrade my laptop from a 5400RPM.
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    Q6600 OEM (Maybe G0) $252.35

    Found this A reviewer confirms this is G0 http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=Q6600 This is my first post
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    Overclocking a DELL laptop/notebook

    Hi, I read on the forums that some OC thier laptops. I understand that laptops are not built for OCing since heat is an issue. I have a Notebook cooler, anyway. This is a laptop I don't mind tinkering with. it is the new santa rosa platform Dell Vostro 1500. T5470 CPU (800 Mhz) 1GB Mem 667.
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