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    FS: Xbox & C2Q part-out: Q9550 E0, P45 Mobo, 4x2GB DDR2, 700W PSU, 40GB X25-V, 750GB

    Welcome! :D I'm parting out my Q9550 system because I've recently upgraded and for my purposes a quad-core is definite overkill as a backup system... Everything is tested working and guaranteed non-DOA. PRICES LOWERED! AGAIN!! I need this stuff gone! Terms and Conditions: 1) Prices are OBO and...
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    new BETA nvidia driver supports GTX 260/280

    http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_17767&num=1
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    FS Everything must go! 939 Mobo, IDE HDDs, Video Cards, Audigy, lots of misc goodies.

    Let's get this shit SOLD!!! :p :D:D:D OFFERS WELCOME :D:D:D 28-0-0 Heatware Pictures are click-able to Full Res Audigy SB1394 - $25-> $20 Shipped Includes the card and a legacy CD audio cable. Silent GF4 Ti4600 128MB - AGP Dual DVI + VIVO - $25 Shipped Haven't used this since I sold my...
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    help repairing the XP bootloader?

    Hello. I have two hard drives on my computer, and I told windows to install on the second partition of my second drive. It did. But upon closer inspection, it decided to wipe out my linux install on the second partition of the first drive and put just the bootloader there. Is there any way i can...
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    Weird problem with Windows file sharing, help please! :)

    Hello I've set up my home network and it works on all but one of the computers. The server is Gentoo Linux running Samba and the working clients are an XP desktop, MCE 2005 desktop, and an OSX laptop. There's another XP laptop which can browse files on the other windows clients just fine, but...
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    help! fried my win XP boot data

    Hello everybody. Heres the deal: My family's computer had two partitions on it, one with Win 2k (totally virus infected) and one with Win XP (the one they use). I wiped the 2k partition today because it seemed like it was starting to effect XP. In doing so, the machine no longer boots. I guess...
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    FS: Dell Laptop, WC Parts, Audigy, Timberland WorkBoots, Lots More...Updated Often

    Turns out I had a lot of good shit hiding in my room that I don't use anymore, and it's all up for sale now. Scroll for pictures of everything :cool: If you'd like more pictures of any item, feel free to ask for specifics. Make me some offers, I have no clue what some of this is worth...
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    reinstalling Vista's MBR?

    Nevermind - The "startup repair" option worked. My friend was using his computer (with Vista) and it crashed on him. Upon rebooting, the "no operating systems found" thing comes up. I'm assuming this means the MBR is peaced because all the data is still on his hard drive (i checked using a...
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    WTB: up to $30 shipped for your older hard drive. <80GB range

    Happy Holidays! Just as the title says, I'm building a car computer and need a cheap IDE hard drive for it. Let me know what you've got. Best offer gets purchased! If you look, or especially If you PM, please bump :) Bumps Returned My heatware is under mtb2livelive4comps (15-0-0) Thanks...
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    [H] homepage problems when flash isn't installed

    For about a week or two now the hardocp.com homepage has been popping up "open-as" dialogs for the two flash ads (top left and top center). This occurs in Firefox 1.5 on both Linux and Windows whenever flash isn't installed. (I don't have access to IE w/out flash so that's untested). I imagine...
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    Windows XP Repair help

    Hey guys. I remember seeing something on the front page a while ago about how you could do a windows repair where all the system files got reinstalled but your programs and settings and whatnot all get saved. The registry gets cleaned out and only the essential stuff stays. Does anyone know how...
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    Would this work?

    I don't know much at all about how the innards of hard drives operate, but I do know there are 2 or 3 platters in them. So, would it be possible to use the three platters and make a raid5 or raid0 array out of them? I'm talking on the hardware level, so that each platter is treated as if it's...
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    A random AMD and ATI logo Idea

    Whats up. I had this random idea for a logo of the newly combined ATI and AMD company. Figured I'd share. As you may have noticed I'm no graphics artist; threw it together in about 2 minutes :D
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    ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 w/ AGP and PCIe simaltaniously?

    Does anybody know if this board will work with two graphics cards at the same time? Two monitors, one card for each monitor, no sli or crossfire or anything like that. Just simaltanious operation. The operating system will be linux but I'd assume if anything it would be a hardware limitation...
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    FS: DDR, Ipod, Laptop WTB: 5.1 - 7.1 Reciever, A8N-SLI Deluxe or similar

    Items For Sale: PRICES LOWERED! AGAIN! Ipod Sold. Memory Sold. 11/02/06 Laptop still available. Dell UltraPortable C400 Laptop <4 lbs P3-m 1.2GHz or 800MHz w/ speedstep 512MB Ram 30GB HDD Intel 802.11 A/B/G Wireless 12" XGA (1024x768) -...
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    Welding Aluminum?

    Hey guys not really sure where to ask this, but does anybody know much about welding aluminum? I'm thinking about building a custom case by welding/bolting together 90degree aluminum angles (the metal stock that's 1/8" thick, 6 or 8 feet long, and has two edges each 3/4" forming a right angle)...
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    How wide is the A64 heatsink retention mechanism?

    Can anybody tell me the dimensions of the A64 (754/939/940) heatsink bracket (that black thing on the mobo). I need to know the smaller of the two dimensions. Or, if it's easier the width of a standard PCI slot works too (I can just compare the sizes based on scaling). Thanks (I tried...
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    Question about Overclocking Athlon 64

    Hey guys. Does anybody have any hard data on the performannce effects of using a lower-ratio memory clock when overclocking a 3800 X2? (For example, running an X2 at 270MHz with a ~200MHz memory clock) Thanks
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    FS/T: NF7-S v2, Barton 2600+, Geforce 4600ti VIVO; WTB/TF: 939 X2 + Mobo & Cheap Vid

    $60! Lower price! Modding WTBs :cool: For Sale/Trade: Gainward Geforce4 4600TI 128MB VIVO Edition - $60 Shipped Wanted to Buy/Trade: The sony branded PSone LCD Red UV Water Dye, Red CCFLs or LEDs Terms/Conditions: I try my hardest to be upfront, honest, and reasonable. I...
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    Question for the Windows Crowd

    Hello everyone. Here's my situation: I'm away at college most of the time but go home when I can. My family has a WinXP system which, frankly, is a mess. But I don't have the time to maintain it for them, and as such it gets massively screwed up after about a month of four not-so-computer-smart...
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    WTB: Old PC Parts/ Complete Systems $100-130 range.

    Looking to pick up some old cheap kinda PC hardware/computer - thinking like old SiS/Uli/Via 333Mhz/400MHz FSB Socket A - Maybe Duron 1000MHz-Athlon XP 1600+ or something. The quieter the better. Does not need cdrom/floppy drive. Preferably not floppy, actually. Something with integrated...
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    quick wireless ad-hoc(?) question

    Hey everyone. My question is, is this possible? there's (obviously) a DHCP server on the network I have a client connected to it (desktop pc) I want to put a wireless card in the desktop PC and have it run in ad-hoc mode (i think thats the correct one) I have a laptop that i want to be...
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    Looking for a recommendation

    Hello guys. I'm learning C++ in school, and I love it. I tend to be a linux guy, so that makes it even better. But here's what I"m looking for: I want to create a Win32 GUI program that's coded similarily to how QT is used on linux (c++ program with a graphical toolkit). What should I be...
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    copying NTFS data to new partition/hard drive

    Hi windows gurus I've got a laptop with a 20GB hard drive in it, upgrading the drive to 30GBs, and therefore I want to move all the data (windows install + shit) from the 20GB to the 30GB without having to reinstall anything. How can I do this with 1) having the entire 30GBs usable on one...
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    miniPCI to desktop PCI adapter?

    Well, the question's simple: does there exist a miniPCI to desktop PCI adapter card? (and where would i purchase said device?). Thanks a lot guys. btw here's the goal: use an intel 2195 card (aka centrino) in my desktop computer
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    new folder, few basic questions

    hello guys. i figured this was a good way to put my wasted CPU cycles to work, but i've got a few questions Gentoo Linux, F@H 5.02 set up as a boot-time background service 1) if i stop the service and restart it again, does it pick up where it left off or does it need to restart from the...
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    WTB: xbox, version 1.3-1.5

    found, no longer looking
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    reiserfs/xfs support in windows?

    i know there is a project to read ext2 and 3 partitions from within windows, but is there one for reiserfs and/or xfs?
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    Weird system crash installing windows, veteran needs help!

    well, i've cracked. i want windows for games after more than a year of just linux (doom and unreal are getting old). so i went out and got a copy of XP Pro SP2. now for the weirdness: it boots off the cd (like normal) setup loads the drivers etc it goes to load setup, and it comes to the...
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    WTB - PCI Video Card with TV-Out

    I'm looking for a pci video card with tv-out. it doesn't have to be powerful at all, just have a working and decent quality tv-out port. the only thing i'm going to be using it for is tv-out. let me know what you've got, i'm not lookinng to spend too much. AIM: bustacapps71 email...
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    FS - 512MB Corsair XMS 3200C2

    I have one DIMM of 512MB DDR400 Corsair XMS memory. It's a platinum heatspreader, rated at 2-3-2-6, and a version 1.2. $80 Shipped USA only, please. heat: mtb2livelive4comps email: [email protected] (yes, i know, it's a free email. i have a nonfree but i never check it) PMs...
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    Quick WEP Question

    Is it possible in routers to disable WEP keys for just one specific MAC address?
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    K8T Neo2 FIR Dual Channel Problems

    Hello. I'm helping a friend build a new system we configured, and the memory is really being a bitch. I'm wondering if anybody has any hints. MSI K8T Neo2 FIR v.1.0 Motherboard, BIOS: 3.31a (latest) 90nm Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8GHz 939) 2x512 PQI PC3200 2-3-3-6-1T (not sure of actual memory chip)...
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    WTB: 40-120GB Hard Drive

    delete
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    winXP pcmcia/wireless help

    I'm helping a friend out fixing a laptop, and it's got a newly installed Windows XP that recognizes the pcmcia ports. We have a Speedstream 1021 wireless card, and the computer acknowledges its removal/input with a beep. However, the card itself doesn't recieve any power and the computer doesn't...
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    FS 1x512MB Corsair XMS 3200 CL2PT

    Hey everyone. I have one 512MB DIMM of Corsair XMS 3200C2 version 1.2. Qaulity memory but I never pushed it very fast, I always ran it ultra-low latency at sub-200MHz speeds. At 200MHz and default voltage it did 2.5-3-3-7 (its rated for 2-3-2-5 but i never bothered to try it cause i was running...
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    cabling help

    when connecting a router to a computer, do we use a straight or cross over cable? the cable is 100ft long and runs close by to power lines, is this going to be a problem?
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    running nforce2 async memory

    hello guys i know that running any athlonxp system with the RAM faster than the chip is pointless and sometimes harmful, but what about running the chip faster FSB? aka using like a 6:5 memory divider? for example, my system right now is 215FSB with 357MHz memory (i should hope the memory can...
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