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    Fujitsu N6420 vs Gateway NX860XL, need your advice

    I am looking to purchase one of the above laptops, does any of you have any experience or heard any good/bad thing about any of them? Shared components between Gateway and Fujitsu C@D 7200 2gb 667 DL DVD Gateway pros 1920x1200 WUXGA 7900GS (256mb dedicated) Bluetooth can take 12...
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    lite-on reads only audio cd

    the drive is about one year old and it was not used heavily, I have purchased TDK cd/dvd cleaner but could not solve the problem. I can not access the laster head unless I take the drive out and open the cover, is there any recommended cd cleaner?
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    lite-on reads only audio cd

    my friend's computer cd drive decided to read audio files only, any other cd that has any file typr except audio wont read it (frive's light keeps flashing), the OS is winxp pro. your help appreciated.
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    safe/proper auto shut down of UPS attached computer

    mine didnt come with any software, only usb cable any third party free program instead the one offered by the tripp lite which costs $125?
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    safe/proper auto shut down of UPS attached computer

    it does come with usb port and cable, then?
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    safe/proper auto shut down of UPS attached computer

    just bought a couple of tripp lite, my question is how to auto shut the computer properly after the battery drains out when the computer is not attended by the user, is there any software or setting to be applied to enable the computer shuts down itself when the UPS battery level reachs to the end?
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    P4 locking up, killing graphic card and back to locking up

    a p4 2.4 socket 478, asus p4xp-x MB, geforce2, 512 ram (3 loop memtest passed), 350w power supply with good reading in bios and normal cpu temp, was suffering from random lock ups, it used to happen once a day or once every 2 days, the lock ups were either no mouse move, keyboard not working, or...
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    great deal on Tripp lite SMART1000LCD, how good is this UPS

    i think 500w is fair enough for single not loaded desktop pc, also this is new model not discontinued
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    great deal on Tripp lite SMART1000LCD, how good is this UPS

    was at Costco today and found this Tripp lite UPS @ $99+tax i am intending to buy 5-6 of them for me and for my friends, each to be used on AMD64 desktop pc with 2gb ram and quadro 3400 gc and crt monitors. the deal is killer and i liked the specifications. any drawback?
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    Move from a 2.8C/865G setup to A64 3000+/Neo2 nforce 3 setup. Worth it?

    thank you i think adding ram and upgraing the GC will boost gaming performance. your cpu is fine
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    Move from a 2.8C/865G setup to A64 3000+/Neo2 nforce 3 setup. Worth it?

    execuse me for this dump question, but is your gaming ram setup 1x1gb or 2x512mb?
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    Monarch Computers (Never again)

    kathy just opened the can and we jumped in problems we had with monarch has nothing to do with kathys problem, regardless who opened such a subject, some people including myself wasnt satisfied at all with their order processing time and accurate inventory status + their order status page and...
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    Are all X2 3800+ E6?

    bought one from frys a month ago and cpuz 1.30 says E4
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    Monarch Computers (Never again)

    kathy you can try and call kingston and tell them about your story and ask for ram replacement, they may do it, you never know. i recently bought my first and probably last purchasde from monarch and wasnt happy, took them 5 days to ship a hd and 7 days to ship the graphic card, while...
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    strange problems in newly built cad workstation

    just built a workstation for a friend with these specifications amd64 3800+ x2 a8n-e m.b. 2x1gb pc3200 ocz ram quadro 3400 pci 256mb ram 1x 74gb raptor (windows and program files installed on partition c, no page file here, temp directory moved to the last partition e) 1x80gb hitachi...
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    new computer, bad ghosting

    problem solved changed montior to gc cable and everything is fine now. thanks for your help
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    new computer, bad ghosting

    this is what i am going to do, but i am still wondering why i worked properly in the other office and not working in the other one, will take it to the other office again and see.
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    new computer, bad ghosting

    sorry guys, i forgot to add that there is another computer when hooked up to any of the 2 monitors there is no ghosting, the ghosting appears only when i hook the new computer to the monitor, also i am not moving the monitors, everything on its place.
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    new computer, bad ghosting

    i just built cad workstation for a friend (quadro 3400), the first crt monitor which i used to install windows and programs worked great, but when we moved the computer to another room and hooked it up to another crt monitor there was bad ghosting, then tried another crt monitor in the same room...
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    hassle free motherboard for CAD workstation. AMD 4200+ X2 / Nvidia quadro GC

    building acad workstation next week and looking for problem free and stable motherboard. here are the parts: AMD 4200+ X2 nvidia quadro 3400 or 1400 pci express card (will decide soon) OCZ 2x1gb ddr400 cas3 1x74gb raptor antec sonata II case there is no intention for adding a second...
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    fastest wireless vs wired networking for small office

    A friend asked to upgrade his office network (3 desktops and one laptop with 54mbps wi-fi capable). As I know their hub is 10baseT only (don’t know what the cable and NICs speeds are). Considering the network needs new cabling, NICs and hub at the fastest possible speed, I came to the...
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    A Proper Vacuum Cleaner for PC's

    i am looking to get something to clean the dirt inside old computer cases. i used to have before an electrical blower that turns the dirty case into brand new one and i dont remember it caused me any problems, now i am thinking to buy a new one and maybe battery powered one, so do you guys...
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    PC-3200 upgrade from emachines m6809

    does emachines m6809 support pc-3200 ram? so the memory will run 400 instead of 333 anybody changed both sticks to pc3200? any performance gain?
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    wireless antenna, long range

    does that allow you to browse farther wireless connections other than your built-in broadcam 54g adaptor does? i am asking because i am interesting to have longer range access to avaiable networks, since not everywhere i go there is avaiable wireless internet access. a search on newegg...
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    winXP SP2 not recognising USB devices after PC idle

    i found out today that my 4 usb ports are not detecting any hardware. I dont know when that hapened, restart computer didnt solve the problem, so i had to uninstall the usb from device manager and restart so it detected the usb and then i could use my devices. i am using xpsp2
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    Help with randomly restarting system

    did you apply thermal paste to your cpu fan heatsink? also check your temps in the bios
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    Custom built Computer freezes, help please!

    how much time it takes while detecting the drives during post? are you using one ide cable for both dvd drives? check jumper settings for both. which windows? did you try to install any ide drvier? does this happen with every dvd disk? and both drives causing the same freeze? does...
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    Help with randomly restarting system

    mbm5 download link memtest download link
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    Help with randomly restarting system

    check your cpu temp in your bios also install mbm5 to check your power readings and post your readings, then move to the next step and install memtest and run it. this is the basic start for system troublshooting.
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    Best hardware store/chain in the US? (European asking)

    are you looking for fun feeling and picking your items or lowest prices? if the first one, then go to frys and comp usa. if the second one, then before you arrive in few days, order what you need from newegg, or zipzoomfly or monrach....etc and gvie them the address where you will stay so...
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    Soyo TechAID debug card, would you recommend it?

    i wish i know, will try it when i need it, the cost is not that big deal and (one bottle scotch :D ), thought it is big but it is the size of cigarette packet. i think it is worth it compared to the price and some nice things we are hearing about, if it was usefull for one shitty time then...
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    Soyo TechAID debug card, would you recommend it?

    just back from computergeeks, bought the soyo techaid @ $32.31 with the tax. those guys are great, big and very nice 3 floor building (seems they just moved) for their local and international shipments, had a look on their customer support ppl (around 50 each with headphone :D ), then went to...
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    Soyo TechAID debug card, would you recommend it?

    thanks guys. was planing to pick up one from compusa, i forgot that newegg carrys it for $29 + tx and shipping, also just check compgeeks and there price is $27.95 + tax and shipping will be same as newegg. seems no one has it for $20 seems everybody recommend it, i am gonna order it...
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    Soyo TechAID debug card, would you recommend it?

    have you tried this debug card and found it useful? or havve you heard good things about it? does it perform decent and precise job in pointing to the exact problem? is it worth to pay around $50? or printing out the error codes for the bioses should be fair enough and take the place of the...
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    Received New FX-55 with seal broken

    he already back fired it to TD
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    Received New FX-55 with seal broken

    agree, get raptor wd74g, not the wd36g and keep the other drive you currently own for your bad habbits ;) if you ordered the raptor now it will arrive with the cpu at the same time or maybe before the cpu.
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    Attention All Amd Cpu Owners!

    how did you kill the cpu? and what did you tell them when they asked you what happened? maybe they refused to rma it because you told them you were trying to overclock it and changed the fun, therefore they considered the warrantee is void since you tried to overclock it
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