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    Antec 500 watt and HD6950?

    http://www.antec.com/specs/SP500_spe.html Power supply in question. Basically will this handle a 6950(going to try the 6970 bios) and a new Sandy bridge platform? I have one hard drive, one optical drive and will be adding an ssd.
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    Trouble with laptop

    So, a friend from work asked me to look at his laptop for him. He first complained of random restarts and BSOD It's a Toshiba a45-s120 running windows xp. When I turn it on, it tells me Windows didn't start successfully and gives me the options of safe mode, safe mode with networking etc...
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    Looking at two tv's...

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9239399&type=product&id=1218065984837 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9234492&type=product&id=1218064392605 And I was just wondering, is there any reason I shouldn't get the plasma? I plan on watching movies and gaming on it...
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    Windows 7 question/help

    I recently decided to switch back to XP from W7 due to my OS drive only being 36GB and running out of room very quickly. After I switched back, everything seemed fine until I decided to open some folders on my other drive. These folders gave me an access denied error when I tried to open...
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    Having trouble staying stable at 266Mhz FSB

    My computer is in my sig. I really don't know what is going on here, but I can run my processor at 266 fsb at stock vcore for 21+ hours on orthos. But as soon as I restart my computer, when it goes to post it gets all whacky, and shuts off, at which point I have to remove the battery from the...
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    Intense DS3 Problem.

    The darn thing wont post, no matter what I do. I've left out the ram, no beeps. I've left out the graphics card, no beeps. I've left the graphics card unplugged, no beeps. I've tried a different card, no beeps. I've reset the bios with the battery and the pins... I've taken apart and...
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    TV problem

    I can't get a picture from my computer to my TV. It worked fine with a composite cable, but I bought a DVI to Component cable today and now it doesn't want to work. The TV is a Sylvania 6632LCT, the computer in question is in sig. Any reasons it would be doing this?
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    Annoying problem..

    Alright, so the most gaming I do is unreal 1 and nfsu2... not really demanding, (especially unreal) I'm getting >20 fps in both games. nfsu2 is at 1024x768 and unreal is at 1280x1024.. no aa, af or anything of that sort.. I reformatted after a virus so I went with the 7.1 drivers which i...
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    Just Great...

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    CD-RW Problems

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    TV Wonder pro

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    Audio issues.

    I have my computer (audigy 2 zs) hooked up to my receiver with a mini to rca cable. Everything is working fine, except when playing MP3's I get fluctuation in volume, and when I play video files, the music or sound effects in the file plays at a regular volume, but the voices are very low...
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    Receiver troubles..

    Ok, so I got a new receiver for christmas, which is the pioneer VSX-816-K/S ( http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/v3/pg/product/details/0,,2076_310069809_299915436,00.html ) I have my computer hooked up (sb audigy 2 zs) to it via mini to optical as recommended by another [H] user. The...
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    HTPC newb with a few questions.

    I just need some answers to some hopefully, easy questions. Any help is appreciated. 1. What is the best way to hook up a SB Audigy 2 to a receiver. 2. Most receivers in my price range only have component inputs, no hdmi, is this ok? and if not what receiver would you recommend. 3. What...
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    Does Any One Else Have This Problem?

    I just bought an Antec P180B, and in anticipation of buying an 8800GTX i put my hard drives in the lower drive cage, which has the hard drives mounted vertically. Now I started having problems when doing anything hard drive intensive, loading a game, downloading something, what ever. So I...
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    Something I never thought I would see.

    Just saw a dell commercial advertising Athlon X2's. Eerie...
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    Processor failed?

    So, a few months back i decided to dust out my case using some compressed air. I go to turn my computer back on and it hangs, im thinking.. what gives? So I reset the BIOS manually and go back into the BIOS and set my Athlon XP-M 2400+ 35 watt to stock (was running at 1.825 vcore and 200x12.5)...
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    What does 65nm mean for AMD?

    "AMD IS GEARING up its latest baby, its Fab 36 factory based in Dresden, Germany. I visited Dresden two weeks ago, which is when the ramp up began. The first 12-inch wafers are already in production. While the reps declined to comment what processors are being printed on the wafers, the press...
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    Problems..

    I think this is a power related issue so ill post it here. I woke up one morning to find all of my fans spinning, besides my cpu fan and the 2 fans i have connected to my mobo. I'm thinking "well great i just blew my motherboard or psu". But I figured itd be easier for me to check and see if...
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    DFI Lanparty nf4...What memory?

    I plan on buying one of these boards soon, and do some heavy overclocking with it, so I'd like the memory to match. What memory would best go with this board and a venice core processor? I've heard that the venice cores dont like certain types of memory? I think it was tccd.. I could be wrong...
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    Linksys trouble.

    Ok, so this christmas I was given an 8-port linksys router. Well, I try setting it up using the setup wizard that came with the router. It would get all the way to step five I think, and it would tell me it cannot connect to the router. So I try reseting my modem, reseting the router, no matter...
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    Water fountain as a water chiller?

    Well, my dad has this water fountain, just like the ones near public bathrooms... its totally self contained and i was thinking since itll make the water cooler than any radiator/fan setup and its free I would use that. The only problem is that the tube's that i would use to attach it to the...
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    Overclocking the p4 3.0c

    Ok, my friend just got the p4c800 and a 3.0c and I agreed to help him overclock it. I'm just looking for the basics here, since i havent oced anything besides xp's. #1. What are max voltages for p4 c's? #2. What are good memory timings for p4 c's? #3. Please explain the whole divider...
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    Quick Questions

    Ok heres the situation, I plan on moving 2 existing computers to my basement, and building 1 more and seting it up down there. But 2 computers have to stay up stairs, 1 computer my mom works on and the 2nd I use as an HTPC. So our cable connection is upstairs in my moms office along with the...
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    Denatured Alcohol

    Stopped by wal-mart.. and i couldnt find any 98% isopropyl alcohol as it was suggested to clean my heatsink with. so i came home and realized i have some denatured alcohol in my garage, is this ok to use on a heatsink and processor?
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    Best way to clean heat sink and apply thermal paste?

    The title pretty much says it all. I have vague memories of 98% alcohol and applying thermal paste with coffee filters? :confused: Eh, any way thanks for the help. :)
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    Good monitoring program?

    The program that came with my motherboard, abitEQ, doesnt work. every time i try to open it it gives an error. same thing with MBM 5, it says "privaleged instruction" or something of that sort, it said to set system to "boot" udring the install if that happened, i did but nothing changed. So...
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    Too Hot?

    Ive been playing with my new processor, and right now with prime 95 running and a few other things, its at 53 C, guess that would be load because its never gone above 54. Is this to hot?
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    NF7-S and Raptor problems

    This is really getting me mad :mad: Well, I got a NF7-S and a raptor today, set it all up and it seems to be fine. Go to install windows and everything loads, get to the screen where it asks to either install windows or repair it. If i try either windows says it cant detect any hard drives...
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    Hard drive problems, need help quick

    So i just got a new mobo processor and hard drive. I set it all up, i go to install windows and it loads everything, gets to the screen that gives you the option to install windows repair it or quit. When i choose to install it, it says it cannot find any hard drives. I have an nf7-s and a wd...
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    Mobile XP steppings

    Just got my 35 watt 2400+ from the egg, stepping IQYHA 0402 is it any good?
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    AC cooling

    I have a spare window AC that no one in my house is using. Ill be moving my computer into my basement soon, right next to a window. I was thinking of either putting the ac right next to my case with some sort of shroud and a shroud on the back with a hose leading to the window, or have the ac...
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    Networking

    Hey, I really have no idea about networking beyong connecting computers to routers. This stuff really interests me and I'd like to learn what this stuff is all about. Can any one suggest where to start out? Maybe a website or book, just to learn some of the basics. Thanks :)
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    Mobile XP

    Got some questions... 1. theres everything from the xp-m 2200+ to xp-m 3000+ which would be the best to over clock? 2. how much of a performance increase would i see going from a 2500+ to a oc'ed moblie (hopefully at least 2.4Ghz) 3. is there any stepping i should be looking for or are...
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    Mobile 64's?

    Every ones all hyped up about the mobile bartons. (Which are great btw) But what about 64's? Any one try overclocking these? Or is there something holding people back, like no compatible mobo's Or is there even mobile athlon 64's?? :confused:
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    How well do 9600 (non pro's) Overclock?

    Subject pretty much speaks for itself. Is it possible to get these cards to 9600 pro speeds, or XT speeds with the proper cooling?
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    Looking for a new Video Card...

    I'm looking for a new video card but I want to buy a sound card also and I'm on sort of a small budget. So i was looking at the 9500 (non pro) from new egg for 130 dollars. So I have a couple of questions How does this card compare to the 9600 and 9700? and Is the card worth the 130...
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    Athlon 64's

    Ok, so before all these processors came out I kept reading that the hypertransport is THE SAME and the processor clock... Am I missing something here?
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    Just Great...

    I just bought an optorite dvd/cd burner... So, I install the software, reboot... try to burn a dvd, it starts.. goes for a while, and then i get a run time error??? So I go to my computer.. it sees it as a cd-rom drive all of the sudden.. so i reboot.. same thing went to the optorite...
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