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This is a revision to a prior case I had made. It is a scratch build using metal pieces from Home Depot and plexiglass, with the exception of a reused 5 1/2" bay, part of an old motherboard tray, and a Lian-Li HDD cage. Below is a picture of my previous case using the same...

I'm testing out the "Libraries" feature of Windows 7 and seem to have found one minor annoyance which I am trying to determine if it is general behaviour. If you add other folders to one of the "library" folders, say a "Rock" folder in the Music library, and then click on that folder when you...

I'm running an XFX 8600GTS in Windows XP using both the latest official (158.22) and beta (162.18) drivers. No matter what I do, I can't seem to get fan control to work properly. I've tried using NTUNE to set the speed as fixed. The first issue is that the profile won't load on startup...

I'm looking for a motherboard that has 3 PCI slots in which none are right below the main PCI-E slot. Specifically, I want use 3 PCI cards that I cannot part with and which have no PCI-E 1x alternatives (does anyone make anything for those slots besides network stuff?), while using a waterblock...

For those using the IE7 Beta 2 preview, do you have problems with the back button on occasion? I'm finding that, for example, when using google cache, or moving from some links to others, the back button history suddenly erases so that the page I"m currently on becomes the "first" page. Anyone...

While I do use my computer for a lot of things, I'm starting to realize that I invest in my computer as a gaming system and I don't have the time, nor do I often use, my computer for intense gaming. My specs are a bit old, and I don't spend more than $230 (Cdn) on video cards every 2 years...

I've been reading on the internet that the new Direct Access feature in the Nvidia Forecware drivers are causing sometimes permanent damage to CRT settings. Anyone have a problem with them, or similar experience? Being a person with a 6600GT, and FX5200, and 3 CRT monitors, I'm concerned...

I can't recall where, but I remember reading some review that suggested alt-tabbing out of games to check temps on your video cards. I wanted to ask, when you alt-tab out of your games, does everything get really slow and sluggish while reverting back to the desktop? I know when I alt...

I'm using the hack suggested by: Fixed position in IE It does work. However, any fixed width element within the "wrapper" div used to fix the positions causes the vertical scrollbar to disappear if the window is resized to a size smaller than the fixed with element. I have used the...

I've notice many issues when I try to save a website that uses CSS while using Internet explorer. However, on top of that, I am trying to work on a webpage and send the saved document to friends to look at in the design process. However, I am noticing that the images that are linked via...

Does anyone have this sound codec built into their motherboard? I'm testing it out on mine, and notice that in the Mixer part of the driver, it has no volume control for Line-In in terms of playback through the mixer. It only allows you to adjust the line in through the Recording section...

Remember how you could dock ICQ to the side of the window, and windows would maximize to it accordingly. Can the same be done with MSN Messenger?

For those of you who use multiple monitors, do you disable or leave them on while gaming. I notice when I leave them on, obviously, the resoultion on each sometimes alters or thigns shifts. However, I do notice a slight performance drop (and you cannto normally interact with windows on the...

I have UT2k4 and Far Cry, they are both 5 cd's. Is there a way to take the data and put it on a DVD-R, without having hte installer hickup when it asks for the disks?

System: p4 530J @ 4ghz 1GB DDR2 @ 712MHZ XFX 6600GT PCI-E eVGA FX5200 PCI Asus P5AD2-E Deluxe: I am finding in games such as HL2 and Far Cry that at some points, the FPS drops to literally 0 -.1 FPS, and then will occasionally return to normal. I am not referring to stuttering, as it can...

I have a problem in lego star wars where either a) the game crashes on load, or b) the video grinds to a hault when entering dexters dinner (if anyone knows what that is) while my desktop resolution is set to 1920x1440. The game is set at 1280x1024. When I set my desktop res to anything lower...

I would like to know if anyone has this problem. I run 3dmark05 and all the tests seem to run fine but the firefly test, wich runs at basically 0 fps... ALl the other tests seem to run fine.

I finally have time to play UT2K4, and notice that there aren't that many servers (at least nearly full ones) through the game itself. Are there other sources to find good servers for this game other than the servers the built-in server list produces, or is the game dieing out in this regard?

I am running XP SP2. When I install and run Sandrasoft 2005, it takes the program nearly a minute or two to load up. Is this normal?

I want to set up another drive to house all my installed applications. However, I realize at this point that if I ever format the system drive and re-install windows, I will have to reinstall all the apps. Is there a way to install applications, or take a backup, or anything, where I do not...

System: p4 530J @4.0ghz (267 FSB), 1gb Dual Channel Ram OCZ value, Asus P5AD2-E deluxe, several IDE drives, and one 250GB SATA drive. My problem is that when I do large number of file copies, the system starts to lag. That is, the mouse becomes non-responsive, there is a delay in opening...

Isn't that ridiculous? This is there are all these pc vs. next-gen console discussions. If the next gen consoles approach the level of these cards, and I mean approach, not even surpass, for the estimated price of even 500-600, that is jsut ridiculous. That is just the card. Put in a CPU...

I got a FX5200 to replace an ATI card under the impression that when using two NVidia cards, you can render OpenGL on any monitor. However, I cannot get this to work, and would like to know if anyone has gotten this to work.

Whenever I set the FSB to over 230 or so, whenever the computer is supposed to restart, it first cycles off the power, then it turns back on in a few seconds. Everything else is working perfectly. Is this normal?

One more in a slew of q's. For some reason, in my overclocking endeavours on my computer, I notice that whenver it restarts, either in the bios or in windows, the computer turns off, then it turns back on. That is, instead of staying on, it turns off and then restarts. Is this normal?

I really liked MBM when using it for my Abit BD7-Raid. However, I upgraded to a Asus P5AD2-E, and it doesn't work. The Asus PC probe is not that great. Is there another MBM-Like replacement that exists?

I just put together my system tonight, using a Swiftech mcw6002-775, a P4 530J, 3.0ghz, and the idle temp in the Hardware Monitor says 22 degrees. Is this correct? I thought it would be much higher.

On my BD7, there was an additional thermal probe header that I could connect a thermistor to to measure case temperature. I just got a P5AD2-E, and can't locate a similar header. Have these additional thermal headers become extinct?

Nothing sucks more then copying many many big files, starting it just before you go out for a few hours, thinking it will copy, then getting home and realizing a dialog box stopped the transfer after 2 minutes asking if you want to copy something. How do you copy things in Windows XP without...

I posted this at OCer's too, because it is urgent as I need to get new parts ASAP, but will put off if these are coming within days: I was just about to go buy a 530J and a 925x/xe motherboard to upgrade my 1.6A and 845D motherboard. However, now I hear about the 531s, and this new 955...

what is the backwards compatability with these things. I remember you couldn't put a 4x card in a lower slot or something like that due to voltage. Is that the same case here?

I have a GF4 ti4200, and when I open the "Advanced properties" of the card, to get to the part with the little slide panel on the left, the screen blanks out momentarily. Is this normal behaviour? This is similar to the blankout I get when I have the card set to overclock and "apply settings at...

It is unnamed, but you can see the entire project at my site. I unfortunately had no camera during it's construction so there are no "project log" type pictures, but the website has a lot of pictures that explain in detail what I did. Comments welcome! Deam's computer case website

I have installed XP on a mobo with ACPI and APIC, and it has the 24 available IRQ's, as one of the items is at IRQ23. However, despite free IRQ's not being used, XP is still sharing a few devices on the same IRQ. Is this normal (as I know you cannot change the IRQ settings in ACP-based XP...

I think I just fried my CPU, and want to get a new one. However, I like the mobo, it's a BD7-R. I know it can go up to 200 something FSB, which woudl equal an 800mhz FSB. If I got one of the new 800mhz P4 chips, would it work on this mobo if I set the FSB to 200, or would somethign prevent...

I would like to ask if anyone knows if the GF4 supports overlay on a secondary monitor using extended desktop setup. I ask because I have some difficulties with an ATI TV tuner card, and their response is that it is the video card.