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    MS Lifechat LX-3000 headset and MS 360 wireless reciever for windows.

    Just received this headset from club.live.com. When the x360 reciever is hooked up and working the headset does not, it buzzes, and any sound is very garbled. After a reboot and removal, the headset works perfectly. Any ideas what this could be? If I added the slot USB ports would this make...
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    Anti-Aliasing in Bioshock?

    Actually forcing it on a driver level does accomplish something. See here : http://forums.tweakguides.com/showthread.php?p=71850#post71850
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    Building a new system - Not sure which OS to choose

    Asia911, Catweazle has a valid point. You "punched" first with the personal attack and there was no need for that. Def not something MS will be patching. I uses K++ and can play anything I want. Never had any issues. Regardless of terrible driver support by 3rd parties companies, this once...
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    Vista will not boot after uninstalling chipset.

    After noticing Nvidia released a new nforce 4 chipset driver I decided to update. I uninstalled the old chipset and rebooted. When I rebooted I was immediately greeted with advanced boot options, I chose start as normal. Computer rebooted again. I chose safe mode, same thing once again occurred...
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    [Ubuntu issue] programs no longer minimize to "tray"

    Not quite what I was looking for, but found it. "Notification Area" is what I needed! Thanks
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    [Ubuntu issue] programs no longer minimize to "tray"

    Today I was attempting to arrange my top panel, instead I clicked "remove from panel" on a running program. The prog was pidgin. Now it will no longer minimize to top right of panel as a running prog, it will only minimize to the bottom panel as a open window. I have made sure the pidgin...
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    Blurry monitor in Vista!

    So fast you didnt even read the thread to see he has vista.
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    Stuck motherboard screw

    The riser is spinning. Take off the other side, hold the riser threads with a pliers and unscrew the screw from the mobo.
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    Best way to dual boot Vista and Linux with vista already installed?

    yeah I have actually I get a bootmgr error with vista, rebuilt the BCD. That didnt even help it would then only boot into vista if I had my vista disc in the drive. Basically I think grub looks to another partiton for the linux install. Hence it incorrectly saying its located in (hd0,1). It...
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    Best way to dual boot Vista and Linux with vista already installed?

    Thats exactly what I did, when I select the Ubuntu when booting it give me error 22 no such partition.
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    Best way to dual boot Vista and Linux with vista already installed?

    Alright, I tried this with those options and I get cannot mount on selected partition. However, the partition it list is (hd2,1) and that is not where it is installed. It is actually installed on (sda,2). I tried to setup that and it says error while parsing. I was actually able to get an...
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    Best way to dual boot Vista and Linux with vista already installed?

    Alright, I did this, selected the ubuntu option and it just goes to a blank screen with a blinking cursor, no HDD activity. I sleected the correct HDD and the partition location. When I go to overview in easybcd this is what I see Only thing I can figure is it is seeing it as Drive c...
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    Best way to dual boot Vista and Linux with vista already installed?

    Ok this is what I have: I select /dev/sda2 then hit forward, enter my user name information. It starts to format then gives me that error.
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    Best way to dual boot Vista and Linux with vista already installed?

    Ok, so now I get this message. I have selected ext 3 with mount point of "\". I have put it at the end of the HDD. Recommendations? edit: I got it, realized what it was referring too...lol
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    Best way to dual boot Vista and Linux with vista already installed?

    when Im creating the partion and using the manual options, what do I set the use as option as? By default its selects ext 3. Also should I put it before or at the end of my windows partition? Primary or Logical?
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    Best way to dual boot Vista and Linux with vista already installed?

    isnt there some vista prog that does this stuff? Vistaboot pro or something?
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    Best way to dual boot Vista and Linux with vista already installed?

    Im a n00b when it comes to linux, could you be more specific?
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    Best way to dual boot Vista and Linux with vista already installed?

    What is the best way to do dual boot with ubuntu 7 without disturbing my vista partition or creating any vista boot errors like bootmgr missing ets?
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    EVGA has really gone down the tubes haven't they

    Update: I recieved my card, first intial install caused a no post. Played with it a bit and got it to post. Now, my FPS in counterstrike dropped from 106 to 70FPS and I lost a couple hundred points in 3dmark. Ive emailed Joe.
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    old stuff: 4000+ max O/C temp ??

    I have the same chip, same clock with same voltage readings. I idle between 29-33 and max load is about 36-39. Have you thought about removing the IHS?
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    EVGA has really gone down the tubes haven't they

    Yeah, and this was definitely sent ground. Oh well, I guess theres nothing that can be done at this point. I am just disappointed on how it was handled, specially because it seems as it was being "handled" at one point to my satisfaction. If I open the box, and see a nice new 7950GT...
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    EVGA RMA Problems. :(

    I just posted in the other eVGA thread, and I find it interesting all these are popping up now. There clearly is something going on here. It is nice eVGA has presence in 3rd party threads. Ive always felt, forum activity on more than the official forum is always a good customer service venture.
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    EVGA has really gone down the tubes haven't they

    well check this out. I recently setup an RMA for my 7600gt. I got an email back telling me I needed a reciept, but that card was also a previous RMA. I emailed the generic RMA email address and actually got a reply from a manager. So I took the opportunity and dumped my whole story on him...
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    so many little problem with Vista

    ^clearly vistas fault right?
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    Vista home network issue [One HDD from each machine not accessable while others are]

    I have a home network setup with 2 vista machines and one XP notebook. On each of the vista machines, after sharing a specific HDD one HDD of the share can not be accessed. On my G/F Machine she can not access my D: HDD which is just a media drive. On my machine I can not access the same. It...
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    System No post for 3 days now posting???

    So a few days ago I received my motherboard back from MSI RMA. Installed it, as well as installed a new SATA WD Cavier HDD. All was well for about 4 days. I had OC my machine to my previous stable OC found here: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1167639 Fast forward to 2 days ago, I...
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    Could this really be possible w/Vista...(thinkin Dell rep is full of it)

    Being a former Dell employee, you can actually order a system without an OS from the small business segment.
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    Strange Zalman Heatsink Mounting?!

    http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinstruct/as5/ins_as5_singlecore_wcap.pdf Different folks put on AS5 different ways. Some spread with a CC into a layer, others put a dot in the middle and let the heatsink do the work, which is what you did (and I do). Artic silver actually recommends that...
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    Will wireless mouse affect 2.4ghz router?

    Yeah, I m already kind of hurting as far as my wireless signal goes. Ill probably just pick this one up, to assure there are no issues at all. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104191 I use my x360 for a media center extender and the current apartment I live in has...
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    Will wireless mouse affect 2.4ghz router?

    I have been eyeing this mouse for a while: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104015 I just couldnt ever bring myself to spend 100.00 bucks on a mouse. Compusa now has this mouse for 89.99 with 30% off and I think Im going to make the jump However, I have a D-Link...
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    Whats pretty much the highest speed through OCing you can get on a 939 cpu?

    I have a 4000. currently stable at 3.0. Max load temps of 36-38 depending on temp of house. Air cooled.
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    Low on coolant...and don't know what to use

    Radioshack sells thermal take products. Last week I noticed they had the thermal take coolant.
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    Download Vista, Family plan, Have you had problems? Post your story here.

    As I said it was nothing personal, please understand that this is the perspective of someone on the other side. I don't really appreciate being called anti-American, because that is not the case. I never once directly insulted you. You would rather insult then to take a moment to consider what...
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    Download Vista, Family plan, Have you had problems? Post your story here.

    Before I say this, I would just like to state that this isn't personal. Working in the tech field for the last few years, I for one am getting tired of hearing people complain about outsourcing. This last past year, before I relocated I worked in a high tier tech escalations dept. for one of the...
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    Move partition on vista?

    Im running Vista x86 ultimate. I have just reinstalled and want to confige my page file. I have created a new partiton via windows disk management using shrink partition. Is there anyway to move that partition to the front of the others using windows disk management or will I have to get...
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    What is this problem?

    When my old 6600gt died, this happened. RMA time on the vid card.
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    EVGA 7600gt Bios and how to determine revision.

    OK, flashed with stock and everything seems to be fine, in terms of artifacts in windows. I called eVGA today escalated and attempted to setup a cross shipping RMA and got nowhere. When I upgrade I doubt I will buy anything eVGA again.
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