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    Call of Duty & United Offensive PROBLEMS

    HI There, has anyone had any issues with call of duty or united offensive? Since a few weeks ago everything was fine. I play call of duty & UO online all the time but the last few weeks it either crashes or freezes on me every few minutes. I've tried it without service pack 2 and with...
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    Odd Freezing in Call of Duty

    I've tried every driver u can imagine, the only one that will run without crashing completly is ones made in 2003. My machine just freezes for a second or two every couple of minutes. I've also tried 8.07 driver and disabling dep but still full crashes and a reboot is needed. Any other...
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    Any new HD technology coming out within the next 2 months?

    If ur looking for performance then get 2 Raptor SATA 1000rpm drives and run them in RAID Stripe mode. You'll get dual bandwidth speeds with low access and read times. If ur using it for games then don't install the OS on the same partition as them. Use another hard drive to hold the OS and the...
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    computer wont turn on!

    Hi there, I don't think it could be the power supply because there is activity when u press the power button. With older machines they can be a bit funny about booting if something has been changed, such as jumper setting or onboard vga external lead the wrong way etc. The first thing to do is...
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    ATI X800 XT non platinum edition

    Thank for the help so far guys. As to overclocking the card and reducing the life span, Well I renew my graphics card every year or sometimes sooner, so no issue there. Its not that the standard edition will be slow but I like to have the very best of what I can buy. Only this time it seems...
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    ATI X800 XT non platinum edition

    Hi there, I am just about to get my ATI Sapphire X800 XT non Platinum Edition card in the post soon. I wanted to ordered the Platinum Edition but it is so hard to find one, min delivery about two weeks or so. I want a card now as I have a buyer for my 9800XT and need a replacment ASAP (for half...
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    ChainTech ZNF3-250 Processor Temp Reading Wrong

    Thanks for the replies. I'm going to take your suggestions and leave it for now. I may invest in a good external temp monitor soon anyway. I'll have a more accurate reading so I can overclock with conifdence. THANKS 4 THE HELP!!!!!!!! CHOW 4 NOW
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    ChainTech ZNF3-250 Processor Temp Reading Wrong

    Hi BW86 I've reflashed my BIOS with version 2.0 and I've got my RAID system back but I'll have to reformat and install the OS again. I think I'll leave the BIOS update now untill version 4.0. But if u find out or have any suggestions about the heat problem let me know. Once again thanks...
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    ChainTech ZNF3-250 Processor Temp Reading Wrong

    My cpu is a DH7-CG. Also I downloaded the BIOS 3.0 and flashed my BIOS. I've had a nightmare!!!!! My RAID system went tits up on me!!! I've got 2x120 GB SATA Drives running Strip 0 and the BIOS flash has messed them up. I can't get into the RAID BIOS in the start-up for some reason. It gives...
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    ChainTech ZNF3-250 Processor Temp Reading Wrong

    I need Help!!!!! I have a ChainTech ZNF3-250 Motherboard with a AMD 3400 running @ 2.4Ghz 64-bit processor installed. My main problem is that the motherboad temp system (Digidoc) is telling me that it is running @ 72.0 degrees @ idle. When there is load on the processor it moves to around 80.0...
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    Odd Freezing in Call of Duty

    Hi there, I to have a Chaintech VNF3-250 with a 3400 AMD 64 bit, Connect 3D 9800 XT and 1 Gig of RAM. I have been playing COD for a few months now and I never use to have a freeze or crash untill I updated my Graphics drivers. I have found that the newer the driver the worse the crash or freeze...