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    having a freezing problem w/ Q6600 + UD3R

    Unclear at to the model of Gskill you're running but I have pretty much the same setup right down to CPU, Gskill 4gb Ram, motherboard, and monitor. I've had it overclocked to 3GHz 24/7 for 6 months without hiccup. Before messing with your hardware, rule out if its a virus or spyware. Having done...
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    Bad PSU?

    Thanks MP. After some further analysis, I believe the problem is the pc is going into sleep mode instead of the screensaver coming on and the pc can't come out of sleep mode unless I disconnect the power supply before restarting. Anyone know how to change Vista so sleep mode is not enabled?
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    Bad PSU?

    So I have my HTPC setup in Silverstone Lascala 13 case and it's been on most of the time and giving me minor headaches once in a while with BSOD. One day, I turned it on a and all that was there was a black screen with the cursor appearing after the WINDOWS logo came on. I was running XP at the...
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    Raid, IEEE 1394, and Multimedia Controller

    I swapped out a Sapphire x600 xt for an Asus 1950 pro and reseated my tv tuner card and now every time I reboot, I get prompted that new hardware was found and that drivers for the aforementioned "OTHER" devices need to be installed. I have reinstalled, updated, uninstalled and reinstalled in...
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    Please Recommend me a Stable Motherboard (no budget)

    Just out of curiousity, what ABIT board are you having problems with? I would suggest the ABIT AT8 32x as its got great features and going for a great price if you can find one.
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    The *Official* MSI K8NGM2-FID GeForce 6150 Motherboard Thread

    Sound like a memory problem to me. Have you run memtest yet? While testing try one stick at a time as well.
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    Biostar or Foxconn ? Geoforce 6100 mobo

    Don't know much about that board but I would get one with a DVI jack as well as a VGA. I recently built a budget pc with a Foxconn 6150BK8MC-KRSH and it worked out well. Has all the bells and whistles except firewire. It also has hi def audio with a digital header on the board. You would need to...
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    Biostar or Foxconn ? Geoforce 6100 mobo

    Just my two cents but pay a few dollars more and get any skt 939 mobo with 6150 gfx and 430 northbridge combo. Better feature set and gfx than the 2 you're looking at.
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    DDR 400 2 x 256 vs 2 x 512 for Win XP Pro?

    Building a budget pc for a relative and want to save them some cash. I know that more memory is better than less....blah blah blah. It will only be used for minor photo editing, internet surfing and word processing. Will I notice a difference in speed if I use 2 x 512 vs 2 x 256? I am using an...
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    The *Official* MSI K8NGM2-FID GeForce 6150 Motherboard Thread

    Using an old Winchester skt 939 I have hanging around for a new build I'm doing and want to know if the K8NGM2-FID overclocks the same as the NBP version? Is the bios the same for both? I would prefer to get the FID version but I haven't been able to find any in Canada. I am also looking at...
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    Printer CD installation requires missing cryptography registry keys

    For whatever reason, when I try to load my printer installation cd, I get prompted saying that three dll files are missing along with their corresponding reg keys. I installed the dll files but I need the reg keys as well. They all have to do with cryptography. From what I understand these reg...
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    No bios details on bootup

    Both. I can't see the bios detials like I use to and when I do hit delete, the pc may be going into the bios but the screen remains in hibernate mode. The screen only initializes when the Windows logo gets displayed.
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    No bios details on bootup

    I loaded MCE 2005 on a little while ago and didn't have a problem accessing the bios after the install. Suddenly, my monitor isn't being initialized until the Windows logon screen appears and I no longer can view or enter the bios details during the bootup process. The pc seems to run fine once...
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    No bios details on bootup

    I loaded MCE 2005 on a little while ago and didn't have a problem accessing the bios after the install. Suddenly, my monitor isn't being initialized until the Windows logon screen appears and I no longer can view or enter the bios details during the bootup process. The pc seems run fine once...
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    Help :(

    If you have tested the ram and it's fine, I would try to reinstall windows. My guess would be the hard drive is faulty and your not likely going to get thru the installation if it is. If you do, the installation may correct your problem. My hard drive recently went bad due to a power...