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    Maxtor Drive Suddenly Quit Working

    Update, Seagate fixed the drive for free and returned it working with data intact. awesome! sorry for the revive but i think it's important to end the story with the fact that Seagate/Maxtor handled the issue admirably.
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    Maxtor Drive Suddenly Quit Working

    i had seen similar things on the subject. looking for feedback from people who corrected the issue or dealt with seagate and got it fixed. i'm shipping my drive tonight or tomorrow morning.
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    Maxtor Drive Suddenly Quit Working

    i strongly suggest that...and update your firmware too. backup everything before updating firmware. lots of people have problems updating firmware.
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    Maxtor Drive Suddenly Quit Working

    Maxtor Drive Suddenly Quit Working The bios doesn't see it anymore. It makes a somewhat of a clicking sound. It has valuable data I would like to get out of it. I see there is a firmware update available but don't know how to flash it since bios doesn't see drive. Model:stm31000334as P/N...
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    ATI HD-5770, is 8,965 a low 3dMark 06 score?

    I went from a ATI x1950 pro 256 MB and getting 30 to 40 fps on Battlefield 2142 using medium settings on my P4 3.0 ghz and DDR2667 RAM, to maxing the game out with my C2D6750 and DDR2 800 RAM and consistenly getting 60+ fps. Yes the CPU and Ram make a huge difference. There are bunch of...
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    Call of Duty 4 COD4 Server Browser High Pings

    I've never had a problem with all the other games i play. I will give that a shot and see when i get home tonight.
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    Call of Duty 4 doesn't like my router! What's up?

    I forwarded one port and it didn't help me. did that truly solve your problem? what port did you forward? did you increase max connections? any other steps?
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    What five games have eaten the most of your life?

    battlefield 2142
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    Why does UT3 peg both of my CPUs at 100%

    game design, UT3 uses the cpu more than GPU....they wanted to make it easier for people to run it.
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    Gears of War: This is a tough game

    i'm thinking about playing cod 4 on a harder setting but normal was hard enough!
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    Anyone else almost done with EA?

    i feel your pain. EA's support and follow up to games like Battlefield sucks ass
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    I need help with this COD4 problem

    they need to fix the cod 4 server browser. it pings 15000 servers and give you only a few with reasonable pings and a few more with mega high pings and when you joing those the ping is fine. they need to fix it.
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    cod4 ping issues

    when someone tells you, i want to know.
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    Is BF2 still a popular game?

    YES, LOT OF PEOPLE STILL PLAY IT AND THERE ARE A TON OF GOOD MODS OUT THERE but i like bf2142 better
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    UT3 Officially sucks

    THAT'S EXACTLY THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH IT, WE NEED MORE PEOPLE PLAYING THOUGH.... ALL THE PEOPLE WHO OWN UT3 AND ARE PLAYING THE OLD ONES NEED TO COME UP AND PLAY UT3, THE GAME IS REALLY POLISHED IN THE LATEST PATCH