Recent content by hawk710

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    Building a new computer for christmas/new years

    I have "enable ATI Overdrive" checked and moved the GPU clock to 875 and Memory clock to 1275. Ran the "test custom clocks" and it tested out fine. when I uncheck the "enable ati overdrive" there's no more flickering in the screen
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    Building a new computer for christmas/new years

    So everything's been working great. I haven't started overclocking the cpu yet(but planning on try it out this weekend). However I'm noticing tearing and flickering when I move things around in windows. I've read that this is due to the ati overdrive in the catalyst control center. Is that...
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    Toshiba laptop with external monitor?

    Is there anyway to bootup a laptop and have it display directly to an external monitor? I'm pretty sure my toshiba laptop backlight died and i've tried fn f5 right at the start and it's not posting to the external monitor.
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    Building a new computer for christmas/new years

    ok ran this baby for a few days and it seems like without OC the cpu/ram/system is stable! Thank you guys for all the help on my first build!! :) :) Im trying to buy an extra SATA cable for my harddrive but I'm finding there's SATA, eSATA, SATA II, SATA III? Does my Mobo support the highest...
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    best black and white laser printer

    what does "chipped" toner cartridge mean? one of the adjacent offices has a 4050 I believe. I was looking on ebay but noticed there's a 4050tn, 4050n, 4050t, never knew there was so much choice!
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    Building a new computer for christmas/new years

    absolutely agreed! :) I'm reading up on overclock.net website on the basics before just jumping into ocing the CPU. And playing around with catalyst just to get a little overclock on the GPU(just couldn't help myself!) Any other place that can get me some good tips for starters on CPU/GPU oc...
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    Building a new computer for christmas/new years

    Well I'm completely new to overclocking. Aren't there alot of variable such as multipliers/voltage/ram speed? Is the program that comes with my mobo easier for noobies like myself? I'm reading up on the overclocking website right now to better educate/ask questions. probably run everything...
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    best black and white laser printer

    I'm trying to buy a laser printer for my home office. Can anyone recommend a good reliable one? I am currently using a brother MLF series for faxing/printing/copying/scaning and it works great, but I need something a little more dedicated for faster printing. I have used HPs in the past and...
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    Building a new computer for christmas/new years

    I can reinstall win7, it only took like 20mins and i havent installed anything else yet. I want to install just the bare min :) The only reason I installed the few drivers cause when win7 finished installing I couldn't get on the internet to work....I think the mobo driver pack installed...
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    Building a new computer for christmas/new years

    ok finally got to work on the computer again! here's where I want to be extra careful :) my power supply came with an 8, 4, 8(6 with 2 hanging off the side) labeled pci-e, and a 6 I plugged the 8 into my atx 12v for the cpu. (is this the right one? Nothing was labeled on there and I...
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    Building a new computer for christmas/new years

    uh oh...what does that mean :(
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    Building a new computer for christmas/new years

    ok....first time powering on the computer.... everything turns on for like half a second, then goes off.....then automatically turns on again after a few seconds, then goes off....infact when I unplugged the power it even powered on for a split second. is this a power supply issue? I...
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    Building a new computer for christmas/new years

    and I should be plugging everything into the SATA slots and not the 2 GSATA slots on the mobo right? I was reading on another site that the SATA are intel based and is generaly better than the GSATA(gigabyte) version? and I am reading the mobo manual and i think the HDA is the front panel...
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    Building a new computer for christmas/new years

    getting down to the last few parts before I can turn this baby on...and hopefully (fingers crossed) everything will work the first time!! one more question.... the motherboard came with 3 cables. 2 SATA and 1 IDE? My SSD and HDD seems to both be using SATA since the IDE was too big to fit...
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    Building a new computer for christmas/new years

    The Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case was a great suggestion! So many fans :) I'm a little confused though...the top part where the power/reset/and 2 usb ports has two wires coming out. One is labeled "USB" that I know where to plug into the motheboard...