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    really weird sata HD problem

    okay i have a 200gb sata 1 HD in an abit av8 after a successful install of windows i wake up the next morning to see that the computer has rebooted and brought me to the sata raid rom bios screen and it says " scan devices please wait hardware initiate failed please check device! the bios doest...
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    AV8 Dual Channel ram not working please help.

    thank you. i will give it a shot.
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    AV8 Dual Channel ram not working please help.

    thanks for posting but i think you misread what i was saying. I took the 512mb of ram out before i put the twinx 2g ram in. so the 512mb ram was in Dimm1, i took it out and replaced it with the twinx ram that sits in Dimm1 and Dimm2. dimm3 and dimm4 are un used. However this configuration does...
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    AV8 Dual Channel ram not working please help.

    I have an ABIT Av8 mobo, not sure of the bios version, but i bought it early 2005. Never had a problem with the Corsair XMS 512 ram that i had in DIMM1. now I buy corsair TWINX 2g pc3200 XMS ram, power down system, take out the old 512 mb of ram, install ram in DIMM1 and DIMM2 slots just like...
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    what is packet loss?

    thank you for your help.
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    what is packet loss?

    Hello. I would like to learn what packet loss is. I am trying to figure out why while playing my video game everything stops, and then 1 or 2 minutes later you see everything that was happening, happen in a split second. Then things start working semi normally again. I am guessing this is an...
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    Thermaltake butterfly 480w PSU

    I bought the above PSU about 5 months ago, and have had no problems with it until today. It was horrible heard a peircing noise come from my computer then, the computer shutdown. I knew right off the bat my PSU blew. But why? To my discovery a little black mark was found on the circuit board...
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    Thermaltake butterfly PSU

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    Packet Sniffing

    I was reading over my MMORPGS EULA, and I came across the term "packet sniffing". The company says it is cheating/hacking the game; I am wondering why this is, and how the game company would even know you are maliciously using the "packet sniffer"?
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    RAM n FPS

    Hello. If anyone has useful information pretaining to my problem please let me know. I am a gamer, and have recently put together a new system. However with my current set up, i am having terrible framerates, ripping in the screen, and stuttering when moving from one load point to another. I...
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    FPS and these Games

    OKay thanks for the imput.. I had a fealing more ram was gonna be the answer, or maybe overclock my CPu as well.
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    FPS and these Games

    Hello. I have recently built a whole new system, for gaming purposes. It is not where i want it to be just yet. My problem comes into play with HL2 and World of Warcraft, the two games i am playing right now. with both of them i have serious FPS drop when things get crazy. Like when more people...
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    Opening Up a Port help.

    Hello, I currently have a home network set up, that links 3 computers to the internet through a linux red hat server. However i am finding that some internet applications or games are being delayed of restricted because of the firewalls port restrictions. for instance in most games i can never...
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    CPU maxing OUT

    system: athlon 64 3000+ ABIT av8 mobo corsair 512 ddr pc3200 seagate 200 gb SATA geforce 2 GTS 64mb xp pro with SP2 I just got my system all up and running with minor difficulties. But then i started installing a new game, world of warcraft. the last time i installed it i did not have...
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    Tips For the Game PLatform

    Hello I have begun the process of building a new gaming system. I am not the most knowledgable computer person. I would like to build a system that works great for the high end games out there, such as Halflife2, WOW, DOOM 3, etc... As of now i have: 1) ABIT AV8 Mobo 2) thermaltake 480w...