Recent content by imperium95

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    Converting 20-pin ATX to 24-pin?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812101121 As long as you are sure your PSU will otherwise conform to ATX 2.0 standards, then I believe the above link is what you need.
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    My big-time gaming/everything rig build...

    Looks pretty awesome. I have a P5W and I like it very much. The only thing I would add is perhaps a change in video card to fully take advantage of some of the features of the P5W. I am sure the nvidia card is pretty sweet but perhaps you can consider a pair of ATI x1950XTX's or something...
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    Serious PC Problem!!

    Honestly, I don't know what the best/easiest method is. I would maybe start with clearing out your startup folder. Maybe you'll be lucky and the problem was just with a program that loads at startup. Take a look at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434 It seems a bit involved but this...
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    Ram configuration

    yes it is
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    Serious PC Problem!!

    Have you performed any driver updates or changes just prior to your system freaking out? Perhaps a driver for some device has been corrupted and needs to be reinstalled in safe mode.
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    Ram configuration

    Are there any performance benefits from running 2x 1GB DDR2 modules instead of 4x 512MB? Any particular configuration better than the other? Thanks, Mike
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    Video issues

    sorry, *bump*
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    Video issues

    The decoder I'm using is whatever is installed with PowerDVD v6. I don't recall having this issue on my previous windows installation with the same PowerDVD install.
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    Video issues

    Lately I have had issues with my video and display in general and I can't seem to diagnose the source. Both TV and DVD movies have issues with white balance. Games and the desktop all look great, but the tv (i have a leadtek PVR2000) and movies don't look good. The image is a bit grainy (which i...
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    Two questions...

    I have a couple of general questions. About 2 weeks ago my p4 system fried itself. I have no idea what happend actually, other than my comp started turning itself on and off again very quickly and then I smelled the horrible odor of burning plastic. The south bridge of my P4B had a melt down...
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    Direction of heatsink Fan

    All the stock coolers I have ever seen all pull air away from the heatsink/cpu... Every after market I run into has suggested the same.
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    Dell 2005FPW & 2405FPW vs. 1905FP & 2001FP

    Never had a problem with ghosting with a dell monitor and they are generally considered top class monitors. (I play HL2, BF2, jedi knight II/academy, etc.) I have a 2005fpw and I love it. What a great monitor and you can get it for a great price with coupons + a sale. I got mine for little...
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    Heat spreaders on ram

    Are you sure? I would imagine aluminum heat spreaders would have a higher rate of transfer of heat to the surrounding air than the ram chip material would. In other words, I think aluminum would give up heat more readily than the ram chip ceramic. Any heatspreader isn't spreading heat out...
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    Looking at a new lcd

    What dell site are you looking at? I see it for $699 (which is way expensive, it was about $500 a couple of weeks ago without rebates/coupons) Coupons aren't on the dell site. Check the hotdeals forum, coupons are posted there on a regular basis. Google for other sites that post coupons...
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    Best power supply for my set up?

    Can't go wrong with a Seasonic S12 500W or 600W