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I have a Soltek K8AN2E-GR mobo (socket 754) and an Athlon 64 3200+ CPU. I'm having problems getting the CPU out of the socket. The lever won't quite reach the upright position even though it bent a bit from the force I applied to it. I've tried pulling the lever back and forth several times and...

Try running memtest86+. Also, one of your voltages might be too low.

I've noticed that I tend to get much higher fps in UMark than when actually playing through similar situations in the same level with the same image quality settings. What information normally computed by the CPU in UT2k4 or Doom 3 is obtained from the timedemo file? Assuming the timedemo is a...

^ My Hauppauge PVR-250 compresses to MPEG-2 even when I'm watching TV live. If you know of a way to get it not to compress the video, please tell me since the artifacts are quite noticeable sometimes. Hauppague is a bit vague on what the 250 does, but their product description for the 350 is...

On my Athlon Tbird @ 1133, I was able to surf the web just fine while watching TV on the Leadtek TV card. With the Hauppauge PVR-250 and 350, the encoder gets used when watching live TV, even if you're not recording. With the 250, the CPU has to decode the MPEG2 stream. The 350 has an oboard...

It's possible there was poor contact between the Zalman cooler and the VPU. You may have overheated your card or even burned it to death.

I got the information from reviews of the monitor I bought. Sometimes the manufacturer's website or some store's website may have the information. Newegg usually has several pictures of the products they carry. Also, if the monitor has two inputs, then at least one and probably both most likely...

Thanks, all. I installed my old GeForce 2 GTS in my computer (it works) and tried the 9800 Pro in a friend's computer (it doesn't work there either). No doubt about it -- the 9800 Pro is dead. Wish it had lasted longer than two months. John, my 9800 Pro is dead so I swapped in the GeForce 2...

My Radeon 9800 Pro just died. I replaced the stock cooler with an Arctic Cooling VGA silencer so my warranty is voided. If the card is dead, I'm going to replace it with a Leadtek Nvidia 6800. However, I would prefer not reinstalling Windows XP and all my programs. How do I completely remove...