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    Upgrading my Ram for Vista

    Thanks, I decided to play it safe and found a place selling for under $100 bucks.
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    Upgrading my Ram for Vista

    Well i was searching other sites for the ram I have in my machine and have been seeing them for under $100 so I am thinking that the $277 is inflated for some reason. So I will go with the PC2-5300. There is no problems mixing the two speeds in my machine is there?
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    Upgrading my Ram for Vista

    A few months I bought a new comp with this: Corsair Value Select PC2-4200 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-533 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit Now I am looking to upgrade to 4gb and want to buy a couple more sticks. Checking out the price for the above it is $277 still however the slightly faster speed...
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    New comp wont connect to router

    I tried resetting the router with no luck. Took a step backwards now as I cannot connect to the cable modem anymore. Get the same problem. Updated the bios drivers and tried different cables all with no luck. I'm starting to think the lan adapter on the motherboard is faulty.
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    New comp wont connect to router

    Hi Jack, The tcp/ip properties were all set properly. Not sure about the winsock items but I did run the check and it said it was ok. I should have mentioned, if I bypass the router and go directly to the cable modem I get an ip just fine. But I need to go through the router so both pc's are...
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    New comp wont connect to router

    Just built my new system using a P5B-E motherboard which has the Attansic Gigabyte Lan. My old computer has no problems connecting to the Linksys BEFSR41b router and obtaining an IP from it. However the new pc's connection 'flickers' on and off every second. the system event log shows...
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    this the right choices?

    I want to upgrade my existing 2.4ghz Intel system but I have been out of the loop, hardware wise, for quite some time and have no idea if what I want is what I need. I mostly game with my PC and do not intend to bother overclocking it. Playing Oblivion is my short term goal for the thing...