Recent content by Matt16978

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    Transferring Files

    thank you all. I had the crossover cable, but as things turned out, I forgot to disable Norton on both systems. Once I did that, things went fine and now I'm up and running
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    Transferring Files

    I am trying to transfer most of my old data on my 2k machine to my new xp machine. On the xp box I have firewire, usb 2.0 and a LAN connection (RJ 45), while on my old win 2k box I have usb 2.0, and RJ 45 and a firewire port through my audigy 2 soundcard. I hook them up through firewire and xp...
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    Setting Up SATA RAID

    I am getting a new computer: Athlon 64 3400 w/ 1mb cache ASUS K8V SE Deluxe (754, kt800) 2x 160gb maxtor sata drives win xp prof and I want to setup a SATA RAID 1 array. Since this is my first time with raid, I was wondering what steps are necessary in order the have the raid 1 setup with the...
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    Delete double post

    Delete this
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    200GB Western Digital Special Edition ATA w/ 8MB cahce for $89.99!!

    Here it is There is a rebate which you have to send in, but I have never seen drive space this cheap.
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    can someone explain the difference between communism and socialism?

    First, there are many gradations of both socialism and communism. Having said that, in pure communism (this is Marxist), all the means of production are owned communally by the proliteriate and the state's only function is as a coordinator to make sure the supplies go where they are needed...
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    Questions about V-Sync

    From what little I understand, enabling v-sync changes my monitor's refresh rate on the fly to match the current frame rate of whatever game I am playing. This comes at a preformance hit, but elimnates "pixil tearing" (which I am unfamiliar with). I am wondering if enabling v-sync is worth the...
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    Which company's 5900 non-ultra card is the best?

    In the past, it was gainward nvidia cards that ruled the top (along with leadtek). However, I am planning to buy a gfx 5900nu and I want to know if there is a specific tpye that is better than the rest (and also which companies make cards that are lemons). Searching newegg, I have found...
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    Need help locating a case

    A friend of mine (one experianced in hardware and a longtime member of this board) told me about a case that was fan less and was itself a giant heat pipe. Just wondering if anyone knows whether or not such a case does exist or is in the works, and what it is called.
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    IRQ conflict causing DVD skipping

    Here are my specs: gf4 ti4200 w 30.82 drivers audigy gamer (PCI 2) with creative driver updates Linksys network card (PCI 5) A7V266-E w/ Athalon xp 1700+ 430 watt enermax ps 16x pioneer slot load atapi dvd drive attached with ata 100 cable power dvd 4.0 xp with patch windows 2000 sp3 also I have...