Recent content by nVidiaAddict

  1. N

    gmail and thunderbird

    sweetness...it worked. thanks. keep it up AnandTech! good stuff comin from you guys and keepin all of us from huge TechSupport bills and the like. much appreciated. peace.
  2. N

    gmail and thunderbird

    how can i get my gmail account to show up with the thunderbird email client? i've already got one acct that i can view using t-bird, but i wanted to be able to view my newly created gmail account too. how can i do that? is it pop3 or imap? how do i set it up on tbird so it actually works and i...
  3. N

    constant restarts

    thanks man...i ended up, like i said, switchin back to the agp-muffed-up mobo, reformatted, and its running smoothly (tho the agp is still registerin PCI x0 for some reason...i dont have PCI-E on my mobo, so i really cant explain that sh-t. eitherway, its running a bit smoother with the...
  4. N

    constant restarts

    well, the question is still needed answering, but i've gone back to my previous working (except for the agp port, which pisses me off to noooo end) config. atleast i have a computer...my other config, the one listed in the specs on my most recent post, went down the sh-tter, and i had to go...
  5. N

    My CD-ROM isn't reading disks

    ik u've said u've check the cables, but try this: go to the cd-rom drive in question, disconnect EVERY LAST CABLE WHATEVER from the back of the drive (ide and power, etc). RE-plug them BACK in. restart. go into my comp, then look for the drive letter that'd correspond to ur cdrom. also...
  6. N

    constant restarts

    well, i think i may have fixed the constant restarting (disabled S.M.A.R.T. disc from BIOS when i initially enabled it). but another things kinda screwy too. even tho its the demo, when i play the demo of doom3, i can play for like less than 5 min, and it either throws an error (the kind u can...
  7. N

    constant restarts

    no... oddly enuf....when i took the hdd from my one computer with the nonworkin agp, and put that same hdd in the other tower i have (the one with the motherboard i'm usin now), and booted up, it booted like it should have and i didnt need to reinstall windows. which was quite surpising...
  8. N

    constant restarts

    aright...i just installed a new mobo for my comp (as shown in my updated specs, which include StarTech 400W PS), booted up fine, and all, got the agp workin smoothly, installed my audigy sound card, my fx5200, all that stuff (didnt have to reformat which was wierd tho, but hey, i'll take it ne...
  9. N

    half life decrytion messed upness

    aright...heres some stuff: i deleted the Valve Program Files folder (as well as some others i didnt need cuz the app was gone already), now what? i was thinkin about just making due with what i've got for now, then after mid-may, i'm goin to get a new mobo and new video card (either a...
  10. N

    half life decrytion messed upness

    ok...sorry bout the email in the post...muh bad. what exactly is starting from the top? i've installed it, and only gotten to the 20% again for total decryption. i uninstalled everything!! went thro add/remove and uninstalled steam and hl2 (even tho it only showed 212mb for the...
  11. N

    lock up, reboots problems after new video card

    oooook....check this out for size...this may/maynot help in a previous post....montag451...said to do something called, or similar to, a "clean boot". thats when u pretty much have the basics of basic schtuff runnin when u start up and are on ur desktop (e.g. at this moment, i've got 43...
  12. N

    half life decrytion messed upness

    hey peeps...whats goin on. here's my deal...and it may be a lil long, or short...depending on ur view...lol....with steam and HL2: over Xmas break, i went to Target and BOUGHT a copy of HL2 for 45bucks. i took it back to college with me, installed the thing, went thru the whole...