Recent content by Pastie321

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    Radeon x1950Pro AGP Issues

    Tried stepping the AGP voltage up to 1.8v, to no avail. Anyone recommend a good PSU with high ampage on the 12v rail? I've got an ATX mobo, ATA HD and AGP graphics. Currently got an X-Power 500w PSU with 20A on the 12v rail, looking for 30A+. Thanks.
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    Radeon x1950Pro AGP Issues

    Recently bought one of these to get a couple more years out of my ageing system. Aware of the fairly high power requirements, but thought I would chance it to see if I could avoid a PSU upgrade. Installed - no problems, but when I tried running Oblivion, it crashed at the loading screen...
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    Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Problems

    I recently purchased said item and up until the last few days it has been great. However....a recent spell of hot weather in old blighty has coincided with a major problem with this gear. Both mouse and keyboard suddenly stop working after a few minutes use, the only way to remedy this is to...
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    8cm case fan recommendations?

    Finally decided to bite the bullet after MBM showed a CPU temp of 67 degrees under load for my Athlon XP 2600+. :o One of the easiest gains I can make is on my case fans - I've currently only got 1 8cm rear fan. Can anyone recommend a good 8cm fan for the front of my case? I'm not bothered...
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    File that I cannot rename/delete/move etc. etc.

    :confused: My 4 year old son has managed to rename a music video with a name that has resulted in not being able to do ANYTHING with it. Windows XP still recognises the file as MPEG, but it cannot play it. Explorer is showing the correct file size ~ 35MB, however, selecting Properties from...
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    IE6 History Always Empty?

    As if by magic, my Internet Explorer History is now ALWAYS empty. Viewing by Date, Site and Order Visited Today diplays absolutely nothing, but I do get a few entries under 'By Most Visited'. My 'Days to Keep History' setting is 7 days and I've not had any recent Virus/SpywareAdware issues...
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    EMachines M5322 ???

    I'm thinking about buying an E-Machines M5322 for £799.99 from a supplier (PCWorld/Curry's) in the UK. I've trawled the net but cannot find a single review or alternate supplier of this machine. Does anyone own one and can provide feedback or know of any reviews out there? Cheers.
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    Doom3 Freezes

    Thanks, will check as a starting point....
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    Doom3 Freezes

    Recently bought an Ati Radeon 9800 Pro 128, after shennanigans with the power supply managed to get it working. Been playing Doom 3 / Far Cry quite happily for a couple of days, then 2 days ago screen froze on D3 after playing for about 90 minutes. Screen froze, no artifacts, and accompanied...
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    Buying 9800 Pro, should I be worried about my power supply?

    I couldn't get my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro to work until I got the power cable configs right, and that was with a 350W PSU. I had to limit it to HD + Radeon on one cable to get it to run at all.
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    ATI Radeon 9800 Pro refuses to work

    I've got to the root of the problem - not enough power coming through!!! In desperation, I looked for any physical problems with the card, seating etc. and thought I'd try a sole power supply for the card. After much spaghetti, I got the power supplies re-attached to all the components...
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    ATI Radeon 9800 Pro refuses to work

    Could it be my monitor -Iiyama A702HT Visionmaster Pro 410? What about a seperate power supply for the video card? I've currently got it routed through my one and only hard drive (as directed to by the installation manual). Getting desperate.
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    ATI Radeon 9800 Pro refuses to work

    Have done exactly what you said, to no avail. Tried this several times in fact, using Driver Cleaner each time, not installing the generic drivers and then installing CAT 4.7. The card works, very slowly, with the generic drivers (as I'm currently using now to seek help). It's when I install...
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    ATI Radeon 9800 Pro refuses to work

    Tried installing following manufacturers instructions and supplied drivers (version 6.14.10.6404-7-962-031202m1-012924c), got a corrupt Win XP 'Welcome' screen. Downloaded latest drivers from ATI website (CAT 4.7), same problem. Previously had an NVidia GeForce 2 MX400, had a scan of the...