Recent content by thecolorifix

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    WinXP keep restarting....

    I've hear some people saying that amd 64 chips have restarting problems with service parck 2........... dunno if there's any truth to it. but I'm having the same problem and I'm trying uninstalling SP2 edit: ok, I set my ram to the right speed and uninstalled SP 2, still does it I'm...
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    Milk and Cereal

    I kind of thought it was funny at first but finding out it is G-Love has killed it for me
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    need cheap dual monitor card (not for gaming)

    I need a dual monitor card (both vga for now, though I'm sure I'll get an lcd within the next couple years and want to use dvi) mostly for video editing and photoshop work. My new mobo has agp and pci express (i'm hearing that pci express is DEFINITELY the way to go). If possible I'd like...
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    What to do with second, old system?

    all the ideas you listed sound like good ones any computer illiterate friends or realtives you could put on? anywhere you could donate it to? a cafe? a school?
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    Ridiculously noob questions concerning laptops...

    lol, reading is fundamental
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    Dell System OK value?

    using newegg I just put together a system with the same specs (granted I used the cheapest possible parts) and it came to $1,181.50 that's with a 19" flat PANEL monitor and no cd/dvd drive with windows xp home so yeah, I'd say you can get a much better deal doing it yourself, even if...
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    415 to spend on upgrade

    no OC'ing for me, 2.2 ghz will be fine, i've been doing all those activities on my 1.4ghz amdxp with 768 of ram, so this should be a huge improvement
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    My fiancee just woke up and yelled for me to come in the room....

    yeah, my girlfriend talks in her (half) sleep a lot one time she said "I can pick up a semi with my bare hands", another time she said "can you see the eyebrow line on the celieng?" the best is when I say "that doesn't make any sense" and she gets all whiny and goes "YES IT DOES!" so cute
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    415 to spend on upgrade

    so I'm looking at this motherboard: ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 (can't afford to get rid of my agp card yet) this cpu: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ and this case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05 total is $395.50 after shipping from newegg I use the comp for a wide range of applications, from...
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    video editing problem

    one problem I had with Adobe Premiere was the editing would be super choppy if the camera was still plugged in (mine was firewire), don't know why, but it was fine once I unplugged it
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    so swapping MOBO's messes up XP?

    I probably should just do a full re-install, I'll just move all my data to the d drive, then back when I'm don, no problem
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    so swapping MOBO's messes up XP?

    I'm getting a new mobo and proc, I wasn't planning to re-install xp, but is that what I'll have to do? It's not too big a deal, I probably need to do it anyway, but are there any workarounds?
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    I have $500 to spend on an Upgrade Where should it go?

    send the gift cards to me, that way you don't have to worry about it
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    HD in device manager but not in "my computer"

    I'm running XP Pro, I have 2 HD's installed but only the c drive shows up in "my computer" now, the other drive is listed in the device manager (and in the bios), and I can disable and enable it, but still no access to it now I got both drives at goodwill (6 and 7 gigs, lol) but I'd assume...