Recent content by trevelynzx

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    Homebrew DVR issuse

    Hey all, question about my homebuilt DVR machine... When recording or watching TV, my computer freezes irrecoverably (have to hard-boot) or bluescreens within about 3 minutes. Very frustrating. I have tried this with Windows Vista Ultimate as well as with XP Media Center and the software that...
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    Multimedia Presentation Rig

    dclive -- i appreciate the help! :D
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    Multimedia Presentation Rig

    oh also -- i wanted to keep the apps and OS separate from the data... does that make any sense? or should i just get one and partition it into two?
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    Multimedia Presentation Rig

    ok, i've updated the list... check out the new proc, mobo, and memory! what do you think now?
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    Multimedia Presentation Rig

    ok, i'll look into that! but i'm not OC'ing, if that makes a difference. what do you think about the rest of it?
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    Multimedia Presentation Rig

    How come? Would that be better for this type of workstation than the AMD dual-core?
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    Multimedia Presentation Rig

    Hey all - Let me know what you think. This will be primarily used as a multimedia presentation rig. Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Proc: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86 GHz GPU: EVGA 256-P2-N550 -T2 GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Memory...
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    best card for video/media workstation?

    hey -- sorry for the noobtrocity, but what type of card are you referring to by 7xxx? o-0
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    best card for video/media workstation?

    hey man, hope you're enjoying your co-op. i'm a senior in digital media, but just got a job doing IT work for drexel! so good! anyway, HDMI is not an issue right now, but i guess i could always upgrade later. i'll look into the 7600's! thanks!
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    best card for video/media workstation?

    yo! what's up my dragon brother!!!! hahahaha.... what's your major? i'm digital media, graduating this june! ahhh can't wait!
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    best card for video/media workstation?

    hey guys -- planning on building a media workstation that will be primarily used as a workhorse of projection, video display, and almost any other media application. gaming is not an issue for this workstation. with that in mind, what video card do you guys recommend for a decent price (under...
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    Help w/ Radeon x1900xtx blue screening

    bumping this again, someone please help!
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    Help w/ Radeon x1900xtx blue screening

    well the PSU is good..... 550w and working correctly......... the RAM is corsair ram that i've already RMA'd once and since then it's worked fine (until now?). and no, not overclocking my machine. but how would i go about installing standard VGA drivers? i'm sure it's really simple, but i...
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    Help w/ Radeon x1900xtx blue screening

    oh and how would i go about installing a "standard vga adapter?" would that even help?