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    Windows 7 Ultimate - Legit Copy - Key Blocked

    So, I apologize if this isn't allowed - but anandtech is the only PC site I visit anymore. Here's the scenario - I purchased a sealed copy of Windows 7 Ultimate from a user on here over a year ago. Sealed. Today Microsoft blocked the key stating the copy is for Builders and Developers only...
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    New Build: DVD Drive doesn't recognize DVDs, CDs only

    EVGA X58 SLI Mainboard I7-920 6GB Mushkin DDR3 1066 EVGA GTX 460 768MB WD 300GB VelociRaptor Optiarc Sata DVD-RW AD-7200S New build, all thrown together. Everything runs great, except until it came time to install some games. DVD drive will read/play software/audio CDs however when DVD...
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    BSOD @ Windows Startup fresh install

    All, Not sure if anyone can help me out. Recently bought a Dell 760 off another user here. It arrived and I was aware I needed to install an OS when it arrived, but the OS was supplied [Dell OS Restore CDs]. Changed the Bios to boot to the CD-Rom first. Windows begins to install. When it...
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    Asus DRW-22b1st DVD Burner hangs [or slows down to 1.xx writing speed]

    Not sure what the issue is. Lost all my backed up music. Wanted to take today and rerip all my CDs. Even the unprotected audios from live local bands are having the same issue. Tried WMP, Nero, Easy CD-DA Extractor. They all seem to have the same problem. It'll start ripping music fine, but...
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    Why buy a PCI-E 2.0 x16 GPU if not supported?

    I currently have a Shuttle SP35P2-Pro which only supports standard PCI Express x16, not 2.0. I'm forcefully in the market for a new video card, going from an Asus EN9600GT. I used this card to run games on high resolutions and it did fairly well. I started looking at the Asus ENGTS250...
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    Q6600 Build - Hot!

    So in December I built a new rig going from a CD2 Laptop with heat issues hoping to get away from it. It didn't happen. XPC SP35P2V2 Barebones Q6600 [Non G0, Not overclocked] 4GB GSKILL PC6400 Ram 300GB WD VelociRaptor [OS / Apps] 1TB Hitachi Ultrastar 32MB [Backup] Asus EN9600GT Silent...
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    New PC. Old HDD set as Slave. Can't get files off of it.

    Kind of doing this 3rd person. Hopefully its an easy fix and someone understands what I'm saying. A friend has been running a Pentium 2 PC since a week ago. Some friends just put together a new PC. She had family photos, resumes, etc. saved on the HDD of the old PC. She swapped the new HDD...
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    Sony Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S

    Hello All, Not sure what happened. As far as I recall this drive was working fine. Maybe a year old now, if that. Unsure. I haven't tried to play a DVD from it in ages - just tried and no luck. The device is recognized in Windows. The device itself can recognize CDs [Music, Data] but it...
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    Repairing a Razer DeathAdder Mouse?

    I'm not that great when it comes to tearing apart electronics. I bought a Razer DeathAdder. It worked great the first night. I woke up the next morning to find the DeathAdder dangling off my desk. Darn cat. Turned the PC on, and it was working. Periodically. Appears a bite must have...
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    Razer DeathAdder USB 1800dpi Mouse

    I recently purchased a Razer DeathAdder mouse from another member. I like the mouse very much, its easy to install and update, smooth, and comfy. I have one issue - upon using the mouse, be it web surfing or game playing, it commonly 'freezes' for a few seconds. I have to move the mouse /...
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    More streaming video help with WMC 2005

    Just setup the 360 to stream video last night. I have a laptop with WMC 2005 Edition. Did the Rollup 2 Update, and the update to WMP11. I can connect the 360 through Media Center. [A pain to navigate/add folders so far.. but] I can view the folders/files. The video files [avi] display an icon...
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    Clearing Media Center history/folders?

    So I think 1-2 years ago I ran Media Center on my WMC Edition Laptop. Loaded libraries into it, closed it, and never used it again. Until now. These libraries no longer exist. I can't find a simple way to have Media Center go back to default, so no libraries/folders/files exist. I downloaded...
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    T2250 Yonah / 1.8

    Have an HP DV8000 T2250 @ 1.73ghz. Maybe this is a really bad question, sorry, bu this is the first Duo CPU I've ever experienced. The systems been running extremely slow lately. I downloaded the latest CPU-Z and gave it a run. It's reporting the Core Speed at 798Mhz. It actually shows...
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    Xbox 360 Premium

    Need some help. A bit confused. Noticed the past few days that my saved games are not being found. In the Dashboard I have saved games listed. When I run the game and try to load the game, it doesn't find any. Also for an example, Lets say I'm playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance [its just an...
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    Recovering info off a Laptop HDD

    Girlfriend's 14 month old son decided to heave a 32oz coke, magically landing and drowning her laptop. It won't boot, etc. Trying to find a way to salvage the HDD or try to obtain info off of it. My laptop has 2x SATA HDD capability. Thought I could just pop her laptop hdd out, but it's...
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    Windows Media Center

    HP DV8408 Pavilion I have the Synaptics driver for my touchpad for the laptop. During setup, Synaptics states the following: Setup can install the Synaptics Pointing Device Driver only for pointing devices that Windows has already recognized. If you have plugged in a pointing device...
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    S478 P4 2.6ghz showing 1.3ghz?

    I put a build back together with a S478 P4 2.6. When I boot up, it's registering as 100fsbx1.3. Windows shows a P4 CPU 2.60ghz, then below 1.30Ghz. MB is a Epox 4pEA+ retail. Never had this problem before. Wondering if theres possibly a jumper pin that may have fallen off that would effect...
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    Back to basics: OS Partition Full

    Recently bought a laptop from another user. Was received, but as soon as booted up i'm getting disk full messages. hdd is put in two partitions. OS is XP Home on a 5.62g partition. 7mb space left, and it still needs windows updated. the other partition is 74g free only thing i can think of is...
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    K7N2 Delta + SB Live! = Static

    I have a K7N2 Delta motherboard. And a SB Live! card. The motherboard has built-in audio, but when given the motherboard i was told all works but the onboard audio. Tried getting it to work, nothing. Have tried two SB Live! pci cards, in every slot available, with 5 different driver versions...
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    Disregard

    How do I delete this post? :/
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    Booted once, now it won't?

    MSI K7N2 Delta - Athlon 2000 - Corsair 512MB XMS "New" setup, just put it together. Power'd up and got into bios. for the heck of it changed fsb from 100 to 104. Powered off. Powered on - no sync on monitor. Reset jumper on bios. Tried safe and normal FSB mode, nothing. Rem'd mobo...
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    ASUS P4P800

    Trying to use the onboard audio off the mobo, but not having much luck. Uses the ADI AD1985 AC 97 codec and SoundMax4 XL Driver/Software. Also in the bios there's an option for disable/auto of using the onboard sound. Auto should detect any input automatically. I've tried a set of klipsch...
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    Mobile Celeron 1.8ghz @ 2.882ghz

    I did read the overclocking guide, and have been doing slight overclocks on P3's and P4's for a couple years. But more just bs'ing with it, but I'm wanting to experiement more into it now - which is why i bought the setup i did, read the guide, and now posting. Motherboard: Asus P4P800 CPU...
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    Term Paper/Research Paper and/or assistance?

    Friend of mine is attending cullinary school. I guess he needs to do a 5-10 page report on a certain diet. He was wondering if there is a website, book, or anything he could use/buy that would provide a research paper/ or crash course. Course I guess he waited for the last minute, but any...
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    K75SA Combo Dead?

    I received a K75SA and a Athlon 900mhz. No clue if it works or not. So I purchased 1 stick of 256mb pc2100 DDR, grabbed an extra HDD and PSU and put it all together. Mobo, HDD, CD-Rom, CPU-Fan powers up, no beeps from the speaker (if the speaker even works), but theres no response/display...
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    Counter-Strike: Source Error

    I just purchased HL2/CS:Source. Every time I finally connect to a server, I get a message that simply says "Bad Challenge". Fresh install. Looked on Steam's site, but couldn't find anything relative to the error. Googled, but again found nothing. Verified the correct ports are open. No...
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    What kind of RAM is this?

    Didn't see a category for RAM, so hopefully this is in the right place. I found two sticks of EDO ram with stickers of the following: "EDO" <duh> "Siemens HYM321005S-60 ST962407" "Compaq 185173-002" Only thing I found was on a google search of: "HYM321005S-60 1M x 32-Bit Dynamic...
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    Connecting Xbox to PC?

    I have a Gainward 5900 with the VIVO cords. seen here Video quality aside, my understanding is that shouldn't I be able to plug the the video line from the Xbox to the video in composite on the VIVO cord provided and play? I thought it would be plug and play, turning the Xbox on would...
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    Where did Private Messeging go?

    Alright. I'm confused. I searched for PM's, and looked at the news, and forum issues - but it isn't mentioned anywhere. I came back to the website today and my cookies were gone. I logged back in, and now PM's are gone. What happened?
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    Far Cry - Training?! [Beginning of Game]

    Ok, I just got the game now since a lot of people recommend it. I just want to make sure this is right. Starting off, seems underwater? As in a completely shaded light blue screen, not being able to see anything at all. Because that's what I get, and I can't get out. I bought a used retail...
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    BIOS Problem! - Cannot start because Windows ...

    Hi Everyone. Been lurking the forums awhile just for info, but now I've caused a problem so I need some help. I was getting BSOD's relating to the IDE driver. The plan was to reinstall my mobo (Epox EP-4PEA+) drivers and go from there. In finding the drivers, I also found a program called...