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    Help for an Algorithm Writing Noob

    Hi everyone. Just recently pushed myself to go back to school and I'm pursuing a course in Info Systems and Management. However, I have absolutely zero programming experience and sadly, even the entry level algorithm writing that we are doing this semester is giving me grief. Maybe...
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    Affordable Data Recovery Services

    Hey everyone. Just needed some advice on data recovery. Had a 1TB Seagate hard drive that I was using in an external enclosure. Functioned perfectly up till last night when doing some cleaning, I pulled down the enclosure and it fell pretty hard on the desk. Now it makes a clicking sound...
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    Setting up Wireless Network for 12 computers

    Hi everyone as stated in the title I was asked by a friend of mine to help him configure a wireless network for 12 computers. Can your average router handle that amount of constant traffic? It's for use in a business so reliability is extremely important. . Are there any advantages from...
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    TV-Out on HD4870

    Hi guys. Hope this is the correct forum for this. I tried hooking up my older tv to my pc using the yellow rca jack on my video card. For the life of me I wasn't able to achieve what I wanted. I wanted to extend my desktop onto the tv where people could watch videos etc and I could use the...
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    75Hz Refresh Rate in XP but not Vista...what???

    Hey everyone. I have 2 machines hooked up to an AOC 19" LCD via a KVM switch. On the machine running XP Pro and a Geforce 6200 AGP card, I can achieve the native resolution for the monitor which is 1440x900 @75Hz. However on the machine running Vista Ultimate and a HD4870 with Catalyst 8.12...
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    Only 1GB Recognised by Windows

    Hey everyone. I have 2 x 1GB Corsair Dominator XMS2-8500 1066 Mhz DDR2 RAM. The system only boots up with one stick so I thought that I got a dud. However, on a whim, I just stuck the "bad" stick in while windows is running and launched CPU-Z and it recognises the two sticks, and the fields...
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    Will an IDE Hard Drive negate all my other parts

    Hey everyone. I'm basically 2 parts away from completing my new build. But I'm seriously contemplating using one of my current IDE Hard Drives instead of shelling out for a new SATA Drive. Is the difference negligible or am I doing the other components an injustice? The parts are as...
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    HELP!!! Vista Ultimate SP1Perpetual Reboot

    I hope someone can help me out. Last night before going to bed I let vista install all the outstanding updates it had been nagging me about. It prompted me to restart today (I hadn't looked at it since last night) and I did so. However, while restarting, it became unresponsive so I stupidly...
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    Blu-ray and VGA

    Hi everyone. I plan on building a new pc and including a radeon hd4870 and a blu-ray/hd-dvd drive. I planned on recycling my current AOC 19" VGA flat panel monitor just to keep costs down but I was reading that blu-ray discs may not playback on the monitor because it isn't hdcp compliant. Can...