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    Best sound card for recording?

    Hi all, Sorry got questions again. The title probably should be more likely "better" sound card for recording as the real best one probably cost more than most can afford. It had been ages since last purchased a fairly good sound card. Last time, it was the Sound Blaster Live! Platinum...
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    How safe/secure is the Android on cheap tablet?

    Hi all, Not sure if I am posting in the right part of the forum. But I was eyeing those sub $200 tablet, such as Coby, China Mart, Machspeed, iRulu, and quite a few other brands, for a possible tablet of choice for few of the family members that are not that computer literate. So want to...
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    Autopatcher alternative?

    Hi all, Having been using Autopatcher since the Windows XP SP2 first came out, maybe even earlier than that. However, recent years, Autopatcher seems to be less active and their software do have some error sometimes. So does anyone have suggestion for alternative software that is free, but...
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    Installing Windows XP on MSI E350IA-E45

    Recently, we got a MSI E350IA-E45 to replace older system as DVR/Media PC. Was not really paying much attention to it at first, but then found out that the motherboard uses EFI instead of BIOS. I was not bother by it much at first, however, when I tried to move the Windows XP from old system...
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    Opinion on a possible new DVR

    Hi guys, need an opinion on a possible new DVR. Currently have a system that acts as a DVR, it is an Athlon XP 1800+ cooled by Thermaltake Volcano 6 Cu cooler given by my brother's friend, Asus A7V8X-X, GeForce 5200, hard drives, a TV tuner card and powered by Ultra V series 350W PSU. It was...
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    Question about AMD CPU with unlocked cores

    Got a question about a Phenom II X2 550 BE that was unlocked to a Phenom II X4 B50. It is running at 3.1GHz, no overclock done. Left everything to either stock or auto in the BIOS setting. Had run OCCT and Prime95, both were ran for about 24 hours to ensure stability and both seems to end...
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    Need help recovering data from Western Digital Elements external hard drive

    I hope I posted this in the correct section of the forum. I got a 1TB Western Digital Elements external hard drive last Black Friday, it was a fairly good deal. Anyway, the problem occurs when I was trying to transfer data couple days ago when I noticed that the transfer speed was...
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    Firewall recommendation

    Hi all, I am currently looking for an firewall software, most likely free to simplify the subscription renewal process, for my uncle. He is currently only using Windows firewall, which I know is not the best, but it requires little configuration. The problem I am having is whenever a...
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    Video card repair

    I am not sure if I am posting under the correct sub forum, but I need some help in saving my video card. It was last year that an ATI AIW 9700 Pro that I have been using starting to give weird artifacts when booting up. Looking into similar problems and solutions, I found out that it could be...
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    All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro artifacts problem

    I have the All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro for couple years now. The card was never overclocked, not even for a short period of time, and never did any sort of modifications to it. I have been using it in between few systems, never had any problems before. However, recently, when I was changing the...
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    Quick question about scandisk/chkdsk in Windows 2000/XP...

    Ok, I ran a search and did not really find any related topics, could be that I searched the wrong keywords, so I decided to post a new topic. Anyway, onto the question. I am just wondering how well does chkdsk in Windows 2000/XP do comparing to the scandisk in Windows 95/98/ME when...
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    Need help with hard drive adapter of 2.5" to 3.5"

    Hi, I have gotten an hard drive adapter that allows me to connect a 2.5" hard drive to normal desktop, almost exactly to the one on this site for the purpose of data recovery. The thing is that the laptop hard drive works with my laptop, I checked, but when I used the adapter trying to...
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    Help!!! Lost my data due to uninstall

    This past Friday, when I was uninstalling a program, it did not just uninstall itself, it wiped out more than half of my files. I am not sure how come that happened, but it did.:( Now I need some recommendation on recovering my important files, I would say all that were lost are important, but...
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    Laptop battery problem?

    I am sorry if I posted this at the wrong forum. I got some problem with my laptop's battery. It is Compaq Presario 900 US, Athlon XP 1700+, as summary described. The problem occurred few weeks ago when I was charging my battery and was running the newest version of Battery Eater Pro, version...
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    Hard drive problem...please help!!

    I recently got a 200GB Western Digital SE drive. I planed to move some stuffs from my other hard drives onto there. So I did all the format and stuffs. But after I move the files from my other hard drive onto the 200GB, the files seems to disappear. I cannot see any files but one in Windows. I...
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    Users of motherboards with VIA KT133A chipset please read, info on Northbridge bugs

    I was surfing around the net and found this news on some sites about bugs in KT133A Northbridge. Apparently, chips with 1EA0 and 1EA4 marking have bugs, but the chips with 2EA1 marking are ok. xBits News. News origin, Chiponline, however it is in German. Anyone have any ideas that by taking...