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  1. allanon1965

    new users minimum wait time before allowed to post to forums

    Is there a way, or does it already exist, to keep a new user form posting right away after an account creation? Several forums I visit have a policy where you sign up and have to be approved by a MOD before you can post. It seems to me that this would be an easy way to keep trolls like...
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    mint 11 game doesnt see cd/dvd drive

    i downloaded mint 11 and installed wine as well, my game loaded just fine, but when i try to play it, the game says it cant find the cd/dvd drive....how to fix this?
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    whats the point of more than 4gb on a 32bit system?

    I have built systems for many years and have never installed more than 4gb on any system that was a 32bit setup..(Vista and 7) and no more than 2gb on 32bit XP. I am seeing alot of times where people put 6 and 8GB on 32bit vista and 7 and then say how much faster it was than with just 4gb. I...
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    Looking to do better than my current 9800GT...suggestions welcome

    I am trying to do better than my 9800gt without costing a small fortune, I want to stay under 150.00 if possible. I had done some looking arouind and found an HD4830 that seemed to be a bit better than my 9800gt, for 60 bucks, and it had hdmi as well, but it aint cuttin the mustard. my 9800gt...
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    Pentium dual core e5200 wolfdale vs e6400conroe C2D

    I am trying to decide whether upgrading from an E5200 to an E6400 c2d would be worth it? I do moderate gaming, combat flight sims and submarine sims on a 9800GT 512MB pcie card..system has the following specs asrock G41M-S and supports the E6400 Modstream 500watt modular PSU msi 9800GT...
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    LGL1732TQ LCD monitor

    This monitor is fantastic! 4ms response time, 1400:1 contrast ratio! my wife adores it, its almost like liquid glass! was 299.00 at BestBuy... no dead pixels or other problems...I was sold on my CRT until this one came out...I am going to get the 19inch model for myself!
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    I hate people who drive without insurance UPDATE! 04-06-06

    I was involved in a bad car wreck today, luckily I had a full frame tank, more commonly known as the 1992 chevrolet caprice classic! It saved my bacon today, but lost its life in the process This lady with her 20 year old son ran a stop sign and I T-Boned her in the passenger side, it was a 91...
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    Intel celeron 2.8 northwood, windows says its 3.73ghz

    this is a very odd situation, I have a celeron northwood 2.8 400mhz fsb that is being reported as 3.73ghz, by windows, everest, and cpu-z. its seen as a 2.8 in the bios and post screens....any ideas? its in a shuttle AV49(N) motherboard.
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    terabyte flashdrive?

    I have googled and not found anyplace selling these things yet, anybody know if they even exist yet?
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    problems with new microsoft wireless desktop combo

    i had a micro innovations cheap wireless kb and optical mouse, it works fine but i wanted a new microsoft one, the desktop combo 3.0...lots of features and a nice padded wrist rest, etc....so my wife got it for me for christmas, really loved it! however it has major problems, the mouse pointer...
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    BenQ dvd-rw dual layer1640 problem

    verbatim 8.5 gb dual layer media is being seen as a blank cd-r....is this a problem with the drive or the media? it sees 4.7 media just fine...
  12. allanon1965

    The case of "Computer Exhaustion"

    Take a look at this custom case I built and let me know what you think, keep in mind it is not quite finished yet but it is functional:) http://www.allanonmisty.zoomshare.com/1.shtml/Computer%20Modifications
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    odd characters on the web

    Anyway, somehow the characters ( 'v ) and ( 't ) have been replaced on my puter with some oriental characters ( ?v ) and ( ?t ). Using Win XP Home and I'm not familiar with the way to change these back to normal. It's not when I type, it's on websites like FlightSim Com and others, where there...
  14. allanon1965

    Is this for real?????

    Is this guy for real? this was on a local for sale board....there is no way it can do what he claims! or am I all wet? this system is custom built amd1800xp w/gigabyte kt133 7zxe motherboard, 120gb maxtor 7200rpm harddrive, 40x-12x-48x verbatimcd-rw, 16x dual-layer sony dvd-...
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    Winword(microsoft word 2000)

    winword has caused an invalid page fault in module <unknown> at 0000:04322830 this happens when trying to scan a document in ms word 2000, not everytime but maybe every third or fourth time...i checked microsoft website for help and didnt find any help for this particular incident...the details...
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    duron codes

    i am trying to identify this duron.....aida32 shows it as a mobile duron and my motherboard shows it as an unknown cpu running at 1000 mhz....i have a couple papers showing codes but none match this one...anybody know? google didnt come up with anything...
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    I finally did it! goin 3000+ amd 64....

    i ordered from newegg this morning, the 3000+ amd 64 cpu, the ECS KN1 Extreme Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard , and the GIGABYTE Geforce PCX5750 128MB 128-bit DDR PCI-Express x16 Video Card hopefully this will all work with the existing 1 gb ddr ram, opticals and other...
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    2200+ sempron at 2.007ghz!

    how high can these little buggers go? anybody tried yet?... well its at 507mhz above stock...im going to let prime run awhile to see if it remains stable, would....this is what everest is reporting, its a 34% overclock....running as a sempron 2800+ Field Value Sensor Properties Sensor Type...
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    xerox ddr memory?

    i picked up a stick of 512 ddr cas 2 wich had built on heatsinks, so i couldnt see what chips were on it, aida32 says its made by xerox....anybody used this before? the outside of the stick says "Super Talent" seems to be ok, but never heard of them, says lifetime warranty, but who knows how...
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    odd problem with wife's puter

    this is very odd, my wife's pc wont boot from floppy,hdd,or cdrom, the specs are:win xp pro sp2, asrock K7S8XE+ with 512mb pc3200 ddr, geforce ti 4200, envision 19 inch flat screen crt, 60 gig maxtor hdd, 3.5 floppy, sony dvd,sony dvd-rw, 2500 barton processor,phillips sound card, realtek...
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    SiS748 Compared to Via KT400 or KT600

    i have the SiS748 chipset in an asrock board, super stable and pretty good performance, but i want better performance in games without costing a bundle, i have a Ti4200 128mb video card and was thinking i might see a performance gain with the KT400 or KT600 chipset, anyone have experience with...
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    program to notify you about pm's

    i had this program,someone here made it, i lost it during a hd crash, cant find it now, dont remember who it was and the name, no luck in search either, anybody know what i am talking about? link to it?
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    what the hell do these mean now?

    why is ati doing this? i have a hard enough time trying to figure out what video card to buy, now they are adding 50 to some of their cards....i have a 9200(not se) and it plays ok, but not very good in games, i am looking to upgrade it but only have about 50-60 bucks to spend.....i thought...
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    will it work?

    will this work? i am thinking it will, just run at 266 rather than 333 but this little nagging voice inside says no......dont want to ruin anything, so does anybody know if it will, done this before perhaps?