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    another upgrade suggestion thread...

    so it's tax time and i've got a rebate coming. still running an old AGP system as money's been tight the past year or 2. 9800 pro, 2600+, etc. looking to upgrade and haven't kept too up to date on current hardware. that being said... the only game i play is WoW. so i don't think i need a...
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    problems with port forwarding...

    so tonight i suddenly realized... my ports do NOT show up as open when testing them. at first i thought my router was starting to die on me or something... but now i'm running straight through my cable modem and i STILL get errors saying these ports are closed. was specifically noticing...
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    so i've just been told not to come in tomorrow...

    after being hired after a 2-3 day process for a very nice job where they needed me to come in and replace someone RIGHT away... i've worked for a month and now they've all of a sudden made the decision to now replace me with someone internally. rather than having me here as a contractor...
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    how big of a power supply...

    will be upgrading soon and thinking about throwing in a new PSU while i'm at it. currently using a (i think) 350w antec psu. my set up will be... DFI Lanparty Ultra B nf2 XP-M 2600+ w/slk800 + 80mm sunon 1x512mb stick Twinmos Twister PC3700 Radeon 9800 Pro w/zalman passive cooler...
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    another mother board conundrum...

    so i've had a DFI nf2 lanparty board sitting around dead for a while... think i'm finally gonna bite the bullet and pay the $30 to rma it. currently i'm using a7n8x deluxe board which does pretty much NO overclocking... thus my nice twinmos twister pc3700 has been going to waste. i KNOW that...
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    Access 97 win xp/win 2000 problem...

    i have a user that gets the errors: Run Time Error '3075' and "There was an error executing the command." when trying to approve requests/run reports in Access 97 run in Windows XP. from everything i've read... the 3075 error should be an error in the database/script. BUT... he...
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    MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Lite) - $479 @ newegg

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127187 cheapest i've seen it. and i believe the "Lite" just means it doesn't have the tons of software that usually come with msi cards.
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    HSF suggestions for DFI Lanparty Ultra B

    ok... so i'm about to switch to this board and i'm using an Antec Lanboy... i had the board in this case at one time and with where the cpu socket was positioned and the 120mm fan at the back of the case... my alx800 would just BARELY fit. as in it was pretty much wedged right against/in the fan...
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    cpu causing system to shut down after 3-4 sec...

    ok... been having a ton of problems recently. realized it was a faulty psu and thought it might have fried the 2 cpu's i'd tried in the system. took both to a local shop and tested them in a system there... retail 2400+ was dead... the 2600+ oem i had been using posted fine. however... now that...
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    Refurb ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe - $61 shipped @ newegg

    title says it all... also have refurb A7N8X Deluxe for $70 shipped.
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    x800 prices dropping before hl2/d3 release??

    anyone have any idea if either of the x800 cards will come down in price by next month or so? i have the feeling that with all the demand for these cards and these 2 games FINALLY being released prices aren't gonna drop too much any time soon. i'd planned on waiting for a bit to pick one of...
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    corrupt access 2002 database...

    the title pretty much says it all. this computer recently got fried somehow... fried the motherboard and hard drive with some EXTREMELY important information on it. spent about $300 just to recover the data from the drive... now the most important file on there (an access 2002 *.mdb database...
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    xp setup cd hangs at initial hardware config detection...

    so yeah... installing xp via a boot cd... never had any problems with this system before... installed xp on it before once on one drive... need to install it on a different drive now. all of a sudden it won't even get to the windows install screen... it freezes at the initial "setup is...