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    photos lost on sdcard help please

    well that sounds like a poor design to me. leaves room for errors to occur. I cant imagine what would have to be written for a read operation. Not that I know what I am talking about or anything. and BTW thanks for the image rescue software I downloaded image rescue 4 and it seems to be...
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    photos lost on sdcard help please

    I haven't written anything to the card since this happened a few hours ago. and I never told it to delete the files. So I am not quite sure how they would be marked ready for delete. But I will give that software you recomended a try. My best guess is that the files because corrupt somehow...
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    photos lost on sdcard help please

    I just dont understand how reading a file from the card can delete it. even it I take it out while it is being read. All picasa does is scan it to see what can be imported. How could they be completely wiped out?
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    photos lost on sdcard help please

    Hello So today I put my sd card in my computers card reader and started scanning with picasa. It was talking literally forever so I hit the cancel button and took out the sdcard. So when I put the card back in the camera it only appeard to have one photo on it. This scared me so I downloaded...
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    building a low budget gaming pc for nephew

    budget is 500 or less including monitor :( I want most bang for buck (goes without saying I guess ) he wants to play things like crysis and the new batman etc.. I see CyberpowerPC Gamer Ultra 2019 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883229129 from newegg for 399 shipped. Will...
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    problem with my 4850 x2

    I just set up my machine: Cori7 920 HD4850X2 (2G) 6G ram ASUS P6T mobo corsair TX650W here is my problem. I run 3D mark vantage (came with card) and I get the following problems. the water is going crazy meaning the waves peak so high that the go through the roof and eventually...
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    trouble with my 4850 X2 can someone help?

    That is a good point but I guess what I am worried about is that there might be some intermittent or specific problem with my gfx card that vantage happens to expose but dawn of war 2 doesn't. If there is something wrong with my card I want to know now so I can go through the RMA process...
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    trouble with my 4850 X2 can someone help?

    Well I updated the bios and the artifacts seem to be back. I dont see the artifacts in Dawn of war II. I can play that at full graphics settings without a problem. What benchmark should I get to determin weather my system is performing as it should?
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    trouble with my 4850 X2 can someone help?

    Im using a corsair TX650W. mobo is ASUS P6T Ill try updating the bios and see what happens. thanks!
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    trouble with my 4850 X2 can someone help?

    I intially downloaded the most recent and the problem existed. Then I did some web searching and and saw that someone said to use the drivers from sapphire's website. so I did a clean install of the sapphire provided drivers and had the same problem. when I turned off the CCC AI, the...
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    trouble with my 4850 X2 can someone help?

    specs Core i7 920 6Gb ram 3X2Gb sapphire radeon HD 4850 X2 ASUS P6T mobo vista home premium 64 bit. I have not overclocked anything I just set up my stystem and everythign seems to be running ok until I do a 3dmark vantage. The first time I ran it there were all kinds of artifact...
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    with your help this is what I came up with

    Here is what I came up with from your suggestions. I am concerned about the mobo. Do you think it is worth spending a little extra for a better one. I am planning to overclock the cpu. If so which mobo do you recommend? Thanks I appreciate your comments! also .. am I forgetting anything? what...
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    gaming system for 1000$

    Should I get vista or XP? I hear a lot of horror stories with vista. also That motherboard (MSI X58 Pro) sorta scares me( cheap + bad reviews). does anyone think i should spend a little more and get a better mobo? if so which one would be good and stable for overclocking with possible SLI...
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    gaming system for 1000$

    was this latency problem due to chipsets or certain ram chips? If it was due to Ram chips how do I make sure that I dont by a set of matched ram sticks that have this latency problem?
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    gaming system for 1000$

    why is the use of DDR2 concidered a better than DDR3?
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    gaming system for 1000$

    nsafreak recomended the geforce GTX card how does that compare to the 4870?
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    gaming system for 1000$

    I am sorry I would like to game on a resolution of 1680 x 1050. does that change anyone answer? also since I plan on overclock, are all those suggested motherboards good overclockers? also What cooler do you recomend for overclocking the i7? not watercooled
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    gaming system for 1000$

    Hello I have 1000$ and a 200$ best buy gift card(sweet keyboard perhaps?) I would like to build a gaming PC that will be able to play games for quite some time. I know some people say it is better to spend less now and upgrade in 2 - 3 years. I don't know if I will have any money to spend in...
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    rate my upgrades

    what is OP? is that better than getting the yorkfield Q9550 and overclocking that? also which version of vista do I need? I know there is like 4 versions. home premuime professional porn star etc. thanks
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    rate my upgrades

    thank you for the advise. what OS do you recomend. I hear alot of bad news about vista. is there any reason I should upgrade to vista? also should I move to a 64bit OS or is that not all it is cracked up to be. oh and what cheaper better psu would you recomend for overclocking? thanks
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    rate my upgrades

    back in 2002 I built the rig I am currently typing to you on. Well my system is just now falling short for current games. I have around $1000 to work with and I would be greatfull if you could take a look at my upgrades and critique. I would like to play any of the latest games and soon to be...
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    problems trying to install windows

    thanks for the advice but I just did a bios update and it seems to be working fine now. The funny thing is that I have installed windows in the past with the old bios. oh well it works that is what is important.
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    problems trying to install windows

    I just got a new hdd because my old one died. When I boot off the windows cd and it gets to the screen whare you press r to repair, ENTER to continue, and F3 to quit, I press ENTER. When I press enter the NUMLOCK light illuminaettes and from that point the system is completely unresponsive. I...
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    help me repair my data please

    the drive is not dead. I can access all the data and Since I messed with the cable it has behaved normally. I belive the data has been corupted but the drive is fine. So I would like to try and repair the data first. It will start to boot in safe mode but hangs at Mup.sys I will try to mount...
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    help me repair my data please

    I posted this in the off topic forum. It was locked I gues it was off topic :confused: Ok kind of a long story.. Windows XP P4a 2.0Ghz 1 gig ddr333 120G SATA HDD (NTFS windows partition) 9800xt AGP I was installing the Zune software so I could have connectivity with my new...
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    Can someone give me advise on reparing and NTFS file system

    the dirve doesn't seem to have gone bad. I have been scaning it with @ctive tools it is seem to be functioning normally. I think the cable is bad and cased some improper behavior. I am gong to replace the drive but is there a way to run something like chkdsk for ntfs from dos and repair the...
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    Can someone give me advise on reparing and NTFS file system

    Ok kind of a long story.. Windows XP P4a 2.0Ghz 1 gig ddr333 120G SATA HDD (NTFS windows partition) 9800xt AGP I was installing the Zune software so I could have connectivity with my new xbox360. During the installation the hdd was making several squeak---CLICK sound at regular...
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    RATE and critique my upgrade

    what psu would you reccomend for a similar price?
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    RATE and critique my upgrade

    yes all other required parts will be coming from my current computer
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    RATE and critique my upgrade

    bump post updated
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    RATE and critique my upgrade

    I am upgrading my current system p4a 2.0 1gig pc2700 9800XT to ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $76.99 SAPPHIRE 100149 Radeon X1900XT - OEM $449.00 Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-500 ATX12V 500W Power Supply - Retail $68.99 AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+...
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    So whos getting Oblivion today and Oblivion availability?

    p4a 2.0Ghz 1gig corsair xms 2700 radion 9800xt It doesnt run exactly slow but I cant really push it up to max and run it at 60 fps.
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    So whos getting Oblivion today and Oblivion availability?

    Im not going to get it till I upgrade my computer. right now my pc runs kinda slow on morrowind so Id hate to see what its like on oblivion hehe. I cant wait to play this game! I hope its not been overhyped. The only reason I think it hasnt is because of overall quality of the elder scrolls series.
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    in your opinion what is the best card in the 3-400 dollar range?

    I am trying to decide what to get
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    Is it worth it to get a 7900GTX?

    or should I just get either the 7900GT or the 7800GT or the 7800GTX. or some radion card. I want to get the top of the line but if the difference in performance is minimal I wonder if it is worth it to pay the extra hundreds of dollars. My question boils down to these two. Price...
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    getting A64 X2 3800+, have some questions about ram for it.

    I am trying to get a good cpu/mobo/ram/videocard upgrade for 1000 or under. my specs right now are P4a 2.0 Ghz 1 gig Corsair xms pc2700 some crappy mobo. and radion 9800XT. I am thinking about, the A64 X2 3800+ 2 gig of ram. the newest best gaming/oc mobo (assuming it is DFI...
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    thinking about dell inspiron 9300 how is the 128Mb radeon mobility X300?

    does anyone have any links to benchies or perhaps some personal expierience? thanks