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    mini tablet help needed for family member.

    I'll try to keep this as short as possible. I never ever hear from my Aunt and woke up to find an email from her in my inbox today. Text from the email below..... I want to ask you something about a Mini IPad. Back at Christmas you had (I think) an IPad and you said that you had a friend...
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    cant get evga website to load

    For some reason I can not get the page to load. I can surf anywhere else but when I go the the Evga homepage it fails every time. I've been trying to get on there to download the precision utility for 2 days now.....I've never seen anything like this happen before. Windows 7 , Internet...
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    EVGA website down?

    Anyone else having problems getting to the EVGA homepage. I haven't been able to get it to load for hours now.
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    GTX 460 and new Power Supply Upgrade not going so well

    Helping a friend out here....his 8400gs just completely crapped out on him. (should have died a long time ago) He purchased a new EVGA GTX 460 v.2.0 and 575 watt Power supply to run it. After installing both parts , found out that the drivers wouldn't install. So I told him I'd look into it...
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    Need help and don't know where to start

    Indianapolis 500 is coming up fast. Usually have a nice party at my fathers house. The past few years I've taken my laptop with me and used the HDMI output to connect to his HDTV on his patio. The first year I was able to find a site that was streaming live video of the race, and I was able to...
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    OEM Blu-Ray Drive software recomendations.

    Just got this drive....looks like even with Windows 7 that more software will be needed for me to watch my movie collection on my pc. Can someone point me in the right direction for a decent software to use?
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    Q9650 upgrade and computer freezes

    Just upgraded the E8400 machine in my sig with a Q9650 and right after installation of the new chip, I turned the pc on to boot into windows only to get to the desktop and have the system completely hang up. Foced shutdown only had the machine freezing at the post screen. Took out both video...
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    Need to add 2 sata inputs in older mobo

    I need to see if anyone can reccomend in internal card, or adapter that will allow me to connect 2 additional devices to a motherboard. I have a sata hard drive and a sata DVD burner. the board is of the p4 era and is just some extra parts friend had laying around and is wanting to get up and...
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    Windows 7 running IE 8 causes problems!!!

    Currently working on a clients PC to try to resolve some compatibility isssues with her computer running applications from her school's network. When she signs in, she is having numerous problems in maintaining a reliable connection and the software continually crashes. After issuing tickets...
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    High pitched squeal....

    This is making me insane.....it's coming from the older PC in my sig...my daily use pc. It's been coming and going for years. thought it was a fan...replaced them all. no noise for MONTHS. then it came back....thought it was the power supply, replaced it....no noise...then it comes...
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    Loud squealing

    Ok, need some input....i've got this loud squealing coming from the pc....thought it was a fan, replaced ALL of the fans. Still did it. Thought it was the power supply, replaced it. Still did it. I was getting memory errors and the system would hang with the memory even running in turbo mode in...
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    Clock settings!

    I just logged on, and my clock is behind one hour. AGAIN. I know it's the time zone or something stupid. But it is all correct. And for some reason it keeps getting behind one hour. I live in Indiana. Time zone is set to Eastern. I run on this computer with 3 log-ins. One for me as...
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    Artifacts on main screen in dual monitor setup

    Card is Evga 7800 GS Co Superclock. in second machine in my sig. Occasionally my main monitor on this computer. Samsung Syncmaster245bw gets horzontal blue lines that flicker throughout the screen. Turning the monitor off, then back on corrects this issue. Today I've had the monitor display go...
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    Can't switch color profile back the way it was in vista

    Under personalize - windows color and appearance, windows vista opens a color pallette that goes from left to right...from default to frost.... my girlfriends computer doesn't have that option any more. It opens into a classic view style window, and i CAN'T get it to revert back. I've tried...
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    EVGA step up program

    Currently running 2 EVGA gtx 260 core 216's in SLI....and have 58 days left to step up. If I would like to do this, what would my best option be? To wait as long as I can or to get a 295 now? I am hearing more that the rev b of the 295 is not as good a card as the rev a. Will we be seeing...
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    SLI issue in game only

    Been playing fine up until 5 minutes ago, I turned on my other pc, and started up the witcher. and bam, 2 vertical white lines straight up the side of the monitor. with the word sli to the top right of it. It's never done that before, and when I disabled sli it went away? what are causes of...
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    New Build booting REALLY slow

    Just built a pc a week ago. Did a fresh install of xp64. Latest drivers.....you name it. It's clean. yesterday system would boot to the desktop in maybe 30 seconds. I wake up today, and turn it on, and black screen. I've been sitting here watching it, and I get a blink of my desktop, and then...
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    GTX 260 needs power, I'm confused

    I just bought the card, and my power supply will not run it, so looking at a new one... http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817256045 In looking at the rated output in the specs it says it has 4 - 12v rails @ 18A each. the card takes 2 - 6 pin molex connectors to power...
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    GTX 260 and power supply

    Hey guys , real quick question about this card....dunno if I should post here or in the PS forum....but since it's about the card, well , we have so much more fun over here in this forum don't we???!!! I just bought the card, and my power supply will not run it, so looking at a new one...
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    will ddr2 1000 run in.......

    I got 8 gigs of ddr2 1000 ram (pc28000) will it run in this board? Edit: sorry bout lack of info....wife's bugging me. the board uses ddr2 800 as the memory standard....I'm assuming the memory will just run at those speeds (ddr2800 or less since my chip e8400 has a FSB of 1333)??
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    GDDR5 256bit memory vs GDDR3 448bit memory

    Is there that much more performance in Gddr5 memory that it can still use a 256 bit memory interface? I just bought a new card gtx 260 core 216 448bit 896mb card...and I'm seeing these cards that offer the Gddr5 memory. am I gonna notice the difference?
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    finally decided it was time to upgrade!

    Hey all, been a while since i've been on here. Still running the pc that's in my sig with only hard drives being the upgraded parts from what I built back in the day. I bought some new Samsung 24" monitors last year to get rid of the dual crt setup I had before. And well 24 inches just pushes my...
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    Cyberdefender Antivirus Software

    So my sis pics out a new laptop....has it for a few months. And decides to purchase CyberDefender Antivirus software.....she's not got this worm on her machine, and an annoying pop up window saying that she's needing to license her purchase of the Personal Antivirus....The company (cyber...
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    UPS Lost my 24" Samsung!!!

    Needless to say...when we did finally get home the thing was not there with the other box that was delivered. I'm amazed that those small items were even there. Anyone ever have any problems with UPS doing stupid crap like this? I'm so ticked off right now. And now I have to wait on the Egg to...
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    UPS has lost my 24" Samsung!!!!

    Needless to say. Only one small box was on the porch when we got home. What kind of idiot would leave that just sitting on someones porch in the middle of the day? Anyone ever had this happen to them before? Filed a claim with NewEgg , hopefully they can get this resolved quickly! I want my...
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    New Samsung 24" monitor

    I'm mostly playing some games like Guild Wars...and the most hardcore would be oblivion. Do you think my rig will have a problem dealing with the native rez on this monitor... http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824001234 What are thoughts on this monitor? Was it a good choice?
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    dual socket extreme motherboards?

    Sup all.... It's been a minute...a long minute since I've posted on here, and just read an article today about a "Dual Socket Extreme" gaming motherboard.....anyone done any homework on this? I'll look to see if I can find the article again and post a link. Edit: Looks after I started doing...
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    MAC commercial

    What's with that line in the commercial! I about freaked out. "Runs Vista Faster than a PC". Has anyone paid attention to that , or care to comment about it?
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    DARK Video signal

    System in my sig. Video is DARK , and it seems to flicker from Dark to the correct color or brightness from time to time.... is it possible that the power supply isn't good enough. It came with XG case. I've tried to adjust the brightness and color settings in the Nvidia control panel...but...
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    Windows XP Pro user accounts

    What is this account , and where did it come from? Should I delete it? If so , what is the best way to take care of it?
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    Cant use AnandTech on my new PC

    I can log in , but when I click on reply , or the new topic....nothing happens...no window opens......it was fine before I installed the new IE.....is that the problem? NO IE flames please!
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    Need help setting up new inventory and sales sys...

    Been a minute since I've been on here! I need some help though. Recently I came upon a buisness opportunity where a friend who happens to own a bar , and a gift shop is looking to replace his overpriced tech support people with someone local , and is looking to set up a new system. I need help...
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    Problem in device manager

    I've got two of these adapters showing in my device manager. Both with error code 10. Windows can not repair. And I can not remove them from the system. Anyone know anything about these devices upder the Network tab?
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    Device Manager Problem need help

    Ok , when I open the device manager , I have The microsoft tun Miniport Adapter #2 and Microsoft tun Miniport Adapter #3. I've read that this is a problem when SP2 installed. (Yes these two devices have been on my machine with the little yellow !! for a long time.) I've finally gotten tired of...
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    Windows ReadyBooost - what's the best way to use it.

    With Vista right around the corner , and hearing about ReadyBoost and it's ability to access a thumbdrive to use as paging room instead of a slow mechanical harddisk....what would be the benefits of this over say a PCI slot being used for an I-RAM device .....then it's internal , and protected...
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    ps-3 preorders

    Just like the title says....I thought about it months ago , then put it out of my mind. But all of these alleged sales on EBAY is telling my wallet to go to Best Buy after I get off of work, and put cash down on a system. It's looking promising.
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    7800gs AGP video issue

    When I'm doing something on the main monitor , the secondary monitor flickers. I don't know if it's because this card is having trouble keeping up with both monitors or not. I've been running the drivers that came IN BOX with the card. I can't remember which version now. But I've updated to...
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    Just got an XP-90c

    It was delivered to my house yesterday , and can I say OMFG!! I don't know why in the heck I've been waiting to pick up this thing. It absolutely dwarfs the stock cooling on my p4. It is also compatible with LGA775 boards so I can use it when I upgrade!! I love this thing!!! Can't wait to see...
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    RoHS version

    My brother was looking to get a newer processor for his system...and the processer said that it is an RoHS version......what does this mean?
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    Nintendo Wii controller

    Ok , I see that the Wii will have 4 slots to connect Gamecube controllers. But will this allow the reciever for the Wavebird to be plugged in? It's hard to see just looking at the pictures if it will fit or not... Anyone have any input on this?