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    Older system build, no beeps or post with just motherboard, CPU & HSF, case speaker, and PSU.

    I have 2 motherboards that fit some AMD Athlon 64 CPU's I have (3 of them). One of them doesn't seem to work. The same PSU was used with both boards. Both systems were breadboarded (motherboard, CPU & HSF, case speaker, and PSU) to test if working. The non working motherboard has a newer...
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    Hard drive wont boot, stalls on chkdsk

    I have a hard drive for my Dell PC that stopped loading windows. The error message says missing hal.dll. I put this hard drive into another computer and while BIOS detected the hard drive, at first it wasnt showing up in windows. I then did a chkdsk at startup which fixed errors but stalled...
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    Help me tweak my OC system purchase!

    AMD Athlon 64 3000+
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    Help me tweak my OC system purchase!

    Help me tweak my OC system purchase! Hey, I'm trying to build a system that does decent overclocking. This will be the first time i'm overclocking a system. I would like to overclock the cpu and graphics card but not trying to do any extreme OC'ing, just an average performance boost. I...
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    Help me decide

    I want to overclock, but im not going to go to the extreme. This will be my first time overclocking. Help me pick between the 2 of them. Both are similar in price $76-80 MSI K8N NEO4-F - nFORCE4 CHIPSET EPOX EP-9NPA3 ULTRA - nFORCE4 CHIPSET Rest of my specs: graphics card: EVGA N384...
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    Do I need onboard video? I want dual monitors.

    Can I get dual monitors off of 1 video card? Is there a reason to get the 6100 or 6150 boards that I first looked at? I need to find out cause Im still having trouble picking out a motherboard. My choices are: MSI K8N NEO4-F - nFORCE4 CHIPSET EPOX 9NPA+Ultra - nFORCE4 CHIPSET MSI...
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    Nvidia EVGA 6800XT 128MB PCI-E $86 AR

    Explain. I dont know how thats good or bad.
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    What is the best computer/office chair for someone who sits long hours? I am looking for under $200.

    Looking around I found 2 websites that had good office chair reviews. http://www.nfib.com/object/IO_20009.html http://www.consumersearch.com/www/office/office-chair-reviews/index.html Both list the Ikea Joakim Swivel Chair in their reviews, only chair that made both reviews. Its also...
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    What is the best computer/office chair for someone who sits long hours? I am looking for under $200.

    Im 5'9" 170. I do mixed use some typing some browsing but this question would be better off being generic so that anyone who is looking for a chair can benefit.
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    What is the best computer/office chair for someone who sits long hours? I am looking for under $200.

    What is the best computer/office chair for someone who sits long hours? I am looking for under $200. Yes, I can get a Herman Miller Aeron or a SteelCase Leap chair or a Humanscale Freedomchair but I would rather not spend 800+ for a chair. They are probably the best chairs on the market. But...
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    Have a geforce6100 A8N vm with an AMD 3000. Return the MB for a 6150 CSM?

    Is there any real benefit for me chosing L vs FID? ie. chosing 6100 over 6150 thanks
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    Have a geforce6100 A8N vm with an AMD 3000. Return the MB for a 6150 CSM?

    renethx for which motherboard are you talking about? The MSI K8NGM2-L the MSI K8NGM2-FID or the geforce models? Also which board do you think I should get? I am looking for dual monitor support and the ability to OC. Extras like firewire, 4 SATA ports, and Gigabit ethernet I dont need.
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    Have a geforce6100 A8N vm with an AMD 3000. Return the MB for a 6150 CSM?

    can I buy the MSI K8NGM2-L instead? Since the company I bought the geforce6100 (mwave.com) doesnt carry the FID model and charges a 15% restocking fee if I dont exchange for another motherboard. Edit: BTW I want the option to duel monitor. I have 2 CRT monitors and 1 LCD monitor I can...
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    Have a geforce6100 A8N vm with an AMD 3000. Return the MB for a 6150 CSM?

    Have a geforce6100 A8N vm with an AMD 3000. Return the MB for a 6150 CSM? Hey, I bought an Asus A8N vm motherboard and an AMD 3000 few weeks ago but I havnt put it together yet. Im not sure whether I should return the motherboard and get the 6150 CSM or a different board or stay with this...
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    Reusing old CPU on ASUS A8N-VM Motherboard

    Reusing old CPU on ASUS A8N-VM Motherboard I have an ASUS A8N-VM Motherboard that I want to install on a new computer with an old an old AMD Athlon XP 2800+. I also bought an AMD 3000+ Socket 939. So I have a few questions. Can I use the 2800+ instead and return the 3000+? Can I buy a...
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    Reusing old CPU on ASUS A8N-VM Motherboard

    Reusing old CPU on ASUS A8N-VM Motherboard I have an ASUS A8N-VM Motherboard that I want to install on a new computer with an old an old AMD Athlon XP 2800+. I also bought an AMD 3000+ Socket 939. So I have a few questions. Can I use the 2800+ instead and return the 3000+? Can I buy a...
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    Shorted my power supply

    Hello, I stuck a screwdriver into my power supply fan so that I could test noise levels without the fan. Well even though the computer was off, it sparked. Now my computer wont start. Do I need a new case? Did I cause damage to other parts of the computer. Thanks Chris
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    Connection Problems - HihackThis log

    repost HJT log - HJT in its own directory Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:04:13 PM, on 12/8/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe...
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    Connection Problems - HihackThis log

    why does it have to run from its own directory? Does it change the results?
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    Connection Problems - HihackThis log

    Connection Problems - HihackThis log Since last week, I havnt been able to connect to the internet from my wireless card or ethernet connection to my router. I have tried resetting tcp/ip stack, reseting router trying connections on a good computer. I havnt been able to resolve the...
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    Limited or no connectivity - wireless and NIC cards

    Tried factory defaults already. But like I said before it works to the router from 2nd computer. Could the problem computer have bad hardware?
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    Limited or no connectivity - wireless and NIC cards

    I kept it unencrypted for the purpose eliminating that as a posibility. Also rebooting, ipconfig release/renew, manually setting the IP didnt work. This problem didnt happen with just the wireless card. The wired NIC card I had in earlier didnt find the IP for the router also even after...
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    Limited or no connectivity - wireless and NIC cards

    Limited or no connectivity - wireless and NIC cards Something happened to my computer a few days ago that stopped allowing it to connect to the internet. I used was using a NIC card for that computer switched to a wireless card and still have problems connecting. The wireless card on the...
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    NIC card has limited or no connectivity.

    NIC card has limited or no connectivity. I have a 10/100 NIC card on an older computer that stopped working all of a sudden. I am not sure what happened to cause it. I checked the cable and works correctly. I turned off and restarted both my computer and router/modem. I uninstalled and...
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    Wireless Card hassles

    I found out that the problem has to do with WEP encrypton but I cant seem to find out the solution. If I turn off WEP on wifi card and the router it works fine. lets say I set the password to 'password' turn it to 128 bit encryption, put it on key 1 set channel to 6. For my wireless card, I...
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    Wireless Card hassles

    I am trying to switch my router and wireless card between two computers. After lots of hassle installing wireless cards before, I figured I could handle any problems. Guess not. I have a netgear MR314 router and a Linksys WMP11 wireless card. Both systems use winxp SP2. I installed the...
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    Connection issues after messing with HOST file

    UPDATE: I finally found out the problem I was having. When I changed the DNS Client Properties, it reset the max connections for tcpip.sys back to 10. Windows XP set a limit of 10 max concurrent connections in its SP2 update. More information can be found about this at...
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    Connection issues after messing with HOST file

    I agree HOSTS werent even needed since I was filtering bad IPs already. But I wanted to try it out. Now I cant go back.
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    Connection issues after messing with HOST file

    I have a problem with my internet connection lately from just one computer in my house. When dloading from emule even if its a small amount, I lose the ability to browse or connect with any other program. I have also noticed when using Firefox browser that when a separate tab is downloading a...