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    Installing upgrade version of Win 7 on new SSD

    So I have reinstalled windows 7 many times but never on a brand new drive. I would always just wipe the partition and install clean. Now for the first time I am installing on a brand new SSD and I am unable to activate it. I get the error that the version is for upgrade only, no clean...
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    Best $100 case where cooling is most important

    I am looking for a case around $100 where cooling is most important. If it is quiet that is great but with my house getting upwards of 82f/28c in the summer, my internaltemps sky rocket versus fall-spring. Don't need anything fancy but USB 3.0, room for a 7870 and a larger corsair A70 and 3...
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    Simple Windows 7 install question

    My Dad has an older computer with an illegal copy of Windows XP. He wants to upgrade it to Windows 7. Will he be able to do this with the Upgrade version or does he need the full version. He is going to wipe the partition and do a clean install. I am getting a little confused if he can do it...
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    Question about my Vcore on my X2

    So I have a X2 3800+ on my DFI Ultra D witha XP-90. Now I have my chip at at weak 2.2Ghz and one core fails prime after like 20 minutes although the temp does not go any higher then like 35. I decided to take a look at the vcore of the chip on CPU-Z and it stays at a steady 1.31v instead of...
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    Arctic Silver 5 that much better than AC3?

    I have some AC3 that has been in my fridge for 2 years but am building a new X2 system and will e overclocking it. Should I just use the AC3 I have here or is Arctic Silver 5 that much better where I should order a tube?
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    350W PS big enough for a 6800GS

    A friend of mine was looking at upgrading from his 6600GT to the 6800GS. Would his Fortron be able to handle it. All he has is the following: A64 3200+, 1GB Ram, 1 SATA drive, 1 DVD Burner, and then the mobo. EVGA says minimum of 350W so I should trust them but just want to make sure...
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    Seagate SATA drive is giving me problems

    So my first 120Gb Seagate drive gave me the same problems. I RMA'd it and I have the same problems so I know its not the drive thats faulty but something on my system. So my problem is that everyting seems fine with the drive until I play a games such as HL@ or BF2. I am running a Nforce 2...
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    Upgrade now to PCI-e or stay with AGP

    I am building a system for a friend of mine and am stuck between a PCI-e mobo or an AGP mobo. He wants the computer to last a while and then upgrade it down the road. The main concern I have is if in the future AGP will no longer exist and then he would have to buy a whole new motherboard just...
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    54 degrees under load for a 3000+ venice OK?

    I just built a rig for my bosses daughter who is going to college. I installed the stock heatsink and fan but wasa a little careless and kinda mucked up the heat paste with my fingers, I just forgot it was on the bottom of the HS. Anyway I went ahead and installed everything and am now runnign...
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    any opinions on this Samsung LCD monitor?

    Samsung LCD I am looking at getting a LCD monitor to replace my CRT. I know almost nothing when it comes to LCD's but see that this has a nice low 12ms response time and a 600:1 contrast ratio. Most reviews on the site seem positive and at almost 25% off it seems like a nice deal. Any one...
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    Question about onboard NF7-S sound VS Audigy ZS

    From what i understand, Soundstorm is only used when hooked up to the optical/digital out. Otherwise yuo are just using the crappy Realtek audio codec, is this true? If so I guess I would notice quite an audio improvement if I upgrade to an Audigy ZS, correct?
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    Question about Soundstorm and speakers

    I am not really sure how the whole Soundstorm system works. I have a NF7-S which has Soundstorm on board. Now from what I understand unless I will only be using Soundstorm if I use the optical connection., otherwise I am just using the AC97 codec or whatever it is. I am looking at getting...
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    About to order a NF7-S. Got a few questions before hand.

    I have heard that the northbridge fan can be a little loud so I thoguh about replacing it with this Zalman ZM-NB47J NORTHBRIDGE COOLER. Is the fan really that loud and how much cooler will this Zalman keep it? Also, I am looking into getting some rounded IDE cables but am not sure if they...
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    Need a new Athlon XP mobo, whats the best one?

    I ahve a 2500+ that I know runs stable at 3200+ speeds. So I would think that this overclock is not so much motherboard related as the new Nforce chips run at 200MHz. But being able to push my CPU over the 200MHz barrier in the future would be nice. I also need a board that has soundstorm on...
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    Computer is messed up bad

    I RMA'd A7N8X deluxe because it was not detecting IDE devices. I got it back and everything is screwed up. I will power it on and it will just restart before even gettin to the post screen, other times it will freeze loading at the windows screen, just move to a black screen and freeze...
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    Edit: Drive stuck in PIO mode.

    I have one 40GB Seagate drive and one 40GB WD drive. I had my WD drive in another computer and when I stuck it in the box that has the Seagate drive, the Seagate suddenly went slow. The Seagate drive has Windows installed on it and everythhing moves slow. Opening IE or even My computer will...
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    Why is my CPU usage so high

    It pretty much happened as sson as I installed a new hard drive and formatted it. I wil be watching a low qualoty movie on winamp and my CPU use will hover around 60-70. I rip a dvd and it stays at 100% the whole time. If I go and open up IE it will slowly climb up to 100, stay there for a...
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    Looking for a DVD burner in the $100 cdn Range

    I will be burning only dvd-r as that is what my dvd player supports, so dvd+r speeds is not an issue. I have been looking at Lite-on drives as my friend has an older 4x one and it seems to work fine. Any other drives I should look at? 8x -r speed should be plenty fast with 12x being a bonus.
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    Strange IDE problem

    my problem can be found here. What basically happens is that when the computer boots and it get to detecting IDE devices, if their is a Hard drive plugged in it locks up. It occasionally freezes when just a CD-rom is plugged in. I have tried multiple hard drives, cables, and master/slave...
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    HDD are not being detected on start-up.

    Whenever I boot up my Computer, everything checks out fine until it gets to "detecting IDE devices", It can find my CD-rw drive, but if I have a HD hooked up, it freezes at the detectind IDE devices stage. The HD does not seem to be spinning but the HDD light on the case stays lit. I have all...
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    Strange IDE problem

    It seems that this all happened after I was fooling around with different video card drivers. When I now try to boot up, the computer will freeze at the point where it will be detecting the IDE devices. The CPU will be found, the memeory check out, then it will freeze. IF I have no IDE...
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    Proper way to format and install XP?

    I ahve windows installed on my C drive with storage on My D drive. Now obviously I want to wipe the C drive clean and reinstal XP on that same portion of the disk. What I did before was just boot from the Cd and delete the C partition, and then create a new C partition on that same space as...
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    Weird problem reading a .txt from CDROM

    I am trying to install GTA: Vice Cuty and when it starts to install, it gives me a weird error like "Improper parameter" on the readme_italien.txt file. If I explore the CD and try to open the file, I get the error telling me that the file cannot be located, please insert the disc. The thing...
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    Extract code of an applet from a web page?

    IS there anyway to extract an applet off of a web page so I can read the java code in which how it was made?
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    HAHA have you guys seen michaelscomputers.com

    Here is the link to the site. This guy has claims that are hilarious, he has systems that get 17000+ on 3Dmark 03 and that have a boot times of 4-7 seconds. That isnt it though, he has all sorts of new technology such as Athlon FX 3400+ and 9800 HT 256MB. Check it out, This guy is either...
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    How to properly uninstall Linux?

    I have Linux installed on my hard drive along with windows XP. I want to uninstall it and install it on another drive. So my question is what is the proper way to uninstall it so that linux and the linux bootloader will be gone and Windows will boot up without asking? Shoudl i just uninstall...
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    Sell my 9600PRO for a 9800PRO?

    Well I can get a ATI 9800PRO for $385 cdn which is a pretty damn nice deal. Right now I have a 9600PRO that I could probably sell to a person I know for about $200-$215 which is the same amount I paid for it as I got a good deal on that a few months ago.. Should I go for the 9800PRO as it will...
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    Does increasing Refresh Rate lower the performance?

    well my question is pretty much in the title. If I increse my refresh rate in a game, will my performance drop a bit, or does the the refrsh rate not matter?
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    No GUI, only Bash shell on Mandrake boot up.

    Ok, well i installed Mandrake 9.2 and all of it went good. Now on bootup, when i get to the boot loader, i have 4 Linux choises: Linux-enterpris, Linux, Linux-nonfb, Linux-smp. No matter which one I chhose, all i get is the user login, and then the bash shell, no gui desktop, nothing. So...
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    New to Linux, how should i partition it?

    I am about to install Mandrake on my 13GB of available space on my HD. I know it is not a lot of space, but I am just fooling around with Linux, If i find godd use for it, I will get another HD and do a full install of Linux. So to my question, I know how to go about partitioning it, but what...
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    Cannot install Mandrake!

    Her eis my problem. When Lilo loads up and i press Enter to insall Mandrake, i get a black screen and it freezes, with all my keyboard lights freezing. I have tried installing under different modes(linux, expert etc.) and nothing is working. Now if I remeber correctly, The place where it...
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    How can i see if I have USB 2.0 support?

    What I mean is that I have an Asus A7N8X Deluxe which supports USB 2.0. Now How do I know if My the ports are running at 2.0 speeds instead of 1.1?
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    Can I still get Mandrake 9.1?

    I have been using Red hat and mandrake at school and would now like to install Mandrake 9.1 at home. Only problem is that i can't seem to find the ISO images anywhere. There site has all the 9.2 stuff and nothing else. Is it still out there, can someone direct me to it?
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    Best way to clean out heatsink?

    I opened up my case today and saw that My Vantec Aeroflow has a major amount of dust stuck in the Heatsink? what is the best way to get rid of it? should I just unscrew the fan from the heat sink and vacuum/compress air all the crap out?
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    Install the 3com PCI LAN Drivers?

    I have had my A7N8X Deluxe 2.0 for a couple of months now and never did install them as everything seemed to run fine. Should I install these though? Do they give any sort of a performance increase?
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    What timings does Corsair XMS3200-C2 run at 166MHZ?

    Well my memory runs fine at 200mhz at 2-3-3-6 timings on my overclocked 2500+. When I Lower the memory to 166MHZ a which is stock for the barton and set the timings to 2-2-2-5, it fails memtest and prime after a few seconds. It hought the timings for 166MHZ were 2-2-2-5? It's looing like I...
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    Monitor seen as "Default Monitor"

    I have a Viewsonic G90fb-2 monitor and before whenever my computer would not shut down properly, on boot up my monitor would be seen as a "default monitor". I could fix this by shutting down and unplugging and plugging back i the monitor to my vid card. Yesterday I installed My new 3.7 drivers...
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    My Monitor is really starting to make me angry

    I have a Viewsonic G90fb and it as been hving a weird problem for a few ekks now. When ever I install new videocard drivers, or have to reboot it when in a game, it is not recognized as a Plug and play monitor like it should. Rather it is seen as a default monitor and will only stay at 65hz...
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    What is the proper way to Install New Video Card Drivers?

    I am about to install the new Catalyst 3.7 drivers for my 9600Pro but before I do I was wondering what is the best or proper way to install new drivers? I have always unistalled the drivers through the Adapter properties, reboot, install the new drivers and reboot again. Seems to work fine but...
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    Refresh rate problem with monitor

    I have a Viewsonic G90fb running on a 9600 Pro and have been using if for 2 weeks and am loving it. Today something happened so that i cannot raise my refresh rate of 60hz. When I do it through the display properties it says that it changes but when I go through the viesonic menu and check the...