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    Nvidia 580 GTX Crashes with Purple Screen

    If this has been discussed I apologize, but after a search of the forums I couldn't find my issue. I've had my Nvidia GTX580 for quite some time now, but the periodic crashes I'm getting have finally led me to ask for help. During the middle of gameplay the computer will crash to a uniform...
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    Trouble with Samsung 830 OS Install

    Well, the first person you must always rely on is yourself. I'm fixed and Windows 8 Release Preview is working WONDERFULLY on this "old" system. The issue turned out that I did not in fact have the very latest BIOS update to my motherboard. I was at F11 and there was one newer version at...
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    Trouble with Samsung 830 OS Install

    Well I guess my long hopefully detailed post wasn't clear to you? First of all, I did try to install using a different operating system (Win7) as was described in my post. It really shouldn't matter the video card as it doesn't even get far enough to load the manufacturer's drivers. Plus...
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    Trouble with Samsung 830 OS Install

    Howdy! First off, I searched the threads to see if anyone has had my issue without much luck....so I'm throwing this out there because I'm just not smart enough to figure this out.... I've got an older computer that I've put into service as a HTPC. I've been using it more, and I wanted to...
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    Can't see anything in Devices and Printers

    Well. I couldn't figure out how to fix it, so I went to a System Restore point and now it's working again. This is the second time this has happened to me in the last month. I sure wish I knew either what was causing it, and then how to fix it without restoring. Cyk
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    Can't see anything in Devices and Printers

    Hello. I have Win 7 Ultimate. I recently had some networking issues that I resolved and everything connects great. But now when I try to setup my network printer on my main PC I can't even see the Devices and Printers section. I just get the green bar......and nothing. When I go to make a...
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    Computer won't post, and constantly reboots itself

    OK!!!! You were right. In my haste I had 4 DIMMS of memory still in their slots. I took them all out, then put one back in bank 1. It fired right up! So now I'm going to start adding my normal peripherals and see where this goes. To be continued.... Cyk
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    Computer won't post, and constantly reboots itself

    *sigh* Installing new peripherals can be very irksome. I have an older (but still fairly powerful) PC that used to be my gaming rig. I've converted it to become my new HTPC and have connected to my Sharp 70" LED 3-D TV. Everythign was working GREAT. Then I installed a new Samsung Blu-Ray...
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    Error Reinstalling Win7 on Asus ROG G53SW

    Hey All, My particular ROG laptop came with a single 500GB harddrive, so I always had plans to purchase an SSD seperately put a fresh install on it to get away from the bloatware and then reinstall and reformat the original 500GB drive. So I watched a VERY helpfull video on youtube on how to...
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    Connecting an Xbox 360 to a HP ZR30W

    Hopefully someone here has tried this.....I'm normally a PC gamer, but I picked up an xbox 360 fairly cheap and I wanted to us my HP ZR30W monitor as the display. This monitor is great, but doesn't have many video outputs. My DVI port is used by my PC running at 2560X1600 resolution. I have...
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    Connecting an Xbox360 to my HP ZR30W Monitor

    Hopefully someone here has tried this.....I'm normally a PC gamer, but I picked up an xbox 360 fairly cheap and I wanted to us my HP ZR30W monitor as the display. This monitor is great, but doesn't have many video outputs. My DVI port is used by my PC running at 2560X1600 resolution. I have...
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    iPod Adapter Woes.....

    I think you are correct Sir. Thus my frustration at Apple! I was hoping that out there somewhere was a pin conversion adapter so that I could at least play music with my older (but still very functional) sound system. I'm not asking for full charging capabilities or anything, just play...
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    iPod Adapter Woes.....

    First off, I am NOT an Apple guy. But my wife still uses her first generation iPod nano 4GB ( and to be honest it still works just like it did new ). I have a 5th generation iPod nano. We have one of those portable sound systems with an iPod mini dock, which the 1st gen is completely...
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    OCZ Vertex 3 was workign GREAT....until....

    *cries* Oh well. I had read the reviews, and even Anand states that using OCZ is a crapshoot at times. I'd hoped this 3rd generation of drives would be more stable. This was my first build with SSD. I'm going to RMA, and try again. If it happens a second time I'm going to demand my...
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    OCZ Vertex 3 was workign GREAT....until....

    I'm sorry. I don't understand what you mean by GG If we were playing an online game I'd think Good Game.... Cyk
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    OCZ Vertex 3 was workign GREAT....until....

    I just built a new system very recently. I used the Vertex 3 240GB SSD as my boot drive for Win 7 Ultimate X64. I have a Gigabyte Z68 motherboard, and I'm using the SATA III cable that came with the motherboard. Everything has been working GREAT. Then, all the sudden I come home today, fire...
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    Of these Z68 boards...which one?

    I just recently (this weekend) put together a build centered on the Gigabyte Z68X-UD3P-B3. I'm still in the process of setting it up (formatting a 2TB HDD as I'm typing this), but so far everything has gone thru seemlessly. I could see no real benefit, other than paying more money, for the...
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    Gigabyte Z68 SSD bios setup question

    Thanks for you reply! I've never used Ubuntu, nor have I made a bootable USB drive before. However I did see on some of the OCZ forums options for these things. I may just have to learn! Thanks again! Cykoth
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    Gigabyte Z68 SSD bios setup question

    This is actually a reprint of a post from Memory and Storage. I'm not getting any responses over there, so maybe it's more relavant to the Motherboard forum. I'm putting together a new build and as soon as I get my OCZ Vertex 3 240GB I'm going to put this thing together. I've built many...
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    New SSD/Build Setup, w/ Gigabyte Z68 Motherboard

    I'm putting together a new build and as soon as I get my OCZ Vertex 3 240GB I'm going to put this thing together. I've built many computers in the past for home use, but this is my very first SSD experience. I'm going to use Win 7 64-bit Ultimate as my OS. I've been reading alot of the...
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    An Upgrade That's Turned Into a New Build...

    Hello All, It's been about 4-5 years since I built my last gaming rig using Vista 32-bit Ultimate. It's been very durable and upgrading to a stock overclocked Gigabyte GTX580 has definitely elongated it's life. But time has gone on, and some platforms such as Win 7 64 bit, the new Z68 Intel...
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    30" Monitors - HP ZR30w vs Dell U3011

    Made my decision. I went with the HP ZW30R because I think it will be better for gaming performance, and I have no intention of ever hooking it up to a console or the like. Almost $1300 from newegg........We'll see how it goes!
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    Leftover Nvidia Trash Files

    This has been an issue I've been dealing with for a while, but I've just not fooled with it much because it's not hurting any of my video performance. When I first built my system, I had the 8800 GTX 512MB Nvidia card. I later chose to replace the card with the ATI HD 4890 (and I've been happy...
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    What's your current card and when do you plan your next upgrade?

    I've got a 4890 1GB. I've had it for a year or two. I had a 8800GTX 512 prior to that, but I don't like how Nvidia cards run so hot and I was having trouble with a new build and heat production, so I switched to ATI/AMD and never looked back. I had my eye on the 5970 for some time, but now...
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    30" Monitors - HP ZR30w vs Dell U3011

    I really want a 120Hz OLED super uber 30" computer monitor.....but since that doesn't exist, and probably won't for at least another 2 years I want to settle for the best technology now. I've been looking around the web quite a bit, and it seems the best two 30" monitors for gaming are the HP...
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    ATI 4890 vs Nvidia GTX285

    Thanks so much all for your very complete and honest answers! I had planned on getting 2 X 2GB 800MHz DDR2 RAM that I hadn't mentioned in the OP to bring me up to 4GB total, and because I can get that 4GB for the crazy price of $45. As I'm running Vista 32-bit, it's my understanding that...
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    ATI 4890 vs Nvidia GTX285

    Are there definite product announcements for this fall as far as video cards are concerned? Or are you speaking for the general product cycle and we all have yet to see what's coming...? Ergo a re-packaged core or a brand new die. Oh, I also am running Vista Ultimate 32-bit and after a...
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    ATI 4890 vs Nvidia GTX285

    I built this system about 1.5 years ago.... quad core Q9650 3GHz, 2 MB RAM (cause the CPU fan is in the way....), and a Gigabyte P35 chipset MB. I originally had one of those Asus extreme gamer MB's, and it was a total piece of crap IMHO. It ran so hot that I had to have a huge occilating...
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    ATI 4890 vs Nvidia GTX285

    I'm sure this has been beat to death, but forgive me I've been away from forums for a bit. I'm wanting to upgrade my GTS 8800 512 card. I've started doing a lot of reading and I'm drawn to the ATI 4890 overclocked to 900mHz core card. I've been an ATI owner in the past, but have pretty much...
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    Network Printer Issue in Vista 32-Bit

    Thanks for the response! However, I'm not using a print server box. I'm using the 2nd computer running XP professional as the print server. So should I enter in the IP of the 2nd computer then? Cyko
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    Network Printer Issue in Vista 32-Bit

    Ok, weird question here. I'm pretty new to Vista, I've only upgraded to it since the begining of Feb. I have to say that barring an update that won't install, I've have no issues with the OS. Except now.... I have a printer (HP 7150) hooked up to another computer running XP Professional...
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    780i running hot?

    RUN, don't walk away from the 780i. Nvidia has to make a better more stable setup or I'm never going to be able to enjoy SLI ;) I had the Striker II Formula and it never worked properly. Overheating like crazy on stock settings...Manually done ofc. It's been RMA'ed away... I have great...
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    Anybody Else Have This Problem with Gigabyte DS3R ?

    I've noticed that this board is rather "scruntched" up as well. I just recently purchased the P35-DS3R to replace the POS Asus Striker II Formula that I used to have....;) I was able to plug up the 4-pin power connector on the board, but not without seriously bending/forming the cable to...
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    Do you HAVE to reinstall Vista after a motherboard change?

    I've RMA'ed the Striker. It was simply unusable. I had put all my settings to manual, to no avail. I consistently had temp issues with "stock" settings, and I was having intermittant LAN issues in which the motherboard adapters were not accepting a dynamic IP. Multiple users of the Sriker II...
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    Do you HAVE to re-install Vista when changing out the motherboard?

    Nice replies all! Well, I'm going to try it. I removed all Nvidia software first. Then I removed what MB device drivers I could.....when I tried to remove the Sata drive components, Vista simply re-installed them immediately. So I left them alone. I also left alone my graphics card...
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    Doing a mobo upgrade.

    I'm kinda looking to swap out motherboards on the same PC (going from a 780i to a P35 board). I've never seen sysprep before.....but after reading a little it seems that it is meant to image from a reference pc to any downstream pc's on a Windows server 2003 environment. It seems that this...
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    Do you HAVE to re-install Vista when changing out the motherboard?

    Hey there, I'm switching motherboards. I'm tired of the crap I'm getting from my Asus Striker II Formula 780i, and am going to a more stable P35 Intel chipset board from Gigabyte. I've got an existing installation of Vista 32-bit on my harddrive.....do I HAVE to reinstall Vista? Or before...
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    Do you HAVE to reinstall Vista after a motherboard change?

    Hey there, I'm switching motherboards. I'm tired of the crap I'm getting from my Asus Striker II Formula 780i, and am going to a more stable P35 Intel chipset board from Gigabyte. I've got an existing installation of Vista 32-bit on my harddrive.....do I HAVE to reinstall Vista? Or before...
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    All I want is a stable Motherboard

    Much Thanks All. My thought was an Intel chipset as well. I've always used Intel based motherboards in the past to greater success. I just wanted to build an SLI rig to take advantage of the benefits. The only thing that gives me pause, is now Nvidia is talking about using the second GPU...