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    Core 2 Duo Installation Woes

    Hello All, I have an old Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P LGA775 Motherboard that, up until now, has had a Pentium 4 3.4 GHz Prescott (single core, gasp!) in it. This evening, I went to a local parts store and bought a C2D E7500 to try to squeeze a bit more life out of this machine... After removing...
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    File Permissions and Batch Files

    Alright, so here's a weird question for you. At my school there is a virus on the computers that copies itself from the local computer to any removable drive it can find attached to the computer, and thus spreads this way. The school does not have antivirus software because of the cost, and...
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    Be a part of a psychology experiment - in just 1 minute!

    Hi guys, My reason for writing today is to ask a favor of anyone with a spare minute and who might be willing to help me out with a psychology class I'm taking. We are supposed to have performed an experiment on people at school, but our group kind of slacked on that, so what do I do but...
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    2xDual Channel and Timings

    Hello All, I am considering upgrading the RAM in my PC3200 motherboard. I already have 2 sticks of 512MB which I run in dual channel at a latency of 2-3-2-5. I am looking into purchasing another 1 or maybe even 2GB to run as dual channel in the other slots of the motherboard. Can I use two...
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    MSI P6N SLI-FI & 1333 FSB

    Hello All, I am about to purchase an MSI P6N SLI-FI motherboard with an E6750 CPU. My question is this: will it require screwing around with the BIOS before I can use this motherboard? I don't have an extra C2D lying around that I can switch it out with to mess with BIOS, and therefore I...
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    Approved RAM for Motherboards

    Hello All, I am looking at a new system using an MSI P6N SLI-FI motherboard. The MSI site says it only likes RAM from Buffalo, Crucial, Corsair, Kingston, Mushkin and OCZ. What exactly does this mean? I'm looking at some OCZ Platinum Revision 2 RAM that says it will work with 1.9V to 2.1V...
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    1066 FSB CPUs and DDR2 800 RAM

    Hello All, I am looking into a new system and am wondering if I get an intel Core 2 Quad with a 1066MHz FSB, will I be able to use DDR2? The P35 motherboards seem to have 1066/1333 FSBs... Can I use DDR2 800 in these motherboards? Thanks
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    What Now?

    Hello All, I am looking to build a new system as my old P4 Prescott runs very hot... I've been looking at new CPUs and have reached the conclusion that right now is a bad time to buy processors. Am I correct? What should I do at this point? Does it make sense to wait for Penryn? I kind of...
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    Sub $120 Case

    Hello All, I am probably going to be building a system in the next 2 weeks, and I am looking for a mid to full size case to accommodate the new GeCube X1950 I purchased last week... I am trying to use a little nicer quality stuff than I did last time, and I was looking at cases... They get...
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    Radeon X1950XT w/ Full System

    Hello all, I have a Coolmax 400w PSU with the following components: P4 3.4 GHz Prescott CPU 2 200GB IDE HDD 1 120GB IDE HDD 1 250GB SATA HDD 2 DVD Burners 2 512MB sticks of PC3200 RAM Soundblaster X-Fi I currently have a Radeon X700 that's screwed up so I just ordered an X1950XT and...
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    CD Audio Recovery

    Hello, I was recording a wedding to a CD using a hardware realtime recorder. The power went out during the ceremony and my CD recorder died (obviously). When the power came back it was unable to recognize the CD. I need to recover this data. The CD has no Table of Contents, and therefore...
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    XP SP2 Re-Install

    To make a long story short, here's what happened. I shocked my PC with Static Electricity while it was running and had to run a repair install on my XPSP2 PC using an XPSP1a CD. This made Windows think that it was SP1 again. Now, I need to get SP2 back so I can have my other updates (.NET...
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    USB 2 Issue (Drivers?)

    I reformatted my computer recently and reinstalled Windows XP Pro. Before I reformatted, the USB2 on my computer worked fine for charging my iPod, running my scanner, etc. Now, after the reformat, the computer won't recognize the USB ports as USB2. Whenever I plug any USB2 device, it says...
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    XP Pro Setup Hard Drive Format

    I finally decided to reformat my computer and start from scratch. This of course involves formatting the disk. I put in the XP Pro CD, booted up no problem, installed my RAID drivers (which I'm not using as a RAID anyway) and told it to reformat the partition that Windows was on previously. I...
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    Windows 98 Sound

    I have an IBM Thinkpad 600E laptop that is relatively old. I have Windows 98 (not SE) and I get sound occasionally. I don't know what it is that causes this, but often, I lose sound and nothing is audible. I try to restart and that only works about 1 out of 10 times for no apparent reason...
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    New Hard Drive -- Moving XP

    I got a new 200 GB Maxtor hard drive the other day and I already have 2 120GB WDs that I was using. I have Windows XP pro on one of the 120s and I want to move it to the new drive so I can run the 2 120 GB drives as a RAID 0 Array. I tried using the Maxtor MaxBlast software to copy it, but it...
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    Dell 8250 Front Panel Pin Layout

    Hey guys, I'm building a new machine using an old Dell Dimension 8250 case I have. Since I'm using a microATX board, I've already re-drilled the holes for the mounting screws, and done some other machining, and now I'm ready to try to turn it on. There's only one problem; my friends at Dell...
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    RAM Speeds

    I'm going to get a new motherboard to put my old 2.4 GHz P4 with a 533 FSB in. I need to know if I can buy PC3200 RAM so that if I want to I can replace the processor with something faster. Do I have to buy PC2700 or will PC3200 work?
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    PCIe Power

    I'm going to be ordering a PCI Express mobo soon, and I heard that you need a special connector on your power supply. What is this connector or what makes a power supply "PCI Express Ready"?
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    Prescotts?

    I was doing some research a while back and it showed that the Prescotts weren't worth it over Northwoods, but now, they don't have Northwoods faster than 3.2GHz and I want a 3.4 system... Has the performance gap gotten small enough to justify buying a Prescott?
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    Disable Router

    I have a D-Link DI-514 wireless router that I'd like to use as a switch behind my Netgear router. I have tried to use the DI-514 out of the box, but my computer cannot communicate with the internet when it is behind the 514. I was wondering if I could turn off the IP assigning on the D-Link so...
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    PC2300 RAM?

    I have a 2 GHz P4 with a 400MHz FSB and 128 MB of RAM(I know, it's tiny). CPU-Z tells me that my RAM is PC2300, which I've heard runs at 144 MHz, but it only says it's running at 132.9 MHz, which is effectively 133, in otherwords PC2100 speed. I obviously need more RAM, but I can't find anyone...
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    Intel Chipsets

    Like the title says, I'm wondering which chipset is better and what the differences between them is...
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    CAS Latency

    I was reading an article (can't remember where) that said that CAS Latency was only defined in integral values and was rounded up, meaning that 2.5 latency, without OC'ing runs as 3 latency... Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm looking into an AMD Athlon64 3000+ for a CPU and some OCZ Performance...
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    Big Choice...

    I have a P4 2.4GHz, no HT, 533MHz FSB, 256MB PC1066 RAM. I'm going to get a different type of RAM since PC1066 is just too expensive. I'm getting some(1GB) PC3200 instead, which entails buying a new Motherboard. I figure while I'm at it, I'll . I have come to the conclusion that I am faced...
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    System Upgrade Specs

    Hey All, I'm looking at a major system upgrade. I'm going to need to get a new case, new mobo, new RAM, and a new CPU... This system will be used for light gaming, LAN Parties, and video editing. I have these objects currently in my cart: ASPIRE X-Dreamer II Silver ATX Mid-Tower Case with...
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    I need a case and maybe fans...

    Background on my current situation: I have PC1066 RAM, which as you should know, is expensive. I decided to switch RAM types(to PC3200), which of course requires a new motherboard. One disadvantage to this is that I have a Dell 8250 case, which has 5 expansion slots. My new ASUS P4P800 SE...