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    Recommendations for a new Monitor 24"

    I'm looking for recommendations for a new monitor. 24" in size (can't fit anything bigger on this desk). 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 resolution is fine either way. IPS or VA preferably. It's main use is gaming, but also surfing the web, watching videos. Price around $300ish, if something was...
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    Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 Faulty Front USB Port?

    On a Fractal Design Arc Midi R2, one of the two front USB 3.0 ports does not seem to work. I get nothing on anything I plug in to the one on the right, the one on the left works just fine. Since both plugs are on the same header on the motherboard, I'm not getting why the one is functioning and...
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    Ticking/Clicking PSU (Seasonic RMA Service

    I woke up on Saturday to use my computer and there was a ticking/clicking noise coming from it. I've since narrowed it down to my Seasonic PSU, which I just got back in January of this year. http://products.ncix.com/detail/seasonic-g-series-650w-atx-ce-76943.htm It's not constant, it seems...
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    Re-using old parts

    So I have some parts left over from a previous build I want to-reuse in a another machine. I have a hard drive (WD 1 TB Caviar Black, XFX 5770 video card, Corsair 750tx PSU, case, optical drive and 8 GB of this memory...
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    Fractal Design Define R4 Top Fan Vibration

    I put a Noctua NF-A14 FLX 140mm Ultra Quiet Cooling Fan as a top exhaust fan on this case and am getting fairly loud vibration noise. I disconnect the fan and all is quiet again. I used the rubber mounts it came with, but what I notice with this case is the center of the fan touches right...
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    Cache Hiearchy Error

    In the past 24 hours my machine has frozen completely twice. Basically the last screen the computer is on is displayed and nothing works for input and I have to physically power off the machine. In event viewer I see a bunch of these: Reported by component: Processor Core Error Source...
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    Purplish Backgrounds/textures

    I had a somewhat general question about displays. Is there some reason in particular that in games, low quality video playback and so on. that background textures take on a purpleish tint/colour. This is mainly noticeable with greys on low quality textures in games and in playback of low...
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    Laptop Shutting Off Randomly

    I need some help here and want to use everyone here as a sounding board, maybe we can come up with something I missed (I hope). The laptop in question is a Dell XPS M1730 Laptop. I was told it was shutting off at random on the person. They have to use the power button to turn the machine back...
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    The device \device\scsi\viamraid1 did not respond within the timeout period

    I'll preface my posts by mentioning this isn't my computer, but I'm taxed with fixing it. I've been told the machine is restarting on it's own apparently, but not much more. The two issues I see in event viewer are: Error: The device, \Device\Scsi\viamraid1, did not respond within the...
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    Windows 7 64-bit Edition and ATI 5xxx series cards

    Have the driver issues been resolved with the 5750 and 5770 with Windows 7 64-bit edition? Am I gonna run into a bunch of issues while gaming? It's the only reason I haven't pulled the trigger on one till now. I've always went with NVIDIA in the past, but I know I can stretch my dollars...
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    Video card issues

    Today, when I went to play a game, my screen froze completely, went kinda a yellowish colour and was unresponsive. I had to physically power off the machine (which I hate to do). Some basic info: It's a NVIDIA GeForce 8 series card, PCI-E slot, Windows XP is the OS. Upon restart...
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    Internet Connection- Weird Issue

    I recently reformatted (read today) a computer with Windows XP. I re-installed all the standard drivers: video, sound and network. Installed SP3, installed anti-virus + firewall. The motherboard is a Asus P5RD2-VM. I got the network driver directly from the asus website, from the...
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    Recommendation for a good Wireless Router

    I'm looking for recommendations for a good Wireless router. Preferably a wireless N router. Setup: 2 desktop computers will be physically plugged into the router. 2 laptops will be wirelessly connected. One laptop is running Windows Vista, one is running Windows 7. So the router needs...
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    Add/Remove Programs Empty

    Here's an interesting problem I'm having in Windows XP (SP3). When I load up add/remove programs, it's empty. There's no list. I can't figure out why, or how to reverse it. If I run another program, such as CCleaner, the uninstall information is intact for all my programs and I'm able...
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    Backup Software

    I'm looking for some backup software (free preferably) that will basically automatically backup on a schedule a few basic things. I'm just looking for something simple to backup Outlook Express e-mail contacts/address book and messages, Firefox bookmarks, My Documents and a few random...
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    Sata II HD Issues

    I've been having issues with a PC built with this mobo http://www.ncix.com/products/index [...] cture=ASUS of late. On boot up, it started saying insert boot media. That wasn't the exact message, but along those lines. I figured it was the hard drive that was the problem. So, I tested the...
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    Burning Software

    I'm looking for some new burning software. It needs to be able to (at a minimum): burn CDs/DVDs Make audio discs Make video discs Make data discs Make photo slideshow discs burn images It needs to be easy to use and fairly intuitive for a novice computer user. Normally I'd just...