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  1. DaveU

    New Build-Klipsch Surround - no rear speaker volume

    Thanks for looking, Finished a new awesome build, using Asus ROG components i7-7700 cpu, Z270E Main Board Using on board sound... I have a perfectly good Klipsch Quad speaker and sub setup, been working great for years, and I actually had it serviced a couple years back. New Build is Windows...
  2. DaveU

    Dell 5100 - Vintage for fun

    Was gifted a dell 5100 with a pentium 4 and an x300 video card (PCI express) formatted and loaded XP fine, boosted the ram to 4 GB (32bit ya, ya ,ya) I also had a GT 720 (2GB) that I wanted to throw in to compliment the video capabilities. The machine runs fine with the x300 (128MB) but with...
  3. DaveU

    Drive can't display current owner

    Installed a new 1TB WD black replacing a 500gb WD Blue Win7 system. data only drive, and I copied over all the data files before installing internally. Recently I started getting an "access denied" message occasionally on boot up, just randomly, reboot and then can access. When it does...
  4. DaveU

    amped sr10000

    Purchased an amped sr10000 repeater over the holidays... Took some time to get everything working and a good spot for it with proper signal strength from the router... The unit seems to work great, have 80%+/- signal strength to the repeater where it resides. The problem I'm having is that...
  5. DaveU

    New RAM

    Stable evga x58 MB w 6 gig Mushkin Blackline triple channel (3x2) ddr3 1600 9-9-9-24 command rate 2t running at 1.65 Dimm Voltage frequency 1333 for stability Wanted to upgrade (double) ram, purchased muskin silver line (3x4) ddr3 1600 9-9-9-24 (running Win 7 64 bit) Can I just pop the...
  6. DaveU

    test a new SSD before build?

    Is it possible or necessary to test a new SSD before putting into service? Just purchased wo new SSD's and I'd like to test before putting into service to test so I know the drive is good before I build and if I if I don't use the drive immediatly? Just plug into an external usb enclosure or...
  7. DaveU

    Blu-ray disks as Backup

    Can I use Blu-ray disks, specifically 25GB Verbatim BD-R LTH Type disks as long term storage / backup? Is this a viable option, or am I missing something, Do these things just "go bad" after a period of time? Things change sooo fast It's hard to keep up to the technology. I'm concerened with...
  8. DaveU

    Win7 64 - BSoD Bad_Pool.....

    6 month old machine Win7 64, Quad core i7 820, EVGA x58 MB, 6 gig ram, Nvidia GTX 275, minor overclock from manufacturer. No new software or hardware, No Bios updates... Just started random BSoD "Bad_Pool_ Header" or "Bad_Pool_Caller" reboot sometimes ok. or i'll have to completely shut...
  9. DaveU

    Option for "no aux audio input on motherboard"

    Just got a new PC, trying to put my Leadtek tv card in, only there's no aux audio input on the motherboard, and no audio input jack on the back of the card. My old install had an input on the soundblaster card, and now I'm using the mainboard sound. Is there a way to wire the 3 wire audio...
  10. DaveU

    Looking For Graphics LCDs

    Small Graphics company looking for suggestion moving from CRT to LCD and need advise on monitors for graphics apps. Leaning towards a Dell Ultrasharp 24" Also Game on the machines at times... Can we get some opinions? Also getting into HD Video Editing, PC's have Blue Ray Thanks!
  11. DaveU

    Windows 7 and chipset drivers

    installing WIn7 on 2 older pc's abit IC7-G intel 875P and an Asus A8N-E Nforce4 ultra do chipset drivers need to be installed under Win 7? Thanks...
  12. DaveU

    Slow Format and slow boot

    3 yr old dell PC PC was running very slow. Blew away HD and formatted. Fomatting was very slow. PC did continue to format and OS (XP) did install. every time we reboot, it takes like 5 min. to boot. Bar shows on bottom of screen and progresses really slow. Once the PC boots, takes about...
  13. DaveU

    Incomplete XP repair

    a friend had a problem with an "Unmountable boot volume" blue screen. we tried several things, and eventually had to run a chkdsk /r on the PC. It took quite a while, but finally we got the machine up and running again. There were 4 users on the PC when it crashed (incomplete install of a...
  14. DaveU

    New XFX 7600 AGP Graphics card

    I had trouble with my monitor not coming to life when booting my PC I tried another monitor on the system and same thing happened I have now purchased and installed a new XFX GeForce 7600GT AGP graphics card and I can't get the drivers to load apparently. The nvidia install seems to got thru...
  15. DaveU

    Monitor doesnt come out of powersave on boot

    I posted a weekor so ago, and i can't find it to continue, but Basically when i boot the pc, the monitor doesn't come out of power save. I have to turn the monitor off and on again to get it to "catch" so the posting messages show up and then all is ok. I have had low resolution error messages...
  16. DaveU

    Monitor not turning on when booting

    Just recently when booting up my PC my monitor started not turning on automatically. It basically just stays in power save mode I can get it up and running if I turn on the monitor, let it cycle then bring it out of sleep with the front panel buttons, and then boot the PC I use to be able to...
  17. DaveU

    Corrupt Data?

    just purchased an IBUYPOWER budget gaming rig... Case ( NZXT Trinity ATX Mid-Tower Case w/400W Power Supply Black ) Case Lighting ( Cold Cathode Neon Light Blue ) Power Supply ( ** iBUYPOWER Recommended ** NZXT PF-500 500 Watt Power Supply ) Processor ( [939-pin] AMD® Athlon-64 4000+...
  18. DaveU

    new budget system for my son

    planning on building a first AMD based budget system just want to be sure on compatability / suggestions on motherboard, processor and ram Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 2000MHz HT 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor...
  19. DaveU

    Random Sudden Intertnet connetion loss

    Recently did a format and reinstall on my system running win xp SP2 never had connection issues prior, and now, ocassionally I loose connection like I'm being dropped, But I do believe its something with my system If I reboot everythings back ok again getting very annoying when it...
  20. DaveU

    WMP Visualizations

    I have been trying to find a particular Windows Media Player Visualization Floating effects - Single Fountain I somehow aquired it, I think when I upgraded to WMP 10 but i can not seem to find it available for download anywhere I plan to format soon, and would like to keep the visual...
  21. DaveU

    One of the files containing the system's registry data

    Just formatted a friends Dell 4400 for him, and after updating to SP2 I keep getting this message after rebooting... "One of the files containing the systems registry data had to be recovered by use of a log or alternate copy the recovery was successful. Keeps coming up on every boot, and...
  22. DaveU

    Win Media Player

    Hi, burned a slideshow to dvd and it plays normally thru Power DVD on my PC, but when I try to play the DVD with Windows media player, it playes at like double speed... I tried upgrade to win Media Player 10 but that didn't fix the issue. I'm certain I played DVD disks before with Win...
  23. DaveU

    Web site video clip question

    Put up a small page for the distant family to watch some videos. The clips play fine on some pc's and seem to stop half way through on others all playing with Win Media Player file is a .wmv file I havn''t a clue why this is happening... thanks! :confused:
  24. DaveU

    Hotmail e-mail toolbar disappeared

    My Wife's PC running WinXP Pro recently upgraded to SP2 (not related to SP2 upgrade, was happening prior to that) Her hotmail toolbar has disappeared, and It's driving her mad! Expected to fix it, I googled the web for the solution, and came across several other posts with the same...
  25. DaveU

    Aopen XC Cube White EZ65 Barebone System

    Just about to order and put one of these things togther, Aopen XC Cube White EZ65 Barebone System for Socket 478 at 800MHz FSB Intel CPU, Model EZ65 White, Retail planning on leaving out the floppy drive and hooking up a zip in the other 3.5" Slot as a slave off the CD drive Is...
  26. DaveU

    Aopen XC Cube White EZ65 Barebone System

    Just about to order and put one of these things togther, Aopen XC Cube White EZ65 Barebone System for Socket 478 at 800MHz FSB Intel CPU, Model EZ65 White, Retail planning on leaving out the floppy drive and hooking up a zip in the other 3.5" Slot as a slave off the CD drive Is this...
  27. DaveU

    trying to get a NIC to take drivers, win 98se

    Old Dell P3 450 renovating for some old games on a small lan. Fresh format, and loaded up chipset drivers, vid and sound card, blah, blah. After several days, installed a NIC (dlink DFE TX+), and on reboot, the system recognizes the card, but won't take the drivers, just acts like there not...
  28. DaveU

    Win 98 Dlink Lan Card Driver Install

    Have a couple old pc's which I reformatted and want to set up a small 2 pc lan for some older gaming head to head old dell 450, installed an old dlink lan card DFE TX+ rebooted and found new hardware wizard have the right drivers and all, but i just can't seem to get the thing to take the...
  29. DaveU

    Laptop Power supply?

    have a laptop that wont even power on... not sure where to begin, is it even possible to swap out a PS in a laptop? thanks...
  30. DaveU

    Backing up patched OS

    I'm a PC Junkie who reformats probably 2 maybe 3 times a year. lots of game demos and shareware stuff even if removed after a format the system runs like new again. Question is, How does a person go about backing up The OS so that you don't have to download all those wonderful Microsoft...
  31. DaveU

    Home Network From Switch To Router

    Hey, I have a cable connection and 3 IP addy's from My ISP I have been running a switch and wired cat 5 for a home network (3 PC's running win XP Pro). I have been told, I should be running a router. How will changing to a router affect my connection speed? I currently do alot of online...
  32. DaveU

    Video Capture

    Hey, =) Just purchased a Leadtek wintx XP card so I could try my hand at a lil vid authoring got the card from newegg for 47.00 and a t-shirt Very pleased with it so far, (newegg rocks) I have managed to get video over from my camcorder, and edit ... the process went well. What I'm wondering...
  33. DaveU

    XP Home Network *sigh*

    have had an home network for quite a few years now. running fine on Win 98 / ME under an IPX setup Recently changed over some PC's all now running Win XP Pro, and I can't seem to get the pc's to see each other for file sharing. I can game between them without any problems, but i can't get them...
  34. DaveU

    Dumb (Video Related) Question

    IC7-G mobo new system PNY GeForce FX5900 Ultra 256MB 8X AGP default in bios under Advanced chipset features is AGP Aperture size 128MB should this be set to 256 mb to match my card memory? thanks for your time......
  35. DaveU

    Buzzing noise

    Just put togetther a new machine about 2 weeks ago, started noticing a buzzing noise now when I start gaming, wolfenstein, mcm2, quake3 perfectly quiet just sitting in windows the noise seems to also happen when i scroll the wheel on my mouse, although much quieter. seems like the vid card draw...