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    I think I can run my memory faster...

    here are my CPU-Z screens. CPU memory DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 my motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-K8U-939. i can't change my FSB-DRAM ratio. increasing my DRAM FREQ to 200MHz won't allow for the computer to boot. i'll take pictures of the advanced options i can change in the BIOS.
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    External Hard Drive stuck in USB 1.0 mode?

    it's pretty weird...my WD My Book 250GB will operate in USB1.0 mode on all computers except for this ONE USB port on my macbook. if i plug it into a windows computer, windows tells me the drive can operate faster if it were plugged into a USB2 port. the problem is all the ports i'm plugging...
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    CPU usage is always above 50% when idle.

    i just built this computer today and it works perfect...except that the [thread title]. NEW antec sonata II with included 450W PSU AMD64 939 venice 3200+ (2ghz) nvidia geforce 6800 GS OC OLD geil 1 gig pc3200 nec 3550 dvd burner ghetto AT&T wireless card maxtor 40 gig - OS seagate...
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    Broken Zen Touch

    the player still boots up. it says hard disk problem so i'm guessing the hard drive is dead. i want to just replace the hard drive. the model number is HTC424020F7AT00 and i looked on the web...i found the hitach datasheet: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/c4k40/c4k40.htm and one seller...
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    I need help with my Connect Four java game.

    it's a simple game played at the command line. the game engine is a two-dimensional array. here's a screenshot. the two-player portion of the game works fine, but i'm having trouble building my AI. my bestMove method consists of 4 smaller methods. i'm working on the easiest of the small...
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    Firefox and Windows Media Player

    so i have a "lite" version of windows xp. my only gripe is that i can't view embedded windows media player videos. i have to open the page in internet explorer.
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    Upkeep of a Computer

    so my mom doesn't like me keeping my computer on 24/7. i told her it doesn't cost that much electricity to keep a computer on all the time. what would you guys say is the monthly cost for my computer? AMD AMD64 3000+ 2000MHz MSI K8T NEO-FSR 1024 MB of Geil DDR PC-3200 Sapphire ATI Radeon...
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    Portable Media Player

    i was thinking of getting an ipod video...but if i wanted to watch video, i might as well get a PMP. what do you guys think is good out there? the creative zen vision looks good. it has native support for compressed videos (xvid, divx, etc...) i was wondering if support for other formats can...
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    mp3 filenames and ID tags

    so i have a lot of somewhat organized mp3 files. their ID tags are correct but their filenames aren't. is there a program that can rename my files correctly using the ID tag information? for example, i want all my files to be [Artist] - [Title]
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    Sandisk 2GB Cruzer Mini

    it's running like a USB1 drive...transferring a couple of songs over takes forever. i did a format on drive. do you think it affected the drive somehow? is there a way to fix this? might be my imagination or my high expectations. is there a way to test the read and write speed of the drive?
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    What is wrong with my "friends"?

    some of my friends play maple story. i'm so disappointed in them. granted, i haven't tried it out. but it seems like another gunbound. after a few months, you'll realize how stupid it was.
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    Mouse Pad

    i'm buying a logitech mx518. i was wondering what would be a good mousepad under $20 shipped. not too ridiculously huge or small. like 8x11 or something is good.
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    Steam

    it used to be fine. now after some GUI updates or something, it loves to lock my computer when i try to start it. what a crappy piece of software. anyone else have the same problem? it seems to happen when my ATI tools has turned on AA and AF. so i usually have to turn off AA and AF before...
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    Headphone Amplifiers

    am i wrong in my definition? i have a pair of grado SR80's and they sound fine. what would an amplifier do for them?
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    Sound Card

    which is better? Turtle Beach CATALINA 8 (7.1) Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value SB0400 8 (7.1) Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - OEM these two are within my price range. i bought a pair of grado SR80 and i...
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    HD Content

    well, i have a decent machine and for some reason, it refuses to play some of the HD WMVs from the showcase. however, if i play with windows media player classic, it works, yet if i play with windows media player 10, it doesn't work. it stutters and there's no sound.
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    I Finished My Hangman Program!

    i finished the assignment on my free time because i like compsci and find puzzles fun. it was the first hard assignment i had and i had to ask my brother for help. he taught me how to use character array. on monday, i'll be upgrading the program and letting it read the word to be guessed from a...
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    Network Users

    i'm on a wireless home network. i share my storage folder but i want to lock it and allow only me to access it when i'm at another computer. i.e. when i go to my sister's computer and type in \\matthew , i want it to ask me for a username and pw. is this possible?
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    Building A Server

    my friends and i want to do a business project. we were wondering if we had some small capital investment, could we build a mediocre server, put it in a data center, and sell game servers? my take on it is that we should get the cheapest barebone rack server possible, a pair of Xeons, 2 gigs...
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    Building My Friend His First Computer

    NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - OEM Antec Solution SLK1650B Black Steel ATX Mini Tower Computer Case 350W Power Supply - Retail BenQ FP71G+ (Black) Black 17" 8ms LCD Monitor - Retail POWERCOLOR R43CA-GD3D Radeon X800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail D-Link DI-524...
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    ATI X800GT

    good buy or not? http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814131420 i'm building my friend a computer and was wondering what is a good cheap PCI-E card for around 150.
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    Wireless Headphones

    i'm looking for wireless headphones. it'd be best if it had a base where i can put the headphones to recharge. i'll be using them for mostly music and some CS.
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    My Friend Wants A New Computer...

    he wants to spend at little money as possible, but still be able to do the usual things like surfing, downloading, some multimedia. he wants a quiet computer. he's not that big of a gamer and is planning to use an old ATI 9200 video card. Antec Life Style SONATA Piano Black 0.8mm SECC Steel...
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    My Friends Needs Help...

    he does not have an AGP slot. he wants to play Guild Wars. he wants to spend less than 80. what's his best option guys?
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    Computer Hangs After Startup

    so my computer's given me sh!t ever since the day i bought it and now, it refuses to boot into windows. after POST and the Windows XP splash screen w/ the loading bar, my monitor turns off saying it doesn't receive a signal and my mouse also turns off. my keyboard is also unresponsive. there...
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    Why do you hate me, computer?

    i got my computer about last april. it worked fine except the hard drive started dying. over 2 months, it caused me a lot of anger and disappointment. i thought it was the PSU's fault so i bought a new PSU. that didn't solve the problem. i figured out it was the hard drive and so RMA'ed it. the...
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    I Just Got Owned...

    i decided since i had no homework tonight, i was going to install windows xp x64. i got all my drivers, installed windows. then my system kept rebooting at the logo screen. i checked back at via arena and realized it was the RAID driver...and then their home page posted just then that a new RAID...
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    Help me identify this song...

    using this short clip(ignore the background music)
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    My Zen Touch

    my zen touch made impact with a stone wall and that somehow disabled my volume up button. the volume right now is stuck at 13/25. i think that the button got moved so that it is not touching the sensor that will tell the zen touch to up the volume. so i was thinking i should open it up and try...
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    Computer randomly shuts down...

    i received my motherboard RMA yesterday and now i'm still having the same problem. my computer shuts down randomly. the green power LED flashes and according to the mobo manual, that means that "one of the power connection has been protected". should i switch up the wires from my PSU to my...
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    My Fight Today

    so today was my first fight in 4 years or so. i've been taking martial arts. my opponent didn't really know how to fight, so i went easy. i gave him 3 punches to the face and his side said it was over. now i have a gang on my ass. *sigh*
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    I can drive!

    so i got my permit some time ago. i signed up for driver's ed and attended a few sessions. today, i went to the driving school itself and drove around the block. i was nervous as hell, but by the end of the session, i'm confident i can drive semi-well now. i'm guessing my next lesson will be...
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    I was hungry...

    and ordered my favorite combo, 2 McChickens and a small fries. basically 9/10 i go to McDonald's, i get this combo. and now i'm enjoying my food. so what type of combos do u guys usually get at fast food restaurants?
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    Newegg's New Advertising?

    Crackin' Deals? didn't it say something else before? because this new phrase sucks ass.
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    MSI RMA Service

    according to MSI's online RMA tracking, they will ship me a replacement motherboard tomorrow. it took them 2 weeks to "repair" my motherboard. i thought this wasn't the best customer support because seagate only took one week. what do you guys think? if they're ground shipping it, that means...
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    My computer is dead yet again...

    some history: i bought my computer last april. my computer kept dying, so i replaced the PSU. it had the same problems and i finally figured out it was the seagate SATA drive. i sent it back to the manufacturer and got a new one. after that, my computer ran mostly fine, except with a few random...
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    ATI Catalyst 5.1 Drivers

    i upgraded to the catalyst 5.1 drivers. then i tried to open a HDWMV file and i get massive frame skipping and what seems like 1 frame per second playback. anyone have any fixes to this? my computer was able to play these video files when i had beta 4.9 or below installed.
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    Good News for Me!

    so i stayed home last friday cause i woke up late. then the weekend came. then the blizzard hit and so monday and tuesday, school was closed. i had a good 5 day weekend. school opened again today, but at 8:00AM, the superintendent said he made a mistake and said school was cancelled...but most...
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    Why wasn't my school closed today?

    well, my day at school made up for me having to go. karma is good. my spanish teacher wasn't there and that was first period study for me to do my math homework. my chemistry teacher is out because of a family death. the day flew by and after school, i had the best snowball fight ever. two of my...
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    A quick census of ATOT

    with that huge "flamewar" going on, i would like to just get a rough estimate of ATOT's population.