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    Strange Hotmail Issue

    I'm not sure this is the best place for this message, but I'm hoping someone can help. My sister uses hotmail for email and has for years. Recently, when she emails her fiancee, her emails are ending up in his junk email every time, and not only that, several more emails from other hotmail...
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    What's wrong with my monitor?

    Hi all, I have a Dell 2405FPW that I've owned for a little under two years. It's worked fine until recently. I was using VGA from my notebook to connect it, and I started noticing flickering lines going up around the screen. I figured it might be VGA, so I ignored it. I recently got a new...
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    Asus A8N SLI Motherboard, 2 6800GTs, 2 NV Silencers, 2 PCI Cards

    Hi all, I've got an SLI rig with two eVGA 6800GTs. I also have two PCI cards installed in my system (sound card and TV tuner). I'm interested in installing NV Silencers on each of my video cards, but I'm not sure if everything will still fit. Does anyone have any insight? Thanks!
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    Removing Side Panel and having fan blow inside computer...

    Hi all, I have an SLI rig that's running really hot (FX-55: 70-75C under load). It's also a fairly loud rig as you might expect with two GeForce 6800GTs. Anyway, my desk is currently up against the back wall in my basement. On the other side of the wall is our laundry/storage room. Rather...
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    My Velocity Micro Raptor DualX SLI Review

    Hi all, I thought it would be fun to post a review of my new Velocity Micro SLI rig. As a warning, this post is insanely long, but I like to be thorough in my reviews. So, without further adieu... Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 3DMark03 (Stock Settings) 3DMark05 (Stock...
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    Any JavaScript Gurus out there?

    Hi all, I'm pulling my hair out trying to get this function working in Netscape. All I want to do is get form fields to submit when the user presses Enter in Netscape. I know there are much easier solutions out there, but this page uses XSL with different templates being called from all...
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    New nVidia Drivers - Lower Performance?

    Hey all, I have an A64 3200+ rig with 1GB Ram, and a 6800GT card from BFG. I got the card about a week ago and initially loaded the drivers from the CD. I was able to achieve rock-solid stability at 420 MHz with 1.1 GHz memory. I scored about 12,200 in 3DMarko03 with this setup, and...
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    Overclocking BFG 6800GT - What am I doing wrong?

    Okay, so I just got my BFG 6800GT card today, installed it, and it's working perfectly. I installed coolbits and used the utility to detect optimal frequencies. It detected 416 MHz. I clicked use these frequencies on start up, clicked apply, then okay. I rebooted the machine, and it was back...
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    Help! Can't install PCI Card!

    Alright, I'm at the end of my rope here. I bought the Beyond TV/Hauppauge 250 bundle from StapStream, but I simply can't get the PCI TV tuner card to seat properly. I just got a new PC the other day, and I opened it up to install this card, along with a PCI WiFi card in my Asus SK8V motherboard...
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    Checksum Error - System will no longer boot. Please Help!

    Lately, my computer has had some issues, but now, I can't get it to boot at all. I'm running Win XP Pro on an Intel 875 reference board with P4 3.0, 1 GB RAM, Radeon 9800 Pro, etc. The machine has run beautifully for the past six months or so. However recently, when I booted the machine, the...
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    Help with Wireless and Firewall

    Hi all, I consider myself fairly computer savvy, but wireless internet connections and firewalls confuse me. I have a Netgear MR814 wireless router. Until recently, the two computers in our house were in close proximity, so I was able to use regular ethernet cables to connect them directly to...
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    Home Networking Problems/Questions...Help Appreciated

    Hello, Recently, I switched from Sprint Broadband service to AT&T (now Comcast) cable modem service. I have a standard four port hub connecting two PCs to share Internet access. My PC has Windows XP Pro, and the other computer has Windows 98 (First edition, I believe). The internet works...
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    Computer Hanging on Bootup. Can you help?

    This is a really long story that I'll try to keep short. I purchased some components so I could upgrade my rig. Here's what I have: Asus P4PE Motherboard P4 3.06 Processor Zalman 5500CU CPU Cooler 1,024 MB Corsair PC 3200 Memory (2x 512 sticks) Sony DRU-500a DVD-RW Drive Pioneer 8X...
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    Help! Computer Hangs on Bootup

    This is a really long story that I'll try to keep short. I purchased some components so I could upgrade my rig. Here's what I have: Asus P4PE Motherboard P4 3.06 Processor Zalman 5500CU CPU Cooler 1,024 MB Corsair PC 3200 Memory (2x 512 sticks) Sony DRU-500a DVD-RW Drive Pioneer 8X...