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    P5Q wont post

    Very frustrated, just got my new Asus p5q in the mail today. Wont post, it just powers up then down and repeats that to infinity. Using the same parts I have in my old build (see sig) except for some new ram so I know that all works. Tried clearing the cmos, and using every ram slot...
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    Hanging on detecting IDE drives

    Basically what it sounds like, got up this morning and my computer hangs on detecting IDE drives in the bios. This only happens if I have a SATA drive connected. Tried both SATA hard drives in each port, hangs every time. With only regular IDE drives connected it will move past, but doesnt...
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    Keyboard failure leads to USB troubles

    My USB keyboard just failed after water was spilled onto it. It stopped working completely, then a message popped up from xp saying that tone of my USB devices has failed. Then my mouse also stopped working. After rebooting several times suddenly the mouse works, but now my usb headset will...
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    Keyboard failure leads to USB trouble

    My USB keyboard just failed after water was spilled onto it. It stopped working completely, then a message popped up from xp saying that tone of my USB devices has failed. Then my mouse also stopped working. After rebooting several times suddenly the mouse works, but now my usb headset will...
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    Dissolving a paper towel

    I managed to get a large wad of paper towel stuck inside a narrow metal tube, and it doesn't want to come out. No matter how much force I apply it remains lodged in the middle. I'm thinking my best bet is dissolving it somehow. Anyone have ideas?
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    DS3 SATA nightmare

    I just picked up an WD SATA drive, and im trying to get it installed. Windows refuses to format the drive, I've tried both the pruple and orange SATA connectors. I can see the drive, the size, but it wont format. I assume this must be some issues with my SATA drivers, any way to fix that...
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    Bypassing the windows xp password

    My friends laptop got stolen the other night. Thankfully we got it back today. However a password had been added by the person who stole it. We don't have any way to figure out what the new password is. Laptop is an inspiron 2200 running xp pro. I got myself a program to bypass the...
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    Guess what I found in my sink this morning.

    So last night my roommate got very drunk over at a friends house, shows up about 11 o'clock at our place barely able to talk. Hes got some random drunk blond following him. I don't mind, its college and this sort of thing happens. I wake up today to find my roommate sleeping on the...
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    Mexico isn't all that exciting

    I'm in Guayabitos mexico with the family, been down here for a week now. I'm not terribly impressed. Sure, the weather is nice and hot and sunny. There is a narrow beach, very crowded with people and vendors. The town seems to consist solely of small shops and stalls selling tourist crap...
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    Alternatives for Jagermesiter?

    Anyone know of a good alternative? Is there a discount version? I love it buts its expensive.
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    Fantasy basketball

    Interested into getting into a fantasy basketball league or two this year. Anyone know of good free sites to play on?
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    YAFFT Hasselbeck VS Vick

    I started Hasselbeck Week one and two, and Vick beat him both weeks, Last week I started vick, who got shut down by New orleans, and I sat Hasselbeck who scored 5 touchdowns. Should I go back to hasselbeck even though he is coming up against a tough bears defense?
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    Home Theater Set Up

    Just picked myself up a 42 inch projection tv for pretty cheap, and now I want to get it set up proper. I have an old athlon 2100+ and motherboard, which I want to make into a DVR, and use to stream videos over my network. The tv supports 1080i and has a DVI port, so my old 9800 pro should be...
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    Yahoo Fantasy Footbal Players

    Last week the scoring was changed almost live along with the game, this week all the first games are over, still no scoring update. what gives?
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    Joe Rogan VS Wesly Snipes

    In a UFC match.
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    Weird issue with overclocking e6300 on DS3

    So I am getting a rather strange error. If I overclock even a tiny bit, my new build won't run direct x 9 games. I get this error "Direct3DDevice9::Present failed: driver internal error" Any idea what is going on here? I've tried F3, F4, and F4e bios, dosent seem to make a difference. Seems...
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    DS3 Bios

    Which bios are you guys using with your DS3?
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    Memory for DS3

    About to order a DS3 and an E6300 for my first new CPU since 2002. Little stumped on the ram however. I hear alot about voltage issues with this baord, as it defaults to 1.8v and wont post with some 2.0v ram. I do plan on overclocking eventually, but I dont really see the point immediatly, it...
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    First big upgrade to my 4 year old box

    With the new Conroe release and the subsequent drop in x2 prices, I figure its finally time to move up from my athlon 2100 I put together in 2002. My concerns are the following: 1. I'm currently running 4 IDE hard drives and 2 optical drives, all of which I use pretty much every day. I...
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    MSI Radeon X1900 XT 289 After Rebate

    Dosent look too bad to me, they also have an MSI 1900 xtx for 349 after rebate. 1900xtx at ZZF 1900xt at ZZF EDIT: ok looks like the rebate applys in alot of stores, this might be even cheaper elsewhere.
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    Lock ups after shipping

    So I recently moved, and i took my tower with me in its original box on the plane as luggage. I get it set up with a borrowed monitor and keyboard. Suddenly im getting lock ups in games (counter strike, morrowind). Nothing has changed on the machine, althought for some reason the cpu fan had...
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    Which Linux distro for my thinkpad?

    Anyone have experiance with diffrent linux distros for their tihnkpads? I decided to finally get around to dropping linux on my t43. I mostly use it for word processing and web browsing.
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    The Horrors of Alaskan Internet

    I live in anchorage, Alaska and I am forced into using ACS DSL, because they are the only broadband provider without monthly transfer caps. In addition to the ACS network just being plain slow, recently my wrt54gl will disconnect (always after ACS's limited tech support hours end), and when I...
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    Just Added two new Hard drives....facing slow downs.

    Running an old athlon 2100 xp on an asus a7n8x. I have a gig of patriot ram in dual channel. Graphics is a 9800 pro. I recently decided to add two new drives, and the machine seems to slow down to a stand still when attempting to transfer any files between hard drives. Using a rather cheap...
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    My new T43

    Processor: Intel Pentium M Processor 760 (2GHz 2MB L2 Cache 533MHz FSB ) (Standard) 40GB 5400rpm Hard Drive ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo II Ultrabay Slim Drive...
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    2005fpw DVI trouble

    Just got my shiney new 2005fpw from dell a couple days ago, hooked it up...and its very green, like there is a green filter across everything, changing the color settings on the OSD help a little but I cant get any sembalance of black on my desktop background (which is solid black). Running a...
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    2005fpw color problems

    jsut got my shiney new 2005fpw from dell, hooked it up...and its very green and washed out looking, changing the color settings on the OSD help a little but I cant get any sembalance of black on my desktop background (which is solid black). Running a dvi connection with my 9800 pro.
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    What do you think of this laptop?

    I need a laptop for school, portability and battery life are really the big issues, I do game but thats what my desktop is for I suppose. So I was thinking about the HP dv1000, how does this config sound? Operating System Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional with SP2 Processor Intel(R)...
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    Yet another laptop advice thread

    Alight I am about ready to take the plunge and get a new laptop, my last one was a celery 600mhz dell I bought about 5 years ago...it died a horrible death a year into using it (I try not to think about it). Typical requirements I suppose, I'm a student that needs a notebook for class and some...
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    DJ laptop

    I have a friend who is a fairly serious DJ and has decided to step up into the digital age and get himself a laptop for shows. NO he dosent want to spend more than 1000, and less than that if popular....this machine will be used almost exclusivly for music playback (so I am trying to find...
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    So I have this friend......

    His computer is locking up when he plays games, specifically hl2 or WoW and only after about 40 minutes in game. I told him to check his fans because I had a feeling it was overheating.,...well the fan on his graphics card wasnt even spinning....yeeaaah....he burns himself taking the card out...
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    Looking at a new lcd

    Thinking about somthing around 19", dvi is a huge plus and a low response time is required. Any suggestions?
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    logonui.exe eating my resources.

    logonui.exe is running about 98 percent of my cpu when I open task manager and the computer is barely functional. This is my parents old dell system, and formating isnt really an option, but I need some help on this one. -Windows XP This probably isnt related, but norton starts disabled on...
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    Monitor Problems

    Ok my un-tech savy friend is having some trouble, he lives all long way off or I would go fix it myself. Anyone have any idea what is going on here? This is what he says : "My monitor somehow gets disconnected whenever i play Worlds of Warcraft, it only happens when i play WoW and has never...
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    What do you think?

    Given a Fixed size number scheme where k in the formula for then ten's compliment is 6, A. How many postitive integers can be represented? B. How many negative integers can be represented? anyone know anything about this? I can't do math at this time in the morning.
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    - Feeels like -11How cold is it where you are?

    -1 Anchorage, Alaska. Feels like -11
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    Being awake at 6 am sucks

    friggin awfull
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    Save the dell!!!!!

    My parents have a dell Dim 4500 that is well, not running to its potential lets say. P4 2.0 256mb pc2700 geforce4 mx420 40gig hd with 7 gig free. Its a collosal mess, I've managed to get all the spyware off, cleaned the registry and such, but there is still an insanely long wait to get the...
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    Video Card Cheapness

    I am banished to the home base for a month, and the geforce4 mx420 in my parents dimension 4500 just isnt cutting it on WoW. Whats the cheapest acceptable video upgrade? Fast shipping would be a plus.
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    I'ma get drunk!

    drunk!