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    Difference between these two sets of RAM?

    In my quest to put together my new computer I came accross two different entries for Corsair's XMS2 DDR2 2GB sets: First; Second Looking at the pictures provided by newegg, one appears to be revision 1.1 and the other 1.2; rev 1.1 with 5-5-5-12 timings and 1.2 w/ 4-4-4-12 timings. From the...
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    'DAO' disk

    after reinstalling windows the other day, windows continually trys to install something off the 'DAO' disk which is unavailable. when i hit browse, it appears to be looking for a *.msi file. i have no idea what wants to install itself and no matter how many times i click 'cancel' it keeps...
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    win2k emergency repair disk

    me being the naive dunce that i am, i never created an emergency repair disk for win2k pro. then the other day after a restart my computer decided that one of the system files was corrupt and it could no longer recognize my windows installation. i cannot even reinstall windows because i only...
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    worried someone is spoofing my email addy

    i got two of these identical emails from two different addresses in my school mailbox today (i only give this addy out to places i trust) from: xxxx@web.de Subject: I've_got your EMail on my_account! Hello, First, Very Sorry for my bad English. Someone is sending your private...
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    gmail problem

    whenever i try to load the gmail webpage, in either firefox or IE, it fails to load. usually it will say there is an error on the page, but no matter how many times i refresh or retype in the address (or use a link from elsewhere) i never see more than a blank white screen. any idea what...
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    Monitor problems

    Sometime in the last week i have noticed small glitches appearing at the top of my screen. at first it was only enough to distort the top bar or so of a web-browser and happened quite infrequently. what happens is that the top half inch of my screen gets compressed down so that the visable...
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    radeon 9700/9800 power cable

    i recieved a used radeon 9700 pro today but quickly realized it did not come w/ the power extension cable. no way do i want to shell out $10 plus $10+ on shipping for a tiny cable to get it strait from ati so first off i have to ask if anyone knows where i could find such a thing shipped cheap...
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    need gpu heatsink for GF4 ti4200

    In just over 1 year the heatsink fan/heatsink on my Chaintech GF4 ti4200 has died now. they replaced the first one for free but it just died again. im not going to go through the process of replacing the heatsink twice a year until i upgrade so I am in the market for something to replace it...
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    CPU overusage

    the past week or so i have been unable to play any semi-recent game due to the game exe eating up all of my cpu power. from the moment i start up the game the cpu usage goes up to 100 (or just short of) until i quit the game. my system has run neverwinter nights just fine for months until this...
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    Game Slowdown?

    In the past week I have noticed a few of my newer games becoming extremely slow and choppy after a few minutes (or less) of playtime. Showed up first with neverwinter nights, my character would run around for 10 seconds tops before my system would completely bog down giving me a slideshow...
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    Gigabyte GA-7ZXE

    I am considering buying this board to use for a backup computer/something to play with. I know it is kind of old but I can get the mobo and an athlon 1800+ for $30. Using parts from my old emachine I can finish off the build. Just wondering if anyone has used this board before or knows...
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    Lock-ups when gaming

    Awhile ago i was having seemingly random lockups normally while gaming. I had pretty much narrowed it down to my Audigy 2 zs card. After switching to Standard PC HAL the problems seemed to mostly go away... for a couple weeks. then it started up again, altho not as often. finally got fed up...
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    3.3V power rail

    the last cpl days Asus Probe has popped up in the middle of a game telling me that my 3.3V rail is a little lower than normal (I have AP set to warn me if any of my rails deviates by more than 5%). both times the rail returned to a more normal number within a few seconds. i am using an Antec...
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    Suggestions for modding old case

    my brother has always been interested in case mods and the like, and i have recently come to have an appreciation for at least limited case modding (for performance/cooling purposes mostly). i have an old emachine w/ a miniATX board i think, and we recently gutted an OLD packard bell leaving us...
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    nforce2 board recommendations?

    recent events have transpired that has caused me to start looking for a decent nforce 2 board to replace my current Asus Via board. I am looking for something that wont cost me much... under $75, similar to my current Asus a7v8x-x board. i was recommended by one person to look into the MSI...
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    irq's and win2k

    here is my problem: i have been trying to get my new audigy 2 zs sound card to work for months now. creative's tech support thus far has been next to worthless, sending me on wild goose chase after wild goose chase. my best lead yet for my problem (random crashes/system lockups mainly while...