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    Onboard video with PCiE Video Card ? Biostar Geoforce 6100 m9

    I have a Biostar GeForce 6100 m9 with integrated graphics. I added a 7600 Gt and the onboard video card was disabled. Is there a way to enable it to use 3 monitors? So far I haven't been able to find a setting in the BIOS.
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    Will a dual core 939 Processor work with an Asus A8V Deluxe?

    I have an Asus A8V Deluxe (non-SLI) Board running an AMD 64 3000+. Will dual core AMD processors work with this motherboard?
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    Advice on quick learning of Mac and PC troublesooting.

    I'm thinking of taking a job as Mac and PC tech with my local school district. My background is in a PC and Widows 2000 Server in a 30 PC manufacturing enviornment troubleshooting and administering a very small LAN and doing desktop troubleshooting. I have no Mac experience at all and the...
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    Can you install a Mac OS on a PC?

    Is it possible to install a Mac OS on a PC? If so, is it possible to setup a dual boot with Windows on another partition? I'm trying to learn the Mac OS without buying another computer. It would be great if there was some kind of tutorial software that would emulate the Mac OS that I...
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    How do I go about getting an A+ certifications?

    I'm not sure where to post this, but this seemed like a reasonable starting point. I'm interested in getting a couple of different A+ certifications. I've looked at a few sample tests and they seem realitively simple for the most part. My question is, what is a good source for...
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    Asus A8V Deluxe won't run with memory in 3 slots.

    I have a non-sli Asus A8V Deluxe Rev 2 that I have been running two 512 Meg sticks of Mushkin PC 3200 Ram in the blue slots. When I add an identical 512 meg stick in either remaining black slot I get a message at post saying "system failed due to CPU overclocking". The system is...
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    Outlook 2003 crash and burn

    I have a unique situation with Outlook 2003. I built a new AMD 64 machine in December and installed Office 2003 with no problems. It ran perfectly for 3 months. Recently the machine crashed unexpectedly due to overclocking while Outlook was open. Now, when I try to open it, I get a message...
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    Can you buy a stand-alone Outlook application?

    Is it possible to buy individual licenses for a stand alone copy of Outlook 2003 or do I need to buy the entire office suite to get it? I'm interested in upgrading or fresh installing around 20 copies. If so, a link to a reasonable reseller would be greatly appreciated.
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    Asus A8V BIOS Problem

    I recently updated the BIOS from V1008 to V1009 on my Asus A8V board to remedy a problem with the VIA chip not being able to read and write to a Sandisk thumbdrive. It fixed the problem but now I have had to reduce my clock speed from around 2.5 Ghz to 2.29 Ghz or else I get random crashes...
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    Printing BIOS settings,

    Is there a piece of software available that can produce a print out of your BIOS settings, either in a spreadsheet format or a print-screen? Everytime I have to reset my CMOS or upodate my BIOS I can never remember all of my settings that were changed from the original default settings.
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    Processor usage with USB thumb drives

    When I transfer data, either read or write to my USB thumb drives my processor usage jumps up to 100%. Is this normal and is there a way to reduce processor usage during transfers?
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    Blue screen on XP install

    I'm trying to do a clean install on a Win 2000 Pro Office machine, AMD XP2400+. ECS K7S5A, generic 32 Meg video, generic DDR RAM 2@ 256 Megs. It's been running fine for a couple of years but it is time for a new Win XP Pro OS and a reformat. The install begins fine at boot up, Windows...
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    Blue fonts on all listings on Storage Drive

    I'm running XP SP2 on an AMD64 machine. I have two IDE drives, 1 primary 40 gig that houses the OS, the other designated "Storage" letter D, an 80 gig Samsung, which holds program installations and general storage. When I view the drives through My Computer all of the listings for the Storage...
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    Asus A8V Fan monitor Issues

    I have an Asus A8V Rev2, Factoryu BIOS 1008 board with the following hardware installed: Athlon 64 3000+ 2- 512 Meg Sticks Mushkin Green Cas 2.5 blue slots, dual channel Nvidia GeNForce 5200 128 Meg Video Antec Sonata with Antec SmartPower 380 watt Case PS sensor is plugged into...
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    Using an Arctic Cooliing CPU fan with an Asus A8V

    Has anyone tried using an Arctic Cooling CPU cooler with an Asus 939 A8V board? The heatsink has a dedicated mounting bracket that requires removing the original stock fan bracket from both sides of the board. I've tried removing the top-board fan bracket and mounting it with the stock...
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    Personal liability of Systems Administrators

    I would like to know if there is any personal liability, either financial or otherwise for IT people or systems administrators if unlicensed software is installed on desktops or laptops on the networks under their jurisdiction. Can anyone shed some light on this? My guess is that there...
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    ATI 9200 Radeon Problem

    I'm having a problem installing an ATI Radeon 9200 SE in an Asus A8V board with a 939 pin AMD64 3000. When I install the drivers the machine reboots and then goes into an endless loop of rebooting, then going into a standby mode, powering off, etc, etc. System restore is the only thing that...
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    Problems loading XPPro

    Recently I've been having some odd ball problems when loading XP Pro, both SP1 and SP2. I always make copies of the original discs and load from those to protect the originals. I verify the data and the copies always seem fine. The problems come when the OS is copying files to the C Drive. I...
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    Asus a8v xp pro install problem

    I just built a new machine with an Asus A8V, AMD64 3000+ I want to install Windows XP Pro SP2 on my Samsung 80 gig SP0812C sata harddrive. Everything starts nicely, I hit F6 and install the sata drivers, the drive is recognized and then windows starts to install. Then it hangs. When it asks...
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    Asus A8V Win XPPro install problem

    I just built a new machine with an Asus A8V, AMD64 3000+ I want to install Windows XP Pro SP2 on my Samsung 80 gig SP0812C sata harddrive. It is the only drive installed. Everything loads nicely, I hit F6 and install the sata drivers, the drive is recognized and then windows starts to...
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    help! OS won't load Asus a8v

    I just built a new machine with an Asus A8V, AMD64 3000+ I want to install Windows XP Pro SP2 on my Samsung 80 gig SP0812C sata harddrive. Everything starts nicely, I hit F6 and install the sata drivers, the drive is recognized and then windows starts to install. Then it hangs. When it...