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    Noob Question about Turntable and Computer Speakers

    Hiya, I just inherited a Technics Turntable from a friend, it has two RCA jacks in the back (Red and White) and I would like to hook it up to headphones or computer speakers. I've tried it and there is no sound in my headphones at all. Not quiet, but literally none. What do I need to put...
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    Change 650i mobo to 630i, reinstall vista required?

    My p5n-e sli just bit the dust, i think, i have a evga 630i mobo, can i install it without having to reinstall vista? i've done this on xp many times but not sure about vista. Thanks in advance **EDIT** Hi All, Everything turned out ok. I was able to boot successfully without any need...
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    Vista Right-Click Fails, Can't Open My Computer, Happens when memory reaches ~1200mb

    So Once my Computer Reaches about 1200MB of memory usage, I try to right click files and either the right click menu fails to appear, or there are items missing from the context menu. I also find I can't open new windows (i.e. double-clicking on my computer fails to open the explorer...
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    My power supply just blew up

    My silverstone zeus 650W just blew up... THE COMPUTER WAS NOT EVEN ON. The power supply was plugged in, so some power was going in. but the computer was not turned on. I am not impressed. What are the odds that something got fried?
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    fixed nevermind

    OK So i have RAID 0 setup on my two 160 GB drives. the RAID 0 is intact with OS installed on it and lots of data I unplugged my RAID drives and popped in a new single seagate 320. I installed windows on the seagate 320 Then i replugged in the RAID 0 drives (two 160s), nvidia raid...
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    OK What exactly caused my computer to blow up?

    OK, so I had my E4300, ASUS P5N-E SLI build running nicely for a day. The next day i come home and turn it on and i smell burning. I think the burning part was the cpu but i cant be sure I turn the thing off, rip the whole thing apart and looks like my board and cpu are both dead. I verified...
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    Quick Question about Water Cooling Radiator Fan direction

    I've heard that having the FAN on the radiator blow cool air from outside, across the rad and into the case, is a better option, than vice-versa. Any thoughts?
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    Planned Build for the new year, opinions?

    Yes another one... I plan to pick up everything by the end of january My Main concern is a Power supply that will last for as long as possible. I will probably never use SLI/Crossfire/Multi-GPU, but I would like the headroom for it, and at the same time, a great deal of overclocking as...
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    Nforce 650i Chipset Motherboards...

    I've yet to see any on sale, how do they stack up in terms of performance, price, and overclockability? I know the feature sets are different from the 680i, and the PCI-E lanes available etc. But if it is nearly as overclockable, and overs decent stock performance at a good price, then it...
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    OK... Battlefield 2142 demo Runs HORRIBLY On my computer... What's the problem Here???!!

    So My Computer Cannot handle running the Battlefield 2142 demo. Even at the settings it detects for me, it is slower than I ever imagined. 1024x768 2xAA and High Presets My Computer is in my sig MY best guess is the RAM. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks
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    Is A64 754 2800+ bottleneck for 7900 GS at 1024x768 Max AA and AF for most games?

    My friend has an Athlon 64 2800+ i think it is a newcastle. My answer to him was if you crank up the AA and AF etc, it will relieve some of the CPU bottleneck, am I to some extent correct? He wants to play games like BF2142, medieval total war 2 etc. Thanks
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    The on-going nvidia hardware decoding of HD content struggles

    So Apparently the 84.xx series of nVidia drivers was supposed to allow hardware assisted decoding of H.264 etc. content. So grabbing a quicktime-HD trailer of the apple website, I attempt to play 1080p content, but I still have maxed out CPU usage and dropped frames. So what am I missing...
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    19" widescreen, undecided about 1440x900 resolution...

    I was planning on getting a 19" widescreen, namely the viewsonic VA1912wb I would get a 20" but that is out of the budget range is there any benefit to getting a monitor of that size and resolution? I personally like widescreen? would I be getting less or more space moving from 1280x1024...
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    Swapping an IDE drive for a SATA

    I currently have an 80 GB IDE hard drive that I am going to swap for a new SATA drive, are there any steps that i can take that would allow me to use the same drive letter (C:) for the new drive?
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    Laptop Battery? Problem?

    My situation is as follows. I have a battery that came with my laptop, and it appears to be in good condition, after using the dell notebook battery faq. it says that if i hold down the battery test button, i can read the lights and it will tell me how good my battery is. And it checks out ok...
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    AMD Athlon 64 3700 & 4000 Toledo Core

    http://www.c627627.com/AMD/Athlon64/ saw the 3700 and 4000 Toledo Cores, but listed as Athlon 64 instead of Athlon X2, but 1x1mb L2 Cache. So my guess is an X2 with one core disabled or something like that? google search didn't help me answer my question. anyone know more info on this?
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    Biostar NF4UL-A9 with Geforce 6800 Ultra AGP?

    my buddy has an ASUS? Geforce 6800 Ultra AGP will it work on this board? ULi M1695 chipset. anyone have experience? http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2506&p=5 there are results that show the biostar NF4UL-A9 used with a reference nvidia 6800 ultra running benches.
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    Sound Card opinions

    Well, It looks like my trusty Creative SB Live! Value 5.1 PCI card has bit the dust. I'm currently using the DFI Karajan 7.1 On Board Audio on my Altec Lansing AVS300 2.1 Speaker setup. I mainly use my speakers + sound card for music, I usually game with Sennheiser HDR30's or My Panasonic...
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    why does the asrock 939dual-sata2 only have 20 pin atx?

    i know the extra 4 pins are only for pci-e power, and that this board has support for not just pci-e, but is there something i am missing?
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    are my temps ok?

    3000 Venice @ 1.56 VCore 2.6 GHz Thermalright Xp-90 w/ 92 mm fan OCZ Silver Ultra 5 48C during prime 95 torture test?
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    your opinion on this notebook

    I have one set aside for myself at work, should i buy it? 299 CDN Intel Pentium III - M 1 GHz 256 PC 133 Ram 20 GB Hard Drive ATI Mobility Radeon 16 MB Video USB 2.0, S-Video, Parallel, Serial, VGA, Ps/2 Connectivity 8x DVD-ROM Integrated Wireless 802.11b/a? Available 2nd Bay for Hard...
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    SATA 4 Overclocking data corruption

    I overclocked while using my main hard drive on SATA 4, with the setup listed below it took me an hour at least to reinstall etc. is there something i can do to avoid this problem in the future?
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    RAM Burn in Quick! need info, leaving for work

    I am currently running memtest, will be leaving it on for 8 hours I'm Doing 200 Mhz 2-2-2-6 @ 2.6V on my Value VX (just new out of package) is this good or should i be doing higher volts? i dont have time to set up active cooling, will the low volts screw it?
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    active ram cooling

    what is a good choice for active cooling ram cooling? i was thinking of mounting a case fan behind where the DVD-ROM drives are in my case I also got my thermalright XP-90 today, i noticed that the fan blows of over my ram on dfi nf4 motherboard. is that sufficient for ram cooling, especially...
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    Value VX Owners and their experiences (poll)

    Has Anyone honestly gotten results similiar to anandtech's in their valueram roundup? Got a couple of sticks on order, should be here soon.
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    New System Build begins tomorrow. need opinion

    K, Finally going to start with the following proposed system All Prices in Canadian Dollars AMD Athlon 64 socket 939 3000+ Venice Core $175 Enermax EG565PVE FMA 2.0 535W SLI PSU $89 DFI Lanparty UT NF4-D $151 eVGA 6800 GT PCI-E 256 MB $442 Have: Maxtor 200 GB SATA, Creative SB Live! 5.1...
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    Best Site Ever

    You're Welcome http://www.angelfire.com/rings/judy_patch/
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    ocz winbond value been renamed/replaced?

    http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/m..._value_winbond_series_dual_channel-eol I remember reading somewhere that it has been renamed to OCZ value series. Does that mean that in the future we see OCZ value, it means that this is the same ram?
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    New Build... How Long to wait?

    I've been thinking about a new build, but I'm trying to time it right such that the market prices are just right. Case - Have Already CPU - AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 3000+ Venice Core $180 CDN Memory - OCZ Value VX $160 CDN Motherboard - DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra-D $167 CDN Hard Drive - Have...
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    Overclocking on Nforce4 Vanilla Chipset

    My question is in regards to the article introducing NF4 chipset back when it first came out: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2248&p=2 to quote: The big disadvantage of the vanilla nF4 chipset is that it only supports 800 Hyper Transport. In addition, the HT bus is...
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    Shuttle SK43G Power Supply

    I am considering purchasing the Shuttle SK43G. The Power Supply is listed as 200W Naturally I went to the http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/Power_Supply_Calculator.php?cmd=AMD power supply calculator. It recommended 234 W Will this work? here is what i want to Put in it: AMD...
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    n00b Overclock on Barton 2600+

    I am trying to run my barton 2600+ (333 CPU fsb stock) My motherboard has VIA kT600 chipset, and supports DDR400 as well as FSB400 I am trying to run my FSB at 200 Mhz, but It is not stable, Freezes during 3dMARk03 What is holding me back? Also I am concerned that my motherboard does...
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    Brand New BFG 6600 GT OC AGP ... OpenGL Issues

    Just got my BFG 6600GT OC AGP Playing half-life 2, 1024 x 768 High 4xAA on my rig (see sig) is fine, around 60 fps, good enough for me. Other games I tried, NBA LIVE 2005, Tony Hawk's Underground 2, A-ok, good graphics. Problem is the games i play the most, Doom 3, Call Of Duty, are not...
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    which 6600GT AGP?

    After Months of bitching about getting this card, my cheque is finally going to come in the mail soon, so i'm getting ready to buy one of the following. MSI 6600GT AGP w/ VIVO - $282 ( ~235 US) XFX 6600GT AGP - $274 ( ~228 US) GIGABYTE 6600GT AGP - $256 ( ~213 US) I am leaning towards...
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    new partition for linux

    I currently have a secondary hard drive (known as drive F) and it contains most of my downloads and installed games, movies and music. I want to create a new partition on this drive, using partition magic 8.0, and install linux on it I am worried that i may lose all my data. Is it likely...
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    Athlon 64 and Athlon XP FPS differential when benchmarking games

    I see in a lot of reviews for video cards, that Athlon FX-55 or Athlon 64 4000+ or what have you are used to benchmark the games. How much slower are the FPS for similar setup systems but with Athlon XP chips instead? I've read http://www.firingsquad.com/har...half-life_2_athlon_xp/ which...
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    Move over Tickle me elmo, This year's hottest christmas gift just may be the 6600 gt agp

    All though as irresistable as it is, it wouldn't hurt to wait for this card. As of now, prices for this baby are a little high, but by christmastime more companies will have released this card, and the price will also have gone down. Of note, also expect: BFG to come out with their"6600...