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    Opening 3DMark06 turns off my PC, as does installing Starcraft

    **Posted this in the wrong forum.. so I'm reposting it here** I had issues getting my PC up and running but now it seems stable.. Kept it on all last night and today and nothing crashed.. I even downloaded and installed one of Nvidias cool looking 3D programs and checked an option to knock my...
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    Installing Starcraft kills my PC / Running 3DMark06 kills my PC

    I had issues getting my PC up and running but now it seems stable.. Kept it on all last night and today and nothing crashed.. I even downloaded and installed one of Nvidias cool looking 3D programs and checked an option to knock my PC to 85% load and it still ran great for 30 mins before I...
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    New PC - XP Install Issues

    So I'm almost 100% sure I have a good copy of Windows XP Pro, I havent used the CD and I have the key and sticker still intact, pretty sure no one in the family used it as well. I currently just finished building a computer with a AMDX2 6000+ on a ECS GeForce6100SM-M But.. now I'm running...
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    Technical Support for Mobos

    Curious for later when I buy a motherboard what Brand currently has the best tech support? I currently have an Asus board and I couldnt be any more UNSATISFIED with the utter crap they give me. There help desk to file a case number has been down for over 24 hours and when I called the tech...
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    Computer doesn't reboot

    Okay whenever I use my new PC it starts up and if i try to reboot it refuses to restart. I then have to take my pc .. open it up.. and reset the cmos.. then it starts up just fine.. but after setting cmos settings and saving and rebooting.. it doesnt reboot.. fans and everything turn on.. but i...
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    Sigh another problem :(

    Okay.. I have a monitor and its been workin fine for my pc stated below in my signature for the past week. I did run into issues sometimes where it wouldnt kick back after it suspended forcing me to reboot. Then all of a sudden.. i restarted cause my machine froze and the monitor powers on...
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    AMD Cool and Quiet

    Okay.. I leave my pc in an encapsulated part of my desk and close the wood door so its not as loud.. Well I noticed it was idling at like 45 when I closed the door and then like 35 with it open... I then turned on AMD Cool and Quiet via BIOS and now it idles while the door closed at 33C I...
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    Windows XP Pro OEM Question?

    My bro got a compaq custom built a long time ago.. XP 1600+, well he got a PRO OEM build 2600 cd with it.. SP0 Well he did a reformat a while ago.. and reinstalled the OS using that cd.. I used that cd as well.. and um.. i activated it.. and it activated it just fine.. (He did his reformat 6...
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    Help new to building PC's, I get nothing on bootup

    Okay im brand new to building PC's in regular ATX cases, the only ones Ive done have been shuttle barebones systems that arae almost straight forward... Well I started with this This is what I got Intel Pentium 4/ 3.0E GHz 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - Retail...