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    Any laptops with >60Hz screen?

    I suffer from migraines and need a laptop with a higher than 60Hz refresh rate. I just had to return an Apple Powerbook since it was worse than the couple of XP laptops I tried out at Best Buy. All the models at best buy had only 60 Hz in the pulldown, so essentially non adjustable. The Apple...
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    A8N-SLI SATA drivers needed for install?

    I'm trying to install XP Pro on a A8N-SLI Deluxe with 2 SATA raptors and the 716SA Plextor DVD drive. Even though I am not using the raptors in RAID, do I need to install SATA drivers for the drives(HDD and DVD)? During the install, I get the BSOD right after it goes to "Installing Windows"...
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    Lian-Li PC-V1000 / XP-120

    I have the PC-V1000, mounting a A8N-SLI with an XP-120 sink. I have a Panaflo FB M fan I mounted initally, and when I put that in the case, the rear exhaust fan is fully half way blocked by that assembly. The rear fan is only about an inch from the sink/fan assembly and I am wondering if...
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    Photoshop scratch drive and storage

    Can the scratch drive for PhotoshopCS be a partition of a larger image storage drive and still give optimal performance? Currently planning on a 74 GB Raptor for OS drive, and installing photoshop on a second Raptor with a partition for storage. I generally only amass 20-40GB of images at a...
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    Hard Drives for A8N-SLI ?

    After reading through dozens of threads from the search function, I can not seem to ferret out a concrete answer. Are the Maxtor Diamondmax series drives compatible with the A8N-SLI? I just picked up the motherboard, so I assume it will have the latest Bios. I haven't bought the drives yet...
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    Looking for rear USB header w/4 or more inputs

    Running two 6800 ultras on a A8N-SLI, I don't have a lot of open slots for rear header panels. The board came with a single header for the 1 firewire port, and 2 headers with 2 USB ports each, one including a game port. I'm looking for a rear header that has 4 USB ports or two USB and a...
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    HDD shows up in device manager, but not accessible?

    Combining parts from two computers since I picked up a laptop. Took a 120GB WD HDD out of one desktop running XP and added it into another running XP. Drive shows up in device manager, and it says it is working fine, but it doesn't show up in my computer. Both drives are set to CS, and MB is...