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    RAID 0 crash - can I recover?

    OK, so I guess my computer froze one too many times over the weekend trying to play Conan and now my bootconfig is suddenly gone. Raid 0 Seagates on a DFI NF4 ultra-d, Windows XP Pro SP2 Froze a couple times Sunday while I was just using Firefox, restarted and ran an chkdsh /r, completed...
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    Who owns a website?

    Have my answer, thanks zealous forum people!
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    Future use for my 3870?

    Apart from my graphics card, my system is a generation or two behind so I am going to be building a new Nehalem-based computer with Vista 64. In past reading I recall someone saying that from the 3800 series onwards users could pair dissimilar cards together for a performance benefit. If this...
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    Obligations

    Anyone ever feel like the majority of their life is made up of obligations to some other person/place/thing? You can just sit down, think about everything you "have" to do that day and it's all just obligations. Even taking a crap is an obligation of time to your body. When do we really get a...
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    Ethics & Legality of a small town University

    Have my answer, thanks zealous forum people!
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    Uhh hypothetically...

    Say you had a really bad stepping of cpu. One that really was only stable around stock speeds, it works fine, but you just like to overclock. Would it be so bad to purchase another of the same chip at some retail outlet, and then return your underperforming chip? Someone has to have done...
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    Bill Richardson

    I'm a New Mexican, not a Bill fanboi but I think he's got to be the VP of choice in this election because of his many strengths. Who's he going to party with?
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    Prime95 ever have...incompatabilities?

    I cannot for the life of me get Prime95 to run without erroring out on my system. Blend always fails in less than 2 minutes regardless of settings. The other tests can run longer but always fail within the hour. Brand new XP pro sp2 install FX-55 @ stock everything Mushkin Hi-Perf Blue...
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    PCI-E bandwidth advantage vs. AGP

    I remember a couple years back when PCI-E boards and cards just hit the market I saw some tests run that proved even the most graphically challenging game at that time did not max out the bandwidth that AGP 8x provided. In fact I think I remember the number being maybe 60-70% of AGP bandwidth...
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    How can I listen to MLB via radio?

    I live in a small town. We have 3 radio stations, limited internet and crappy cable. My favorite team (Atlanta Braves) are no longer going to be shown on TBS nationwide during the upcoming season (crappy seinfield reruns make more ad revenue) Being that they just got Glavine back (for probably...
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    Single core processing

    I run an FX-55 that I am hoping to get over 3ghz with my new motherboard and hsf, but I wonder how much life a single core like this has in it. This cpu overclocked is equal to about 1/2 of a stock X2 6000, and C2D 6400 maybe? Running XP, doing little multitasking, and playing Hellgate and...
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    Cellphones

    I am 27 years old, working on a masters in MIS, BA in accounting, multiple certs, okay job and married. (This should prove I do not live under a rock) I have never had a cellphone or felt the slightest inclination to purchase one. --------- What is with these things?? What is so...
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    Lapping Thermalright heatsinks

    I know all of their faqs say 'blah blah flat enough' or 'blah blah you could make it worse' but I want to know how many people DO lap their shiny new 120 Extreme or Ultima 90 down to a bare, mirrored copper surface?? Copper > Nickel, so wouldn't you want to get rid of it? Only do so if...
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    HSF orientation & Coolermaster TX2

    Long story short, I just got this hsf, it looks very nice but the 754/939/AM2 design sucks. If you have a non-standard motherboard layout (like my DFI nf4 ultra d) it mounts with the fan almost resting on the back of your video card and exhausting air over your ram and into your PSU. How bad...
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    Powercolor/Gecube 3850 /w 512mb

    Look like some good mid-range cards, but I can't find a release date anywhere! The Powercolor Xtreme 3850 comes clocked at 720mhz, 512mb GDDR3 @ 900mhz, has a nice aftermarket cooler and built-in HDMI port ~ all for $199 msrp But no date. Also, did not see any reviews comparing the 256mb...
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    Future changes -> 2, 6, 12 months out?

    As you can see from my sig, my rig is a couple generations behind. I'm still pluggin along with my s939, DDR400 and AGP graphics with no real complaint yet! Playing Hellgate:London atm and it runs like a dream in 1680x1050 with most settings maxed (no AA). But I am getting that itch to burn...
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    SATA 3.0 backwards compatible?

    Building up an out-of-date system for wife, board supports SATA 150 with RAID 0/1 but newegg only has like one SATA 150 hdd listed! I completely missed that phase out I guess, but will the newer SATA drives work fine with the board?
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    May finally switch to LCD - suggestions?

    I'm into bang for your buck monitors, and so far have only really seen the Dell 1905FP and Hyundai L90D+ as the kind of screens I'd want to purchase. I'm pretty relaxed about what I want, namely: 1. 19" viewable 2. DVI 3. As little ghosting as possible in games (I watch NO movies) 4. Sleek...
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    SW3: A Lost Hope

    Linky for teh movie. Discuss. (Spoiler) PREGGERS!
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    BFG goof? whoa

    Ordered the BFG 6800OC for $199 from outpost.com deal....just installed it and well, it looks like a 6800GT? 71.89 Nvidia drivers tell me its a 6800GT with 256mb GDDR3 and 16x1 6vp Everest tells me the same thing with it running at 370mhz, ram at 1000mhz Ok so I install Rivatuner 15.4...
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    Aftermarket hsf for gf 5600?

    Having fun ocing my card, wanna try to make it to 5800/5900 speeds so I'm looking to replace the stock hsf and add OCZ copper ramsinks. Arctic cooling doesn't say whether any of its models will fit the 5600, but they very well could (they havent returned my emails!) My card has 8 yes EIGHT...
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    Quality aftermarket HSF for 5600?

    I own this card (warning BIG pictures): MSI GeforceFX 5600 VTDR128 had it up to 425/658 @ 1.5v (stock 270/550) before my mb died on me (not due to OC) with zero visible artifacts in 3dmark or my games. It *said* it was 52°C under full load at these speeds. The stock hsf kinda reminds me...
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    Antec PSU's & Neo2

    Just got combo from Monarch, been running for a solid 7 days with ZERO problems - then I come home, hit the power button to start up, fans spin for a second, case lights come on, then everything stops. I have disconnected AC to PSU, disconnected surge from wall, cleared CMOS, unplugged 20pin...
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    Softmods for fx5600 available?

    I have a MSI geforce 5600nu running at 365/631 right now, might be able to go higher this is just stock cooling with stock goo. Anyone know of any softmods I could do to this card to get it recognized as something faster? Also the card comes with winbond sensors for gpu temp/fanspd/voltages...
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    What do you do with your old video cards??

    1. Hercules Gullemot Xentor TNT2 = powering the k6-2 system in the basement, behind the pile of boxes :D 2. PNY Geforce2 GTS = in parent's computer 3. Voodoo4 4500 = truly obsolete :( My favorite card ever...resting in a static baggie 4. Ati Radeon 9000pro = died on me R.I.P. 5. MSI...
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    Neo2 temperatures whacked?

    Applied a thin haze with plastic bag to bottom of mirror finished zalman 7000-alcu, then followed directions from artic on applying as5 to cpu with integrated heat spreader....my zalman is tight as can be and mounted perfectly - but I am getting readings of 41C in the newest corecenter...
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    RAM problem with Neo2

    KHX3200AK2/1GR Kingston HyperX pc3200 ram, dual channel kit 2x512mb MSI Neo2 board with 1.4 bios 0441RPBW 3500+ winchester -- running at stock Of course when first building new system I stuck both modules into dimms 1&2 for dual channel. Didn't work, dlink LED says bad memory or...
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    Heavy fragmenting on Ati Radeon 9000Pro

    Gigabyte brand Ati Radeon 9000pro, 128mb of onboard ram. When I first got the card...the crappy heatsinks on the bottom side RAM had fallen off in transit. I didn't want to RMA it for such a stupid problem so I got out my Artic Alumina and reattached the heatsinks to the RAM. Card worked...
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    MSI Neo2 Plat. & Zalman 7000

    I know the Zalman CNPS7000B will fit this board...but I would still like to see what it sits like when mounted before I buy the MSI. Anyone got a pic or link to one? Also...would anyone have a recommendation for what to replace the NF3 hsf with? I'd like it passive and heard it can be...
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    New to SATA

    I just got my new SATA hdd, read through motherboard manuals but cannot find the answer to this question... If I am just booting my OS off a single SATA hdd, should I plug my DVD drive and CDRW drive (as master & slave) into IDE1 now or IDE2 as they used to be using my old IDE hdd?
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    Asus A8V or MSI Neo2-FIR

    First off, its the upper class MSI with the VIA chipset I am interested in - not the Neo2 Platinum with the NF3 chipset. The layout is abominable on that board and will barely fit my hsf, not to mention I dislike active chipset fans and the locked SATA ports sit right above the AGP card. Ok...
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    NTFS vs Fat32

    I've always gone Fat32 as that was the only option pretty much when I started formatting drives, why NTFS? I run a 40gig 7200rpm single drive.
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    754 Clawhammer or 939 Winchester?

    3400+ clawhammer with the 1mb cache or 3500+ winchester? I will probably overclock either moderately, prolly 200mhz so its not really a concern. Anyone got a link that benchmarks these exact cpu's against one another? There are many arguments for both sides, but I don't think any argument...
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    12V motherboard connectors

    These are new to me as the last system I built was an AthlonXP 2000+ Basically none of the s939 boards out have good placement of this connector (imo) and I was wondering IS it something that actually needs to be plugged in for the system to operate smoothly? What is its function above and...
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    Video card depression...

    After looking at all of the anadtech video card comparisons...I'm depressed :( Not even a year old and my MSI Geforce5600fx VTDR128 card is like 10x slower than the "mainstream" cards being offered now. To compound this it seems Ati and Nvidia are both nearly ready to throw out AGP forever...
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    What I would like to see...

    A winchester with 1mb of l2 cache (and those 24% faster transitors)....attached to a sweet new NF4 mobo that had AGP and Pci-e slots!! Heck and full ddr2 compatability while im at it :( ooo ooo with blue led's under the mb (not evil red like that fatal1ty one) (and kotor 2 for pc to test...
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    WD 40gig 7200rpm 2mb cache IDE100

    First off, 40gigs is plenty of room for me. Secondly computer is mostly used for gaming. But I am going about building a new system and wondered if I would notice any appreciable difference if I upgraded the harddrive(s) as well. As you can see I run an older Western Digital, 40 gig, 7200...
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    Asus or Soltek for 939 board?

    I know the Asus a8v will perform well, stable, and probably nothing flashy - but how about the Soltek board? I have seen benchmarks showing it to be the fastest *stock* 939 via board available, it seems to have a working agp/pci lock now, and will OC all that I want a board to OC, is mucho more...
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    939's - 3400+ Newcastle or 3200+ Winchester?

    I'm trying to decide on which cpu/mb combo to purchase and am stuck on this deal: I suppose many know of the td deal that gives you a socket 939 3400+ newcastle and asus a8v mb for $299 - this 939 runs at 2.2ghz but only has a 800 fsb, and is never going to be sold as retail. Well, has...