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    Is Seagate a godawful company?

    It seems so to me, but maybe I'm just having a bad experience. I bought a 2TB HDD off of them 6 months ago on Amazon. They clearly advertised it on the webpage as having a 2 year warranty. Well, the drive died on me today. Quite a short life. Not sure if any data will be salvageable. The real...
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    Corsair CX series overheating/crashing - anyone else?

    So my old OCZ 500W died on me a couple days ago after 5 good years (just rebooted randomly and upon restart only a black screen, Power_Good was 61mV when jumped on), and I decided to upgrade quality for a supposedly better brand while downgrading quantity a bit and went for a CX430. I suppose I...
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    Intermittent "Won't Boot/Post" Issue Turns Permanent

    So, over the past maybe 6 months, my computer started to stop starting on random, rare occasions. Maybe once every month or two, suddenly the power switch did nothing. I would fiddle with the PSU cable, thinking that was the case, and after a few minutes of fiddling, the thing would turn on and...
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    Lost old account/pass/e-mail

    Used to have an old account here with maybe 200-400 posts, but I lost the name/pass, and I'm pretty sure the e-mail it was tied to isn't mine anymore. Anyone I can talk to to get the e-mail switched and my old pass? Could provide probable e-mail accounts it was under, rig specs, and at least...
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    $400 Upgrade

    UPDATE - Bought Looking to upgrade my old computer to play ArmA2 (bench mark), maybe STALKER:CoP for the next few months (will be selling everything but the case afterward). Current specs: Old 20" CRT 4:3 1600x1200 (fuzzy, better at 1280x1024, acceptable for now) Lian-Li ATX case (fine for...
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    External HDD??

    I need to get a laptop for video editing, and am wondering what the deal is with an external HDD. I hear it's eSATA <- FW-800 <- USB2 What speed should I be looking for? Is 7200 going to be too fast for the connection; 5400 okay? Any help would be useful.
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    Better Mobile Processor?

    I'm looking at some HP laptops right now, and don't know how much better one would be than the other. I need this primarily for video editing. Options are: Core Duo T2250 (1.73GHz) vs. X2 Tl-56 (1.8GHz) OR Tl-60 (2.0GHz) (both are in relative price range) The Duo setup sacrifices on...
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    What Did I Miss???

    I've been away from the forums and general technology advances for a couple years. What has come since? Last I knew, the 6800 series was tops, 64-bit processors were coming into their own, and I think nForce4 was the top chipset. I think dual core was just getting going, too. Or at least...
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    Video Editing Laptop

    It's been a couple years since I kept up with the computer industry, so I have no clue what I'm doing now, especially since I'm new to laptop territory. I need a laptop for video editing, simple as that. I prefer to make my own (I'm assuming you can do that with laptops - I've done it with a...
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    Check this budget PC

    I'm trying to put together a computer for my sister. It's primarily for downloading and watching movies, since she's too lazy to buy an actual DVD player. I'm trying to see if I can cut down the cost any. I'm always willing to just let her get a Dell, but the closest system I could make was...
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    Low budget PC card?

    I'm trying to build a computer for my sister, after she messed up the last one I handed down to her (well, I probably messed it up first). Anyway, I'm wondering what my video options are. All she really wants to do is download music, play music, and also DVDs. I know onboard sound is bad for...
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    Chaos Theory performance

    I'm not sure if this game is supposed to be this slow, but I'm running around 14 FPS on average. This is with all the settings on high, 1600x1200, 0x0x. Without AA or AF on, I'm not sure why it's going so slow, but I'm wondering if everyone is getting this sort of performance?
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    NV5 Silencer

    What the title says. My 6800GT is running pretty hot (69/90C), and my overclock is limited. So does anyone know where these are in stock?
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    nVidia overclocking question

    Well, I've gotten around to overclocking my 6800GT again, and I'm having this problem again. When I go to set the frequencies and test the card in the nVidia display, I'll get that message, "The test has failed to run properly at the..." Well, when I try to overclock that is. The thing is that...
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    Monitor turns on and off

    For some odd reason my monitor keeps turning on (to a blank screen) and off whenever my computer is in standby mode. It doesn't do this when the computer's off. Anyone have any ideas as to why/how to fix?
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    The TEST Part 4

    Alright, recap: making an online test on computer knowledge. Previous threads here: The Original, The Second Part, and the Third Part. What we're looking for now are questions for this test. Questions will be going by category and difficulty level. The categories (so far) are: And the...
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    The TEST Part 3

    Okay, so to recap, here's the idea: Online test gauging people's knowledge of computers, with multiple-choice questions made by the users on AT. Questions will range in difficulty from super-easy, to impossibly tough. Here's the past two threads on it: The Original, The Difficulty Levels...
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    The TEST

    Alright, change of plans here... Here's the idea: a test on the internet that gauges how much people know about computers. Here's the original thread, by the way: LINK What I want us to get figured out first is the different difficulty levels for this test, as in how much knowledge should...
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    I Just Got an Idea

    Alright, I was thinking about my own computer literacy, when I thought, "it sure would rock if someone would come out with an online test for this sort of thing, that way we could know who knew their stuff and who was just blowing hot air." Then I thought, "that's a good idea, Dave, you're so...
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    CPU Slowdown

    Not my problem, but someone I know. He says he used to be getting a 3DMark05 score of about 4500, but now a month later he's only getting 3660. His CPU score has dropped by the same amount as well. He has tried different video card drivers, defragged, ran ad-aware, anti-virus, etc. He has only...
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    Quick help

    Just wondering if a 6600GT would be bottlenecked by the other components on this system, or would a 9800pro be enough? P4 2.4 GHZ 512 MB RDRAM Intel 850E Chipset 4x AGP
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    Best PCI card for an aging system?

    Someone wants to know what's a good PCI card to get with this setup: 2.2GHz P4 256MB RAM PCI only motherboard Intel Extreme 3D Graphics So what's the best card, under $100 that isn't going to end up being bottlenecked by either the CPU or the bus?
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    6800GT oc'ing.... better

    Just got my 6800GT OC today, and it's doing fine. It came from BFG with the core already bumped to 370. I've managed to get the memory to 1.1GHz without any problems (and that's in a quite hot room mind you). This is with the 6.1.7.1 beta drivers. Unfortunately the only really demanding game I...
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    Best Brands for 6800?

    I haven't seen this discussed much, so what are the brands to get, what are the ones not to get?
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    Stable?

    Alright I ran Prim95, SETI@Home, and 3dMark03 for 55 hours this weekend. Got back and found that everything had worked, no Prime95 errors, no blue screen, temps were 50C (about normal for full load), just Windows XP was a good bit laggy. So I closed everything up and went to shut down Windows...
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    CPU Requirements for the future

    I've tried to get this answered a couple of times before, but I'll try again. How much processing power is going to be required to run the next line of games (D3, STALKER, etc) with decent frame rates (45-60)?
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    Which card to get?

    I'm building or upgrading my system (haven't decided which yet) and I want to get the best graphics card I'll need for the next year or so. Will a 9800 Pro or XT be able to handle new games at 1280x1024x32 with all the eye candy and 45-60 FPS. If not which one will?
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    Graphics or Processing

    Okay I'm trying to figure out my new system, so which should I go with: AMD 64 3000/3200+ and a 9800 Pro or AMD XP-M 2600+ and a 6800 Ultra or other? Keep in mind I intend on overclocking and want this to last a while before I start getting less than great FPS.
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    Testing and CM vs. Freq.

    A few questions from a somewhat inexperienced o/c'er: When overclocking, in what increments do you guys generally go up and test at? Do you skip ahead a few at the beginning, expecting to not run into problems with the first 10MHz? What would you guys consider "stable"? For a MP 2600+ how high...
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    Vid Card Upgrade

    I'm sorta out of the loop as far as new video cards go. I've had my current one for a while now, but have decided it's time to move on to bigger and better things, especially with the possible release of D3 this summer. So I have two questions: where can I go to find out more about the current...
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    A Few Questions

    1. Which is better (if one is better) for o/c'ing a processor: upping the clock multiplier or the frequency? 2. Which is better for memory: increasing the freq or the timings? 3. How much o/c'ing can I excpect to get out of a GeForce3 Ti 200 before overheating problems start? 4. At what point...
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    Best Monitor for $250?

    Quality preferred to size, but still would like something bigger than my current monitor (13in).
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    BIOS Settings Keep Changing, and Other Weird Stuff

    Well every time my computer starts up, the FSB is set to 100. When I go into the BIOS though, it's set correctly at 200 and I save and quit and it loads up right next time, but then if I power off it changes again. Sometimes my computer starts for no good reason at all.... which is odd. Also...
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    Chipset Voltage?

    Just curious, for what reason should I adjust this?
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    Windows Error

    I just o/c'd my CPU from 2100 to 2222, and then started to get a blue screen when I booted up saying it was protecting some hardware. Well I upped my CPU voltage from 1.65V all the way up to 1.75 now, but still when running certain applications I get the screen again. Should I just keep upping...
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    Major Video Problems!!!!!!

    Here's what happened: I had my computer running all night, doing some downloading, and then in the morning the power went out after all this. When I turned my computer back on and tried to play a game, it ran like crap. I tried unclocking the computer, reinstalling the video drivers, testing out...
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    ABIT NF7-S Won't Boot When O/c'd

    I have an Abit NF7-S motherboard and started overclocking it a few days ago. Everything seems to be working fine, until I turn it off. When I go to turn it back on again, the screen goes blank and I just get one long beep. This happens when I overclock the processor any more than to 168 (it's...
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    Best Motherboard for a 2500+ w/strong o/c

    I'm currently in the process of reinventing my computer. I wanted to start overclocking my chip a bit farther than it has already gone, but hit a wall, so got a new chip and the mobo won't take it. So it's either waste the $100 I spent on this nice, brand-new 2500+ Barton, or buy a new...
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    No Video, CPU Install to Blame...

    I bought a 2500+Bar for my computer to replace my poorly oc'ing 2000+Pal. I installed it on my ASUS A7V333, and once done I started up and got no video. I then went through the usual troubleshooting procedures, but nothing helped. I put the old 2000+ back in, but still no video. I'm still...
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    Best FSB266 AMD Processor Is..... ???

    It's looking like my mb is screwed up from trying to put a 2500+ in it, apparently the 333FSB was too much for it to handle. So I'll probably be shipping the board back out to ASUS next week, probably will get it back in September. Also will have to send back the 2500+ and get a different...