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    PC won't post

    Normally, I'd get a single beep when I turn on my pc, but now I get nothing. It stopped working the other night when I powered on my pc a second after it shut down. I think it might be the motherboard or PSU. My configuration is in my profile. Any ideas? Thanks.
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    Sound Card Recommendations

    I noticed today that my right-front speaker (Logitech Z640) stopped working. I wanted to see if it was the speaker or my on-board Realtek sound, so i plugged the front speaker jack into my mp3 player and they both worked (same thing for the center/sub and rear). I've come to the conclusion that...
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    Other Processor Brands

    I was just curious to see if anybody knew of other companies besides Intel and AMD that make PC Processors. Obviously, AMD and Intel dominate the market...
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    Clawhammer or Newcastle

    http://www.newegg.com/app/View...description=19-103-424 This is the processor that I purchased about a month ago. It went off newegg for a while but now it's back and $20 more... Newegg says it's a clawhammer with a 512KB L2 cache. This confuses me because I thought all clawhammers were...
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    Mozilla Firefox 1.0

    Firefox 0.9.3 is great. Any word on when the final version will be released? Thanks.
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    PC-cillin 2002 vs. AVG Anti-virus

    I currently have PC-cillin 2002 installed on my new rig (from Asus K8n-E Deluxe CD). Do you think I'd be better protected with a free version of AVG?
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    Software Firewall Necessary?

    I'm not sure if this belongs here or in the software forum so I posted in both... I curently have Nvidia Firewall enabled on the High setting which means all of my ports are on stealth mode. Also, I have PC-Cillin 2002's small firewall running on high settings. Is a stand-alone firewall such...
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    Software Firewall Necessary?

    I curently have Nvidia Firewall enabled on the High setting which means all of my ports are on stealth mode. Also, I have PC-Cillin 2002's small firewall running on high settings. Is a stand-alone firewall such as kerio necessary for this setup? Thanks..
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    Plextor 712A Dual Layer?

    This is a quote from the new Anantech Optical and Magnetic Storage article: I have a Plextor 712A and I thought it was well known that the drive is great, but it doesn't have dual layer burning. Is this a mistake or is there some new firmware or something?
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    First Time Overclocking

    I'm running an Asus K8N-E Deluxe with an AMD 64 3000+. When I go into the BIOS, and try to up the FSB it doesn't work. First I set the AI overclocking to manual, then when I hit the value of the FSB (200) no other options pop up.. Anyone have a clue? thanks.
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    Random Reboots

    So far this has happened 3 times over the course of 2 weeks. The first and second time I was watching a DVD in WinDVD and surfing the web in Firefox. The 3rd time I was only browsing the web. When it reboots, the screen juut goes blank, then the system starts up again...so it's not rebooting...
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    What to do with my old pc....

    I have an old Compaq 5BW284...Here are the specs: Pentium 3 850MHz 256MB SDRAM PC100 40GB Hard Drive Onboard Graphics, Audio (i really don't know how I lived with this for 4 years....) Ethernet PCI Card.. two broken drives, dvd-rom and cd-rw 17" Compaq CRT MV740 Floppy Drive I thought I would...
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    Check out my first build!

    I want to thank everyone here for helping me build my pc. Everything worked out great and now I finally got a new pc that kicks my old one out of the water... My First Build
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    Anyone w/ FarCry & NuTech DDW-082?

    I just built my first pc a few days ago and now everything is working great except for this one problem. Whenever I go to install FarCry (got it free with video card), the install stops on "xfire.exe" and my CD drive makes seek noises. So I tried to copy all of the files from the CD and try...
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    CPU Fan Error

    I just built my first computer yesterday, and everything went suprisingly well. The only problem is that sometimes on startup I get a message saying "CPU Fan Error". This usually happens after my computer has been off for a little bit. I'm using an Asus K8N-E MB with an AMD Athlon 64 3000+...
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    Installing Windows XP SATA Drive

    I have a 120GB Seagate Barracuda Serial ATA drive that I will be using on Asus K8N-E's built in chipset SATA (not the extra four). Can I just boot from the windows CD normally since its built into he chipset or is there something extra I gotta do? Thanks a lot for helping a n00b in need :)
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    Windows XP Home Upgrade

    I'm currently running a Compaq PC that came installed with Windows Me, that I upgraded to XP Home Edition a few years ago. I'm getting the parts for a new pc this week and I want to know if it's possible to use my upgrade disc to do a clean install on my new hard drive. Thanks for your helpp
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    Dead Pixel Policy

    Does anybody know what the dead pixel policy is on mwave.com? They do say that they'll replace any defective item, but they don't mention dead pixels anywhere. I'm not sure if a dead pixel on a monitor would make it considered "defective". Please repond if you know, because I'm planning on...
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    nVIDIA Firewall & Asus MB?

    Asus K8N-E utilizes nVIDIA's built in gigabit LAN, but it doesn't mention nVIDIA's hardware firewall anywhere on the Asus website. Is it possible to utilize this feature of the chipset by downloading some kind of driver from nVIDIA's website? I can't find anything there. Does anybody have...
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    Best 17" LCD Monitor < $480

    I'm on a TIGHT $480 budget to buy a 17" LCD monitor. It will be used a lot for watching movies, gaming, and photoediting. My video card is an eVGA Geforce 6800 (reg-12pipes). Thanks a lot for your help!
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    Two Hard Drives

    I'm building a new PC soon that will be used a lot for content creation apps such as Flash, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver. In another thread a while ago I was told that maybe I should spring for two hard drives, using one for the OS and applications and the other for pagefilse/virtual memory and...
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    ViewSonic VP171B 17" LCD

    Is the following 17" LCD moniter good for gaming? ViewSonic VP171B 17" LCD Monitor ?RETAIL
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    My System Specs

    This PC has a $1750 budget, and I'm using it mostly for Web Design, Graphics Design, Photoediting software, Productivity Apps, Listening to Digital Music, Web Surfing, E-mail, Moderate Gaming, CD &amp; DVD Burning, and Some Light Programming. My main goals are for it to be solid, reliable, and...
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    Best Video Card $250

    Ok, I'm building a budget system and I have $225 to go towards a video card. I'm not that knowledgable about video cards so that's why I'm coming here :). What's the best card I can get ofr that much money? Can it handle games like Far Cry and Doom 3? Thanks
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    New System $1550 Budget

    Currently, I'm running an old Compaq 5000 series and I just can't take the crapiness anymore so I've decided it's time for a new system. I've never built a computer before but I'm pretty confident I can get the job done. Any advice for a first time builder? Okay, the new machine will be be used...