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    OCZ / Corsair compat issues

    I've got a problem trying to run 4GB of RAM on my system. Whenever I pair a set of OCZ and Corsair DDR2 sticks together, the machine freezes randomly and Memtest fails immediately. I've tested each of the sticks individually and they pass memtest with flying colors. I've made sure that each...
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    New machine keeps shutting down after 5 min of use

    I just built a new PC with the following specs: Intel E6300 Core Duo ASUS P5N-SLI mobo 2 GB Corsair TWIN6400 RAM 34 GB Raptor 250 GB Barracuda eVGA Geforce 8800GTS Creative X-Fi Fatality 500 w Power Supply Antec Sonata II The problem is that the PC shuts down after 3-5 minutes of...
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    Vista Installer

    I'm wondering if the Vista installer will automatically install a 32 or 64 bit OS depending on the hardware that the installer detects. I work for a software company and currently our software will not run in a 64-bit OS, so we're trying to determine if users that have 64-bit hardware would...
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    Random reboot when playing games

    I've had an on-going problem with my machine when playing games. It happens often in some games, like NFL Head Coach demo and Heroes of Might and Magic V. Basically the PC will freeze, the sound will continue to loop in the background and about a minute later I will get a BSOD referring to the...
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    Xbox 360 wireless controllers

    Has anyone else had problems with the Xbox 360 wireless controllers? Off and on I won't be able to get them to connect to the system. They'll work fine for like 2 days, and then all of a sudden stop working (the system will not recognize any controllers when you attempt to sync). The remedy...
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    Possible to OC 4 DIMMS to DDR400 speeds?

    I'm looking at investing in 2GB of RAM, currently i've got 1 GB (2x512MB) of OCZ Plat rev 2 ram. I know that populating all 4 dimms on my system will drop the speed to DDR333, I'm curious if I pair this with another set of decent ram (possibly Kingston Hyper X) if it can be overclocked to DDR400...
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    Video Capture Solution

    I'm looking for a hardware device that can capture a VGA output from another PC for creating a software tutorial. Software solutions, unfortunately don't work with our product, we need something that can capture the VGA output from another PC. I've seen this product...
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    Norton Ghost/Imaging software solution for QA lab

    I'm looking to find some information(or a suggestion) on a versatile imaging software to use in QA Lab for a small software company. We currently we have around 10 machines, and ideally I would like to house the images on one central RAID configured machine and have the machines pull each...
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    Case Fans loud on cold boot

    I've got 2 PCs I've built, and a strange thing I've noticed is after a while, when cold booting the machines, the case fans will run very loudly when the system boots, but will slow down around the time the OS has loaded (1-2 minutes). I don't know if this has something to do with dust...
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    PureVideo Decoder Quality

    I've got 2 PCs, one older machine i'm thinking about turning into an HTPC (P4 2.26, 1 GB RAM, and a Geforce 4 4400). I'm curious since I read somewhere that the Geforce 6 had some sort of "built-in" video acceleration that is enabled with PureVideo is the quality would be better on the Geforce 6...
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    Geforce 7800 series - AGP dead?

    Does anyone know if there are plans for a Geforce 7800 AGP card on the market? I'm guessing that AGP is as good as dead as far as the new video card market goes.
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    Taking A+ Exam Next Week

    I've scheduled to take the A+ exam (both hardware and software portion) next week, so i'm starting to cram for it. So far the practice exams I've taken seem fairly easy. I'm trying to concentrate on the two things I've heard are most likely on the exams: Printers and SCSI. Anyone have any...
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    RAM - Neo 2 Plat

    Since BF2 is causing me some hitching in some of my games, i'm thinking of adding an additional 1 GB of RAM to my machine. Right now i've got 2x512MB OCZ Plat 2 in banks 1. Instead of buying another Gig of the OCZ I was thinking of throwing in some RAM from my old PC that i'm not currently...
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    Debian Installer - Creating Ext3 file system

    I'm trying to install Debian on a SATA drive, and creating the file system has been going on for almost 2 hours now, and its only moved 2%. There is very little activity from the HDD LED on the outside of the case. I'm wondering if its safe to reboot the computer at this point. If it keeps up at...
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    Win XP x64 and Norton Ghost

    I just tried an install of x64 on my system only to find out that Norton Systemworks isn't compatible. Luckily I have a Ghost CD so I could restore the backup of my 32-bit OS before I installed. Anybody know if there are any versions of Norton Ghost that are compatible in x64?
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    New Dell 1905FP

    I just bought actually 2 Dell 1905FP's, with the thought of selling one on ebay. First monitor I open - big scratch on the LCD panel in the lower right hand corner. Pissed, I open the 2nd one, hoping that its good, open it up, looks great loading up - ran a dead pixel test, one big bright pixel...
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    2nd PSP - Unopened

    After my first PSP had 4 dead pixels, I'm kind of weary of even opening the second one I picked up yesterday having returned the original unit. I'm thinking of selling it on ebay, but I don't even know if I could make my money back at this point. Anybody had any luck with getting a decent...
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    No "true" SPDIF out on Realtek ALC850

    I've had this problem for a while, and now its really starting to drive me crazy. I'm using the SPDIF (coax) output from my mobo, but for some reason, it will not output sound in Media Player or in games like Star Wars Republic Commando. It "forces" me to have to hook up my speakers to the...
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    Raid 0 vs. Dual-Sata Drive Setup

    Having never setup a RAID array of drivers, I was curiuos if I would see a performance increase by setting up Raid 0 with the following drives: WD Raptor 34GB 10KRPM Seagate 200GB Sata 7200RPM (don't know model#) Right now i've got my OS on the Raptor and my games/backup/downloads on the...
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    Audigy vs. Audigy 2

    I've got a new PC, and I've been using onboard sound (RealTek i think). I'm not impressed, but I'm not dissatisfied either. I have an old Audigy Gamer edition that I bought with my other PC. My questions is, am I better off using this Audigy card in my new machine or getting the Audigy 2...
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    Dell 1905FP vs. Dell 2001FP

    I've been in the market for a new LCD monitor for a while now. Dell has had some pretty good deals on the 19" displays, I saw today, $379.65 shipped, the 20" display was $529.20. I've been used to a 21" CRT monitor, which was a Viewsonic, which was great for a while, but the colors always looked...
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    Good deal for 19" lcd?

    I've been in the market for a new LCD monitor(preferably 19"). I've seen this deal floating around, and I was wondering if its worth it. The only catch is that the monitor has no warranty. Mostly going to be using this monitor with a PC for gaming and graphic design programs.
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    Dell Dimension 4400 Fried

    I've been doing some video card testing at work and ran into what I thought was a dead Power Supply, but i'm guessing now its a dead MOBO. Here's the scenario, Dell Dimension 4400 and we had a slew of video cards to test. I tested a new PNY Geforce 6800 GT, unk,own to me that this machine...
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    RaidMax Power Supply Question

    I recently bought a new system with a Raidmax Scorpio case. It comes with a "Raidmax" 420W power supply. I'm not sure who the actual manufacturer is...Anyway, after seeing a couple PS's go up in smoke at work while doing some video card testing this week, I wonder if I should spend a couple...
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    High Idle Temp?

    I just built a new machine: Athlon 3500 1 GB OCZ Rev 2 Plat Nforce 3 MSI Neo 2 Plat 36GB Sata WD 200GB Sata SeaGate My machine is running at 47 C at idle, and about 16 C for the system temp(this according to CoreCenter, the software that came with the Mobo). I haven't overclocked...
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    Geforce 6 series and PureVideo

    I just read today's article on PureVideo for the Geforce 6 series, and it mentioned that this was a "free" feature from Nvidia. I've looked on their site, it doesn't look like its bundled with any drivers, and they only offer it as a pay $19.95 codec download. Am I missing something, or is this...
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    RaidMax Scorpio and HDD LED on MSI Kt8 Neo 2 Platinum

    This is a stupid question, but I've been having problems with my HDD LED functioning on my RaidMax Scorpio case. From the documentation that came with the MSI MB(its the KT8 Neo 2 Platinum) the HDD LED is color coded on the red and the red/yellow pins on the MB. I've checked multiple times, and...
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    Audigy vs. On board

    I've never been a fan of Creative, or their products(although they have little to no competition as far as sound cards go), but i'm just curious as to what the overall advantage to buying, lets say an Audigy 2 ZS card is at this point. I just ordered a new system and have opted to just use the...
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    HL2 and the Source Engine

    For those of you that don't already have this great game, you may want to hold back on upgrading your system. All I can say is, WOW. After playing Halo 2 and being less than completely blown away, this game feels right, like it is a complete package. I just recently purchased parts for a new PC...
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    Imagequest L70S?

    Has anybody bought one of these monitors? http://www.newegg.com/app/view...a&CMP=OTC-d3alt1me I'm looking into purchasing it. For only $265 i'm a little skeptical, but also want to be thrifty at this point as I have 2 21" CRTs but just need a little more desk space and don't want to have...
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    New System - Should I go PCI-Express or AGP?

    Ok, here's my dilemna, I want to build a new system; and I want to stay a little thrifty while still building a rock solid performer. At the risk of sounding like a noob, I priced out this Dell System(I don't like the idea either, i've already built a PC of my own 2 years ago), but this deal...