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    Anyone know the definitive answer on Samsung's dead pixel policy for the USA?

    I've seen several computer news sites announcing samsung's new dead pixel policy, which started on january 1st.. apparently they'll replace any screen with 1 or more dead pixels.. However, then I saw another link which suggested this is only applicable in Korea. Samsung's website states that...
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    Monitor reccomendations please

    Hi all, I'm looking for a new monitor that preferably has all of these features: 19" CRT black casing 1280 x 1024 @ 85hz + I'm getting rid of my viewsonic g90f because it's image quality is terrible. Sadly I've only had it a week and am going to incur quite a lot of cost to get rid of...
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    Does this sound like a defective monitor, or am I missing something?

    I have just got a brand new monitor, a viewsonic 19" model G90F. I have a couple of issues with it though, the first is that when what's displayed on the screen changes from mostly dark, to having some white (i.e my wallpaper is black, I open a new notepad file which is white), the screen...
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    Sorry it's been done to death.. system temperatures ok?

    I've just put together a new system, important parts are as follows: 500w Athenatech Power supply Pentium 4 Northwood 3.2ghz 800mhz FSB CPU 2 x hard drives in caddies 1 x hard drive in case 2 x optical drives. The case has 1 x 80mm intake fan, the drive caddies each have a 40mm intake...
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    Odd question - Old video card outperforms new one.. why?

    The system it's in is an AMD Athlon 1100, 256mb ram, 100mhz FSB. The card that was in there, is a geforce 1, 32mb. The card that I replaced it with is a geforce 4, 128mb. I've tried several driver sets, but the geforce 1 outperforms the geforce 4, the 4 is very choppy in games and...
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    Desparately seeking advice on this weird video/PnP/windows? issue.

    I'm having this odd issue with my system: At random times, I'll hear windows (XP) make the "device connect/new hardware found" sound. Sometimes also, as I hear this sound, my screen will go blank for a second. I can *SEMI* reproduce this on occasion if I load up my display properties and...