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    Computer unstable

    I built this computer a few weeks ago, and until a few days ago it was running fine. Now, sometimes, when I try to play a game, I can't get past the opening menus. Once the actual 3D part of a game loads up, like the levels, the comp hard freezes and I have to shut the power off. It doesn't...
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    Problems with PC after adding hard drive

    I just added a second WD 500gb hard drive to my PC. Now when I run Team Fortress 2, it freezes up after a few seconds. It's not RAID or anything, just a second hard drive. I've got my original 500gb hdd, partitioned in C (OS/Apps) and D (Data). And this second drive is completely blank...
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    EDIT: Recommend me an external enclosure

    EDIT: So what sort of enclosure should I get? (Bear with me... It's long because I'm giving you all the details) I just got my Vantec NexStar 3 external hdd enclosure in the mail today. Stuck a Western Digital 500gb drive in it, plugged it in and hooked up...
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    Why isn't this file showing up in my folder in Vista?

    I've got a couple of directories that show no folder.jpg in them. When I try to drag a folder.jpg to them, it asks me if I want to overwrite the existing one. Where is the existing one??? I've turned on "show hidden files" and I've even done a dir from the cmd line and I don't see a...
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    folder.jpg vs ID3 embedded art

    I used to use iTunes and foobar, but now I'm using Media Jukebox and foobar. Both of these programs can read album art from a folder.jpg file placed in the album's directory. I currently have an old 4th gen iPod, so album art isn't an issue on there anyway. But I will soon be buying a new...
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    Can I just "plug n play" an eSATA drive?

    I've got a GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard And I'm getting these: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s + VANTEC NST-360SU-BK 3.5" eSATA + USB2.0 Aluminum External Enclosure The DS3R doesn't actually have any...
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    Where is this hideous, generic album art coming from?

    http://www.auburn.edu/~goldema/albumart.jpg Foobar and Windows Media Player both display that hideous album art whenever I play certain songs that don't have album art. Considering both programs display it, I assume it's some "feature" of Vista. But it's possible it came when I installed...
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    Well, I called it wrong... I guess the "gimmick" is here to stay

    Five years ago when I built my P4 system with a Radeon 9800, I thought "Man PCs are really coming a long way." Not long afterwards, nVIDIA invents SLI. I immediately thought, "Man, what a gimmick. This definately won't last. They can't just cop out of making real progress by slapping two...
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    "Singing" nvidia cards

    I tried searching but couldn't find anything... I thought I remembered seeing a thread here with people discussing their "singing" nvidia video cards. You know, where they make this high pitch electronic sound that varies in pitch depending on what is going on onscreen lol. I dimissed the...
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    Fixing user folder icons in Vista 64

    (Nevermind, I fixed it, but you can read and see what I did right and wrong in case you're in the same situation) Like I'm sure 99.9% of Vista users have done, I immediately moved my User folder content to another drive/partition. In case I did this with less-obvious methods, I'll give a...
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    What is causing my OC to sometimes revert to nonOC?

    I OC'ed my Q6600 to 3.0GHz a few days ago, and as far as I know it is running stable. I tried memtest for 2 full passes (took like an hour-ish) with no errors, ran Prime95 for an hour and a half with no errors/crashes, played Crysis, copied 50 or so gigs of files from my old PC to this one...
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    Why won't "bloom" stay enabled in Team Fortress 2?

    I just built this new PC, and I was wondering why I can't enable Bloom in Orange Box games. I can check it, but when I return to game, and then return to the settings, it's unchecked again. -------------------------------------- Please use the PC Gaming forum Senior Anandtech Moderator...
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    Where exactly IS core 1, 2, 3, 4 on a Q6600?

    If the little arrow on the CPU is facing bottom left... where are the cores located? 12 34 or 13 24 Or some other less logical fashion? Just a thought because I have a temp delta of 7C, and if I go to reseat the HSF and notice the thermal paste looks lacking/excessive on a...
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    Need help making sense out of CPU-Z, Speedfan, etc.

    I'm planning to OC my new Q6600 to 3ghz, following the stickied thread here. But before I get into OC'ing, I need to make sure my system is functioning properly to begin with lol. http://www.auburn.edu/~goldema/cpu.jpg Why does it say I'm running at 6x (1.6ghz)? The BIOS says I'm at at...
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    Questions, concerns, and thoughts on my new build

    Long post my friends. Cliffs at the bottom. =) Antec P182 Corsair HX620 PSU Q6600 G0 w/ Freezer 7 Pro Gigabyte P35-DS3R rev 2.1 (using onboard sound) G.Skill 2x2gb DDR2 800mhz 5-5-5-15 eVGA 8800GTS 512 (G92) WD 500gb drive Samsung DVD burner Nintendo 64, I mean Vista 64 If your...
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    What would YOU guys do in this situation?

    I ordered two WD 500gb drives from newegg, and have since changed my mind and only want one and an external. Would you send one back, and order a whole external drive? Like this Cavalry USB/eSATA drive? http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822101030 Or would you just keep the...
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    Anybody ordered from ClubIT before?

    I ordered a mobo from them on the 9th. I'm watching the tracker on fedex.com and it shipped on the 10th and has an ETA of the 16th (tomorrow). But as for activity, it hasn't done anything since the 11th where it arrived at the Fedex location in City of Industry, CA. It still says ETA of...
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    Using ESD wrist straps

    I've done some googling and I can't figure out the proper way to use a wrist strap. I'm about to build my second computer, but I built my first without any sort of static precautions and 5 years later it is still running like new. Regardless, I figure I want to take some precautionary steps...
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    How do I distinguish between a B3 and a G0 Q6600?

    Got some new computer parts coming in from newegg and I wanted to OC the Q6600 to 3GHz. I hear there's no guarantee you'll get a G0 from newegg. How do you tell the difference? If it ends up being a B3, I think I'll send it back for a refund and order from elsewhere. What sites guarantee G0s?
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    Building a new PC, suggestions appreciated

    Looking to build a new computer for around $1500, as my old one is pushing 5 years old. My tasks typically involve Photoshop/Lightroom, some games, and multimedia. I followed a guide on sharkyextreme.com for most of these parts, as I built my current computer from a guide there nearly 5 years...
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    Need a laptop around $700 that will run Photoshop CS3 and Team Fortress 2

    I'm told that nearly any laptop these days will run CS3 fine, so it comes down to Team Fortress 2. Two questions: 1. I've been thinking about this one, http://www.newegg.com/Product/...4114406&Tpk=A215-S7437 but will the X1200 run TF2? I think it's integrated, and I've heard it sucks. 2...
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    Should I upgrade my RAM and video card?

    I posted this on Neowin, which I joined like 2 days ago and then it hit me, why not post this on anandtech where I've frequented for over 5 years. So here you guys go. :D I'm looking for a minor upgrade to my old computer. No real reason other than I have some money to blow heh. For games, I...
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    Friend interested in a Compaq notebook at BestBuy - any good?

    First of all, wow, I haven't posted here in quite a while and I see the forum layout's changed. =p Anyway, my friend wants a laptop to "save space" and cuz he hates all the cords of his dinosaur-aged desktop. I told him just to get a desktop since he has no need/desire to take his PC around...
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    Canon ip5200 ink usage question

    My Canon ip5200 printer is only several months old. I've printed a couple of pictures when I first got the printer, and since then have only printed text documents. The printer uses five different ink cartridges. One of them is a dedicated black cartridge for text printing. So when I print...
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    LCD image burn-in?

    I didn't think it was possible, but I think I am getting some slight image burn-in in the lower left part of my Dell 2001FP LCD monitor. It's quite a nice monitor, so I didn't think such things would happen. But I've been playing EverQuest a lot lately, and I think the UI that's always in a...
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    External hard drives

    I'm about to buy an external hard drive. I was wondering if there are any specs or features I should look for, and I'm undecided on brand. As far as internal hard drives go, I've been under the impression that Western Digital and Seagate are the two big guys, and I would assume if they make...
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    Media Player Classic sound skipping

    I've been watching my DVDs in Media Player Classic lately, and I just discovered the sound decoding options menu where you can change the default AC3 speaker setting from stereo. I changed it to 3 front speakers and 2 rear, and was like "wow, now it actually sounds like I have a center...
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    Windows clock not displaying correct time?

    As daylight savings came up a week or so ago, I expected my computer to adjust its own clock as usual. I woke up the next morning to find that it had not, and I had to set it manually. Well I woke up this morning and my computer had set itself back to the time it was before daylight savings...
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    Finding info on AIM names?

    Is there a program or a website that could give some information on AIM screen names? My friend was harassed by someone on AIM, and I thought I might could figure out something about it since I'm a fairly resourceful fella. I was thinking there was something similar to AIM's "find a buddy by...
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    What's the point of RSS?

    I've tried googling and searching, and because of that I know what RSS feeds do, I just don't understand how it's useful. No websites/threads seem to explain WHY you even want an RSS feed. What makes it better than a bookmark? If I want the latest headline, I could just click the CNN bookmark...
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    Collage software?

    You know how you see on the cover of magazines occasionally, a collage with a couple hundred pictures, and from a distance, the collage appears to make one big picture? Like say they have a hundred tiny pics of a celebrity, and they arrange them in a way that it looks like one big pic of that...
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    Tracing software?

    I'm trying to draw something on my computer using a mouse, looking at an image. Drawing with a mouse is hard like whoa. Is there any program out there that would let me have, say, two mouse pointers? I could set them a few inches a part, and trace over the image with the main pointer, and the...
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    I got a $20 gift card to best buy!

    Any ideas?
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    Guide to limited accounts in Windows XP

    I recently tried to set up a limited account after a fresh format, and I don't see how it could have been any more complicated. I consider myself pretty computer savvy, and when I couldn't get things how I wanted with two accounts, I felt pretty stupid heh. After all most advice with setting...
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    Don't have permission?

    Upon trying to install a file from my desktop, I recieve this error. "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item." I'm on the only account on the computer, and it's the administrator. What's the deal...
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    Print Head Alignment

    I just reformatted, and when installing the printer driver it says I need to align the print heads before using the printer (it assumes this is the first time I've used it, which it's not). Is aligning the print heads a hardware thing? In which case I wouldn't need to do it since I did it...
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    Seperate user accounts

    I'm new to having more than one user account on my computer. I'm still the only one using it (for the most part), but I wanted to set up a limited account for my daily use. This new account doesn't have any of my settings, favorites, etc. It even pops up the little thing at the bottomr...
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    AT, help me hook up my front USB ports (pics)

    I'll make this as easy as possible and provide large detailed pics of what I'm working with. My case (sig) came with front side USB ports, but complicated looking connecters for hooking it to the mobo (sig). Didn't really care when I built the comp, cuz I didn't need that many USBs. Things...
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    WMP10 won't start

    When I try to open WMP10, all I get is a window saying "An internal application error has occurred." I tried reinstalling WMP10, and it still just gives me that window. Any ideas?
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    Canon's Camera Window software

    I received a Canon Powershot A620 for Christmas, and I just got around to installing the software package (v26.0). Those of you familiar with it know it comes with quite a few programs, one of them is Camera Window. This is the program used to transfer the pictures to the computer. It doesn't...