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    Inspiron 1405 - Dell mismatching memory and processors?

    I just recently ordered an inspiron 1405 and was going over the sales order when something struck me: Inspiron E1405, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5600 (2MB/1.83GHz/667MHz) 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 533MHZ,2 DIMM for Inspiron 640M/E1405 I went back to the order page and...
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    Confusing Networking Issue - Help Needed

    Hello everyone. I've been working for the last 4 hours on trying to get this particular issue resolved so if anyon can offer any advice at all, it would be much appreciated. My situation is as follows: I have 3 computers connected to a D-Link DI-514 router (802.11b). They all have Windows XP...
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    CD-R Not Burning at Proper Speed

    I have a liteon 48x cdrw. My problem is that it will burn at a fast speed for about 20% of a cd, but then stops. It looks like a buffer underun has occured (the red burning light turns orange for a moment and you can hear the cd speed wind down), and then it continues at a slow speed, usually...
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    BeyondTV 3.5 Help

    I just recently got a capture card and have gotten my computer all set up for pvr with Beyond TV. The one problem I have is that it automatically defaults to recording on C: which I only have around 7 free gigs on. I have another hard drve which I would like to use for recording, but have not...
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    Keyboard on the fritz...?

    I've got a large problem and would love it if someone could at least tell me what's going on becase as of now I have no clue and am starting school tomorrow!!! My computer has been up and running for over 6 months rock solid. Today while I was playing Doom 3 suddenly the character kept moving...
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    Alternative to Comcast?

    I live in CA, Bay Area and was a loyal AT&T subscriber before things went downhill and they merged with Comcast. I also frequently use newsgroups for binary files. After comcast took over, the newsgroup servers have become completely unreliable. The retention rate is less than a day and...
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    Hitting the Wall

    I just recently bought an Asus P4P800 to go along with my 2.4b. I threw in the new board and tried to see what my processor was capable of. First try I hit a completely stable 3.06 ghz (167 FSB) with my memmory timings maxed out. CPU temps were great: Idle 20C Full load 30C. Yet whenever I...
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    Hot! Time for Microsoft to pay you! (California & Florida Residents)

    The clock has started ticking for consumers and businesses to claim part of Microsoft's $1.1 billion payout. Microsoft agreed to the landmark settlement in January to resolve a class-action lawsuit that alleged the software giant used its monopoly power to overcharge California consumers for...
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    Outpost.com Israeli Made Gas Mask/w Filter 29.99! Free safety drinking tube!

    Found this in the specials section. Time to stock up! Even includes safety drinking tube! Gas Masks
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    Springdale with P4 2.4B

    I'm finally getting around to upgrading my computer and have some quick questions. Right now my 2.4B is running on a dell motherboard (845PE Chipset) but since I have a C1 stepping I really want to see what this baby can do. I'm thinking about upgrading to the 865PE chipset but am curious as...
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    Tape to Cd through Audigy - Possible?

    A friend of mine is going on a trip soon and is taking along a disc man. Everything is great except he has some cassette tapes that he would like to transfer onto cd. He doesn't particularly care about sound quality because the tapes in question are to help him learn the language of the...
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    Saphire Radeon 9700 Pro $241.99 Shipped

    Linkage From Z-Buy: $262.00 + $4.95 shipping = $266.95 out the door. Havn't ordered one, but am very tempted too. Linkage Or From CnetPC (Sister Company) $241.99
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    Bill O'reiley makes a fool of himself.

    I find this hillarious, yet at the same time very sad. Linky
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    Michael Moore's New Movie

    Moore is coming out with a new movie that is sure to piss of just as many conservatives as his last did. His next film, titled "Fahrenheit 911," is scheduled for release in the two months before Election Day. It tells "in part the story of twin errant sons of different oilmen," he says, and...
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    Colin Powell...Oops

    Colin Powell admits the US role in the overthrow of Chiles DEMOCRATIC government. Link
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    The truth about Bush revealed!

    Suddenly it all makes sense.
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    How much is this rig worth?

    I'm selling my old computer (finally) can someone give me a ball park figure of how much they think it's worth? Case: Chieftec Server Chasis (Similar to Antec SX1040) 3 Fans and Rounded Cables MB:ASUS CUV4X (VIA 694XDP) Memmory: 512 Crucial Pc 133 Processor: P III 600 Video Card: Leadtek GF4...
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    Internet Bandwidth Question...

    Ok, I wasn't sure where else to post this. So hopefully this is the right forum. This is something that I have been wondering about for awhile, exactly how is internet bandwidth created? By that I mean... I know that when I'm connected to the internet my computer is connected to my isp's...
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    Problem with Windows

    A friend of mine upgraded her computer from Windows 95 to Windows 98SE. She didn't do a clean wipe for the installation because she has alot of valuable programs that she doesn't have the disks for. Well ever since the upgrade she has has a host of problems with stablilty as well as other...
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    Cell Phone Plan Unlimited Local Minutes Free Activation

    I heard about them on the radio, their coverage area seems to suck, so if you travel forget about it. But if you stick around in your own town it seems like a pretty hot deal: $35 a month for unlimited minutes. I'm thinking about it. Anyone have this plan, or know someone who does? Linky :Here
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    Asus P4S533

    Ok here we go. I turned off my computer last night and when I turned it on I'm getting this blue screen that says windows xp can't start, please revert back to a previous hardware configuration...blah blah blah. This is the second time this has happened. Both times the computer worked fine...
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    Hardware requirements??

    I'm supposed to build a real budget computer for a freind so he can use it to draft, mostly auto cad. I'm not familiar with cad at all, does it need a good videocard to run well?
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    Upgrade Question???

    Right now I'm lucky enough to have some extra cash, which one of these upgrades would you reccomend. I'm going to use this computer mostly for gaming. So which one of these would give me the biggest improvement for that? Radeon 9700 (not pro) Granite Bay Motherboard 512 PC 2700 Current Set...
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    Cleaning LCD Monitor

    Ok, I'm in troube someone that I know *Ahem* accidentally marked his lcd monitor with a thin tipped sharpie. It's just a tiny little mark, but it's still noticable and annoying. So is there anyway that you can clean an lcd to get this off without badly damaging it?
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    Dell Dimension 4550 Motherboard

    I'm just curious what motherboard does the dell dimesnion 4550 that everyone has been gettin in on come with?
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    *HOT* Refurbed Klipsch 4.1 from Klipsch.com 149.99 - 6 Left

    The Klipsch store has refurbished Klipsch 4.1 Speakers for 149.99, Lowest price on Pricewatch is $236. Enjoy :) Linky
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    Antec Case question..

    I'm plannig to buy the antec sx630II for my new rig. If you know anything about the case, you know that it has 2 usb and 1 1394 port in the front. My question is, How easy is it to hook up those front ports? Also will they work with pretty much any decent kt333 motherboard out there?
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    New Athlons on *Almost Current* Mb's

    Will the new Athlons xp2400+ to xp2800+ work with current motherboards? I have an Asus A7VR333 (via kt333) and love it and would hate to have to upgrade my mb.
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    Honest to god miracle

    So I was going through my dad's computer and as I was checking out the pc health screen in the bios. I noticed that his computer was running hot. I'm talking about 82 C here. And this computer had been opperational for 3 years. So I opened it up to check that the heatsink was attached...
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    Deleted Files..Help me please!!

    I was installing a new OS on one of my computers and I backed everything up (or so I thought) and reformatted the drive and put a fresh copy of windows in. But I forgot to back up a few things (doh!). Is there any way to recover the things that I've lost. I've heard of programs like unerase...
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    Socket A heatskink on Socket 370

    Is it possible to mount an athlon xp heatsink (socket a) on a pentium 3 (socket 370) they have similar mounting systems. Anyone know/tried?
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    Hard Drive Problem

    Today as I was downloading some music and messing around on the internet, my computer randomly shut off. When I turned it back on it said that there was a hard drive failure. But it still recognises it in the startup screen, but as soon as I go into the bios it isn't there. I took the...
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    Web Cam and Linksys Not getting along help!!

    I have a linksys 4 port router for my cable connection and recently bought a logitech quick cam 3000. Does anyone know how to get the two to work together, or can they point me to a web page that would show me how. I know that I have to open ports 80 and 8080. This involves going into the...
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    Mozilla Help

    I just downloaded Mozilla 1.1 and it's awesome! (I can't believe I waited this long!) But it doesn't seem to be able to find any of the plug-ins I already have ie. realplayer, flash, etc. Is there anyway I can get the browser to recognise them without having to reinstall them all???
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    MSI KT3 Ultra2 floppy drive problems...help please!

    I just recently put together an athlon rig, but when all was finished the floppy drive always had the access light on and would not read any disks. Figuring that it was just the floppy drive I ordered another. Floppy drive came in and exact same problem!! Does anyone have any ideas as to what...
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    Help me! MsWord keeps crashing!!!

    Ok, yesterday my cousind downloaded Kazaa off the internet. Later for some reason MSword would not work. So he tried deleting Kazaa and eventually got it removed. Now however, whenever you start MS word the computer locks up. I'm not exactly sure what he did to the computer , but I figured...
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    Hard Drive is Failing...Help Please!!

    My friend just brought over his computer so he could transfer over some mp3's from one of my hard drives. The problem I'm having is I accidentally gave him my primary hd, not my secondary that has all the mp3's. So when we turned on his computer it booted of my hard drive which has win98 (he...
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    Lite On 48x Help!!!

    I just got a lite on 48x burner, but when I go into nero it only listed the burner as an being able to bun at 8x, I restarted the computer and started nero again and now it says it can burn at 16x help me please! I've updated nero to the latest version as well as upgraded the lite on's firmware...
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    Quiet and Cheap AMD Athlon Fan

    Does anyone have any recomendations for a good and quiet fan to keep an AMD Athlon xp 1600 cool? I have no plans of overclocking this one.