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    al qaeda and nuclear weapons

    as it's the anniversary of hiroshima i want to ask will al qaeda or one its' franchises acquire a nuclear weapon of some sort in the future.are other people concerned about this prospect like me.what if anything can our intelligence services do to stop them in light of recent failings in regard...
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    best 19" dvi here

    i gotta order one here as i returned a faulty one and am getting free postage and cheap price? im thinking i might go for the expensive sony anyone got time to take a look .must be 19" dvi
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    problem reading from 2nd sata drive

    i setup my new ga-7n400 pro2 board with my old ide drive as boot drive and connected my 2 200gb sata drives ,the first drive reads/writes ok but the second one writes ok but if i try reading from the drive it locks up the pc most of the time.i did low-level formats and repartitioned to no...
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    vesa mounting-is monitor easily detached

    hi,i'm looking to vesa mount my new 19" tft .however i may need to detach it at certain times when my kids (1-4 yrs) are around .is this normally a quick operation can someone advise or do i need to get a special bracket for this purpose
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    help choosing with dvi cable

    my new tft takes a 25-pin dvi-d plug ,while my graphics card takes a 29pin dvi-i plug .am i right in assuming i can use a 25-pin male to 25-pin male cable as i got to order one seperate thanks
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    no tv until monday

    my remote has finally packed in and i got the child-lock set on,i can't beleive it
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    usb 2.0 on xp home machine with dial-up

    can someone tell me if there's an easy way to enable usb 2.0 on my machine without downloading a 100meg service pack.i just upgraded to a ga-7n400 pro2 board and havfe windows xp home original thanks
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    got non-dvi tft should i keep it

    i just got sent the non-dvi version of the tft i ordered by mistake i guess.i was wondering if there's much in the difference for web browsing and dvd playback ,i don't do gaming.this is the monitor http://www.neovo-usa.com/products/F-419.htm and i got a matrox g550 dual head with dvi and...
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    decrypted files to regular dvd- help needed

    i decrypted a few of my kids dvds to the pc .i selected main movie files and ifos.they play fine on the hard drive with powerdvd.one of the originals went bad so i copied the decrypted files to the video_ts folder with nero and burnt back.it plays fine in the dvd-rom with powerdvd but on the...
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    what cable? dvi-i card to dvi-d tft

    can someone tell me what cable i need for this setup
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    what cpu,ram should i get

    i bought a ga-7n400pro2 400fsb board ,i already got a xp1500 chip and a matroxg550 which i'd like to use .is there much benefit with high end cpu and ram in general for a non -gamer or should i stick with xp1500 and pc2100 ram
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    getin a tft-should i upgrade g550

    i'm gettin a 19" tft and will probably use a dual setup with my 19" crt.i'm not interested in gaming and will be using it for dvd-playback,viewing pictures and web browsing.should i upgrade my matrox g550 and if so to what?the tft has the following connection "Interfaces 1 x VGA - 15 pin HD...
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    matroxg550 and ga-7n400 pro2

    can someone tell me if these are compatible,i bought the gigabyte board and the box says you must use an 8x agp card but i thought maybe they was wrong
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    burning decrypted files

    i decrypted one of my kids dvd's to the hard disc for playback.its about 3 gig i want to copy it straight back to a blank now but can't figure it.i tried copying the files to the video_ts folder in nero and burning it but the dvd player kept plaing the root menu or something like that,is there a...
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    9800se or x600 pro

    can someone advise me which is the better card on average a 9800se or an x600 pro,including 2d performance
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    upgrading g550

    i need to uprade my graphics card to 8x agp for my new gigabyte mainboard.i'm looking to maintain the high 2d standard i have with the matrox but also combine some graphics power,not top dollar but not old hat either.iuse my pc for dvd playback,web browsing and image browsing mostly but might...
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    is this pda compatible with my microdrive?

    i have a 1gb ibm microdrive i bought a couple of years ago .i'd like to know if it's compatible with this pda. if someone could advise me i'd appreciate itlink
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    dvd decrypter files back to dvd

    i backed up my dvds to the pc for viewing and now i've lost one of the originals.is it just a matter of copying the files onto a disc?
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    cpu rma problem

    i rma'd my athlon 2400xp.they've refused to replace it because i removed the foam pads from the cpu before fitting the heat sink.are they right?
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    configuring satellite for file sharing

    can anyone advise me in laymans terms how to configure my file sharing program(direct connect) to work with my new cpsat(1 way satellite service/56k uplink) service.i have it working with the browser so far but thats all
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    56k dial-up goes dead

    -my dial-up grinds to a halt after about 5 mins online.i've checked for trojans and viruses there's no prob there .i assume it's just down to a bad line or any there any connection settings i can change thanks
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    Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 questions

    i just bought this board at short notice(i thought my mainboard was blown but it was a false alarm) so now i'm gonna assemble a new pc.i'm looking for good performance within a budget.what's a good combination of cpu,ram and graphics for this board.i already have an xp2600 chip and a ide100 hard...
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    beginner question

    i just bought a Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 mainboard with onboard 'Realtek 8201 Ethernet Controller' what cable do i need to link to another pc and what card do i need in the other pc(distance 8 yards).i'll be doing file transfers and sharing a printer.i'll have windows xp on both pcs
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    satellite broadband question

    i'm getting 1-way satellite broadband,do i need the dial-up left on all the time if i'm downloading a large file for example,my setup will be 56k dial-up with satellite download of 1Mbit:confused:
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    anyone got satellite broadband

    i'm wondering what speed to get 256/512/1meg for 1 way satellite broadband ,does anyone have it and what speed you got .i figure 256 is good enough for general downloading and browsing ,i have 180 hour dial-up allowance,the satellite downlink will be always on
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    picture quality of avi files

    i'm interested in saving my dvd collection to hard disc.i'd like to know what the quality of a 700 mb divx-avi file is for viewing on the computer or on a tv using the tv-out socket on the pc or maybe a dvd-divx player thanks