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    vp2000s <- anyone have any experience with this monitor?

    Hey guys, I'm using a samsung 710T right now and I absolutely love it, I need more screen real estate so I am debating on whether to get another 17 inch LCD or move to a bigger one. Some places are selling a 20 inch VP2001s around my area, does anyone have any idea if this monitor is...
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    eCost Buyers Opinions Needed

    Hi Guys, I saw a deal for a Toshiba tablet PC on eCost, since they seem to be one of the few online retailers that make an effort to ship to Canada they seem like a good choice for me. But, I'm not sure about their reputation. Can I get some feedback as to whether they are...
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    I Need Help with Matlab and the FFT Function

    Hey guys, I want to plot the FFT but I forgot how to set the parameters. Can someone post some matlab code on here that I can make use of? It's not hard but I don't have any reference around and my lab partners are too busy to do any of it. Thanks.
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    LCD Monitor Periodically Flickers On/Off

    Hey All, I have a Leadtek Geforce 6800 hooked up to a BENQ FP757 which does no't have DVI. I noticed that once in a while, the monitor flickers off, and then on again. It is almost as though it was going in and out of standby for no obvious reason. Has anyone come across this problem? I...
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    Power Requirements for Geforce6800

    Hey guys, I'm planning on building a cheap gaming rig, but have my eyes set on a SFF. I'll probably add a soundcard and two hard drives (on top of a Geforce6800). Is this going to work out, or am I going to run too hot/run out of juice from the PS? Thanks if anyone can help.
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    X800PRO Heatsink Making Noise

    Hey guys, When my computer is idling, it is very quiet except for a slight ticking noise. After some inspection, I suspect that it is coming from the heatsink of my X800PRO. Has anyone else experienced this? It isn't loud but at night when all else is quiet, it becomes very annoying. Is...
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    constant network usage with nforce3 250gb

    Hey guys, I've got a MSI K8N Neo motherboard I just installed. In winxp, my modem lights are constantly blinking, it seems that my modem is constantly sending/recieving information to/from somewhere, but I have no clue why. This is a bit worrysome, has anyone enountered the same phenomenon...
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    Installed winxp on SATA drive, but machine boots with IDE Drive

    Hey guys, I set up a fresh machine with a Raptor, but when I try to add an IDE drive, my machine will try to boot with the IDE drive! I go into the BIOS and it will only select my IDE drive as my HD boot device. BTW, I am using a ABIT AN7 and the 36 GB Raptor. Can anyone help me get around...
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    Optimum way of setting up my drives

    Hi All, I have two HD's, a DVD-ROM and a CDRW. With only two IDE Channels, can someone tell me an optimum way to setup these drives? Thanks in advance.
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    Microsoft MN-700 Router any good?

    Hey guys, I'm thinking about buying the microsoft mn-700 router, which is a wireless G router. Does anyone have any experience with these? They seem to be going for incredibly cheap, and for some reason this makes me worried. If anyone has any horor stories associated with this or any other...
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    Real-time System Resource Monitoring

    Hey guys, I am trying to find a small program that will monitor my system resources (this part is easy), and also alert me when system usage reaches a certain level. I have found tons of system resources but none that has the alert feature that I desperately need. Does anyone have such a...
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    CD Drive ejects everything HELP!

    After formatting my HD and reinstalling win XP, my creative 52mx has ejected everything I have tried to place in it. I put a cd in, it reads for a bit as if trying to initiate some kind of autorun, and then it ejects the disk tray. There is no error message, and every cd I have tried has done...
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    Good Linux Book

    I was just wondering if Sams Linux Unleashed 3rd edition is a good book to reference while trying to learn how to use linux. Has anyone got any comments about this book?
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    Compaq Presario NX Series

    Hey guys, I'm going to be exchanging to Japan for 8 months and am planning to take a laptop along with me. I have been looking around for a Centrino solution and the Compaq NX series caught my eye. They can be found for fairly cheap at Costco around where I live, but my greatest concern is...
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    Best/Cheapest way to transfer files between my laptop and PC

    Can someone tell me what is the best way to transfer big files between my PC and my laptop? Can I do this from a USB cable? Thanks in advance.
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    Radeon 9800 Pro + P4 2.4C + 516 M of RAM

    Hey guys, I was just wondering if there were any issues using that combination. I am concerned that the processor is not fast enough to to take full advantage of the video card. Any comments? Thanks in advance.
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    Samsung 172N

    Hey guys, I'm thinking about buying a samsung 172N for the general purpose use. I'm not a hardcore gamer and I find fast action games on a laptop screen acceptable. Do you guys think I will have any problems with this monitor? What is the difference between 172T and 172N? Should I expect...
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    Job Interview - I'm Freaked!

    I've got a job interview at IBM tomorrow, it's for an internship and its going to be the first "real" job interview I've ever had. Just thought I'd share a little bit of my anxiety :). Wish me good luck if you want!
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    ACER LCD Panels

    Hey guys, Do any of you know who manufactures the panel in this LCD monitor? You can look at the specs here. Sharing your experience with this monitor would be great too because if am deciding whether or not to get it. I just realised that the other 20ms monitors may be based on the Hyundai...
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    Noob Question: What is the difference between C++ and C?

    Hey guys, Title says it all, what is the difference between C++ and C? Thanks in advance.
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    Nero not detecting correct maximum write speed

    Help! I pulled out my Liteon 32x burner and put in a 52x, Nero sees the new burner for what it is but it won't let me set the maximum speed up. I tried reinstalling Nero but it did not fix the problem. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? Thanks in advance.
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    Buying LCD Monitors Online

    I'm thinking about buying an NEC 1760V online from newegg but I'm scared that the monitor will get damaged (s I've heard that they are quite fragile) or will contain dead pixels. It says on newegg that they will only replace or refund the monitor if it has 8 or more dead pixels, but I think...
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    Wireless Network Troubles

    Hey guys, I'm using the MR814 and it worked like a beauty for about 14 days. Now all of a sudden I am getting very bad performance, as in timing out in almost everything I do in internet explorer (including in the middle of downloads), totally dropping out of battle.net games, and very slow...
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    I am about to setup Redhat 9

    I am about to set up Redhat 9, this is the first time I have tried to do anything Linux related, does anyone have any tips or things that I should know about before I do it? Thanks in advance.
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    MR814 My connection seems unresponsive sometimes

    Hey guys, I set up the MR814 and my internet has been shotty. I get internet off cable modem and when I type in a URL and press enter, I see my cable modem lights working. That is great BUT only the partial page loads if anything loads at all. It takes repeated tries to load the anandtech...
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    Just setup a wireless router for my house and I have a few problems

    Hey guys, I just setup the netgear MR814 for my house, and I've noticed some strange things about it. Here is the problem. I leave my computers alone for a few hours, and when I come back, the connections to the internet are very sluggish and often I need to restart internet explorer or...
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    Slow Cd burning

    I'm using a 48X cd / dvd player with Liteon 40/12/48, and it is taking over 8 minutes to burn a cd, is that normal? During the burn process with nero, my used read buffer starts full but then fluctuations down to a stable 56%. It was not doing this before i formatted my harddrive and i was...
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    msi clock will not work in xp

    I have tried reinstalling the drivers / software but MSI clock will not run in win XP, it gives a rundll error when i click on the tab in control panel. does anyone know a fix for this? Thanks in advance.
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    Nero has slowed down

    Hey guys, I'm using nero w/ liteon 40x12x48 I just burned a cd about 500 megs and it took around 8 minutes, while it was burning the used read buffer would not fill up entirely and the cache was very rapidly fluctuating between being full to almost empty. I don't remember it doing this before...
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    getting Liteon 40x12x48 to work in windows xp

    Hey guys, i just got this burner and I am having some problems. First of all i have two programs which are disc juggler and nero. 1) I installed the 4.60 aspi drivers and the first time I used disc juggler to burn a cd there was an error called buffer underrun (or overrun i forgot which)...
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    MSI driver/software problem under XP

    Hey guys... I am having problems configuring my vid card, it is a MSI GF4 ti4200 w/ 128 mb of ram. Whenever I go to control panel / display and I try to click on either "MSI information" or "MSI clock", I get an error which forces me to close the window. Does anyone else have this problem or...
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    Aopen GF4 ti4200 or MSI GF4 ti4200 ???

    Hey guys... I have no idea whether to get a MSI or Aopen card. Does anyone know if there is a big difference between them or whether one card overclocks better than another? Which maker is generally better? Thanks for any answers.