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    Stangest Problem I have Ever Seen

    This one has me puzzled, and I'd appreciate any light you folks can shed on it. Yesterday, my computer froze while I was attempting to unzip too many .rar archives at the same time (stupid work zips one pdf at a time into one archive...each pdf is one page...nice). So I manually shut down...
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    Computer won't load an OS unless it's on a CD

    I downloaded RC2 Vista with the intent of installing it and running it as my primary OS (now that there are Creative drivers for it). Prior to that, my BIOS had been having some strange problems with maintaining Boot Order. I would restart, and the system would return a "Cannot find NTLDR." I...
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    Trouble Installing Vista

    Here's the sitch. Installing Vista RC1/2 (tried both) onto clean partition, first primary partition of a two partition drive. Initially it was one of five connected to the system (4 SATA and 1 PATA), however I eventually disconnected all others but the one. First run through in the...
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    Overclocking Performance Downgrade with A8N32SLI-DLX BIOS 1303?

    I just installed a new Watercooling system on my compute,r and took the opportunity to do a little housecleaning. I noticed a new BIOS on the ASUS site, and downloaded it to get everything up-to-date. This BIOS file has since disappeared from the ASUS site, which makes me wonder if I didn't...
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    I DESPISE Apple

    Of all the things that suck, and that I absolutely abhor, (regarding computers), the greatest has to be when I want to do something, but I have to accept an evil to do it. If I want to run my game at 1680x1050, I have to disable 6xAA, if I want to overclock my processor, I have to cut down the...
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    "NTLDR is Missing" Error Message - Can't Solve Please Help

    I finished assembling my latest rig today. Specs: Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2GB OCZ Gold DDR500 Asus A8N32 SLI Deluxe Powercolor X1900XT Aspire Dark Side 600W PSU MaxLine III 300GB SATA II Pioneer DVR-110D I put everything together, linkup keyboard, monitor and press the round button...
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    Wireless Network Connection Dropping

    Hey, I'm running XP SP2 and my wireless connection behaves in the following way: Connected (Signal Low) 11.0mb Connected (Low) 5.5mb Connected (Low) 2.0mb Connected (Low) 1.0mb Not Connected Acquiring Network Address Limited or No Connectivity Connected (Low) 11.0Mb (repeat) I...
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    Wireless Problem in XP - TCP/IP Bug?!?!?!?!

    OK, here's the deal - I had this same problem about a year ago on another system, and I talked to a friend about it and he burned me a disc that had an app on it that resolved the issue - only I don't have the disc anymore, I forgot what exactly was the problem/bug that caused this trouble, and...
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    Wireless Network Help

    You guys know how it is...visit that parents house for the Father's Day weekend spend your last day doing what? - That's right, troubleshooting networks. Here's the deal: We've got a Cisco Aironet 1200 Series AP upstairs with three systems connected to the network. Last night one of...
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    NEC FE991SB Thoughts ...

    I've got a chance to buy an FE991SB (black) for about 160 bucks (plus tax) with no shipping...I already own a 17in version of this monitor. I know it is a little out-of-date, but in my experience these NEC monitors have been fantastic. Is 160+tax a good deal, or should I look for a better monitor?
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    What do you think of France's Role in the Revolutionary War?

    France, circa 1777. A scrappy little rebellion in the New World can't even get off its feet. France has a long-standing history with the enemy in this conflict, the British Empire. France decides to "help-out" the Rebellious brits at the cost of their traditinal enemy, for what certainly may...
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    Mixing RAM Types

    Alright, on one of my "toy" PC's (actually it might be the one in the sig) I'm running 512 (256MBx2) of GeIL Golden Dragon PC3200 RAM in an A7N8X Deluxe mobo (Dual Channel, obviously). I know the nForce 2 was sensitive to mixing of memory types and speeds, and I'm wondering what you guys think...
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    Gmail Error Message...?

    "Oops...the system was unable to perform your operation. Plrease try again in a few second." GMail has been reporting that error to me for about thirty minutes now. Has anyone ever seen it before? (Moreover, is anyone seeing it now)?
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    Scratches on Monitor

    Uh-oh. Scratches on Monitor. I have a system at home with a rather nice monitor (identical to the one I use, in fact an NEC Multisync FE791SB) which the children have managed to scratch up. You heard that right, scratch up. The scratches appear to be superficial - the layer that goes on...
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    Dual Core Opteron Question

    I was just thinking about this, and I've currently got a 246 running on a 2P motherboard...and the Dual Core stuff looks *very* exciting, will it be possible to mix Dual Core and single core processors? To get something wicked like three physical cores! Haha! ... I can't think of a reason it...
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    Hard Drive Failure

    Alright, I am officially nervous. I just completed a clean install of XP Pro. Here is my drive structure: IDE0 Chan 1 - WD1200JB (Sys Drive) IDE0 Chan 2 - Hitachi 160GB Drive SATA0 - 80GB Maxtor The WD drive showed up fine, and I formatted the entire thing because I'm going to change my...
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    Strange Wireless Networking Problem

    I reently rolled over *finally* to an 802.1x network, and when I did so one of the common-use boxes in my house lost the ability to connect with any number of programs. (Ares, Unreal Tournament...anything but IE, AIM, BitTorrent and Symantec AV). All network setting appear to be correct...is...
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    Michael Moore=Rush Limbaugh

    I just listened to a BBC Reporter try to interview Michael Moore. This guy just didn't want to here about reality. One of the questions I think was "Was war in Afghanistan justified?" Moore's answer? "no." The interviewer was completely shocked, it was hilarious. Moore tried to make the case...
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    Two Q's

    Alrighty, the questions are related in that I want to run use dual monitors, but I have an AiW 9700Pro which lacks the necessary second video output. First Question, what do you think of the NEC Multisync FE1250+? Good? Crap? I might get it for as low as 51 bucks, or as much as 80 (plus 60...
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    Samsung Monitor Question

    I've heard that Samsung monitors are very well-made, and I was looking to pick up a 997DF, but it's very very low price point (179 for a 19" new) made me a little suspicious. Is this a monitor to be on the watch for, or is it a steal at that price? What do the suffix letters "DF" and "MB"...
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    Anyway to P-word Protect HDD's?

    Is there a native windows method or cheapware or freeware app that allows for password protecting of HDD/subfolders within them? Thanks.
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    Recommend A Monitor

    'Allo everyone. Right now I am looking at buying a new display for my current rig in the next six months (perhaps "additional" is a better word than "new"). Ideally, I am looking for a large (19" or better - with price as a pretty significant limitation) CRT that ideally ideally is a true...
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    Wireless Networking Fun!

    Allo, Allo Alright, here's the deal. Right now...my "creative" wiring has cat5e adorning the rear of my house, but the neighbors won't stand for it etc. etc. So I'm contemplating setting up a 11g network. Here are my questions: 1) I'm not confident in my knowledge of the difference between...
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    Monitor display "shaking" Problem

    Well, my display (an NEC MS FE791SB) has off and on had this shaking problem. I tried playing around with refresh rates (I'm running at 1280x1024, and previously had it set at the maximum possible refresh rate...thought that might be it) to no avail. It occured to me on several ocasions that...
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    Strange Problem with Int. NIC's and Network Slowdown

    I have an A7N8X-Deluxe, and came home for the summer and hooked it up to my (cleverly configured) network. I have a Linksys BEFSR41 router...and when I use the nVidia MAC NIC that is integrated into my beloved MCP-T southbirdge, the entire network gets slowed down. (That is, internet...
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    Windows XP Q's (ipconfig, ping operations; installation)

    I've got an onld Pavillion model number...7560C maybe?...that's just begging to be reformated. It's specs are PIII 450 256MB SDRAM 20GB HDD I know these meet the min specs set out for XP by MS, but is it a worthwhile upgrade or should I keep it running 98SE (The OS it is currently running)...