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    Strange eVGA 680i Audio Problem

    If I run the Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager and go into the Audio I/O tab, I see my 6 Channel speaker set up. Clicking on each speaker triggers the audio to come out of that speaker, as it should. When I go over to the 3D Audio Demo tab, however, the rear 2 speakers stop functioning. I've...
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    Dell Laptop Display Question

    Can someone explain what is the actual difference between these two screen is and if it is really worth the $125 upgrade option?
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    LCD Question

    Hey all... I bought a 2005FPW and I am loving it. I can play pretty much any games on it and everything looks beautiful, except for one thing I noticed today. I happened to surf over to GamerGod website and noticed when I scroll down, the image they use on the sides flickers like crazy! I...
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    Can someone explain this to me...

    From what I read on <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/ViewSonic_VA902B___flat_panel_display___TFT__ 19_/4507-3174_16-31429126.html">ZDNet</a> the VA902b supports up to 16.2 million colors. From the explanation I received here, that is...
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    8bit vs. 6bit

    How do you know if a panel is an 8bit or a 6bit panel? Like the one used in the ViewSonic VP930b? I didn't see anything on their spec sheet which tells you that type of information?
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    Regulations Question

    If a monitor is listed on a site as conforming to ISO13406-1, does that mean it has to have 0 dead pixels, so, in essense, it's the equivalent of a "No Dead Pixel" guarantee?
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    New LCD 19" Roundup focusing on Gaming?

    Hey all, Does anyone know of any recent comparison reviews of 19" LCD monitors that are focused more on gamers? I read the FiringSquad.com article, but it said it was geared toward gaming, but in the end their summary rankings for the monitors for gaming didn't really correspond with what...
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    Final Week

    Hey all, First, I'd like to thank all of you who have contributed to my daughter Kacey's efforts for the American Heart Association. Through all of your help, she has raised $1,965 for the American Heart Association! As most of you know, the HeartWalk 2005 is occuring this weekend down in...
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    Puzzle Site

    This site is guaranteed to make you bang your head on the wall seveal times. Frvade
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    Tremor on the East Coast

    Ok, my house just shook about 20 minutes ago (about 11:10 PM). My sister called me from 2 hours away and they felt it. Anyone else in NC/SC area feel a tremor?
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    FRAUD: KC Softwarecom LLC

    Hey all, If you have a PayPal Account, you should read this. I recently got my checking account statement and noticed a charge on it: 8/3/2005 KC Softwarecom LLC 1-509-4611556 $9.95 Now, I buy things online so at first, I didn't think anything of it. I thought it was a regular...
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    Please support Kacey Sorrentino in her HeartWalk efforts! [UPDATED INFORMATION]

    Hey all.. My wife and I had a baby girl back in August '04.. her name is Kacey and she has a website at Kacey's Website which is still under construction whenever I get free time. (Which as most of you parents out there know, isn't often!) Anyway, Kacey was born with a congenital heart...
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    UPS Information

    All, I had some questions in regards to purchasing a UPS. - I understand that it can buy you 15-30 minutes of power in the event of a power outage so you have time to shutdown, however, what happens if you're not there to shutdown? Are there UPS's which can notify the computer of an...
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    Need to purchase a new monitor...

    So my wife's monitor is on the fritz so I need to buy a new one. Normally she gets my "hand me downs" and I usually go out and buy the best monitor I can find for myself. However, she just lost her job and we've decided she will be a stay at home mom with our 11 month old daughter. So...
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    K8N Neo2 w/ 2 SATA Drives in RAID0

    I read somewhere that in order to OC this board, I had to have the 2 SATA drives set up on SATA 3/4, however, when I had the drives set up on SATA 3/4, during my Windows Installation, it would hang at the "Setup is Starting Windows" just after loading all of the drivers. I did hit F6 and load...
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    Help?

    Hey all, I have the SST-TJ06 (Temjin 6) case which has a "Wind Tunnel" in it. I am trying to put the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum board in this case but I can't get the wind tunnel into the case because the one side of it is hitting the CPU. I guess the CPU on the MSI board is slightly offset as...
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    System to Overclock

    I'm putting together the following system this weekend and was wondering if anyone had any comments on the "overclockability" of the components: MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3 Ultra Athlon 64(FX) Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Dual LAN, RAID/Serial ATA AMD Athlon 64 3800+...
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    When running Prime95...

    When you're testing a system for stability when OC'ing, is it a good idea to create a "shutdown" batch file and have Motherboard Monitor 5 run it if the CPU temperature reaches like a 80 degrees celcius threshold or something just to prevent you from possibly causing damage to the chip? Or will...
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    Which is a faster HDD Setup?

    Which would actually result in better performance: 2 - 7200 RPM SATA Drives w/8MB Buffer configured in RAID 0 -- or -- 1 - 7200 RPM SATA Drive w/16MB Buffer
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    FX-55 vs FX-53

    I'm looking for a comparison between the FX-55 and the FX-53. It seems all of the CPU tests done here at Anand recently have excluded the FX-53 in the round up. Does anyone know why? Any links to benchmark comparisons of these 2 CPU's would be greatly appreciated.