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    Who makes the absolute best laptops?

    I'm looking to get a super laptop, but not sure who to get it through. Anyone have any experience with any?
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    Dear Chosen partner!

    Just got this email: "MRS REBECCA HAMSON AVENUE 12 RUE 14 11PLATEUX ABIDJAN IVORY COAST WEST AFRICA. Dear Chosen partner, I know this proposal letter may come to you as a surprise considering the fact that we have not had any formal acquaintance before, but all the same I...
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    Help me with school ATOT :D

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    "Only the administrator can make changes"

    Some of you may remember my topic a couple days ago about the Dell without the network drivers. Anyway, I got them on here fine, but I'm trying to manage addons for IE and it's telling me I can't enable or disable some of them because only the admin can. Well, there's only 1 user account on this...
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    What is the deal with HDTV?

    Ok, I know that sometime "soon" cable broadcasts have to be HD. Does that mean my current crappy standard TV will not be able to be used for cable at all? Or will I just get a non HD version of whatever the broadcast is? Also, is there an official date for when the change is happening?
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    Reformatted old Dell

    Hi all, I reformatted an old Dell in my office and I can't seem to locate any of it's driver software (which isn't surprising). I was browsing around the Dell website and found this. That seems to be the right driver, given that the PC is a dimension 4550, but I wanted an "expert opinion" so to...
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    4 gigs of RAM

    Hi all, I just recently got in my new rig I ordered and put it all together and it's just... amazing, to be blunt. I put 2 gigs of RAM into it (RAM) and I was thinking of ordering that package again and just making it 4. I hear that 32 bit windows, which is what I use, can't allocate more than 2...
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    Norton Systemworks "Protection Center"

    I just got Norton Systemworks 2006 (had 2004) and it comes with a feature that I absolutely hate. They call it the "Protection Center" and it puts this icon at the bottom that tells me if anything is affecting my computers status. Well, I leave automatic updates off, and it doesn't like that so...
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    How do I disable the RAID setup prompt

    I've done it before, and I can't seem to find it in the manual. The part I'm talking about is where during the booting process it says "Press shift f4 or something to setup a RAID" and it stays there for 5 seconds or so, I don't need and just want to turn it off. Edit: Spelled Phoenix...
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    Got all my goodies in!

    Hi all, got my parts in and got them hooked up (for the most part, monitor should be here Monday). My zalman heatsink was missing a bracket piece that I needed :( One question I have, I'm formatting my 320g SATA hard drive and it's taking forever to do. Is this normal? Would it be this slow...
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    Putting a heatsink on a new CPU

    Hi all, I'm putting the heatsink on my new cpu and the arctic silver site calls for a lint free cloth and some alcohol to clean both things off first. Does it have to be a lint free cloth? Could I just use a paper towel or something?
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    Couple RAM questions

    Hi all, I just got my new parts in, but the 2 that specifically have to do with this topic are: Mobo and RAM I have never messed with timings before, but what do I want to set those to and generally how would I do that? Also, the mobo manual says that (if I'm reading it right) I want...
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    Best third party ATI company?

    Is there a clear cut "best" third party company for video cards these days? When I bought my 9800xt the week they came out I bought a first party ATI brand card. It works great still, but I can't help but wonder if I could have had a "better" card by going with a third party. Thoughts?
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    Building a new monster rig

    Hi all, it's been about 3 (4?) years since I made my current monster so I think it's time for a new one. Now, I mostly game, game, game, and my current PC has still been able to run most games effortlessly, but new games like F.E.A.R. are making it show it's age. Basically I just need...
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    Price quote

    I have a friend offering to sell me a Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop. I don't know much about it. I know it's less than 1.5 ghz, I *think* it has 128 megs of RAM, and the hard drive is definitely dying. The cd drive is dell propietary so I can't easily upgrade it to DVD or anything. I don't want to...
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    Touchpad on my laptop is WAY too sensitive

    Well, it's an old laptop first of all (Inspiron 4100). And what it does is when I type its almost as if the touchpad is picking up on the vibrations of the keyboard because it moves the cursor somewhere random AND clicks. It's really a pain when it makes me start typing in the middle of a...
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    My TV just all of a sudden started looking like ass

    I used it fine last night but this morning I turn it on and the colors are all slightly off of each other. It'd kinda hard to explain but for everything on the screen I can see like 3 copies of it, a red, green, and blue one. They only offset each other by a couple of centimeters but it's EASILY...
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    Got a new PSU, now PC won't boot

    My power supply died on me last week and I finally got my new one in today (Antec 350w). I hook it up fine and hit the power button and YAY! it comes on... then it takes a turn for the worse... It beeps three times at me, 1 long and 2 fast: beeeeeeep beep beep What does that mean...
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    I think it's time for me to join the HDTV era...

    I recently came into a large sum of money (legally I might add) and I'm going to get myself a super tv with it. What's the best brand? (I'm leaning to Sony) What's the best type? (I'm leaning towards LCD) What's a good size? (I see a lot of 42") What's a good display stand to get? I want it...
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    Problem with stability

    I got home from work this morning only to find that my second PC was off and would not turn back on. I opened it up and blew some dust out and tried to turn it on again out of habit and... it came on... So i used it for awhile and was surfing the net when I clicked a link (I had clicked links...
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    PC restarts on its own

    When I'm playing World of Warcraft or any other game where there are lots of object on the screen at once my PC will restart itself. I turned off restart on system crash to see what error I got on the blue screen but the blue screen is just blank. Any suggestions on what the problem is? I'm...
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    Omega drivers are causing my pc to not boot...

    Is this a common problem? Is it easily fixed? I just installed them about 10 minutes ago and when my computer gets to the "Windows XP" screen with the progress bar it just restarts itself. I've narrowed the problem down to most definitely being the omega drivers, and I don't think I'm doing...
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    Can't start my PC

    Today I decided to reformat my hard drive. Everything has been going great thus far. I got WinXPPro on, got video drivers, moved my backup stuff back over, download all the windows updates, downloaded service pack 1, downloaded all the updates again, downloaded service pack 2, downloaded its...
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    Problem Starting computer

    My computer was due for its monthly cleaning tonight. I took out the mobo as I usually do and cleaned everything nicely. Put it all back together and now it won't boot. I plug in the power and it starts running (without me pushing any buttons) and then about 3 or 4 seconds later it shuts off and...
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    Looking to water cool

    My PC runs hot. Too hot. 70c hot. I figured that water cooling was the best way to go. (Sure more fans would work but why do that when you can water cool?) Unfortunately I know NOTHING about water cooling so I need help. I'd like to water cool the CPU of course, and my video card, and if it's...
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    Problem using burned data DVD's

    I just recently got a DVD burner to back up a lot of my stuff. My problem is that none of my drives want to actually open any of the DVD's if they have long names. I was able to open my disc called "Apps" just fine and "Mouse" just fine, but if I put it "Daria S1" or "Kiddy Grade" it just...
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    Northbridge is a bit loud...

    I use an Abit IC7-G mobo and the northbridge fan is quite loud. It sounds like it's stopping, then running super fast for about half a second and then going off again for half a second. It doesn't appear to be hurting anything but dang it's annoying. Anything I can do to fix it?
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    Help with Windows 98...

    I'm trying to install Windows 98 on an old PC I came across. The install went perfect. I'm trying to get the ethernet card to work and it just won't. It's ISA, and when I go to install drivers it tells me to insert my Windows 98 CD. I put it in and click ok and it brings me to a prompt to say...
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    Dangit.. What was the name of that file...?

    A while back I posted on here about having a problem with my AGP speed being force set to "Off." I just reformatted and it's doing it again. Last time someone linked me to an intel file that I needed to use and it worked perfectly. Anyone know what it is?
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    Opinions on new CPU/case fans

    I currently use 2 stock case fans, one in one out, and a Vantec Tornado fan on my CPU. I've had it with the tornado. It's just too loud (56db!) I have room for 1 more intake fan, one more output fan and I want to just replace my CPU fan. The tornado keeps my CPU at 40c while idle, which seems...
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    Problem with AGP speed

    I have a P4 3.2ghz, 800 fsb, 1 gig ram, radeon 9800xt, with Windows XP Pro. Under displaysetting/advanced/smartgear my AGP speed is set to off. I know this is bad (has to be, right?). Everytime I try to change it to 4x or 8x speed I restart and it gets reset to off. In my BIOS my 'AGP Aperture...
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    Updating BIOS

    I posted a message a week or so ago asking how to get my 200gb hard drive to show up as >135gb. I was told by some posters on here to update my BIOS. My problem is I don't have a FDD and I don't have another one readily accessible. Is there any other way I can update it?
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    Problem with new hard drive

    I just recently built myself a new PC and got a nice 200gb hard drive with it. The problem is my computer only says it's 135gb. I heard I needed to install SP1 so I did. That didn't help. Anyone have any ideas?
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    Where to buy a 9800xt

    Does anyone know where I can buy a 9800xt? I've been to a bunch of sites and can't seem to find anywhere that is selling them. Any help is appreciated.