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    LG L227WTG - backlight bleed

    So I got this monitor today and I'm very excited. i upgraded from my old 19" crt. While the picture looks fabulous, I do notice about 1/2" of faded light on the top and bottom of the screen when there are dark images. I'm playing Gears of War, which is almost always dark environments. Is...
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    4x1 gig Geil running in sinngle channel

    I just finished my build last week: E8400 EVGA 780i 9800GTX 4x1 Geil DDR2800 xp home coolermaster 1000w antec900 my memory, according to CPUz, is running in single channel. XP is showing all 4gigs there, 2.5 something available.... Any ideas why it would be running in single...
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    Activating Vista w/o internet connection

    Anyone had any problems doing this? Just curious as I plan to build a gaming rig with no internet connection. Thanks
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    DDR2 800 or DDR2 1000

    Getting ready to upgrade and I must say things are much more confusing now than they were 3yrs ago. I'm going with an AM2 or AM2+ board and I'm looking at these for memory GSKILL 2x2gig DDR2 800 149.99 4-4-4 12 or GSKILL 2x2gig DDR2 1000 139.99 5-5-5 15 I'm shocked by these prices...
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    question on 6pin/8pin connectors

    I'm looking at new PSU's and I'm confused by the "SLI Certified" I'm thinking this is a great deal. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817153039 Thermaltake W0106RU 700watt But are (2) 6pin connectors enough to run SLI if both cards need (2) 6 pin connectors? I know my...
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    Setup Incomplete when installing game

    So I played Painkiller when it came out and then uninstalled it. I just picked up the expansionmand now when I try to install painkiller it gets to what seems like the end of the first CD but instead of Insert Disk 2 it says setup incomplete and if I retry it goes to same spot with same error...
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    comp hangin on setup screen

    I just put a new hard drive in my computer: amd 1800+/epox 8kha+/ wd 40 gig 7200 with windows xp. Everything was fine and the computer booted into xp numerous times. I had to put a new dial up card in it and now it hangs on the set-up screen and says F1 to continue Del to enter setup but...
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    can't format HD....

    trying to install windows 98 on a co-workers computer. I ran fdisk and deleted old partition with ME installed on it, created/activated a new partition. Rebooted with 98 startup/floppy disk and typed format C: at the A prompt. I keep getting bad command. Any ideas whats up. I've tried 2...
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    Need help with chipset drivers for Intel 810

    I no nothing of intel chipsets. My coworker has an old HP computer with a celeron 700mhz proc. I can't see any make or model on the motherboard but the chipset is: Intel 810 FW82810 L1020325 SL3p7 I'm installing windows 98 but have no idea what chipset drivers to install. are these...
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    lol at hardware monitering software

    So ASUS probe shows my 12v rail at 11.39v, sandra shows it at 15.5v and MBM shows it at 16.32v. I have an ANTEC 550w which shows around 11.98v in my bios. How can 3 different programs be so wrong.... Sandra also showd my Vcore @ 1.60.....it's 1.50 in the bios. Quite odd.....
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    Sound loop game crashes

    I've been crashing in my games. Game freezes and the sound loops continuously and have to reboot. It's happening both in Call of Duty and RTCW Enemy Territory. My specs are AMD 3500+ Asus A8V Deluxe 2.0 got latest 4in1's Evga 6800 Ultra 61.77 No overclock (tried 66.93's also) win xp...
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    Audigy 1 owners and drivers question

    I would think it would be correct to uninstall the old driver e10kx2k dated 2001 before installing the new driver found on creatives website dated nov 2003. I emailed them and got a response saying "don't uninstal old drivers, install new drivers on the old ones" This seems odd to me as I...
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    OMG what is happening here - power supply's

    here's my new system: MSI k8n neo2 platinum AMD 3500+ 939 1 gig crucial pc 3200 geforce 6800 ultra wd 80 gig floppy/(2) cd roms Antec ATX case I built this 2 weeks ago with an antec 480 true blue. Everything was great. I went to boot Sunday morning and my fans spun 1/4 second then...
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    Installed 6800 ultra now audigy won't work

    I just installed a EVGA 6800 Ultra on a neo 2 Platinum, installed drivers, rebooted and found my Audigy had quit working. I was jonsin to try the 6800 ultra so I went to onboard sound. Now the when I put the audigy back in, the mObo wont even detect it. It's the only PCI card I have installed...
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    Whats this - Bus master PCI IDE Driver

    I just upgraded a computer with an epox 8kha+. The Driver disk conatins the 4 in 1's the audio drivers the PCI IDE driver and a USB driver . I installed the via 4 in 1 and everything was fne. Booted back into windows 2000. Then I installed the Bus master PCI IDE Driver and rebooted and...
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    Power problem

    When I hit the power button the system comes on for a half second,lights, fans etc. then shuts off. If I hit the power button again I get nothing. If I unplug the power cord from the power supply and plug it back in It will fire up for a half second again then shut down. I just...
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    Smart failure on HD

    My bosses computer is getting a Smart failure error on HD. Says "Immediatly backup your data and replace DisK" Fairly self expanitary Only problem, when I hit f1 to continue it hangs on windows screen. It then gave me the option to start in safe mode but that hangs on scanning C drive. I...
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    Floppy Problem

    I just built a new rig: Neo 2 Platinum AMD 3500+ 1 gig corsair pc3200 wd 80 gig 480 watt true power pioneer DVD My floppy isn't working. First I was getting "insert disk in floppy A" with different disks installed blank or not. I tried 2 floppy drives and 2 different cables. Then I...
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    Upgrade probelm...2nd time building

    Im upgrading to a MSI neo2 Platinum / 3500+ / 1gig pc 3200 corsair. I got everything installed and went to post. My processor and memory were detected but it hangs on Detecting IDE drives. I have my hardrive in IDE1 and my DVD rom in IDE2. I checkd that the cables were snug and even tried...
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    Memory Question

    I am thinking of getting kingston hyper x DDR500 memory for my new upgrade (circuit city gift card :) ) will that run on a mother board that says it only supports DDR400? Would I need to underclock the memory? And would that be a stupid thing to do. Im upgrading to a MSI neo2 platinum and...
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    arg...please help

    I have erthlinks DSL into their broadmax modem. I have a netgear rp614 router connecting computers A and B. I had been having some issues on computer B with pings in games and internet connectivity shutting down. i uploaded all new firmware from Netgear. Rebooted (with a pin) and restarted...
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    EVGA 5900 nu core speed?

    Just used coolbits to check core clock and it's @ 300....this card should be 400. I'm confused, can I safely bump it up to 400?? Anyone have any advice/input as to why it says 300 for the core clock Thanks
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    What memory with Barton 2800+

    Need advice. I am upgrading to a Barton 2800+ from a 1700+ (i have an MSI n-force 333fsb) I'm looking at 2x512 kingston hyperx ddr333-pc-2700 for 188.00 or 2x512 ddr400 pc-3200 or 2x512 ddr466 pc-3700 So my processor will be running at 333fsb. My memory should run at the same...correct...
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    System Backup

    Whats the best way to backup all of my system settings, drivers, etc??? And how does it work, does it save everything to a folder somewhere or to a disk. I don't have a cd burner, but I'm getting one soon. It appears I can dl a backup utility from Microsoft for XP. Just wondering if thats the...
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    New evga 5900nu - Drivers

    Too many great games in line here to play, some DX 8, some DX 9. I'm playing chaser right now with the 44.03 that came on the install disk and it's running great so I'm gonna leave em. Call of duty is next so I'll try a new forceware i'm just curious what's been working for everyone for...
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    Upgrade question

    I just upgraded my epox 8kha+ from a 1800+/geforce 3ti-500 to a 2400+/5900fx nu. During the first boot attempt it prompted "new cpu found enter updated processor settings into bios and save" or something to that effect. I pretty much have default bios settings (no overclocking attempts...yet)...
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    Msi 5900sp (1 last question)

    Ok, I noticed the MSI 5900sp has 256mb ddr memory but is a 5900 chipset, not a 5900 ultra chipset. Im confused. I thought the only difference between a 5900nu/5900u was the extra 128mb of memory the ultra has. This card is not called an Ultra on NewEggs site or MSI's site. It's an sp...
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    AMD64 upgrade question

    Will future versions of the AMD64 (not fx) have same # pins???? Seems like i've read they are going to make future versions smaller or something.. Just wondering if a new motherboard will be needed to upgrade in the future. thanks
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    MSI video card question

    Anyone know the difference between these 2 cards: MSI Model FX5900SP-VTD256 Geforce FX 5900 256MB VIVO AGP 8X VGA Card.Retail MSI Model NBOX N5900 Ultra-VTD 256MB AGP8X VGA Card.Retail I checked the site but it's a little to technical for a brain of my caliber. I see both of these at new egg...
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    Upgrade question

    Soon I am going to upgrade to the athlon 64 3200+, not sure which mobo yet. I currently have an epox 8kha+ and xp 1800+. My question is, once I install the new processor, mobo and memory, should I do a clean install of windows xp home??? I guess my concern is leftover drivers and crap from...