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    Gaming Build

    Just started working on a new gaming build for a friend of mine. Just wanting to see if I have any obvious compatibility flaws as I haven't looked at new parts for a while. Any general suggestions regarding part choice/value are also appreciated! Thanks in advance! :)...
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    Bandwidth limiting

    I need a way to limit bandwidth to other computers on my network, or something that prioritizes the bandwidth to my computer without setting up a proxy server on another computer. My DSL is 1.5mbps down and like 110kbps up, which is garbage, but it's all I have because I live in a small town...
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    HOMM V Hotseat on LAN

    Is there any way to make a hotseat/LAN hybrid type game on Heroes of Might and Magic V? Me and my friends want to play, but we don't want to all huddle around the same computer. We have the game on two seperate computers, and wonder if there was a way to put 2 people on one computer and two...
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    20db+ mic boost clicks itself off all the time

    For some reason when I'm using TeamSpeak, every now and then (completely randomly) the 20db+ microphone boost in the windows sound manager thing will just click itself off for no real reason. I don't even know until people on TS tell me that they cannot hear me anymore. While playing games I...
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    Windows freezing during format

    I bought this harddrive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144032R Installed it on my SATA 1 port (my first SATA drive), and I was using it with my 2 other IDE drives. When I started formatting through Windows, the harddrive began to click, and it almost had a rhythm...
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    ECS C51G-M754 Compatibility

    I read that there is some compatibility problems with the WINTEC AMPO 1GB RAM, and I can't seem to find a compatibility chart on either the ECS ore the WINTEC site. So does anyone know if these two parts would be compatible? Looking into both of them for a budget build...
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    Quicktime Audio is staticy and cuts out after a while

    For some reason when I try to play any quicktime movie, the audio is all garbled and staticy then it cuts out after a short time. It only happens with the most recent versions of quicktime, I used a much older version and my videos seem to run fine. Anyone got any ideas? BTW, the version...
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    Mobility Radeon 9600 HELP

    My friend bought this laptop on eBay the other day: http://cgi.ebay.com/Laptop-P4-3-Ghz-30G...71662361QQcategoryZ56108QQcmdZViewItem He brought it over here to try playing some BF2 on it, so I hooked him up with ethernet and the ethernet drivers were not already installed. So we took the...
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    SATA drive showing up in "Safely Remove Hardware" list

    I just built a new computer with a 250GB Maxtor SATA drive... and now its showing up in the "Safely Remove Hardware" list. Is there anyway to make it go away? Its the only harddrive on the system so its like, why would I never need to remove it? If any information is needed just ask and it'll be...
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    Budget Build

    My girlfriend wants a cheap build capable of playing Battlefield 2, so I came up with this: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST340014A 40GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM $37.00 TUL AX480A-GF Socket 939 ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $49.99 XFX PVT42EUDE3...
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    Build for friend

    ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $79.99 AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA4000BNBOX - Retail $336.00 ZALMAN CNPS7000B-CU 92mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan/Heatsink - Retail $43.99 XFX PV-T71G-UCE7 Geforce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI...
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    directx static crosshair

    I'm looking for something that is basically just an overlay of a crosshair that will be DirectX enabled. I know this is not illegal because its the same thing that ATI Tool uses for its overlays (such as FPS and Temp) and the same thing Xfire uses for its ingame chat. I want this for BF2 because...
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    Runescape won't run because of java memory error

    I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Java about 10 times now, trying to delete anything I could find that had to do with Java but this still keeps coming up. Runescape will load everything just fine (I can't find the files to delete so it will redownload all the files) but when it gets into...
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    Runescape won't run because of java memory error

    I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Java about 10 times now, trying to delete anything I could find that had to do with Java but this still keeps coming up. Runescape will load everything just fine (I can't find the files to delete so it will redownload all the files) but when it gets into...
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    Mitsubishi Diamondpoint SB70

    My friend has a Mitsubishi Diamondpoint SB70 17" he's looking to sell but we can't find the value of it. Its in perfect condition as far as I've seen. Anyone know?
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    Looking for a good USB headset for gaming

    I'm looking for a good USB headset for use with gaming. I wanted to route TeamSpeak to use the headset for output so I could still use my 7.1 speakers for my games. Right now my desk mic isn't working too well when my 7.1 speaker setup is booming with sounds from the game and people talking over...
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    TV-out not working on nvidia

    I was trying to get a TV-out (svideo) to work on my nVidia card (Geforce 3 Ti 200) and for some reason it won't detect the TV. I'm putting the svideo cable through a small switchbox that goes to RCA since my TV doesn't have an svideo in. I tried starting the computer up with just the svideo in...
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    F.E.A.R. graphics lag

    I don't know why the game has such graphics lag, but when I go into an area that is a little more than just a blank hallway my framerate drops dramatically. As you can see from my specs below this game shouldn't be an issue for me to run on medium settings... but it seems to be. The only thing I...
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    D-Link DGL-4300 GamerLounge Router

    The GamerLounge line of routers use the selling point that they have this special technology that puts games at a higher priority than anything else going through your connection, to reduce lag. I got this router because while playing Battlefield 2 if my sister did ANYTHING on her computer over...
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    X850XT Running VERY hot

    Whilst I was playing Battlefield 2 the other day I got a message from my Catalyst Control Center stating that my X850XT was running above safe tempurature. After seeing this I took my computer apart and reset the heatsink using Arctic Silver Ceramique. Just now I got the same message again and...
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    System rebooting suddenly... need help finding out whats wrong

    First off, this is my system: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Mainboard AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (Non-OC) Zalman CNPS 7000B Cu ATI Radeon X850XT PE (Non-OC) 2GB Corsair XMS 3200 Athena Power EPS12V 550W Power Supply 3 Harddrives, 1 DVD drive, 2 120mm fans. Windows XP Professional x64 Edition I...
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    Left Control being a pain

    For some reason, my left control key is really giving me problems. I noticed it when I was playing Battlefield 2, I had it set for the sprint key, and just one day it stopped working. When I try to sprint my guy just keeps walking and nothing else happens. I thought it was another program...
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    Audigy2 ZS problem with x64

    I have an Audigy2 ZS and a Creative P7800 7.1 Speaker Setup... I have everything set up correctly the way it was with my previous audio (Realtek AC'97) and it worked fine... then I popped in my new shiney Audigy2 ZS... and now none of the side or rear channels seem to work. I installed the...
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    stupid bug thats been bothering me forever

    For the longest time since I've upgraded to XP, I've noticed that if I hover over the time the date will sometimes show up behind the taskbar completely rendering it impossible to see. Other times it will work fine. Also, notification bubbles somewhat show up behind everything else instead of on...
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    IP Blocking Program

    I am in search of a program that can block a range of IPs from accessing my computer. I want any data transmission between my computer and the IPs I specify to fail. I thought zone alarm would be capable of this, but it will not run on my OS (windows x64 edition). Any help would be greatly...
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    TV-out with CCC

    I have version 5.4 of the ATI drivers and CCC, and when I set my computer up for dual monitors using the TV as the other monitor, my background on the desktop of the TV streches out way too far, to the same resolution as my monitor. I have my monitor at 1152 x 864 and my TV at 720 x 576. Also, I...
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    USB to Ethernet adapter?

    Does this adapter exist? I searched all over NewEgg and some said "USB to Ethernet Adapter" but they were just a USB Male to Ethernet Female... my friend has satellite internet and is using the computer as the bridge so it has to be on for the internet for all the other computers to work... the...
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    Can't use port forwarding/DMZ

    I'm using a Linksys WRT54G router and an Efficient Networks Speedstream 5200 modem. I set my Network connections for a static IP of 192.168.1.100, then I set up my router and modem to DMZ that address. For some reason when using BitTornado (BitTorrent Client), it shows the big dot as yellow...
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    Surround sound not working in Half-Life 2

    For some reason, my 7.1 surround sound works on everything else I've tried it on so far except Half-Life 2. Half-life 2 defaults to 7.1 surround sound becuase my windows speaker setup is setup that way, but for some reason nothing comes out of the speakers except the center channel. I'm using...
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    AquaMark3 Crash

    When I run Aquamark3, everything runs fine until whatever test comes after the Massive Overdraw test. I heard other ATI users complaining that this same thing happened so I don't think its just me. I was able to run the entire test on my old Athlon 750 with a GeForce Ti200 perfectly fine. This...
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    FarCry crashes when saved games are loaded

    For some reason unknown, when I load certain saved games from Far Cry (it seems to just be random, no pattern on which ones it chooses) it just completely restarts my computer. I dont' know what could be causing this, when I go into developer mode and load any level it works fine, it only seems...
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    AMD64 temp changing since first boot..

    The temperature of my AMD64 4000+ was around 31' C when I first built this PC, its been about a day now and its been on most of the time and the idle temp has went up to 35' C... I'm using a Zalman CNPS-7000Cu, I just wanted to know if this was normal, like when the processor gets broken in does...
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    LCD brightness..

    I looked up what this meant, candalis or something... I was hoping someone could tell me exactly what it means, and is a higher number better? I'm looking into getting an LCD monitor and I see some more expensive 17" monitors with 250, but ones that are cheaper have 350, so I'm unsure. I...
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    Good 19" CRT?

    What would be a good 19" CRT monitor for around $200? The one I was looking at was this NEC AS900: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=24-002-248&depa=0 I need something nice and bright for gaming, I'm replacing my old 19" because its brightness is just dead after...
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    Catalyst Color Correction being reset by games

    I just built a new computer with an ATI X850XT Platinum Edition, I downloaded the 5.3 drivers from the ATI site, and installed them. My monitor that I'm using is pretty old and has issues with brightness, so I have to jack the brightness up with the drivers to be able to see anything. My old...
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    Catalyst Color Correction being reset by games

    I just built a new computer with an ATI X850XT Platinum Edition, I downloaded the 5.3 drivers from the ATI site, and installed them. My monitor that I'm using is pretty old and has issues with brightness, so I have to jack the brightness up with the drivers to be able to see anything. My old...
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    Is this a good 16 port hub for system linking Xboxes?

    http://www.cputopia.com/cputopia-speedstream-16port-10-100-ethernet-switch.html Looking for a good priced hub (such as this, $30) to system link Xboxes... woudl this one be any good? The other thing I am considering is the Linksys 16-port hub.
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    XFX 6600 vs XTASY 9600XT?

    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-150-086&depa=1 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-129-033&depa=1 Which is the better card for the money?
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    Question about CD keys...

    I was wondering if you could use the same CD key on some of todays games (Call of Duty, mostly) if you were all running on LAN using the same IP and you all went to the same servers. I have multiple computers that I would like to have my friends come over and play on, but only one copy of each...
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    Question about Cd keys...

    I was wondering if you could use the same CD key on some of todays games (Call of Duty, mostly) if you were all running on LAN using the same IP and you all went to the same servers. I have multiple computers that I would like to have my friends come over and play on, but only one copy of each...