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    Printer Share Dilemma in Vista - Need Help.

    Hey Guys - excuse me for my noobish question, but I am confused. I have two computers (1 desktop and 1 laptop) connected to my wireless network that is connected another Rig I have. All three PCs have different variations of VISTA. So, I have a Canon printer hooked up via USB to the...
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    Vista Networking Question - Stuck...

    Hey Guys - I will try to make this brief. I have a simple 3-pc home network in place. I have DSL service through my ISP (BellSouth), in which I have a DSL Modem, connected to a Belkin N1 Wireless Router. One box is hardwired to the router (Vista Home Basic box) - one box (XP Pro) is...
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    ASUS P5E3 Premium & E8400 -- NEED STOCK SETTINGS

    Hey Guys - noob question here. I have this mobo and paired it with the E8400. Before I begin experimenting with oc, I want to manually set this mobo to stock settings (i.e. disable AI Tweak, OC, etc), which apparently is defaulted to be auto. Obviously, I know I need to set them to manual...
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    Upgrade Options for HP dv9040us???

    Hey Guys - I will claim ignorance before I even get started. I have been a desktop junkie for many years. I have lost count on how many pc's I have built and torn down. To that end, I have moved away from my desktops and have inherited a laptop (above) as my main pc. Yet, I know nothing...
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    O'Ced QX6700 to 3.5Ghz, but got LOWER 3dMark Scores?

    Hey Guys - I was able to experiment with overclocking my eVGA 680i (A1 - P29 Bios), QX6700 and Corsair DDR21066 Memory. I got to the point where I found the spot which my CPU was acting stable when I got my FSB to 356 (1424 QDR). I ran stable with Orthos for 4 hours with no errors. Geeked...
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    Share a Printer on a Home Network (without being connected to one)?

    Hey Guys - real dumb question here. I have a little 3-pc network at the crib, with one printer hook up directly to one of the rigs. This is currently hooked up to share across the network, but since it is hooked up to one rig, that rig has to be turned on to print. I want to hook up this...
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    Nvidia switched out for ATI - Now No Display?

    Hey All - I swapped out my 7800GTX for a 1300 Pro in one of my rigs, as I felt that the 7800gtx was failing. I uninstalled the 7800gtx, driver cleaned the nvidia drivers out of there, and installed the 1300pro. However, when I went to reboot, I get a blank screen? I am using a Dell 2100FP...
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    Artifacting/Shutdowns with 7800GTX

    Hey Guys... Not sure if this should go in the General Hardware section, but I was running an SLI setup with two BFG 7800GTXs with my X2 4800+. However, I began experiencing some artifacting (yellow lines, full green block screens, etc.), so when I went to investigate, I noticed that my...
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    Basic 2.1 Audio Setup not Working - Help!

    Hey Guys... I am stuck and looking for some guidance. I am trying to setup a simple 2.1 (Cambridge Soundworks) speaker setup for my kid's rig, and have the following problems: 1 - Cannot get sound out of the right front speaker 2 - When headphones are plugged in, sound comes out of other...
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    Variable Boot Times - How to diagnose?

    Hey Guys... I am trying to diagnose why one of my rigs has different boot/startup times. Many times, it boots within 15-20 seconds. Other times, it drags on (Windows XP Blue Bar screen) for 2-3 minutes. I need to find out what is causing it and see if I can eliminate it, but I am not sure...
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    Erase HDDs A Quicker Way?

    Hey All... Please excuse the newb question here. Is there any way to erase the contents of a hard drive without actually hooking it up to a PC? I took down a system which had three SATA drives with a blown mobo. I wanted to clear out the SATA hdds, but since I do not have another mobo...
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    Power Gone in a Flash - What the Deal?

    Ok - So I am sitting at my PC doing some online banking (nothing hard at all) when all of a sudden, the computer shuts off. Not the monitor, just the computer. I try to turn on the computer, and get just a flash of power (barely 1/2 second and then nothing). At first, I am thinking the PSU...
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    A8N-SLI Deluxe & 7800GTX SLI No Worky - Need Helpy

    Hey Guys... I recently upgraded my rig which was housing an eVGA 6800GT PCI-express GPU for an SLI Rig housnig two VFG 7800GTX OC GPUs. Well, I uninstalled by 6800GT, uninstalled all of the drivers in Safe Mode via Driver Cleaner. Took my 6800GT out of my rig, switched the EZ-Plug Connector...
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    Time to Spend Some Coin - Guidance Requested

    Hey Fellas... I got some grip (around $200) for Fathers Day and my B'day in the last few weeks in the form of newegg gift certificates. In my sig is my current system. I want to spend it, but am not quite sure on what. Need a little help from you guys. Before you get started, I am not...
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    Won't Let Me Uninstall????

    Hey Guys... I have never run into this before - I am trying to uninstall a game from my kid's PC (Simpsons Hit & Run), and I am getting some wierd error message. Whether I go through Add/Remove in CP, or through the Start Menu uninstall option itself, I get a pop-up box that tells me it...
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    Does Not Detect Internet Connection on Wireless Network - Have to Try Again???

    Hey Guys... At the risk of boring you, I have setup a wireless network at my house that is governed through a Linksys Wireless 802.11g Router on the hard-line connect through cable modem, to two stand-alone PCs with Linksys Wireless PCI Cards. Both rigs have been setup in this capacity for...
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    eVGA 6800GT PCI-e - Automatically Lower Clock Frequencies?

    Hey Guys... Something wierd happenned this afternoon. My rig was on (I stepped away), and when I came back I saw a Nvidia pop-up box tell me that my video card was not getting the proper amount of "power", and in order to protect the GPU, it was going to lower the performance of teh card...
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    IBM P260 vs. ViewSonic G810?

    Hey Guys... I am trying to decide between two 21" CRT Monitors, and am having a difficult time confirming the specs for one of them (IBM P260). Googling is giving me very little data to go off of. The IBM monitor appears to have "Trinitron" with max resolution of 1920x1440, while the...
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    Audigy 2ZS Gamer - No FP Audio?

    Hey Guys... I recently purchased a Creative Audigy 2ZS Gamer (Limited Edition) Sound Card, and I think the sound over the on-board Realtek stuff is great. They are hooked up to basic (yet do the job for me) Logitech Z-540s (5.1). However, I realized that there is no way to plug in FP...
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    Asus A8V - Doesn't Recognize SATA DVD Burner in Windows?

    Hey Guys... I am adding a Plextor DVD Burner to my rig, which would be the 3rd SATA device conntected to my motherboard. I have two SATA HDD hooked up as stand-alone drives. When I plug in this puppy to the 3rd SATA port on the mobo, it is not recognized when I get into Windows? What is the...
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    Want to Upgrade, but I don't want to Upgrade

    Hey Guys... I have been fighting the urge all through the holiday season of wanted to drop more $$$ on what has already taken a chunk out of the bank account. Down below, you can see my specs, but all the talk of Nforce4 SLI, BTX, Dual-Core, NV48 has got me confused. I am battling between...
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    Which Mobo Would You Dump?

    Hey All... The Commander of the House (a.k.a. Wifey) has demanded that one of my rigs (I have two up and running right now) goes by the way of the dodo (a.k.a. Ebay). I have two rigs running pretty identical setups, the only difference being the mobo. One rig is running a 3500+ w/Asus A8V...
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    Delta Fan + Thermalright XP-120 = Airplane Noise

    Hey Guys... I just switched my cooling on my 3500+ chip (o'clocked to 2.5ghz) from the Thermaltake Venus 12 to the Thermalright XP-120. I placed a Delta 120mm fan on that puppy that pumps 151 cfms (3100RPMs), but is doing it at a 53dba clip. It feels like I am about to take off when the...
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    Get Rid of My Thermaltake Venus 12 or What?

    Hey Guys... I have my 3500+ being cooled with a Thermaltake Venus 12 HSF. My idle temps are 38c at full fan speed (5500RPMs), and load would be around 55C. Now, this HSF is rated for AMD64 up to 3400+? So my question is, should I upgrade to a better solution (i.e. - Thermalright...
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    Thermaltake Xaser III V1000a Super Tower Question

    Hey All... I have this case, and like it, but I can't stand that LCD Display/Temperature/Fan Control, so I removed the unit, and now the Front Panel looks akward as it has a spot on the door that makes up the space for the LCD to stick out. Here is a linky. Do you know if there is a place...
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    MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum - Troubling Article

    I came across this article through a post in the MSI Forums.
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    Windows XP SP2 Shutdown Problemo

    Hey Guys... Yes, I couldn't wait until all the bugs were worked out. Now that is out of the way, I build a rig from scrach with the following main components: AMD64 3500+ MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum Mobo (nforce3 ultra) 2 sticks of Crucial Ballistics (PC4000) - 1 GB total x800 XT/PE Now...
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    Thermaltake V1000A - Case Problems, I Think?

    Alright. I have built a few rigs in my time, and have gone through some of your normal problems (bad memory, bad mobo, mad cpu, burnt cpu, bad transistors, etc), so I am comfortable with diagnosing problems accordingly on a system build. I decided to shell out some dollars and get a...
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    Questionable PSU - Do Yall Concur?

    Hey All.. I have the following generic PSU I was planning on using for my friend, Linky, who wants the current rig: AMD64 3500+ (Socket 939) Abit AV8 Mobo 1GB DDR500 (twin sticks) X800 Pro GPU 1 SATA HDD 1 DVD 1 Floppy Numerous Case Fans But, I am kinda worried that this is a no-name brand...
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    Time to Upgrade - Need Guidance

    Hey All... Hook me up with your insight, fellas. Assumming I have $750 of play money that I want to build a rig with, and also assumming I do wish to dabble in o'cing, and I do intend for this rig to be a strictly gaming rig (Doom 3, Half-Life2, Madden 2005, etc, etc, etc), what would be your...
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    Memory Questions - Which Set?

    Hey Guys... I am running twin sticks of 512MB of standard, Crucial DDR400 with my Athlon 64 3000+ / Aopen AK86-L mobo running at stock. Now, I really don't delve into overclocking memory that much, but I do not want my memory to hold me back from any potential overclocking I might do. These...
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    Wanna Sell My AMD64 Setup! - Am I Crazy???

    Short and sweet. I am not liking the "lack" of overclockability I was used to with my Barton 2500+ rig (previous box) with my current AMD 64 3000+ / Aopen AK86-L / 1 GB Crucial DDR400 rig. I currently have a x800Pro that I am overclocking, and have this sadistic desire to overclock my CPU as...
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    x800 Pro Clock Speeds Off In Benches?

    Hey Guys... I am stumped on this one. I was running some bences (3dMark03 and Aquamark3) when I noticed something I never noticed before. In both detail specs of my system, both 3dMark03 and AM3 stated that VGA Core and Memory Clocks were at 114.50 Mhz? Not 472.5/445 as they should be...
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    Memory Upgrade - Kinda?

    Hey Guys... I am running the following rig at stock: Aopen AK86-L mobo (KT800 chipset) AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (2ghz) x800 Pro GPU 80GB Samsung HDD - SATA 16x DVD-ROM Antec 480W True Blue PSU 2 Sticks of 512MB - Crucial DDR400 (PC3200) 1GB Now, I want to start overclocking the CPU and GPU, but...
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    Bench Scores - What does it mean?

    Hey All.. Right up front, I will say that I have never been an "active" overclocker. I typically run stuff at stock speeds. Thus, I have never been that in tune synthetic benchmark programs, like 3dMark03, Aquamark3, etc. Having said that, I ran some tests to see if my system is up to par...
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    SATA Problems for a NOOB!

    Hey Guys... I am building a new rig for a friend, and he wants to use a Samsung SP8012C SATA Hard Drive. The mobo is an Aopen AK-86L. Now, I will be honest with you, I have never setup a SATA before. And before I forget, it is not going to be used in a RAID array, just a single SATA HDD...
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    Side Case Fan - Blow In or Blow Out?

    Alright yall. I am building a rig for a friend, and he has this old ass Powermax case that has two intake case in the front of the case, blowing cool air to the mobo, and one exhaust fan in the back of the case. Now, the PSU I am putting in will have an exhaust fan as well, but he also has a...
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    Stumped - Mobo Issues - Erratic POSTs

    Hey Guys... I am running into a developing situation with a new rig I am building. Here are the basic components I am using to test if this thing POSTs: Shuttle AK31 Mobo V 2.0 (VIA KT266A Chipset) AMD Athlon 1 Ghz CPU (100 FSB) Ti4200 AGP Video Card 1 Stick of 256MB PC2100 (Samsung) 20GB HDD...
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    Memory Selection? Help...

    Ok - Here is the skinny. I have a rig based on the Shuttle AN35N Ultra Mobo (nforce2 chipset). It has three DDR slots and can support up to DDR400. I am running a Barton 2500+ at stock speeds (333Mhz). The $64,000 question is which combination/set should I use in this rig? 1 - 2 Sticks of...
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    Soyo SY-KT600 Dragon Plus vs. Shuttle AN35N Ultra

    Basic question. What are your thoughts on these two boards? I own both of them, and want to use one strictly for gaming, and one for the wife/kids. Assume all other components are the same (CPU, HSF, GPU, Opticals, PSU, etc.), which one would lend itself to being a better gaming board. I...