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    Infinite reboot :(

    Running Win XP SP 2 (or at least I was). Seagate hard drive 200g 512 mb ram athlon 1.1 ghz processor All of a sudden, for no reason that I can determine, I can no longer boot the computer. If I try a normal windows boot, it passes all the DOS stuff, goes to the windows xp logo. The...
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    HELP! New SN95G5, can't install the OS

    Well, I managed to get one of the drives formatted and win xp installed. I had to use Seagate's diskwizard tool to first format and setup the drive as NTFS (I used the bootable version of the program). After that, windows recognized it just fine and had no trouble installing the OS. Haven't...
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    HELP! New SN95G5, can't install the OS

    I just put together the following: shuttle xpc sn95g5 (bios FN95S205) Corsair XMS3200XL (matched pair 1g total, 2.2.2.5 latency) Radeon X800 Pro 2 Seagate Barracuda SATA drives 1 MadDog DVD recorder Athlon 64 3500+ My intent was to use the two drives as RAID 1 (i.e. mirrored)...
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    HELP! Can't install XP on laptop

    Can't run the recovery console. It wants me to enter an administrator password. I don't have one. It refuses to let me in. :( I ran the ibm disk test (that you can download off their site). As best I can tell, the drive in the laptop is an IBM. It has a couple of tests - a quick one and a...
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    HELP! Can't install XP on laptop

    I have a Medion laptop (Best Buy's brand). It was running Win XP home. Today it announced "No operating system found" when I turned it on. I tried rebooting several times, no dice, no operating system. I took the CD that came with the laptop and followed the instructions for system...
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    Second disk drive very slow to access

    Can you be more specific? Which settings should I check and what sort of numbers am I looking for?
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    Second disk drive very slow to access

    I have an XP1600 with a shuttle mobo, 512 MB RAM, ATI Radeon 9600 Pro video, 2 western dig hard drives, 1 dvd drive and 1 cd-rw. The computer seems to be running fine but, when I go to access the second drive (which I use for backup mostly), it will sit there for like 30 seconds before it...
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    Laptop doesn't see wireless router..why?

    I have read the web page at the link you sent me to. I still can't get things working. Details follow: >>Disable all software Firewalls (including Windows ICF) Active Antivirus program or and ant other TCP/IP interceptor... Done - none were running anyways. >>Note: It is important to...
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    Laptop doesn't see wireless router..why?

    I have a linksys 4 port/wireless (802.11b) router. I have 2 computers which I want to access the internet (and my network) wirelessly. One computer is running windows xp using a wireless adapter connected to the usb port (802.11b) Another computer is a laptop that has 802.11g wireless...
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    Printing to network printer SLOW

    Well I tried the same experiment on a computer which is WIRED as opposed to wireless. Here's the scenario: Computer 1: wireless connection. has an HP printer directly connected. (windows xp) Computer 2: wired connection, Canon printer attached (windows 98se) Computer 3: Wired connection, no...
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    Printing to network printer SLOW

    I have a canon i950 printer connected to the following computer: Win 98 SE 900 mhz AMD Athlon 384 mb RAM I am trying to print a file from another computer on the network. That computer is connected via wireless 802.11b. It is: XP Home AMD XP1600 processor 512 MB RAM When I open the file and...
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    HELP! 802.11b wireless network/internet horrible!!!!

    I have a Linksys BEFW11S4 ver 2 4 port router with wireless 802.11b 3 computers on the router. Two are wired and one is wireless The wireless one is using a Linksys wireless USB adapter. The signal strength varies between Excellent and Very Good I have encryption enabled. Running router...
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    Video and mouse lockup

    bump - are there really no other opinions out there??????
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    Video and mouse lockup

    I just searched the registry for nvidia. And I'm finding things in there! Isn't the driver cleaner supposed to clean that up? And yes I know that format may solve the problem. Just hoping I could try a few things first.
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    Video and mouse lockup

    Oh PLEASE! That's a totally drastic solution to be used when all other options have been exhausted. Aren't there any other suggestions? I have reformatted this damn machine due to drive failures 3 times in the last 6 months and I REALLY don't want to do that again. It means many hours of...
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    Video and mouse lockup

    Just purchased a Radeon 9600 PRO to replace my GeForce2 GTS card. *See Note at the bottom. I tried my best to follow the instruction described by Tour Guide in his post and uninstalled the GeForce2 card first, rebooted into safe mode (whereupon MS XP promptly reinstalled the card again). Then...
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    HELP! LCD monitor - display all smeared and blurry

    Hm....looked for your FS thread and didn't find it. Does FS stand for For Sale? Perhaps I looked in the wrong place? And yes I could use some suggestions. The machine with the dying card is my oldest. I am thinking of taking my GeForce2 GTS 32 from the machine I use the most and shifting it...
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    HELP! LCD monitor - display all smeared and blurry

    Oh....that was really NOT what I wanted to hear. :( I was really hoping that I was having a blonde moment and that there was a setting somewhere that I'd forgotten to check. Well I did as you said and swapped video cards. Sure enough, the problem followed the card. Sigh. I opted not to switch...
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    HELP! LCD monitor - display all smeared and blurry

    Sylvania L15 15" LCD monitor GeForce2 MX 32mb video Athlon 900ghz processor 384 mb RAM Running Win98SE Suddenly, like over night, my monitor has become almost unreadable. The icons are smeary looking. When I open a window, lines extend from the window across the background to the left and...
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    HELP! Bad lag with Radeon 9500 pro

    I'll try to address all the comments: The PSU: unfortunately i can't find any markings on the psu without removing it from the case which I really would prefer not to do right now. So I can't answer that one. Joker....FastWrites are already off. I will definitely check out the link you sent...
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    HELP! Bad lag with Radeon 9500 pro

    One of the games we run is ALWAYS run with the sound off. And also, I'm using the onboard sound on the motherboard. I don't have a separate sound card.
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    HELP! Bad lag with Radeon 9500 pro

    Have had nothing but frustration since purchasing a Sapphire Radeon 9500 Pro video card. I have: AMD Athlon 1.1 ghz processor Shuttle AK31 v3.1 mobo with LT266A chipset 512 mb DDR RAM Radeon 9500 pro 128 mb Am currently running DirectX 9.0B Win 98 SE The problem occurs while attempting to...
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    HELP!! Overheating problem

    I have an AMD Athlon 1.1ghz processor Shuttle AK31 motherboard with KT266A chipset ATI Radeon 9500 Pro video card Running Win 98. In the BIOS, I have the temperature shutdown set to 75 degrees C. And the computer shuts off. I installed Motherboard Monitor and set the warning at 75. Sure...
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    Help: Best system ever for college student

    Marlin: What do you mean by the phrase "running at 2000+"? Are you talking about overclocking? Wix: I'll check out the reviews. Thanks. And I agree with what you said about RAID. As far as quality parts goes, I thought I had done that. I've had an IBM drive die and a Western Dig. The mobo...
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    Help: Best system ever for college student

    Learn more about technology here at your friendly Anandtech forums. Browse, read, see what's going on. Observe the scene and be one with it. Watch TechTV or something. Those guys are very newbie friendly and answer questions dealing with novice users. --> I have been reading all sorts of stuff...
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    Help: Best system ever for college student

    Looking for advice. I'm building a system for my son to take to college. Here's what my requirements are. Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated. Keep in mind: The kid is clueless when it comes to maintenance and hardware. He plays lots of games and downloads movies and music but...
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    Backup Software

    Me too! Me too! Having recently returned from vacation and found that my hard drive decided to die while my computer was powered OFF (yes, it was on a UPS), I have finally realized that it's time for me to get religious about backups. I thought i was doing a good job manually however I can't...
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    How to watch TV on PC monitor

    Do I buy a video card that supports TV? Or do I buy a separate card for this? I want to outfit the PC with a really nice gaming video card. After all, what do kids do with a computer in college but play video games???? :)
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    How to watch TV on PC monitor

    Setting up a pc for my son to take to college. Due to limited space he would like to have his PC monitor double as a TV. I have seen various posts regarding video cards which support this. I don't know much about this subject at all. Does anyone have suggestion on what to read to learn about...
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    HELP! With Radeon 9500 PRO

    HELP!!!!!!!!!!!! :( I used the driver cleaner (as recommended) to clean off both the nvidia drivers and the ati drivers. To do this, I used add/remove programs to remove the existing drivers. Then rebooted in safe mode and ran the driver cleaner. Then I rebooted into windows. I tried to...
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    HELP! With Radeon 9500 PRO

    I just purchased a Radeon 9500 PRO. The sole purpose behind this purchase was for my son to play video games. He plays mostly Asheron's Call 2 and Star Craft (and a few others). My system contains: Shuttle AK31 V3.1 motherboard with KT266A via chipset 512 MB RAM AMD Duron 1.1 Ghz processor...
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    MB supports 4X AGP - what video card should I get?

    Thanks for the quick response. But now I have a few more questions. Is the PRO version of the 9500 really that much better than the non-pro? There seems to be about a significant price difference. I don't know enough about video cards to understand why the PRO would be worth more. And...
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    MB supports 4X AGP - what video card should I get?

    My system contains: Shuttle AK31 Rev3 KT266A MB (which supposedly supports 4x AGP) 512 MB RAM Athlon 1.1ghz processor Geforce2 MX video card My son plays Asheron's Call 2 and must set the graphics settings to the very lowest setting in order to play. I would like to upgrade the video card...