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    bad partition

    I have two HDs in my computer. One is my C: drive. The other is partitioned in two, E: and F: I had trouble with a loose serial ATA cable causing the second HD not to show up. I finally replaced the cable and now my E and F drives show up in my computer but I can not access files on the F...
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    Ram Upgrade

    I just upgraded my system to a AMD X2 3800 and have one gig of ram currently(4 sticks of 512 PC 3200). I was thinking about grabbing 2 one gig sticks but I was wondering if I should get faster ram for a future AMD processor or will AMD be going to the next version of DDR by the time I need to...
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    LED LCDs

    Are there any LED lighted LCDs out yet or is that still in the works??
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    PhysX Cards

    I heard that Asus has one ready to go and it is supposed to be released this month. Anyone know when the release date is and are there and previews of this card on the net yet??
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    V-Tech mesh case

    http://store.yahoo.com/directron/ec7104s.html I have been looking high and low for one of these in black but can't seem to find anyone who sells them except for Directron out of Houston. The V-Tech web site was even less than helpful in helping me find one. Any ideas?? I really like the...
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    Dell laptop/busted CD player/reinstall windows

    Ok, my bosses Dell has a busted CD player. The floppy drive can replace the CD player and it still works. She bought a external CD player for it. The hard drive is so full of crap, spyware and viruses, the machine barely boots up and then it is so super slow, just moving the mouse across the...
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    Windows XP file sharing woes

    I have a extra HD in my computer, it is my D drive. I right click it and in the Sharing tab I click the box to Share this folder on the Network and i click the Box to allow others to change my files. However, no one can copy to or from any of the folders on that D drive. Is it impossible to...
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    IDE Drive not showing up in My Computer

    I added a new HD to the 2nd IDE chain and set it to slave with a CDRom being the other device on the chain. The HD appears in the device manager and in the bios but not in My Computer....sigh....Help Please.
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    Intel Extreme Graphics 2

    I just got a new Dell Dimension 3000 with Intel Extreme Graphics 2 at work where I do alot of Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw work. Would I get a good boost to performance if I stuck a 64 mb PCI card in there over the integrated graphics chip.
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    P4 computer slow when printing

    Why does my 2.8 gig P4 slow so much when printing to my HP Deskjet 950C. I have 512 megs ram and I have spooling enabled and it is set to print as it spools. Should i make it spool the complete doc first before it prints?? I am using a regular printer cable and not a USB cable. Ideas??? Thx
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    Web Browser

    Are there any browsers other than Avant Browser that will minualmize to the sys trey?? Its good for when my boss walks around my desk, LOL. God I wish Firefox did that.
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    MP3 editing software

    I recorded some internet radio and it made on 8 hour long mp3 file. I need a good/easy/and maybe free program to edit it. I would like a nice product that shows a linear graphic of the noise so I can zero in on the silent gaps inbetween songs and export those sections I want one at a time. I...
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    Glass LCDs???

    I recently bought a LCD and like it, but I am really paranoid about scuffing the plastic screen. Do they make any LCDs with a glass cover and if not then why?? It seems like a pretty good idea to me. I wish I could buy a glass cover that would clamp on to my display.
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    Is a 3.4 Prescott a good upgrade from a 2.8 Northwood

    I was thinking about upgradeing and waiting another year before I dive into dual cores. A 3.4 Prescott is the fastest chip my Abit IS-7e motherboard will take....is it worth it or should I just resist the urge to upgrade?
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    Reinstall windows from a USB CD-Rom

    I have a old junk Dell laptop that came with Windows 98 and I need to reinstall windows but the CD-Rom on the laptop is toast. I have a external Iomega USB CD-Rom but I do not have USB support when I boot to a floppy and cant seem to get it to work. Is there anyway to get this drive to work when...
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    What does 64 bits do for you??

    All I know is that a 64bit OS will address alot more memory than a 32 bit will. What else will it do. Will it be alot faster if you have a 64bit OS and program?? Will it have better security?? Can someone explain this to me...just the basics please.
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    AMD 939 socket board with PCI Express and AGP??

    A buddy of mine wants to upgrade his system but can't afford to buy a new vid card and doesnt want to be stuck with a APG motherboard later when he can afford to switch to PCI Express. Are there any socket 939 boards that have both??
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    redzip.com hijack

    I have a hijack that has taken over all web serches, it throws a few ridzip.com search results to the top of every Google or Yahoo search. I have searched the web for help but have found very little info on this hijack and how to get rid of it. Any ideas....I figure the easiest thing to do is...
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    Sigh....dead pixel

    I just got a Philips 190S5FB from New Egg and it is truely a beautiful product. it looks great, plays City of Heroes with no ghosting. All is fine except it has a dreaded dead pixel almost dead center of the screen. If it were dead and black it wouldn't be as bad, except it is white and drwas...
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    CRT Eyestrain

    My eyes have been killing me lately. They get really dry and blurrey. My eye doctor told me it is because you tend not to blink when stareing at a CRT screen for hours on end. I was wondering if getting a LCD would help. Anyone else had trouble where switching to a LCD helped?? Right now I have...
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    W2K and WinXP Pro file sharing trouble

    We have 3 computers on our network, 2 have XP Pro and one has W2K. The W2K box was formatted and installed, no sign on password, one user, which is also the admin. I have shared the W2K D drive but it does not show in My Network places. The little D drive icon has the little shareing hand under...
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    HP Pavilion xt 948: need new motherboard

    it has a Intel 845 chipset motherboard. Do you think any micro ATX MB will fit it.
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    XP Pro Hyper Threading

    I have a 2.8 p4C with HT. Do I need XP Pro to utilize HT. I have XP Home right now. Is it worth it to by Pro?
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    Please suggest a cooler for my 2.8g P4

    I have a 2.8 gig P4 in this Abit IS7-E board and the temp of the cpu reported by the Abit system monitor is about 48C idle and 58C under load(such as playing a game for a while) Should I replace the Intel stock cooler and what would anyone suggest. Would like something easy to install. I have...
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    Need Cooler Advice, Abit IS-7E & P4 2.8g

    I have a 2.8 gig P4 in this Abit IS7-E board and the temp of the cpu reported by the Abit system monitor is about 48C idle and 58C under load(such as playing a game for a while) Should I replace the Intel stock cooler and what would anyone suggest. Would like something easy to install. I have...
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    My first Intel MB Abit IS7-E need help

    I was wondering where to get new motherboard drivers. The drivers on the Abit web site are from around June. Does Intel offer newer drivers. Should i stick with the Abit drivers or use newer (if there are any) Intel drivers?? Does anyone have a like to Intels MB drivers. I know when I have a Via...
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    Thumbnail view for desktop

    Is there anyway to enable thumbnails on the desktop for image files. Back in my Mac days JpegView had a script for creating thumbnail icons for pictures, just drag and drop pics on it and it made nice thumbs for all my images. Anything like that for windows.
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    Best glass cleaner

    I have a Sony CRT that has the flat glass screen and Windex leaves annoying streaks that I can see when the screen is dark.
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    Windows 95 uninstalled program, now can only boot into Safe mode

    My buddy who is out of state and knows NOTHING about computers messed up his Win95 box. He just got the computer and wanted to delete some old programs on it that the previous owner installed. One was Adobe Type Manager. He uninstalled it from the Unin/Inst control panel and now can only boot...
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    Microsoft Office XP Please Help me!!!

    Excel was acting wacky so i did a repair on Office. It wiped all my Outlook info, emails addresses contacts, WTF. Is there any way to get this all back????
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    Win XP names every file "Untitled"

    Just started doing this. If I download a jep anywhere it always saves it as untitled.bmp. Any fix???
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    Linux Newbie: need help getting started

    So I decided to take the plunge and try out Mandrake. I am downloading the 3 ISOs right now. I am going to need help. Is there a good Linux for Dummies website to tell me how to get started?? Also, I saw ATI has Linux drivers. Where do i go to get drivers for my motherboard and all the other...
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    Need good MP3 splitter software

    Since Anandtech doesnt have a Audio forum, I'll post here. I have a large mp3 and want to be able to cut out sections and save as individual mp3s. Any good software?? Any good free software...guess not. Suggestions??? Thanks
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    New Radeon 9800 DVD player software

    I used to have a original Radeon VIVO 64meg, right when they first came out. i remember it haveing DVD playing software. Do the new cards come with DVD software?? I just got a FIC 9800 pro and it didnt have any, does ATI still bundle their player with the cards??
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    Best way to remove Nvidia drivers

    Installing a 9800 pro today and need to clear old drivers out, but do not want to have to reinstall Windows.
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    Anyone have a FIC Radeon 9800 pro??

    I just ordered one from NewEgg today. I was pretty much under the impression that a 9800 is a 9800 is a 9800, much like all the various flavors of Nvidia cards seem to run about the same. I had a Geforce FX 5900, but am getting rid of it.
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    Monitor blinks on and off

    All the sudden my moniter has started blinking infrequently. Its only two years old. Here's my rig Sony G420 19" Asylum GF FX 5900 non ultra P4 2.8 (800 fsb) Abit IS7-E mb Any ideas?? I am running 1280 X 1024 at 85mhz refresh
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    OEM vs Retail cards Radeons

    I was looking at New Egg and they have a Sapphire 9800 pro for $306. What is the difference between the OEM and Retail??? No extra software?? Is it underclocked??? It seems like a really good deal.
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    when will the new ATI cards be coming out???

    Will it be after HL2 comes out??? Any specs for them?? I assume they will just be faster 9800 pros.
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    ATI 9800 vs 9800 pro

    What is the diffence between the pro and non pro. I've seen people mention a bios flash to make a non pro a pro. Is that only for 3rd party cards or can it be used on ATI brand cards. Trying to figure out which to buy.