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    Correctly reinstall motherboard and video card drivers

    I have an Asus M3a78-em motherboard and Nvidia 9800gt video card. I have been experiencing lockups while playing certain games and wanted to reinstall my drivers to rule out any problems. I wanted to know the correct way to do this. I know the video card drivers are easy to find on the...
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    Recommend a video card upgrade for my pc

    My machine is a couple years old. I want to get a 22" LCD and be able to play some games like World of Warcraft on high settings at native resolution . I'm looking for some video card recommendations that will let me do this. Also if you think I'll need to upgrade other parts too. Not...
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    Upgrading my 3 yr old PC

    Looking to upgrade my computer so that I can play WOW on max settings with no lag. I know I'll need a new graphics card, cpu and mb but not sure what else. Current setup: LIAN LI PC-7B USB Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Antec TRUE480 480W ATX Power supply AMD Athlon 64 3500+...
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    CMOS checksum error - defaults loaded

    My chipset fan on my a8n-sli had been real noisy recently and dropping to low speeds causing an error message on startup. I took my pc apart today to get at the chipset fan and see what was causing the problem. I tried putting some lube in the fan and put it all back together. Now on...
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    How do you permanently change USERNAME variable?

    I changed the name of the computer and of the administrator profile to my name, but there seems to be problems with the My Documents folder and certain instances of the old computer owner's name showing up. I think this might be the USERNAME variable. In the CMD.exe I type set and the USERNAME...
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    Wireless network - local network not accessible

    I have a WRT54G router, WUSB54G wireless adapter, and several wireless ready laptops. All computers can access the internet. The pc with the wireless adapter is able to see the other computers and access shared files and printers. The rest of the computers including the one directly...
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    Strange USB Problem

    Actually an annoyance more than a problem. I have a wireless linksys usb adpater connected to my A8N-SLI motherboard. When I power on my computer, the adapter is not recognized and does not show up under device manager. However, when I unplug the USB device and plug it back in, it appears and...
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    Just Recieved Scythe Katana Cu

    Wow this thing is heavy! This cooler was recommended to me and was the only one I could find that would fit my Socket A/ 462 mobo. It also got great reviews. It looks great. Only concern I have atm before I start to install it is the weight. Should I be worried about the stress it will put...
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    Restore Image or Clean Install

    Right now I have three partitions: one for OS, one for apps, one for storage. I want to get all the gunk out of my system and have it running as good as new. When I built the computer a year ago I made a clean image of the OS partition with Acronis right after I installed the drivers and...
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    Best way to transfer data between hard drives

    I am switching computers with my dad. The harddrive on the computer I am getting is a: Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JB 250GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM The harddrive I am giving away is a: Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JB 80GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive -...
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    Need to replace CPU fan/heatsink on an older PC

    My current system is about four years old. It includes: ASUS A7V266-E motherboard AMD Athlon XP 2100+ Palomino The current CPU fan/heatsink is a Thermaltake volcano 7 RT. It sounds like an airliner is taking off when I turn on my computer. I want to replace this fan with something...
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    Video Card and MB compatibility

    I have these two setups right now: eVGA 256-P2-N369 Geforce 6600 256MB DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail and VGA CARDEX|GF4TI4600 128MBTV GS RT - Retail ASUS A7V266-E Socket A (Socket 462) VIA KM266A ATX AMD...
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    Need 1gb of RAM to go with my a8n-sli

    I recently had problems with crucial ballistix RAM with my asus a8n-sli. I need two sticks of 512mb pc3200 ddr400 sd ddram. I need something that will be super stable and fast. I dont want any more headaches with this computer. What do you recommend? ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4...
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    Newegg no longer carries my RMA'ed RAM

    Hello, I RMA'ed one stick of defective RAM, but newegg no longer carries it or it has been discontinued. It was the, crucial ballistix 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory. What RAM should I get instead. This is my system. ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA...
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    Replacement a8n chipset fan installation

    Hello, I just got my replacement fan from Asus for the a8n sli. The stock chipset fan failed on my a couple days ago. It won't even spin anymore, even if I give it a little push. Just wanted to know proper way to install so I have no further problems. Looks like Im going to have to remove...
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    Asus sli compatibility

    I recently have been having a major problem with my new PC. I started a thread here: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1604928&enterthread=y Basically, I was having problems with my pc going extremely slow and freezing. This would happen many times a day. I ran...
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    Asus a8n sli compatibility issues

    I recently have been having a major problem with my new PC. I started a thread here: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1604928&enterthread=y Basically, I was having problems with my pc going extremely slow and freezing. This would happen many times a day. I ran...
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    plz help, computer emergency **update

    I have a8n-sli and 2 crucialx 512 sticks of memory. Lately my computer has been freezing many times a day and when its not frozen it goes very slow almost to a crawl. I can never restart through windows XP so I press the restart button. When I do this,,,I get the black screen and the computer...
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    Help - Tryin to remotely access PC

    Both PCs are running XP Home edition. I want to run Newsbin on the host computer from my computer, so that I can download files from newsgroups to that computer. I am currently trying PCAnywhere and realize it is painfully slow. I pretty much want to be able to rhave best performance...
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    PC keeps randomly restarting

    I searched the forums and found people suggesting that the pc randomly restarting may be caused by bad memory or power supply. How do I test both to see if they are in fact the culprit? What could be other sources to cause this problem? Thanks
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    New wireless network, my pc keeps getting knocked off

    I got the new linksys WRT54G router and WUSB54G v2 adapter. The adapter is connected to my computer. My computer, running xp home, periodically gets bumped off the network. When I try to reconnect it hangs at acquiring network address. The only way I can seem to get back on the network...
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    Downloading music

    Whats a good way to download music?
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    Is it time for me to upgrade my 3 yr old PC

    I built my PC about 3 years ago and it cost around 1600. At the time it was close to top of the line. These are some specs: AMD 2100+ athlon xp 512mb pc2100 ddram GeForce4 TI4600 128 mb santa cruz sound card asus a7v266-e mother board HD 80GB ,WD 7200rpm 8mb I was wondering if it's...
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    Selling PC parts?

    Just wondering what would be the best way to sell your old PCs. How do you figure how much your old PC is worth, or how much the parts in it are worth.
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    Need some suggestions on making a website

    I am interested in creating my own website. Does anyone have any suggestions or helpful resources on the topic. What would be best program to use to make a website? I hear Dreamweaver is really good. What about domain names? Are they free? I would start off using my ISP webspace. How...
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    My monitor just fell and crashed to the floor HELP

    Hey I was moving my computer around and left my monitor on my bed. I was leaving it for 2 seconds when a gust of wind came through the window and my 19" CRT crashed the hard tile floor with a bang. I started my pc up to see the damage. When the computer starts up and goes through the DOS...
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    Norton Ghost 2003 can not find burner HELP

    I have a Plextor PX-W4012ta cd burner. When I try to burn directly to CD in DOS version of Ghost, my burner does not appear in the drop down menu. When I check the cd burner in device manager the words SCSI Cd-rom device appears next to the burner name, but I do not think my burner is scsi. I...
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    ATAPI help

    Hey I was wondering how to get my plextor burner to show up in DOS mode when I run Norton Ghost 2003. It is the px-w1240ta and it says atapi on the manual. When I try to burn to cd in ghost, the drive does not show up. When I go to device manager is says plextor scsi cd rom , although it...
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    How do you detect SCSI burner in DOS mode??

    I have a plextor px-w1240ta burner. I have recently tried using Norton Ghost 2003 to burn image directly to CD-r with noluck. I think it is because i need to make a special boot floppy to get my computer to see the SCSI drive in DOS mode. Does anyone know how I can do this?
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    Reformatting advice (file systems)

    Since I've been having trouble imaging my harddrive with NTFS, I've decided to reformatting FAT32. What size cluster size should I choose. I dont know anything about that. Default is 16. I partitioned my 80gig harddrive to 30gig and 50gig. 30 being the OS harddrive. Should I make the 50 an...
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    Floppy drive can not see hard drive in DOS HELP ME PLEASE

    Ok, I just reformatted my harddrive and partitions it into two parts one 20 gig one 60 gig using NTFS file system. I partitioned the drive using western digital floppy disk. I then installed windows xp. When it asked whether to replace the file system or leave it intact I chose to leave it and...