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    Need input on low budget upgrade.

    I'm trying to update my computer on a broke student's budget. Currently I have: Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 2 GB DDR2 (PC2-5300) Nvidia 6800 XT AGP (this is the issue) This system is starting to show its age and I am trying to upgrade it for cheap. I've been thinking of getting a AMD 780G...
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    Wireless router is lazy..

    Alright, I'm having problems with my wireless router. The way everything is set up it all works just fine most of the time. All of the computers can see each other and normally access the internet. It usually stops working whenever someone tries to transfer a file across the wireless...
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    New Soyo KT880 problems

    Alright, I knew about the BIOS bug in this board when I got it, its not really an issue for me so it is alright. This is also the first board I have had that detects the on-die temperature of the CPU. The only component in this system that is different is the board itself, the rest all worked...
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    Unexplained crashes

    I have no idea what is wrong with my computer. Starting just today out of absolutely nowhere it crashes and then will not boot unless I turn off the PSU for a few minutes before trying to boot the system. If I don't wait it will freeze during the boot somewhere before loading Windows. After...
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    Keyboard won't work in BIOS

    Ok, stupid question time.. My roomate just put together his new A64 system.. specs aren't really important but it is has a Soltek K8AN-RL motherboard. I couldn't figure out why it wasn't booting up, it wouldn't even give an error beep. Well, it turns out he had switched the PSU from 110v to...
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    Outdoor wireless at a range of ~350-400 ft

    So my friend and I have FINALLY gotten our wireless network up, it was sort of a fluke because we had both bridges in the same room trying to get them to work together when we realize that the bridges can see his wireless router in his apartment 350ft away! Alright, we scratch the idea of using...
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    nevermind, I'm an idiot
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    wireless bridging

    Ok, my friend and I each have a DWL900AP+ Acess Point. It has bridging functionality built into it and we are trying to bridge the APs. There is about 350ft distance between them and there is nothing in the way between them. We have gotten them to see each other, so we know they are at least...
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    snapping monitor??

    ok, i have a monitor, it is a KDS VS17 that was made in january 2001. well, after it has been on for a little while, i will guess 30-60 minutes, it begins making a snapping noise and the picture flickers in synch with the snaps. if you look into the housing of the monitor through the top, you...
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    motherboard dead?? will not give any error codes

    well, my friend just got a new case and power supply for his existing machine because the old psu was crapping out. he got a 400w antec psu. we plugged all of his new stuff in the new case and i turned it on before even putting any cards or drives in it. the machine gave an error stating there...
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    winxp doesnt like autoplay

    Ok, around December last year, my PC running XP stopped detecting changes to the cdrom. If I were to open My Computer, it would not show the proper volumes in the cdroms. The only exception was if the CD had been in the drive when the PC started up. It still read the CD just fine, however, if I...
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    digital doppelganger!!

    In a recent google search out of boredome..I came across what appears to be a doppelganger. Evidence A: Anandtech Nothing wrong yet..just a regular old post from a while back, however Evidence B: DesignTechnica :confused: I never made this post, but it is identical to my post on...
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    setting pagefile == memory dump??

    hey all, i was playing the Star Wars Galaxies Beta and it chugs a lot..so right after the program crashed out I got this notion to up my pagefile size. Well, I have 512MB ram and it was at 768MB min and max so I figured I would up it to 1024 min and max. Right when I press OK to save the change...
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    Where can I find archived drivers?

    Hey, I am looking all over for drivers for the Interact Hammerhead FX gamepad to no avail. I can't seem to find any reliable sites with archived drivers. Does anyone here know of a site that keeps a reasonable selection of drivers that may have the drivers for this pad? Thanks in advance for...
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    the ever elusive endl

    hello, i was recently subjected to conflicting views on what exactly endl does.. on one side endl supposedly is just a replacement for "\n" << flush in the sense that it does the same thing...and the other side says endl does not do a flush..only something similar to a \n i was just curious if...
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    Suggest a SOHO ADSL router

    Hi guys, I am getting ADSL as soon as my new modem gets here (it just became available in my area!!) I have a few machines I would like to put on the connection, the problem is that I only currently have an 8-port 10/100 switch and a 4-port 10 hub. I am definately going to need a router:) I...
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    Help with insane computer!!

    Alright, I have been given the task of fixing a computer that is using a PCChips M810LMR motherboards and an 800Mhz Duron. Well, it booted up just fine the first time i turned on the system..then I went into the BIOS and simply changed the boot order for the devices..save and restart..the...
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    converting strings in c++

    hey guys..i just tried google for this but my search was uneventful.. can anyone tell me the name of the function(i believe there is a function for this) that would turn a string into a null-terminated char array? I want to simply cin to a string and use that string, for instance, in...
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    GA-7VRXP and XP1600+

    Does anyone here own a GA-7VRXP and know how to make it stay on a 166mhz fsb?? I've noticed that Gigabyte doesn't want to release a BIOS with either the 1/5 divider or support for 166/333 Athlon XP's.. I was just hoping that SOMEONE out there had some info;)
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    GTXP broken!!

    Alright, the other day, I was setting my computer up and my GTXP breakout box fell off my desk. Well, I didn't think much of it until I noticed that the potentiometer for the microphone volume was sitting rather crooked. Turns out that it actually broke completely off it's solder...
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    How to share a folder with limited access!?!?

    OK, I have the plan of putting homework assignments into a folder on my computer, but making it accessible by any other machine on campus. Now, I don't want to make it so that everyone can access it and copy/change my homework. I tired making it so only one account on my computer can log into...
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    Windows XP build numbers - Answer the question, or just drop in to say hi!!

    Ok, I didn't see any threads pertaining to this topic, so I figured I would ask.. Does anyone know if there are different release builds of Windows XP, I know there is build 2600 but I was curious as to if this was the final build that you would have if you installed from a retail cd, or if...
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    Mouse goes crazy in Slackware 8.1

    Hey you guys...I just installed Slackware 8.1 and I have it all set up..the only thing I can't do is get my mouse to work.. It works just fine until I load up KDE, then it will spazz out about any movement and start randomly clicking. I don't know how to fix it, I have tried basically every...
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    Why does my hard drive keep disappearing??

    Recently my computer has been acting funny. If i restart (or the computer decideds to do so itself) my main hard drive usually can not be detected in the BIOS. Unplugging it from the IDE cable and power and reconnecting it usually solves this problem..or if I let it sit long enough (in the BIOS)...
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    Is my Radeon 8500 LE broken?

    I noticed that lately my framerates and 3dmark score have gone down dramatically, from 8000 some to 5000 some in the latest version of 3dmark2k1. I have no idea what is wrong, I have reformatted and still get the same problems..the drivers I am using now used to run things just fine, so I don't...
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    windows xp sharing???

    I just recently moved my main computer to using Windows XP and I am having some very strange problems with sharing where I could get Windows 2000 to work. I can not access my other computer..which also has XP..if I am not running as admin on my main machine. I can see the machine but i am told...
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    NES emulators and Radeon 8500???

    I have a Radeon 8500LE and I can't play NES emulated games, the display shows the game 4 times in a sort of interlaced image. All 4 images overlap each other making it very difficult to see what objects are interacting with each other. I know that my friend also has this problem with his Radeon...
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    Questions about RAM performance on kt333

    I just recently bought a Gigabyte 7VRXP with the KT333 chipset, I am using Crucial PC2100 RAM in it but, in the BIOS, I set it to run at 333mhz rather than 266. I used Sisoft Sandra 2002 SP1 to benchmark the RAM performance; according to Sandra, I only get performance slightly higher than...
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    computer locks frequently with radeon 8500le

    i just bought a radeon 8500le to replace my slightly aged gf2 gts, i had small problems at first but they quickly escalated to random freezes and sometimes the monitor stops recieving a signal. i have no idea why this would happen. before i installed the radeon, i uninstalled the gf2 drivers...