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    comp won't stay on for more than 5 seconds

    so earlier today i was surfing the web and my computer decides to randomly turn off. i'm thinking okay, no big deal, i'll just turn it back on again. anyway, i go to turn my computer on again and all the lights come on, but about 5 seconds later it shuts off again. if i try to turn it back on...
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    problem with new msi k8n neo4 non-sli

    just put a new computer together with the msi k8n neo4 platinum mobo. everything else seems to work fine except the onboard sound. i tried to install the realtek 97 drivers and the nvidia drivers, nothing seems to work. anything else i can do?
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    p4 prescott /w pc-2700 in single chan

    is this creating a huge bottleneck? i've got like $150 to spend and i dunno which to upgrade. my motherboard so i can run the ram in dual channel, or buy 1gb of pc-3200 and let the chip run in single channel. which would be more beneficial?
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    geforce 6600 gt performance like an fx5600

    recently i bought a gigabyte 6600 gt @ 500/1000. i thought this card was going to be a beast compared to my fx5600. but as soon as i loaded up games like cs:source, world of warcraft and doom 3, i barely noticed a difference. in the source stress test, i've gotten 8 more fps. in wow and d3, the...
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    heatsink not working correctly?

    the fan's rpm is at 2500. it's a stock heatsink for a p4 3 ghz cpu. earlier my cpu was running at 90 degrees celsius, according to my mobo. now it's supposedly running at 30. i thought stock fan's rpm should be around 4200-4800 rpm? and i've noticed another thing. my comp runs like...
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    can't load windows

    i bought a new abit nf7-s2g mobo from fry's and it won't read my hd it seems. it detects it fine though. what happens is when i am starting my comp up, it'll freeze at "verifying dmi pool data..." and the hd led will stay on. i know the hd is not bad because it works with another comp. any...
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    mobo not recognizing cpu

    i recently bought a new amd athlon 2800+ /w barton core for my soyo mobo. it says on the site that the mobo will support up to a 3000+ with 333 fsb. i installed the chip and tried to boot up but it said "unknown chip @ 1250 mhz." it gave me a long beep and then proceeded to shut down. do i...