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    *resolved* Is my Mobo or CPU the bad guy?

    Hi, I bought some new parts and I'm getting a successful POST beep but no video to my monitor. I'm running the minimum of E2180 GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L GSKILL ram 9600GT I've verified that all parts are working fine on another machine EXCEPT for the mobo/proc b/c I don't have 775 parts to...
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    New build - 1 good beep but no video

    Hi, I have a variety of parts but I attempted to get this to POST: E2180 GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 EVGA 9600GT 1x GSKILL 1GB (have 4GB total but just trying 1 for now) ANTEC 430w Earthwatts I press power, case fans instantly turn on, CPU heatsink moves for a split second...
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    Finishing up $650 build

    Hi, First build in about 4 years for me. I did a bit of research before I threw this list together, so hopefully most of the parts are standard. Main uses: Ubuntu w/ XP or Vista VM running Programming/Web Development Light gaming - Source games/old RTS. I'm still satisfied w/ my old...
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    Computer crashing after anti-virus issues

    Hi I have a new build that was running great. I threw on a Symantec Anti-Virus Client and proceeded to get http.sys BSOD's. I got the Microsoft hotfix for that and everything appeared to be ok. However now randomly (or at least from what I can tell) my computer occasionally crashes and I get a...
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    Recommendations for web hosting?

    Hi I'm a computer science major and I am starting some internships soon and I want to find a good, reliable, and cost-effective host for some code samples and programs I've written. I don't need a huge amount of bandwith or 500 email accounts. I just want some cheap but good web hosting. Any...
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    SATA HD "Safely Remove Hardware"?

    I recently put together a new machine with a Seagate Barracuda 160GB SATA hard drive. It works great but I get the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon on the lower right of my taskbar and it's reading the drive. I haven't attempted to stop/remove it. Is this supposed to happen? If not anyway to...
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    Easy Windows Media Player Problem

    Hi I just got a new machine and installed a copy of Windows XP SP2 w/ Windows Media Player 9. When I try to view .wmv files (I really haven't tried anything else sorry) I can sort of make out what's going on it's just that the colors are all messed up (very bright yellows, pinks, blues etc)...
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    Any Windows 98SE File Sharing Experts out there?

    I'm an intern at the tech support department of a large cancer and AIDS research facility and we ran into this odd problem with a Windows 98SE machine. We'll eventually call in some heavy hitter tech guys but it would be nice to save everyone time and figure it out now. The research machine...
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    For the people with random reboot problems

    I see like 5 random reboot topics in the first 3 pages so I think it deserves it's own thread. First thing you all need to do (and it's so easy!) is to: Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery Settings Make sure "Automatically restart" is unchecked under System...
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    New computer restarting randomly

    Hi last night I put together a new AMD 64 3200+ w/ an x800XL. It runs amazing with great benchmarks and performance in HL2, WoW, and the like. I've run into 1 issue. Once while I was just on AIM and once when I was about 15 minutes into Half Life 2 my computer flashed a blue screen very...
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    Problem with NVIDIA onboard LAN settings

    Hi so I just recently bought the Chaintech NVIDA nForce4 Ultra mobo and everything works great. The problem is actually with some settings I can't figure out for my new computer. First I'm in college living on campus and typically to connect for the first time you have to register on a...
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    Good value on new system?

    Hey these are the parts I'm hoping to buy. I think I did a pretty good job of squeezing out alot of power with not a huge budget. How did I do? Anything I should consider changing (and wouldn't increase my cost considerably) CASE ANTEC Black Performance Series II SOHO File Server Tower ATX...