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    Fried Chip or Motherboard or Both?

    I tried taking out all the ram but it still does the same thing. Turns on for litterally maybe half a second. Fan Lights all turn on. But then dies. Doesn't even give the chance for the hard drives to turn on. I'm using a cheap 420W Apower power supply i bought about 2 years ago. Could...
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    Fried Chip or Motherboard or Both?

    I overclocked my core 2 duo to what i thought was conservative. I had my E6300 at 2.73ghz and coretemp was showing about 41-44 degrees C under load using an ASUS silent square for cooling. It ran fine for the past several days. But all of the sudden the entire computer just shuts off on me...
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    1gb only Reading 512mb?

    Ok Nevermind i figured it out. Tab and esc don't work on my bios. But unplugging the keyboard does. ;-) Anyways, even though my mother board isn't dual channel. You can't run two identical stick next to each other.They have to be a space apart. Or the motherboard recognizes it as one or...
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    1gb only Reading 512mb?

    I just got 2 512 mb sticks of corsair value select. My motherboard isn't dual channel. My bios doesn't boot up and show me how much ram i have. But Windows and CPUZ both show as having 512mb of ram only. The total should be 1024. But cpuz shows that i have 2 identical sticks. What is up...
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    Ram Voltage Help?

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    Ram Voltage Help?

    I have a soyo dragon MB. The manual says it has a support voltage of 2.5v. Most ram i see says 2.6v like mushkin and the ram i want(geil) says 2.55v-2.95v. I found some corsair that says 2.5v. Will all or some of these chips work? I would like the geil, but if i have to go with the corsair...
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    Gaming Adapter

    Hey, i have a linksys wireless router that i use to share internet with my laptop. I wanted to add a connection point downstairs in my basement for ethernet so i can plug in my computer downstairs and my xbox. Doesn't have to be at the same time. I was looking for something like this...
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    MTU on Router

    nevermind i think 1472 should work.
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    MTU on Router

    What should i set my MTU to. I notice it's at the default 1500 now but sometimes i have to enable or disable it to get some websites to work.
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    XP & SATA Optical Drives

    i installed my windows xp sp2 clean install no problem after i built a new computer. The only thing extra you have to do is hold down f6 when it asks for raid drivers. You have to make those drivers onto a floppy disc before you install. So make that with your old windows setup and then take...
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    Welcome Screen Password help?

    My friend locked himself out of windows and the password on the welcome screen isn't correct. So now he can't get in. I have an array of boot cd's windows cd, and linux cd's. How can i get in and change his password back? I've already tried safe mode and administrator. It didn't work?
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    so my power supply fried and...

    antecs are probably one of the best.
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    Are SATA Hard drives 30$ better than ATA?

    i couldn't find my stopwatch but it took about 20 mississipi from the time it exited bios and my had drive light came on till i saw my windows xp splash screen.
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    Are SATA Hard drives 30$ better than ATA?

    i went to google and foud the only test on sata i could find. There findings agree with mine. http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/technology/tech.jhtml?articleId=56800132 Also as they mentioned my windows xp boots up faster too. In fact i'll turn my computer off right now and test how...
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    Are SATA Hard drives 30$ better than ATA?

    I bought the new motherboard and drive together. I took the cpu athlon xp 3000+ and ram and video card out and put them back into the same case as the new parts. I bought the new parts specifically cause i edit my home movies and need the external drive to take with me sometimes and plug them...
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    Are SATA Hard drives 30$ better than ATA?

    i switched out an 80gb maxtor ata133 for a sata 120gb drive i got for free. There is a noticeable difference when games load up. That might be due to the larger 8mb cache on the drive but it definitly loads ~20 secs faster in battlefield vietnam when loading a level. I just like how the cable...
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    Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150

    i just bout the pvr 150. It's an ok card. But i wish i have bought the sapphire theatrix 550. WIth the ati theatre 550 chip.
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    New system advice (crunching mpeg)

    as for your (ignore part). It's not illegal to rip and burn dvd's for your own backup purposes and as long as you own a real copy. It is illegal however to sell or distribute those copy. I'm not sure if that's what you meant by(ignore) or not but just to let you know.
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    New Video Card or Ram?

    I am getting $300 for my tax return(part time student dependent). Right now i have a: athlon xp3000+ 512mb ram geforce fx5200 120 maxtor SATA 7200rpm(love this games load way faster). Right now when i play battlefield vietnam and america's army. Bot of them i have to set at a medium...
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    Launch Straight into Winows

    Thanks, That worked just great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For those that didn't know. You have to click on START and then RUN and type it in there.
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    Launch Straight into Winows

    I have windows XP Pro SP2. On my previous installation afteri turned on my computer it would load straight into windows. How can i get rid of the welcom screen and launch straight into windows? I am the only user on my computer and there are no other accounts. Right now when i load it has a...
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    Anyway to start a PC without using the button on the case...?

    Go to radio shack and buy a switch that is push button nomally open and wire that to your motherboard using your case connectors. BUt yea, you can get a cheap case for like $30 shipped at newegg.com. Or get a cool one for like $60 shipped.
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    Ram Settings Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I just got PQI turbo memory for my computer. ram timings are specified at 2-3-3-6. Which settings do i change to utilize those settings. Any Help would be appreciated. Click here for picture of Bios Settings--->>>>http://home.comcast.net/%7Egggplaya/pics/Ram.JPG:)