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  1. eljaye925

    Upgrade Old Desktop or Replace?

    My recently retired mother asked me to help her find a new refurb (cheap) desktop to replace the desktop she purchased EOL from her then employer several years ago. She says it "so slow". I suspect the HDDs. I checked the specs and it was a nice machine in it's day. I know that for...
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    Vostro 460 won't POST with 7770 installed...

    I'm trying to put a 7770 in a Dell Vostro 460 and I'm not having any luck...I'm hoping I'm missing something obvious and someone will enlighten me. Vostro 460 Specs: i5-2400 4gb 64 bit Win 7 Pro 350 PSU 1 PCIe 2.0 slot I bought a Power Color 7770 to play some older games. When I...
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    CM690 @ Microcenter $19.99 after $40 MIR

    CM690 No free shipping ($17.10 for me) which may kill the deal, but you can do in-store pickup if your lucky enough to have a BM near by. MIR good thru 3/02
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    How do you prevent laser printer from killing UPS?

    I can't move the printer to a separate circuit. Will a line conditioner help? Or are there UPS that are designed to work with laser printers? Just looking for solutions... Thanks, L.J.
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    2g kit DDR $140.00 after MIR and Coupon

    Stolen from FW and likely a repost... 199.99 - 10.00 - 20.00 - 30.00 = $139.99 Use $20 coupon code: [code deleted] to stack with $10 instant PQI @ Newegg $30 MIR
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    Frys Antec P180 Black $70 after MIR

    Stolen from FW. One day only sale! Free Shipping! Black $109.99 - $40MIR = $69.99 Silver $119.99 - $40MIR = $79.99 Rebates valid 11/17 thru 11/23
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    Dedicated Printer for Stamps.com

    Hey, I was wondering what might be a good dedicated printer for use with stamps.com. Would the Samsung laser that's regularly in the Hot Deals section work OK? Ideally I'm looking for a laser that's cheap to operate and has a straight pass-thru for envelopes. Is there such a printer...
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    How can I improve fps when making FRAPS movies?

    I think I?ve put this in the correct forum? I can?t get playable fps (only 7-8) when making Fraps movies of BF1942/DC. BF1942 is a 3+ year old game and I think my system is powerful enough to get much better rates. I?ve emailed Fraps and haven?t heard back from them. Oppy 170 @ 2.6 2...
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    Socal Frys - Silverstone ST60F Modular PSU $120 OTD

    The PSU is $40 cheaper than Newegg. Frys Ad
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    beatin the heat in my P180

    I was having heat problems after upgrading to an A8N32 and x1900xt w/ an oc'd oppy 170 @ 2.6 Board and cpu load temps in the low 50s I tried switching 2 of my Yate Loons to 100cfm 120x38 Sanyo Denkes(undervolted with rheobus) for intake and exhaust. That basically fixed my heat problems...
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    Did I fry my Mobo?

    I think I just fried my mobo. There are 2 places to check vcore on my board. One of them is from a mosfet. I might of slipped with the probe and touched something I shouldn't have because my board shutdown and won't boot. When I turn on the PSU, the case fans "flinch", but thats it...
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    Need help trouble shooting problem

    My full specs are in listed in my sig., but components in question are: 500w Fortron Bluestorm (year old) X800XT Stock Speeds w/ V700cu (year old) Dell 2001fp I've been running this system for about a year and it's been very stable. In December I went from a 3200 winn to a 170 opp and...
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    XP sp2 won't even boot in safe mode

    Hi, This is my Dad's laptop that I get to try to fix :frown:. This is the error message when attempting to boot, even in safe mode. "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\CONFIG\SYSTEM" His notebook doesn't have an XP install CD...
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    Duel Video card questions

    Hi, Could anybody give me the "abc's" of running duel cards? I'm talking about the basics. Or maybe point me to a how-to. Do the cards have to be of the same source ie. ATI/Nvidia? Do you have to install 2 sets of Video drivers? Is running 2 cards problematic? This is for my...
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    Need some help with Ext Hard Drive

    It was easy enough to install and have already copied a drive image to it. My problem is that I can't boot or reboot with it "on" which is important if I need to use it for disk recovery. Is this normal? Or do I need to change something in my bios? Thanks
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    Help me choose: 1080AMG or Sonata

    Firt of all happy new year and here are my specs: MSI K8N Neo 2 NEW 3200+ Win NEW X800XT Kingston Hyper X kit: KHX3500K2/1G Audigy 2 2 Hdd 2 Opt 1 floppy I had a whole long list of pros and cons that I was going to write up, but it really comes down to which case would you prefer...
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    Questions about buying new RAM

    I built this system less than a year ago with alot of help from AT. I went with 2 sticks of 256 because I didn't think I would need any more, but things have changed. I'm shopping for 2 of 512 and have some questions. My mobo is an intel 845PEBT2 which supports PC2700. Its not really for...
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    "Other Devices" in Device Manager

    I just finished building my first system and seem to have everything working, except in the device manager I show a probem under "other devices". Its showing no driver installed for "Mass Storage Controller". What is this referring to? I don't know if its relevent, but I don't have any PCI...
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    Opinions on Norton SW and Personal FW

    Hi, I had System works and Personal Firewall on my old Win98 machine. I just put together a system with XP and I'm wondering if System works is even neccessary or advisable and is Zone Alarm a better solution than PF. Any opinions appreciated. Thanks, LJ
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    USB 2.0 Problems

    Hi, I just put together my first system (intel 845 PE w/ XP)and having problems with the USB. I think I connected the front panel USB header pins correctly and I'm not seeing any obvious problems in the Device Manager. 2.0 is enabled in the bios as well as legacy USB. I can't install the USB...
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    Memory Questions

    Hi, I'm putting together a computer, my first, which is going to be on a 845PE board. The 845PE supports PC2700(333). Is it better to use 1 stick of 512mb or 2 of 256mb? Is there any reason to spend a little more for PC3200? Is the Corsair CMX512-2700C2 the best memory I can get and more...