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    Upgrade to Norhtwood 3.2- What my Best bet?

    My current system is as follows: Abit IC7-G P4 Northwood 2.4 OC'd to 3.0 ( stable) PC-2700 1 Gig I would like to pick up some processing horsepower for converting DV camcorder video and burning them to DVD. Question: Can I realize any significant increase in performance by upgrading to...
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    Intel 3.2 Prescott - Will PC-2700 Ram work ?

    Thanks much for the responses!
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    Intel 3.2 Prescott - Will PC-2700 Ram work ?

    I have 1 gig of pc-2700 corsair ram ( 2X512). Will it support a Presscott 3.2 CPU ? I.E. , is PC-2700 able to support the 3.2 speed of the CPU?
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    Samsung 710N-2 - 12ms 17" for $260?

    I have the Samsung 712N which I believe is the retail store equivalent to the 710N offered by NewEgg ( at least as best I could determine from the specs). It ois a great LCD- the VGA only connection is no problem for me. Last nite I played UT2004 and if was so much better than my old CRT-...
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    ATI A-I-W 9800 Gurus- Cable TV Connect & Interference?

    I may have found a solution- I plugged my monitor /PC / and TV cable thru a common surge protector. Read on another forum this suggestion that scrolling lines are often associated with interference with other appliance on different wiring circuits. The solution is toi make sur4e everything...
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    Anyone have an XFX 6800GT with zero problems?

    Mine was DOA- RMA'd back to Newegg for an ATI card. I know- stuff happens with electronics. Nonetheless, I was not too happy. At least Newegg let me return for another brand product ( despite being a return for same product only deal).
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    ATI A-I-W 9800 Gurus- Cable TV Connect & Interference?

    Installed my ATI 9800 Pro AIW card this week. Everything seems to be finally running OK except one thing. When the AIW is connected to my TV Cable I get some interference which result in the following: 1) Vertical scrolling band ( nearly trans[parent and very slow- but there) 2) My...
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    ATI 9800 AIW PRO- Why Am Getting Flicker over 60 Refresh?

    I solved the refresh rate problem - it's the TV cable into the ATI AIW card !! The TV cable does 2 things : 1) You can't go beyond 60 Hz without flickering 2) and related, there is a slow scrolling vertical band Simple solution- I disconnected the TV cable ( bummer) and am running 75...
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    ATI 9800 AIW Pro & Samsung 712N- Max Refresh Only 60??

    Hoping that by running at the rated 75Hz refresh rate that the scrolling vertical lines/bands would be reduced. I do not get these lines/bands on the other PC which runs great at 75 Hz. Is the video card bad / defective ? Everything seems to work on it. RESOLVED: Isolated the...
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    ATI 9800 AIW Pro & Samsung 712N- Max Refresh Only 60??

    I have 2 PCs at home - the Samsung runs at 1280X1024 at its rated 75 Hz on my wife's PC which runs an old Gainward GForce video card. The LCD is flicker free - no issues. On my PC running an ATI 9800 AIW Pro all I can run is 60 Hz. If I run 70 or 75 Hz my screen display flickers/pulsates...
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    ATI 9800 AIW PRO- Why Am Getting Flicker over 60 Refresh?

    I Recently got an ATI 9800 AIW PRO graphicks card and I cannot seem run it over 60 refresh rate. If I set to 70 or 75 the screen sorta flickers ( pulsates?) I tried several monitors - so something is weird. Can anyone please help me set this card - or tell me I have a defective card.
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    Electricity Issues- Got a Shock !

    electrical problems solved ! Electrician came to house and determined the wiring was indeed screwed up in the area of my house where my PC's run. Amazingly, for at least the past 15 years the wiring was screwed up majorly. The neutral and ground wires were crossed resulteting in a hot...
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    How to correctly install MB on Standoffs?

    It's the house ground wire on the rooms circuit- me thinks. When hooked up to another room - there's no problem with crazy voltage readings. I have scheduled an electrician for the am.
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    Electricity Issues- Got a Shock !

    The plug tester tester only tests the ground relative to the outlet (it ensures that, roughly, outlet 'hot' - outlet 'ground' = 120VAC). It sounds like your issue is that your outlet ground itself is hot, which needs to be fixed, preferably by a competent electrician. Thanks - I have an...
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    Electricity Issues- Got a Shock !

    Electrician is scheduled for early morning tomorrow. I totally agree with you- electricity can be a handfull when it's wired wrong.
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    Electricity Issues- Got a Shock !

    Believe I have isolated the problem to bad house wire grounding in my study. Tried another outlet with a long heavy duty extension cord - volvmeter is normal. Wonder why my plug tester shwoed my study plugs to be OK ?? Oh well- I will need to call an electrician.
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    How to correctly install MB on Standoffs?

    I do remember at some point we used to put nonconductive washers between the screws and the mobo, but havent done that in a while (either some manufacturers dont supply them or Ive been lazy :) ) I guess that would have an advantage as it will offer increased protection what was your problem...
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    Electricity Issues- Got a Shock !

    you might be measuring something unmeasureable and meter defaults try putting vom with one end in wall socket ground, other on metal case bottom of stereo receiver or something When I connect the ground to wall socked ground and positive to PC case I only get a small/ nominal ac volt...
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    How to correctly install MB on Standoffs?

    After building PC's for myself since 1995- I am dumbfounded by my electrical problem posted a few lines below. Someone suggested I check how my MB was mounted to the case for possible grounding issues. I have always mounted my MB using the supplied copper/bronze standoffs that screw on...
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    Electricity Issues- Got a Shock !

    Grounding problem to the case, almost certainly. Make sure you don't have any loose screws, etc. floating around in there (possibly wedged under the motheboard), and that you installed all the standoffs correctly. And are you measuring in AC or DC on that multimeter? Am measuring AC on...
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    Electricity Issues- Got a Shock !

    Bought a ground tester and all my plugs check out A'OK - the ground is working. Pulled a third PC out of the closet and powered it up. Ran the same test - volvmeter negative connected to grounded wire and positive to PC case. Voltmeter reads 120 volts. Yes- voltmeter set to AC. MB's...
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    Electricity Issues- Got a Shock !

    Got a shock ( electrical) working on my PC. Got my voltmeter out and connected one end to a ground and the positive to my PC and it read 120 volts( huh??). I tried same on other PC and read the same. Test the ground on my receptacles and the ground is OK/normal//working. I noticed...
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    Problems with new XFX GF 6600 GT Card

    Thanks- Glad to hear that my card is the exception out of thousand and thousands of happy customers ! Newegg will replace thru RMA with another and I should be good to go. I agree, anything electrical can arrive DOA.
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    Problems with new XFX GF 6600 GT Card

    No- as a long time loyal newegg customer I trusted the favorable buyer reviews. Guesss this may be my first real dissapointment in 13 orders with them. Well, I am stuck. hopefully the replacement will work.
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    Problems with new XFX GF 6600 GT Card

    It does boot into WIN2K - but there are weird groups of hash marks(dashes/artifacts). The artifacts/corrupt characters appear on the BIOS boot up prior to getting into the OS. Any other ideas ? Hope I did not screw up on getting this card- newegg only offers replacement of same card for...
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    Problems with new XFX GF 6600 GT Card

    Just received my XFX GF 6600 GT 128 MB Model PVT43AND Video Card from Newegg and installed it ( after removing all old video drivers). Problem is this- during BIOS boot up currupt characters appear on the screen. Once in WIN 2K the screen has strange tiny groups of dashes. Loaded new...
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    Gainward G3 Ti 450 - Any Need to Upgrade??

    I have a 64 Meg Gainward GeForce Golden Sam Ti/450 which is now a few years old. The rest of my system : Pentium 2.4C OcC'd to 3.0 1 Gig Corsair memory Abit IC7G MB I game a little ( UT 2003/2004; Half Life; Quake III) - but am not deep into gaming. Question any real noticeable...
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    Strange Monitor Behavior - Bad Video card ??

    The monitor ? I bought it in 1998.
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    Strange Monitor Behavior - Bad Video card ??

    It's not an artifacting problem. It seems to only occur while in Internet Explorer while surfing. It occurs on some sites and downsizing the viewing pane always cures it. I too am leaning towards a bad monitor ( or at least a monitor nearing the end of its life).
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    Strange Monitor Behavior - Bad Video card ??

    On ocasion while surfing the web my monitor screen image becomes unstable ( sorta vibrates/not clear). If I change from full window view to reduced window view it's crystal clear again. Same problem over three separate motherboards. Use Windows 2K. Have the tried the latest and various other...
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    Antec 430 Truepower voltage question

    FWIW - I just installed an ANTEC True Power 430 and here are my readings: 12 volt- average is 11.82 5 volt - average is 4.95 3.3 volt- average is 3.27 This with : Abit NF7S XP Mobile- 2600 Muschkin Green 512 ram /3200
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    Mobile XP 2600 - What are the Default BIOS Settings?

    Today I received from Newegg my Mobile XP 2600 with the following stepping : IQYHA 0348 SPMW From reading thru the many posts here, it appears I got a decent stepping for tweaking/OC'g. I have an Abit NFS7 2.0 MB and 512 of Mushkin greeen 3200 ram. Simple question to start out with : What...
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    Help Needed on O/C'g my P4 2.4 System

    Follow up on my own post: The issue was locking the PCI bus at 33 mhz ! Running my 2.4 P4 at 3.0 Ghz !! Both sticks of corsair at 167 FSB ; CPU/Dram at 1:1; default voltages(cpu and memory). Wow, sure was easy once I figured out to lock the PCI Bus. This BH7 loves to clock. Nate
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    BH7 - Overclocking -Resolved Running 3 Ghz !

    Follow up on my own post: The issue was locking the PCI bus at 33 mhz ! Running my 2.4 P4 at 3.0 Ghz !! Both sticks of corsair at 167 FSB ; CPU/Dram at 1:1; default voltages(cpu and memory). Wow, sure was easy once I figured out to lock the PCI Bus. This BH7 loves to clock. Nate Just...
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    Help Needed on O/C'g my P4 2.4 System

    Thanks ! Adjusted memory to 2-3-3-6 Set Vdimm at 2.65 Able to increase fsb to 140 - system fine. When set to 144 fsb system boots fine , but getting static from on-board (abit bh7) sound card. Any suggestions?
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    Help Needed on O/C'g my P4 2.4 System

    Memory: 2 sticks of 512MB Corsair DDR 333 XMS (CMX512-2700C2PT) Is my Corsair memory the problem?
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    Help Needed on O/C'g my P4 2.4 System

    Hey Guys, Been a while since I've posted here. Just built a new system as follows: Abit BH 7 MB Pentium 4 2.4/533 (BX80532PE2400DSL6EF/pack date 2-9-03) Retail Box and Heat sink Memory: 2 sticks of 512MB Corsair DDR 333 XMS (CMX512-2700C2PT) Gainward Golden Sample Ti/450 64MB 4.0nns Video...
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    Help! How to set AGP to Turbo Mode on Via 4-1 Driver Install

    I just installed a Gainward GeForce 2 pro/450 Golden Sample 64MG DDR Video Card. I am a bit dissapointed at my 3DMark2001 benchmark score of around 2,800. I have installed the latest4-1 Via Drivers for the MB and the most current NVidia drivers for the video card. No improvement with the new...
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    ALPHA PEP 66 W/DELTA FAN - POLLING RPM READINGS

    Hey Guys, Just curious - I have an Alpha PEP 66 w/Delta fan mounted to an AbitKT7-Raid Board. Motherboard monitor shows an rpm range of 5555 to 5770. What are you guys getting? Is my fan running fast enough?
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    whats your DURONS 800 voltage @?

    I am running my Duron 800 at 1000- stable as a rock and run 24/7 for a month now. I have the cpu voltage set at 1.725. It will run stably at 1.70, for good measure I have it at 1.725.