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    CPU thermal pastes

    Hi all I read somewhere that the temps of a cpu drop few celsius after around 7-8 days after thermal grease is applied. Is this true? I'm just wondering because I switched my cpu to a new mb and the load temps seems around 4-6 celsius higher than before. ( from 42 -> 48 celsius with...
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    InstallShield Wizard doesn't work properly

    InstallShield Wizard doesn't allow patching any of my games because it doesn't see that they are installed. It just tells me that I don't have the game installed and that I need to install it. Is there anyway to fix this? It wouldn't be nice not to be able to patch my games :( (Tried patching...
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    Vista audio problems [SOLVED]

    As you can see from the summary, everytime I start the computer my AD1986A SoundMax drivers inform me that the audio configuration has changed and that I need to reinstall the drivers. This is probably due to the fact that the drivers are in beta but anyone have any clue on how to stop it doing...
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    Half-Life 2 Episode 2 Screenshots

    Screenies Looks decent but after the Crysis shots nothing remarkable
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    Opera 9 Released

    Normal Downloads Torrent Downloads Windows Changelog Macintosh Changelog Linux Changelog FreeBSD Changelog Solaris Changelog
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    Bad RAM because of motherboard?

    So I've had some memory problems with my comp. I've got 4 bad sticks of RAM in less than month. This makes me think there is something else wrong with my computer which results in bad RAM. My main suspect is the A8V-E Deluxe motherboard I have. Can it be the reason for my bad RAM sticks?
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    Shappire X1600 pro problems

    First problem is that with Guild Wars my computer just restarts itself randomly. It might take 15 minutes for my computer to restart or 1½ hour. Doesn't happen in other games. Driver issue? Or some other issue? Another issue is that sometimes after exiting DoD:S half of icons in desktop and in...
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    what song in this commercial

    Alright, could someone tell me what song is in this commercial. My sister wanted to know and I didn't recognize this so I hope someone here will recognize the song :) The Commercial
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    Asus Extreme N6600 Silencer temperature

    Anyone using this card here? If someone has this card care to post temperatures? And if someone would posts some tips how to make the card run cooler 'cause I think I have a "little" problem with my temps...or what do you think of idle temperature of >60c. And I tested by playing Vampire the...
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    SAV question

    What is the path I should put to the Antivirus Program Path in ZipGenius 6 so that it scans it while opening a archive? Or do I have to manually scan each file? EDIT: Also, do I need to put any additional parameters in ZipGenius for the antivirus?
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    Can I download DOD:S?

    Can I download DOD:S through Steam without extra cost if I buy HL2 Game of the Year edition? Or do I have to get a credit card just to get DOD:S
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    Sygate + Windows Update

    FIXED
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    Microphone problems solved

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    Ad-Aware SE not working anymore

    Ad-Aware scans all the way until it comes to C:\Windows\System32\ShellExt where it gets stuck. This problem has only started after upgrading to 1.06. Happens even on fresh install of ad-aware. Does anyone know how to fix this or do I have to go back to use 1.05?
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    GeForce 7800GTX Review

    The Review If you don't understand chinese just use babelfish
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    ntsrv.exe - how to remove? *SOLVED*

    So how to remove it? Norton doesn't pick it up so how can I remove it? EDIT: Problem solved. Thanks for everyone who helped me
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    Cost of GPU

    How much does it cost for NVIDIA/ATI to make their GPU's? Not R&D costs or anything like that, but just how much it propably costs to make a single core?
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    Monitor - broken?

    My monitor is doing some weird stuff. For one, 85 Hz looks as bad as 60 Hz. It hurts my eyes to watch this god damn thing. And secondly, it only works 1024x768x32 resolution. I can't switch the resolution! It looks like it doesn't anymore support other resolutions.. So the question is, is my...
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    Microsoft Antispyware Public Beta Released

    Microsoft Antispyware Tested it, just GIANT Antispyware renamed and some features removed in Advanced Tools.
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    Half-Life 2 DVD question

    err...is the Half-Life 2 DVD+R or DVD-R? I gotta ask this 'cause my DVD-drive supports only DVD+R. Don't shoot me if this is a dump question :)
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    NIS2K5+Service Pack 2

    Well, Microsoft today released Service Pack 2 for Finnish XP so I downloaded it and installed. Everything was fine until I tried to visit sites. It couldn't go. Only after I disabled Norton Internet Security 2005 (yep, bought the english version :) I like programs to be in english rather than in...
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    Mandrake - System Requirements?

    So, I would like test Mandrake but what are the system requirements for it? For the newest Mandrake Linux 10 of course
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    NIS2004 - Problem with virus scan

    I've gotta a little problem with NIS2004. When I'm scanning the whole system it stops when it reachs a certain point. It says this: "Norton AntiVirus cannot complete virus scan because of an serious error" (the text might be different in English, I'm using Finnish version). I observed it by...
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    Microsoft granted patent for douple-click

    This was at Neowin
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    The Inquirer speaks of nvidias next driver for 6800U

    The Inquirer But now for the good part: So, looks like we should expect 30% faster drivers soon :D
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    Apparently THG leaked X800XT and PRO review

    Crap....did not notice the other post :D sorry guys....
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    Forceware 61.11 Drivers Windows XP/2000

    Spotted this on Futuremark forums: NVIDIA has a new driver for the GeForce 6800 series -- version 61.11. Compared to the 60.72 driver, this new driver features: Around 5% boost in Aquamark Around 5% boost in X2 performance Around 5% boost in Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness performance Around...
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    nVidia ForceWare 60.72 Leaked w2k/XP

    Neowin News Direct Download Link
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    Word 2002 shutting down.......

    When I try to use my Word 2002 it shut downs immediatly. What is the reason for this? BTW, I've found out that if I put Word to ask what to do with Macro's it will not shut down but will bring a message "Word could not be shutted down" (managed to get to word by using microsoft troubleshooting...
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    NV40 will have full sixteen pipelines according to The Inquirer

    Well, The Inquirer has posted that NV40 will have full sixteen pipelines.........if it would be so nvidia would easily take the performance crown away from ATI. But remember, The Inquirer is behind this so it propably is totally wrong :P Linky
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    Site where you can grow weed! (not real of course)

    Post one more recruiting link like that again and your account will be permanently locked. AnandTech Moderator
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    My friend and his GeForce 5700Ultra

    Well, my friend bought an GeForce 5700U and now he has problems with it. When trying to play games (Vice City, COD, KOTOR) the computer would just stop responding and he needs to shut it down in order to get it working again. Only one game works with him (NFSU) His specs are these: AMD Athlon...
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    ForceWare 53.30 Leaked

    This time Dell has leaked them! Go to Neowin and download them! Only for W2k&XP
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    FTP not working!

    well my problem is that I cannot download files or go to FTP servers; I cannot download files from FTP servers using browsers (and no, no FTP program helps me) :( where's the problem? I have Norton Internet Security 2003 (should not be the problem; worked fine when I installed this) and Windows...
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    ForceWare 52.70 Leaked

    Guru3D has got ForceWare 52.70 available to download. They obtained them from MSI Live-update so if you like to test leaked drivers go and get these ForceWare 52.70
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    Hexus 9600XT Review with a suprise with it!

    Hexus tested the new 9600XT with NV36!!!!!! And at least the NV36 is a great overclocker! The 9600XT reached 591.30Mhz(core) and 334.80Mhz(memory as you would guess) Linky
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    Can't defrag hard-drive!!!!

    Always when I try to defrag my hard-drive it quits before its finished! it goes to 16% then it jumps to 100% and says "Your hard-drive is defragged" But it hasnt defragged it! What's the problem? I am using WinXP Home Edition SP1 with all of Windows Update updates
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    About nVidia and Det 50

    User Balderdash posted in Tom's Hardware forums quite interesting stuff regarding FX-series and Det 50 Hopefully this will be true and all the people who have bought FX will be able to play DX9 games EDIT: Also here's the Link
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    Getting Radeon 9600np

    Well I finally decided replace my good old Geforce 2 MX/MX 400 with Radeon 9600np and I have one question: I have heard that even if you un-install Detonators from the Add/Remove Programs they still leave some traces to computer; is it true? if it is please give me a link to a program that I...
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    Word 2002

    Okay I need to know the how to make Word 2002 to create Normal.dot file which has been deleted somehow