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    Dual Ethernet Question

    OK, this may sound like a strange/stupid question. I have two PC's with onboard ethernet (10/100) and PCI Gigabit ethernet cards. Since I'm a moron, I got Gigabit cards without Wake On LAN support. My question is: Can I use both cards on the same network, the Gigabit for the speed and...
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    Help with Laptop Problems

    My wife's laptop has had trouble booting for a few weeks. If it decides to boot, it takes 5-10 minutes to get to the logon screen. I tried chkdsk, but it looked like it was going to take about a week to finish. I tried to repair Windows (XP Pro) and it helped some. Now it at least boots, but...
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    Help, WHS just died

    Looks like the motherboard unfortunately. I tried with none/one/both of the memory sticks and no beeps or anything. The other thing that I noticed is that my USB keyboard/mouse combo does not seem to be getting power from the motherboard. Thanks for all the help! Looks like its time to hit...
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    Help, WHS just died

    OK. I tried a few tests. I tried a different CPU and a different power supply. Still the same. No beeps and no video signal. I did remove the memory and boot again with no beeps. At this point I guess everything points to the motherboard. Jack, I agree about investing in old technology...
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    Help, WHS just died

    I just converted the wife's old PC to a Windows Home Server machine and it worked fine for a few weeks. The other day I noticed that it was "offline" from my other PCs. It was still powered up, lights on, fans running, HD running, but no network connection and no video (from onboard vga). I...
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    Updating to Wireless N

    Why upgrade? Well, partially because of the new laptop, partly because I need something to put on my X-mas list, and partly because I like getting electronic gadgets. I also understand that everything is draft N until the final standard is released. It appears though that firmware updates...
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    Updating to Wireless N

    I'm getting a new wireless N router and will have one laptop with a N card, but another laptop with a G card. I've heard that N routers don't perform well in mixed mode, so should I set the N as the router in N mode only and use the old G router as an access point? Any tricks to doing this?
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    PC Shutdowns/Reboots

    I built a PC for a friend and he has a lot of random reboots. This sounds like overheating to me, but now the PC will only boot into safe mode. The fact that it wont boot into windows at all makes me think maybe bad hard drive sectors. Does it make sense that in safe mode it would not reboot...
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    20" Monitor Questions

    So is the reason the resolution doesnt show up is because I dont have the monitor driver? I do have the latest nvidia drivers (or close to it).
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    20" Monitor Questions

    I'm thinking of getting a couple 20" WS monitors for the GF and I. A couple questions. I have a BFG Geforce 6800 OC video card. Will it support 1680x1050? I don't see it as an option when I go to display properties. Do I need the driver for the monitor installed before that resolution will...
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    Buy or Build

    I'm debating on weather to build or buy for a friend. I always build my own, but I'm seriously thinking about having him just buy. The budget is around $500 w/o monitor or around $700 with monitor. He is NOT computer savy, and lives a few hours away from me, so giving him any tech support is...
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    New build MB questions

    I'm looking at building a new PC for a friend of mine. Looking to go pretty cheap. I'm thinking about using onboard video, either the 6100 or 6150 chipset. I have an old GF Ti4200. Is this worth using? Is the onboard just as good? Any recommendations for a motherboard in the $60-70 range.
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    Dead Ethernet on Abit NF7-S

    The drivers appear to be OK. When I try ipconfig, I get An internal error occurred: The request is not supported. I get the same error with the onboard ethernet or the PCI card. I did disable the onboard lan when I added the PCI card. Thoughts??
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    NF7-S problems

    About a week ago my onboard ethernet stopped working. I tried to put in a PCI network card, but it doesn't work either. Does this make sense if the northbridge chipset (or southbridge) failed? Anything else I can try? If I have to replace it, is there a better choice or should I just get...
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    Dead Ethernet on Abit NF7-S

    About a week ago my onboard ethernet stopped working. I tried to put in a PCI network card, but it doesn't work either. Does this make sense if the northbridge chipset (or southbridge) failed? Anything else I can try?
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    Floppy drive question

    Thanks guys. Thats what I thought, but I wasn't sure.
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    Floppy drive question

    I've built probably a dozen PC's, but I've never used a case that looks like the floppy drive is built in (see below). How do they work? Does a normal floppy drive just fit in behind it or is there a special type of drive to use? Look at me
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    HELP - Laptop replacement hard drive questions.

    My laptop's (Dell Inspiron 8000) hard drive just died. Are all laptop hard drives interchangeable these days? Can you update to a faster rpm drive? Mine was 4200 rpm, but it looks like most of them are 5400 rpm or faster now. Anything else I should know?
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    Strange HD Problems??

    Anyone???
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    Strange HD Problems??

    My HD has been acting strange lately. It is a WD 200 GB SATA drive, and is my secondary drive. When I navigate through folders on the drive, it acts fine. When I delete any files or right click (to rename, look at properties, etc.) there is about a 5 second delay and the MS hourglass shows up...
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    Biostar M7NCG 400 Questions

    I'm thinking of using this MB for my girlfriends computer, but I had a couple of questions. It is rated for PC2700. Can I use PC3200 memory at 333 fsb? I always thought that you could, but I've heard that the M7NCG 400 is very picky about memory and wont work with PC3200. Is this true, or...
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    What is the best software for backing up cd/dvds?

    What does everone use to make backups of game cd's or dvd's? I tried nero 6 to backup my Call of Duty, but I get a Copyright Error.
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    I need to get past Windows NT Login

    If you want the whole story, here it is. Our company does supervisory systems (ifix, iconics, etc.), and we save everything on a dedicated hard drive and pack them away until we need them. The engineer who did them quit. I am not the boss, but I'm left holding the bag.
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    I need to get past Windows NT Login

    No I don't have the admin password. I googled and found a couple of methods, but I was hoping someone here had done this before and had some recommendations.
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    I need to get past Windows NT Login

    I need to get into a former employees computer running Windows NT, but I have no idea what the password is. Is there a way around this?
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    I need some motherboard suggestions

    I am updating my girlfriends PC and need some MB suggestions. My plan is to use a XP2400M processor and probably 512MB of PC3200. I would like a motherboard that has everything built in if possible (LAN, Audio, & Video). If I could get it to run at 11x200 I would be pretty happy. I was...
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    Onboard or AGP Graphics card

    Why do you say that about 2 sticks of memory? Is there a problem with running a single stick of 512MB-PC3200 vs. 2x256MB-PC3200?
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    Onboard or AGP Graphics card

    I'm piecing together another system for a friend. I have an Athlon 1700 and an older (3-4 years) MB (cant remember what kind off the top of my head) but the video card is ancient. It came with my origional P2-300 system!!! (I think its a 4MB Rage128 AGP card). Anyway, since I need to replace...
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    Is my 3dMark03 correct?

    I ran 3dmark2003 last night. I got 5454 and 5605 (after I updated the drivers). I have an ATI 9800 Pro. I also have Abit NF7-S, Athlon XP-M @ 185x11, and 1GB PC3200.
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    Possible dumb question

    Is there a way to look at the IRQ settings in Windows? Or do I have to check during boot up? OK, I found it already. If you go to device manager and view by connection, you can see all of the device IRQ's. Now for the next question. My Santa Cruz, SATA controller, and USB host controller...
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    Slow boot times

    My boot times are extremely slow when my secondary hard drive is connected. My primary HD is a SATA 80gig WD. I'm using the NF7-S SATA controller. My secondary drive is an 80gig IDE WD. With just the primary connected, everything seems fine. I was using the Serillel adapter on my secondary...
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    Now I need a Mid Range card

    Thanks everyone for the input on my previous post about a cheap video card. Since I waited until the last minute, I think that I will have to give my friend my Gainward GF4 Ti4200, and then buy myself a new card (never a bad thing!!). So, the new challenge is to find the best one. Are any of...
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    Best DIRT CHEAP video card

    I am building a PC for a friend of mine, and I have everything but a video card. The PC will have a Athlon XP2000+, 512 PC2700, 80 Gig HD, CDR and DVD. He is about as computer literate as my dog, so it doesnt really matter what I get for him, but I'm sure he would like to play as many games as...
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    Anyone else have problems with the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz?

    After I install the drivers, it works ok, but as soon as I make another change - hardware and/or driver, the magical BSOD re-appears. I have tried both the 4161s and 4193 drivers. I keep getting stop code 0x0000008E and then it calls out tbcwdm.sys as the problem.
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    Where can I download updates for Win XP pro

    Thanks, that's what I was looking for!
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    Where can I download updates for Win XP pro

    Is there a place where I can download all of the updates for win xp instead of using automatic updates. I would like to make a cd where i can have sp1 and the current updates????
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    Hard Drive Questions

    Am I the only one with a hard drive around here?
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    Hard Drive Questions

    I can't seem to get my Serillel adapter to work. I have a WD 80 gig SATA drive running as my primary drive. My secondary drive is a WD 80 gig SE IDE drive. It works fine when I connect it with the IDE cable, but my system doesn't seem to recognize it when I use the Serillel adapter. Any...
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    Stupid quesiton

    All of the sys tray icons are gone. When I go to the taskbar properties, the "Hide inactive icons" box is unchecked and grayed out. I've never seen this before.
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    More XP Crashes! Please help!

    AH HA!! Thanks!!!! I didn't know you could disable the auto reboot. This would have been helpful last week. LOL. I'm getting stop code 0x0000008E. and then it calls out tbcwdm.sys, which is the driver for my Turtle Beach sound card. I will try to resolve this tomorrow. Its late. Thanks again!