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    Will This Fit??

    will this case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811182566 fit this mobo http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/P3/HE-SL/370DE6-G.cfm it's a gigantic mobo, and after buying one case (a standard case not a rackmount) and not having it fit i want something...
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    ATI drivers and slackware 10.1

    nope its a radeon 9600pro, single card, i believe i need the proper radeon drivers to get it to drive both monitors as one big desktop... also thank you so much for that link to that slackware package, i didnt even think of that i'll let you know what happens
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    ATI drivers and slackware 10.1

    Hey guys i'm having a bit of trouble installing the newest linux radeon drivers from ati's site on my install of slackware 10.1. I've used swaret to update to current and i've compiled a new 2.6.11 kernel with agpgart as a module along with the module for my appropriate chipset if this helps...
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    Two Linux Questions - Firefox and profiles and Mouse

    hey guys, i've got a two linux questions so i hope you guys can help me out! 1. i have a logitech mx500 mouse and i would like to know how to make all of the buttons work, i managed to get the scrollbar working but the other buttons are all recognized as just the 3rd mouse button, its driving...
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    Linux problems HELP

    Thanks for your help guys. Linux is... well, different, but I'm picking it up. :D
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    Linux problems HELP

    I just installed Slackware 10, and I have some questions... First off, how can i install firefox so it WORKS! I did all that tar -xzvf firefoxblah blah ./firefox-installer stuff, but after i install and browse to the directory in a terminal and type firefox it says it cant find the command.. If...
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    Partitioning For Linux/Slackware and some other questions

    Thats what I would think too... But I cant do much in the way of using a different CD-rom drive, since this is a laptop and all.... WinXP installs fine, and is already on there, No errors copying any files during that install... Thing is, can I make that 1 gig fat32 partition house my /home...
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    Partitioning For Linux/Slackware and some other questions

    I know there are some very good linux guys here so I think this should be a very easy question. How should I partition my disk for linux? 6 gig disk broke down like this: 2 gig for winxp 1 gig for a "Storage" partition, I wanna make it pat32 so linux and windows can both reliably read/write to...
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    Windows can be so wierd sometimes

    But it shows when i click the little icon in the sys tray... every single time. its not like that with the other icon.
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    Windows can be so wierd sometimes

    Here's a question that I hope someone can answer. When I go to my network connections folder and double click on my LAN connection, it should display the status of my connection. It doesn't do anything. When i right click my LAN connection and select status it does nothing. The only ways I can...
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    Is this RAM gonna work for me?

    So: Don't waste the cash? There is no dual channel ram packs form crucial (by the way i know its more of a gimmick than a necessary thing) and if i buy 2 of thier 512mb sticks it's gonna cost more than the OCZ. All that money? the reason i'm thinkin of getting this ram is BECAUSE it's cheap. I...
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    Is this RAM gonna work for me?

    well i linked to pc3500 in fact, and i was asking is if it will work ok in an nforce2 chipset motherboard, since it says everywhere that its optimized for those intel chipsets.
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    Building My First Computer

    Just wanted to say, don't bother getting some crazy raid array, The performance gains are nill and you double your chance of losing data.
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    Building My First Computer

    go get yourself a nice socket 939 athlon64 and at least a gig of ram... with that kinda budget and all those components taken care of already, I would even take a look at 2 gigs.... As far as a vid card goes, I would say GeForce 6800GT, but that's my opinion, you might hear otherwise from other...
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    Is this RAM gonna work for me?

    anyone?
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    Is this RAM gonna work for me?

    its still cheaper than kingston. I have hyperX in my computer now and love it, but i want more ram and the hyperx is gonna run me 300 or more I wanna know if this OCZ stuff will work for me, It's more in the price range i'm willing to spend
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    Is this RAM gonna work for me?

    From what I keep reading, these sticks are said to be "optimized" (whatever that means) for the Intel i865/i875 chipsets. Will that mean bad stuff for me on the nforce2 front?
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    How loud is a raptor?

    I have a 36 gig raptor and its not very loud at all, Its quieter than some other WD drives I have.
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    Is this RAM gonna work for me?

    Hi. I was wondering what you guys think about this ram http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-950&depa=0 I know its OCZ and I know people have problems with the company, but I'm more concerned with how it'll perform. After being burned twice by geil ram, i'm not...
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    Give me your Suggestions for OS

    Does anyone have any experience with alternative shells for windows? Maybe I should make a thread asking that specific question....
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    Why did they have to make the BSOD so ugly? (poll)

    Not to hijak your thread, but how many times have you guys actually seen a BSOD on XP? I've seen it 0 times total, honestly. I've also seen that error message for OSX 0 times, even though the machine seized up like a corpse on me countless times. :) Explorer can get pretty screwy, but i can...
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    Give me your Suggestions for OS

    anybody?
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    Give me your Suggestions for OS

    OK, here's the deal. I'm getting this laptop, a thinkpad 570 with a pentium II 366 and 128megs of ram. What OS do YOU think I should run on it? I want to surf the web, use an instant messaging client, maybe listen to some mp3's over a network, stuff like that. Nothing heavy duty at all. So...
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    New Thermaltake Case

    It might rip off the exterior of the wave master, but it is an antec on the inside, kinda like the SLK3700 series, and that is a good thing, much nicer IMO than the Coolermaster.
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    Anyone tried SkyOS?

    Well, I don't think that my experiences with the OS will encourage you any. The website looks like it has undergone some redesigning, and as of now you can't dl anything... but a few months back 1-2 at the most, I dled thier old "live CD." It was less than impressive. I don't know if the...
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    Anyone tried SkyOS?

    No. Apple is not porting Mac OS X to x86. What I'm sure you are speaking about is PearPC. It is a software emulator for the powerPC architecture. It is not a port, and it will never be fully usable, at least not anymore than virtualPC or VMware is. Remember, it's emulation, not a port. A port...
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    Watercooling questions

    I'm gonna set up a watercooling system this summer in my comp. I have a few questions about what i should do... 1. If i want to cool the northbridge and the CPU, in what order should i set up the system, pump -> rad -> cpu blah blah 2. What mixture of water/additive should you use, and what...
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    Question on Macs

    Lt. Page: Gaiming on a Mac is a Joke. Most games never make thier way to Mac, it's just a fact. Windows is the only viable platform for gaming. End of Story. Sorry about misunderstanding you about what you were saying, I read these things late at night. Drag: When I say the XP box would be...
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    Question on Macs

    Well, my issues with the quicksilver g4's cannot be explained away as just a hard-drive error (even if that was the case) because when you pay a premium for a Mac and it's supposed rock solid OS X you want it to work. I would end up doing the same work on my athlon tbird 900 mhz and get done...
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    Question on Macs

    Just so you know, this is neither the time nor the place for trolling. However, I worked with OS X, I worked with quicksilver G4's. Aren't they supposed to be good? My computer would freeze at least 2 times a day. It would just lock. And nothing would respond, I usually had to pull the plug from...
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    Question on Macs

    Just to let you know, you're facts are a bit wrong here. The Origional iMacs were the ones that had the bubbly case, computer and the crt all as one part. The eMac was a special "education" Mac released for schools that had a flat CRT as opposed to a normal rounded CRT but the same formfactor...
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    Will MS ever add tabbed browsing to Internet Explorer

    As long as it's a feature that you can turn on or off, what would be so bad? Having them would make a lot pf people happy, and you could turn them off.
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    Will MS ever add tabbed browsing to Internet Explorer

    I can't live without tabs, and only tabs the way that mozilla does them. Those front end programs never give the right feel. For example, when I tried Avant and slimbrowser myIE2 etc, they all did that thing when a site is just getting ready to load and the whole browser pauses for a second. I...
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    User Accounts - XP PRO

    there is an easier way I can't believe no one ever seems to know this. When you install .net it creates a .net user account that doesn't show up in the welcome screen.. Just delete the acocunt and it will log you on like it used to.
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    [WinXPpro] AVI files crashing explorer.exe

    bad codec or bad avi.... if it's only that video its prolly just corrupted... and when winXP tries to preview it it craps out... try switching view to detals and going to the folder... that worked for me once
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    Installing Winxp on a 300celeron, bad idea?

    Like others have said, XP will boot faster and be overall faster than win2000... 2000 takes forever to load... XP is nicer :D
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    Installing Winxp on a 300celeron, bad idea?

    I think it can be done... Just strip winXP down to the core... No themes... no menu fades... don't show contents of a box while dragging... anything to free up resources...
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    Evil Loop Installing XP from CD

    Let it boot from the cd ONE time... The first time it asks you say ok and let it boot... When the computer restarts it will see the cd again and ask if you want to boot from it... Just let it pass... Make sure the hard drive is set as the second boot drive. Just boot off of the cd ONCE then...
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    WindowsXP SP2 Info...

    Is this thing out yet? I know you guys are dling it and installing it, but is it official yet?
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    help a noob do a fresh install

    Backup everything (but you knew this, right? RIGHT?? :D ) Then put the windows cd in the drive and restart the computer. If your computer doesn't go to the windows installer then make sure your computer is booting from the cd. To do this you need to go to the bios (you can get there on most...