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    OMG I can't believe they didn't do the Haka!

    The Welsh wanted the All Blacks to do the haka in between then anthems instead of after, but they disagreed and did one in the changing rooms before the game anyway to get themselves pumped.
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    Strange Computer Problem

    Hadn't thought of that, I'll check it but I doubt its the problem. The NB only has a passive heatsink and with no dust in it I can't see how it would be fine for a couple of years and then start playing up. I tried some other ram in the system and instead of memtest reporting errors it just...
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    Strange Computer Problem

    Been a bit busy lately but just got round to doing some more testing of the machine. At the moment it's failing memtest, but if it fails it again with known good ram, that would indicate faulty motherboard right? CPUs don't just go bad do they?
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    Strange Computer Problem

    I built a computer for a friend of my brothers a little over two years ago. He said something was wrong with it and I've had a look at it but I can't figure it out. When you turn it on it runs fine for a little while then hardlocks. Sometimes you can get it to turn on again by restarting but...
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    Difference between Thermaltake Tsunami and a Soprano?

    The Tsunami has an aluminium door on it compared to the Soprano which has a plastic door. The interiors are pretty much the same i think, maybe a few minor differences.
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    Some physics homework help plz

    Vf^2 = Vi^2 + 2ad (I think that's the right equation, going off memory) So 0 = Vi^2 + 2*-9.81*34.7 Vi = 26.1 m/s (That being the initial vertical velocity) So V^2 = Vx^2 + Vy^2 52.9^2 = Vx^2 + 26.1^2 Vx = 46.0 m/s At the highest point, Vy = 0 so Ke = 1/2*m*Vx^2 Ke = 1/2 *...
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    Physics prob.

    FriedPixel's answer seems right to me.
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    zen not working

    You can get into the diagnostics menu by pulling the battery out, holding the power switch on, then putting the battery back in. From there you can reboot the player, load firmware or format the machine which might help. I own a zen micro and they seem to sometimes play up like this.
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    I just bought a Canon Powershot s80

    New Zealand's awesome. In case you were wondering, that's where I live.
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    More Zen Micro Questions

    I've got a zen micro, but I'm not sure if there is a gap between tracks, I've never noticed it but haven't really been listening for it. My micro came with an AC adapter although I got mine in New Zealand about 4 months ago. It charges through the usb port though as well. Listening to an album...
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    Almost Had A Heart Attack

    Today when I turned on my computer the cpu fan stayed off for at least a minute, maybe 2 until it kicked in. I had IE open and stuff while the fan wasn't spinning. Must be because it's quite cold in my room these days, getting into winter.
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    Opinions on Creative Zen Micro

    I've got one and I think it's great. You can just drag and drop music once you have the drivers installed. And maybe it's because I haven't really listened to it using any other headphones but the bundled ones sound great to me and the sound quality can't be beaten.
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    Almost Had A Heart Attack

    Thanks for the replies, I figured it was something like smart fan and my room was kinda cold when I turned the comp on so that might be why I hadn't seen it before. It's not because of cool and quiet though, I haven't got around to setting that up yet ;)
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    Almost Had A Heart Attack

    I'm pretty sure it's normal but I've just never noticed it before. Computer: AMD Athlon 64 3200 (939) Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (nForce 4 Ultra) 1024 MB Kingmax DDR400 Gigabyte 6600 GT Seagate 160GB SATA HDD Audigy 2 ZS
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    Almost Had A Heart Attack

    Well I just turned on my computer and I was just looking through the window in the case and suddenly near the end of all the bios stuff loading the cpu fan turned off and stayed off until I got to my windows desktop! I've never noticed this before, is it normal? This shouldn't be a hard one to...
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    Enermax 485W

    I've got that same enermax psu, been great so far. Nice and quiet and is atx 2.0 spec.
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    IRQ not less then or equal error

    I've had computers with the same irql not less or equal error a couple of times and both times the ram has been at fault. Check the ram with memtest to confirm if it's the ram or not. But you've tried more than one stick so I'm not sure.
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    Dropped hard drive onto floor.

    I onced dropped a brand new seagate hard drive onto a concrete path as I was walking away after just buying it. It still worked fine (I think, it's in a friends computer I built for him and it still goes) although the drive was still in it's packaging which saved it I think. I'm just hoping the...
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    Small Computer Problem

    Thanks for the reply, I would be happy to reformat the drive to see if that fixed it but I can't really be bothered after installing lots of stuff. If it had been like a day or 2 after I first had the computer I'd give it a go but I think I'll just try and live with it unless anyone else...
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    Small Computer Problem

    I've had my new computer running now for about a week and a half and after ironing out a few troubles everything seemed to be fine. However I've discovered one problem, nothing serious but still annoying. Using programs like Everest and nTune the computer completely locks up but it runs...
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    GA-K8NF-9 BIOS

    I just got a Gigabyte K8NXP-9 nForce 4 Ultra board and you definitely don't need to install any raid drivers, just turn off raid in the bios. I was installing windows in 5 mins.
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    What's Going On?

    I would tell you but the problem came back again last night. I installed all the drivers off the hundred or so CD's. I installed the drivers for the wireless lan card last, as as soon as I was connected to the internet I updated all my virus definitions, then after restartingonce or twice the...
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    What's Going On?

    I think I figured it out, I had a virus of some sort. I just reinstalled windows again and loaded up Norton Internet Security straight away and so far I haven't had any of the same problems I had before. Fingers crossed it stays that way.
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    What's Going On?

    I've just finished building myself a new computer and I'm having a few troubles. Firstly one of my sticks of ram was faulty but i figured that one out myself and I'm just running with one stick atm. The problem is, whenever I install various apps, mainly virus scanner (coincidence?) and a few...
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    Nforce 4---Regular, Ultra or SLI?

    I'm going with an Ultra board, a Gigabyte K8NXP-9. It was supposed to be here a week ago but I've been told it should be arriving in the country Wednesday or Thursday, though I wouldn't be suprised if it was set back again. I couldn't be bothered going with an SLI board, if I upgraded to 2 video...
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    Hard Drive Dilemma

    I've used mainly WD hard drives for my builds with a few Seagates as well. Never had a problem with any of them, I even dropped a Seagate HDD onto a concrete path (It was still in it's packaging) and that one is still going fine. I'd tend to go with a Seagate though now with their longer...
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    What do you think of my new computer?

    Thanks for the quick replies. I found some info on that logitech desktop set with the mx1000, looks great, definitely worth waiting for. Any ideas on when it will actually be available? I'll probably have to wait another month after the US release until I can get it in New Zealand. I'll just...
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    What do you think of my new computer?

    I've been planning this computer for a while now, and I'll probably go ahead with it in a couple of weeks. But before I commit myself I was just wondering if there is anything you guys think I can improve on. I wont be overclocking, at least not until I think the system is too slow :P AMD...
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    Buying A New Laptop

    I've decided to save myself some cash and go with the dv1000, and I also think it's better value for money. The money I save will go towards my gaming desktop which I'm planning. Anyway my Dad whose helping me buy this wants to wait until early/mid january until we buy this, is there likely to...
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    Buying A New Laptop

    Thanks for all the replies, I think i'm getting closer to making a decision. At the moment i'm leaning towards the dv1000, and I've ruled out both the 700m and the toshiba. I read the 2 anandtech reviews on the 700m and the dv1000 and that helped me rule out the 700m. My Dad is being kind to me...
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    Buying A New Laptop

    Hi, I'm looking at buying a laptop for the first time probably before christmas but I can't decide on what to get. I'm looking for something portable, long battery life, definitely a centrino laptop. I'll be using it at university next year. Living in New Zealand the range of laptops i can get...
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    Can this be done?

    Thanks for the reply Monoman. I already have a wireless usb lan card thing, I won it in some gigabyte internet competiton.
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    Can this be done?

    I don't really know much at all about networking so I need some help. At the moment at home all our network consists of is two computers linked together with one cable, and one of those computers has an internal adsl modem in it for my internet connection which is shared between the 2. I am...
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    Need a new Athlon XP mobo, whats the best one?

    I own the Gigabyte 7N400 Pro2, the board your friend said. It's a good board, never had a problem with it though I haven't tried overclocking my XP 2600+. No soundstorm audio though so it's probably not the board for you, comes with pretty much everything else though.
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    New Computer Playing Up - Need Help

    My other computer just crashed twice with the questionable ram in it so I'm pretty certain that's the problem.
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    New Computer Playing Up - Need Help

    One thing I just noticed is that it is booting up quite slowly compared to my other computer, an athlon xp 2600+, 512mb of ram. I'm really stuck on what the problem is, maybe the motherboard is not the best, I don't really know. But like I said above, a friend of mine has exactly the same cpu...
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    New Computer Playing Up - Need Help

    I left the computer off overnight then when I came to turn it on this morning it came up could not find ntfs.sys again when trying to load windows. Instead of just moving the ram module to a different slot which seemed to fix the problem temporarily I swapped it with the ram in my other computer...
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    New Computer Playing Up - Need Help

    Event viewer? The computer hasn't missed a beat today. I installed the latest catalyst drivers and nvidia chipset drivers. I by no means trust the computer yet and seeing as I've built it for someone else I want to test it a bit more. If the problem only occurs when windows is first loading...
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    New Computer Playing Up - Need Help

    Any other ideas anyone?