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    the cliche "what cpu/mobo/ram do i get?!"

    i'm sure you've all heard it a million times before, but alas, i ask you again. i've looked around at all sorts of boards and processors: socket 939, nforce4, sli, sata raid, dual-core p4s and dual-core athlons, htt, ddr2. that last time i did my "homework" i ended up with a setuip equivalent to...
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    safe fsb for an axp-m?

    my motherboard can apparently keep agp/memory running at the maximum frequencies supported, so i'm free to bump up the fsb, but am i looking at frying my axp-m with a 200mhz fsb? :o
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    command-line video card info tools?

    i've been search high and low for something equivalent to linux's nvclock to show video card frequencies from the command-line, to no avail. i even contemplated used c# to write some little console app to do the job, but a lack of any specific library to use in order to do this kind of stopped...
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    Windows saying I have an install dialog going, but I don't!

    Hard to see things with 16 colors, I apologize for the posting on tech. support. Windows says I can only install one device at a time, even though nothing is open that is an installer dialog. This on Windows 2000 SP4, attempted to install something via nVidia driver installer and Add/Remove...
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    Windows saying I'm installing something.. WHEN I'M NOT!

    Windows say I can only install one device at a time, even though nothing is open that is an installer dialog. This on Windows 2000 SP4, attempted to install something via nVidia driver installer and Add/Remove Hardware shortcut in the Control Panel. Please help, 16 colors @ 800x600 sucks :/
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    Do ATI PCI-E card work in an SLI setup?

    Why troll? It's a simple question, and you obviously have nothing to contribute.
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    New LCD (DELL E193FP) is killing my eyes

    and this is proof why LCD > CRT, and furthermore that 60hz on a CRT kills your eyes, trust me :/
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    New LCD (DELL E193FP) is killing my eyes

    a refresh rate of 60hz is good for killing your eyes ^_^
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    FX5200 and Radeon 7500 gone bonkers!

    Recently, I've had the misfortune of both my faithful Radeon 7500 and my newer FX5200 card pushing up daisies, so to speak. After the acquisition of my new AXP-M setup, it seemsed to take but a month of so for the FX5200 to die on me. It works up until you hit the actual win2k login, or until it...
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    ~$90 for a BFG 5900NU, worth it or not?

    well the guy selling apparently had an interested buyer on the hardforums, so now that I have my funds all pooled, hopefully that thing falls through, and I can pick up a good card for cheap ^_^ thanks for all the advice. I know that 5900U card is good, and opengl will be used (all the major...
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    ~$90 for a BFG 5900NU, worth it or not?

    I've seen some people ask what video card to get, and talk about ATI > Nvidia for upcoming (DX9) games. But, if I only had $90 - $100 to spend, would the 9600 Pro (the best radeon I can with my money, except for looking for people selling theirs) be better than a 5900 Ultra in any of todays...
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    reaching the cap with my axp-m?

    I've posted to some other threads, I've stumbled across a post which points to my motherboard being the reason I can't use a multiplier over 12.5x - but I've yet to see how I can unlock the multiplier cap without closing the L1 bridges, and the person who posted about my motherboard locking me...
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    Is the Epox 8RDA3I a complete wash? :(

    Is this board (or its parent series, 8RDA) a complete wash as far as overclocking for Athlon XP mobiles? It only supports 3 different FSBs (or 4, didn't see if there was a 100mhz option) and the multiplier appears to be locked (was told it was due to my motherboard, the thread is here) The...
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    Question about the XP-M 2400 and multipliers/FSB

    cutting or closing? :P
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    Question about the XP-M 2400 and multipliers/FSB

    my mobile is definitely locked at 12.5x(not locked to it, but locked from going any higher), and googling has confirmed (to an extent) that most xp's are locked into this multiplier cap without modifying the L1 bridges. i do, however, have an epox 8RDA3I which doesn't let me change the fsb to...
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    Question about the XP-M 2400 and multipliers/FSB

    the usual FSB is 166 i believe. since mobiles are locked to a 12.5x multiplier (i *believe*), to get anything over ~1.66ghz, you'd have to bump it from a 133mhz FSB to a 166mhz, but my knowledge on the subject isn't much, only had my xp-m a day or so, but they are very overclockable. my o/c...
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    reaching the cap with my axp-m?

    I recently got an Athlon XP-M 1.8ghz (was never good with the amd cpu numbering scheme heh.) and an Epox 8RDA3I. I have the cpu running 12.5x166 (2.083ghz) fine, ran Prime95 for hours, 35c load on air (stock amd hsf) but whenever I bump the multiplier up to 13.0x it reverts to 6.0x100mhz...
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    ccna and cisco routers

    Do yourself a favor, and take a good class at a local CC (community college), most of them are relatively cheap and have many of the needed routers/switches already availible to use. You learn 1/3 to 1/2 of the availible commands by just taking a book course (as far as I know) vs. taking a class...
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    Semi-large network How-To

    ghost the drives from a master one
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    Power concerns

    thanks for the response I remember I got this enermax for something like $20 during a nice sale at directron.com(i think that's the place), now all I can seem to find is $50+ 350w ones, it's probably worth it for having a stable o/c'd system, since mine has trouble running my games, but I'm only...
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    Power concerns

    I'm trying to figure out if I need a new PSU for a setup I am putting together. Currently I have a Enermax 350w with the following hardware: Epox 8K3A+ Athlon XP 2200+ (1.8ghz, wrong PR maybe) 768mb PC2100 DDR ram 40gb Maxtor 7200rpm HDD Generic 52x32x52 CD-RW drive nVidia fx5200 video card...
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    How does the brain retain information?

    if the brain is a bunch of grey matter or tissue or whatever, how does it HOLD information? does the tissue hold more water or air in it or something? or neuroreceptor things, is the electrical charge linked to a "human alaphabet", where the firing off of different voltages types out...
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    Bang for my buck.

    thanks for the replies/recommendation/explanation :) another question :x - would it be better to get a 35w chip or 45w chip? the 45w being 1.83ghz vs. the 35w 1.8ghz.
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    Bang for my buck.

    Does it support Athlon XP mobile CPUs? Since I can't drop alot on water cooling, it seems mobiles would be a better oc choice due to their low vcore/lower temperture, but I may be wrong. :P
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    Stepping code difference?

    I've read up on the XP mobile CPUs and it seems that all the high oc's (2ghz to 2.8ghz) are IQYHA. Are there any other good steppings? I've seen IQXEA and AQYHA on the NewEgg pictures. Are the Athlon XP mobiles good overclockers in general, with the exception of extreme overclockers like the...
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    Bang for my buck.

    Also, what is the deal with Athlon XP mobile CPUs? How are they better than a standard XP? Will I get more performance from a mobile vs. standard XP if the mobile is clocked to the same speed as the standard XP?
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    A very strange problem - S-L-L-L-O-O-O-W computer

    Try looking for the process that is at 100%, if it is a system process, it might be trying to finish its task. ie. One of my processes wouldn't stop eating up CPU cycles until my router came back online and finally gave the computer its IP address. If it's a regular program, try ending the...
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    Bang for my buck.

    I'm looking for a stable and cheap motherboard - Socket A, DDR, no RAID or anything. I'm also looking for some cheap ram that can clock pretty good. I'm not looking for a godly overclock, but something away from the 136mhz my crappy setup can push out. Also, AGP 8x would be nice. I've tried...