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    What Kind of Scam is This?

    Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me figure something out here. I listed my laptop for sale on eBay, and unfortunately didn't put any restrictions on it (i.e. ship worldwide, no buyer restrictions). Someone used "Buy It Now", and their address said they were in Florida (although their...
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    Looking for Opinions on eMachines T6524

    Hi all, I'm sort of in the market for a new PC, or at least thinking about it (I'm currently running a PC I built myself last year, but I'm having some software difficulty, and I think I'm not totally cut out to build another PC myself; I got really stressed out with installing the CPU...
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    My computer is freaking out...

    Hi all, Hope someone can help me out. I have a custom built PC with an MSI K8T Neo2 FISR motherboard, an Athlon 64 3400+ CPU, a GeForce 6800GT, and 1.5 gigs of Kingston HyperX memory. Running Windows XP Home SP2. Everything has generally been running pretty smoothly, but last night...
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    Will this setup with two wi-fi routers work?

    To explain my current setup. There are a few computers in my home network. My current router is a Linksys Wireless-G router. The computers are my main PC, which connects via a Linksys Wireless-G USB adaptor, and an older iBook, which is only able to connect at 802.11b (thus, I am running my...
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    System Rebooting Randomly

    Hi all, This has actually been a somewhat ongoing problem for me, but recently it has become even more frequent. It's getting to a point where 5 minutes after I've booted, the system will just mysteriously reboot sometimes. When Windows XP loads back up again, it gives an error saying...
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    No POST After Changing AGP Aperture Setting in BIOS

    Hi all, I have an MSI K8T Neo2 FISR motherboard, and am using an GeForce 6800GT 256MB video card (AGP) I have noticed an odd problem. My AGP aperture setting in the BIOS is currently set to 128megs. I was troubleshooting another problem with my system (essentially, every now and then...
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    System Can't Boot After Partitioning In Prep for Linux Install

    Hi all, I have a home-built computer with an MSI K8T Neo2 FISR motherboard and an Athlon 64 3400+. I have three hard drives in this system, a DVD burner and a DVD/CD combo drive. I had used PartitionMagic to create some partitions to prepare for doing a Linux install. I used...
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    Weird video problem....

    Hi all, I hope this problem makes sense. I have been having a problem for the past month or so where every now and then, the video resolution of my computer will basically just blow up (it essentially looks like the screen has been zoomed in tremendously, and the video appears interlaced...
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    Shadowing on my CRT just started....

    Hi all, I'm not quite sure how to explain this, but I'll do my best. I have an NEC MultiSync FE791SB 17 inch CRT (SuperBright Diamondtron) that I bought a couple of years ago. It's served me very well, and I've had no problems with it. If it matters, my video card is a PNY GeForce...
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    Various Issues After Installing New CPU, Cooling, etc. in my PC

    Hi all, I posted a little while ago with some problems I was having. First, it looks like it was in fact the CPU that was the problem. I bought an Athlon 64 3400+ with 1MB cache (socket 754) from someone here on the forums, and after installing it, my system booted up fine. Before it...
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    Bent Pins On Socket 754 A64 3200+

    Hi all, I had posted a while ago with some problems about my PC not posting after I did some ugprades (in particular replacing the stock AMD HSF with an XP-90 and Panaflo LB1X. Anyway, when I had originally removed the stock AMD HSF, the CPU came out when I removed it. At the time I...
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    Opinions on Mad Dog SurePower 600W BTX/ATX Smart Cable Power Supply?

    Hi all, Curious if anyone has any opinions on the Mad Dox Multimedia SurePower 600W BTX/ATX Smart Cable Power Supply: Click here for CompUSA's listing for it I saw some positive comments about the Mad Dog 550w PSU. This one seems to be on sale, $20 instant rebate and $30 MIR bringing...
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    PC Stuck After HW Upgrades....

    Hi all, I just finished doing some hardware upgrades, and my PC seems to not want to actually boot up now. To explain, my setup had been: Antec SLK3700BQE case with Antec 350w bundled PSU Stock 120mm Antec fan (the one bundled with it) MSI K8T Neo MB Athlon 64 3200+ with Stock HSF...
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    XP-90 Installation on K8 MB (MSI K8T Neo)

    Hi all, I figured I'd start a new topic on this now that I've got my hardware. My current setup is an MSI K8T motherboard in an Antec SLK3700BQE with an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ with the stock HSF. I just got a Thermalright XP-90 with a Panaflo LB1X fan. I'm wondering if anyone might be...
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    Cooling A64/MSI K8T based system....

    Hi all, I'm still pretty new at this, and I realize that I haven't done everything I can with my first custom built PC. I put together a system with an MSI K8T Neo2-FISR motherboard and an Athlon 64 3200+ CPU. It's in an Antec SLK3700BQE case and I'm also using a PNY GeForce 6800GT video...
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    My PC Is Automatically Rebooting Once Windows Loads Up

    Hi all, I think I must have done something really bad to my PC, and I'm hoping someone can help. First, my specs: MSI K8T Neo FIS2R motherboard AMD Athlon 64 3200+ PNY GeForce 6800GT Kingston HyperX (2x 512mb modules) Windows XP SP2 This is a PC I put together back in March (although I got...