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    Windows XP Updates and Performance

    It's just a few services that I know definitely aren't needed. (e.g. DNS client, distributed link, etc.) I'm planning on adding another 256Mb of RAM, which is actually quite pricey as compared to prices of DDR2. However, I just have a nagging feeling that it won't help that much seeing as...
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    Windows XP Updates and Performance

    I went to 'fix' a relative's computer the other day, I say 'fix' very loosely as there was little wrong with it. Anyway, the main issue is that it's an oldish machine (Intel Pentium 4 using PC133 SDRAM), but from what saw, it was using Windows XP Home Edition that probably came installed on...
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    Should I upgrade Athlon64 3200+ to Intel Core2Duo or Athlon x2?

    I think I'm pretty well qualified to try answer the question. I went from AMD AthlonXP (2.2GHz) / 1GB to Athlon64 (2.4GHz) / 1GB to Opteron 165 (2.8GHz) / 2GB and now to Intel Q6600 (3.4GHz) / 4GB. All of the overclocked, I odn't know if that floats your boat or not though. What I will say is...
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    (Internet stream) Radio 'PVR' (or 'PAR') software recommendation

    I guess I didn't explain it properly. Have you ever used a TIVO? Where you can 'pause' a live broadcast and then resume from where you left off. That is essentially what I'm after for the live radio stream. I can't see it as being too hard to do particularly and I'm puzzled as to why there...
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    (Internet stream) Radio 'PVR' (or 'PAR') software recommendation

    As the title suggests, I'm looking for some software that can let you pause a live internet radio stream (MMS stream). That is, it'll resume from exactly where it left off, say if I have to leave the room or something. Right now, I can use something like HiDownload to download the stream as...
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    Want to drive 5/6 displays at once

    Hi, I have a little project to work on and it involves driving a minimum of 5 displays at once, possibly 6. - Four displays will be at 1366x768 I believe (they are LCD TVs) (all connected vi DVI -> HDMI) - One will be your bog standard monitor (anything up to 1650x1050 / 1600x1200)...
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    Video Card Manufacturers

    The only real tangible difference between video card manufacturers these days are it's after-sales policy.
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    Help with Partition strategy for 3 Hard Drive System

    Surely it would make the most sense to put all the swap files on the fastest drive...? (i.e. The Raptor)
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    What are the chances... notebook survival...

    Was it on? Hard drives can take a fair amount of shock when they aren't on. The symptoms do sound like a bad hard drive though. Have you made sure that the RAM (if it's in a slot) has been seated back ok?
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    Seagates sata 300Gb 7200.09 retail or 320Gb 7200.10 oem Same price Which one?

    I've heard the exact opposite. Can't remember where though.
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    Is there anyway to migrate all your installed apps to a new system without having to manually reinstall them all?

    The only way to achieve what you want is to make an automated install disc that installs Windows and then after it 'silently' installs the drivers and applications. You still have to make the disc the first time though, which can be time consuming.
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    What is the thinnest 1Gb USB drive money can buy?

    The thinnest and smallest solution I think is a SD Card with a built in USB bit. Check on out here: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0501/05010606sandisksdflip.asp and http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/05021902sandisk_ultraiiplus.asp
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    noiseless solution: laptop vs oem desktop vs custom build

    Read up at http://www.silentpcreview.com Pick the right parts and you'll end up wiith something quiet.
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    Encrypting a flash drive.

    That's what I meant. It's also the whole point of having encryption on a flash drive - if I can't take it about and use it on other computers (without admin privileges) then it's pointless.
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    Imaging of IBM Laptops...

    You could try asking your question on The thinkpad forums (forum.thinkpads.com) they have a lot of people there that might be able to help you with your problem.
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    Imaging of IBM Laptops...

    Are the R60e's using SATA HD's? If they are, check that the BIOS has set the HD from AHCI to Compatibility mode.
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    Encrypting a flash drive.

    The only problem with a lot of these encryption programs, Truecrypt included is that they all require administrator rights to use it. Short of buying a new flash drive with the encryption builtin (can someone tell me how it works?) are there any that don't?
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    Recommend the most stable mobo for skt. 939, PCI-E

    VIA chipset + Creative Soundblaster Live = Disaster :D
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    "Official" DFI nF4 Ultra-D / SLI-DR Thread

    Hi, I'm trying to get the secondary PCI-E slot working and it just won't work. I've had zero help from DFI-Street, where they just closed off my thread because I#m not using the right power supply. How gay is that? The thing is that everything works on the primary PCI-E slot, just not the second...
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    Run two PCI-E graphics cards without SLI/Crossfire?

    Then I have a problem. I've got the two cards installed. However, one of the cards is detected and working, but the other is not.
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    Run two PCI-E graphics cards without SLI/Crossfire?

    I don't actually want to run a SLI / Crossfire setup.. All I want to do is to run each card on its own, but obviously to share the desktop. I know it works if I use a single PCI-E gfx card and a PCI graphics card.. so?
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    Run two PCI-E graphics cards without SLI/Crossfire?

    Hi, I currently have two Radeon X300's, both PCI-E and I want to run them both because I want to use two DVI outs. I have a DFI NF4 Ultra D (it has two PCI-E slots) and the manual does mention something about having dual graphics cards (not the SLI bit). I can't seem to get them both to run...
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    x800xl pciX help with dual monitor setup

    Have you got the Microsoft .NET Framework installed? The Catalyst drivers require it to run properly. Edit: I hate typos..
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    I want to play Need for Speed Underground 2!

    Actually the only thing I'm concerned about is the fact that I have a lack of choices due to the nature of the way that LCDs handle resolutions. Also, being the picky so and so that I am, I'd like to make the game look as good as possible... It'll most likely be the about the only modern...
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    I want to play Need for Speed Underground 2!

    Ok, enough about all the FPS talk on here! Just about the only high performance game that I'll play will be NFSU2, but what will I need to get it playing decently? Currently, I have (what matters): AMD64 3000+@2.4GHz, 1GB RAM, Dell FPW2405 (1920*1200 native resolution) Obviously, I'm...
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    comparison of the 6800 cards

    Time for another question! I've got a Dell fpw2405 (1920x1200 native resolution). I do not play FPS's at all, but one game that I would like to play is Need for Speed: Underground 2. I'm having a tough time getting benchmarks for this game. The rest of my specs are: 1GB RAM, AMD64...
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    eVGA + DVI

    Thanks, but I was looking at this card: http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...Code=190670&Category_Code=nvidia-PCI-E if you look at the specs, it says: Resolution & Refresh * 240 Hz Max Refresh Rate * 2048 x 1536 x 32bit x 85 Hz Max Analog * 1600 x 1200 Max Digital...
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    eVGA + DVI

    I've heard rumours that eVGA cards have the DVI output resolution limited to 1600x1200? The thing is that I'll be needing 1920x1200 for my new monitor and I'm deciding which video card to get. Does anyone have an eVGA card and can confirm/deny this rumour please? Thanks
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    MSI NEO4 Platinum two pci-e graphics cards?

    Ok, my mistake, I've just looked at some hi-res pictures of the motherboard and I can see that on the PCI-E x4 slot, the end is cut out, so you can stick a PCI-E x16 card in there ok. (I'm away from my computer at the moment, I was wondering just how they were sticking a PCI-E x16 card into that...
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    MSI NEO4 Platinum two pci-e graphics cards?

    Also, I've just been looking around and looking at all PCI-E grpahics cards, it seems like they won't physically fit into the other PCI-E slot o the MSI NEO4 Platinum... I've seen a couple of reviews saying that they have put two grphics cards in such a configuration, but how are they...
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    MSI NEO4 Platinum two pci-e graphics cards?

    Well, that's the thing, I don't want to go and buy another graphics card only to find that it won't work! Someone here must know already!
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    MSI NEO4 Platinum two pci-e graphics cards?

    I have a MSI NEO4 Platinum motherboard and it's currently using a X300 grpahics card (rubbish I know, but I don't game). Anyway, I've got two LCD monitors arriving soon and I would like to run both using DVI. My X300 has 1 DVI output and 1 VGA output. I noticed in the manual that the...
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    *** Official MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (nForce4 Ultra chipset) Thread ***

    You can set it up to 1.710v if you drop down to ~1.3v. If you set the set voltage at something around ~1.3v, the percentage over increases up to around 23%. Every little bit helps!
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    *** Official MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (nForce4 Ultra chipset) Thread ***

    Hold down the 'insert' key on your keyboard while hitting the reset button (keep it held down) will put you into safe mode that will POST, then you can change back whatever made you unPOSTable. Saves a lot more time than having to set everything back again after a CMOS reset.
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    *** Official MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (nForce4 Ultra chipset) Thread ***

    I do not have any idea the PCI lock is set, I assume that PCI is locked regardless? Also, I have avoided the issue with SATA by not using them! I have heard that people are basing from the K8N Neo2 that SATA 3&4 are the ones that are locked, although how true this is, I do not know.
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    *** Official MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (nForce4 Ultra chipset) Thread ***

    I'm running at 2430MHz (270FSB x 4HT) (3000+ CPU) and I'm having problems with random soft boot startups. That is, there doesn't seem to be any set pattern to when the machine will successfully reboot after a soft reset or not! Makes troubleshooting very difficult. I've tried running at all...
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    neo4 and dividers

    Another update: I'm now at, 2501MHz@1.710v (!) (although it does undervolt by ~0.5v) I'm running at a FSB of 278MHz, HT Freq. is at 4x, memory divider set at 166MHz (RAM speed ~230MHz), 8-3-3 CAS 2.5 and at max 2.85v Northbridge voltage I've left alone as I have a Zalman Passive NBJ45...
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    MSI K8N Neo4 nForce4 Ultra

    To anyone that has this board, do you know how to get booting from a USB stick/key to work? I know that my Sandisk Cruzer Micro is bootable as I have tested it with my other computers, but I cannot get it to boot from this MSI (Platinum). I've tried to set all the booting options (all the...
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    neo4 and dividers

    I know that my volts are a little bit high, but it's running at max 55C under S&M (& I'm using watercooling), it seems to be stable at 2430, although I am hoping for more. It seems so illogical (and frustrating) that 4x (HT Freq) will work up to 295MHz, but 3x won't work at all! I think that it...
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    neo4 and dividers

    Just a quick update: I'm now up to 2430Mhz, (270 x 9), running 4x HT frequency (1070MHz HTT). It's been running Prime (In place large settings, max heat, etc) for about 9 hours so far and it hasn't conked out yet. Voltage has been whacked up to 1.664v (although is fluctuating, the lowest goes...