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    "Security Tool" pop ups

    A relatives laptop seems to have become infested with some type of malware named "Security Tool". It has the normal pop ups and such that prevent you from doing anything, claiming the obvious virus finds and such. I am not able to get onto the internet on his laptop but I downloaded Malwarebyte...
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    How successful is the cash for clunkers so far?

    I'm a Chevrolet dealer...Our first Clunker Deal was a guy with an 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee with 214,000 miles on it, dock rope helding the doors shut, tires that wouldnt pass his next inspection, molding fallen off and rust all over the place. He chooses a 2009 Chevy Aveo 2 door, 5 speed manual...
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    Question regarding 2 Vid cards

    Thanks for the replies and that link!! Looks like Old school wins, I'll be swapping cards for him tomorrow.
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    Question regarding 2 Vid cards

    I know this might sound like a dumb question but I have to ask!! My sons PC has the NVidia 7300GS card in it..256 MB of memory DDR2...I know this is a VERY budget card so I was eyeballing my old school ATI Radeon X1800XT in the spare PC (512 MB and DDR3) wondering if that would give his PC a...
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    Will a Q6600 65nm be ok in a 45nm Mobo?

    I realized also that I hurried through making sure they were in the right way the first time, my hands were a bit to big to have room in there to turn them...Lesson learned with taking your time and doing it right, it could have cost me my CPU!
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    Will a Q6600 65nm be ok in a 45nm Mobo?

    Thank you all for the replies and assistance! 2 clips for the Ultra-90 going into the Mobo had loosened and sort of popped out of the holes so the contact to the cpu was crappy. I removed it, cleaned both the HSF and the CPU and reinstalled with AS5 and was careful when I put the tower back into...
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    Will a Q6600 65nm be ok in a 45nm Mobo?

    Thanks Aka, I might be confused by this : LGA 775 Intel® P35/ICH9 Chipset 45nm CPU with 1333FSB Dual DDR2 1066 OC SATA 3G On board Gigabit LAN 7.1 CH HD Audio abit SoftMenu Technology EZ CCMOS Switch 12x USB 2.0 RoHS Compliant Vista Premium HW ready It's on the CPU...
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    Will a Q6600 65nm be ok in a 45nm Mobo?

    I should mention that the case is well ventilated in a nice air conditioned room...
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    Will a Q6600 65nm be ok in a 45nm Mobo?

    I have a nice "new to me" home pc system that seems to run nice and smooth until I stress it out even a little. The system simply shuts down when 3dMark (on the CPU tests) or Prime95 is run..The P95 test barely gets going before it shuts down. I am checking everything I can to see what the issue...
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    Antec 900 Case - $79.99

    I really like this case...Solid, keeps air flow nice and has a big fan on top :)
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    Q6600 after 2.1Ghz Athlon XP is such a treat!

    Going from an AMD 64 3500+/MSI 7105/1GB G Skill/ATI X1800XT to the Q6600/Abit IP35P/4 GB ddr2/4850... Looking forward to this, I have been an AMD fan for quite awhile and simply decided to try Intel...Sort of Like finally buying a Yamaha Stratoliner 1900cc bike after 2 straight Yamaha RoadStar...
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    Older Games

    Medal of Honor Allied Assault!!!
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    If you had $300.00, what Cpu, board and memory combo?

    I wish I DID live near a Fry's...I see some nice prices! Help this $300.00 get spent! And overclocking IS something that could work...
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    If you had $300.00, what Cpu, board and memory combo?

    If you had $300.00 to spend on a CPU, stable mobo and memory for some good gaming (no worries playing any game out there) and general all around PC use that will last for awhile what would you buy? Of course this IS a budget set up but lets say all you had was $300.00! cpu, mobo and...
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    ATI X1800XT 512MB (Open Box) $239.99, No Rebate, $1 Shipping

    I asked myself that question, and I answered myself YES :-)
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    ATI X1800XT 512MB (Open Box) $239.99, No Rebate, $1 Shipping

    Dang, I just looked again for the heck of it and it now says "OOS"...Could they change that when they have onsies here and there? I have a completed order for one just minutes ago...Sheesh...timing is everything.
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    ATI X1800XT 512MB (Open Box) $239.99, No Rebate, $1 Shipping

    $239.99 is BACK on right now!! Just submitted an order, 1st said not in stock, but when I looked up again was in stock...Pretty odd, but grabbed one for $239.00...We shall see in 3 days!! :-)
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    ATI X800XT PE (agp) OR Evga 7800GT (pci-e)??

    Thanks for all the help...I have the x800xt pe now..just aquired the 939 boards and chips, and I guess I'll be looking for the 7900 ;-)
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    ATI X800XT PE (agp) OR Evga 7800GT (pci-e)??

    I can go either AGP or PCI-E...Any performance difference between these 2 cards??? Will be on a MSI Neo 2 Platinum (agp) or an MSI Neo4 Ultra (pci-e). I don't know much about the 7800GT But I DO know the X800XT PE is a strong performer...Any thoughts are appreciated!
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    MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum 939 OR MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra

    Slight quandry!! I can go either way with my 939 efforts....Have both of the Mobos listed in Title, and can go either AGP (Neo 2) or PCI-E...(Neo 4) In your humble opinions, which board would give me best stability and decent overclock options?? I have heard some shaky things about the Neo 4...
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    System won't boot suddenly!!

    I tried all of that so far...Put an old video card in and got the same beep loop...tried a new stick of memory in each slot...I'm at a loss here...
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    System won't boot suddenly!!

    Set-up is as follows... DFI NF3 UT 250gb Mobo AMD 64 3200 1.5 GB pc3200 memory ATI X800XT PE AGP XP-90 fan on processor (I think that was the model) Maxtor 80 GB hd This system has worked very well until recent. Did no changes and suddenly the other day a blue screen popped up with...
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    Memory question...

    I'm not sure if I can mix and match my RAM on this board...I currently have 2x512 of G Skill value RAM..And would like to pop a 1gb stick of value RAM with similar timings in as well...Giving me 2gigs in 3 slots...Can anyone tell me if this will work? Here are the Mobo Memory specs....Thanks in...
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    memory question!

    I figured that, but I was hoping that because I have value ram in there anyway the difference wouldn't be noticable to the naked eye (so to speak) but the benefits would be strong on memory glutenous applications...Thanks!
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    memory question!

    Turns out BF2 is a memory sucking pig as far as gaming goes...I currently have 2x512 of GSkill value ram (2.0,3,3,6) in slots 1 and 3 of my DFI UT NF3 Lanparty Mobo that has 3 slots. Can anyone tell me if there are any real life issues if I were to toss a 512 stick of Mushkin 3.0,3,3,8 in slot...
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    So the NJ state police are mad at the Virginia Police

    Total garbage argument. Speedlimits are put in place for a reason. While a handful of police cars charge down the fast lane, lights and sirens blaring people in front of them are trying to make adjustments to get out of their way. Old folks, loaded tucks and trailers, kids who don't have alot of...
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    x800xt pe and MOHAA issues

    Thanks BFG, I'm going to try using the 4.12 (?) drivers when I get home...If that doesn't work then I will attempt to use the 5.6 theory that many are using. My worry is my patience level, I've never been very good messing with command prompts! All of this to play my beloved MOHAA... I would...
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    x800xt pe and MOHAA issues

    I installed my x800xt pe and now can't seem to play Medal of Honor Allied Assault anymore? I get an error box that stating that there was an error and it has to close... I tried different drivers, the newest drivers, uninstalling and reinstalling the game with no luck...Any ideas? By the way...
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    Overweight passengers

    This is the correct answer here, boat was built in the 1960s....The captain was a very responsible guy...Retired N.Y. State trooper, experienced captain, knew the Lake and the bigger boats paths on their tours.He submitted voluntarily to a blood test and will most likely pass it. The passengers...
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    Ok, Valkyries pics

    Val, Welcome!! Some of these kids can't appreciate some of the finer things in life...You RIDE, You have class and a mind of your own, you would probably make their toes curl right out of their Jordan high tops, and be patient while they clean the wet spot off of their jeans...If I were them...
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    A friend of mine died in a motorcycle accident on monday.

    I watched a kid going about 80 mph doing wheelies and standing on his seat of his crotch rocket today during RUSH HOUR on I-87 here in upstate N.Y...I ride a cruiser myself and am astounded when I see the displays of stupidity while traveling at fast speeds on roads with plenty of cars whos...
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    Nvidia driver removal!

    It is AGP...Thanks!
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    Nvidia driver removal!

    Thanks for the quick response...So once I do that I'm good to install the new card and drivers I'm assuming? (5.8 catalyst)
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    Nvidia driver removal!

    When I go to add/remove programs and click Nvidia drivers I get choices to delete: Gart drivers Audio Display IDE nvIDIA PCI system mngmnt I'm not sure what to delete in order to install my ATI drivers for my new video card!!
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    Will a SATA HDD work on this system w/o sata cables?

    God am I stupid. Problem is solved, thanks for the advice and suggestions :o
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    Will a SATA HDD work on this system w/o sata cables?

    Here is my Mobo..I jumped the gun and grabbed a SATA HDD from a member here without knowing all my facts. It came with no SATA cables, my question is this, If I'm ONLY going to put this 1 Hard drive on my system with no raid or any of that stuff will this just plug into my IDE disk drive...
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    Big problem, used Driver Cleaner Pro...

    Thanks for the advice Jeff and Bruce...I fear all is lost that I haven't already backed up...I'm going to do a fresh install...Sheeesh I feel stupid.
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    Big problem, used Driver Cleaner Pro...

    Hi Bruce.. I tried safe mode, still gives me the same error...This is a tough one judging by the "silence" here :-)
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    Big problem, used Driver Cleaner Pro...

    I am trying to NOT have to reinstall... I'll lost to much info. I tried to "repair" using the windows disk, it ran through the repair just fine, but didn't fix the issue... What I did leanr is that that file also was about this: NVIDIA disk cache filler driver Anyone else have any ideas...
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    Big problem, used Driver Cleaner Pro...

    I used Driver Cleaner Pro last night to wipe out some NVidia drivers for installtion of new ones. I removed chipset, display and cab files. I had disconnected my internet connection as well. When I tried to reboot I got an error message saying I am missing this...