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    Vid Card Buying. Need Help

    This was the card I was initially looking at. Do you know whe the Xpro is coming out?
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    Vid Card Buying. Need Help

    I have AGP and I'm willing to spend between $100-$250
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    Vid Card Buying. Need Help

    I am thinking of updating my vid card but can't really decide what is better for my system (compatibility and such) I have used ATI in nearly everything I have ever owned and it works well for me. I am wondering however if NVidia would be a better choice (compatability wise) for my system. The...
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    DVD Authoring Problems

    I need a windows based DVD Authoring system. I am not too technologically advanced enough to use a Linux system or Linux software. Thanks
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    DVD Authoring Problems

    I bought WinAVIVideo as a way that I could create my own DVD's and watch them on my TV. I have found I can create DVD's that I liked but my problem is that I can't put multiple videos on one dvd. I cannot also create a menu for me to access these different videos. What do I need to do or buy for...
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    Mac Help

    Thanks guys. I searched around in my user folder and found the problem that I was having with space requirements. Apparently my music was being saved in two locations. After getting that fixed it helped. Thanks for the info on the fresh install.
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    Mac Help

    I have a newer mac that I bought. I put on some software but want to take off two programs that were installed. I can't find a add/remove in the system preferences so I'm wondering how I actually delete the programs and regain the space they took up. Also another q is how would I do a fresh...
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    Compaq died?

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    Compaq died?

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    Compaq died?

    I wasn't able to post for a couple of days but.... I can't even access bios through F1 (Setup/Bios) Do I need to reset the bios or....mobo? cpu? what? Thanks
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    Compaq died?

    I cannot access safe mode or the setup screen. All it does is show the logo (post?) and freezes. It won't do anything else.
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    Compaq died?

    Ok. I was using my computer (just like usual) last night and the last thing I ran was a Norton Scan of the computer (runs at idle so...eh) I try to turn it on this morning but the only thing that will come up is the Compaq label and I ran setup like 5 times to run the hdd's but it says it is not...
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    Computer problems

    Oh so now it will "install" but cause freezing on "Installing Devices" Will post more problems as they come.
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    I gotta ghost in my system (Ghost problems solved!!!)

    I fixed it. I switched around cables that had come with the mobo and it worked fine. Weird how that happened.
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    Computer problems

    Yeah so I gots another computer problem. Different computer so... here's the trouble. I try to run slax and it screws up loading the thing, I try to run the windows installation disc and either freezes when it trys to format the disk or freezes when it says "Startup is starting Windows" It's...
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    I gotta ghost in my system (Ghost problems solved!!!)

    Ok. then my one question would be how would I run a ram memtest? thanks!
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    Just installed new motherboard and processor and system is not booting and no video!!! HELP!!!

    Remove power to the HDD, CD's, and floppy and see if the vid works. Are you sure the vid is in there securely? Are you sure that the vid card is still working after your mobo pop?
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    I gotta ghost in my system (Ghost problems solved!!!)

    Well sorry for not being such a smart ass like yourself. However how can I or anyone else learn (as you say) if no one is there to help us along to LEARN how to in a caring manner (one such as yourself I have not seen possess yet) Well on to "better" info in which I can only hope to get right...
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    I gotta ghost in my system (Ghost problems solved!!!)

    It is is a CoolMax AP-450X. I don't know how to check the rail thingy. Thanks,
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    I gotta ghost in my system (Ghost problems solved!!!)

    Hey yall. Ok here's the deal. My computer crapped out (would restart or just stop working before loading win) after two and a half years of good service. So I popped out the cpu, mobo, psu, ram, and hdd to replace. here's what I put in....... P4 2.4a Gigabite mobo Psu at 400W Kingston ram...
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    Built a computer and won't POST

    I managed to have it POST finally but now it shuts down after a minute or so of running (freezes and I have to shut it down) I've changed the alert temp and the shutdown temp on it but it only made the problem worse. (I upped the alert to allow a higher temp) Any suggestions or something that I...
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    Built a computer and won't POST

    That's my problem as well. But I can't get the heatsink off. It's a weird AMD one. Any suggestions?
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    Built a computer and won't POST

    I've switched out both memory sticks and neither makes a difference. I also know for a fact that these sticks are good. Do I need a new memory stick or a new cpu or....? Thanks!
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    Built a computer and won't POST

    Hey ya'll. I just built a computer with parts I had lying around and to the best of my knowledge they all worked before hand. Anyway without running post this is what kind of info I can give you. AMD Athlon? 1.6Ghz Mobo...unknown (can't find a tag or anything on it) ATI Sapphire PCI 64MB...
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    lcd conversion

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    lcd conversion

    www.mp3car.com didn't really do anything to help me. But that site looks cool. bump
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    lcd conversion

    bump. Anyone know?
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    lcd conversion

    I have a dell 7500 lcd screen (with all the cables) that I'm wanting to transform into a composite ready screen. I know the two issues I have to deal with are power and matching signals (between composite and computerish) but I have no idea about how to go about doing this conversion (if it's...
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    How can anyone actually believe that life starts at any time other than the moment of conception?

    True. Trying to change someone's opinion who clearly has a strong idea of what is right or wrong will not work. The only hope that I have with allowing people to know about this website and their knowledge on the subject is fairly unbiased unlike other websites, is that the people who aren't too...
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    How can anyone actually believe that life starts at any time other than the moment of conception?

    Anyone wanting more information (especially you BigTorque!!) go here. www.religioustolerance.org/abortion.htm Read it, understand it, learn it then, shut your mouth if you think you're always right. Oh and you will learn here.
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    Picture printing software

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    Picture printing software

    Hey ya'll I'm looking for software that will allow me to take a photo (generally 1000dpi or better and 1600x1200 pix or better) and print it out to make it bigger than one 8 1/2 x 11 paper. I'm trying to make a poster 24in. x 36in. from my comp and using a standard inkjet printer but I'm not...
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    PSP update

    So I can actually downgrade my PSP from 2.0 (GTA levels) and still play emus? Interesting...hmm That is something to think about
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    PSP update

    Ok. Here's the deal. I bough my PSP when they first came out. As a result I have a PSP with the hardware update of 1.50. However just today I bought Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (I love the GTA series) and I must upgrade my PSP to 2.0. Besides not being able to play the game, is there...
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    HDD Errors

    I can't find the diagnostic tool for it. It's a toshiba MK6012GAS drive. Anyway I've tried to format it and get this error message through Win2K *** STOP: 0x000000CE (0xF7419D80, 0x00000000, 0xF7419D80, 0x00000000) DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS This driver may be at...
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    HDD Errors

    I have an to no avail. It'll wipe it to 0's and try to format it to NTFS and it still says it's damaged.
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    HDD Errors

    It gets to about 20% very very slowly and either quits saying it has corrupted disks or....yeah or it gets around 25% very very slowly then acts like a ferrari speeding through formatting and ends saying the drive is damaged.
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    HDD Errors

    older laptop HDD took from a used laptop. It's a Toshiba 60GB drive (MK6021GAS) I've tried it in the laptop and from usb hook up to my main computer. I've tried formatting it through windows setup and through computer management. I've tried erasing it and fixing it through Active@ killdisk, disk...