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    PCI TV Tuner suggestions?

    Well, er, thanks to those who offered on-topic advice. X3 I'm not sure if Canada has taken a similar decision for a digital changeover... anyone? @erwos:Although we're somewhere around parity with the US dollar, our prices haven't changed. Québec's merchandise in brick-and-mortars...
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    PCI TV Tuner suggestions?

    Hello, I'm looking to buy a new TV Tuner to replace my current one, the quality of which is rather unsatisfactory. I'm not really sure where to start looking; the only name I know anything about is Hauppauge. And from the few reviews I just read, apparently the analog TV Tuner gives a...
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    Advice on a minor upgrade - which of these should I choose?

    Personally, I think that upgrading the sound card would be pretty useless?do you really have a need for anything the X-Fi has that the Audigy ZS doesn't? For people who don't work with music, recordings, etc., I've never seen anything past having a relatively recent non-integrated card very...
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    What browser do you use?

    Mozilla Firefox. I hear Opera is faster and less large (in RAM usage) than Firefox. But does it have the customizability of Firefox? Reasons for my choosing Fx over IE: - Popup blocker. With help from NoScript, I've had absolutely no popups get past; without it, I get relatively little...
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    Simple Javascript Question

    top.location.href = "./dir/file.html"; Perhaps?
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    Free PC Games

    Doesn't look like this one was added... http://www.wesnoth.org]Wesnoth[/url] - Open-source turn-based strategy game. Music is its weakest point, IMO. Sounds rather synthesized (IMO) and not really appropriate for war or battle...
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    High-pitched whine from monitor?

    Hello, I had noticed a high-pitched whine from my monitor while playing the Beta version of a certain game (since the official release, the Refresh rate was lowered). More recently, I had increased my screen resolution from 1024*768 to 1152*864. Since then, I've had a problem with a...
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    Long recovery from Hibernation and momentary strange noise

    Pardon? No, I put my computer in hibernation during the night if I can't shut it down. I meant the noise that was coming from the computer during the time that Windows was recovering from hibernation which ceased afterwards.
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    Long recovery from Hibernation and momentary strange noise

    Ah, okay. Thanks. But as for the noise? Nothing to be worried about?
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    Long recovery from Hibernation and momentary strange noise

    Er, I usually shut down the computer every second day rather than hibernate, depending on what I was doing. Still, how does that relate to my query? As I said, when I got back to the computer (I'd turned it on a few second prior before going to get something), the hibernation recovery bar was...
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    Long recovery from Hibernation and momentary strange noise

    Hello, Just an hour or so ago, when I started my computer (which I'd put into hibernation the night before), when the recovery progress bar got to the end (I was away while it was loading by the way) it took a tremendously longer amount of time to get into Windows than usual (around 5 minutes...
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    PC died and/or dying...any ideas?

    I'll have to agree with montag. It could just be that your PSU is not capable to deliver the required electricity to all the components. Was the other PSU a higher-wattage PSU than the first? I suppose if the PSU was damaged or otherwise defective if could have fried the motherboard or...
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    buzzing monitor?

    For the overclocking, unless this computer's intergrated video card came overclocked, it isn't. 0_o Whoa, the game runs at 100 Hz. I wonder if it's possible to modify that...
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    buzzing monitor?

    Okaay... well, like I said, this doesn't happen in Windows, just when I'm playing this specific game. In Windows, I usually run it at 1024x768 pixel resolution, at 70 Hz (I made a mistake earlier in my post). The game I am referring to runs at 800x600 resolution, and I do not know the refresh...
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    buzzing monitor?

    I recently went to play a game after around 3 weeks of not playing it and suddenly the monitor starts buzzing. In Windows I use a 1024x768 resolution at 75 Hz; the game is 800x600 resolution. This has only started happening now. The game is the free MMORPG called "MapleStory". I do not know if...
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    Problem displaying webpage?

    I tried to access a certain website recently, which I know exists as I have visited it before. When I did in Firefox (I have 1.0.1), it showed a blank page. When I checked the source code, it displayed: <HTML><body></body></HTML> That is it. The website uses frames, which should not be in...
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    Still having problems with Firefox and XPCOM:EventReciever

    tyanni: No, I never deleted the profile. About backing up the bookmarks, in the "Bookmark Manager", File > Export... will export them just as they are, right? I make use of the "keyword" feature of Firefox for things like searching dictionary.com, google, etc. VirtualLarry: I've posted this...
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    Still having problems with Firefox and XPCOM:EventReciever

    I've posted this a few times on various forums but never got a working solution (or response in some cases). I've got some new information that might help. Ever since I replaced AIM and MSN with Trillian, the problem is triggered by something different. When it used to be triggered by...
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    Power supply and external hard drive questions

    Ah, thanks. By choosing everything that I planned to have, except choosing a Radeon 9500 / 9600 instead of the planned 9200SE, I got 292 Watts. My current PSU is 300 W. What do you think? As for the hard drive question: - if you meant, by speed, the RPM rate, both are 7200 rpm - the...
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    Power supply and external hard drive questions

    Eh, the PSU is the one that came with the computer, which has a cicero logo on the case and bought from Futureshop during the summer. That's all I know. I'm trying to plan in advance since I wouldn't be able to afford a PSU in addition to the planned upgrades. By the looks of it, a 400 W...
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    Power supply and external hard drive questions

    I plan on adding and upgrading some components, but I'm not sure if my PSU is enough. I'm clueless on this stuff, so... would my 300 W power supply (according to the specs sheet included with my computeR) be sufficient for this? In addition to: - A P4 2.54 GHz processor - 256 MB + 512 MB of...
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    Cinematic playback problem in Warcraft III

    Er, anyone? Please?
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    Cinematic playback problem in Warcraft III

    I have a slight issue with a game I recently bought, Warcraft III. The graphics are fine, except when it tries to play any movies / cinematics in the game. It looks garbled. However, these cinematics looked fine when I located them in the program files folder and played it using Windows Media...
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    RAM trouble...

    I'm sorry for the double post... Anyone?
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    RAM trouble...

    I just bought 512 MB of PC2700 DDR RAM, and installed it in the same slot as the old DIMM was, and this old 256 MB one in the other slot. Read on, please. I tried it and got a stop error message just when the Windows loading screen is supposed to appear. I followed the stop error messages'...
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    Hardware questions

    Yep, it's a Cicero. I regret choosing this one, actually. I should have gone with Dell, I think... Unless this mobo only has one slot for RAM, there shouldn't be any problem. I've never opened this computer yet. It can handle up to one GB or two IIRC, so 768 MB shouldn't be a problem. By...
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    Hardware questions

    Thanks for the responses. So I'll upgrade RAM first. Well... I've just found some 512 MB RAM (PC2700 and 3200) for quite a nice price. Anyway, is Kingston reliable?
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    Hardware questions

    Firstly, I'm planning to buy a second internal IDE hard drive for data. Which brand would you consider most reliable? I've heard Seagate is good. Next, for the following case, would getting more RAM or a video card better? I currently have 256 MB of RAM, minus the 32 MB used by my...
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    Firefox: XPCOM:Eventreciever freezes when downloading

    Anyone? Please? Someone suggested that I do a fresh install of Firefox. Would that help? I had just upgraded from 1.0 PR to 1.0, by clicking that arrow in the corner that appears whenever updates are available, but I had this problem ever since I first installed and used Firefox, which was...
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    Firefox: XPCOM:Eventreciever freezes when downloading

    Whenever I download anything other than a webpage (.html, .shtml, .php, etc.), its content, or text files, it freezes midway through the download. I can still use Firefox (the program itself does not hang) and do not need to end process by Task Manager. However, if I close all Firefox windows...
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    Play console video games on PC/monitor?

    According to store.nintendo.com and futureshop.com (the only store that had a website and sold video game accessories that is in my area other than EBGames), the first-party cable for GCN is $25 CAD, while the MadCatz PS2/PS one and the MadCatz universal S-Video cable were $15 CAD each. EB Games...
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    Play console video games on PC/monitor?

    So a universal cable is good? Thanks.
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    Play console video games on PC/monitor?

    I have a PS2 and GCN, along with an N64 which I use less often. I currently don't have the S-Video cables for them, though, just the RCA cables included with the consoles. Would the MadCatz universal S-Video cable be as good as first-party cables? I forgot to mention that I also wanted to...
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    Play console video games on PC/monitor?

    I've heard that it is possible to play console video games by hooking it up to the computer. How would I do this? I've thought about possibly using an ATi All-in-wonder Radeon card that has a S-video in or RCA-in connector, or maybe a TV tuner card (if they have either of those connectors)...
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    How to make font?

    I'm currently working on a story that contains an invented language that uses symbols, which should represent each letter of the English alphabet and different punctuation. Does anyone know if it is possible to make such font based on image files and, if so, how?
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    How would The Sims2 look & perform? & Is C++ difficult?

    I see. Is it possible to use MIDI files? I've made a few music files suitable for certain situations commonly found in RPGs, and have many more in my head that I haven't written out or made into MIDI. I can make a simple text-based program, some graphics, no moving sprites. That's about it...
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    How would The Sims2 look & perform? & Is C++ difficult?

    Montreal area. Though I hardly know my way around, since I just moved last year and haven't went very far here.
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    How would The Sims2 look & perform? & Is C++ difficult?

    ...I always do that. I prefer keeping my questions all in one thread if they pretty much belong on the same forum. The only thing I can find within my price range around here is the Diamond Stealth Radeon 7000, Diamond Stealth Radeon 9200 SE, Diamond Stealth Radeon 9600 SE, and ATi Radeon 9200.