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    PC Hardware Shops in Austin

    I'm in Austin for business for the next week or so and was looking to buy myself a GTX 980. Unfortunately I think my options online are going to be pretty limited as despite having a US address to ship to my CC is UK based. I've Google'd shops in the Austin area but I'm striking out on what is...
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    Laptop Incorrect Wi-Fi Location

    My company provide networking services for a customer that moves location a lot. They have their own wireless AP's that consistently show old locations when they connect to them (via phones and laptops). The public IP addresses they use are always located in the UK but the AP's move about...
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    Swapping Motherboards

    My computer has been playing up since I upgraded to a new Radeon 5870. My system would take an age to boot (which I've since found out Asus have fixed with a BIOS update) but would also display artefacts as it booted, but ONLY on the "Starting Windows 7" screen and they disappeared once the...
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    Unable to boot

    Overview of the problem Can no longer boot into Windows. Full description of the problem and symptoms When I start my PC it sees the three hard drives connected to it but when it comes to starting Windows it says it's unable to find the boot drive, please insert and press enter. Did it...
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    AVI File Creation

    The sister of a good mate of mine is getting married in a couple of months, and as a surprise from the family they want to show a short clip of her "acting debut"; being an extra in a long forgotten 3 part drama/comedy from the BBC. The show was never released on DVD but they have a friend who...
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    New Graphics Cooling and Fan replacements

    I'm currently running a pair of 8800GTX's (stock speeds and cooling) in SLi along with a QX6700 cooled by a Thermalright XP-120e (not sure what fan, just some generic Y-Tech 120mm job) in an Antec 900 case. I'd like to replace the cooling on my graphics cards and am looking at the Arctic Cooling...
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    Cisco 10720 Commands

    I need to know what type of GBIC cards are installed in a remote router I have no access to. I know on some Cisco switches you can use the "sh int Gige0/0 cap" to show what type of card is being used, but the Cisco 10720 that's been installed doesn't support that command. Does anyone know if...
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    DVI cables

    I recently purchased a Dell 2407 LCD monitor but in my haste forgot to purchase a DVI cable to go with it. Does anyone know if the monitor comes with a cable? If not, what would people suggest. I should only need 1 or 2 m in length.
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    Overclocking RAM

    I'm about to buy components for a new build and was wondering what peoples opinions were on the various high end RAM kits there are out there. I was primarily looking at the Corsair Dominator PC2-8888, but no where seems to have it in stock and it's a lot of money for what it is. The Dominator...
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    2.5" HDD problems

    've been asked to take a look at a laptop HD that has potentially died. I don't under what circumstances the drive went bad, just that the laptop was turned on one day and wouldn't boot. Quick trip to a PC store and the drive is out and into a caddy, but no joy. The drive is a Hitachi...
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    Best Steering Wheel in the $100 range.

    I'm looking at finally getting a steering wheel for my PC for driving games but i'm totally lost when it comes to picking one. Obviously I know Logitech are good but I quite like the look of a couple of the Saitek models they offer, like the R220 and R440. With regards to those two models, is...
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    Wireless Network Problems

    My dad just got a Dell Inspirion 640m and decided that he wanted to take advantage of its wireless capabilities. So I purchased a Netgear DG834G ADSL router. Everything was going well, I'd set it up, turned on all the required security features and away it went, mobile internet anywhere in the...
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    Diskeeper 9/10 Problems

    I've been trying to install Diskeeper 9 and 10 (well 9 a couple of months ago and 10 now) but keep running into the same problem. When the installation gets to the point where it needs to activate the DK service it fails, saying it can't be started. I'm logged on as the Administrator which is...
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    Format and Re-Install

    My computer has a problem starting up at the moment that can only be fixed by re-installing windows. The process itself isnt too bad.. i've got an unattended install for Win2k Pro SP4, but it's re-installing all the games and applications etc that's a complete bitch. I've got my computer...
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    Hang on Boot

    A few months ago after i got my new DVD-ROM and DVD-RW (to replace an older DVD-ROM and CD-RW) my system started to hang on boot. Specifically just after F8 screen, when you get the long white bar along the bottom. I have checked all my HDs and DVD drives to make sure they have been cabled...
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    Strange Boot Problem

    Everytime I boot from cold (not restarts) my system won't boot successfully for ages. It will take anywhere between 30 minutes and 2 hours of restarting before it finally boots. Sometimes its enough to leave it on the BIOS screen for 10 minutes, or to let it run Memtest86+ for 10 minutes but...
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    Win XP Profile reset

    My boss came to me this morning about a strange problem on his home PC that's left me stumped. Last night he turned it on and logged into windows like he normally does. Upon logging in he noticed that the background had changed back to the green hills desktop and the theme back to the standard...
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    New moniter choice.

    I'm currently in the market for a new moniter to sit along side my old CRT (19" Iiyama VP Pro 451) as my new primary moniter. I've decided to go for a LCD panel but can't decide what one to go for. My budget is around £450 (bout $800 at todays exchange rate). Things I want: Natively supports...
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    Back-up UPS Question

    I brought a UPS for my system a few days ago after a spate of power outages on my street. Making an absolutely basic school boy error i forgot to check the max supplied wattage of the unit i was buying and opted for an UPS that only supplied 225w max. Obviously when i plug everything in and fire...
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    New DVD-RW and DVD-ROM

    My old DVD-ROM drive has finally given up the ghost and needs replacing. I also figured now was as good a time as any to grab a DVD-RW to replace my old CD-RW. I've been looking at the NEC ND3540 16x16 DVD±RW for the RW and the Plextor PX-130A as my DVD-ROM. Any one else have any suggestions on...
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    What fan for a XP-120?

    I'm currently using an Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm fan on my XP-120, but i'm worried about it falling off as it doesnt fit the heatsink. The rentention method used by the heatsink isnt screws but two metal clips and they dont fit around the Akasa fan. Can anyone reccomend a fan that actually fits...
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    High Performance Ram

    I've been looking at getting some new ram for my system (Winnie 3500+, x850 XT PE, DFI NF4 Ultra-D) and was wondering what peoples opinions were on the best makes/models to get. At the moment im leaning heavily towards the OCZ PC4000 extended voltage 1gb kit, given the fact i can put the...
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    x850 XT PE Temperatures

    I've been stress testing my systems GFX card lately after finding a bad stick of ram in my system and removing it only partially helped its stability. The system would hard lock after extended play and after being reset the screen would display these bent brown coloured bands across the screen...
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    New mobo/CPU/gfx card and Windows...

    So my Asus A7N8X Deluxe died on me taking my R9700 Pro with it. What with the NForce 4 coming out soon im going to bite the bullet and go 64bit. I've already settled on the components (3500+, Asus A8N-E and a Rx800 XL) and i'll be upgrading from my Barton 2500+, Asus A7N8X Deluxe and R9700 Pro...
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    Radeon 9800 Pro dual display

    My parents just recently bought a TFT moniter (Iiyama ProLite E434S-B) as they are getting a new computer next week and my computer is being moved into my room. Anyway i decided to take advantage of the fact i now had 2 moniters and one system (mines an Iiyama VM Pro 451). I downloaded and...
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    What sort of improvement from a 9800 Pro

    Recently my R9700 Pro died and yesterday i rang Crucial to organise a RMA. That was all done in about 5 minutes and i was informed i would be getting a R9800 Pro as a replacement as they done make the R9700 Pro anymore. Anyhow this is what i was expecting to happen but my question is, in games...
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    Find out the serial number of my mobo.

    I have an Asus A7N8X Deluxe (rev 1.04) and i need to find out the serial number so i can register for support on Asus' web site. There are lots of different number/letter combinations on stickers on the board but non are labelled S/N. Can anyone help?
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    Corrupted Display.

    Specs: Barton 2500+ Stock speed. Thermalright SP-97 /w 80mm YS-Tech fan. Asus A7N8X Deluxe. 2 x 512mbyte Corsair CMX512-3200C2PT running @ PC2700 speed. Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro Stock speeds. 60gb IBM 60GXP. 120gb IBM 120GXP. 250gb SATA 250gb 7k250. Iiyama VMPro 451. Windows 2000 Pro...
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    Motherboard corrupting memory?

    I posted this on the technical support forum, but have only had one reply. Over the last few months my system has slowly been becoming more and more unstable. Games would just exit to desktop for no reason, and CS would crash periodically giving memory errors saying "Location 0x3dab352 could...
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    Motherboard corrupting memory?

    Over the last few months my system has slowly been becoming more and more unstable. Games would just exit to desktop for no reason, and CS would crash periodically giving memory errors saying "Location 0x3dab352 could not be read etc". At the time i was running 2 x 512mb CMX512-3200C2PT...
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    Is Thief 3 really that much of a system hog?

    After hearing alot of good things about T3 i decided to give the game a go and went and bought it. However upon starting the game i was confronted with something ive not seen for a while, stuttery game play. I went to the AV section and saw the resolution was set to 1280, so i turned it down to...
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    Windows Installer Error.

    For the last couple of weeks i've started to get this error message whenever i try to install programs. Click Me. Naturally this is starting to get VERY annoying. I'd really appriciate any help, cheers.
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    Removing Artic Silver 5

    In a couple of days im getting a new heatsink, Thermalright SP-97, for my computer. My current heatsink has been on my CPU for about 6 months now, which is an Alpha PAL8045 and Barton 2800+ respectivly. When i told one of my friends about not having anything to remove the old AS5 from my CPU...
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    Forced FSAA in the new Catylist's

    Reading the release notes of the new drivers i was really happy that they had eventually fixed the broken FSAA in most of their games with this new forced FSAA feature. The only thing is that i cant find the option to enable this anywhere. Dont spose anyone can help me out?
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    Severance : BoD crashes

    When i start the game the intial intro clip runs, then i get this error Error intializing DX peich DDERR_UNSUPPROTED System config as below. Running in D3D mode, with any sound mode, and running latest European patch. Specs -Windows 98 SE -VIA 4.31 -Juno P6 Full -17" CTX VL710 -Soltek...