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    HTPC rebuild help

    Wed night I added a Vbox Cat's Eye 150 card, 320GB SATA HD, and 7600GS agp video card to my HTPC (specs below). Everything seemed to be fine, but Thursday night when it started to record both Grey's Anatomy and Supernatural in high def, it went into a constant reboot loop. I was finally able to...
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    Samsung 910MP vs 930B

    I'm looking at getting a 19" LCD, and am wondering if these two use the same panel? The specs look the same (both 1280x1024, 8ms, 700:1, etc). Is one better than the other? Thanks! Mike
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    Which MB/CPU combo would be a better choice...

    Just wondering which would be better to get, for a general purpose desktop system, some gaming and some video editing. The video card is an ATI AIW X800XT. Abit AN7 nForce2 Socket A AGP motherboard & AMD XP-mobile 2400+ cpu or MSI Neo2 Plantinum nForce3 Socket 939 AGP motherboard & AMD...
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    Socket 939 & AGP motherboard

    I was thinking of getting the MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum motherboard, but it doesn't seem to be instock anywhere. Is there another motherboard that might be a better choice, or do I stick it out and wait? Also, been reading up on the nForce3 and K8T800 Pro, but can't figure out which one is...
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    ATI Control Center or Control Panel - which one to use?

    I just got the ATI AIW X800 XT and was wondering which one was better to use. Thanks
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    ATI AIW X800XT - no Overdrive Tab

    I just got the ATI AIW X800XT and installed the latest drivers from ATI. I was reading about tweaks at tweakguides.com and noticed that I don't have an Overdrive Tab. I'm using the ATI Control Center (as opposed to the Control Panel) but it looks like it would be on both. Did I mess up...
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    which is faster, socket A/XP cpu or socket 754/Sempron?

    A quick question about which system would be faster at non game apps A AMD XP Moble 2400+ (at stock speeds), Abit NF7-S V2 mb, with 256MBx2 Kingston value pc3200 ram OR AMD Sempron 2600+, Chaintech VNF3-250 mb, with 256MBx2 Corsair value pc3200 ram? Thanks
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    Can you install SP2 without having installed SP1 or SP1a?

    I'm reinstalling WinXP Home, and was wondering if I had to install SP1a (since SP1 is no longer downloadable) or could I just install SP2? And is there a difference (besides time) betweening installing SP2 from CD or slipstreaming it? Thanks!
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    Can you install SP2 without having installed SP1 or SP1a?

    I'm reinstalling WinXP Home, and was wondering if I had to install SP1a (since SP1 is no longer downloadable) or could I just install SP2? And is there a difference (besides time) betweening installing SP2 from CD or slipstreaming it? Thanks!
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    noob NF7-S set up and video card question

    I'm setting up my my new system (updating from a k6 system finally) and have a question: What do I set the FSB and multipler to for basic setting (non-overclocked, for now)? The specs on newegg say it's FSB is 266MHz, so do I set it at that with a multipler of 6.5? or do I have things wrong...
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    noob cpu & fsb question

    I'm setting up my my new system (updating from a k6 system finally) and have a question: What do I set the FSB and multipler to for basic setting (non-overclocked, for now)? The specs on newegg say it's FSB is 266MHz, so do I set it at that with a multipler of 6.5? or do I have things wrong...
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    ONKYO TX-SR702B @ www.jr.com for $499.99

    Friday sale today, Onkyo TX-SR702B for $499.99 with free shipping at www.jr.com Product link
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    New hard drives - which order

    I'm rebuilding my WinXP system, and wondering what order I should have my hard drives. I've currently got: WD 80G as C:\ with Windows, My Documents, and Program Files and WD 120G; 2G as F:\ Windows Swap file and 40G as G:\ with Games and files I've downloaded I'm planning on picking up...