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    XFX 6600gt and via K8m800 chipset

    Hi, My brother recently bought a XFX 6600GT (AGP) card. He has the Jetway K8m8ms motherboard with the via chipset k8m800. He has a Antec 430 True Power PSU. He is running Windows XP SP2. Anytime we run a game, the video and sound lock up for 5-10 seconds at a time and then returns to normal...
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    Video Card Suggestions

    Hey, I sort of want to upgrade from my Geforce FX5900XT(AGP). I had my eyes set on a 6600gt or a 6800nu. I decided on the 6800 because I've been reading about the softmod thing with rivatuner and the prospects of getting performance close to a 6800gt is tempting me. My questions are...do...
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    System files not on Windows drive

    Hi, I have two hard drives in my machine, 1 80 gig WD and a 34gig raptor. Im using a K8n neo platinum board and windows xp. When I recently reinstalled windows, my windows drive became drive D: and my other harddrive C:. Well it appears that all of my important system files (IO.sys, Boot.ini...
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    Strange Network Ping Problems

    Hey guys, I've used both onboard nvidia ethernet and a pci ethernet card made by linksys. My router is a network everywhere routher Nr-041. I have my computer and my buddies computer on the router. The cable modem is a motorola surfboard. I'm getting issues recently where my ping will...
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    I need help limiting bandwidth to a computer on my network

    Hey guys, I'm pretty unfamiliar with networking. I have a Network Everywhere 4 port router. I believe the serial is NR-041. Its a cheapo. Anyway, I need help throttling his computers download and upload speeds so that I can have a little bandwidth to play Counterstrike. My ping is always...
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    Gainward is driving me nuts!

    Can anyone out there help me find a bios for my Gainward GeforceFX 5900XT Golden Sample card? I have the orginal bios, but I need an updated one. The only way you can download the bios is with a utility called ExperTool and they seemed to have left that option out of their program in the newer...
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    Evil Genius Help

    Hey all, I'm getting this weird error message when I exit the game. It says something about "EvilGeniusEXEStub-release" (exe file that runs the game) causing an error with ntdll.dll. It really doesn't effect the game at all, but its just kinda annoying because I play it alot. I think it may...
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    Errors Exiting Evil Genius Game

    Hey all, I'm getting this weird error message when I exit the game. It says something about "EvilGeniusEXEStub-release" (exe file that runs the game) causing an error with ntdll.dll. It really doesn't effect the game at all, but its just kinda annoying because I play it alot. I think it...
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    A couple of problems, if you guys don't mind

    Okay Guys, My first problem: I installed a raptor drive in my computer. I put windows and some games on that drive along with a PATA storage drive. I read on the MSI forums that for my board I have to install raid and storage drivers prior to windows installation even though I only...
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    Serious help needed with my Gainward 5900XT

    Hey all, This program Expertool that Gainward makes you get to retrieve bios updates for my card seems to have messed me up. A while back I flashed the bios on it. I wasn't sure if it was newer or not, but usually it wont download if it doesnt need updated. Well anyway, I think something...
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    I need a Northbridge active HSF for my MSI K8n Neo

    Hi guys, I need a little guidance on this. Ive emailed MSI and havent heard from them yet. I need to cool my chipset a little better than what the stock passive heatsink can provide. I notice that my video card capacitors are fairly close to this heatsink so I need to know what will fit here...
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    3dMark03 Build 340 Score with my New System

    Hi my specs are: Athlon 3000+ Newcastle MSI K8N Neo Platinum 2X512MB Corsair VS 80gb WD 8mb cache GF FX 5900XT @450/780 My question is: I ran 3dMark03 with Aniso set on 4 and my score was only 5700 while turning that setting down to 1 i got around 5930. Are these scores...
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    MSI K8N Neo Plat.

    Hey all, I just put my 64 bit system together: Athlon 64 3000+, MSI K8N Neo Plat., 2X512 Crucial Value select(2.5 CL) and stock CPU cooling. I am pretty knowledged when it comes to overclocking Athlon XP's, but I have no clue with the 64's and this board. I tried setting it to do an auto...
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    Question about MSI K8N Neo Platinum board

    Hi all, I had a question about cooling the south bridge. I read some reviews saying that the passive heatsink on this board can get pretty warm so I was thinking about getting an active heatsink with a fan. So, as for the size, would a fan/heatsink combo for the northbridge fit the holes on...
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    TV out not working right

    Hey all, I have a cord that has an svideo end and a regular video(yellow) end. Ive plugged the svideo end into my Gainward 1100xt 5900 xt and the yellow end into the video in on my TV. Using Nview, the only thing I get is flickering, distorted black and white images of the desktop. Can anyone...
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    Gainward 5900xt 1100xp problems with games

    Hi all, I just purchased this gainward card last week. I've noticed that when I play games the video jumps or locks and i have to tab out of the game and back in to fix it. Does anyone know what could be doing this? I only have Nivdia drivers on my computer, no Radeon ones. Thanks!
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    sapphire 9800 pro garble when trying to post on power on

    Hi all, I just bought this card and received it today. It works fine in my older computer, but for some reason it will not post in my newer rig. I have a Leadtek K7ncr18d motherboard and antec true power 430W psu. My old geforce 5600 ultra works fine as well. Ive tried lowering the AGP to 4x...
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    Powercolor 9800se to 9800pro OC?

    Hey guys, I just thought Id ask about this card. Its a 9800se radeon by powercolor I seen on pricewatch selling for 154 bones. It says in the description that 60-70% can be OC'ed to pros (easily). Does anyone have any insight on this? Id like to save some bucks but I dont want to screw up a...
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    Memory Problems w/ Leadtek K7ncr18d mobo

    Hi all, I've been having this problem for a while now. I would LOVE to get it sovled without buying more ram. I have 1:Kingston 256mb pc2700 module, 1: Kingston 512mb pc2700 module, and 1:Samsung 256mn pc2700 module. Any combination of the two gives me stable memtest and prime95 results but...
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    Leadtek K7NCR18D pro Mobo and Dual Channel Problems

    Hey all, I'm having some problems with my ram and motherboard. For some reason, the system is only stable when I use two sticks of ram either in single channel or dual channel. When I add a third stick, I suppose its trying to utilize dual channel through both 1&3 slots AND 2&3 slots. I...
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    Leadtek K7NCR18d pro motherboard and Dual Channel problems

    Hey guys, I sort of have a problem with my ram and motherboard. I was using 2X256mb sticks of pc2700 ram. One was a Samsung and one was a Kingston Valueram. Well I just purchased a third stick of Kingston value ram, but it is 512mb. For some reason, I believe that the Dual Channel feature...
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    Problems with Leadtek K7ncr18d pro mobo and 5.1 speaker setup.

    Hi Guys, I'm having problems with the K7ncr18d pro's audio. I have Windows XP pro and using Creative Inspire 5300 5.1 speakers. The audio is 5.1 channel soundstorm. The manual tells me that in order to utilize 5.1 speakers I have to plug the rear speaker plug into Line In and the...