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    Architecture / Digital Design Workstation Build Help!

    I've been away from PC news and construction for so long that I have NO idea what any of the current components are and how they perform, so I come to you fine gents for help! I'm a 21 year old architecture major looking for a new workstation that will be more than I need for what I want to...
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    Recommend me the Best All-In-One Printer for Under $200

    What do you own, and do you love it? What do you recommend? Does higher DPI Res. for scanning really matter above 1200x2400? I have these two in mind, both by Canon, both same thing pretty much, scanner aside: Same printers, except the print speeds are different, and the scanners are...
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    Recommend me the Best All-In-One Printer for Under $200

    What do you own, and do you love it? What do you recommend? Does higher DPI Res. for scanning really matter above 1200x2400? I have these two in mind, both by Canon, both same thing pretty much, scanner aside: Same printers, except the print speeds are different, and the scanners are...
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    Dell 2707FWP or Larger Size LCD/Plasma TV?

    So I've reached a dilemma. The Dell 27" UltraSharp is an awesome monitor, and for $995 that's an awesome price. But a friend said, "Why not just put that $995 into a larger screen in the form of an LCD or Plasma tv??" Dell 27" So I looked around, and found a lot of large televisions for...
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    Does anyone know what "Cooloncatha" is???

    So the girlfriend got a new place, and the sign on the front of the house reads "Cooloncatha" We have absolutely no idea what it means, and apparently Google doesn't either... Anyone??
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    Air Purifier/Filter... Suggestions and Opinions Please

    So here's the thing... I've never had allergies before, I went on antibiotics for cysts for 6 months, and I'm all better, but now I'm allergic to things... Simple stuff, like dust, high mold and pollen count, and the new cat... so I'm in the market for an Air Filter, and the only thing I've...
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    Network printer having trouble printing from Mac through PC

    So my networks are all set up neatly and working, but whenever I try and print from my macbook pro, the printer spits this out, "%!PS-Adobe-3.0 %RBINumCopies: 1 %%Pages: (atend) %APL_DSC_Encoding: UTF8 %%Title: (M" and it cuts off, then will shoot out blank pages until it empties... I have...
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    Any benefit to turning off the hard disks after x amount of time?

    I never really played with the idea, but... is there really any benefit or point to having Windows turn off your hard drives after like 5 minutes, 30 minutes, whatever amount of time?
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    Getting an Apple MBP... but should I wait for Leopard?

    I'm on the verge of getting a MacBook Pro, I actually was going to today, but sadly the Apple store had none... but after this, it gave me time to have a thought. With the release of Leopard in October, does anyone know if Apple plans on revising or releasing a new MacBook Pro along with it...
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    Best Wireless Router?

    I'm getting ready to pick up an Apple MBP this Friday for school, and since it's a mobile computer, I'd love to be able to hang out downstairs, on the couch, in the kitchen and so forth. I've never had any real experience with networking other than plugging in my cable line to my modem and...
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    Need a workstation laptop for Architecture school...

    So I'll be starting my architecture education in precisely 8 days. Thus, I will be needing a powerful laptop to drag about with me to the studio, to classes, job sites and everywhere else a student will go. The professors don't have any requirements, though they did say "be sure you get a...
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    Microsoft Zune and Belkin TuneBase FM

    So I'm in a rut... I've played with the Zune enough to know I want one, and will get one... ...but only if it will work properly in my car. Meaning having it FM Trans'd... since the Zune isn't really a widespread beast quite yet, there's only a few options for FM transmission for it.... and...
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    Lite-On DVD Combo drive doin' weird things...

    K, so today I was asked to help with a Lite On CD-RW/DVD combo. Problem with it, is it will play music, load photos, install, it'll run everything, except for DVDs, and the problem is, it played DVD's fine up until about a week before this problem began, says he. I uninstalled the drivers...
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    Burning .avi to disc for DVD players...

    I remember a long time ago when ATHF first hit [adult swim] a friend of mine burned em for me onto a normal CD as .avi's... Now me being a fan of Lost and 24, I downloaded the most recent seasons cus I just couldn't wait to buy em... anyway to get em onto disc?
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    PSU Question...

    BFG GeForce 7800GTX PCI-X 256MB (Two of them in SLI) ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Retail Corsair 2GB (2 x 1GB) Thermaltake Silent Pure Power 480w Western digital Caviar SE 250GB (Two) AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
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    iTunes - Anyway to make it play through 5.1?

    I've been toying with this question for a while now... I love iTunes, and I have a 5.1 surround system, but sadly enough iTunes only plays through Front Left/Front Right/Sub and none of the other speakers... Anyone know of a way to get iTunes to play through all the speakers? I checked...
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    Anyway to get iTunes to play through all 6.1 speakers?

    Blah, I love iTunes to death, but it only plays through left and right and the sub, and nothing else... Anyway around that?
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    Windows Restarts when Clicking "Shut Down"

    Just loaded windows 2k Pro on a new system... everything works perfect except when you try and shut it down, it restarts... and I think I saw a blue screen flash real quick before it turned on again, but yea... any idea what might be causing this? I'm considering just reinstalling Windows on...
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    ATX Mobo and ATX PSU, but nowhere to plug 4-pin power connector?

    Ok, I'm setting a computer up for somebody and they ordered these two parts Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131468 Case with PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811147010 Got to setting it up, but the motherboard only has a 20-pin...
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    Returning MOBO, defective, but can the CPU come off OK?

    I'm returning a defective motherboard, but is it ok to take off the CPU after it's been installed? How should I go about removing the CPU and HSF so that I can return the MB and also mount it on the new MB? Thanks in advance Ian
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    BFG 7800GTX Question

    Putting a system together right now... got a 6 plug power on the card itself which leads out to two molex connectors... do I need to plug in both molex plugs or no? Any quick responses would be greatly appreciated! Thanks bunch, guys.
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    This is just insane...

    A friend of mine has said amount of money to spend solely on a computer... I'm quoting here, "Go balls out on this thing," so what kind of damage can we do with 3.2K? He's gonna be gaming... a lot. I'm putting together my own little layouts for this job, but I'd wanna hear what some of the...
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    Problems with Norton Internet Security 2005

    Randomly Norton Internet Security 2005 decided to not allow any traffic out, and all the settings are the same, but whenever something tries to go online, like Steam, AIM, or anything outgoing, it won't let it connect and then it will say "Rules automatically created for program: Norton Netwrok...
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    Norton Internet Security 2005 Problem

    So I get the above message about 50% of the time when I turn on my computer, and when it does happen I can't access the internet and there's absolutely no traffic flow. It happened randomly one day, but I can get it to go away if I disable NIS2005 or if I restart the computer... Any got...
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    Projectors: Does anyone do any DCC or Gaming on one??

    Went around today and took a look at projectors. I'll mainly be using them for DCC with Maya and Adobe/Corel products and serious gaming. Would it be more practical to just buy a great projector and have fun with it in so manyw ays other than 2x 19" monitors or a Dell 2405FPW/Apple 23/30"...
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    nVidia Quadro FX Go 1400

    Thinking about a laptop. I'm going to need it for college for feature fillm animation and visual effects, so I'll be doing a lot of 3D work, but on the side I'd like to be able to have the laptop work as well as my desktop with the 6800GT. Would the Go 1400 be a good card for gaming, since it's...
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    Upgraded to Windows XP Home from 2000 Pro

    So I decided to upgrade, and it allowed me to convert the disk drive from FAT32 to NTFS, so I did. All of my files are where they were, but none of them work... it's as if they're just icons. I've had to reinstall everything and overwritie the current files, but I'm having a horrible...
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    Need help setting up Outlook and Gmail

    Got Outlook, got gmail, but I'm having trouble finding the exact incoming (POP3) and outgoing (SMTP) mail servers for Outlook to use. Anyone got some advice on this? Thanks in advance. Ian
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    Half-Life2 Issues... choppy/freezes

    Ok... so maybe a week after playing HL2 without a single problem whatsoever,this problem arises: About every 10-20 seconds the game freeze for around 3-5 seconds, then it loops a sound for around 10 seconds, then everything is fine until the next 10-20 problem happens again. This never...
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    AGP Aperature Size for 256mb GeForce6800GT?

    I recently heard that the aperature size in the BIOS should be double the memory on your graphics card. Any truth to this? Thanks plenty... Ian
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    Dell 2405FPW & Apple 30" Cinema

    I'm just about to purchase a new monitor for 3D Animation. Main usage will be college since animation will be my major, but I would like to enjoy high-end gaming as well... aiming at the Dell 2405FPW, or an Apple 30" Cinema, but for the price, the Dell is the master unless I get convinced into...
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    Widescreen or Dual LCD/Dual CRT?

    I'll be doing a ton of 3D Animation in the coming years with school and work, but would also like the ability to still enjoy my games. I'm considering a Dell 24" Wide Screen LCD, or the Apple 20" Cinema, the Dell being $200 the senior. As for Dual LCD, I'm considering to 2005FP's or 2 Samsung...
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    Moving from Texas to Florida. Transporting computer system question.

    Hey all. I'm going to be moving from Texas to Florida, and need to take my computer with me. I don't have any cases or anything fancy so I was what the best method would be to move the tower, 20" CRT monitor, and 6.1 speakers without damaging them along the ride, any issues with direct sunlight...
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    2x512mb Corsair VS

    I have the voltage setting in the BIOS set to Auto, but it reads at 2.7 volts... is this stable/good for the RAM? Any suggested voltages for non-overclocked Corsair PC3200 VS ?
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    How to go about switching memory?

    So I'm switching the memory since Newegg is selling 2x512mb Corsair PC3200VS at the price of 1 512mb piece. Do I need to do anything snazzy to switch them out, or just unplug the power, remove current stick, and put in the 2 news ones and fire it up? Thanks in advance. Ian
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    Monitor Contrast Ratios

    Getting started on designing a workstation pc with dual displays for 3D Animation and Visual Effects using Maya/3ds Max 7 and all that good stuff. Wondering what contrast ratio the monitor should have, also any other important features and statistics for monitors I should be aware of for optimal...
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    64 Minidumps... pc crashes too often

    So I've had this computer for about 6 months now. Had 64 minidrumps created, way too many system failures... and also in my c: drive there seem to be a growing number of folders called FOUND.000 through FOUND.022 with FILE0000.CHK and FILE0001.CHK in each folder... Anyone know how to read...
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    3D Animation Workstation Research

    Hello everyone! I'm about to head out to college for 3D Animation and Media Arts, and I was thinking about getting a workstation pc ready for my internship final year. As you can imagine, I'm looking for a budget-efficient machine, since I'll be in college but also since I'll be paying for...
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    Microsoft Office Specialist Exam

    I took the test exam, not the official one yet, and got a 72% Anyone know the scores or what a passing grade is for Microsoft Office XP Pro exams?
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    Looking for a Video Card for Work/Office PC

    Building an office/pc for a friends mom. She basically wants to be able to use Photoshop 7+ and Corel Paint IX, as well as watch DVDs and streaming media online. Thinking about an ATI 9200SE, but I think 128mb would be effecient. Any thoughts or recommendations? Price doesn't matter, but...