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    Geforce 470 not working (short circuit?)

    gentlemen. so i just received my geforce gtx 470. i plugged it in, then booted. i installed the drivers, rebooted and it worked for about 10 minutes before the computer shut down. and now, i can't start my computer if the card is plugged. more precisely, it does not start only when the...
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    I need to format my hard drive.

    Ok so I have a laptop, an Acer Aspire 3050 and I completely hate it. It never worked well. So I was roaming around on Vista when suddenly it reboots. That's nothing new. But it won't start anymore. That's nothing new. Even in safe mode or "last working configuration" or whatever. That's not...
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    overclocking on Asus P5VD2-VM

    so, have i got another crappy motherboard? i have an Asus P5VD2-VM SE (micro ATX). my cpu is an intel dual E2180 2.0ghz. i never thought about overclocking it until very recently. so i checked around a bit, other people who had overclocked it before. i found a FSB and cpu voltage value...
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    from 8800gts (320mb) to...

    hey good looking people from around here. i've always asked around here before buying new hardware, and you did counsel me well. so now i have a geforce 8800 GTS 320mb. up to now, it served me quite well. but i know that sooner or later i will have to change it. and now Age of Conan is...
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    about leaving the computer on all day

    oh hey hi. so well, i've never quite thought about it that much before, but is it bad to leave my computer on for like 3-4 days? more precisely, what does my video card thinks about that? i have a geforce 8800gts so i'm a bit concerned about its well being. if the computer is on (seeding...
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    1.5gb DDR1 vs 1gb DDR2

    yes. well i currently have 1.5gb of DDR1 RAM installed on my pc. I bought 2gb of DDR2 RAM recently but I have a motherboard issue that makes that I can only use 1gb of my DDR2 at a time (if I put both sticks, it DOES NOT COMPUTE). so I'm wondering. Is it better to have 1.5gb DDR1 or 1gb...
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    can't use both sticks of RAM

    Ok yay. I bought 2gb of DDR2 this morning, two sticks of one gigabyte.. I used to have a stick of 512mb and a stick of 1gb of DDR1 RAM. I can't use DDR1 and DDR2 at the same time, so I removed the old memory, but the two new sticks and started the computer. It was pretty bad actually. The...
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    changed RAM, cpu 100%

    Hello nice looking people, I do have a problem. I used to have 1,5 gb of DDR1 PC3200 RAM but, today, I bought 2 gb of DDR2 PC5300. I removed the old RAM, put on the new one, plugged the computer and started it. It detects 2gb or RAM and when I do "dxdiag" it says 2048mb and all and all. It...
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    upgrading a laptop

    So I wonder. I bought a laptopt this fall and been almost exclusively using it to do work and homeworks and unversity stuff. No need to say that I bought a very cheap one, for my PC can run any game (and I like games). I like to upgrade my PC. Changed RAM, I changed the motherboard and...
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    use laptop as monitor

    hey there. so i wonder. is it possible to plug my desktop pc into my laptop and use it (the laptop) as a monitor? from what i've seen, looking rapidly on google, it seems pretty much impossible. but most information i found dated back like 5-7 years ago. and you guys know pretty much...
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    radeon xpress 1100

    hey there. yeah well i bought an acer aspire 3050 about two months ago. it's got an ati radeon xpress 1100 video card. you know i bought the cheapest computer that was available because i didnt want to do anything too demanding on it. when i got home with the computer, i immediately...
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    p4 to dual core

    Hey hi you, I'm thinking about buying a new processor for my desktop. I currently have a P4 3.06gHz socket 775, 1.5bg of RAM and a geforce 8800gts. What I'm mostly doing on my desktop pc is playing games, so would a cpu change make such a difference? Is it worth it? Then, if yes, what to...
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    disabling SPI on a router

    Hey yeah. I downloaded Windows Vista 5600 RC-1 and stuff. I had the previous version too,but the networking never worked. So I downloaded the latest one, thinking it might work. But it doesn't. I've been googling around and I saw that I'm not the only one. Apparently, SPI (stateful packet...
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    windows vista and networking

    Hey yeah. Some creepy part of me needed to try that Vista thing, so I downloaded the 5536 build. I installed and all went well, well except that I had to format and do the install three times, but that's the Windows routine. I started it, noticed it was almost an exact copy of Mac OS X Tiger...
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    a nice video card to play nice games

    Eh well that's it, yet another thread where someone wants advice on video cards. But you guys like to answer these, don't you ;) So. I want a new videocard. Something PCI-E (motherboard on its way). I used to have a x850xt AGP, but it disappointed me. Actually, I think it was my computer...
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    About motherboards and CPUs

    Heeey, So I thought it was about time I switched my motherboard (Asus P4P800-E) to any motherboard that has a PCI-Express slot, because I want to buy a PCI-Express video card someday soon. I thought I could buy a PCI-Express motherboard and replug all the stuff I have on this new motheboard...
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    Catalyst and ATT settings

    Hey there, I have a pentium 4, 1gb of ram and a radeon x850xt agp and i wonder if i could improve my video card's performance a bit. Right now, i score ±5600 in 3dmark05 (wich i think is kinda what i should get). My question is about all these settings in Catalyst Control Center and Ati Tray...
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    updating the bios

    well so i have an asus p4p800-e deluxe motherboard and i thought i might update the drivers. everything is so crappy on my computer, i think it couldnt be worse. but i dont know anything about updating bios, even if its good or not. i have the bios update .rom file downloaded, but i dont...
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    x850xt games performances

    so ok, i recently bought a radeon x850xt 256mb. from what i read, i could play like half-life 2 in high resolution and high everything with AA and AF pretty neat too and battlefield 2 with everything at high in around 1280x960. i always play at 1280x960, even if my computer can handle a higher...
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    PCI Express

    well, just moments ago, i was seriously thinking about a little video card upgrade, more precisely a geforce 7800 gt. but then i noticed that they were all PCI Express video cards. i had no idea what it was, but i think i read that its not compatible with PCI or AGP slots. the problem is that im...
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    overclocking failed with geforce 6600gt oc

    well that's it. two days ago, i bought a geforce 6600gt oc. i installed it and started a game (these past couple of days, ive only been playing star wars galaxies). then, at some point, the computer simply crashed. i restarted it but it wouldnt start. i waited a couple of minutes, restarted and...
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    low memory on drive can affect gameplay?

    hello kind people ;) ive made a partition especially for windows (which i almost dont use anymore) of 5go. for some mysterious reason, having only windows xp professional installed, there's only 31.7mo of free space on my whole 5go. theres that file pagfile.sys or something thats large of...
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    geforce 5500 XT vs geforce 6600 GT

    so i actually own a geforce 5500 and im not really satisfied of it (like playing half-life 2 as recommend gives me a high fps when theres a little action or outside scenes). having recently received a little money from the government, i went to the nearest store and took the best they had, a...