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    Gaming performance always worse in Vista

    I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but every single game I've ever tried to run (whether using DirectX 10 or not) is 15 fps or more slower on Vista than XP. It has been this way from the beginning (installed Vista at the end of January 2007), through several graphics card and chipset driver...
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    Corrupted Windows XP or HDD?

    EDIT: Mods, please move to "Computer Help" forum if you think it that's where it belongs . I just now found it. Sorry!!!!! I don't know if it's against the forum rules to post a thread that basically points to another one in a separate section, but I'm not even sure it belongs in the...
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    Windows won't boot after updates *NOT SOLVED*

    I have been out of town on business this week. I came home last night, and my wife informed me that something is wrong with the computer. She said it would just sit at the Windows XP loading screen for 5 minutes, and then it just reboots. So I checked it out, and sure enough that's what...
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    8800GTX resistor value

    Any of you remember this? http://www.legitreviews.com/article/417/1/ I recently bought a BFG 8800GTX from someone on another forum. After mentioning to a fellow gamer on Ventrilo that it has a black PCB, he brought this to my attention. I do not have a magnifying glass. However, my...
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    Looking for advice - Is upgrading to GTX worth it?

    I have been looking at some benchmarks around the net, and it looks like the GTX is a good deal faster than the GTS. However, I haven't been able to find really any benchmarks that are close to my setup: C2D e6400 (~3GHz o/c) eVga GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB (660/1800 o/c) 2GB DDR2-800 RAM...
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    Problems installing WinXP on new HD

    I bought a new hard drive to install Windows XP on. I already had Windows Vista Ultimate on my other one. I wanted a 2nd hard drive anyway, and there are a couple of things I want to have Windows XP for. For specs, please visit the link in my sig. I booted from the Windows XP CD and it...
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    Need sound card for recording....

    I am the choir director at my church. In that past, I have made CDs with me singing along with the music to help them learn their parts. All I did was simply use Windows sound recorder to record my my voice and the music from the CD at the same time. This was achieved with my Santa Cruz by...
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    Need a sound card for recording.....

    I am the choir director at my church. In that past, I have made CDs with me singing along with the music to help them learn their parts. All I did was simply use Windows sound recorder to record my my voice and the music from the CD at the same time. This was achieved with my Santa Cruz by...
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    Sharing files in Vista

    I've posted about this on the MS Windows Vista newsgroups, but haven't received any replies. I thought I'd give it a shot here, too. I like to have my desktop PC at home set to show the welcome screen when the screen saver comes on. To log back into Windows, you have to enter your...
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    New PC won't post

    Well I just built a new pc today, with the specs in the "My system specs" link. I can't get it to post. I have double checked that I have everything hooked up and secure. I just got the video card "new" from eBay, so I thought it may be the problem. But the fan is spinning on it, so I know it...
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    New PC won't post

    Well I just built a new pc today, with the specs in the "MyRig" link. I can't get it to post. I have double checked that I have everything hooked up and secure. I just got the video card "new" from eBay, so I thought it may be the problem. But the fan is spinning on it, so I know it isn't...
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    Vista / XP dual boot question

    I installed Vista Business on my laptop for work on a separate partition. Whenever I boot up it gives me the choice of Windows Vista or earlier version of Windows. I can press F8 to see boot options for Vista (safe mode, etc.), but I can't do that for Windows XP Pro. The F8 option disappears...
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    PC2 5300 vs. 6400 for me

    I'm building a new pc with a GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 motherboard and an Intel Core Duo E6400 CPU. I want 2GB of RAM for it. I have found a good deal on a Geil kit, 2x1GB PC2 6400, for $200, but unfortunately it is out of stock and I'd rather not have to wait on it because my current PC seems to...
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    Viewsonic VX924 w/ subwoofer

    I know CRT monitors are susceptible to interference from objects that produce magnetic fields, but what about LCD's? I have a Viewsonic VX924, and I was wondering if it would be safe to place the my non-magnetically shielded subwoofer directly under my desk.
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    Home electronics forum

    Anybody know of a good Home Electronics forum I could go to for questions about DVD players and such? I have found a few, but they're not very active and I was wondering if ya'll might know of some good ones.
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    Transferring old home movies to DVD

    combine images from two 4.7 GB DVD+RW's to put on one DVD+R DL? I am currently in the process of moving all of our footage from old Beta tapes to DVD. I'm doing this by hooking up the Sony Beta VCR to my Lite-On DVD recorder. The problem is I can only get an hour of video on each DVD because...
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    Rubber feet for Dell Inspiron 8600

    I have lost on of the rubber feet that goes on the bottom of my Dell Inspiron 8600 Laptop. I searched online and on eBay, but the only option I found was paying $9.99 + shipping for like 10 of them. I'd rather not buy them in bulk. I just need one. Anybody know where I can buy just one or a...
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    Windows Media videos won't play in IE or Firefox

    All of the sudden I can't watch Windows Media videos within my browser(s). I didn't change anything that I can think of. I have WMP 10 and the latest versions of IE and Firefox. It just says "Connecting to Media" and never plays. I've tried shutting down my firewall and also rebooting, but...
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    Progs won't Uninstall

    I am retiring from gaming for a while so I decided to get rid of some stuff. In Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs, there are a bunch of programs that it is not listing for some reason. I know I have the programs installed, but they do not show up on the list. I just noticed this the other...
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    Upgrading advice

    I'm in somewhat of a bind for upgrading this year. I usually get a really high end system for Christmas, but there are issues with that this year. I just got a Geforce 6800 GT in August. Of course, it is AGP. My plan all along was to get my system upgraded for Christmas, but according to what...
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    PC won't appear on the network

    I just got a new Dell Inspiron 8600 notebook and want to set it up on a wireless network with my PC. I've got the network up and running, but I can't get my PC to show up in My Network Places. I can see everything I'm sharing on the laptop, and can access those files......but I can't see or...
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    Piss-Poor o/c on an eVga 6800GT

    I can't even get the core farther than 370 MHz without it failing the internal test or whatever that it says you must run before you apply the overclock (coolbits). The memory tests fine at 1.1 GHz though, haven't tried to go any higher or test it in any 3d apps. My case temperature is 37 C...
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    RETAIL X800 XT's

    Does ANYBODY actually have a RETAIL BOX version of the ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition yet?
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    Refresh Rate tester?

    I'm trying to convince my friend that that's no way his Old 17" Samsung 753df can support 120 Hz at 1280x1024. According to his display settings he is running at 120 Hz right now, but I'm thinking it's REALLY running at 65 Hz (the maximum supported refresh rate at that res according to the...
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    Samsung 753df refresh rate

    I'm trying to convince my friend that that's no way his Old 17" Samsung 753df can support 120 Hz at 1280x1024. According to his display settings he is running at 120 Hz right now, but I'm thinking it's REALLY running at 65 Hz (the maximum supported refresh rate at that res according to the...
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    WinXP lagging out

    Ok I just formatted 3 weeks ago. Starting yesterday my system keeps lagging out. A couple of times I waited it out, but the other two times I just rebooted after waiting literally 5 minutes for whatever I clicked on to open when it froze up. I can move my mouse pointer and that's it. Everywhere...
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    Flash Drive 256MB USB $69.99 Gateway

    http://accessories.gateway.com/AccessoryStore/PC+Accessories_316441/Drives+_A1_+Storage_316507/Flash_F1_Micro+Drives_372910/5502993_proddetail.htm?ref=merch
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    Just formatted, now 2nd hard drive is not accessible

    wtf. I just formatted for the first time since I got my new Western Digital 80 GB 7200 RPM at the beginning of the year. I decided to keep my old Maxtor as a second hard drive. After I installed the new hard drive I could access the old Maxtor just fine. So I formatted tonight because Windows...
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    Formatted, now 2nd HDD is "not accessible"

    wtf. I just formatted for the first time since I got my new Western Digital 80 GB 7200 RPM at the beginning of the year. I decided to keep my old Maxtor as a second hard drive. After I installed the new hard drive I could access the old Maxtor just fine. So I formatted tonight because...
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    9700 Pro VPU resetting, etc.

    When playing games, and once while just in desktop, my comp will lock up for several seconds and the montior cuts off for a few seconds, followed by a message that the VPU has reset because the "graphics card was no longer responding to graphics commands" or whatever. I've been playing UT2003...
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    Loss of video signal during system crash

    I just built this comp last week (see specs). Since then, the system has crashed a couple of times. What I'm trying to find out is what's causing it. It's not like a system hang where everything locks up and I just can't move anything......it like totally turns my monitor off to Power Save mode...
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    New Seagate 80 GB suddenly not recognized by mobo

    My Maxtor 60 GB has been acting up some lately so my dad brought home a new Seagate 80 GB HDD. I put it in last night, installed windows and partitioned it etc. It was working fine. I rebooted 3 or 4 times while I was installing stuff on it. I wake up this morning and it is a post screen...
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    IE probs with Google and Pricewatch

    I have IE 6.0 SP1. Every other time I do a search at google.com IE will crash on me. And it ALWAYS crashes the first time I seach for something after opening IE. Does anybody else experience this? Also, when I try to do a search at pricewatch.com I get an error. Everything works fine with...
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    Upgrade advice

    Ok, I know a lot of you get sick and tired of giving people upgrade advice because you get constantly asked all the time. However, I do think the time you put into helping people decide is really appreciated by them and worthwhile. Having said that, here's my inquiry: In April I'm upgrading...
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    Help me please! Convince my dad....(PSU related)

    that 430w power supply is not too much overkill for: P4 2.8 GHz (possibly AMD 3000+, haven't decided yet) 512 MB DDR PC3200 RAM Hercules 3D Prophet Radeon 9700 Pro Maxtor 60 GB 7200 RPM HDD Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Samsung CD/DVD ROM LG CD-RW/CD-ROM 40x12x40x HP printer (just really a standard...
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    How much wattage for this upgrade? (PSU)

    Keeping in mind these specs: P4 2.8 GHz 533 MHz fsb probably an Asus DDR mobo 512 MB DDR RAM PC3200 Radeon 9700 Pro What wattage power supply should I get? I've been told by a few people anywhere from 400w to 650w!! Well as you know it's always better to get a good name brand power...
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    R350 price tag

    There is speculation that the R350 will be $150 cheaper than the GF FX AT LAUNCH in March. I looked around and found some more sites that said the same thing, although it may just be copied from one site to another from the same one source. What do you guys think? Will the R350 debut at $249.99...
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    Floppy drive won't work after new HD install

    just replaced my Maxtor 40 GB 5400 RPM HD with a Maxtor 60 GB 7200 RPM. And now I can't get my floppy drive to work. When I put a disk in, the LED on the drive comes on like it's reading the disk, but Windows gives me a box that says "Please insert disk into drive A:". I've went through device...
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    Another RAM inquiry

    I'm going to upgrade my system in the spring. I know that's a long way off yet, but I got to thinking about it. Which is better? 512 MB PC2700 or 768 MB PC2100? I'd rather just add 128 MB of PC2100 to cut costs a little bit. But if 512 MB of PC2700 will give noticably better performance...
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    Q on formatting, ghosting

    I'm going to have my PC formatted Tuesday. It's really slowing down on me and the internet stopped working on it. Anyway, I was planning on having the guys ghost the hard drive, but will that make duplicate directories or anything? Is it best to do a fresh install without ghosting? Because I...