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    Which PC speakers have digital optical inputs?

    I know the Z-5500s have digital optical in but I'm looking to spend a little less, this is just a setup to run an Xbox 360 on and doesn't need to be the best but I WOULD like to utilize the 5.1 sound.
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    PS2 Mouse not working in XP

    New build, Chaintech VNF4 board, I installed XP Home with this old USB optical mouse installed. Once the OS was up and running I remembered why I had shelved that mouse - doesn't work right. So, shut down, plugged in a PS2 mouse and...nothing.... doesn't work in Windows. I booted to some...
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    Need a device that will receive wireless signal and output to wired

    Is there an access point or device that would take the signal from my D-Link wireless router (main floor of my house) and have wired outputs. I have a small workbench area in my basement and right now I'm having to move a PCI adaptor every time I work on a different computer. Is there...
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    Need help setting up a 74 gig Raptor

    I bought a used WD740 from someone on the FS/FT forum here. He was previously running it in some RAID config so that probably has something to do with it. I just have the single Raptor on a DFI LanParty 250 GB. Drive tests fine under the WD Windows diagnotics but it shows in Windows as 138...
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    Problems solved, NM

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    Will a SATA drive work with Windows 98SE?

    Don't laugh but I'm thinking of using a Raptor for a 'classic' PC gaming machine that I need to run 98SE on for compatibility. Just wondering if I'd have any problem with system drivers. The thought of Duke Nukem 3D or other games like that loading in about one second...
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    Memory produces one single error in memtest86

    I was testing one single Rosewill 512 PC3200 stick in an MSI KT6 Delta and it produces one single error in the final test seven. Each time a whole pass is made it makes that same single error. Have another stick and it doesn't do this, with both in, I get that same single error. Is this...
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    Password hacking - how do they do it?

    Yesterday someone took over my ebay account and listed a $40,000 item, wrote about it in another thread in Other which apparently no one was interested in Just wondering - if they have a program that guesses millions or billions of combos until it cracks your password - how is that used? I...
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    A7N8X USB 2.0 not showing up in WinXP DM...

    I bought this NF2 board off the forums a while back and can't figure out how to enable the USB 2.0 drivers....this is some NF2 issue isn't it? I'm using XP Pro. EDIT: this was a bare board so I don't have the CD, at the time I'm posting this I can't get to the Asus drivers online.
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    Antec 430 TruPower okay with a 6800 GT card? 6800 Ultra?

    I'm trying to locate a 6800 GT but just want to make sure my PS is enough.
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    SVC GC68 Coolers...Discontinued :(

    Well this sucks like an electrolux but I went to order some more of these today and they were gone from the site...called SVC and the GC68 coolers are discontinued :( Since the GC69 seems eternally not available, are there any other inexpensive coolers that take 80mm fans like these did? Damn...
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    Question about transferring ownership of XP Pro OEM

    Last night I purchased an XP Pro OEM with COA & booklet, along with a 27 gig hard drive from someone on the FS/FT forum. This morning he has informed me that he went ahead and installed XP to that drive and activated it by phone for me. I don't know why he did this, I suppose he thought it...
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    Wireless newb questions

    Okay my existing setup was a cable broadband connection, Linksys wired router and three PCs around the house. The other day I bought an almost-new laptop with some with a Dlink Extreme G bundle (router and laptop card). In the interest of testing everything out quick I just plugged the Dlink...
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    How good is an integrated Radeon Mobility 64 meg shared notebook graphics?

    I just bought a nearly-new Compaq 2199 laptop from someone, it's being shipped so I don't have it in my hands just yet. It has a Radeon Mobility integrated graphics with 64 MB shared video memory. I'm just wondering what I can expect out of this, what desktop cards would it be comparable to...
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    RMAing a motherboard to newegg...need advice

    I've never sent a mb back to newegg before and I'm either missing something or don't see thorough instructions on their site. Do I need to send the cables, IO plate, manual, etc, back too? Reason being, I'd definitely need at least the IO plate back... And is it okay to send it back through...
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    Couple of Annoying XP issues I need help with

    1. When I insert a blank CDR disc, it always keeps asking me if I want to take no action or open up a folder. I keep checking the box to always take no action but that prompt keeps coming back up every time. 2. IE Explorer defaults to 'smaller' text size instead of medium which is the only size...
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    Need help...saving html docs with embedded images in Frontpage XP

    I was using Frontpage 2000 before, but upgraded my rig last week, installed Windows XP and Office XP and there is a new thing in Frontpage really annoying me. When I add a picture from the web to a page, when I save the document, it always prompts me whether I want to save that image to my...
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    A7N8X Which IDE Drivers to use?

    Hey I got this board used, it didn't come with documentation or software. I set up XP Pro on it and initially got some drivers from the Asus site, but then was reading some things that indicated I'd be better off with Intel's drivers. So I rolled them back. And it now says Standard Dual...
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    VERY odd problem, can't log on to this forum

    Yeah, I'm logged on now, but on a different computer ;) On my new install of XP Pro SP1 on my main rig, I cannot log on to this forum. Even turned the security settings way down, I've made sure cookies are enabled. Using Internet Explorer 6 SP1. When the pages load up after I attempt to log...
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    512K L2 Barton cache not showing up in memtest86

    Okay so I got a used unlocked Barton 2500+ and A78NX motherboard and promptly cranked it up to 3200+ speeds (11x200). I'm running memtest86 on it and didn't notice this earlier but memtest86 reports the 128K L1 cache correctly...but says "unknown" for the L2 cache. Is it possible that memtest...
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    Please Lock...stupid question solved

    I just got an Asus NForce2 motherboard and none of the spare AGP cards I have, even a GF2, will fit in it. I'm having to test it right now with a PCI card. So I need an AGP 8X card? The card that will be going in the new board is my Radeon 9700 Pro but it's in use right now as I type. Hope...
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    NForce2 and Barton questions...need help

    I just bought a used Asus A7N8X and am trying to decide what Barton to buy for it. I have a 2400+ TBred and Abit KX7-333 and 768 megs of PC2700 right now. I'm going to at least temporarily have to use that same memory in the new setup till I can afford some better PC3200. With that PC2700 will...
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    How to take the cooler off a Visiontek GF3 card?

    Have a Visiontek GF3 ti200 with a fan that sounds like a dying calf in a rainstorm for the first five minutes when you start the computer, and a spare blue orb gpu cooler. I loosened the two retainers but the hs is epoxied onto the gpu or something and I'm scared to pry with a...
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    Couple of questions about cold cathode tubes & UV sensitive goodies

    I've had some led fans in a couple of my windowed cases for a while now but want some CC tubes. A guy in a store told me "and just wait till you get some UV sensitive cables and fans...it's cool". But he was just using regular CC tubes and didn't have an example. My question is will all CC...
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    What kind of power supply tester to get??

    Just had three power supplies turn out to be bad. What kind of inexpensive PS tester can I get to make sure if one is bad or not? Is that $9.95 thing at SVC any good?
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    Booting from Win2K CD problem...NTLDR not found

    Help a dummy out. I have a motherboard with apparently a bad FDD controller and I was at least trying to get the machine to boot with my Windows 2000 CD but I get this NTLDR not found message. I have a Seagate drive utilities CD and a Win98SE CD, both of them boot.
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    Smokin hot Pentium II/III passive heatsinks

    I have a PII 450 and a PIII 500, both passively cooled with big heatsinks. But man those things get blazing hot...is this normal? The old Intel BX boards don't have temp monitoring at least in the BIOS that I can see so I'm not sure of exact temps and I haven't installed OSs to these two...
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    Epox 8KTA3+ (KT133A) and Duron 850 combo...need help doesn't post

    I put this combo together last night, got both items from the AT FS forum. All I'm getting is a continuous beeping when I turn it on. I've tried putting several different memory sticks in it and tried some different AGP and PCI vid cards. Nothing else is hooked up yet but those basics...what...
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    Need help with extra USB ports on Abit KT7 RAID - manual missing

    Bought this board off the forum and it didn't come with a manual. I can't seem to dl the manual from abit's site - would anyone be able to give me a scan of how to hook those up. I have the front usb ports with all the individual wires. Or is the configuration standard - I have some abit kt333...
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    Any way to nuke the virtual drive CDRWin creates??

    I do not use the virtual drive some of these burning programs install and for some reason, having them show up in my computer drives me up a wall. With Alcohol it's easy to disable but I'm not seeing any way to disable it in CDRWin.
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    Memory test never stops on MSI i810 motherboard

    I got this used MSI intel 810 motherboard and the memory test at startup never stops, gets to your maximum RAM and starts over again. Don't know if there's something wrong with the board but I'm not seeing anywhere you can turn the test off in BIOS. You have to hit the Esc key and then it...
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    Refresh rates with old PCI vid cards/Win98 (Diamond Stealth S II)

    Hi...I'm putting together a couple of old classic gaming rigs and had a Trident 4 meg AGP in an Intel LX/PII300 mobo combo with Win98SE and a 1995 Hitachi 17" monitor. Now I was able to set that card to adaptor default or optimal refresh rate in display properties and not sure what the refresh...
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    Win95 or 98SE with only 32 mb ram?

    I'm putting together an old Intel LX/PII 300 combo and right now it only has 32 megs of system memory. I'm looking for a little more but until I can find some for CHEAP I'll have to do with the 32. All I'm going to do with this box is play the likes of Tomb Radier and Duke Nukem and other Build...
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    Need help erasing IBM 6.4 gig HDD

    Need some help - picked up a used IBM 6.4 gig HDD from the forum here and it apparently has NTFS on it, and I'll be using FAT32 on it (windows98se) so I had to erase the NTFS first. I don't think there is actually anything wrong with the drive, I'm just encountering a bit of trouble getting it...
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    What kind of memory for an Intel LX Board??

    Hey need a little help here. I picked up a gateway pull intel lx motherboard combo from someone on the forums here. It came with 32 megs of memory but I'm wanting to get a little more. Unless I'm blind neither intel or gateway's websites are showing me exactly what I need. I'm assuming most...
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    Need advice on Voodoo cards

    I'm finally putting a 'classics' machine together to play some 1996-1999 era games that I can no longer play on my 2000 and XP boxes. Now eventually I'm probably going to pick up both a Voodoo 1 and two Voodoo 2s, I see them once in a while in the AT For Sale forums for $5-15. I don't even mind...
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    SBLive/Win98SE...how to get sound working in DOS

    Well I used to play DOS games all the time with no problem at all and now I'm trying to get some going again and having no luck. The computer in question has a SBLive and Win98SE. Now, in Device Manager I have had to keep the SB16 Emulation device disabled, otherwise I have a conflict and the...
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    Could drivers kill a SB Live (DOS drivers mixup)

    Okay this really has me annoyed but this afternoon I wanted to try an old DOS game on my wife's windows 98SE computer. This was the stupid part on my behalf but I had only ever installed windows drivers for the card and none of the other stuff. So I put the creative CD in and went to install...
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    Windows 2000 and 200 gig drive

    I have a 120 gig drive that is rapidly getting filled up so I'm thinking about getting a new WD 2000JB 200 gig to transfer everything to and then use the 120 as a slave. I have an ATA133 motherboard so I should be fine there. I have Win2K Pro SP3 and I went through and did this registry edit...
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    Couple of nForce2 / dual channel memory questions

    I'm thinking my next mb will be an nForce2, probably the Asus. And not sure what memory to get. To have 'dual channel' which I don't thoroughly understand yet, can I get by with two good quality PC3200 sticks like Corsair XMS?? Because I'm seeing some 'dual channel' packages for two sticks but...