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    CPU Temp question

    Yeah, that's why I was kinda hesitant. The stock heat sink was half the height of the other intel stock heatsink. lol wasn't expecting that.
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    CPU Temp question

    So, I just installed a q9550 and I'm just using the stock heatsink and testing the cpu a little bit to get an idea of the temp range. On idle I am around 35, 35, 37 and 37 for the cores using real temp. On full load I just tested for only about 30 minutes using prime95 and it reaches 70, 65...
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    New Video Card - Will I be bottlenecked?

    yup that's what i figured. Upgrading the cpu is not an issue, just was wondering if I could hold off lol. I'm running a 6800 gt right now. What would you say would be the minimum cpu I should buy with that card? I was thinking next cpu I would purchase would be a core 2 duo 8400 or 8500?
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    New Video Card - Will I be bottlenecked?

    Thought I would just post my question here instead of making a new post. I ordered a new video card, ATI 4890 and I wanted to know as well if it will bottleneck me that bad. I am running a P4 630. Haven't played games for the longest so had no need to upgrade but recently started playing WoW...
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    Geek Squad 4 GB USB Drive

    My friend just bought a usb drive and for some reason it is converting any file that is put on the drive to a .exe. I can't seem to figure our why it is doing this. I have reformatted it and looked for viruses on his comps but nothing has come up. Has anyone run into this type of issue or...
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    Hard Drive Issue

    On my home computer I just have one hard drive. I connected the old hard drive to the same ide cable and set it as a slave. It recognizes it in bios but doesn't show up in windows. XP should be able to see it correct?
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    Hard Drive Issue

    Seems my old post just got deleted. I posted about trying to retrieve old files from an old hard drive. I actually brought the drive home and slaved it to my computer right now which is running XP Pro. The hard drive shows up in the post screen when I boot up but I don't seem to see it in my...
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    Hard Drive Issue

    I should have explained myself better. I understand the USB method that he is talking about but I need to get the file today. It isn't a personal computer, it is for one at my work and I don't have time to go out and buy an external enclosure at the moment. Is it okay to just slave the hard...
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    Hard Drive Issue

    okay, I will have to keep that in mind for future reference. I will just have to connect it to the one computer in the office that is running win 2k. If it running the same os then it won't be a problem correct?
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    Hard Drive Issue

    oh okay great, does it have to be a computer running windows 2k or can it be a windows xp computer?
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    Hard Drive Issue

    Quick question, I need to search for files on an old computer that is running Windows 2000 but it is not booting for some reason. Is it possible to just take out the hard drive and slave it to another computer and search the hard drive for the file?
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    Hard Drive is not showing up

    Yes, it shows up in the device manager. I will try to find the disk tools from the manufacturer's website.
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    Hard Drive is not showing up

    I recently reformatted an old computer that had 2 hard drives. 1 Master and 1 Slave drive. I was in a rush and I didn't delete and reformat the slave drive. Now it isn't showing up in disk management or anywhere else. It does show up during the boot up screen and is present in bios. What...
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    Putting up a simple security camera, $4,000 budget

    It seems Dorgem is no longer available. Does anyone know of a good software program for monitoring using a camera? I am looking for something that streams on the internet but also saves the video on a hard drive. I will be using only one camera but I am in search of a good software. If...
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    Need Help with Video Card Drivers

    Yeah, I was thinking that the video card could be failing as well. Just trying to get the most out of it. Don't want to invest in another AGP video card, the corruption is happening on the BIOS/POST screens. I will try those options and see if it works.
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    Need Help with Video Card Drivers

    Okay, I seem to be stumped here. I have a MSI Geforce 4 ti-4800 and am running a MSI 865-PE mobo as well. For awhile now when I boot up my computer i get blue vertical lines as the computer boots and then right before the windows loading screen there are dollar signs $ running across the...
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    Networked printer issue

    Hello, I just had a quick question. I have a printer on the network with an ip address set to 192.168.2.59. I am trying to get 2 computers whose ips are 198.168.1.*. Is it still possible to connect to the printer? I can't really change the ips because there are a bunch of computers...
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    Windows XP Pro issue

    I have been having this problem on and off for awhile and it has been starting up recently again. Seems that when I open some explorer windows or like a text file and my cursur touches the window it will close. Also happens when I open the calculator or the clock, the windows just close right...
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    DVI question

    I read through most of the posts that had anything to do with DVI ports and analog connections. I think it got me more confused. I just bought a LG Flatron 1732 and it has both a DVI and analog connections and my video card (MSI Ti 4800) doesn't have a DVI port. I looked around and they...
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    ram question

    thanks for all the responses i appreciate it. I was just wondering now since i ordered 1 gig of corsairs and it says the voltage should be 2.75v and my board is set to 2.5 right now will the board change itself when i stick in the new ram or would i have to set it to 2.75 manually.
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    ram question

    I'm looking to upgrade my ram and i was wondering about something. I'm running a MSI Neo2-pls which has 4 slots for ram. If i was to buy 1 GB (2x512mb) would i still be able to keep my stick of 512 which i have now in the motherboard even though it has slower timings? or would it be better to...
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    installing new hard drive question

    nevermin please delete post
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    SATA question

    I was wondering if i was going to switch my hard drive to use sata connections instead of the usual cable can i just switch the cables or would i have to reformat and begin clean in order to use the sata.
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    Internet Explorer problem

    yeah i have run spybot and adaware. also i ran my antivirus and it deleted some trojans but it still seems to be happening. and sometimes now the links show up on my desktop.
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    Internet Explorer problem

    It seems that now when i view some webpages it automatically saves it to my favorites list. though its weird because when i click on it my screen just turns white and i have to manually close it. could anyone tell me a way to get rid of this annoying problem.
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    boot up problem

    My friend was installing a program for his digital camera and it said he needed to reboot after so he did. then while rebooting an error popped up not sure what it said because i wasn't there. but he reset his computer now his computer will turn on and the logo screen will come on but then...
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    software question

    is there any software where it lets someone connect to my computer so they can install a program off of their computer? and if so where can i find it
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    OC question

    so basically if i wanted to OC my P4 2.6 800 FSB my only option is to increase my FSB. I'm using a msi 865PE Ne02-ls and it came with a program called core center that lets me raise my fsb speed. so if i raise it in there that would count as oc'ing? i raised it a little and it says my cpu is...
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    quick formatting question

    I just wanted to ask a question about formatting. not going to format anytime soon but just in case i do i wanted to ask you guys about it. I have one maxtor 120 gb hard drive that is divided into 2 partitions. one for my OS and programs and the other just as a storage place for videos and...
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    cooling question

    anyone know where i can buy panaflos for a cheap price with a 4 pin connector?
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    cooling question

    my cpu went up to about 55 and my NB went down to 47 after i took off the side. Yeah my apartment is pretty warm right now and humid.
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    cooling question

    correction my fsb is at 203 mhz, so when i look at my system under windows it says my processor is runnning at 2.64 ghz
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    cooling question

    i just wanted to see how cool i could get it to run. my nb temperature stays around 50 and my cpu temp goes to about 60 when i am playing games and stuff. i thought maybe if i buy better fans it would help since the ones i have right now are the generic ones that came with my case. i am...
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    cooling question

    i have been looking into threads and looking for ways to further cool my computer and decided to buy another fan. but i was wondering about this program that came with my motherboard called core center. i was wondering if it is a helpful program or would i be better off just uninstalling it...
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    formatting problem

    ok that sucks, well thx for the help. Just for future reference if i wanted to format the boot partition and not the storage one how would i go about doing that without having the drive letters getting switched again.
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    formatting problem

    nope it's named 432. Also i was wondering about the drive letters after i formatted the boot. they switched and right now the boot is D: and the storage one is C:. is that part of the problem?
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    formatting problem

    I had orginally divided my 120 GB hard drive into two partitions. One being the boot and the other just for storing stuff. But i recently reformatted just the boot and after reformatting and doing windows updates there is a folder saved on the storage partition. It won't let me delete the...
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    Reformatting XP

    Im trying to refromat my friends computer and he is also having the same problem. I put in the windows xp cd and go throught the steps but when i try to delete the partition it says the partition contains files necessary to install windows. also his dell didnt come with a floppy drive so i can...
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    refresh rate fix for new nvidia drivers

    what would over riding the refresh rates accomplish??
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    msi ti 4800

    i had written before about my problems with my videocard and playing counterstrike. I seemed to have stumbled on to a quick fix. if i set my fps to 88 max instead of the usual 101 i won't spike. i was wondering if anyone would know why this would be?