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    AGP < $200.00

    Okay, I finally decided after reading through hundreds of posts that I am going to upgrade my AGP. I'm a college student and well buying a new mobo, ram, pci-e, cpu, will just cost way too much and selling my old stuff will be a hassle. I just need something that will last me less than a year...
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    Upgrade Options for 9800 AIW

    Hey guys, hope everything is doing great. Anyway, it's been a while since I was on this forum. I was actually hoping to post by next year for advice for building a new rig for Starcraft II and everything else wonderful coming out, but it seems that a lot of great games are out right now. I...
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    Port Forwarding Is Not Working!

    Hello everyone, thanks for reading my post. I really appreciate everyone taking the time to help me. Alright, so here is the situation. For some reason, when I try to test a port for P2P torrent clients it always fails! Here are my stats: O/S: Windows XP SP2 Firewall: NAT, Zone Alarm...
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    Trying To Access A User's Program Files Folder On Network

    Hello everybody, I have a network that is setup with 1 wired PC (Mine) and 4 wireless PC's & Laptops. We are all using Windows XP SP2. We are all using Zone Alarm as well and are able to see each other and access each other's drives and files, except for things in the Program Files, Windows...
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    HDTV Comparison

    Hey everyone, this coming week is black Friday and my dad wants to spend about 1,000 on a HDTV. I'm willing to chip in about 300 dollars on top of that if we find any great deals, but I was thinking, which one is the best out of the best. Under this paragraph is a list, the key goes like this...
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    x-fi remote control not working

    I was at my cousin's place, he just bought the x-fi fatal1ty. The sound card works fine, everything is cool except for the front panel. We tried everything. I gave it power from the power splitter, power from the actual PSU, we replaced the batteries from the remote, we went to the website...
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    C++ Merge Arrays!

    Hello everyone, this is my third post for help for my Programming Meth Class. My class has gotten a problem in Lab where only 3/the entire class figured out. It's due Sunday and I just don't know what to do. Well I should say I don't have time to do it because I have an exam on Sunday plus...
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    Second Time In Need Of C++ Help!

    I wonder if anyone remembers me, but I needed to write a program that listed triangles next to each other, well after a few weeks past I'm now doing pointers. I have finished the lab assignment #1, but now I have to do a follow-up which is changing the program to do more things. I am...
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    C++ Asterik Triangles

    Hello Programmers! I'm currently a student at Rutgers Engineering School and I'm an EE Major. I kinda suck at programming and I'm stuck on this problem. I know how to make 4 triangles go from up to down, but I can't do it making them align next to eachother. This is my program on how it...
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    Netgear WG511v2 Wireless Card Keeps Dropping Every Min???

    I recently bought a WG511v2 wireless card by netgear. I installed it onto a laptop with windows 2k service pack 4. It keeps connecting to my D-Link router and then drops every 1 min. It's getting real annoying cause I will go on MSN Messanger or AIM or any internet type of program and it just...
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    Netgear WG511v2 Wireless Card Keeps Dropping Every Min???

    I recently bought a WG511v2 wireless card by netgear. I installed it onto a laptop with windows 2k service pack 4. It keeps connecting to my D-Link router and then drops every 1 min. It's getting real annoying cause I will go on MSN Messanger or AIM or any internet type of program and it just...
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    Virus/Spyware Attached to IEXPLORE.exe plus r5gsvr32.exe

    Hey, it's been awhile since my last post but anyways...So I reformat my computer and I got all my files up and running, then I go to a site and it completely rapes my computer. I get like 20 things installed all at once, the reason was because my firewall was going bonkers and I turned it off...
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    What Do I Do?

    Okay well here is the deal, I just realized I waisted my money on my ATI Radeon 9800 AIW video card because I don't use 90% of the items that the card is for. So what I want to do is sell it for hopefully at least $250.00. With that money I am looking to get a new card. I am not happy with...
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    Cable Company Killed My Router & Network

    I came home one day and my internet stopped working. There was a big red dot on my linksys router and I resetted everything. When trying to go on my computer again I couldn't even use my network or go online. I called the cable company and they told me they upgraded there service and...
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    ATI Radeon AIW 9800 Tiny LOUD Fan

    I just finished building my custom case and I finished moving all the parts from my old case into the custom case. Everything is beautiful and great, except for one thing. This time I was aiming to kill the sound and I did a real good job from my last case, except for the loudest noise and...
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    Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 PATA or SATA?

    I bought two drives on newegg. The drives I bought were two PATA Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Drives. When it arrived I opened the box and they were SATA drives. They sent me the wrong drives. Now what I am contemplating about is I got reviews for the pata which were extremely good and I got...
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    Sound Blaster Extigy Vs. Onboard Sound Card

    I have owned the Sound Blaster Extigy for about almost more then a year. I also have the IC7-G Mobo that has an onboard 5.1 speaker sound on it. Now I am wondering whether I wasted my money on the extigy or not. I have only used the extigy so far and I have no compalints, but since I never...
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    AMD 64 200mhz difference = $200.00 more?

    Is this a big deal. On tigerdirect.com they have a AMD 64 chip that is 2.0ghz for $279.00. They have a 2.2gig for $449.00 I think. Is this a big difference??? Or is a waist of money?
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    Battle Of The Hard Drives, What Do You Prefer?

    Okay, I've done a whole lot of research and I am down to these last 4 drives: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9 Series 120GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive Western Digital Special Edition 120GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda V 120GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 7002.7 Plus...
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    What is your favorite Hard Drive?

    I'm thinking about getting new hard drives so I just want to hear from everyone what they think about there favorite drives. So far I was getting really into seagate but then someone told me about the maxtor diamond plus 9 series (which I have 3 of) can be muffled down by there loud seeking...
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    Hard Drives - What is best for me?

    Ok, so I posted up a thing awhile ago, and since my mother board cannot support larger drives then 137gb, I'm going to sell my - 160GB Maxtor 8MB Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive (Used For A Few Months, but because My Mother Board Can't Use the full capacity I'm selling it) 250GB Western Digital 8MB...
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    Abit IC7-G Large Capcity Drive Support In Bios

    Okay this problem has been haggling me from the start, but I just figured out what the problem was. Ever since I first filled up my 160gb drive a lot of my files became corrupted. I was wondering if the drive went bad or something so I just backed up the files that worked and cleaned the...
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    Which External Enclosure To Choose?

    I am in need of some type of backup drive and I just got into looking at external enclosure cases for Hard Drives switching IDE to USB 2.0. I got a WD 250gb HD over christmas and now I just need to choose an external enclosure case for it. Which ones would you reccomend? These are the ones I...
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    Dissapearing DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive

    Okay I just got a Lite-On CD-RW/DVD Rom COmbo drive. I installed it and when I started my computer (using windows 2000) I looked in my computer and it wasn't there. I also used my device manager and it wasn't there. When I inserted a cd the drive popped up in my computer and the device...
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    i875 Chipset Fans

    http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?DEPA=&sumit=Go&description=35%2D116%2D005&searchdepa=0 I own the Abit IC7-G Mobo which has the 875 chipset. I know that this item is for the intel 845 chipset, but can it still be used on the board? If not what else can I get? The abit chipset...
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    New Folder???

    I created a folder named My Rips In My Documents Folder And I delete it and everytime I restart the computer it keeps coming back. I checked all my programs to see if anything was connected to that, but none of my programs were. I also looked in Serivices, but nothing specifically showed up...
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    *DRIVER* Unkown Device - PCI Device

    I have installed every driver that goes on to my computer but everytime I restart I get a finding new hardware message on startup. I have no PCI devices at all, I don't have anything in my PCI slots on my Motherboard. If it is a bios issue, I don't know which pci device to shut off because...
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    New ATI Radeon 9800 PRO AIW Driver 3.9 Problems!!!!

    I just got a new HD and put all my drivers on it. I downloaded the new video drivers for my ATI Radeon 9800 PRO AIW card and it seemed to be working fine, until I opened HALO and Need For Speed Underground, actually every game that I have on my computer wouldn't work. They would load up and go...
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    Command Prompt Suddenly Opens & Closes??????

    I use Windows 2000 Pro, I just finished building my comp and eveyrthing has been going fine until up to this point. This recently started happening last night, when I was downloading off of Bittorrent. I woke up this mourning going to my PC and seeing that every 10-30 seconds command prompt...
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    Abit IC7-G & P4 3.0GHZ CPU Raid Utility On Startup

    I have the Abit IC7-G mobo with an intel p4 3.0 ghz processor, when my PC starts up after it detects the drives right after it immediatley goes into a loading raid utility kind of thing. What it does is just tries to load some raid utility and says press ctrl-s or f4 to go into the raid utility...
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    2 Maxtor HD's on SATA One Reads Other Doesn't, HELP!!!

    Okay here is the deal. I have two maxtor HD's. One is 120gb and the other is 160gb. My mobo is a IC7-G mobo and has serial ata features. I have connected both of my HD's into my serial ata slots and when loading my computer up my PC can detect them, but when getting into windows 2000 when I...
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    AIW 9800 + Sony PS2

    I just finished building my PC and I am extremely satisfied with it except for one thing. When I connect my PS2 to my AIW 9800 VIVO I can see the picture for the PS2 but there are no sounds coming out of my speakers. I have the sound blaster extigy and klipsch promedia 5.1 speakers. I really...
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    abit IC7-G Serial ATA Problem

    I just finished building my PC. I have an Abit IC7-G mobo, Intel 3.0 GHZ CPU, ATI AIW 9800, SB Extigy, 2x 512mb Corsair XMS Ram, and 2 Maxtor HD's 160 & 120gb. The problem is when i first booted the PC it did not read or boot up my HD's so I went into bios and enabled all the serial ATA...
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    Choice Between AIW ATI 9800 PRO 128mb, ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128mb, & Sapphire RADEON 9800 PRO Atlantis Ultimate Edition

    Ok, I have 400 bucks to blow and in dire need of a graphics card. These are the 3 cards I am beating myself up about. AIW ATI 9800 PRO 128mb - Pros: 1) Has Tons Of Great Features 2) Comes With Nice Software Which Allows Recording 3) Has TV Tuner As Well As Remote Control 4) Has Same...
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    Difference Between AIW Radeon 9800 PRO and Radeon 9800 PRO 128mb

    I'm deciding whether to get the AIW 9800 PRO or just the radeon 9800 PRO. If you go to the ATI website and look at both of them they use different graphics technology, so I was confused about that. The AIW used a RADEON? 9800 PRO Visual Processing Unit (VPU) and the other is just RADEON? 9800...
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    Graphics Card Purchase

    I have a ABIT IC7-G Motherboard with a Intel P4 3.0Ghz 800fsb Processor, I have my computer basically all setup, all I need now is the graphics card. I am really confused about what to get because I saw the benchmarks for the Geforce FX 5900 Ultra and they were nice, but people also said the...
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    What's The Difference Between The RADEON 9800 PRO 256MB AGP And The Sapphire RADEON 9800 PRO Atlantis Ultimate Edition

    I'm really stumped, cause they both look like good cards, but the prices are all over the place. I look on pricewatch and the price for the ultimate is more then the price for the ATi radeon pro 256mb. I look on the ATI website and ATI 256mb pro is $500.00.the Ultimate is only $400.00 bucks...
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    Viewsonic P90F 19" Perfect Flat CRT Monitor

    Does anyone own this monitor, or have used it? I'm considering getting this CRT for now. The reviews on Newegg.com say that there are problems with the geometry and it is fuzzy and takes time to warm up, but that was only a few people. I was thinking they just had bad video cards or...
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    Neon Genesis Evangelion Analysis

    If you didn't watch end of evangelion don't read. *Spoilers* I finished watching EVA 3 days ago and I got dissapointed. I wondered what the hell was the ending when everyone stood around and started clapping. What was the significance of the last 2 episodes? On other forums a lot of people...
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    Mac Vs. PC

    Ok, My Friend just told me that th Mac G5 or whatever it is, is the fastest Desktop COmp as of now. Now the way I responded was no way since I am a PC user. I could not understand how Mac could even touch PC. I thought that mac was just a watered down version of a PC since everything that was...