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    AGP replacement

    I'm happy to stick with my old rig for a few years yet; problem being my 9800XT is dying. PCI-e came out little under a month after I finished the rig, so I got screwed when everything seemingly jumped on it. Anyway, still having an AGP8x, what is the best card I can buy before the performance...
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    A quick question on an internal cable

    What is the cable called that goes from the CD drive directly to the motherboard or soundcard, that allows you to play an audio CD without it actually being "played" by any software? I had a couple older computers that would instantly play whatever you put in them, wihtout bringing up media...
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    WinXP Home, need new copy/CD-Key

    I just built my new rig, and I'm happy to say everything works. However, as expected, Windows XP is a bit fussy. What it is, while I can install my old OEM version of XP Home, its saying the old "30 days to activate", and when I try, its not gonna let me use my old Key. So I need a new key...
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    Looking for a gaming monitor.

    Im looking for a gaming monitor. Im gonna place the budget somewhere around $300. I think anything much higher is insane. But anyway, Ive been gaming on a 17" CRT monitor that is... *ahem* 6+ years old. It reaches a maximum of 1280*1024 and 72 Hz. I regularly run it at 1152*864 and 70Hz...
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    Having trouble booting EPOX 8KDA3J mobo

    Epox 8kDA3j AMD athlon 64 2800 1 gig 2700 corsair value ram Now, for the problem. I can access the BIOS, play with settings, but whenever I try to boot Windows XP, it'll give me: "Windows has failed to boot" and then give me options of safe mode, start like normal, etc... None work, it...
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    TCCD?

    Ive been hearing a lot about this TCCD ram stuff. And since I'm in the market for 2 512MB stickf or my EPOX 8KDA/AMD64 3000 system Iv ebeen working on forever, I wanna know, what is it? Is it worth buying rather than a twinpack of 3500 ram?
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    Looking for a *good* CD/DVD burning app.

    I'm looking for a new burning app that can: Burn Data CDs Burn Music CDs Burn Mp3 CDs (y'know, the ones that hold a hideous amount of music on an nromal CD) Burn DVDs (doesnt have to, but if it can, its a major plus) Copy CDs with two drives. Make disc images on my hard drive, for when I...
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    Is there such as thing as a:

    From what I see its always "DVD Burners" or "Combo Drives". Combo drives wont burn DVDs, and DVD Burners... I cant seem to figure out if they burn CDs too.
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    More RAM questions

    Okay, I'm using the EPox socket 754 board that got first place in the 754 reviews. Also, I'm using the Athlon 64 3000+ CPU. Okay, see the wierd thing is, most high performance RAM I see (especially Corsair XLT models) use a voltage of 2.75 volts. My board has support for Auto, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7...
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    I dont understand how RAM timings work.

    Could someone explain to me what these messes of numbers mean, and how they work? The RAM is the next part I'm purchasing for my first build, and I would like to know what I'm doing. I'm talking about CAS Latency, BTW.
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    Looking for a specific IEEE 1394 (firewire) cable

    I'm having trouble finding the right IEEE cable for me. Its for the Sony PS2 i-Link, which uses the 4-pin connector. Thing is, most cable I find are 4pin on one side, 6 on the other. I dont want this, I need 4 to 4, to connect two PS2 together, LAN-Party-ish fun with a best friend. The only...
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    Cable modem for 2 computers.

    I use a Motorola SB4101 Surfboard Cable modem. I would like to know if there is a way to have two separate computers run this modem, and if they could both do it at once. It has an ethernet/CAT5 connection in the back, if that helps. I dont want to have to use two modems as I'm sure my cable...
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    64-Bit+Win XP?

    If I run a 64-Bit processor, do I need to run a 64-bit Operationg System? If not, will it have any negative effects running a 32-bit OS on a 64-bit CPU? If so, how would I download the new 64-Bit OS, if I cant even get it to start up!?