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    Tape Automator down, seeking advice.

    Good suggestion. I also found these guys down in Los Angeles area: http://www.pacificdatastorage.com/ They offered to fix the drive for $595 which is $25 less than what Dell offered to extend the warranty (then took it back because the drive was broken). Dell wanted to fix it for $2800...
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    Computer won't boot even after replacing parts

    Unplug system, press power button for 4-8 seconds, plug back in, try powering on again. If nothing, hold power button again for 4-8 seconds, release and press again. Could be your mobo isn't posting or whatever. You have the power LED hooked up? Does it turn on? Hope you didn't disconnect...
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    Tape Automator down, seeking advice.

    So I work for a small business (about 75 employees) and we have a server and a Dell Powervault 122T tape automated backup (1 drive, 8 slots, system loads and unloads tapes automatically so we keep a 8 day backup without having to think about it), and I went to check on the system the other day...
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    Geeks has XBox360 premium for $299 w/code

    only reason it's an "alarming rate" is because the Internet is... well the Internet. I'm sure XBox1, PS2, PS1, DC, Saturn, Jaguar, you get the picture had similar failure rates, even if it is a high failure, it's still a cool system.
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    DVD Burner making coasters with new mobo/vid.

    Update, I put the DVD-r in an older system, burned a couple discs, no errors. I'm guessing it's the motherboard (ECS nForce-754A), last time I ever buy a new motherboard to support an old CPU and a new video card. Gonna save my $$$ for a couple weeks and try to buy a new motherboard/CPU...
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    DVD Burner making coasters with new mobo/vid.

    My computer has 1 hard drive, 2 cd roms, a floppy, a 7800 gt, and that's it. Forget the power supply, but it's a SLI certified enermax, power readings underload are within tolerances. IDE cable is from an old system (not too old, but it's one of those striped and made circular ribbon cables)...
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    DVD Burner making coasters with new mobo/vid.

    DMA, Yes, Ultra DMA 2 mode burning software, Nero 7.2.?.? Media, this media has been all i've EVER used with this burner, Tried a DVD+ and DVD- that i've never had fails with before, both same result. Never failed until I swapped out the motherboard/video card. Everything else is the...
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    DVD Burner making coasters with new mobo/vid.

    I've had a NEC-3500AG burner for a while probably burned less that 50 DVDs on it, never had a problem, occasionally had a coaster, but that was because I started messing around and almost expected it to happen. Recently I wanted to upgrade to a 7800GT PCIe video card, so I swapped my DFI...
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    overburning a DVD?

    According to most forums FAQs over at doom9.org, you cannot overburn a DVD, only CDs (at this time). The hardware/software isn't capible of it.
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    New PSU, Enermax EG565P-VE, odd hookup?

    Is that right? I hooked up this PSU, been playing EQ2 for a while, but just installed WoW and getting weird lockups, they suggested it could be the RAM, NIC, or possibly a head issue. So I find a copy of Speed fan to read the temp/stats off my ECS nForce4-A754, and my +12v rail is reporting only...
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    Oblivion technical support needed

    This probably won't help at all, were using DELL XPS systems at the office, me and a buddy are playing oblivion on the same systems, he crashes all the time, I don't. If you stop to think about it for a second, Oblivion is a pretty "graphic intense" game, it's also on it's first version and...
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    New 7800GT + Enermax EG465P-VE Power Supply

    Update for you Stevty: Yes, it was the power supply, I went to Frys and found an open box Enermax 535w (can't recall the model number, but came with a big green storage bag for all my computer crap, nice) at a reasonable price, installed it, had to make some adjustments on the PCIe plugs (one...
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    Razer Diamondback mouse issue, ARGH!

    If your mouse is plugged into an external USB connection, like some LCD monitors have unpowered USB ports on them, my Microsoft Natural keyboard has USB ports that I use for my mouse, if you're using something like that try plugging the mouse into the USB ports on your motherboard. Sounds...
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    New 7800GT + Enermax EG465P-VE Power Supply

    I saw this over at the "Extreme overclocking forums" from one of the PSU guides... The (20 pin only) was a nice bright red, any chance this could indicate an incompatibility or something? link to article
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    New 7800GT + Enermax EG465P-VE Power Supply

    THanks for the response Stevty... Yes, I've tried different lines from the PSU with the 2 molexes, tried every combination I can come up with. Yes, I tried unplugging everything but the video card (no drives) to see if I could get it to power on and post. and yes the 4pin 12v connector is...
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    Need AMD64 Socket 754 mobo with PCIe

    I found a super cheap ECS nForce4-A754, so I ran with that, it'll do and the price was right. Only problem now is when I put everything together the system isn't powering up (only with video card connected to PSU, which is odd because the PSU is a Enermax EG465P-VE, should be plenty of power). I...
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    New 7800GT + Enermax EG465P-VE Power Supply

    I have a system that I recently upgraded with a ECS nFORCE4-A754 mobo and a EVGA 7800GT PCIe card. System is powered with the Enermax mentioned above. I got one of those 2Molex to PCIe Power connecters, but when I hook everything up, press power, the fan on my mobo stutters for a second, but...
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    Need AMD64 Socket 754 mobo with PCIe

    ...will run, or is supposed to run? I have 3x512 running at 400mhz without any issues that I can tell. Could you elaborate? I wish I could, problem is, i'm broke as all get out, the video card is a freebie, all I need is a motherboard with PCIe thats not gonna blow up when I throw all my...
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    Need AMD64 Socket 754 mobo with PCIe

    Hello Anandtech guys, Looking for some suggestions. I got a real cheap 7800 PCIe card on the way, I'm looking to swap out my DFI lanparty UT NF3, for a mobo with a PCIe slot. Needs: 1 PCIe (will consider SLI if such a beast actually exists, but not necessary) 3 SDRAM slots (got 3x512...
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    Problem with Chkdsk

    You're in Windows, I'm guessing Windows XP? If you're running chkdsk on your C drive where windows resides then the drive cannot be repaired when Windows is running. There is a way to tell your system to run chkdsk when you reboot and before you get into Windows. Open My Computer Right-Click...
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    HDTV tuner card

    never had one of these cards, only experience i've had with HDTV PVR cards are the ones at http://www.pchdtv.com/ and they are Linux (MythTV/Freevo) only, but it sounds like your video is recording at 30fps and playing back at the standard NTSC format of 29.97 fps, after a while the audio will...
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    Does any one know how to connect a Xbox to TV and suround sound system...

    Yeah, for an XBox1, buy an AV pack, they have 2, 1 has sVideo, analog audio and optical audio, the other has component out instead of sVideo with the 2 analoge outputs. You'll need a optical cable for your surround sound system. If you have a 360, look for the 360 version, all video cables...
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    Sapphire x800 GTO - AGP/256Meg Issues

    bump, sorry, but still having this problem, looking for advice.
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    Sapphire x800 GTO - AGP/256Meg Issues

    Recently upgraded from a dying ATi 9700 Pro to a Sapphire x800GTO AGP/256Meg, and have been having problems running games. When I play a game full screen (I've tried EverQuest II, Prince of Persia: 2 Thrones, Quake 4, and a couple others) you'll see flickering polygons and occasionally you'll...
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    Mac VS. PC

    Mac's are nice if you just want a good system that'll stand the test of time, if you wanna do latest cutting edge every 3 months, get a PC, easier to upgrade. If you're a geek and love to take things apart and put em back together.... PC. If you just want a computer that's gonna last you a...
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    Imac Mini's now Shipping!

    OMG, that's a cool looking Mac. I'm not a Mac user either, but my parents have one of the "dome" iMacs with the tilt and swivel LCD screen, I think it's the coolect looking thing. ya ya, I know, overpriced, but if I was rich and bored I'd probably buy one. Edit: Hell, for $499 I might just...
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    Copying files from old IDE XP drive to new SATA Drive

    Most hard drives come packaged with a utility disc, if you install the new SATA drive as your secondary drive, run the utility it will ask if you want to dump your files from your old HD to your new HD. After it's done it'll prompt you to set your new HD to primary (after shutting down of...
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    Weird prob with TV card maybe???

    Could be your source for the TV card is just picking up static somewhere, if it's only one channel did you try calling your local channel 13 and ask if they are having audio issues? :) Silly I know. If your TV card uses a line connector from the tv card to your sound card, maybe just try...
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    No power whatsoever

    sounds like the computer should power on with or without the video card. I've worked on a couple systems that recently exhibited weird power on behavior. turning the PSU on one system and the computer would turn on, but not post. Another system wouldn't do anything. I reset the CMOS on both...
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    nVidia chipset with ATi issue? Myth?

    I'm just glad I can get back to messing around with lighting and maybe trying my hand at case modding. I slapped the 1gig stick in my secondary box and it works fine there, so I'm going to take the 512 from that box and upgrade my linux box and probably turn it into a HTPC, OR I'm going to build...
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    nVidia chipset with ATi issue? Myth?

    Looks like it was the Memory... Found out my second box had a PC2700 stick of ram (512Megs), so I slapped it in there and proceeded to play HL2 for about 2 hours with no problems at all. I'm not throughly convinced so I'm gonna go hit EQ2 now for a while and see what happens. Don't know if...
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    nVidia chipset with ATi issue? Myth?

    I was just about to go out and buy more ram, or order it online (can't beat newegg at any retail outlet). I was scanning the DFI site and here's what they had listed for supported memory on the DFI board: Not sure if this means that 1Gig sticks have to be ECC, and since mine isn't I...
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    nVidia chipset with ATi issue? Myth?

    Just did it, same problem. Don't know what to do about a potential heat problem. I'm a little afraid to remove the heatsink from my radeon mainly because I can't figure out how to get the posts to release without distroying the posts that hold the heatsink to the board. There any how-to's for...
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    nVidia chipset with ATi issue? Myth?

    Well, got the new power supply installed, I'm getting very stable voltage readings across the board. my ATX+12v reading is around 12.03, so it's much better than it was, but the damn system is still quitting out of games or crashing. I've never been so dumb founded in all my life and i've...
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    nVidia chipset with ATi issue? Myth?

    Thanks everyone. I'm on my secondary computer until I can get the PSU replaced. Glad we could confirm my suspicions so I'm not blowing more cash on stuff I don't need. Gonna go place an order at NewEgg tonight.
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    Issues with games, video and sound.

    Does the same thing on my system at work, P4-2.0, Audigy1, Radeon 9800 Pro, 1 gig of rambus ram (old system), HD is slow, probably an old 20gig running at 5400 with 2meg cache. Problem is when you encouter a sound or a new enemy for the first time (usually when you switch levels) the game is...
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    nVidia chipset with ATi issue? Myth?

    I think I said somewhere that I did a reinstall originally, had the same problem I'm having now, so I did a clean install. no help. All the "basic" stuff, i've done already. reinstall, rip out everything but the video, and everything Sony suggested on their site including lower sound...
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    nVidia chipset with ATi issue? Myth?

    Thinking now it might be my power supply, got a "POWMAX" 400W in there, think this is adiquate enough to power 2 HDs, 2 DVDs, my ATi 9700, and SB Live! Plat? Is there an easy utility to test and make sure the PSU is delivering enough juice? Thanks again, A.
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    New setup, can't get my network adapter to work...

    I don't know about your system, but on my DFI Lanparty with nforce3 250Gb chipset, the NIC doesn't appear under Network connections on Windows XP. I think this is as designed. I'm sure someone could give you a definative answer in a moment. I got the NIC to work with the latest nForce...
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    nVidia chipset with ATi issue? Myth?

    Both, originally I had WinXP sp2 installed, I had to run the WinXP setup again since the AMD64 mobo wouldn't start, I just chose to update the OS instead of a fresh install. I had the crash, after some basic testing I thought I'd fresh install XP SP1 (which I did). Currently I have WinXP SP1...