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    Secondary 1TB HDD Freezing Windows

    Just got this drive about 4 months ago and filled it up with data. On start up this morning it froze at the windows load bar. I figured out the problem and found every thing is fine when it is not used. I even decided to plug in the SATA cable after windows was booted to see what would...
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    8800GTX + 8800Ultra - Flashed to SLI

    I have these two cards and one was free basically and I have no other use for the other then to SLI them. Which would be the best to do? GTX flashed to Ultra or Ultra flashed to GTX .. I hate to flash the Ultra in case it did not work. .... If the GTX screws up I will be...
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    Best way to diagnose MB/CPU problem?

    I have always had this problem as a tech and really never was sure how to solve it besides process of elimination. Maybe you guys can tell me something to look for for a way to best decide what to do. Say you have a system with no spare parts around to swap out. ex. AMD64 ECS/MB No...
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    q6600 g0 does not overclock! :(

    Ok guys, I got this machine back during the big price drop when everyone was like OMG sweet the g0's are out I hope I get one!!11 And the price had dropped from like $500 to $300 or something... Been awhile... One thing I never could overclock this puppy! I was told all of these parts...
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    Trouble with q6600 to OC much at all...

    Asus Striker Extreme MB 4gb 800mhz ram mushkin q6600 g0 @ 2.4 ThermalRight Ultra 120 Artic Silver ... 750 Watt PSU .. forget what kind but it was a nice one .. Armor tower with the huge fan on the side... 120mm fans front and back 80mm on the top.. PCI fan under video 8800...
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    What is my Bottleneck?

    Hello all, It has been awhile since I have been here and I appreciate the help in the past. I am now currently looking for an upgrade to put a little money into my rig and I would like to increase data processing "I think that would be the term." for stuff such as un-raring "data extraction"...
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    WD Raptor X Drive

    Hmmm... Why is the Lens there?? I know one thing that its not so you can make sure its running ... This is the loudest drive I got RaptorX 1500rpm. The Maxtor 7200's I have are ALOT more quiet like 6 times more quiet. Anyone else have this drive? Have the same problem...
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    Need Stable Ram

    I need directed to some kinda stable ram for this board... I have some crucial ballistix 1066 and it makes programs close randomly. Then when I had all 4 sticks of it in it was even worse giving me blue screens. I am guessing i need a 2gb x 2 set of .... something Nothing seems stable...
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    Asus Striker Extreme

    I need directed to some kinda stable ram for this board... I have some crucial ballistix 1066 and it makes programs close randomly. Then when I had all 4 sticks of it in it was even worse giving me blue screens. I am guessing i need a 2gb x 2 set of .... something Nothing seems stable...
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    Asus Striker Delux

    Whats a decent memory I can buy to have 4GB on this board without error hell? Anyone have any ideas? Thanks for any help because I have to return this crutial ballistix ram back to newegg and I will not have anything to run this pc.
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    1033 Ballstix ON Asus Striker Extreme

    I have alot of probs with this ram on this board. Is it because its 1033 and ony 800 works?? Why is this ram made? I thought this was a top of the line board... 2x of 2gb sets DDR2 1033 Ballstix ON Asus Striker Extreme
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    ASUS Striker Extreme. (NOT USE 1033 RAM)

    I ordered all my stuff and ordered the ASUS Striker Extreme and some Crucial Ballistix 2GB SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) . So I start getting games closing and stuff and try all sorts of stuff to get it to work and I just don't think it supports this ram. Anyone have this setup??? I...
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    Best compeditor to Crucial Ballistix?

    I got 2 sets of Crucial Ballistix... http://www.newegg.com/Product/...0148069&Tpk=20-148-069 One set was defective making my games close out. I had 4gigs .. using win xp pro "non 64 edition". Least I am thinking it was the memory cause I tried each set separate and don't have the...
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    Troubleshooting Problem

    I am having trouble with my PC I ordered it from newegg and built it myself with previous experience of working as a tech. So far everything has been great I have just been running the pc at OEM speeds .. No over clocking yet at all... the cpu temp is 15c idle. I did the burn-in test with the...
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    G0

    Ordered Saturday from new egg got a G0 stepping. :)
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    Ram for 1066FSB - DDR2 PC2 8500

    I am looking at memory like these two ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820148069 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/...p?item=N82E16820145043 Yet I see allot of people talking about running this ram at 800 instead of 1066.... My last ram is pc3200 and I run it at over...
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    What Brand of 8800 GTX and/or Ultra? *UnSure*

    I was recommended to get the MSI 8800 Ultra because it is the cheapest Ultra and cost less then some of the GTX's... It's suppose to get getting to hot reviewers say to under-clock it and you will have a slower ultra for under the price of the GTX. Hot parts worry me I do plan to get a "nine...
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    Building a Q6600 Rig. I really need Suggestions & Comments... Thanks!

    I have purchased a Q6600. My whole Current PC isn't worth transferring parts from it cause its close to 5 years old. I have 3500usd saved but I don't want to spend it all cause I am defiantly not well off I am working class. What I am needing to know what are some good stable parts that...
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    G0? Good? or Bad? Q6600 or Q6700?

    Hey guys, sorry but my last post I didn't get much info about if the G0 is the better overclocker or what? Also what is the deal are they selling out of them and will not have them anymore? OR are they still stocked with the other kind and everyone is just trying to make sure that they...
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    QX6700 Price Supose to Drop?

    I heard about the Q6600... Great news... Does the QX6700 suppose to drop to 500? Just wanting to know so that I will know if I should wait on it or just forget about it. Thanks!
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    Decent Price PSU that will handle SLI & Quad Core?

    Hey guys, just needing to ask a quick question on how many watts is needed by a name brand PSU to handle the whole SLI'd GPU and Quad Core CPU setup. I don't really want to buy a lower end PSU right now and find out I need something better when I do decide to make my pc SLI and quad core...
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    1x8800gtx V.S. 2x8800gts - & PSU Watt Needed Question

    Hey guy's its been a long time sence I have had to come here for help and I apreciate the help all of you put into this forum! I see that the GTX are almost twice the price of the GTS this is going by the cheapest deals at a site I am sure you all know. Not saying I would buythe cheapest...
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    Nvidia 6600fx not working in Shuttle AN35/N Ultra

    http://global.shuttle.com/Product/MotherBoard/mbd_Spec.asp?M_id=49 I'm doing this post for a friend who hasn't registured here yet so show me the magic guys... Anyway he know's his AGP 6600fx card work's because he just pulled it off of his MB that he just replaced. He has reset the...
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    Shuttle - AN35/N Ultra not posting with AGP card.

    http://global.shuttle.com/Product/MotherBoard/mbd_Spec.asp?M_id=49 I'm doing this post for a friend who hasn't registured here yet so show me the magic guys... Anyway he know's his AGP 6600fx card work's because he just pulled it off of his MB that he just replaced. He has reset the...
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    Networking 2 PC's 1Gb Lan? 100Mb Lan?? Other way?

    I got 2 PC's Nforce2's I will cut and pase the specs from my xfire profile. Anyway I have them Linked with 100Mb NIC's and a 100Mb Router... I was wondering if 1Gb is ALOT better and are there any possibilities of linking 2 PC's togeather in any way to maybe have one help the other with...
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    How does Asus 333fsb beat Abit 400fsb?

    How the heck does my Asus 333fsb run faster then a Abit 400mhz fsb mb? Mobile AMD XP 2600+ Inside of both. The exact model of ram is in Both Geil 3200 400mhz. They both are Nforce2 and have the 512mb sticks in for dual channel. Only the loosing abit has a 1gb Geil 3200 in the extra slot...
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    Search Engines ??

    Search Engines... I dont know if this is the right place to post or not but I can't think of anywhere else so here goes... I am trying to sell my house without going through all of the real estate stuff where they end up getting a percent of the money. I Need someone with some info on how to...
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    Search Engines

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    ANYONE??? What is the FASTEST Best Quality CPU Fan?

    I live by the highway the noise from my computer fans help block the traffic. I stuck a screw driver in my thermaltake volcano 11. All I need is the Fan I am fine with this heat sink. Whats the best fan out there? 80 x 80 x 37 mm No greater then 37 unless it comes with screws...
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    Photoshop Pro's Needed?

    I' really really sorry this is off the hardware topic but I have 3 pages that I am tryen to make a little more readable. Anyone that can do good photoshop work and can help me out with theese 3 pages. Thanks! I have a doctors apointment and I have pain and they gave me a copy of a...
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    x800 SE Overclock, Flash, Softmod, or Hardmod?

    I messed up some bs company listed the x800se in the Pricewatch's x800 Pro section and I was in a hurry. Does anyone know what this card will do if you can flash the bios, hardmod, softmod, or even how much it will probably overclock. Thanks for the help in advance to bas $60 would...
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    Artic Silver on x800se CPU, RAM, and AMD CPU Bridges

    I got a kingston value stick of ram and a heat spreader on it but it dont cover some parts of chips would artic silver help by filling the air pockets? Is it safe to get a little artic silver on the CPU bridges of an AMD? Basically what im asking is Artic Silver a conductor sence it is...
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    USB Driver Opti 82C861 from Belkin

    Ok I feel really dumb right now. I couldn't get a printer going on the LPT1 with the centronix printer chord soooooo I go to pricewatch and scoop up a PCI to USB card. Its boxed from belkin. The card is ( Opti 82C861 ) I have XP on this box thats a k6-2 300mhz. XP finds a driver but it...
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    Need some advice on a Upgrade.. .

    I got about $550 to blow on comp accessories OK basically heres my system MB - A7N8X Asus Nforce2 333 fsb stock probably (((OC'd @ 384 fsb))) CPU - AMD xp2600 @ (((12.5 x 196 = 2450 mhz))) "Artic Silver and Tornado HS an Fan RAM - 2x 512MB = 1GHZ Ram pc3200 (((OC'd @ 284 FSB)))...
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    AGP Bus

    Can someone that knows for sure tell me if the AGP Bus increases speed when overclocked if you already have the Core/Ram Max'd out? posted in video cards and all they said was "overclocking decreases lifespan" BTW I got extra cooling Thanks
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    AGP BUS on motherboard.

    Does AGP Bus matter at all in Overclocking you're video card? I have the Core and Memory OC'd to its Max. I noticed the AGP Bus at 66 and oc'd it to 82 so far and no problems. Does this change anything?
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    Sound Card for Games

    Just wondering if theres a big deal with usen sound cards for games as far as a Audigy "2:ZS" or a "4 Pro" or any of the other sound cards. I'm guessing the only advantage is when you use hardware to master music when recording? I would much rather spend $24.99 on a 2:ZS then buyen a 4...
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    Presario 2572 Shutting Down

    Hey all !!! I have a good friend that has a Compaq Presario 2572 and its constantly shutting down on her. I told her try laying it on a desk instead of the couch or lap to keep it cooler thinking that would help but nothing worked. I don't think she plans to take it apart to clean up...
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    Pentium 4 OLD "423" Upgrade Problem "GATEWAY"

    Heres My Quest.... I'm trying to help out a friend. Any help with this situation is apreciated. ((( Keep in Mind A Tight Budget )))A couple years ago he purchased this computer from GATEWAY on the order he said it was a 1.8Ghz P4. w/ RAMBUS RDRAM ... If im not mistaken... Well when he booted...
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    Overclocking the AMD Athlon XP2600+ Mobile Help?

    Thanks for all the help guys my 2600 is now running at 2.45Ghz 2x 196fsb 12.5x Multiplyer 13x or 14x brings down my MHZ speed??? I'm 43deg idle and probably 53 when gameing. The board stats shows I got it at 1.84 volts I cant go any higher. Same with Ram I have a Gig of it and the voltage...