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    Weird problem with Samsung 225BW

    Well I do not really know how to explain this but I am using a GF4 ti4600 and a samsung 225BW wide screen LCD via the DVI cable. For the most part the monitor works well and I have not noticed any dead or stuck pixels. But if I leave the computer on for a long time I get this problem which seems...
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    MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum and water cooling

    I am looking at the northbridge on the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum mother board and its basically sitting right next to the video card, I have a neo2 and cannot get my swiftech block onto it cause its in the way of the video card, My question is has anyone here successfully put a water block on this...
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    where to get PVC tubing for water cooling

    everything home depot carried was normal vinyl which I really didnt know if that would be fine or not. the only PVC they carred was reinforced so the wall was to think.
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    where to get PVC tubing for water cooling

    3/8" id and 1/2" od PVC at a local store? any one know what kind of store would carry this home depot does not I dont want to wait for shipping.
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    1394 wire colors where do they go?

    BTW the adapter I have has the following wires thick black thin black orange green white red blue If anyone has pics that would be great too.
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    1394 wire colors where do they go?

    I dont have a cable for 1394 firewire that plugs directly into my mobo to refrence but I want to take a wire I recieved with a front panel and chop the male adapter off and put all the wires in a harness and plug it directly into my motherboard so I dont have stupid wires strung through my case...
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    keyboard for gaming

    heh I wish i could agree with the people who said they are just keyboards but jsut as I said you are totally wrong. I just got my logitech ultra in the mail today. I opened it up plugged it in had a good cord size, keys felt nice, everything looked great. So i booted up HL2DM and played. I had...
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    keyboard for gaming

    I am really stuck on a normal keyboard IBM layout. Thats what I want. Not a special one for gaming. I have read many reviews of gaming specific keyboards and never opted for one because I have heard of quality issues which is very sad considering they were made for the most demanding of...
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    keyboard for gaming

    well that logitech ultra looks ok. how long is the cord on it? It really annoys me that that info is not standard with specs I have a liteon 5$ keyboard and i love it but the cord is just too short.
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    keyboard for gaming

    I am trying to sort out a keyboard most important for gaming. I am looking at this one http://usa.aopen.com/products/kb/S500.htm does anyone know how long the cord is perhaps someone has it. Also how many keys can take input at the same times. This can be a major problem I have seen...
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    Build my own USB / 1394 connectors

    Also It would be nice if I could add 3-4 more USB ports I was thinking of buying a small USB HUB and taking it appart and rigging all the wires up. Or is there something better suited for the job like a small board already suited for such a job?
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    Build my own USB / 1394 connectors

    Ok I have a front panel that has a bunch of misc ports firewire, USB, card readers and so on. I have a mother board with USB hookups 2x5 small pins, The panel came with all these hookups to run out the back of my computer and plug into the existing ports. I want to go strait from the motherboard...
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    refresh rate keeps going down to 60

    im really annoyed by this. I dont even go into the cat ctrl center but ever couple times I boot up windows my refresh rate is down to 60. It says 100 in both monitor properties and cat ctrl center but you can obviosly see from the ceasures im getting its only running at 60. Then what i have to...
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    refresh rate wont go up

    thanks a ton at first i did not think that would work it took a restart to get the settings to take. I have asked like 3 different questions on the hard forums and no one has been able to solve them, I think they only answer opinions on what to buy threads or something stupid. I just signed...
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    refresh rate wont go up

    i have a radeon 9800xt, catalyst control center drivers 5.1.2600 monitor CTX PL6 windows XP sp2 when i put this same monitor into another computer it works fine. my problem is my refresh rate looks like its going at about 60 but i have it set at 100 and its giving me ceasures. I...