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    CS Source

    I've been away from CS for awhile. Last time I really played was when 1.6 was the biggest thing out. Went and bought Source tonight and I can only see like 150 or servers to choose from. Is that the normal amount or is there something I need to do to see more then that? Thanks
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    Formatting new drive

    Just built my new rig and installed windows on my raptor hard drive. I then went to setup the new hard drive in disk management. Well, I was a dumbass and forgot to click "quick format" so I cancel the format and delete the partition to redo the stuff again. Well now when I have gone through...
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    Gaming Motherboard

    What is the best gaming motherboard for an intel q6600? I have been looking at the EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 ATX? Just wondering what other people thought. Looked at ASUS as well. Haven't built a computer in aboue 4 years, so this is all new again, haha
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    Video on the TV

    I have a lot of videos on my computer which I would like to play on my computer. I have a modded Xbox which I know can do it fine, but I'm running out of memory on the hard drive to save enough. What is the best device out to stream/store the media? Don't really care whether it is streamed or...
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    P2P tracking

    The College that I attend has just said that downloading music off of p2p networks is against school policy and can get you kicked out if you get caught. I'm using frostwire on my mac, if I disable sharing can I still get caught doing this? I really do not know much about high tech...
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    External Disply

    I'm running boot camp on my MBP and I want to use my external monitor to play my games on it. How do I set up my windows so that I can close the lid to my laptop in windows and use my monitor like I do in OSX?
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    Samsung LCD's

    I have a MBP and want to add a widescreen lcd to clear off some desk space. College student so space is limited on the desk. I was just wondering what people thought of the Samsung SyncMaster 216BW 21.6" Widescreen. I know that it is 5ms, but is that ok? I would buy the 226bw, but I don't...
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    Macbook Pro or Alienware?

    I'm in the market for a new laptop for college in the fall. I started looking around the other week and I'v pretty much decided on either the Alienware M9750 when it comes out, or one of the new Apple Macbook Pro's. I really like the idea to be able to run both os x and windows on the same...
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    Compaq battery problem

    I just reinstalled windows on a compaq presario laptop. Now the battery doesn't seem like it will hold a charge. Whenever I take the Ac adapter out the laptop turns off. A friend of mine said something about a battery firmware? I appreciate any help, the battery was working fine before the...
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    battlefield 2 patch 3 trouble

    I have 2 partitions, C for windows and D for everything else. I have like 700mb left on C and plenty on D. Just partitioned C alittle too small when I setup the hard drive. When I try running the patch, the installer window loads up and says that you have too little disk space and need...
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    Firefox issue

    I was browsing through firefox, and noticed that a new update was available, 1.0.3. I downloaded it, and decided not to install it during the setup. So I exited the setup. Now when i go to open up firefox I get this error, "The program must close to allow a previous installation attempt to...
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    Resizing partition

    I have 2 partitions on my computer, C: for windows, and D: for everything else. I partitioned 3gigs for C and the rest of my 80gb hard drive for D. I thought those 3gigs would be plenty, and they have, until sp2 and all the other great windows updates came out. So now I have like 150mb left...
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    New nvidia drivers

    I have been looking but can't find a refresh overrite in the new nvidia graphics drivers. My games are pretty messed up right now. I have looked everywhere in the control panel of the drivers, but can't find it. Thanks
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    6800 GT/Ultra?

    Looking into getting one or the other. Is there really that big of a noticeable different in the GT and the ultra version? Like I usually play my games in 1024 x 768, but I might start to play in 1280 x 1024. Also what res do you play your games at? Will the GT version handle the AA and all...
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    100Hz bad for the eyes?

    I was just wandering if going to 100Hz from stock 60 is bad for the eye's? I have been at 100Hz forever, but lately my eye's have been hurting after a couple minutes of use. Thanks
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    Lost a bunch of Space!!!!

    I have 2 partitions, C and D, C for windows, and D for everything else, i have 3gb set aside for the C for windows. I'm running xp pro. All of a sudden I'm getting this message saying that you are low on space. I went from 1.1gb to 129mb, now i'm at 278 after some disc cleanup, I can't find...
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    Registry cleanup software

    I have installed/uninstalled some software the last few days and I dont' really feel like formatting again. Do ya'll know any good registry clean up software that does a good job that won't mess your computer up? Thanks
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    Need some help on a book!!!

    I'm pretty lazy when it comes to school. And I have this book to read called Rise to Rebellion, 500+ pages long. Read 200 or so, very very boring. I have been searching the net for a summarization of the book but can't find any. The book was written by Jeff Shaara the same guy that came up...
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    Want to backup Far Cry saved game

    I'm reformatting soon, and I want to save my saved far cry game, because i'm pretty far, and don't want to have to do the same thing twice. So where can I find the saved game folder? Thanks
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    Far Cry is messing up!!

    Just got Far Cry and installed, played with 1024x768, and everything on high, no aa, no vert sync. Now I get these really weird graphics. I took a screenshot of it, if someone can tell me where to go to get it I will post the screenshot. I have looked for it in the Far Cry folder but can't...
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    knoppix question

    Ok, I'm downloading knoppix 3.4 off of an ftp server. Is that iso the only thing i need? Or do I need that md5 file or whatever else to run knoppix? Thanks
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    How many gigs for your windows partition?

    As many of you do, you partition space for windows, and whatever else you use. I have been hearing some different things, about how muc space to partition for windows. I myself partition 3 gigs for windows, and I put all of my other apps, games, software, on another partition. Just wanting...
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    Reformatting laptop HD

    My mom has a compaq presario 900, model 906us. I'm wanting to reformat the hard drive form the compaq stuff to windows xp pro, has home right now. Are there any special drivers that I have to install? I know what type of video, sound, and ethernet it has. But other than the basics, are there...
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    Setting up Dual Channel

    Alright I just in my second stick of corsair xms 512 3200c2pt. I have an asus p4p800 motherboard, and I would like to run dual channel. How do I go about setting that up, and what else do I have to change on my computer now that I have a gig? Thanks
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    Call of Duty tweak questions

    I started playing COD multiplayer again. And so I tweaked the console. I did the /com_maxfps 5000, to get max fps, and i did /com_hunkmeg 490 for ram. I have 512mb of ram. Will setting the fps to 5000, it stays around 140fps, hurt my vid card? And what is the default hunkmeg for COD when...
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    Newegg concerns

    I have been wandering this for some time now. A few months ago newegg said they put a warehouse, or something in TN. Now everytime I order something from TN why doesn't it ship from TN? I live in Jackson, which is like an hour away from Memphis, which is home to the Fedex Headquarters. I...
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    Really bad spyware/trojan

    I don't know where I got this thing. But now when I open IE it goes to this about.blank page. I have run adaware, spybot search and destroy, several times, and done a few other things. But whenever switch the homepage back to what I want after a couple times of opening IE it switches back to...
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    ATI 9700pro or 5900se

    I currently have an evga 5900se that is flashed to a 5900. A guy wants trade me his 9700pro for my card. Is my card faster? Will I see any difference? Thanks
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    Can't delete a file

    I started to download a movie. And I copied the file half way through so I could watch it while it finished downloading. I played the partial movie through divx player. And now when I go to delete that file it won't let me. It says I need to close the program using it but divx player is...
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    Raid info

    I currently have a WD 80gb Special Edition. And I want to buy a raptor and use that as the hard drive for windows/games/software. I have some saved folders on the 80gig, movies, music, software, etc, that I want to use for just that hard drive. Is there a way to setup a raid with the two hard...
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    Windows media player trouble

    I was downloading some clips of some different things, and after I watched them I deleted them from my computer. Well when I go back a few minutes later to watch a movie, windows says that it can' find windows media player and gives me the extenstion C:/program files/windows media player. I go...
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    Firefox problem

    I installed firefox 9 a few mintues ago. I didn't want it to install on my C: partition so I put it in D:/Program Files. Not thinking that it wouldn't make it's own folder, it placed all of the files and folders of firefox in my program files folder. Not problem deleted em all, but now when...
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    Eye's hurting on 1280x1024 for some reason

    Got my new monitor today, running desktop at 1280x1024 85hz. Used to be on 1024x768 85hz. For some reason my eye's are hurting now, is it because my eye's aren't used to such a small screen or is that just normal for 1280?
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    Just got my new 19" monitor couple question

    Just turned in my old compaq 17" and got my new Samsung 997df, real nice. I set my destop to 1280x1024 85hz. And I went into the nvidia control panel and set the 1024x768 to 100hz (that's what I play my games in). I know that my games are not going to be the same size because of different...
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    Desert Combat map extraction

    I downloaded some new Desert Combat maps and they are zip files. Where do I extract them to?
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    The new aim

    I just formatted my computer and downloaded aim. I don't like the new version, it sucks. Do ya'll know where I can download a previous version of aim? Thanks
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    Backing up folders to reformat

    I have a question and was wandering if this would work. I want to reformat windows. I have two partitions C(windows), D(programs, apps, etc). I want to start completely over, formatting c and deleteing everything on D except for my saved folders like movies, music, software, etc. ABut I have...
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    Reformat question

    This is going to sound really stupid, but here it goes. When I reformat I install windows, windows updates, drivers, then so on? Did I forget something? Thanks
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    Backing up reg files

    I'm about to reformat windows, and a friend of mine told me to back up my reg files so that I wouldn't have to reinstall my programs. What is he talking about? Does that mean that I don't have to reinstall any of my programs? Or do I still have to reinstall my drivers? Thanks
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    Question about refresh rate and screen size

    I don't know what I did, or if my computer is doin this itself. I played cs fine a few hours ago and haven't messed with any of my settings since. But anyway, when I go into a game my screen size gets smaller. So i went to my desktop and into the monitor tab and my refresh rate was at 75...