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    Wanted: external kb with pointstick

    I LOVE the pointstick; hate the touchpad. I'd use the laptop (Thinkpad) without an external kb but I need the higher rez of an external monitor (as primary). I have looked through Newegg a bit and googled, but have not found an external kb with a pointstick integrated. Does such a thing...
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    Total Power Down in Middle of Starcraft

    After swapping in and out a couple of pieces of hardware (Game Theater XP and TV tuner), my PC just hard shutdown in the middle of some old school gaming (just finished SP WC3 also!). Now it will not turn on, not even the fans. The power light in front stays on at about half lumenescence...
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    CPU overheat at default voltage?

    I just built this system: Epox 8rda+ newest nvidia drivers Barton 2500+ 1 512 MB stick of Crucial 2700 RAM Radeon 8500 LE 3.2 catalyst drivers WD 80 MB HDD Lite-on CDRW With all default bios settings, Half-life quits with an illegal op after about 15 minutes, at which time the cpu temp is 43...
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    P3V4X wont post after ICQ upgrade

    I have had this mobo running great for about a year. A couple of days ago I installed an udate to ICQ, it asked me to reboot, and now it will not get past the post screen. It stops after displaying the BIOS version. It recognizes the CPU and memory, but hangs before it checks the drives. I...
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    CDs burn okay....NOT

    Well, I burn MP3s, no errors in the recording process. The CD shows as having the correct amount of data on it. Winamp shows the correct amount of songs. HOWEVER, winamp shows no signal when playing, and regular audio CD players do not recognize the CD. Help!
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    Added memory, still not enough?

    I recently went to 256 MBs from 128 MBs. A couple of days ago i recieved a message that Powerstrip was shutting down because of insufficient resources. I checked the memory usage, and available memory was under 2%! Since then I have checked often and seen available memory to be less than 30%...
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    How does this BIOS chip come off?

    Is there a trick or tool needed to get a BIOS chip off the MB? It's a Soyo 6VBA 133 if that's needed, with the Award BIOS.