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    Should I give up cooling my P4 Prescott?

    Hey guys, I post here every now and then. I've been trying to lower the temps of my Pentium 4 for a while now and have had no luck. Here are my specs: Intel Pentium 4E, 3400 MHz Intel Battle Lake D915PBL 1gb RAM Antec Sonata Case with 380 Watt Antec Power supply and the stock 120 mm fan...
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    Laptop randomly runs slllllllllllooooooowllly

    Here are my specs: Dell Inspiron 700M 1.8 ghz Centrino 1 gb 256 mb memory 80 gb 5400 hard drive Windows XP Home Running it off the ac adaptor My problem is sometimes I turn on my laptop and Windows XP will start to boot up just really slowly or it will turn on and turn off really...
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    Dead cpu????

    So I just got some Arctic Silver 5 to put on my Pentium 4 Prescott 3.4 ghz. My system was running HOT (idling at like 63 degrees C), so that's why I decided to get some. After I put the Artic Silver 5 on, I turned the computer on and I did not get any reponse from my monitor and heard no beep...
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    Computer will randomly not start up

    My specs: Pentium 4 3.4 ghz Prescott cpu Intel D915PBL motherboard Thermalright XP-120 fan 1024 mb RAM Antec Sonata 380 watt Case 200 gb Seagate SATA hard drive Average temps: 47-51 degrees Celcius idle. Maybe 57-59 degrees Celcius when playing a game. My computer has been acting...
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    Xp-90 installation help!

    Perhaps someone could help me.... I just bought a Thermalright XP-90 with a Vantec stealth 92 mm fan. Anyways, I cannot figure out any possible way to get this heatsink onto the cpu. My only real problem is I have no idea how I need to get the little black to stay on my motherboard. I...
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    Quick question about the XP-90 heatsink...

    Hey, I just purchased the XP-90 heatsink for my warm Pentium 4 3.4 ghz and was wondering what good 80 mm fan would be best to put on top of it? Being the idiot that I am, had no idea you could pick and choose any 80 mm fan to put on it, and looked around for like 10 minutes in the packaging to...
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    My computer should be running amazing BUT it isnt!!

    Alright here are my specs: Pentium 4 3.4 ghz Prescott Intel Desktop Board PBL915 (http://support.intel.com/suppo...top/d915pbl/index.htm) Antec 380 watt TruePower Sonata Case (http://www.antec.com/us/produc...ails.php?ProdID=15138) Ati Radeon X800 XT Pci-E (Bought off Ebay) 1 gb (2x512)...
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    Need some help cooling a Pentium 4

    Ok I have the following system set-up. Pentium 4 3.4 Ghz Prescott. Intel Desktop Board PBL915 (http://support.intel.com/suppo...top/d915pbl/index.htm) Antec 380 watt TruePower Sonata Case (http://www.antec.com/us/produc...ails.php?ProdID=15138) Ati Radeon X800 XT Pci-E I've never had a...
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    My system is looking a little hot!

    I have a 3.4 ghz, pentium 4 w/ 1mb cache, 512 mb ram, 200 gb hard drive, ati radeon x800xt. I just looked at the bios reports for my temps and they were over 200 degrees Celcius!!!(for mb and system temps) I know it's wrong....haha I opened the case and it's feeling pretty cool. Anyways, are...
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    Is my PSU the problem??

    I just put together my new computer - it's a Pentium 4 3.4 ghz, 512 mb ram, Ati radeon x800xt, 200 gb hard drive and a 16x cd-rw burner. My power supply is a 380 watt Antec power supply. My problem is that when I try to install Warcraft 3(a 4-cd game), it will never finish. The cd-rom drive...
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    X800Xt All-in Wonder or X800 Pro

    I'm trying to buy a new video card, Pci-E, and I'm wondering what the better choice would be to go with an X800 XT All-in wonder or an X800 Pro? I can't seem to find anything written about the all-in-wonder but the X800 pro seems to be significantly slower then the XT's. Thanks in advance
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    Anywhere to buy Pci - E?

    Does anyone know of any good, reliable places where an X800xt can be found?? I wanna buy one soon but there so hard to come across....
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    PSU Question

    Alright, I'm planning on buying this case right here: http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=11-129-127&depa=1 I work at Circuit City and we sell it, so I'll be able to get it pretty cheap. Anywho, inside there will be an p4 3.4 ghz w/intel desktop board d915pl, one 200 gb hard drive, one...
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    PSU Question

    Alright, I'm planning on buying this case right here: http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=11-129-127&depa=1 I work at Circuit City and we sell it, so I'll be able to get it pretty cheap. Anywho, inside there will be an p4 3.4 ghz w/intel desktop board d915pl, one 200 gb hard drive, one...
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    Is this RAM decent?

    I just bought a Pentium 4 3.4 ghz w/Intel Desktop Board D915PBL. (I know I should've purchased AMD, you don't need to tell me :) ) Anywho it takes DDR2 PC4200 RAM. I'm kind of at loss at what RAM is good to buy and what exactly makes good RAM. On Ebay, I found this. Could anyone tell me if...
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    Hooking up an x-box to an lcd screen

    What I want to do is hook up my xbox to my Samsung lcd screen (w/dvi and vga inputs). Does anyone know a way to do this? Thanks in ahead for any replies.
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    This is just befuddling...

    I just ordered Windows XP Professional from amazon.com. As soon as I got it, I installed it over my previously installed copy and my computer would not work at all. I kept getting this svchost error and the RPC service would fail, restarting my computer. Anyways, I decided to just format my...
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    Best Place to Order Samsung 710T?

    About to buy a Samsung 710T, looking for somewhere with a really low dead pixel policy. Was thinking Newegg but they have the 8 dead pixel thing. Thanks a bunch
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    LCD Screen

    Alright, I'm in the market for an LCD screen. I'm going to be using it for regular stuff (AIM) and I also plan on playing some of the latest games on it. I don't play games too often, but I still want a really nice monitor so it won't look like crap. I've been checking out the Sony HX-73...
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    Maxtor Hard Drive Problem!

    I got a new barebones system from mwave and I put all my old parts in the new system. I put them all in and I turned it on and my computer started up and didn't detect my Maxtor 40 gb Ultra ATA/100 hard drive. I thought that was weird so I turned it off and checked the connections and I...
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    Power Supply For AMD Athlon XP 1800

    I am planning on upgrading my computer and I was wondering if a 300 watt power supply would be sufficient for an AMD AThlon 1800 with an MSI KT3 Ultra motherboard with 512 mb of ram? My video card is a geforce 4 ti 4200 and also i will be using 2 hard drives and a cd-rom.
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    NEW MOTHERBOARD HELP!!

    I just received my motherboard bundle with an assemble/test bundle from mwave.com. It includes: MSI KT3 Ultra motherboard Athlon XP 1800+ Cpu 512 mb pc2700 ram I put this into my case. I didn't change any jumpers or anything since it was already preassembled and tested at Mwave. My case...