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    DELL is officially retarded!

    The past two days, I have spent at least half of the waking hours talking with the DELL tech support. My parents have a Dell Dimension E310 (specs below), and whenever it shuts down it gives a wonderfully blue screen that reads: *** Hardware malfunction Call your hardware vendor for support...
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    what version of AIM should i get?

    trillian
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    Best Computer Game

    ROFL Amen! but my vote went HL2 I mean c'mon, it was the first game to get an 11 verdict from MaximumPC.
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    2 Dreamwaever questions

    ?1 (number one): Is it possible to have a certain cell from a certain Excel spreadsheet's contents be displayed when an option is chosen from something like a dropdown menu? e.g. A user selects an item that we sell with a certain option and when they choose that option the price for it on a...
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    quick dreamweaver question

    I'm working on a site and I made a flash using ImageReady, now is it possible to make the flash vid click able to another page? All i have is Dreamweaver MX2004/8 and Adobe ImageREady/Photoshop CS/CS2. thanks
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    GAHHH!!! AM2 is cunfusing me!!

    I just went on to newegg and nvidia, and i'm finding all this AM2 stuff! i'm totally stoked (i think), yet so confused so I have a few questions since i am planning on building a computer by the end of the summer. #1: What's new in AM2 aside from pin arrangement, support for DDR2 and a new...
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    soo.... whatever happened to "PC-Are-gonna-die" fan boys?

    With the appearance of the quad-SLI systems availible to the public (alienware, Falcon NW, etc.) it pretty much shows that PCs will always win. Plus there will always be the extra functionality of PCs. When you can do your homework, (or office work) on a console, then i might change my mind.
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    Need help finding a quality non-bling PSU

    not sure if this interests you, but @ newegg, the 500W Antec Phantom is on sale for ~$150
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    Cleared the CMOS...

    lol ok, thanks
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    Cleared the CMOS...

    is there an easy way (any way really) to check if the hardware is damaged?
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    Cleared the CMOS...

    just to update, I've set the BIOS settings to default, tried inserting the drive information in the BIOS, and even tried to auto detect them. All of which were to no avail. I know that they aren't dead because they all spin. And yes, it won't recogize the CD-RW drive. When I said it...
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    Cleared the CMOS...

    I was trying to overclock my computer and it stopped, so I cleared the CMOS and now it won't recognize any of the drives! any suggestions? Specs: Celeron 400 MHz socket 370 Procomp BS61M motherboard 384 MB PC66??? Fujitsu 4.31GB HDD Fujitsu 8.48GB HDD Seagate 10.2GB HDD Lite-On CD-RW...
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    AMD BTX?

    I'm not sure if this should go in the CPU or Mobo column but anywho. Does anyone know if AMD and/or nVidia is planning on releasing a BTX version of thier mobos/CPUs? Because I have a Dell that has BTX and is quiet and as cool as nothing else, so I am hoping that nvidia and AMD will convert...
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    Overclocking Socket 370 Celeron?

    I just got an old "CompUSA PC" that has an old 400MHz Celeron with a ProComp BS61M motherboard, I'm eventually going to make it a node for my beowulf cluster, I was hoping I might be able to overclock it to 425. When I looked in the BIOS, I couldn't find any thing that looked like it would help...
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    combining two systems

    ANy other suggestions?
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    Compaq AMD Athlon 64 3500+ VS Gateway Mobile AMD Athlon 4000+

    If you do it through the windows uninstaller, there might be some stuff left behind, like folders in the start menu (occasionally), somethimes icons are left on the desktop, and there are always registry values left in the registry. The first two are easy to take care of, the third is more...
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    combining two systems

    Right now I have 2 computers (one is a 633 mhz celeron, and the other is a 800mhz P3) is it possible to combine the two systems to wrok simultaneously and have it work as one system? if so, how would you do it?
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    how many possible combonations?

    To me it sounds like it is being inferred that every pixel is being used because if only one pixel was on a screen it has 640*480 possible places for that one pixel. if there were two pixels then... the formula for combinations is: n! nCr = -------...
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    Possible triple OSes?

    I am planning on building a computer soon, and was thinking about getting at least three 100 GB (or greater) hard drives, each with thier own partition and OS. I was just wondering that since Apple has announced the x86 version of Macs, and Project OSx86, if it would at all be possible.
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    Which video card?/ what's all this new stuff?

    First off, i've been out of the loop for a while, and missed what all this new GS, GTO, GTO2, etc. stuff is about. I know about nVidias 7800 that came out of nowhere, and ATi's X1K series, but what are are these new suffixes?? Secondly, I'm planning on building a computer rather soon, and...
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    Xbox 360, Gamers Choice for Next Gen (Over the PS3)

    IMO, the best thing about consoles is that you cant exactly upgrade them, which is a good thing and a bad thing, with exception to XBOX 360's HDD. It's good that you don't (or shouldn't) have to upgrade, because you are guaranteed compatability withh all the games. It's bad because you...
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    Saitek X36F/X36T and windows XP

    lol sorry, but yes i did.
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    Saitek X36F/X36T and windows XP

    My uncle has an old Saitek X36F/X36T set and when he tried to install them it would say that "the USB Device is NOt recognized" even after he installed the drivers. it even said after installed them "FOund new Hardware"..."hardware successfully installed" (the annoying bubbles) The specs are...
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    this is going to sound really stupid but...

    That would be great if i had the CD. I think we lost it during a move.
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    this is going to sound really stupid but...

    As it says above, Windows 98 won't let me copy any file or paste for that matter. even if it's on the same drive, or even in the same folder!
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    ipod

    just a fyi the iPod has sort of a new 4.5 Gen that is color. or so it seems, and OGG/Vorbis are open source formats if i remember correctly.
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    Bad CPU?

    I found what looks like an ink stamp that says S10. is that what i'm looking for?
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    VA3400BWA v. Centurion 530 and system approval

    I'm planning on building a system some thing like this: 1. DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D 2. Athlon 64 3200+, 939-Pin (Venice) OEM 3. Western Digital Caviar WD2000JD SATA 4. Corsair V.S. (VS1GBKIT400 ) 5. Lite-On SOHW-1673 Retail Combo Drive 6. Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition 7...
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    Yea or Nay?

    holy cow! that's almost the exact same system i'm going to build! :) Although i'm not exactly sure if i'd go with the Maxtor HDD, i know quite a few people who aren't exactly thrilled with thier performance. but other than that sounds pretty good.
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    Bad CPU?

    that's the thing though. I don't exactly know who makes the motherboard, it has a SiS 620 Northbridge and a SiS 5595 Southbridge but i can't find any extra markings, so my guess is that SiS makes the motherboard, but when I tried thier product indentification thing, it said it wasn't their mobo...
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    Need domain/web hosting recommendations

    1&1 seems to have a good deal.
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    Battlefield 2... as told by Microsoft Paint

    No.'s 6, 7 &9 were the best!
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    Bad CPU?

    I'm trying to upgrade my parent's computer, it currently has a socket 370 400MHz Celeron, and i'm trying to put a 633 celeron on it. it works fine with the 400 but when i put in the 633 it'll boot up, but nothing wil show on the screen! Is the CPU bad? could it be that there isn't a Heatspreader...
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    Xbox mod...

    lol umm...
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    Xbox mod...

    but nonetheless, as it stands I can't do a regular mod or keep it in its case, since the "disc open" button doesn't work, and he lost most of the screws so i can either find out each kind of screw, and buy 'em or i can use a case that's just sitting around anyway.
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    Xbox mod...

    I have a "broken" Xbox from a friend (the only thing that doesn't work is the disc open switch...I think). anyway, I'm thinking of converting it to a regular pc, bu just taking out the motherboard put it in a PC case, get a new PSU, replace the disk drive, reformat the hard drive, and try and...
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    I've Narrowed to 3 Notebooks - Just Made My Puprchase

    IMO i would say the HP.
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    Pick your poison of milk.

    It's all about the stuff straight from the cow. none of this processed crap. but hey whole milk is close enough, but nonetheless i drink 2%.
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    Which Linux Distro?

    For a buttload of distro's go to www.distrowatch.com. I would be surprised if there was a distro that they didn't have.
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    Non-Responding monitor

    This might be kind of vague, but i tried changing a Floppy cable, and now all of a sudden the comouter won't boot at all! does anyone have any suggestions?