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    Build goes from fine to won't post to fine to won't post

    All components listed in first post of this thread. (Vid card upgraded to RX480) The system has been doing fine. Then one day I power it up and it never gets to the BIOS. CPU light on the Motherboard is lit red. First thing I tried was swapping out the PSU with a new 1000W model, same series...
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    Performance per Watt optimized gaming system - now vs. next cycle?

    Yet another "now or later" post, though I'd prefer now if the performance per watt next cycle isn't likely to be significantly better. Can also be a refresh everything but the GPU upgrade. Already looking at Fractal Design R5 for the case but other components I'm looking for suggestions. 1...
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    New Gaming System - Low Power/Noise. Alternate part suggestions please.

    I am finally looking to upgrade from an AGP system with an Athlon64 3200+ processor. It runs Dragon Age Origins on the lowest settings, and I find the experience acceptable, but there appears to be some (likely age related) issue with the power supply, memory, or motherboard: the system has a...
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    Wii Fit as part of a legitimate exercise program?

    Just for reference, I've been mostly sedentary since College, but my Wife and I go on walks 2-3 times a week, and I have been blessed with a metabolism that put my BMI right on the "ideal" mark when I started up Wii Fit yesterday. I could care less about muscle mass, but being stronger would be...
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    Obama's youth/educated support exemplified.

    Today's New York Times has this report about Derrick Ashong being interviewed by a stranger and the viral YouTube reception of his informed, detailed answers to a grilling by an interviewer who at first seems to me to be fishing for evidence of the "mindless cult" phenomenon among Obama...
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    Internet activities hang - suspect corrupted driver?

    Trying to troubleshoot a friend's PC. Next step I'm planning on taking is trying to repair windows from the install disk or reinstalling windows - might be a hardware issue though? He had a power surge and after he restarted his system, his system works OK... kinda. Main exception is...
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    Nforce 3 250 (Lan Party) driver upgrade -> no safe mode

    Uninstalled my nforce drivers. Restarted in safe mode. Ran Driver Cleaner Installed latest nforce drivers from nvidia website. System can't even start in safe mode. Any idea where in those steps I managed to mess up my system so badly? Any recovery options besides a full re-format?
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    Trimming the Zalman AlCu

    My friend is assembling a system with parts that I reccomended to him, and on his motherboard, the 7000B AlCu and the Gigabyte 6800 with the passive heatsink don't play well together (which I should have forseen, mea culpa). Rather than returning the Gigabyte and getting a 6800 without the...
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    Does plagiarizing full articles merit a ban?

    (leaving the poll for entertainment value) [edit: The OP referred to a thread which has been locked by the mods. I take that as a sign that they've seen the evidence and chosen what they feel to be an appropriate response.]
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    Lost "minimize windows" button on quicklaunch toolbar

    In windows 2000 - I must have dragged it off at some point when I meant to click it. I know I can accomplish the same task with the "WindowsKey-M" keyboard shortcut, but my muscle memory is used to clicking the icon. I poked around in the WINNT directory looking for the familiar icon, but...
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    XP on second drive in a single system?

    I'm toying with the idea of adding a SATA card and a raptor HD to my current system, and setting it up for gaming only (no web browsing / spyware / etc ). I would do a clean OS install with the latest drivers and then make a ghost image of that fresh format install. I would then install whatever...
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    WARM? Samsung 150N 15" LCD $313 @ Newegg

    Fooling around with LCD monitors at newegg, I noticed that the Samsung 150N gets a $50 instant rebate as soon as you add it to your cart. Is this something worth jumping on given the rising demand for LCD panels?
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    Fun custom USB device

    "low grade project of incredible vulgarity" :P Don't think it's a repost, apologies if it is.
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    Likely price/performance upgrade champs this fall?

    Just for fun, as I know how unwise attempting to predict the future of markets and prices can be. Let's speculate a bit. I'm happy with my case (ATX motherboards), Power Supply (430W Antec True), and optical drives. I don't mind getting a new boot HD when I upgrade, but a regular ATA connection...
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    YACTT: Getting new tires tomorrow (Sat) - *update: already done*

    Cliffnotes question: Do I need anything beyond tires and installation? I'm on a budget. ---- Reading previous tire threads and reviews elsewhere, I've settled on getting a set of Bridgestone Potenza RE910s for my 98 Nissan Altima. On my current tires, Lincoln's head on the penny test is fully...
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    Virginia Tech to Upgrade Supercomputer to Xserve

    From yahoo news: Hmm... now if I remember the supercomputer rankings offhand, it was: 1. Earth Simlualor - 35.86 Tflops/s - $350M 2. Los Alamos Lab - 13.88 Tflops/s - $215M 3. Virginia Tech - 10.28 Tflops/s - $5.2M Cutting down system size by a factor of three, I have to wonder if they won't be...
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    YACT: Buying 98 Altima - price negotiations?

    A friend of a friend is moving next week and trying to sell her car beforehand (i.e. she's in a time crunch). I'm interested in buying, but not in a huge hurry. It is a '98 Nissan Altima GXE with a little over 52,000 miles on it. Automatic transmission, moonroof, and antilock brakes are the...
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    Republicans for Dean

    NYT Opinion: Republicans for Dean The results of the highly prestigious Poll of the Pollsters are in! I called eight of the best G.O.P. pollsters and strategists and asked them, on a not-for-attribution basis, if they thought Howard Dean would be easier to beat than the other major Democratic...
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    New distributed computing project: ClimatePrediction.net

    www.climateprediction.net Don't download if you're not willing to run a full test cycle (approx 3-6 weeks depending on system specs and idle time). You can watch the cloud cover / temperature / precipitation of your climate model as it progresses.
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    Supply side economics used as a cover to end schools/medicare/soc. security?

    The title is the cliffnotes version of this NYT magazine article by Paul Krugman. While I fear that any discussion of this article will degrade into personal attacks directed towards the author, it would be nice to see some of the stronger conservative thinkers here actually address the key...
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    Blair Cleared of Exaggerating Iraq Threat by Panel

    From today's New York Times: LONDON (AP) -- Prime Minister Tony Blair's government did not deliberately ``sex up'' a dossier on Iraqi weapons by including a disputed claim about chemical and biological weapons, a parliamentary committee reported Thursday. But the Intelligence and Security...
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    Poll: Going to 1GB RAM - just RAM or few upgrades?

    Relevant info: Current Mobo: Asus P4S533 Current RAM: Generic Directron brand DDR 2700 - 1 x 512Mb (board / ram combo can't do agressive timings.) Current CPU: P4 1.6A OC'd around 2.2Ghz Current Vid Card: Asus GF4 Ti 4400 Current Sound Card: Audigy 2 Current Hard Drive: WD SE 80GB 8Mb cache...
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    Lost USB after installing Nolf2 on WinXP Pro - any guesses why?

    This was on a friend's computer. System is fine now - I ghosted back to the system partition state right before installing NOLF2 and one other app (CloneCD). All USB ports went away completely, indicator lights on microsoft keyboard wouldn't even turn on. USB devices were connected to the rear...
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    Mobo, case/PSU, and CPU reccomendations for high ambient temp room

    A friend of mine manages to kill his computers at an amazing rate, they never last over a year. I've convinced him to put one together with quality parts (I somehow killed his current one prematurely - see my thread in troubleshooting). Now I need to put together a short list of parts for him to...
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    Nvidia Driver update gone horribly wrong - Monitor says 'no video signal'

    So much for being a good samaritan. I was helping my friend update to the 40.71 nvidia drivers, and I managed to make his computer unusable. I followed the same procedure I used without incident on my system: uninstall old drivers, reboot, install new drivers. Only when I rebooted his system...
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    P4 1.6A in ASUS P4S533 @133 fsb and Corsair 2700 XMS RAM - What memory settings should I use?

    I've decided to run a P4 1.6A at 133 fsb to get around 2.1 Ghz. I don't want to push it any further. Given my tendency to improve performance but not to push things to their limits, what BIOS settings should I use for my RAM? Here's the full specs on the ram: CORSAIR MEMORY XMS PC2700 DDR RAM...
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    First time custom gaming rig (altered rig plan)

    I think all these parts should work together, and I'd like to do some conservative overclocking (not past 2GHZ) if I can manage it with stock cooling & heatsinks. Here's what I'm looking at: Case - Fong Kai FK320ATX Additional Fan - Panaflo 92mm 2500 RPM CD-ROM - Sony OEM 52X drive HD - Seagate...