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    Advice for replacing middle of the road gaming rig

    Hello everybody, The MOBO on my 2.5 year old gaming rig recently crapped out and I need to upgrade now. I use this machine solely for gaming (all other work is done on my Mac) and need to get the best bang for my buck. I currently play games such as Call of Duty 4, Company of Heroes...
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    SOS--external Seagate HD suddenly unformatted

    I keep all my important data backed up on a seagate external HD. This data has all come from a PC. Last night, I purchased a macbook and wanted to transfer my iTunes songs onto it, so I hoooked up my seagate HD (its USB) to the macbook and transfered all of my iTunes stuff. This went fine...
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    XP bluetooth woes

    wanted to see if anyone had any input on this problem Im having: I play the game battlefield online with a group of friends. We use the program "Teamspeak" to communicate with each other. I am trying to set it up so that I can use a motoroal HS850 bluetooth headset as a microphone only. Up...
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    can I use bluetooth headset with computer?

    I occasionally play online games such as Battlefield 2 in the evenings and was wondering if the bluetooth headset I use with my Treo 650 coud be used on my computer to communicate in these games?
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    password protect individual hard drives?

    I have two hard drives in my computer. One is my main drive w/ XP sp2 on it as well as all my programs, while the other hard drive is purely for storage of music, pictures video, etc... I was wondering if it is possible to password protect my storage HD so that nothing can be viewed...
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    problem accessing data

    towards the end of January, I got a virus on my computer, I don't know which one. I have managed to get rid of the virus for hte most part (have put a stop to the browser hijacking) however, my desktop background has been disabled and I can't get it to come back up. That is not my main problem...
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    mothorboard monitor 5 compatible with new mobos?

    I'm trying to figure out a way to monitor my CPU temp on my new system from within XP. MBM 5 does not have my board listed. In the setup wizard under MSI, there is an option for a K8N neo Platinum board, but when I select this board, MBM tells me my CPU temp is 127 C. I downloaded Everest...
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    do these numbers look right

    Test results from Pingplotter
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    anyone else seen this problem?

    I just built a new system and everything is running great except for one thing. Whenever I try and play first person shooters (Battlefield: Vietnam, UT 2004) I get an odd video effect which causes the image to warp this happens both when I'm moving and standing still. My FPS never goes below...
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    what is going on with my CPU temp

    I just installed Mother board monitor 5 and went to check my CPU temps. MBM 5 says my CPU is running at 127C (yes, celsius, not Farenheit). I immediatly restarted computer and went into the BIOS which said my cpu temp was 39C. Is this some sort of error or what? can a CPU even run at 127C...
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    accessing a IDE HD with an OS on it

    I currently am running an athlon 64 with a 74 gig raptor with Windows XP sp 2 on it. I have a harddrive I want to put on this computer which came from another computer. This harddrive also has a copy of XP SP2 on it as well. Can I still access this hard drive from my existing machine, or will...
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    one sided or two sided DIMMS?

    hi there, I'm building a new system and am installing the RAM, my motherboard manual has a recommendation for installing the RAM based upon whether it is two sided or one sided. I can't figure out which it is. my ram is 184-pin Corsair Value Select DDR-DIMMs. are these two sided or one sided?
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    dual monitor compatibility Qs

    I was just curious if it's possible to set up a dual monitor set up with monitors of different sizes? Right now I have a 17" Samsung 173P and I am considering adding on a 19" Image Quest L90D+. Will this combo work? I would want to use the L90D+ for gaming because of the lower response time...
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    Best 939 mobo for overclocking

    Hi, I'm putting together a new AMD 64 socket 939 system and want to overclock a bit. I've already bought a Lian-li case and 1024mb (512 mb x2) of Corsair Value select pc 3200 RAM. What is a good motherboard for overclocking and what speed processor should I get to get the best bang for my...
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    diference between 6 bit and 8 bit LCDs?

    just curious what the difference was between 6 bit and 8 bit LCDs? Thanks, Eric
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    upgrade to 64 bit? or wait?

    Hi all. For the past few years, I have used my laptop as my primary computer due to school, however I am getting into graphic design work (i.e. photoshop, illustrator) and web design (via dreamweaver and flash) and while my laptop (1.7 ghz pentium-M w/ 758 mb of RAM) is handling stuff OK, the...
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    web design for beginners. advice wanted

    I am a college student trying to teach myself website design. Two friends of the family own small businesses and have told me they would pay me to build and maintain their sites. Both would be business sites; however neither would need to be an e-commerce site with a shopping cart or anything...
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    can't vew source code in IE 6??

    for some reason, I am no longer able to read the source code of web pages in IE 6. When I click on 'view' and then 'source' on the menu bar, nothing happens. No error messages, not notepad, no nothing. What is going on?
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    testing anti-virus programs

    I was wondering if it was possible to download some of the more popular viruses? I have an extra computer, and I want to test out some anti virus programs on it. I want to test them using the real thing, but I can't find anywhere to download these viruses. Any ideas?
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    How to learn Frontpage 2003

    Hi there. I have just recently purchased a copy of microsoft frontpage 2003 with the intention of learning how to design professional grade websites. I am now trying to find the best way to do this. Are online tutorials or courses a good way of learning this? What about books at the book...
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    Windows XP Pro licensing question

    Hi there. about a year and a half ago, I purhchased a Gateway laptop with Windows XP professional included with it. I would now like to erase everything on the hard drive, and re-install windows. It seems however, that I have lost the Windows XP pro CDs that came with the computer. The...
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    switching between LCD and CRT monitor

    I recently purchased an LCD monitor and I love it except for it's performance in high speed games (ie. Battlefield Vietnam, Unreal Tournament 2004, etc...). It is only in these games in which I notice the "ghosting" effect. I might return the monitor, however, I do alot of text reading and...
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    good Heatsink for mobile athlon 2400+?

    I'm going to purchase a 45 watt mobile athlon 2400+. the CPU is OEM. What would be a good heatsink to get for it? I also need thermal paste too correct? any and all help appreciated.
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    FSB question

    I have a question about the FSB of a processor. what exactly does the FSB do and how much does it affect performance? I ask because I am looking at getting a Mobile Athlon XP 2600+ with a 266mhz FSB, and a 512k L2 Cache. I plan on overclocking this. Anyway, Other processors out there have...
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    best MOBO/Processor combo for OCing

    I've been doing some research trying to decide which MOBO and Processor to get. I started out ready to do a full overhaul, but from the look of things, there is a great deal of technology on the horizon, and I don't think right now is the time to do a full out upgrade. I want upper level...
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    what do you guys think about Mobo/processor pick?

    I've been doing some research trying to decide which MOBO and Processor to get. I started out ready to do a full overhaul, but from the look of things, there is a great deal of technology on the horizon, and I don't think right now is the time to do a full out upgrade. I want upper level...
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    please help...

    I tried to overclock my Soyo Soyo Dragon + SY K7V with a Athlon XP 1700+. I went into the BIOS and set the FSB to 133 (the one where you increase by 1)and then set the frequency (or whatever the setting is that gives you an option between 100 mhz and 133 mhz). Now when I try to boot it up, my...
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    getting a new monitor

    I'm taking the plunge and upgrading my monitor. My trusty old trinitron bit the dust today, which is fine, becuase I've been wanting to upgrade anyway. I am almost positive I want to go LCD. As far as price goes, I'm looking to get a 17" for around $600. The monitor will be used for word...
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    best mobo for athlon 64?

    what do you guys think is the best mobo or mobo brand out there for an athlon 64 processor?
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    help me pick new MOBO and CPU.

    I'm upgrading my pc. I use it primarily for gaming and multimedia purposes. I want a new motherboard and cpu. I currently have an AMD xp 1700+ with a soyo SY-K7V Dragon +, and really haven't had too many complaints (the motherboard has given me some frustration, but not too much.). Anyway, I...
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    question about upgrade

    I just fired up my old computer back home which I haven't used in about a year. It has a Soyo SY-K7V MB with what I believe to be an athlon xp 1700 (whichever one runs at approx 1.3 ghz). I have 512mb of DDR ram with a geforce 3 video card. Anyway, I want to upgrade, the past year I have...