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    OpenGL 2.0, video cards, and you...?

    I'm looking to buy a nVidia Geforce 6800GT card and I noticed something. These are the two cards I'm looking at, and they seem to be almost exactly the same (even in price)... MSI: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-127-140&depa=1 EVGA...
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    Is mobo on-board audio ok, or should I use my SB Live?

    I'm putting together a new rig, and I'm wondering if I should bother grabbing my SB Live card from my old PC or not. I currently have 2 speakers and a subwoofer and I'm not going to upgrade to 5.1 or 6.1 anytime soon (if ever). Also I run Debian Linux (never Windows) and I'm not familiar with...
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    IE has gone crazy

    I left my newly built PC at home for four months while I went to school (first mistake), and my 14 year old brother convinced me to let him use it to play games and crap (second mistake). Now that I'm home, he has screwed up IE in a way I've never seen before. Pop-ups for just about every damn...
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    My Win98 SE is messed up, please help

    I am trying to get my Dell computer back on its feet. I bought it in May 2000, its a PIII 800Mhz with 256MB RAM (in case anyone was wondering). I haven't been very nice to it (installing too much useless crap, and unproperly uninstalling the useless crap), and I think its really starting to hate...
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    Network Security Information

    Hi, I'm working with my professor this Fall semester on an intrusion security tolerance project that I need some help on. First of all, I've done nothing related to network security before, but I am pretty fluent in C (took Data structures course last semester). Here is a description of what I...
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    How can I get rid of Klez.E.Worm?

    I always get this e-mail virus somehow, even though I NEVER open any attachments. I know I have it because every now and then I get an e-mail from some random address saying that they wouldn't accept my message, because it contained this virus in it. I don't have any anti-virus software because...
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    Codecs Codecs Codecs...

    I hate not having the one I need. Is there a site out there that I can download EVERY codec from? I'm tired of searching, and Windows Media Player always fails when it tries to download a codec for me. I know that there is a place that lists all the codecs you have installed in WinXP, but I...
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    My case is vibrating!

    It's REALLY annoying. I've tried so hard to minimize the sound that my computer emits and now this has to crop up. Here is the case: Link. I think the vibrations are coming from the front of the case, but its really hard to tell. What could be causing it? I think I've heard of some type of...
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    Your other fav. forums?

    I'm looking for forums on different subjects. Specifically, I would like to find forums on music (ALL music), cooking, and other common topics. So I would like to know if anyone has found any good forums on other subjects because my search came up empty. I made this same post at the only other...
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    WinXP damn popup ads!

    I get these ads now when the heck ever. They aren't even IE windows, they are their own little message windows and the are really getting annoying. Half the time the ad is an ad for getting software to stop these popups! Its stupid. I thought the problem was with Windows Messenger, but I thought...
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    video card doesn't let me play games (9500P)

    Often (usually during games) my display locks up and my monitor says "no signal received". However the sound still plays and things continue like they normally would. It happened the other night when I was watching an .avi file, but it partially recovered and I think that it was WinXPs fault...
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    Trying to convert someone to Linux...

    My manager wants me to build a new PC for him, and I setup a decent system for him for under $500. He thought he was going to get WinXP for free from someone, but since you need to register it for WinXP to work I told him that probably wouldn't work, so now he's questioning it because he doesn't...
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    Best MIDI Player?

    I used to use the player that came included with my SB Live! card. I recently built a new system and bought the same card, but it seems that Creative decided to throw away their excellent media player with some bulky, overfancy piece of crap with a confusing interface. It doesn't even have the...
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    SQL variations question

    This is probably a dumb question. I'm doing some research on MySQL database vulnerabilities. Should I be conserned about the vulnerabilities I see in other versions of SQL? Like Microsoft SQL and what not. I don't think I need to concern myself with them, but I've never done any work with...
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    Your favorite HTML editor?

    I'm just wondering what most people use around here. I've down a little bit of web development as a personal hobby, but nothing much. The webpage that I have right now is just kind of a personal page and I use it to share stuff with friends. I wrote the first page just using Notepad so I could...
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    WinXP is mixing up languages...

    I have English and Japanese languages installed on my PC. Sometimes, I'll be reading something in English and a random Japanese character will get throw in there. The most common one is that it replaces \ with the symbol for Japanese yen, and earlier on a website I saw the letter s replaced with...
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    LOL, now THIS is computer bug

    So its late at night and I'm waiting for a download to finish before I go to sleep. Only light in my room is from my LCD screen and my LED fan on the acrylic window of my case. Then all of the sudden, my computer gets LOUD and I'm like HOLY $HIT what's wrong? What the F&$( is wrong??? I check my...
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    .9500 Pro fails draw operation

    I've had this error ever since I built my new PC with an ATI Radeon 9500 Pro. I first experienced it with C&C Generals, it would always happen about 5 minutes into the game. So I got the latest drivers, and it still happened. Then today when I was watching a 200MB avi file it happened again...
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    Removing WinXP multiuser?

    Is there anyway to take off the multiple users in WinXP? Its just annoying to me, having all of these "shared folders" and what not. I'm the only one that will use this computer (I'll kill whoever even LOOKS at it in a bad way). Can I at the very least delete all the shared folders and crap...
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    I hate Kazaa...

    Is there anything BETTER out there (there has to be). Kazaa is the worst P2P program I have ever used. It doesn't know how to hold a connection, and usually when I'm downloading from 2 people, say one I'm getting a 50kbps rate and the other a 0.2kbps rate, as soon as the current partion of the...
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    Help! WinXP thinks I'm Japanese!

    Whenever I try to go to AOL's page to download AIM, it takes me to the Japanese site. I did install Japanese on this computer, but I can't find anything that will tell XP to stop being a dumbass and let me set English as my default language. How do I stop this annoying thing from happening?
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    Sources for database vulerabilities

    I'm doing a remote research project with a couple of my professors this summer on intrusion tolerance security. I need to research all the attacks and variants that can occur on our distributed system. I'm requesting if you have a good website or text (preferrably website) with information...
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    Looking for final silent mods

    Right now I have an Enermax 465P-VE PSU, 4 80mm Panaflow L1As, 1 Coolermaster LED something or other (rated at 25 dbA), a Zalman CNPS 7000-Cu, a Seagate Barracuda V, and an ATI Radeon 9500 Pro. So far I've set the Zalman to the minimum fan setting, and I disconnected the stupid noisy fan that...
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    Replacing 9500 Pro Fan?

    I've been trying to build the quietest system I can, but it still sounds REALLY loud to me, and I think its the fault of that damn fan on my VGA card. Someone introduced me into looking at the Zalman ZM80-A and I want to get it but I'm afraid I don't have any room. There is plenty of room on the...
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    What.is.that NOISE???

    Ok, I built a new PC from scratch and here are the specs off the top of my head SiS 655 Max motherboard 2.4GHz P4 w/ 533 FSB Zalman CNPS 7000Cu ATI Radeon 9500 Pro Enermax 435E (I forgot the exact model) 430W Seagate 120GB Barracuda V put together in a Cheiftec AX-01 case. First thing I did...
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    Upgrading an old HP to WinXP, need advice.

    BACKGROUND: My manager at work wants to upgrade his old HP Pavilion 4535. Basically he told me he wants WinXP on it, Adobe Photoshop, and he just wants to be able to have a crapload of MP3s, burn CDs, and upload pictures on his digital camera. Possibly run a DSL connection on it in the future...
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    Good 2.1 Speaker set for under $50?

    I'm looking for some temporary speakers for the new rig I built while I'm home this summer. I want to spend under $50, but I don't want the quality to suck ass either. I have a SB Live! sound card, and its important that it has a headphone port. I was looking around at Newegg and the Logitech...
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    Quick fan cable question

    I just got 4 Panaflow L1As today and they only have two wires with bare ends. No jack or any sort of connector at all. I only have 4-pin connectors left on my power supply, so I am guessing I'm going to have to head over to CompUSA or Fry's and buy some sort of 2-to-4 pin power converter where I...
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    Good CPU/System temps?

    Hi, I was wondering what good temps would be for my P4 2.4 Ghz CPU and my system which is built on a MSI 655 Max motherboard. I was monitoring them today and the CPU was about 32C and the system about 40-41C. CPU seems ok, but the system seems a little high. And it also crashed when I was...
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    IDE Cable question

    I just got my Seagate 120GB 7200RPM HDD today, and it says when using a 40-pin, 80-conductor IDE cable, connect the blue end to the mobo, the black end to the master, and the gray end to the slave. Only problem is, if I try this the cables wont reach between the HDD and DVD-ROM drive. Does it...
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    HELP! I can't install my Zalman CNPS7000!!!

    I have a Zalman CNPS7000-Cu that I am trying to install on top of a PIV 2.4GHz on a MSI 655 Max motherboard. The dang thing seems like it isn't made to fit! There are two bars that I am supposed to insert on the cooler frame and then screw the FHS to the bars but the bars aren't close enough to...
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    Whats the point of USB mice/keyboards?

    Keyboards and mice are output devices (not I/O). As far as I know they don't receive any input from other portions of the computer other than maybe signals to verify the existance of the device. So why are so many companies making their mice and keyboards USB? USB is high speed, and I think that...
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    Keyboard cleaning tips

    I am recycling an old USB Logitec keyboard my aunt used to have for my new system. I was cleaning it today, and noticed all the dog hair and junk under the keys where I could not reach (it looked like the dog used the computer more than her). Anyways, is there a quick and easy way to get rid of...
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    Cooling unit too heavy, should I be worried???

    I just bought a P4 2.4Ghz 533 FSB and a Zalman CNPS 7000Cu to go along with it. Only I didn't realize that the 7000Cu exceeds Intel's maximum weight standard. I think I read that it should be ok as long as I uninstall the cooling unit whenever I "move" my system around. When they say this, do...
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    P4 CPU installation, HELP!!!

    I just got my P4 CPU literally minutes ago and I went to install it in my MSI 655 Max motherboard. When I looked at the bottom first of all I noticed some brown and white pieces of dust in between the pins. I was like "uh oh", but I quickly disposed of that problem with a well-grounded toothpick...
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    Want to install Win XP and Linux on same machine...

    Hi, I want to have both Windows XP and Linux Redhat V 7. on my machine. Here is the system: MSI 655 Max motherboard PIV 2.4 Ghz 533Mhz FSB 512 MB PC3200 RAM (DDR 400) Seagate 120 GB 7200 RPM HDD ATI RADEON 9500 Pro SB Live! 5.1 Samsung 12X DVD-ROM/40X CD-ROM Alright, I have a few questions...
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    DDC System???

    I recently bought a Hitachil CML 174 17" LCD screen, and I was reading thru the manual and it had a floppy that was to be installed only if you didn't have a DDC "system". The thing is, I don't know whether mine is or not. I'm getting a MSI 655 Max motherboard and an ATI RADEON 9500 Pro. I...
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    Do I need a hard drive cooler?

    I am ordering a Seagate 120GB 7200 RPM, and the sales lady asked what cooler I was going to use with it, and I didn't think that hard drives even NEEDED coolers. Do I REALLY need one? I mean, I don't want to buy any more cooling than I need I want my system to be quiet. Thanks
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    Case painting...is it safe?

    I am getting a Chemning Silver AX-01 case soon. My mother is an artist (and has nothing to do), and I was wondering would it be safe for her to paint small designs or decals on the outside of the case? If so, is there a specific type of paint that I should have her use? Also I am getting a DVD...
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    TMy dream PSU disappeared!!! Enermax EG365P-VE (400W)

    Ok, I'm putting together this system: Hitachi 17inch LCD CML174 MSI 655 Max, 4-DIMM DDR400, 8X AGP, 6 PCI Pentium 4 2.4GHz, 533 MHz FSB Samsung PC3200 DDR(400MHz) 512MB ATI's Radeon 9500 Pro 128 MB DDR AGP8X CRT/DVI TV-OUT Ultra ATA/100 EIDE 100GB Samsung Internal IDE 12x DVD-ROM, 40x CD-ROM...