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    Is my laptop video card hosed?

    I've got an older Dell Inspiron 3000 that has worked great for me for several years. In the past few days, the video has gone berzerk. It has the ATI Mobility (M4) 2MB video card in it. Now, all of my blacks appear as red. Also, when I login to Windows XP, the screen is mostly red, instead...
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    Brief help on RAID for a newbie

    Hello all. I am getting ready to move up to a new MOBO and CPU, and will probably grab an AMD 64 chip to replace my Thoroughbread. I have picked several hard drives cheaply over the past year and have about 3 brand new unopened drives in my closet that I've been saving for a new system...
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    Please help me with my wireless network!

    I'm having a terrible time with my home wireless network. I've got a D-link router (please spare me the cracks on D-link equipment) and a matching D-link wireless access card in my laptop. I've been battling with this thing since I installed it (I was having the same issue with my Linksys...
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    Did I fry something????

    Ok. I am working with my neighbor's computer. They have a Compaq presario desktop that i am retrofiting with a new Mobo, etc. Everything is upand running on a new machspeed board, with an AMD 2200 processor. The only thing that I needed to do was fit some new USB jacks to the front of the...
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    No screen after fresh build and install of W2K

    I'm rebuilding a neighbor's computer and have hit a snag. I am working on a Compaq Presario desktop. I ripped the guts out and have replaced it with a brand new MachSpeed Mini-ATX mobo, AMD XP 2000, and new memory. I kept the old PSU, AGP video card and 45GB hard drive. I installed...
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    Network connection with Windows ME

    I'm hoping someone can help me out. I volunteered to help my neighbor fix their computer. They told me that they "couldn't get online and thought they had a virus". I can fix most computers pretty easily so I told them I'd fix it no problem. I should note that it is a Compaq box running...
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    Computer Animation Schools

    I'm hoping someone can give me a recommendation. My younger brother has decided that he wants to be some sort of computer animator and has been looking into schools that have this type of program. Right now, it seems like the best looking school that we've found is called Full Sail, in the...
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    how to capture best video quality from DVR>DVD

    I've got a football game stored on my DVR (kind of like a Tivo). What I'm trying to do is capture this game from the dvr to burn a DVD. It has an S-Video out and also RCAs. I've got a computer with an Athlon 2500 and a 9000 All-In-Wonder Pro video card. I'm capuring the video just fine and...
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    how to remove picture at boot

    Hi, I've got a freind who has a picture that shows up on his computer when the system boots, just before the OS loads up. I've seen these these before on other computers. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how to remove or change this picture. Unfortunately, i do not know the OS, but I would...
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    Is my MoBo bad?

    I'm hoping someone can help this newbie out with my system. I've built 3-4 computers, so I'm not totally a newbie but since everything has gone 100% smoothly the first couple of times, I'm not sure what the problem is now. Here's the deal, I found a mobo dirt cheap. It is a Syntax SV266AD...
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    Soyo case - reccomended?

    Does anyone have any experience with the Soyo case CX-5959 5IN1 ? I have been planning to pick up an Antec or Chieftec (I love the antec cases!) however this one 'looks' like its good quality and it's only forty bones at tiger direct. I'm curious as to what most people's experiences are with...
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    Testing a new computer build

    I've just recently built a new rig for myself as more of a hobby than anything else. I've recently had a few freinds ask me if I would build a new computer for them. I am in the process of building two new ones, so I was wondering there are any standard test suites that anyone uses when...
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    Web technology advice

    I'm hoping someone here can give me some web technology advice. I'm fairly technical, but don't consider my self a hard core coder as I am completely self taught. With that in mind, I'd consider advice that anyone has, if it is easy enough to learn on my own with resources available on the...
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    CDRW problem

    What is the proper way to install 2 CD RW drives? I have an ABIT KD7 mobo and currently have my two CDRW drives set to secondary master (Pacific Digital Mach 52) and slave (Cendyne, Lite-On drive). For some reason, my slave drive works great, but the master CDRW drive is very flaky...
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    XP Pro or Home?

    What are the benefits of gettting XP Pro instead of XP Home. I have heard they are very similar from a reliability and device support perspective. I am going to be using it mainly for basic stuff: web, office apps, games, etc. I'll network 3 computers, but that's about it. Any thoughts?
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    best memory for Abit KD7

    I have an Abit KD7 mobo and am looking at adding a 512 stick of memory to replace two 256mb sticks that I have right now. I'm wondering which of the following people reccomend: Corsair CMX512-2700C2 512MB DDR333 PC2700 XMS (~$90) or Kingston KVR333X64C25/512 512MB DDR333 PC2700 (~$75) or...
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    XP Pro hosed - corrupt files

    I've had my new system up and running for about 2 weeks, and have slowly been adding my software. Not much is on it, except some Office programs, Roxio ECC and also some music files. I just started using it today and started getting some weird messages (I think it said that c:/$msft is...
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    Prereq. for Installing XP OEM version

    I just built a new computer, and have recently installed a copy of Windows XP Pro. It is one that I actually had on back up, so now I am planning to purchase a copy of Windows XP Pro for this new system. I am planning to buy the OEM edition since I can get it pretty cheaply. I know that it is...
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    Upgrading Dell with new M/B

    Hi. I've been helping my buddy out with his computer. He is looking to wipe his hard drive clean and "start fresh" with new OS etc. I am reccomending that he put in more memory, unfortunately his computer is a Dell XPS800R which means that he has Rambus memory. In order to get to 512MB, he's...
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    Help: need cooling advice

    Hi, I am a newbie that has just completed building my first computer. AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (Thoroughbred) w/packaged heatsink Abit KD-7 MB Maxtor 160GB Antec SLK3700AMB Super Mid Tower (350 Watt p/s) (2) Kingston 256MB PC 2100 DDR (2) K-Byte 256MB PC 2700 DDR PNY GeForce4 MX440se 64MB DDR AGP...