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    Is my laptop video card hosed?

    simple...yet sound advice. thanks!!!!
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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????

    Surely someone else has had this same problem....anyone anyone?
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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

    thanks...how do I know what keys to remove?
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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

    Thanks for the reply. I've have 160GB of HD space, and a couple extra drives, so I'm not too concerned aobut the size of files at this point, however will it affect the size on the DVD? If I capture 3 hours worth of analog programming in AVI, is it reasonable to think I can still put it all on...
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    how to capture best video quality from DVR>DVD

    I would appreciate the feedback. When I captured the video, I captured it in mpg format. I don't recall seeing an option for using AVI or another format. perhaps I should use a different program. I know that Windows Movie Maker 2 will do AVI, but I always thought that relied on a Digital...
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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?

    Another question. In looking at the CPU, it doesn't *look* burned. It probably doesn't matter, but I'm just curious if its supposed to look burned. I've seen some fried CPUs, but I think most of those are from processers that have been burned up from improper cooling.
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    Is my MoBo bad?

    >>no hsf on the cpu and powered it up..a cpu won't go for that inanity ..probably *poof* went the cpu as 3 >>seconds is a long time for a cpu to have no thermal transfer material That's must be my problem. I probably just flushed $50 down the toilet. I didn't realize the heatsink HAD to be...
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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

    Yea, I plan to do that. No overclocking, because I want everything to be rock-solid stable and don't want them calling every day because of instability. What do you reccomend for sending looping benchmarks...?
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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

    Thanks for the response. Basically, as far as I have gotten is taking data out of some simple XML files and converting them to HTML. Where I see myself running into a few problems is in the ability to "nest" som formatting options into the XML files. I'm not real good yet with CSS or XSL, so...
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    Web technology advice

    Well, the idea is that they will all be personalized. So one can have whatever content they want (within certain parameters). It's not really a focal point to get syllabus and stuff because I'll have my own site for that. It be kind of something like this: class site: ourclassroom dot com...
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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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    Building a computer and...

    When I built my first computer, I used an article at pcmech .com as a guide. It's pretty basic. I did my first one a few months ago and I think you'll realize when you're done that it's not real difficult. Pay attention to directions on grease (if you use any) and also placing your heat sink...
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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 Random file corruptions on new PC

    I have had the same problem, only it has only happened once. I also have a Maxtor HD that I ran the Maxtor tools on and deemed "ok". I don't have this mobo, but I plan to do a complete rebuild in the next 1-2 days, I'll let you know if I experience problems again. Do you have the updated...
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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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    XP Pro hosed - corrupt files

    OK, I can try these things. I've already run the PowerMax tool. I've run all of the basic, non-data destroying, tests and they passed. These test also confirm that my ribbons are plugged in correctly. The drive was formatted NTFS. What really gets me is that this thing went from being fine...
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    XP Pro hosed - corrupt files

    I think Roxio was the right version, although I can't even boot to Windows XP to find out. I tried doing the repair/install, but it's telling me that my partition is "either too full, damaged, or not formated, or formatted with an incompatible file system". Obviously, the partition WAS ok...
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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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    Prereq. for Installing XP OEM version

    What are the benefits of purchasing WinXP pro versus WinXP home edition? Since i am using for home is there any reason for me to get Pro instead? Mainly, I use the computer for games, internet etc. Basic stuff. I have two other computers that I network for basic file sharing stuff. Any...
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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

    No. The original copy that I have is a regualar WinXP Pro. copy. It is not an OEM copy. That is why i want to get an OEM so I can have the usual paper work and since it is a brand new system that i just built.
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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

    thanks guys. I'm with you. I haven't had a chance to actually dig into his system, so I wasn't sure if Dell had a propritary case design or not. Thanks for the help. I am going to reccomend he let me build him a new one just like I have: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (Thoroughbred) w/packaged heatsink...
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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

    I have to plead a little ignorance on this. The only way that I know to check the temperature is to go into BIOS. I'm sure there are some nice tool applications that do this, but I don't know which one to use. I can give you temps, but not sure the best way to do that....
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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...