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    No video from brand new mobo?

    I got my new Gigabyte with onboard HDMI in today. Hooked it up and everything worked just fine. But I get no video. I tried the HDMI and DVI onboard. I even tried putting in a PCI-E card I know works in and hooking up the DVI through that. No dice. I have no idea what's wrong. I don't have a...
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    My new GA-73PVM-S2H is dead

    Hey guys. I just got the parts in for my new HTPC. I got it all set up, all hooked up and go to turn it on and BLAM...and by blam I mean it wouldn't power up at all. I tried everything I could think of. The PSU works with another motherboard, but another power supply will not work with...
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    HTPC considerations

    So far I've got this stuff, and I'm probably gonna get a small SATA drive to act as the OS drive. SSD stuff is tempting but I think I'll just save a bunch of money. People reviewing the case seem to think it's pretty quiet. Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163055...
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    Extremely strange router issue

    Posted this elsehwere but got little response...hopefully someone here has a better idea. Ok, I've noticed that every day I come back from work, I'm signed out of AIM because I hit the rate limit of signing on/off and I'd be disconnected from MIRC. I thought this was weird. Last night my...
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    Extremely strange router/internet problem

    Ok, I've noticed that every day I come back from work, I'm signed out of AIM because I hit the rate limit of signing on/off and I'd be disconnected from MIRC. I thought this was weird. Last night my router was dropping the connection entirely and did it twice. I also noticed that I was regularly...
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    1080 resolutions from ATI x800XL

    I can't get anything higher than 1280x720 to show up over my DVI>HDMI cable. Even that is cut off. I don't want to sound like I'm clueless, but this TV's native resolution is 1920x1080. Why does that not even give a SIGNAL to an HDMI port, let alone why is a 1280x720 rez being cut off?
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    DVI>HDMI connection to Toshiba LCD..."no video signal"

    I'm getting really frustrated here. I've updated to the latest catalyst drivers. When I connect the LCD (Toshiba 42HL167) to the computer via my DVI>HDMI cable, Windows detects it. The Catalyst Control Center finds it too, even its max resolution...
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    Strange problem after really hot day

    Ok, let me run through the facts here. This weekend I was out of town. Our A/C went out on Sunday, my roommates didn't do anything. I got back on Monday afternoon to find still nobody had called to get it fixed and my room was at 99F. Awesome. My computer was at 46-49C, which I wasn't aware was...
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    Excel question

    Hi folks. Hope someone can help, I'm no Excel master by far so this is really escaping me at the moment. I have some (that's an understatement) linked cells. The linking is fine, and what shows up is what should show up between the workbooks. However, let's say A is the main book and B is...
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    HTPC has no video

    I can't figure this out. This thing worked perfectly fine until I left for winter break. Now I come back and get no video. Processor, hard drive, and dvd-r all spin up and work. I've tried 2 different AGP video cards. The mobo is a Gigabyte K7 Triton...the model number escapes me right...
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    Who here is on Concerta?

    I take it at work in the morning, usually around 10am. It helps me keep my work motivation up into the evening so I can also accomplish school work. However, today, I know it's going to suck. 3 hours from my normal class block isn't meeting today. That means I have about a 4 hour window...
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    Dishwasher buying advice

    I know some of you guys have bought houses and moved recently. So I ask for your help. Ok, my parents' dishwasher shat out a few months ago. They are incredibly frugal and refuse to buy a new one since the old one still functions as a drying rack and they're used to washing dishes by hands...
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    What is the rollout plan for FIOS?

    I know Austin and Pittsburgh are already set up. Is there anywhere that lists a more extensive rollout plan? Ohio seems to always get the last of everything. I'd love to switch to this when it's available.
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    "Whites Only" Barber shop

    WTF? Who would ever post this sign and think it was acceptable? And why is the last S backwards? http://katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=4016414 To think they actually have a university in that place. :confused:
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    Shadow of the Colossus

    Anyone played this yet? It's for PS2 --- somewhat unfortunately. The FPS suffers in many places. I think it would have been better suited as an Xbox (alas, it's made in-house by Sony, that would never happen) or perhaps a PS3 launch title. In any event, it's awesome. The ONLY enemies you...
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    Seagate 80GB SATA problems

    Ok, so I came back from work yesterday and my computer was frozen. I rebooted to a BSOD that kept rebooting the computer over and over. I needed a fresh install anyway so I just Knoppix'd into my drives, pulled some stuff off, and reformated with XP. Recently it froze up AGAIN on me. It did...
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    Cheap webhosting?

    Racking my brain but can't figure it out. Any help? I'm doing a project for an NPO and for whatever reason their current host (which they get for free) refuses to install PHP or MySQL...and these people NEED some kind of MySQL content management application. Actually any professional, not...
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    Every Time I Die

    I hated the new album at first but it's growing on me.
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    Drinking alcohol while recovering from sickness

    Friend's 21st tonight. I really want to go out to the bars with my friends but I also need to be in good shape Saturday morning for the ND/Michigan game. I have a bit of a head cold. Stuffy nose, headaches in the morning/night. No sore throat or major cough yet (and that's always the worst). I...
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    Video capturing a PS2/Xbox

    Someone told me that since this is a hardware decoder that if I attempt to play a game while recording that my button presses won't show up onscreen until after a slight delay. Is there any truth to this and is there anything I can do to fix it?
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    Computer off for a few days, now won't get any video

    Hey all. I just came back from a weekend back home and was going to install Ventrilo server on my linux machine for Guild Wars PvP communication. I start it up and there's nothing. No video, absolutely nothing. This has happened before. I just reset the CMOS and I'm good to go. Not this...
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    Need good Sennheiser headphones

    I have some open ear Senns that have pretty decent sound, but the wiring is ripped on the left earphone. Can someone recommend some good Sennheisers? I was thinking HD-280 or maybe some of the HD-500 "audiophile" series.
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    Cisco switch backend software blocking online games?

    Is there a firmware upgrade or something to get past this issue? This is what the steampowered.com website told me on a query for why I couldn't contact the master server for Counter-Strike (BF2 doesn't work either): "The next biggest possible cause is that you are running "Deterministic...
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    NTFS drive mounted in Linux

    Ok, I need some help with this. Somewhere between my mount line and SMB perms (although I doubt it's a SMB problem), my Windows user "Shud" (without quotes obviously) can't write files to this particular drive, though I can see it and browse it. Here's the mount line in fstab: /dev/hdb1...
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    Mounting NTFS drive in FC4

    "mount: unkown filesystem type 'ntfs' " I've installed the RPM from this location: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora4.html I still get the above error when I set up my mount and do "mount -a". I don't understand why. Anyone with any experience with this?
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    Getting no video after failed Linux install

    EDIT: After resetting the CMOS like 6 times it booted.
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    Was installing FC4

    Nm.
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    MSI K8N overclocking questions

    I'm doing the whole isolate thing and I set my RAM to 100mhz and all other settings auto configured. Everything else is at defaults. SATA drive is on port 3 so it's locked. Most people seem to be able to run 250x4. I can't do that. Nor can I do 240x4 or even 350x3. It's not that problem...
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    XP Pro mounting SATA drive as removable

    WTF? Is there any way to tell Windows that this will never be ejected and to stop putting it in that list?
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    Ok, I've looked at the stickied guide...K8N trouble

    First of all none of the acronyms/words in the guide are defined nor do they seem to pertain to my mobo. I have an MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum with 2GB Corsair Value Ram and a 3200+ Venice. UPDATE: I can't post at 250x4 or as low as 240x4. Shouldn't I easily be able to do that? :( Bios rev 1.3
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    CPU backplate on MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum?

    But some OCing guides say it should be off. What's the deal here? It looks like it holds the plate on that the HSF connects to. My system seems to be running fine with it ON, but I'm kind of worrying.
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    So I got the parts for my new system yesterday

    ChiefValue should accept this as an RMA, right? I mean the thing is broken clean off, no bending or anything. It almost looks like it was never even attached, like someone just threw it in the anti-static bag along with the card. My mom is mailing me an old ass PCI card that I left at her...
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    This is so annoying

    So I ordered my new parts yesterday and got an e-mail that said my shipping address wasn't the same as the billing address. Regardless of how stupid this is anyway, I called my bank and had them add it, same phone # as the billing addy as it's my cell. Call the vendor back and tell them the addy...
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    Seatgate NCQ?

    Neo4 Platinum support NCQ? I can't find any mobos that explicitly state either way whether it works or not.
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    Learning Linux/Unix

    ...that just has a short tutorial on setting up some common Linux distros (Fedora, Debian, Gentoo, etc.) and a bunch of really useful commands? I'll install a GUI, but I hear that it's much more powerful/quick to do things from the command line and I'd like to learn as much as I can.
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    On an .edu connection, CS works May 8th, doesn't on June 13th?

    Well, this is un-f-ing believable: "The next biggest possible cause is that you are running "Deterministic Network Enhancer" which is used with Cisco and a few other VPN applications." My house just had a Cisco switch installed the other week. I can't even query servers; various other...
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    Chief Value?

    Are there any drawbacks? Everything is a few bucks cheaper and the shipping is all free. Most of this stuff is warranted through the manufacturer, so it shouldn't be a big deal, should it?
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    Thoughts on MythTV? Other HTPC software?

    I think that I'm going to turn my current (soon to be old) computer into an HTPC as next year my house will have digital cable and all that jazz. Also, I need to get some experience in with Linux/Unix. I was going to do freebsd, but my buddy that I'm living with has like 600gb worth of drives...
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    Can a DFI Ultra Lanparty support an X2?

    ...but someone told me to ask around and make sure the mobo I use on an upcoming build will support dual core X2s. I'm planning on the DFI Lanparty for some mild OC'ing and I can't find anything on the DFI site that claims the boards support X2 or not.
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    3700+ for $340 or 3200+ for $190?

    Ok, kind of in a dilemma here. Not only would the 3200+ Venice be easier on the bank account now, it'd also save me some money for an X2 when their prices drop more within my range (be that in 4 months or a year). But the 3700+ offers the 1MB cache and apparently OC's to 2.8ghz with decent...