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    viewing media on my tv

    Hey, I have my x800 connected to my television, and it works fine. the only problem is that I cant watch winampTV on my television. The only thing that appears in the movie window is a black screen. I fixed this problem with windows media player by downloading a special plugin, but cannot...
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    Awesome new Case

    Some of yo may recall my "broken thermaltake aquarius III" thread, well in the midst of RMA'ing that piece of junk, I yearned for my PC. When I installed the Watercooling, I had to remove the plastic piece that the heatsink clips onto and the backplate. In short, I lost those pieces, now my mobo...
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    Aquarius III "almost" destroyed my pc.

    To start off, I recieved a thermaltake aquarius III watercooling system http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/thaqiiexlico.html for christmas, and was really excited. I get past the difficult install, and the usafe filling process, and everything seems to work fine. But alas, everything was not...
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    The Hunted

    Chronicle - 1 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/carni/thlivinrm.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/carni/2ndflrth.jpg This is a fun, standalone game using the darkplaces engine. This game was created in 11 days by Chris Page (a.k.a Carni) you can e-mail him at...
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    abit av8 putting ram at 333

    Hi, I recently purchased my abit av8 to accompany my amd 64 3500+, and a gig of ddr400 ram. When I was fidgeting in the bios, I noticed my ddr400(im 100% sure its ddr400 pc3200) ram was set at ddr333. When changed it to ddr400, my computer wouldnt post until I reseated the ram and reset the...
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    Reccomend a watercooler?

    Hello, After setting up my aquarius 3 watercooler and being very dissapointed with the results, I have decided to exchange it for another watercooling system. It was roughly $300, so I was wondering what can I get for $300? My case is a thermaltake xaser 3, so if you can find an internal...
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    temps WAY too high with watercooling.

    hi, I dodn;t plan on overclocking, but my parents got me the thermaltake aquarius 3 watercooling systerm. After the bitchiest install I have ever done, I tirn it on and find my CPU temp to be 109F. The water temperature is being read as 71F. I have uninstalled and reinstalle this piece of...
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    uninstalled drivers, won't boot.

    Hi, I just uninstalled my ati videocard drivers withh drivercleaner, I rebooted, and now my computer gets to the boot screen and says system boot failure, insert boot disk. There are no cd's in the drives, and no disk in the floppy. An y help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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    How's my score

    hello, My specs are listed in my sig, I didn't overclock or anything, and my 3dmark05 score is 8810. Is that any good? Or at least good for my system?
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    Reccomend this watercoller?

    As the topic pretty much sums up, I am lloking for a watercoller in the $200 range for my a64 3500+ I would prefer it to be external as I do not wish to buy a new case to accomodate a watercoller. My current case is a thermaltake Xaser III. The watercoller I picked out is this...
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    booting problem

    Hi, I just cleaned out my pc after years, and re-applied thermal grease, whatever. I seated the p4 the wrong way and it booted, but didn't post. I then reseated it correctly, and it turns on for a split second, then shuts down. Did I fry the cpu, or is there anything I can do. Things I...
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    should I send this back?

    well, I just ordered my amd 64 3500+, and a k8t mobo to go with it. Stupidly, I realized it was the k8t and not the k8n. I then became concerned because Nforce seems to be ruling these days. I read into it a little, and in many comparisons showed the k8N(nforce3) to have almost no lead over the...
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    Would you reccomed this combo?

    Unfortunatley, my abit nf7-s just died, so I found it to be a good excuse to get a new processor too. I decided to go intel this time, and I have $400 to spare. looking on pricewatch, I found this. http://www.partspc.com/store/product2971.html As usual, I like to check here because you...
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    should I go for it?

    I really want to start overclocking. I want vapochill cooling but its way too expensive. I came accross this on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...=1&ssPageName=WDVW Would you consider this a good deal? I've heard vapochill is the best.
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    Half-Life 2 **GONE GOLD!**

    VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES ANNOUNCES PLANS TO LAUNCH THE MOST ANTICIPATED PC ACTION GAME OF 2004 Half-Life® 2 to Ship to Retail Outlets Globally This Holiday Season LOS ANGELES (October 18, 2004) ? Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced that Half-Life® 2, the sequel to one of...
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    your thoughts on the p4 extreme

    I have recently amassed a few grand to drop on a PC, and have decided to go for the best. along wiith 2 gigs of ddr500 ram, I have also decided to purchase a p4 extreme. http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=19-116-187&depa=0 I found a good deal on a mobo/cpu combo for about a grand. I...
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    Want an x800xt from bestbuy?

    Though they say on the site and in stores, SOLD OUT, there are actually quite a bit in the back. Bestbuy cant meet with the demand, so until they get more they will say sold out. Bestbuy actually has kiosks in stores with an in-store catalog. It has all their inventory for you to purchase. If...
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    Halflife 2 steam prerelease tomorrow.

    Tomorrow at 11 am PST, the Half-Life 2 Steam offers will be ready for purchase. Details and pricing for these offers are pasted below. Those who purchase via Steam, will receive the final version of Counter-Strike: Source immediately. Half-Life 2 and other games in the Steam offerings will be...
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    9800xt more pricy than x800?

    I was looking at videocards on compusa, and stumbled upon this... X800XT PE $499 http://www.compusa.com/product...=313032&pfp=SEARCH 9800XT $533 http://www.compusa.com/product...0357980&pfp=SEARCH Did someone at CompUSA screw up, or is there something I'm unaware of?
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    Computer keeps shutting down

    HELLO, I'm pretty new to this community, but when I recently put together my first PC, I read up on stuff here to get some info. When I first put it together, It had everything but the x800xt PE (check my sig for specs) I was using a GeForce 4 mx440. Every 20 minutes or so it would...