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    Saving My Hard Drive

    Three or four days ago my 2ish year old WD 500GB HDD disappeared from My Computer and the Device Manager after coming back from a suspended state. I scanned for hardware changes and it popped back up (although it asked me to assign a new letter to the drive). I didn't think much of it, and...
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    Trying to choose between two monitors...

    Well, I'm using an NEC 1970GX at the moment, so I really have no problems with TN panels. I'm glad you mentioned the BenQ G2400W, other than the lack of glossy screen (which is what I like the most about my Opticlear), it seems to be pretty solid for it's price. I'm reading some user reviews...
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    Need helping picking a new TV tuner

    Go grab yourself a DViCO FusionHDTV7 Dual Express. Just released a couple of days ago, saw the article on Engadget the other day, about to pick one up myself. From Engadget: "Heads-up, OTA lovers. DViCO has just announced the formal launch of its FusionHDTV7 PCI-Express card, which claims...
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    Trying to choose between two monitors...

    I realize there is already an article on Anandtech comparing these two (among other 24" LCDs), but I wanted to hear from some consumers who actually have experience with these (or some with extended knowledge of TN vs VA, which this basically boils down to). So far I've been leaning towards...
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    Fixin' up an old computer

    But I don't have the tools to backup their system. Thats a really good idea..
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    Fixin' up an old computer

    I've got this friend, Brittnee, and she is having some computer troubles. Now, mind you, her whole family, including herself, is computer illiterate, so I'm expecting loads of usless programs, spyware, and the possible trojan/virus. What would be the best way to go around fixing this computer...
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    SLI in Registry?

    Have you tried removing the drivers completely and doing a reinstall of them? Driver Cleaner is a good tool to use. As for the registry thing, I'm not sure, I wouldn't think so, since SLI is driver controlled.
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    SLI in Registry?

    Uninstall the display drivers that came with your card and install the latest drivers from the nVidia website (66.93 I believe). Then go into the advanced display properties (this can be done by going to the display properties from the control panel, click the settings tab, then advanced)...
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    Random restarts

    What is the voltage on your memory?
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    Weird little things...

    Same story with SLI off. I had this problem with my old 9600 card, I would really notice it whenever I watched the beggining sequence in FFXI. Is Vsync an option?
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    Weird little things...

    Sometimes when playing DOOM3 or watching certain media files or pre-rendered sequences, I get this weird "blind" effect, like I'm seeing the pages of a book being flipped vertically. What could be causing this? It happens in the intro of DOOM3 (the ID logo sequence), sometimes during the game...
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    *solved* New system won't stay on

    One of your other devices may have a short in them. I took this old hard drive out of an old Dell to test on my computer, and it did the same thing. Turns out the HDD had a short in it. Just a thought.
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    Why are these scores so low?

    Your scores are about what you should be getting for what you have.
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    Overclocking video card

    Usually your eyes will adjust. You could always get a bigger monitor :P.
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    HELP! DEAD SYS :(

    You could have fried your video card when you reset the cmos, ASUS usually places their's strategically in the middle of PCI slots.
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    HELP! DEAD SYS :(

    Are you making sure you're grounding yourself before you're doing all this?
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    Intermittent reboots on new computer

    Check in your manual.
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    Building a file server

    If you wanna fork up the money you could get yourself a tape drive that'll back up the data every day/week/month, just incase your hard drives fail.
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    HELP! DEAD SYS :(

    It's your ram. Wait...what kind of BIOS are you running? Asus...uses Award bios, at least to my knowledge. Well then this is a video error, well, both video and ram then. "1 long, 2 short - Indicates a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display...
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    HELP! I screwed something up

    Put the jumpers in the "Cable Select" position and see if that works.
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    Question about Dell x50v

    I would wait, but thats just me.
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    Intermittent reboots on new computer

    I believe your memory is undervolted. Try knocking it up around 2.7-2.8 and run memtest again, if you get errors, loosen the timings and try again. I had random reboots too, due to that very problem.
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    HELP! I screwed something up

    What are the jumper settings for the 200GB drive?
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    Sometimes Probe can be misleading, since (at least on my old A7N8X Deluxe board) it reads from the CPU Sockett. I was reading 36, but when I went into Motherboard Monitor with my settings for my board, it read 56C Diode (Die), 36 Sockett. Still not sure about the A8N board though.
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    Question about Dell x50v

    Bad idea, that only applies to the older rechargeable batteries (I forget the material they are made out of) that allowed the life to be prolonged (even though it had a life-span of about 1/4th that of a Lithium Ion Batter) with full charges. The best way to go about taking care of a lithium...
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    Horror story. Is my brand new A8N $2400 rig toast?

    I was having similar game problems with HL2 and DOOM3. They would crash 20 minutes into the game. Whenever you get your board, if you're still having the same problems try loosening the timings on your RAM. My Mushkin caused the problem at stock settings (2.0-2-2-6 @ 400mHz with 2.75 volts)...
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    HELP! DEAD SYS :(

    Double check and make absolutely sure that the jumper is on the 1-2 pins. I've done the same thing before, when in fact I just put it back on the 2-3 pins thinking I put it on the 1-2.
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    Same here, my idle temps are: CPU - 27C Mobo - 37-38C I gotta slap some watercooling on it, hope it fits.
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    My mobo is being cooled by air, CPU by water, but the temps I enquired about are my motherboard temps, not my CPU.
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    Do any of your boards run a bit hot too? Mine is running at about 37C, 40-41C load; this seems a bit high. Also, does Asus Probe read the CPU Socket temp or the die?
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    Video Problem (Further Help, 1/4/05)

    All of a sudden I am able to click the nvidia icon or go into the advanced properties of my display without it blinking out for a few seconds. Whats this about? What could be causing this? I will not stop until I get the answer that I crave! :P EDIT: Gah, started again! (The cutting off...
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    Graphics problems... again.

    Does your card have a spot for the power supply to plug into?
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    HELP: Cant install windows XP with sATA

    You might need to install the drivers for your SATA drives. Or is it the drivers for the SATA controller? I forget.
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    Graphics problems... again.

    You could do a system restore to a time that you know it was working correctly.
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    CDROM Shows in Biod/Hardware Manager

    I would say the drive is defective and for you to bring it back and pick yourself up a 42 dollar (2 dollars more than what you have) Lite-On CDRW/DVD-ROM combo, or just a 23 dollar CDRW from NewEgg. Windows XP is usually picky when it comes to hardware, at least in my experience. Besides...
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    Graphics problems... again.

    94 degrees fahrenheit or celcius? Yea, a good power supply is recommended, since the 6800's pull a lot of power. Make sure you have your case fans positioned to allow good airflow, and I would also consider a reinstall of windows.
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    Memtest 86 Errors (Further help needed 1/3/05)

    I changed my timings from 2-2-2-6 @ 400mhz with 2.8v of power to 2.5-2-2-6 @ 400mhz with 2.8v power and are stable. What would be better speed wise though? Leave the 2.5-2-2-6 or change it to 2-3-2-11 (suggested by tech support)?
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    Windows wont respond at all, need to back stuff up in Linux

    Have you tried the "Repair Windows" option? I did that before because I couldn't bootup with my old computer and it started working again. What exactly is the problem? What error messages are you seeing?
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    get thermal paste off CPU

    Yea, it works fine, it's how I did it on mine. It is more likely to run hotter if you spread it over the whole heatsink. No foo! :P That why you turn the heatsink a half turn counter clockwise and clockwise. You don't need it on the whole CPU, just the are where its the hottest(above the...