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    q9300 oc

    so i have my Q9300 oc'ed to 3.3ghz on ~1.345v. its prime95 stable for 8 hours.. sisoft benches stable. no problems. ram is ocz reaper 1066 oc'ed to just over 1100 on 2.2v. memtest86+ stable for 8hrs as well. and the heavy ram test on prime95 comes up with nothing. ATI CCC oc'ed my...
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    Sport Compact car is gone

    http://www.autoblog.com/2008/1...-car-i-laying-off-115/ a great magazine. is now gone. now all we got left is these stupid ricetastic import magazines. those who like SCC shed a tear of sadness for the loss. apparently the last issue that will come out. is next months. feb 2009.
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    theater 550

    so i found one program that will do the live stream, called christv, i tried the lite version, worked fine, streamed fine and everything. now that i've tried the full standard version, nothing works. black screen, no audio. nothing. try try try all the little changes that he suggest, and...
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    ugh, this cant be good

    http://jzavala.smugmug.com/photos/361268473_xY9Da-O.jpg http://jzavala.smugmug.com/photos/361268570_N9muu-O.jpg http://jzavala.smugmug.com/photos/361268637_Yfgyc-O.jpg http://jzavala.smugmug.com/photos/361268717_mbadJ-O.jpg ugh.....i think im gonna be sick......and there goes my 1400...
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    the new viper acr

    http://www.motortrend.com/av/f...ecord_video/index.html and it doesnt even look like he's working as hard as what the gt-r driver and the corvette driver had to work.
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    problems with asus maximus formula

    so i got an asus maximus formula on ebay(on a budget). and i also got a new retail intel core 2 quad q9300. problem is, it wont post. the LCD post display constantly says "CPU INIT" yet the cpu is brand new, right out of the box. anyone have an idea what could be wrong? i have an older...
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    woops

    sorry, wrong forum.
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    hd-dvd/blu-ray

    i have a question as to if anyone has attempted this. i would like to know beforehand that this venture is possible and it will work. i plan on ordering a hd-dvd/blu-ray drive and an external enclosure, but im worried about the size of the hd-dvd/blu-ray drive, if it will fit in this...
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    silicon based batteries.

    http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com...2008/01/17/586070.aspx so hopefully in the next 5-7 years(he may say 3-5, but who knows what delays may happen) silicon based batteries may come out. this would give desktop replacement laptops good power and portability. it would make battery powered cars...
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    need info

    im lookin to make a few batches of cat5, but all i can find is a crimper kit, but im looking at how many rj45 ends they have in them, and it doesnt look like its enough for me(they come with maybe 5-10 in a kit) and im looking to buy more, anyone know a reliable website i can get them from, i...
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    rotary engine failures

    i just thought this was a good example of when a rotary engine truly fails when running. the first page is just a regular engine while racing i think, not sure. http://fc3spro.com/TECH/HOF/hof.html and these are parts after a engine failed at 8,000rpms. ooooo look at that damage...
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    Colin Mcrae

    it is with a heavy heart that i must post this, Colin Mcrae at the age of 39 has died in a helicopter crash with his son and two other passengers. http://www.colinmcrae.com/ edit: for those of you who don't know who he was, he was a great race car driver.
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    asus f3jp

    alright, so i have a f3jp. has a radeon mobility x1700 in it, and here lies the problem, ati doesnt support a mobility x1700...so where do the drivers come from then? anyone know of any that work with it?
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    lappy for iraq

    looking for a gaming laptop, dells are too expensive, i found the asus's are quite good, the x1700 toting version, i managed to stuble upon this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220136 it apparently has a x2300...i found that intersting, not gonna buy it. but why does...
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    attempt at ocing my 6300

    alllright lets get to business. i've currently got a stable oc, of course im not pushing my system to its maxium or anything. ill have everything including voltage readings(from apps, yeah i know) below. its currently just a tad below. oc'ed to 2.5~ its at 355x7 vcore is 1.25-1.275 ram is...
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    random rebooting

    ok so i've replaced EVERYTHING in my computer but the optical drives and the disk drives, what else could be causing this reboot when i play certain games or take off the ground in FSX......i dont know what it could be.
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    possible power supply issue

    i've had this psu for maybe 7-8 months, first it was running a athlon 64 3200 system with a x1900xt oc'ed a little, it ran fine for 5-6 months, then it started randomly rebooting during some games, now its upon booting of those specific games. i replaced my board, ram, cpu, and video card(old...
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    laptop for deployment

    lookin for a laptop under 1,000 within the next 3-4 months for my deployment for iraq, i will take 90% of all suggestions very seriously since im a total noob at laptops. edit: this will be used for basic gaming, eve online, some css, some bf2/2142, nothing super high end new games or anything.
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    logitech, again

    im tired of logitech crap.....i bought the z-680's 2-3yrs ago, and they died on me then, i bought a sub w/ the amp and the control thing again, and guess whats happening again, its dieing again. im tired of the crap logitech is putting out, i see people dealing with it all the time, the software...
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    games causing reboots

    ok, so right now its only two games that i've tried out of my library of games, its colin mcrae rally 2005, even patched. and flight simulator x, in the ultralight aircraft thing that looks like a hanglider. whenever i boot cmr2005 it just reboots it, as soon as menu's load, and fsx, reboots in...
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    Boinc/Seti

    im just curious, am i the only one thats actually running this app in my off time for anandtech or are there others. or is it a bug in my comp, when i go to host average/total, i see only the results of my computer adding to, albeit a spike, but only mine.
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    general water cooling questions

    yes i know, there's quite afew of these, but none of them answer my questions. im going to a C2D cpu and board, and i want to oc pretty high, im looking for somethign that will cool it enough, along with my overclocked video card, x1900xt run rather hot, i dont know any websites for...
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    problems(continued)

    alright, so here's the problem, whenever i attempt to play any games, besides something like css/hl2 my computer reboots after a few seconds of playing it, no matter what game. i'v clocked my comp back to stock, 400mhz ddr and 2.2ghz, it just keeps doing it. i'v run memtest for a little bit...
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    problems(disreguard)

    nevermind, ram went bad.
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    drive issues

    ok so here it is, i have two dvd burners, both same namebrand, both on the same ide cable(normal righ?), well of course when im using the first dvd drive to install a game or access something or burn something, im using the other drive for other things, well untill recently its been ok. then...
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    dx10

    i dont get it, why are people saying, why not wait till windows vista comes out for dx10, dx10 this, dx10 that.....well dx10 isnt going to be on windows xp, and wont ever be, so unless you plan on paying 200-300 dollars for windows vista just to get dx10, which no games will probly support, why...
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    Theatre 550 Pro oddness.

    anyone know how to either get the sound in sync or to get a capture card that has sound synced with the video, im currently using ChrisTV which is one of the few apps that support the Theatre 550 Pro capture card, and well at least.
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    m-audio revolution 7.1 or turtle beach motego ddl

    i currently own a montego ddl and im planning on upgrading my surround sound system from 5.1 to 7.1, im wondering if anyone owns the revolution 7.1 and if they can tell me that they get 7.1 dolby digital live through the spdif, then it would seal it for me and i'd probly get it.
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    MSI Neo4 Platinum

    after switching from my asus a8v-e deluxe i get random boots, same setup, same everything, i just get random reboots all the time. i have no clue why. voltages seem ok, temperatures are lower than on my older board, i just dont know why it wont work right. oh and i have a 500w seasonic psu. so...
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    a8v-e deluxe

    yeah im tryin to do a wireless connection between me and my roomate, our computers are like, 6-7 feet apart, he gets a weak signal(one bar) and whenever he attempts to connect it says limited or no connectivity, im running windows xp 64bit and he's running windows xp sp2 regular, we both have...
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    Colin Mcrae 2005

    yeah, anyone else have this game and able to run it, i get an error saying it wont work.
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    asus a8v-e deluxe

    yeah, anyone else got this board, i got a athlon 64 3500 winchester that i cant overclock at all....i wanna figure out how the hell i can even get this thing to budge.
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    old comp for parents

    yeah i got a old athlon xp 3200, and as soon as i get a new hard drive in my current computer im using im gonna give em my old one, thing is, they smoke alot and its gonna be in a basement, i wanna know how do i underclock it so i can use the current heasink(thermalright slk-900U copper...
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    amperage for a psu

    question, amperage for a cpu for the 12v rails for a future dual card setup with a athlon 64 3500(or faster by then) with dual dvd ide burners, and at least 4-6hd's(4 sata maybe).
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    KM400 IGP Unichrome

    yeah i got a buddie that has a KM400 unichrome IGP, and after an hour or so of gaming, the computer/game will freeze up. he's tried updating direct x, updating drivers. the next step im gonna suggest to him is format and reinstall. can i get some help for em?
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    psu

    alright, i got a enermax 420w psu thats getting a little old, duing gaming it just reset on its own, i had my headphones on and it hissed for a second, and then reset, im assuming the psu may be going on this thing. whats a good telltale sign that its starting to go. currently i look at my...
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    component to tv

    can someone help me out on this, i cant get my x800xl to do component to my tv, because currently i have my ps2 on svideo and my cube on regular rca, i figure, running a component to my tv will give a good picture comparable to my regular screen for watching movies.
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    A8V-E Deluxe

    yeah, i just got my athlon 64 3500(winchester) up and running on a A8V-E Deluxe, and i cant get the 5.1 to work with the spdif out(coaxial), i dunno how to get it to work with my kenwood reciver. the sticker on it says it has dolby digital EX, DTS-ES, and Dolby ProLogic llx. if you can help me...
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    6800GT or X800XL/X850XL

    im kinda stuck on wich one to get, im thinkin of getting a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814164041 or a http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814122209, if you got some reviews on either of these, ill dig in, im more than willing to get a x800xl for the...