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    Intel has not yet released chipset drivers for windows 7?

    chipset drivers for pXX aren't necessary. they didn't release any drivers for vista either. the only chipset drivers needed are if you have elderly chipsets: INF Update Utility - Primarily for Intel® 4, 3, 900 Series Chipsets intel chipset downloads
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    audio not switching to headphones

    thanks corky, but a software change fixed the problem. the audio driver was using a generic Microsoft HD Audio driver. i uninstalled it and installed the latest Realtek HD Audio driver. now when I plug in headphones, the speakers turn off and the audio for all open apps re-routes to them...
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    audio not switching to headphones

    thanks for the feedback but you're missing the point. the PC recognizes that the headphone jack is plugged in. when it's removed, the headphone device disappears. also the audio for any app opened after the headphone jack is plugged in is *automatically* routed to the headphone jack...
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    audio not switching to headphones

    every set of headphones i use and a mini-stereo cable all now produce the same behavior. the laptop knows something's plugged in because the headphones device is only visible when something's plugged in. this is a software issue, not a problem with the jack.
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    whats everyones take on barebones notebooks?

    your link now says $350 for the barebones so i don't know if that extra $100 will affect your purchase decision. but otherwise, the price really offsets the risks since the seller seems to be reputable. make sure you get paypal buyer protection.
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    audio not switching to headphones

    My Toshiba Satellite laptop running Vista no longer reroutes audio from the built-in speakers to the headphones when I plug them in. At first I thought the headphone jack had fritzed out. But after a bit of twiddling with audio device properties, I discovered that the jack works fine and...
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    Do P45 OC better than x38?

    did you read today's review of Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P? i'm partial to the ASUS P5Q and P5Q Pro (crossfireX) myself.
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    dead mobo?

    thanks for your help but all i get is led 3 (red) lit when the power supply is turned on, and a flicker of led 1 (blue) when the power button is pressed.
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    dead mobo?

    my pc died yesterday when waking up from sleep. after swapping power cords/sources and checking the internal, i tried to start it up and only get a momentary flicker and fan spin but the on-board led stays lit. since the antec smart power 500 is pushing 3 yrs old, and i hardly ever turn...
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    DDR2 Going Obsolete with Core i7?

    i respectfully disagree. the x58 certainly won't be the only chipset for i7 and when intel releases a mainstream chipset it will probably support ddr2/ddr3. if official ddr3 support is limited to ddr3-1600 then ddr2-1066 won't that far off the mark performance wise and perfectly positioned as...
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    Best vid card for photo editing dual monitor?

    he's already got 3gb so he's only getting a useable 256mb if he adds another gig. that doesn't make sense. keep it at 3gb. to really speed up premiere, add a second internal or e-sata drive and use it for scratch/editting.
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    3870 and 4870 in CF

    from what i've read, hybrid crossfire will only work with GPUs of the same family (HD 3xxx + another HD 3xxx; HD 4xxx + another HD 4xxx). anyway, the hd 4870 is so much faster than the hd 3870, it would be like pairing me with rafael nadal in doubles tennis... i would just slow him down and...
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    slow embedded link performance with hd 4850 CCC

    is anyone else having a slowdown with windows explorer and file associations since installing the hd 4850 CCC and the hotfix? since i installed my hd 4850, windows explorer (not internet explorer) is very slow to open new windows. also, it takes about 20-30 seconds to open any link sent via...
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    ATI 4850 TEMPERATURE discussion

    the hacksaw is purely optional. i was copying another poster's excellent suggestion when i did my install and didn't think about the alternative until i was done.
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    Budget card for a friend

    6600gt was a great card back-in-the-day. newegg has a foxconn 8600gts for $72 before $10 rebate. it would be a big step-up in performance and let your bud give newer games a try. if you can swing it, the egg also has an evga 8800gs for $110 before $30 rebate. that's probably the best $80...
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    ATI 4850 TEMPERATURE discussion

    i added an accelero s1 r2 to my 4850 yesterday. took about an hour start-to-finish since i let the card and its ramsinks bake in the florida sun for 30 minutes. (that ramsinks were firmly in place afterwards.) i followed muckey's technique and used a hacksaw blade to shave off the existing...
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    HIS, VisionTek, Diamond, Sapphire, or PowerColor

    but afaik, right now every hd 4850 and hd 4870 follows the reference design and is identical (except for the sticker).
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    ATI 4870

    keep an eye on buy.com. their availability is fluctuating also and their price is $300-$309 with free shipping.
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    Whats the best gaming video card for the money now?

    the egg has a palit 9600gt for $110 after $40 rebate. that's got to be best price/performance available now.
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    need advice on mobo/cpu/ram

    i'm preparing to upgrade my pc with new mobo, cpu, and ram. ideally, i'd like to get a q6600, bump the fsb to 1333, and wind up a 3ghz quad core. this seems to be "automagic" with a e6600 on a p35 board, but i'm getting mixed signals about the ease of oc'ing a q6600. ramwise, what's your...
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    x1950pro flicker

    I've got an x1950pro that's about 3 months old and it has an annoying flicker with certain apps. For example, when playing spider solitare, the screen will blink out and the display will have a remnant (such as a stack of cards) that shouldn't be there. It seems that the invalidate rectangle...
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    My first lcd tv

    If you've never had a HDTV, or understand the "shortcomings" of an inexpensive unit, you'll be very pleased with the Westinghouse 32" or 37" from BB. The Westy LTV-32W6 is my 3rd HDTV (along with a Sony 50" GWIII and a Polaroid 26") and I really like it as the bedroom TV. It's perfect for...
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    movie from rip or dvd?

    i finished the run down tests on my laptop, and the mp4 rip "wins". using vista's balanced power profile and forgetting to turn the wireless antenna off, here are results after 55 minutes of playback of crash via nero showtime: dvd disc: 53% battery remaining, 117 minutes projected battery...
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    movie from rip or dvd?

    i had some time today and did some informal comparisons. using nero showtime 3, i played a ripped dvd (vob) on disc that caused cpu utilization to hover at 8-13% on my p4d 945. playing the same passages from a nero mp4 (non-avc) encoded at 1Mbps resulted in 7-10% cpu utilization. the mp4...
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    Widescreen LCD Recommendations ~$200

    you've got the horsepower to step up to a 20" w/ 1680x1050. here's an acer for $225: http://www.buy.com/prod/acer-20-widescr...600-1-8ms-dvi/q/loc/101/203390155.html check its reviews elsewhere to see if its a good fit for you.
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    movie from rip or dvd?

    I'm going to be travelling a bit and want to watch movies on my laptop. Which will offer longer battery life -- watching the movie from the DVD disc, or ripping the movie and watching it from the hard drive. If ripping is better, which encoding is better from a battery standpoint --...
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    How to know if my video card supports 1680 x 1050

    check your custom resolution and make sure it's identical to the native res of the lcd. but an mx400 is really old and just may not have the chops for the task. :(
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    How to know if my video card supports 1680 x 1050

    These instructions from nvidia describe how to add custom widescreen resolutions when not directly available through the driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/custom_resolutions.html
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    x1950pro pci-e smartgart?

    I couldn't figure out how to disable it, so I followed the steps from ATI's PDF on SmartGART. SmartGART is only installed when the ATI installer is used. + Uninstall the video drivers via control panel + Reboot + When the new hardware wizard detects the card, allow it to install the...
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    x1950pro pci-e smartgart?

    hw accel was always at full.
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    x1950pro pci-e smartgart?

    I upgraded to a x1950pro pci-e and the catalyst 6.11 drivers earlier this week. (Old card was unlocked a x800gto2 w/6.7 drivers) Each time I boot, I now get a message that SmartGart (which I thought applied to AGP cards only) is determining the capabilities of the video card. This takes about...
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    gto2 vs gto

    since the gto2 is either sold out or jacked up in price, an alternative is any x850pro with VIVO. newegg has a sapphire for $244 delivered that only needs a few tweaks to become an x850 xt. the instructions at http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/100 worked fine for me...
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    radeon 9700 pro vs x800

    x800 should give you framerates at least 50% higher at 1024x768 in most games. You'll see a bigger boost as the resolution increases.
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    'They' say it can't be done, bah!

    I'm trying to upgrade a Toshiba Satellite 1415 laptop from a 1.8ghz Celeron-M to 2.2ghz Pentium 4-M. The laptop uses the i845-MZ chipset which supports both the Celeron and P4M. The Toshiba BIOS is revision 1.4 and the same BIOS is used by the Satellite 2415 which differs from my laptop only...