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    Mysterious Speaker...Mystery

    Dear forum members, I have a mystery for you (okay, I need help and I'm dressing it up a little...)! I recently started hearing crackling noises from my Altec Lansing 5.1 USB speakers. Since they were USB, they didn't have to use onboard sound. I replaced these USB speakers with a...
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    Do I need a sound card for USB Speakers?

    Hi all, I have the Altex Lansing FX5051 5.1 USB Speakers, which I use currently for my laptop. But I'm building a new desktop computer, and wondering if I should buy a soundcard other than the onboard audio so that computer games will recognize the 5.1 system. Will it make any difference in...
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    How to install a simple WD Raptor 74 GB SATA Drive with Windows XP

    Hi all, I have a WD 10,000 RPM 74 GB SATA Hard drive, a Windows XP Home CD, and an Asus P4S800D motherboard. I simply want to install windows on the disk. I put the disk in the CD rom drive, boot the computer, and eventually after trying to install windows I get this message: " Setup did not...
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    Going to college

    So yeah, going to college next year and am going to replace my desktop with just a laptop that I'll use in the dorm too. I won't have much time for gaming, but it is possible that I will play games like Guild Wars and maybe Splinter Cell occassionally. So I was wondering, what should I order on...
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    GPU Overheating

    *This is a repost, as it is now in the correct forum. So recently while playing the fabulous Guild Wars, I have started crashing often, from 5 minutes to 60 minutes in the game. I suspect that something is heating up, as I have tried running the game on either of my two hard drives and they...
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    Ignore

    Please delete this thread, it is in the Hardware forum.
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    After changing IP Settings, Network is blown

    I accidentally changed my Wireless Base Station (MSFT) 's IP Address to something arbitrary, and now I cannot access it anymore, and my connection is completely screwed. If I try to access the Base Station Management Utility, and go to Management Tool, that option is now grayed out. The computer...
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    3 x XP Networking Problems (1 is wireless)...Diagram Included!

    Hi all, I have this strange problem with windows XP networking, accompanied by a diagram:http://img296.echo.cx/img296/4256/networkingproblem3ny.gif I ran the "Set up a home or office network" tool on each computer, and put them all in the same workgroup. Here's the deal, under view...