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    USB and Motherboard Problem

    I have a troubling issue with the USB on one of my motherboards and I really don't know how to fix it or what the problem is. I have two computes at my office. One computer has an ASUS P4S5233-MX with a 2.4 gig Celeron in it. I use WebcamXP Pro and have 3 web cams hooked up on it and it runs...
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    BSOD after restoring my XP image

    Well, I thought everything was ok. I did a repair re-installation over my XP installation and got the drivers installed...etc. and then to pc did boot into XP. But now the problem. Several of my programs that I had installed and registered have now lost there registration and are back to the...
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    BSOD after restoring my XP image

    Tried booting into safe mode and it gets to \windows\system32\giveio.sys and stops :(
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    BSOD after restoring my XP image

    loading the SATA drivers, really can't remember, been that long :) Here's what I did try. I took my ide hd with that same image that does work and put in back in and completely let it detect everything and install everything...all the drivers, even the SATA, Raid, SCSI drivers...etc. Then...
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    BSOD after restoring my XP image

    You lost me there. What do you mean by set the hd controller to IDE emulation? Never heard of that...what/how? Thanks for the reply.
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    BSOD after restoring my XP image

    Ok, first off, I know everyone wants to suggest doing a clean install, but I have a ton of stuff installed and I do not want to do that...so I have my reason for doing what I am doing :D Now, to the problem. I have made an image backup of my 36 gig raptor OS hd. I took that image and...
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    DVI and Analog display question

    Thanks! That's what I wanted to know. I just ordered one of those HannsG 28" monitors from Newegg for $469.00...SWEET!
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    DVI and Analog display question

    I currently have a Dell UltraSharp 2407W monitor and it is sweet. I was in BestBuy this weekend and saw a 28" monitor by HannsG. I started to purchase the monitor and give my wife my Dell monitor. But as I looked closer at the Hanns monitor I realized it's only outputs were VGA (analog) or HDMI...
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    Does Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP-939 support AMD X2 cpu's

    I have a Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP-939 motherboard that I current have an AMD 3500+ cpu in and I have an AMD 4400+ X2 cpu in a motherboard that just died on me. My question is will that Gigabyte board support the X2 cpus? I have searched on Gigabytes web site and only find a GA-K8NS board and all...
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    MSI K8N Neo 4 Motherboard powering up problem

    I have an MSI K8N Neo 4 Platinum SLI motherboard (MS-7100) and I am having a problem getting it to power up. It has been working perfect. Today I took my BFG 7800 GTX video card out to put into another pc that I am replacing this one with. I took a new Nvidia 8300 GS PCI-e and put into my K8N...
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    How to make a recovery disc of Vista

    How do you make a recovery disc of Vista? I have searched and supposedly Vista SP1 will do it, but it is not out yet. PE Builder only works for XP and lower. Suggestions? I would like to make an install (recovery) disc from the recovery partition that Dell has on there. In case something...
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    Dell 530 Motherboard and Power Supply Quesiton

    Well, I actually got Foxconn tech support on the phone and he said the last 4 pins were for the PCI-e. I did some more testing and the pc is not actually shutting down or rebooting. When it first comes on all the fans are at top speed, then after about 3 seconds, they cycle down...something...
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    Dell 530 Motherboard and Power Supply Quesiton

    I have a Dell Inspiron 530 that I just got and I want to test my BFG 7800 GTX video card in this pc, but the sorry power supply in the pc is only 160 watt ps. Plus, the power supply only has serial power plugs on it, no standard power connectors to connect to my BFG card. So, I took an Antec...
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    Audio stuttering problems in Windows XP

    Wow! Can't believe no know has a suggestion of where to start. :(
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    Audio stuttering problems in Windows XP

    I just upgraded from an AMD 3200 cpu computer with an Abit K8N motherboard with 1 gig of ram to am AMD 3800+ X2 (939) cpu pc with 2 gigs of ram and an MSI 482M4 motherboard. I took my M-Audio 2496 audio card out of the old pc and installed into the newer one and when I playback audio it is...
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    Dell Laptop - Which is the best graphics?

    Thanks! Would that hold true for any of the lower GeForce numbers? Would any GeForce graphics be better than ATI. I am not that familiar with all the of the mobile graphics cards. I see some of the laptops with this, 256MB nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache
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    Dell Laptop - Which is the best graphics?

    I am looking at the Dell Inspiron laptop computers. Some come with the 256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 HyperMemory and some come with the 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS. Of course, some chipsets vary. Which has the better graphics? I know most all will do simple things like word...
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    Question about Dell laptops and Ebay

    I couldn't really find any place this post fit in. So, if this is not the correct place, then feel free to move it or delete it. I'm looking over Ebay and there are a lot of current model and prior current model Dell laptops. These are all Brand new, sealed and not refurbs. These things are...
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    PC Sluggish and hard drive acitivity light

    Roguestar, Thanks! I ran CleanUp and it found and deleted about 10 gigs of stuff. The pc is still accessing the hard drive. Can't figure it out. I've been through the Task Manager, msconfig and ran two different spyware programs...etc. Just strange. It may be that 1 gig of memory isn't...
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    PC Sluggish and hard drive acitivity light

    There is like 62 processes running. Most are like zero (0). There is one called 'System Idle Process' and it's at like 85-92. Why do you think the system has to access the hard drive everytime I do anything on it? i.e. if I start up Firefox...the hd light comes on, if I start just about...
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    PC Sluggish and hard drive acitivity light

    Ok, I'm running an AMD 64 X2 3800+ 939 cpu with 1 gig of ram and a WD 250 gig 7200 rpm hd. It seems like anything I do that my systems seems to have to access the hard drive. If I open Firefox, thunderbird...any program. There is always a delay while the pc hits the hd. I have my swap file...
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    PC's can't see each other on LAN now

    I've got 5 pc's on my home LAN and everything has been working fine. All of sudden my Vista pc doesn't see any of the other pc's on the LAN. Then when I check the other pc's, they can't see any pc's either. All of the pc's are running XP Pro except for the one Vista pc. Anyone got any...
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    Frontpage and hit counter question

    For some unknown reason my counter will get screwed up on my web site and instead of showing the counting numbers it shows the words 'Hit Counter'. I have to go into Frontpage 2003 and redo the counter and once I do that I loose all of my previous hits, it resets it back to zero. Even if I check...
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    USB Bandwidth Exceeded Problem

    Ok, I have a pc that I've been running 3 webcams on with no problems...2 are Icatch (that's what the drivers are called) and one is a Phillips. I wanted to add my Logitech QuickCam 3000 and when I installed it and plugged it in I get this error: USB Bandwidth Exceeded or something similar to...
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    Invalid System Disk problem

    I've got a pc that is rebooting overnight and displaying this error: Invalid system disk, replace the disk and then press any key. It's not doing it all the time...just periodically. It has done it the last to nights. I've run SpeedFan on it and I'm not getting any type of SMART errors...
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    Post Removed....

    Excellent information...especially a noob to linux like myself. I've installed and been Ubuntu for about a month now and real easy, but ready to move on and try something else.
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    Linux OS suggestions

    Answered my own question. :)
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    Need non -Java Web Cam app...

    Does anyone know of any non-Java or non-ActiveX web cam apps? I have a Motorola Q Smart Phone and I would like to be able to log into my web cam at my office to monitor sometimes. The only problem, the Motorola Q do not have Java or Active X in the Mobile Windows 5 version of IE. So, only...
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    Any good free webcam streaming software?

    Alos, what I'm looking for is something that will let you view your webcam directly via ip address, instead of having to go through a central server.
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    Any good free webcam streaming software?

    Thanks for the link. I know I can do a google search, but more what I was looking for was suggestions on software that people have actually used and that works good.
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    Any good free webcam streaming software?

    Does anyone know of any good free webcam software for streaming video? I have to monitor some equipment at work and have been using WebcamXP version .92 (old version) and was getting ready to look for something better/newer. WebcamXP has stopped streaming the video for some reason. I can...
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    MSI K8N Neo4 bios problem

    I ran Tune Up Utilities 2007 on my pc...I've run a lot of the features in there with no problems. I ran the one about checking the hard drives. It came up and said it found errors on my C: drive, which is my 35 gig Raptor. It said it needed to reboot to fix the problems. I rebooted it and...
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    Win XP Pro vs Win MC

    What is the real difference in Windows XP Pro and Windows Media Center 2005?
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    Vista Compatibility List

    Is there a Vista Compatibility list somewhere...just curios if there's a lot of things that are not working or don't have drivers? Thinking about making the move, but didn't know if it would be like x64, not a lot of drivers and a lot of software issues.
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    Questions about Linux

    Well, I guess I will have to stick to windows. I have to many apps and games I need to use. :( Just have to put up with the security holes, lockups and all the other slow down crap...etc.
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    Questions about Linux

    Nothinman, Thanks for the information. So, then basically if you switch from Windows to Linux, then you're going to have to find a linux apps that replaces your Windows apps. So, running Windows apps isn't always an option in linux?
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    Questions about Linux

    Ok, so where can one find this database you speak of? What about Fedora or Linspire...are those good versions? Also, some had told me that CodeWeaver Cross Over Linux would run just about any Windows app or games. What about linux gurus? I'm just really debating on whether to move up to...
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    Questions about Linux

    I would consider switching to Linux if there was a version I could run my Windows based programs and games in. I know absolutely zero...nothing about Linux. So, my questions are...is there a version of Linux that will run Windows apps and games? And secondly, which version is it...if...
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    HELP - MSI Neo 4 SLI PCB Revision

    I have an MSI Neo 4 SLI Platinum motherboard and was wondering where can I find what PCB revision this board is? I've looked on the board, but can't seem to find it. Can someone point exactly where MSI has stuck the revision number on the board? Thanks!
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    Windows XP x64 questions

    I'm thinking of upgrading to Windows XP x64, I'm not interested in Vista right now. And I wanted to here from some of you out there that are running x64...what are you opinions, problems...etc. with x64. I know a lot of things still do not have drivers. But are you having any specific...