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    Just Built New Comp, Shuts Off After Few Seconds then Reboots

    Hi Anandtech, Just built my first comp, essentially a clone of the mid-level rig sticky. I feel like I have everything together correctly, but cannot be certain. Computer boots, fan turns on, and then after about 3-5 seconds it shuts down. After a couple seconds, the computer turns on again...
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    First Build for Gamer

    Hi Anandtech, Got a surprise holiday bonus, and after being a gamer for 20 years (I'm 25) and always buying pre-built/friend built/barebones + upgrade systems, I'm finally ready to blow some good earned cash on a gaming machine that makes me giggle. I've never played anything on the highest...
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    Can I load a PCIe graphics card into this to play Skyrim?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883103267 Don't hate ;-). I'm on this kick where I only upgrade my computer every couple years with the "lowest rung" of decent computers so that instead of paying bleeding edge prices every 2 years, I pay the absolute minimum and it still feels...
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    Video failiure

    Usually approximately once every couple boots or so, my screen with display itself "broken", like if someone threw a baseball through the middle of it so there are cracks from the middle reaching out to the edges. It's usually very triangular, in the sense that all the little pieces and such are...
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    Build a new computer or upgrade?

    Here's my current rig CPU: Intel Core Duo T2500 2000MHz Motherboard: ASUS N4L-VM DH Memory: 2 GB of Corsair DDR2-667 Video Card: NVidia 7900 GT Extreme NVidia GeForce Hard Drive: Samsung P120 250.0 GB @ 7200 RPMS DVD R/W: Pioneer DVR-A08XLB Sound Card: Integrated Internet...
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    Comcast Modem + Wireless Router

    Hi. So I live in a large house (18 people), and we have a comcast modem in the basement, with a larger Dlink switch. The switch seems to be working fine, we have it connected to the board which goes to all of the rooms (all singles) in the house. However, we have no wireless internet, and...
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    Graphics Failure and Blue Screens Galore!

    Hi all. My desktop (in my signature) has been giving me quite a lot of trouble since I bought it from another Anandtech member. Mainly because my computer will freeze ALL THE TIME and give me this message: http://www.microcenter.com/ima...ePOSTFailure_large.jpg When I enter BIOS I get...
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    Dual-Booting

    I have Vista currently running on my internal HDD, and recently installed XP on my external: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16822101030R When I try to boot XP from it, however, it says NTLDR is missing. Does anyone have any clue what this signifies? Also, if this problem has...
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    OS on an external SATA HD?

    So I realized that I don't have the neccesary equipment to install another internal harddrive, because I don't know how to keep it suspended and such (I think I got rid of the screws and stuff that came with my case). If I have an external SATA port, can I install XP on an external SATA HD...
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    Purchasing a 2nd Harddrive

    I am currently running an ASUS N4L-VM DH board with a stock case 350w power supply and my primary HD is a Samsung P120 250.0 GB @ 7200 RPMS. Would adding another hard drive hurt the fact that my power supply is a little on the weaker side? Also, I'm about to start a lot of music recording...
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    XP & SCSI's

    I have bought a signficant amount of recording software/hardware, and was planning on using my computer (in my sig) for recording. I found a virus on computer and decided, what the heck, why not move up to Vista after I reformat? So I did, and after doing so, found out Pro Tools doesn't...
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    Windows XP can't find my SCSI and I don't got a floppy

    Any ideas? I got Vista all good, but I want to run Pro Tools on a second partition with XP, and my SCSI drive is not being recognized (my only hard drive) Jordan
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    Locking Up

    I am using the desktop in my signature. Usually its when I'm playing games (not always), but from time to time my computer will freeze. When I restart, I get the message: "Overclocking failed! Press F1 for setup/BIOS or F2 for continue and boot windows" I purchased from an Anandtech...
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    Partition my Hard Drive

    Hey guys, Just wondering if anyone knows of any good freeware that is effective and safe for partitioning hard drives?
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    Pro Tools

    Good afternoon everyone. I recently reformatted my comp to remove a virus, and decided to beat the masses and upgrade, relatively early in Vista's life, to Vista. I purchased a bunch of recording equipment, including Digidesigns Mbox2 Mini, which comes with the unilateral recording...
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    Could I upgrade my RAM to a gig?

    I have a Satellite A75-S211 Toshiba laptop, and the 512 RAM is getting really annoying when I'm trying to load all sorts of different random programs. What do I need to do if I want to get a gig? What sort of things do I look for as far as compatibility. I know there is memory speed and...
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    OpenGL Drivers?

    Trying to run Savage (http://www.s2games.com) with windows Vista and my build below, just reformatted before I installed Vista, and it's giving me the error message: Your OpenGL driver (Microsoft Corporation GDI Generic version 1.1.0) doesn't support at least OpenGL version 1.2. Savage...
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    Trouble with installing Vista

    Problem number one: despite formatting and re-partitioning a whole bunch, windows sometimes (out of the many times i've tried to install vista) "cannot recognize a volume" that would be able to install it. i found this weird way where if i disconnect the external hard drive that has the...
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    "Any disk" drive failure

    Hey guys. I just flew with my rig in an airplane, and send it through the scanner, and the last time I did so there were no problems. This time, however, my comp turns up a boot message, and doesn't hit up the ol' XP like it should. I'm a newb, can anyone help me? Just reinstall XP and...
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    i need to hack my own myspace

    topic.
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    Attempting to Record.... (SoundCard AdobeAudition ?)

    Hey Anandtechers, I downloaded the Adobe Audition demo, because I really have a lot of fun recording stuff with my keyboard and microphone and such, and there has been a distinct difference between this and Cool Edit Pro. Latency. So I record based upon previous tracks to get the...
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    Microphone

    Hey guys. On my computer, everything is now working perfectly after I installed all the driver's off the motherboard, except for one thing. When I plug into my microphone jacks, there is no input. Is there a specific driver for the N4L-VM DH board for microphone inputs, or am I...
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    Microphone Problem

    Hey guys. On my computer, everything is now working perfectly after I installed all the driver's off the motherboard, except for one thing. When I plug into my microphone jacks, there is no input. Is there a specific driver for the N4L-VM DH board for microphone inputs, or am I...
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    integrated sound = laggy?

    My comp I recently purchased from a fellow anandtecher has been running quite well, except for one thing. Every time the processor processes something the streaming music will lag just a little bit, making the song very annoying to listen to. Any suggestions? The comp is in my sig.
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    RAM voltage

    Read the title and summary. Why do I need to know the voltage on RAM and how does it apply when constructing/configuring/building a new computer.
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    Family Comp "Keyboard Error"

    Whenever I load my family comp for my mom (P4 1.7Mhz) 1/2 the time it will give us a little keyboard error and we'll either have to reboot or replug it in a few times until it "recognizes" the keyboard. Sometimes it takes us 10 tries, and sometimes 10 times in a row we have no problem. Any ideas...
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    Isn't this a good deal?

    Sapphire Radeon X800XL 512MB for 119$ at Newegg, How much more does the X800XL 512MB give performancewise vs 256MB cards and 128 cards? And what are some other benchmarks to look for?
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    Athlon X2 vs Opteron?

    AMD Opteron 165 Denmark 1000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model OSA165CDBOX - Retail $327.00 VS AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA3800BVBOX - Retail $297.00 My buddy says that Opterons aren't supported.... and the 64 X2 has...
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    Conroe Release Date?

    Does anyone know if the July 23rd date is still on?