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    How to use MS word stored on the 2nd (data) harddrive

    Hi, thanks; so there's no way to just plug in the old drive externally and hit a button to tell the new computer to copy over everything from that drive? And I also posted the same question in the "Memory and Storage" forum, and the topic has become the only locked thread, does anyone know if...
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    How to use MS word stored on the 2nd (data) harddrive

    I took the harddrive from a computer with official ms word 2007 installed and put that harddrive into my newly built main computer as a data drive; the new computer has no ms office installed. Does anyone know if and how I could use the ms office stored on the data harddrive while in the OS of...
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    How to use MS word stored on the 2nd (data) harddrive

    I took the harddrive from a computer with official ms word 2007 installed and put that harddrive into my newly built main computer as a data drive; the new computer has no ms office installed. Does anyone know if and how I could use the ms office stored on the data harddrive while in the OS of...
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    Is there an Enermax psu that's dead quiet and good quality?

    Can someone recommend dead quiet psu's? ~450-650w; I remember seeing someone recommend a psu that's supposed to be very very dead quiet, I think it was enermax, but forgot the exact model, and searches on newegg don't turn up anything. I actually replied in someone else's post about the psu...
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    Please Help Remove stuck motherboard screw

    k thanks MrStryker, Jest3r, Blazer7, and Big Lar, will try do it myself with Big Lar's method first; hopefully it'll come off =)
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    Please Help Remove stuck motherboard screw

    One of the screws on my motherboard is stuck with the motherboard support pin; the two are like glued to each other. Using the screw driver doesn't help because the screw is always spinning with the support pin. Please feel free to suggest any ways to get the screw out. (This is for a case with...
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    Will the motherboard support pins cause short circuit?

    k, thanks, I'll take it out b4 turning on the computer
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    Help find 'trash'

    I have a harddisk from my old computer in my current rig, I want to access the trash from the old harddrive in order to delete what's in there to free up more space, but when I searched the old harddrive, the right trash folder doesn't come up, anyone know how? thanks very much
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    Will the motherboard support pins cause short circuit?

    After I installed my old components into a new case and connecting all the cables, I saw from the mobo manual a warning that I should remove any excess mobo support pins (the ones that mobo installation pins are supposed to screw into) that do not align at all with the mobo screw hole, in order...
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    is it normal for e8400 (c0/m0 stepping) to score 5.7 in vista ultimate 64bit?

    guess I really shouldn't worry about the vista performance numbers, everything seems smooth so far anyways; I haven't done orthos yet, but that'll be the next thing I do. I'm on G.skill 4 gb ram pc2-6400 which is at 5-5-5-15 on 1.8-1.9v, I just plugged it in and it auto detected so I didn't try...
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    is it normal for e8400 (c0/m0 stepping) to score 5.7 in vista ultimate 64bit?

    this was my first time building, I just wanted to make sure I didn't do anything wrong during assembly, thought scoring a 5.7 might be a sign of something, hopefully nothing; just seems that a somewhat late gen processor should score 5.9, so i'm collecting other people's experience thanks
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    Confused about connecting old peripherals with new

    cool, thanks alot Boobs McGee, corkyg, and Kevinthewiseone, didn't even know about these options b4 =)
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    is it normal for e8400 (c0/m0 stepping) to score 5.7 in vista ultimate 64bit?

    The e8400 I just bought is not overclocked, and it's at 3 ghz, ty
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    How to measure hd4870 temperature? And how to lower it =)

    thanks aberforth and narynan, but now that I can see my hd4870 temp, it's 75 degrees Celcius on idle, and 85 degrees Celcius for its onboard memory. I read the fan fix by changing CCC profile values, but it doesn't work for me, i have CCC version 8.8, is there a fan fix for this version of...
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    How to measure hd4870 temperature? And how to lower it =)

    Hello, basically I'd like some help with the title :) people always report their hd4xxx series temperatures but i couldn't find it =* thanks
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    Confused about connecting old peripherals with new

    New question though (related) : So now I installed Vista 64 bit on my new SATA HDD, but I have only 1 IDE socket on my mobo, but both my DVD and old HDD (on which are my old vista 32 bit OS and other files I'd like to get) are IDE and I'd like to connect them both to my comp, do I need a special...
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    Confused about connecting old peripherals with new

    I have my new computer up and running vista x64 on a SATA hdd, but I want to access another IDE harddrive's files, the IDE harddrive also has vista installed on it, but that vista was installed with totally different components, is this possible at all? is there a tutorial? Thanks very much
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    Trying to retrieve files from old harddrive

    I have my new computer up and running vista x64 on a SATA hdd, but I want to access another IDE harddrive's files, the IDE harddrive also has vista installed on it, but that vista was installed with totally different components, is this possible at all? is there a tutorial? Thanks very much
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    Quick Question on Electrostatics Prevention

    thanks MagnusTheBrewer, i like your quotes lol; you could throw in brewed along with boiled fried and barbequed, but that messes up the rhyme, anyways :)
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    Quick Question on Electrostatics Prevention

    I will ground myself by wearing the wrist band with the wrist band metal clip clipped onto some metal part of the sonata III tower which also has its power supply turned off, but plugged into the wall The motherboard I received today comes in an anti-esd bag and the bag sits on a piece of...
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    Antec Sonata III 500 Assembly Questions

    Nice, another worry gone =) I saw someone somewhere (maybe not even on this forum) bring up hd brackets, so I started panicking even though my current computer didn't seem to need anything extra either, thanks for the info Zepper DSF: you remembered my mobo too :)! will be expecting two sata...
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    Antec Sonata III 500 Assembly Questions

    I bought the Antec Sonata III 500 case from newegg along with an OEM harddrive: WD6400AAKS (they will arrive tomorrow). I wanted to know (since harddrive is OEM), would I need a harddrive bracket/cage (not sure of the difference) to install the harddrive into the case? Probably way newbie a...
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    OEM DVD drive

    Yeah I think it's motherboard specific too, I have the gigabyte GA31M-S2L, it's an older board but only 60 bucks on newegg; but I guess I'll find out if it can show SATA activity tomorrow when it arrives. Thanks for the earlier help =)
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    OEM DVD drive

    Thanks DSF, BOLt, and Lonyo, glad I wouldn't have to worry about it now a kind of related question (for no other reason than it has to do with IDE lol..), my mobo manual says the hdd activity light on front of case will monitor just IDE activity, so is there no way for my SATA HDD to be...
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    How's Antec Earthwatt 500

    Thanks mpilchfamily and H00fan1, guess I'm ok for the EA500w for now then, especially since I just need it to last about a year to nehalem upgrade, and concensus seems like barring a DOA (fingers crossed that won't happen :)), I'll be fine; thanks again
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    OEM DVD drive

    Just bought an HP 20x IDE 1035i dvd drive, is there a need to connect the analog/digital audio connector in the back of the dvd drive to the CD-IN on the motherboard (because I don't have the cord to connect since I got the OEM model)? what does that do btw, thanks
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    How's Antec Earthwatt 500

    I just ordered visiontek hd4870, can someone tell me if my Antec Earthwatt 500 watt is enough for the gfx card? Ati website certifies Antec EA 650w but didn't mention the 500 model, and the spec sheet on newegg says at least 500 watt recommended; so would my Antec 500 be safe to use with 4870...
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    HDD light questions

    I ordered a sATA WD6400akks hard disk drive for my new build, but my gigabyte GA31-S2L motherboard manual shows that the connectors for HDD activity light simply detects IDE harddrive activity (I have only DVD rom on IDE), is there anyway to get this motherboard to display my sATA harddrive's...
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    PSU testing tools?

    thanks HOOfan1; I can use the multimeter, do you also know of any tutorials on how to test the PSU with the multimeters, or would it pretty much be self explanatory when my PSU arrives? P.S. nevermind, I just googled and found couple tutorials, thanks
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    Help with Orthos thanks

    thanks alot shimmishim :)
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    QUIET Power Supply

    MarcVenice, if I'm running a hd4870, do you think my antec earthwatt 500 would do? thanks
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    Urgent: Need TOP quality PSU for these specs

    seasonic s12 series 650w could do as well =) many reviewers on newegg emphasized QuiET also, forgot where i saw this, maybe from this forum, enermax modu82+ 525w is supposed to be dead quiet, it's also modular
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    PSU testing tools?

    Hello, this is my first time building a computer, and I just built one using antec earthwatt 500, is there tools (software or physical tools like a meter or something) that I can buy to test how stable the different rails are, or simply any tools that can tell me how well the PSU is working...
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    Help with Orthos thanks

    Hi, I just built a new computer and now I'd like to stress test it, but I couldn't find where to download the tools (googled but kept running into orthopedic etc etc). Can someone tell me where to download orthos, and/or any other stress tests that might come in handy (like memory stress...
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    Bios Update Required?

    I'm planning on getting this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128078 (GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2L) and it may be one of those motherboards that need a bios update to use the new 45nm intel chips, does anyone know if this is indeed the case? and would this mean that...
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    Wireless Router vs. Wireless Access point

    thanks JackMDS
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    hd4850 on Gigabyte GA-31M-S2L

    thanks sylvanas and foxery
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    hd4850 on Gigabyte GA-31M-S2L

    I'm planning on putting my hd4850 on a PCI express 1.0 slot in the motherboard I listed in the title, and it will be for this LCD monitor: HP w2408h, 1920x1200 (16:10). Does anyone know how much of a bottleneck would the PCI express 1.0 card slot be for my hd4850 in terms of playing Crysis...
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    Wireless Router vs. Wireless Access point

    Hopefully this hasn't been already answered recently, but what's the difference between a wireless router and wireless access point. Just reading from google, router gives me the option to have a private network behind the router so people from outside only see the ip address of the router...
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    Help with power supply for new build

    thanks zap and ganesh1 for the suggestions; I will probably be leaving the new build on 24/7 with occasional gaming that probably lasts several hours at a time I don't actually have a budget, but I'd like to upgrade again when nehalem comes around (next year?), and by then everything on...