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    How does bad memory manifest itself?

    I think I might have memory problems, but the error messages I'm getting seem so varied it's hard to pin down what exactly is causing them. My machine crashes and shuts down randomly (especially if I'm trying to run a defrag) and when it comes back up it gives me different error messages...
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    Am I the only one who doesn't like Crysis?

    Every other shooter I've ever played, EVER, gives you the ammo of a gun just by running over it. The most complicated this set up ever gets is when you can only hold a limited number of guns at a time and have to drop one to pick up a different one. Can someone tell me why I have to stop...
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    Multi monitor halp!

    nevermind, fixed. mods please delete?
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    So what exactly is the deal with PS3 pricing?

    So I've decided that I'm going to ask for a PS3 for my birthday this year, but I want to know exactly what's going on with the pricing because I'm hearing a lot of different things and I don't know what to believe. Here's what I know so far: 1 - the 60gb PS3 is now $499 2 - the 60gb PS3...
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    So I'm leaving ATOT until I've finished reading Harry Potter

    I just know one of you douchebags will post the ending in a thread title, so as of tomorrow, I'm not going on AT forums (or any other forums) until I'm finished. I've waited 7 years for this dammit, if someone spoils it for me I'm going to kill them!
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    Please recommend me a new pair of headphones

    I'm looking for a semi-decent pair of cans since my old ones have finally crapped out on me. I'm not looking to spend any more than $50, I would just like something kinda nice to be able to watch movies or play video games with so I won't wake up any sleeping roommates. I like the big comfy...
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    HBO's First Look at Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    link Wow... I was kinda disappointed with GoF and so I'm trying not to get my hopes up for this one but this looks pretty sweet. I'm just worried about how much they're going to end up taking out of this movie because they had to do away with quite a bit of storylines in GoF and that kinda...
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    Can anyone tell me what this song is?

    Fantastic Four Teaser When I first heard the song in the original teaser trailer I thought it sounded cool, but I didn't know it was an actual song until I was at a club last saturday and they actually started playing it. It's in the second half of the trailer, starting with the "one will be...
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    How well does the Ultra-120 Extreme perform with low airflow?

    I run a very low-flow quiet setup currently with a Scythe Ninja in My Lian-Li PC-7B. Both case fans and the cpu fan are Yate Loons which are all 5 volted (running around 650rpm) so there's very little airflow, but very little noise as well. Right now my idle temps are about 36c but under load...
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    Recommend me a new HDTV

    So I've got my first real job this summer making good money, and I thought I'd finally get myself a replacement for my 10+ year old 20" crt (which is missing the power button). I decided that I don't need anything too big, so 26 or 27 inches will be perfect. At this size, of course I'm going...
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    A baby bird just landed on my windowsill and my cat wants to kill it. ideas?

    cat and bird So about half an hour ago this little guy flaps madly up at my window and manages to settle onto the sill on the outside. He can obviously fly a bit, but he pretty much sucks at it, or has lost the nerve to try since he hasn't moved from my sill since. My cat thinks it's really...
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    Just installed my new Opty 175

    Just upgraded from a 3500 venice to this opty 175 and starting programs like CPU-Z and Coretemp seems to not work when I first turn on my computer, and last time this happened I got an error message saying there was a driver problem. I thought procs didn't need drivers... or am I an idiot?
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    A8N32 SLI Deluxe doesn't know what it is

    So I just installed my new A8N32 with a fresh hard drive and WinXP, but when I tried to install Asus Update from the installation CD, it said that I didn't have an Asus board and it wouldn't install. I looked for a newer version of the app on Asus' website, and it too said that I didn't have an...
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    Quick trouleshooting question

    Just installed my new A8N32-SLI Deluxe and I'm trying to load windows on a new blank hard drive. It posts ok, but I keep getting this error message that says "NTLDR is missing. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart" What is this NTLDR stuff?
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    Does anybody know how I can pre-order the new Zelda game for Gamecube?

    So I need to make sure I get a copy of the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess on gamecube for my sister's birthday on december 20th, and it appears that newegg has it for preorder. How does that whole process work? I pay them now, and they ship it out as soon as they have it in stock? If...
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    Catalyst 6.8 doesn't work!

    Yeah Counter strike source doesn't work with this new driver, and I wanna roll back to something that I know works like 6.7 or 6.6. Is there a way to do this?
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    Are any new cell phone models coming out soon that I should wait for?

    My family's plan is up in a few weeks, and we need new phones. Verizon has the Razr for cheap now, but I've heard a lot of people don't like it and it's only popular because it looks cool. I know the updated Razr is coming out sometime before next year, but that could be a long way off and...
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    So I just lost my job....

    So for some extra cash next year I decided to get a second job over the summer. The movie theater seemed like a cool place to work, since I'd get all those nice employee benefits (free movies, posters, popcorn, etc). I've been a model employee for the whole summer, always showing up on time...
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    Should I lap my heatsink?

    Just got my new Scythe Ninja and the finish on the bottom is pretty much the worst I've ever seen. wtf. So I wanted to try lapping it (first time I've ever done anything like that). So I drove all over town today and went to four different stores and only came up with 300, 400, and 600 grit...
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    Quietest video card cooler?

    I currently have a Zalman vf-700cu set to 5 volts, but it's still got a lot of motor hum to it. I can't use an AC cooler, since a) it won't fit with my nb cooler in the way, and b) my video card doesn't have a fan plug (it came passive). So, the only other one I can think of would be the...
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    So, I just saw a bunch of Nforce 500 boards...

    I'm seeing a whole buch of PCIexpress x1 slots, but in some cases there's only ONE pci slot. As far as I've seen, there isn't ANYTHING that uses a x1 slot!!!! What are mobo manufacturers thinking???
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    So, I just got back from a midnight show of X-Men 3

    This movie OWNS. Nonstop action from start to finish. The plot wasn't quite as well-developed as in the second one, but the extreme badassery from virtually every mutant you could imagine more than made up for it. Also, half the theatre nearly died when they threw in an inside joke that...
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    Can I plug my fans into the headers on my motherboard?

    I want to plug my cpu fan and my rear case fan into the motherboard headers on my A8N-E so that they can be controlled by temperature, instead of me manually adjusting them. Here are the ratings specified by my motherboard manual: "The fan connectors support cooling fans of 350mA~2000mA (24...
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    Black P180 now available!

    Cheaper than it was on endpcnoise.com, where it was exclusive until just recently apparently. link
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    Best aircooling ever

    I honestly don't think it gets any better than this... 2 120mm intakes, 2 120mm exhausts (counting psu) and 120mm cpu cooler. With the fan controller this can either cool like a beast or operate completely silently. I'm also pretty proud of my cabling job. outside panel off top fan...
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    Can I fill all four RAM slots?

    I was thinking about adding another two sticks of 512 of my OCZ memory, but I thought I heard somewhere that running four sticks of RAM wouldn't allow me to run at 1T timings. Is this true?
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    ipod charger question

    I have a wall charger that came with my rio carbon. It's just a little black "wall wart" plug that has a port for a usb cable. Now, I know that the Carbon and the iPod Nano have different connectors that go into the players themselves, but they're both still just ubs cables. Could I use the...
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    Modding the Zalman ZM-MFC1

    Does anyone know how to get the knobs off? I found this site on how to do it and I want to get rid of the annoying led's, but I can't figure out how to remove the knobs since they're wider than the holes they go through. Anyone done this before?
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    Alternatives to AIM?

    I have an aim sn, but I don't want to use their software. Trillian and Gaim both suck. Is there anything else?
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    What's wrong with Catalyst?

    So, I'm running a brand new install of windows since my old hard drive was starting to die on me. I installed winxp sp2 and my chipset drivers, then the windows updates so that I could get the .NET framework 2.0 that catalyst requires, and then I downloaded and installed the 5.13 ati drivers...
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    Zalman ZM-MFC1 fan controller

    Just got my shiny new fan controller installed, and I was wondering if there was any way I could stop the leds from pulsing when I set my fans to low. In fact, three of the four leds pulse no matter what setting they're on. What gives?
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    Quick question about Mp3 player

    Does the iRiver 700 series support playlists? It's either this or an ipod nano, since I need a small flash player that supports playlists. Or is there another option that I haven't heard of?
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    My new CM Stacker 810!

    Just installed everything in my new 810, it runs great, nice and quiet and cool, and I was wondering if anyone could answer this one problem (which is actually pretty big): The PCI slots are off. Like, the brackets actually sit halfway outside the case, and so my cards can't be screwed in...
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    Last chance to change my mind

    I'm looking at quiet cases with good cooling and no doors. I started looking at the Stacker because my hard drive silencer only works in a 5.25" drive and therefore I have no need for 3.5" bays anymore. I also like the expandability and the ability to add a nice big radiator should I ever...
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    What's the deal with this Abit AN8 Ultra?

    I was just looking at motherboards and I want something that overclocks well, but is also silently cooled (no tiny noisy chipset coolers), and is a simple NF4 Ultra board, since I don't need Sli. Well, after taking a look there seems to be only this Abit, and although I've heard that Abits are...
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    Pics of my completed Wavemaster

    Outside without flash Outside with flash Interior no lights Interior with flash 1 Interior with flash 2 Interior with flash 3 Full no lights Sorry for the crappy pics, I'm no cameraman. Also, I hope you guys notice the front LED's that I replaced :D
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    Question about buying stuff online

    Um, I think I just made a mistake when I bought some cold cathodes for my rig from jab-tech.com. I misspelled part of the shipping address. Now, I'm confident that there's noplace called "Universtiy" of Maryland, but even so, do you guys think it will matter?
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    SATA locks?

    I have an Asus A8N-E with my SATA hard drive plugged into the SATA 1 port on my motherboard. What is this about locks that you have to watch for when overclocking? Can i safely overclock with my hard drive plugged into that port?
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    Software fan speed controllers?

    I want a greater degree of control over my cpu fan speed, but speedfan doesn't work on my particular motherboard. Any suggestions?
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    What is the problem?

    Ok so Half Life 2 works great with my oc'ed x800xl and no matter what I do I get a good frame rate. One little problem though: when I enable 6x AA and run the video stress test with CS:S, some parts turn pink. It's only some parts, not all, which leads me to believe it's a problem with a...