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    Switching Hard Disks

    When I first made this build 2 years ago, I figured I would never need more than 160gb (my emachines only had 60gb and I had only used 30 :P). Turns out I'm wrong. With only 13gb left on this HDD, it is definately time for some more space. I have my eyes set on a 500gb Seagate drive at Compusa...
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    DVI-I to DVI-D

    I just got my DVI cable. Boy was I excited. Till I realized that I got the wrong one. I ended up getting a DVI-I to DVI-I cable and I cant connect it to my DVI-D monitor connection. I am too lazy to wait 2 weeks for newegg to exchange a $5 product. Could I simply remove the extra pins manually?
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    Plain user folder icon

    I'm having this problem: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto...lder-icon-turn-yellow/ Only this time, its not a folder within my user folder, but the user folder itself. Any ideas on how to get my shiny user folder back?
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    Ubuntu on Virtualbox

    I installed Ubuntu hardy heron (8.04) x64 through Wubi. Could someone help me run Ubuntu through Virtualbox on Vista x64?
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    Problem with vista thumbnails

    Lately, I've noticed that whenever a window is minimized, the thumbnails are static instead of realtime. If I don't minimize a window and instead put another over it, the thumbnail is still live. Its once I minimize a window that its thumbnail becomes static. The only program that I've seen as...
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    Network and Sharing Center after SP1

    Ever since installing Vista SP1, I've been getting some errors in Vista. First off, once I log on, I usually get a 'stopped working' error for com+. That is just annoying at worst. But whenever I try to go into the Network and Sharing Center, I get nonstop 'stopped working errors' and I cant do...
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    Cant decompress core files

    A couple months back, I compressed my whole hard driver (stupid i know :P). A month or so later, I decompressed my hdd again. I thought that was the end of the story. But recently, I noticed some compressed files in the Windows directory. I tried decompressing them but I got an error telling me...
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    My PSU and the 260gtx

    I'm thinking I might upgrade to a 260gtx. I thought I was in the clear but then I found out that the requirements call for 36A on the 12v rail. My PSU only has 35A. I know that even though I'm one amp short of meeting this "minimum reccomended" requirement, the 260gtx will still run games on my...
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    Defragmenter help

    Hi, I recently did a decompression of some files in my computer. And now, I'm left with files ranging from half a gig to over 2 gigs with over 5000 fragments. I've tried using the defragmenter through the command prompt using -v -w and still nothing. I've tried third party defragmenters like...
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    Wolfie or Q6600?

    I am upgrading my e6320. But I don't know which one performs best in Crysis. Should I go with a Wolfdale or the Q6600? Thanks
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    8800gts 512 in Crysis with 169.22

    Could someone with an 8800gts 512 and with the 169.22 drivers (or higher) spare some time and kindly post their results on the Crysis gpu & cpu benchmarks at "very high" at a 1280 resolution? Thank you for your time.
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    Crysis and windows

    I am currently running Xp 32 and want to play crysis in dx10. I read that crysis is highly optimized for 64bit and should run about 20% faster. I plan on upgrading to vista anyways since i have a 32bit copy. But should i buy a oem copy of vista 64? Also, how would the 8800gts fare at a...
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    Vista 64 or 32

    For gaming, does 64 bit provide any major benefits besides being able to use over 4gb of ram. The reason I ask this is because i have been told that if Im going to use the Upgrade to go from xp32 to vista64, i will need to do a clean install.
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    upgrade top vista

    with DX10 games around the corner, i plan on getting vista soon. yes i know some group is working to get dx10 into xp but id rather have the official dx10. before i go on, id like you to go through this read http://www.windowssecrets.com/comp/070201 supposedly, through this process you can...
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    RAM possibly causing BSOD?

    3 weeks ago, my pc was suffering from frequent BSOD. The BSOD started when i bumped my 8800 from 575core and 888mem to 580core and 900mem. I had been running at those speeds for a month with no problem at all. About a week ago, i solved it all by resetting all my BIOS settings back to their...
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    am i blessed, lucky or is there a rational explanation

    In my old PC with a 6200, when i knew nothing on overclocking, i ended up uverclocking it too much and constantly got BSOD. After a week or two, it seemed as if my PC magically regained stability and i never saw a BSOD on the PC since. Now with my 8800gts, i was running perfectly at 575core...
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    8800GTS 320mb BSOD

    i got at least 4 today nv4 bsod today. two days ago i had bumped up my clock to 880core and 900mem . my clocks before that bump were 875core and 888mem (which i had been running for over a month. and all along i idled at 56C and reached 70C on full load and no artifacting. i reverted back to the...
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    Unconventional Cooling method

    my gts runs at over 70C on full load. and honestly, im not comfortable with that. so i found a spare case fan and figured, "what if i placed it directly on the top of the card (over the GPU circuitry)". But the question that popped into mind was, "wouldnt it cause some sort of interference...
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    Help Overclocking my e6320

    I plan on overclocking my Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 processor from 1.8 to 2.6 on the stock heatsink. My PC components are EVGA Nforce 650i Ultra Intel E6320 Core 2 Duo OCZ 800mhz (2x1gb) Leadtek 8800gts Extreme Hiper 450W Western Digital 160gb SATA CDRW drive DVD/CDRW drive I have...