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    Continuing beeps on POST

    EVGA 133-K8-NF43 socket 939
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    Continuing beeps on POST

    Soon as I power the computer on I am getting an infinite number of long beeps. Doesn't go to BIOS screen or anything. Manual says its the RAM, but researching other sites says it could also be the board, PSU or CPU. This computer is only 2.5 years old and I haven't touched in 2.5 months, which...
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    Need help trouble shootig mobo probs~!

    Yes I actually took the side panel off and took out the ram.. and then reinserted it.. snapping it into place. Yes the ram and mobo have been working together flawlessly for 2.5 years.. I don't see a reason why having it turned off for a few months would cause this issue. I didn't touch...
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    Need help trouble shootig mobo probs~!

    Turn on my computer...Immediately I get these long beeps from the mobo in an endless loop along with "C1" as the error on the LED indicator. According to my manual long endless beeps w/o no post or boot means "DRAM not installed or detected". Obv. I have memory installed into my board...but is...
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    Blu ray investing advice

    I am thinking about getting a blu ray drive in the futue, but is it worth the expenses. Mainly I would want to burn movies.. I do not wish to discuss what this forum would consider to be illegal activities, but will movies be available in the future in blu ray type formats? I don't think I fully...
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    If you had $300.00, what Cpu, board and memory combo?

    I like the flist DSF gave you..I am running a very similar setup, with the same mobo, and I Oc'ed my e6750 to 3.4Ghz and its stable.
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    Ps3 Demo help

    I just got my ps3 and I'm trying to take advantage of the cool features. How do I get the demos to play on my console? I visit the Playstation Store online often, but I cant find anything about downloading demos. Anybody have a link that they use? How often are demos released to play?
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    Ps3 help needed!

    Haha, my friend is hard to get a hold of in the summer.. My setting for my ps3 is on wireless...But I have no wireless internet router in my house. This means I need to use an ethernet cord correct? Sorry if my questions are dumb. Btw when I go to it and I add my folder where all my music...
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    Ps3 help needed!

    I dl'ed the TVersity program...I open it.. then what? I got into my ps3 and clicked "search for media servers" and it says no connection can be established. Do I need my ps3 hooked up to the internet to be streaming the music?
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    5.1 speaker setup questions

    OK sounds good I will go with those speakers in a little bit. Your help is appriciated.
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    Ps3 help needed!

    OK I will look into it. If I have any quesitions( which is bound to happen) I will post back in this thread. PS. Will I need to be under MUSIC in my ps3? or will the music just start to play? Well.. I guess I will find out..please post back here tho incase I can't get it to work.
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    Ps3 help needed!

    2. Only WMP11 works with the ps3? I believe I have wmp10. I might need to upgrade. How does the PS3 just "find" that wmp is open on my computer. It is a desktop and in no fashion connected to the console by any means. No wireless or anything. Also.. how often will I need to update my console...
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    Ps3 help needed!

    My room mate had a ps3 in our room and he did all sorts of cool stuff with it..now that I own one I would liek to do some of the things he did. 1. He often got demos of games on his ps3 that he said he downloaded online. First of all, was this illegal? or was it free ( don't want to get in...
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    5.1 speaker setup questions

    Ok this sounds good..how exactly will I do this. If you could tell me what connections go where..etc. I understand that my COMPUTER games will not be in the 5.1 surround.. but I would expect my PS3 games like MSG4 to be in surround. Also...Is there any slightly cheaper optical output speakers...
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    5.1 speaker setup questions

    @bassbomb 1. X-540 logitech 5.1 speaker system retail $71.24 on amazon.com 2. Output: Realtek Hd audio (not sure if its 888 or not..) 3. No i dont believe these have optical of digital inputs.. but maybe somebody else could check on that? Thanks Ps. Can anybody find me a decent pair of...
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    5.1 speaker setup questions

    I am interested in buying a 5.1 speaker system for my computer. I was thinking of those $70 logitech ones off of newegg. I mainly use my computer for gaming and watching movies/listening to music. Is this a good choice? Ps. Should I buy a sound card as well to improve the quality even more...
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    dual booting vista and XP help

    I have XP pro running right now on this machine and I was wondering if I could create a new partition and install Vista 32 bit into it and have a Vista/XP choice. Reason for this would be to Install all my games on the vista partition because I heard that is what gamers are using these days to...
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    Need advice on a Build

    Yes..I talked to him tonight..He is a rather odd person. He says he is saving this computer because it is a "legacy" and when it came out it was something like the greatest thing ever. I don't know. Whatever the case is, I told him to try and run fdisk and to try n start fresh on that old...
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    Need advice on a Build

    Good advice Gustavus Thank You, but I believe his issues lie within the drive itself... He told me that he has no "installer" meaning that he cant install any programs or really do much of anything except go on the internet. He said he can't even install a new copy of wind98 or XP because of...
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    Need advice on a Build

    That sounds good except this fellow is very tight for money.. I don't believe he could invest 300-400 dollars into a new computer. I feel like he just wants to spend less money for the HDD and OS and hope that fixes all his problems. If he went the cheaper route, would that satisfy him? I feel...
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    New build won't boot

    So..you can not even get to the BIOS page? or are you able to? If you can then what I do when I first have a build is to put in the OS disk..change my boot device to Cd/DVD drive..then restart. Then run everything needed...restart...go back into BIOS and change it to my HDD once everything is...
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    Need advice on a Build

    A friend of mine has an old computer.. about 8 years old now and his computer is not longer working properly. He would like me get him a new HDD and install his old OS on it. But since his computer is so outdated, is it even worth it for him to try and just get a new HDD while keeping all those...