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    Advice Needed

    Ok, I'm doing a little musical chairs with computers. (soon as possible, would buy today) Plan is to move my son's MB, RAM, Athlon 64 x2 3600+ (939) and Radeon X800 (AGP) into a spare case with the plan to build a NAS Giving him my GA-P35-DS3P Rev 2.0, 4 or 8GB RAM, E-2160, HD 3850...
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    WRT54G w/DD-WRT Headache

    OK, here is my setup: I have Verizon FIOS with the Actiontec Router acting as MOCA and servicing my wired devices. I have the Radio disabled in the Actiontec and instead have a Linksys WRT54G v8.2 connected from port 1 of the Actiontec to port 1 of the Linksys. The Linksys has a static IP...
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    Can't Overclock

    Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P Rev 2 (Bios 12b) Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 Super Talent T8UB2GC5 2x2G Enhance ENS-0560G-G 600W Status: When no overclocking everything works fine. Any attempt to overclock the system reboots between Mem Test and Displaying that Mem is in Dual Mode...
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    Copying CD Contents

    OK, this is probably a very simple problem but it's kicking my butt. I have a large (really large) collection of various old data CDs that I'd like to convert to DVD to save space in the closet. I simply want to copy all the CDs contents to a Hard Drive, reorganize and reburn to DVD. I'd...
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    Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P Rev 2.0 Problem

    Just built a new system and everything went great. OS is installed and working perfectly. My problem began when I tried to overclock the E2160 I installed. I can easily change all the necessary setting in the BIOS but when I reboot and check with CPU-Z it reports a 6x multiplier and 200 FSB...
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    Advice on upgrade/build needed.

    I?m planning to upgrade after the New Year. I use the system mainly for photo and video editing with the occasional game. (The gaming may go up if the system could support it.) I frequently have several programs going simultaneously and I?m tired of the slow downs. Current system: ASUS...
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    Best Hard Drive for Boot/Windows Install

    I'm thinking of buying a new HD to use as my main OS/Applications drive. I want to buy the fastest drive I can (Perpindicular?) but I've read horror stories about booting the new Seagate drives. 1. Would a new drive show significant performance increase over current 250GB 7200RPM ATA133...
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    Help, Help, Help

    I need help..... My friend owns a Daycare and has several Emachine 500is computers. We bought them a few years ago on closeout from an online company which is with us no more. The computers came with 2 copies of a Recovery CD. Now when we need the CD neither are readable. I tried...
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    Worthy Uprade? Please give me your opinion...

    I currently have: Athlon XP 1800+ 1.25GB RAM A7N8X-E Deluxe Is there a worthy CPU/MB/RAM upgrade that can be purchased for around $350? I'd like the MB to have Firewire but I can work around that. I do general computing, some gaming and video/photo editing. More Info as...
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    External hard drive enclosures...

    I've been searching for the following with very little luck, anyone know where I can find a good enclosure that meets these requirements: Firewire USB2.0 (High Speed) Internal Power Must support 3.5" HD of at least 250GB I've found two so far (neither very impressive): No 1 No 2
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    Hard Drive setup

    I just purchased the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe and need to hookup the following drives; 1. WD 100GB (Primary OS) 2. Maxtor 160GB (Data) 3. Maxtor 160GB (Video) 4. DVD Writer 5. CD Writer 6. DVDROM My initial plan was as follows; 1. WD 100GB (Primary OS) - PRI/MASTER 2. Maxtor 160GB (Data) - Maxtor...
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    Can anyone help me find...

    Switching Adapter Model PA-215 Input: 100-240 VAC .6A, 50/60HZ Output: +5V 1.5A +12V 1.8A This is used with an external Firewire/USB2 enclosure I purchased at Compgeeks. I've done a number of Google searches and I come up with a ton of references to the adapter but nowhere to buy...
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    Nomad Jukebox 2, 20GB USB2 = $187.98

    This is my first "Hot Deal". I checked the over weight billfold place and here and see no mention of it. Local Wal-Mart B/M has these for $187.97 before tax. From what I can tell this is well below market price.
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    Comments Please....

    I have a friend who is a pretty big time gamer and wants to update his computer. He already has a GeForce4 Ti4400 and Audigy Gamer that he wants to keep but he'll be updating basically everything else. How does this shopping list look? Any changes or advice? Western Digital - WD8000BB @...
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    Can anyone help me?

    I'm looking for an all-in-one 3.5" Bay transfer panel. I'd like it have a reader/writer for all major brands of Flash Memory as well as 2 USB ports and a Firewire port. I saw one of these a few weeks ago when I was searching for something else but now I can't find it. Basically a cross...
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    I Challenge Everyone...

    We recently purchased a few Sony Vaio laptops that use the PCGA-DSM5 docking station. The floppy and DVD drive are both located in the docking station. My goal is to create a bootable CD that allows me to use ghost to image the computers. My problem is that every bootable CD I create works...
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    Retail AMD Athlon XP 1800+, what speed should the fan run?

    Title says it all. My A7V333 using PC Probe reports the CPU Fan at around 1700RPM and the Probe is always alerting.
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    What keeps breaking my son's CDROMs?

    He's broke 3 in a year. The drives just starts to refuse to recognize when a CD is inserted. Could always reading scratched and smudged CDs (my son is 3) cause the drive to have a short life? It has been three diferent brands of CDROM and in two different computers that's why I'm wondering if...
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    Motherboard Monitor questions...

    <FONT face="arial, helvetica" size=2>I'm running a MSI Turbo-R. I just have to confirm a couple things with MB Monitor. I see three temps, Sensor 1 = Via686B-1 Sensor 2 = Via686B-2 Sensor 3 = Via686B-3 I'm not sure exactly to what these relate, after a little reading I get the impression...
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    "Master Partition Sector Invalid" Please help me fix this...

    My friends Compaq Presario 1200 Laptop will not boot from the HD. After trying everything (NDD, fdisk, diskedit, Lost and Found, etc...)I finally got a program to at least tell me the problem. It reports that the drive has an Invalid Master Partition Sector, now the problem how can I fix this...
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    OT, VBuster, Has anyone used this?

    I need to scan a drive and rebuild a Master Partition Table, this software says it can do this for me.
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    VBuster, anyone ever used this?

    I need to scan a drive and rebuild a Master Partition Table, this software says it can do this for me.
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    Please help me with possible Virus problem.

    My friends Laptop will not allow him to access the HD. It is seen fine by the BIOS but any software app that tries to talk to the HD gives a general error reading drive C: even fdisk says that it can not access hard disk 1. I believe he may have a Virus but the only software I have is NAV...
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    Administrator Password in Win2k...

    Is their a way to get around the password. I am supplied a laptop for work and I'm always running into the Adminstrator's password keeping me from changing hardware settings while I'm traveling. (My IR department isn't perfect, so I need to occasionally make changes.)
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    All ATI All in Wonder users please read...

    I would like to back up the drivers and programs (MMC, GEMSTAR) off my original CD but I can't figure out which directories to copy. I try to keep all my drivers on a seperate partition on my HD for easy OS reinstalls. Could someone please help I don't want to copy 300 Meg of crap when I know...
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    Will a Visioneer 7600 Parallel scanner work in Win2k?

    Title says it all. Visioneer's web site talks as if it will but when you follow the link you only get Win2k drivers for the USB variety.
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    Best way to setup my RAID?

    I plan to install two Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm drive in a RAID array on my K7T Turbo RAID MB along with another 7200rpd HD (size ?) not on the array. Is there any advantage to booting from the RAID setup? I intend to use the extra speed of the RAID for video capture but as I understand it my seek...
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    How to trick an ATX Power Supply?

    I can't remember which pins to connect to get it to turn on without a MB. Can someone help me?
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    HWCI, are these guys a scam??

    A friend of mine bought a MB on e-bay from these guys and the check was made out to HWCI in Texas. I can't locate them, e-bay only keeps records for 30 days and this MB doesn't work and the seller provided no documentation for the MB so trying to troubleshoot it is a pain. I can't even find...
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    Flat Panel displays?

    Do the Flat Panel displays require a special video card? (digital connector?) If so which one should I get for someone not into gaming?
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    Video delimma?

    After much reading about, codecs, drivers, VFW, bit rates, resolution, VBR, etc... I have a very bad headache. I'm making one last plea for help. My Goal: I want to capture my son's VHS home movies and burn them to CD for safe storage and possibly sending to the grand parents. I want the best...
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    Need link to return to previous area after responding to PM.

    After you respond to a PM you have no way of returning to the spot you were in a forum except to use the back button which will cause the browser to report that you still have new PMs. This is an issue for me because of my crappy connection and the time it can take to load pages repeatedly or...
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    OT: Can I turn off Freelook in Quake 3?

    (Dug it out of a drawer after getting disgusted with it about a year ago.) I've tried adding: seta freelook &quot;0&quot; to my config but it doesn't work. Can this be done? Do I need a certain patch installed? I'm currently running version 1.11 but I have the patch for 1.27.
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    Video delimma...any suggestions?

    A friend of mine has the now non-supported Diamond Stealth S540 Extreme and is experiencing lots of glitches and anomalies in 3D games. (Diablo 2 etc...) I have two questions: Is there a decent set of drivers lurking somewhere which would give him reason to keep the card? What is the best...
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    Video delimma...any suggestions?

    A friend of mine has the now non-supported Diamond Stealth S540 Extreme and is experiencing lots of glitches and anomalies in 3D games. (Diablo 2 etc...) I have two questions: Is there a decent set of drivers lurking somewhere which would give him reason to keep the card? What is the best...
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    I need a Vanilla Bootable CD ISO....

    I do not have a Floppy installed and need to Flash my BIOS. (WIN2k for OS) Every bootable CD that I currently have runs something automatically after the system boots. I want to make sure that absolutely nothing screws up the Flashing so I'm in search of a completely vanilla bootable CD image...
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    Please help me troubleshoot my motherboard.

    Maybe someone here can give me a resolution for the following problem that MSI has yet to respond to: I recently purchased the K7T Turbo-R and have a possible problem with the board. All case connectors are hooked up correctly and the computer runs but I have a concern with the way it...
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    MSI customer support e-mail address???

    I hate thier web page. I can not find the e-mail address for customer service, does anyone know it?
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    EZCD Creator 5 experiences???

    Anyone try this yet? I would really like a program that can write any image format. (BIN/CUE, ISO, NRG, etc..) NERO has been great in the past but I've had problems recently with the program itself just stopping. (no idea why) However, I have too many .nrg backups to abandon NERO unless...
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    Heeellllllppp!!**** Promise IDE Raid on K7T Turbo-R

    I do not wish to setup a Raid array but for some reason the computer does not see my drives. I can go into the Promise setup during boot and it shows both my hard drives just fine but I can't get the system to boot from either or show them as being present if I boot from CD. What do I have to...