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    info: Dell 2209WA review

    CNET rated my LP2275w as the best monitor they'd ever tested. It's the Lexus of LCDs: http://reviews.cnet.com/lcd-mo...5-3174_7-33230410.html
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    info: Dell 2209WA review

    This monitor sounds too good to be true. A few months ago I got sick of my TN 22" screen and bought a new HP LP2275w, 22" S-PVA panel, for $560 (USD). Now all of a sudden there is a panel that is supposedly as good, for less than half the price? Not possible, I say. For starters, my screen...
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    PC acting up very badly lately - random reboots, often no video, WL mail crashes

    Actually, I ran another diagnostic instead - the Microsoft Windows Memory Diagnostic. It failed 5 out of the 6 tests - the only one it passed was the "INVC" test. So today I went out and replaced the dud 1GB Samsung module with a 2GB Transcend stick. I ran the test again and it passed all 6...
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    PC acting up very badly lately - random reboots, often no video, WL mail crashes

    I didn't stop the test - it stops itself. It seems to stop at around the 7 second mark, during test 2. The past few times I've tried running it, under the 'errors' column there's a 32767 blinking constantly next to test 2. The program then becomes unresponsive.
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    PC acting up very badly lately - random reboots, often no video, WL mail crashes

    Thanks for the help guys. Here is my system, everything is stock standard. CPU: Intel E6750 RAM: Samsung 1GB DDR2 800 Mobo: Gigabyte P35-DS3L HDD: WD 400GB SATA GPU: XFX 6800GT 256MB I ran the memory test and wasn't sure what to make of the results. Something like this appeared on...
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    PC acting up very badly lately - random reboots, often no video, WL mail crashes

    My 6 month old PC has been giving me hell lately. I've had dozens of crashes of Windows Live Mail - stating it's corrupted. Subsequently I lose all of my folders and then it re-downloads about 40,000 messages. Not only that, but IE crashes often, and the PC sometimes even shuts down randomly...
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    Why new Geforce 200 after only 4 months? :(

    I don't get it - why have Nvidia already released a new generation of video cards not 4 months after the 9-series went on sale in Feb? We already have a sticky topic on this. Video Mod BFG10K.
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    16:9 or 16:10 aspect on a 4:3 monitor - here's how!

    Oh, right, so compare a brand-new modern LCD with an old non-flat CRT. What a fair comparison there. How about looking at a crummy 15" LCD from the same era? No thanks! It's sad that you (and so many others) have somehow convinced yourselves in your mind that what you have is better. In...
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    16:9 or 16:10 aspect on a 4:3 monitor - here's how!

    I honestly cannot believe this statement is coming from a platinum member as opposed to a 'noob' , but you're clueless. The Sony Trinitron (and other screens derived from the technology i.e. Mitsubishi Diamondtron) was the greatest TV / PC monitor invented - no LCD has or ever will come close...
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    16:9 or 16:10 aspect on a 4:3 monitor - here's how!

    They don't exist in the southern hemisphere, only the northern.
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    16:9 or 16:10 aspect on a 4:3 monitor - here's how!

    ^ this person owns an LCD :)
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    16:9 or 16:10 aspect on a 4:3 monitor - here's how!

    Actually, better, as you have a choice of 16:9 or 16:10 aspect ratios. Yes, remember being able to actually *choose* resolutions? Welcome back to CRTs, folks. 16:9 will give you an even wider FOV in games, something that's very useful especially in RTS where being able to see more may you...
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    Widescreen resolutions on a 4:3 monitor?

    Are you sure? I believe the flat panel scaling options only apply to ... flat panels over DVI? When you hook up a VGA CRT monitor, I think the options disappear. I could be wrong.
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    Widescreen resolutions on a 4:3 monitor?

    Just wondering if there is any way to get a normal 4:3 (CRT) screen to display 16:10 or 16:9 resolutions, for things like gaming? I really don't want to give up my CRT, yet it sucks missing out on the extra field of view of widescreen games. I wouldn't mind putting up with slight bars at the...
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    [Retired] The LCD Thread

    What's all this talk about 8-bit LCD panels? I have always known 16.7 million color as 24-bit color. At least in windows: 32-bit (true) = 4B 24-bit (true) = 16.7M 16-bit (high) = 65k So where does all this 8-bit and 6-bit business come from?
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    Best quality 22-24" LCD screen?

    Here in Australia the lowest price I can find on the w2207h is $529. I would be willing to spend say, several hundred more than this if it means getting a better quality screen. I simply don't understand what's so bad about the HP, though. Yes, the bright lights in the showroom may have made...
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    Best quality 22-24" LCD screen?

    Interesting. Well if that's the case, then what screen are you using? And others?
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    Best quality 22-24" LCD screen?

    Looking for a new screen. Over the past 10 years I've been using various 17" flat CRTs all running at 1024x768 and I've decided it's time for something larger and preferably in widescreen format. (Sony, why did you discontinue the Trinitron?!) Anyway, what's the best quality 22-24" widescreen...
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    How to get SpeedStep to work automatically on a Core 2 Duo??

    I finally figured out the problem. Only 20 pins out of 24 were hooked up to my motherboard - the 4 extra pins weren't properly connected. Apparantly, in order for Speedstep to work, you need those extra pins. Once connected, it started to work perfectly (i.e. dynamically).
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    How to get PC to run silently?

    Stock Intel HSF. Generic case. 1 extra 8mm fan in case. 8600GT 512M WD Caviar 400GB. According to my motherboard, the idle temps are: 30C system, 36C CPU. Those are reasonable aren't they?
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    How to get PC to run silently?

    I just recently got a new system with a Core 2 duo E6750 and although it's much quieter than my old P4 Prescott 3.6 Ghz, the system still makes a little bit of noise. I've seen other people's PCs running, as well as PCs in stores, and they are incredibly silent. How come mine seems to be so...
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    What's wrong with the image quality on my PC??

    Tried changing the video card yet again (8600GT) - no improvement. I also acquired another monitor of the same make/model, and same thing. The way I'd describe the picture is as if it's undergone one 'generation' of quality loss. Kind of like using an LCD screen hooked up by VGA. Unless you...
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    New PC is making my room unbearably hot...

    To a certain extent... but in a house with double brick walls and good insulation, the room temp. doesn't vary too much. Anyway, in the room that the PC is in, it almost always reaches at least 25 regardless of the outside temp, and never drops below this. It's the difference between this new...
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    New PC is making my room unbearably hot...

    I see what you're saying, but I don't see the relevance of *outside* temperature. Room temperature in the room remains at a very constant temperature. On very hot days, we have air conditioning. Anyway, I have the thermo sitting here and its giving me the *same* reading almost every day. On...
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    New PC is making my room unbearably hot...

    Yes, i have a small portable room thermometer with me and it proves this.
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    New PC is making my room unbearably hot...

    This post is a re-hash of an older one, but I still need some help. Basically, after putting together a new PC I'm finding it is making the room unbearably hot (25.5C/78F), which is at least 2-3 degrees more than when I was running my old PC. My PC is a Core 2 Duo E6750, 1 GB RAM, GF 8600GT...
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    How do I make my computer ROOM cooler??

    I am indeed using a new PSU... I too feel this may be the problem. The CRT is certainly contributing to the heat, but it's the constant here. I was using the same CRT on my old system. So that has not changed. Australia has an abundance of coal, and that is where most of our power comes...
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    How do I make my computer ROOM cooler??

    Unfortunately, nobody here is looking at the source of the problem. Why is my PC heating up the room so much more than my old one? Heck, I used a 3.6 Ghz 2M Prescott (the one with a 115W TDP), and the room was cooler running that thing (albiet noisier) than it is now!
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    What's wrong with the image quality on my PC??

    Yes, I have used it several of my PCs. Firstly, my old PC (up until 2005). No problems. Then, my 'new' PC (2005-2008). This was the one with PCIX and where the problem began. Now, I am using it on another, newer, PC. Again, same problem. The monitor is no piece of junk. It is an LG...
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    How do I make my computer ROOM cooler??

    Hiya. The brand of PSU is "SHAW". It is definitely at the cheap end of the pricing scale. The PC store picked it out for me. I didn't even realize it was 680W until I got home. I cannot replace my CRT - it is invaluable! I've been using CRT since I bought my very first computer, and...
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    What's wrong with the image quality on my PC??

    Unfortunately, I much prefer the superior image quality of CRT (and it's ability to display any resolution) compared to LCD. I don't plan on swapping over at any point in the future. But I don't want to get into a CRT vs. LCD debate. :P
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    How do I make my computer ROOM cooler??

    Wonderful advice, from a typically American-centric viewpoint. Obviously you are unaware of the cost of electricity in most other countries, where nuclear power is non-existant (such as Australia). Secondly (and this even applies to the US I'm sure), you cannot install an AC in a rented...
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    What's wrong with the image quality on my PC??

    Martimus - as I mentioned, the 6800 NU AGP was giving me a perfect picture. so it can't be a fault in the 6000-series. nitromullet - very good thinking. I had actually considered that very possibility. if that's the case, a current generation chip could be the fix. nullpoint - I don't think...
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    What's wrong with the image quality on my PC??

    Well, your advice is sound, but you are forgetting that I had my old PC for nearly 3 years, and in that time, I reformatted multiple times, so my settings were always reset. I have always had perfect image quality on the default settings on all of my previous PCs and video card combinations...
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    How to get SpeedStep to work automatically on a Core 2 Duo??

    Sorry, that's actually what I meant to say. I have also tried the portable/laptop setting, in fact I tried it just now, with nearly 100% CPU usage, and the speed would not *budge* from 1.97 Ghz. Arghhh.
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    How do I make my computer ROOM cooler??

    Newbie here. It seems everyone here is concerned with making their PC cooler. While I like a cool PC as much as anyone else, personally I much prefer to sit in cool ROOM, than a hot, stuff one. This is where my problem lies. After getting a new system - a Core 2 Duo E6750, with a generic...
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    What's wrong with the image quality on my PC??

    32-bit color (sic) quality, 1024x768 resolution. The same as I've been running for years...
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    What's wrong with the image quality on my PC??

    Ok, this is a somewhat complicated and ongoing problem but I'll try to keep it brief. Basically, I have a 17" CRT monitor. After upgrading practically everything BUT the monitor (new mobo, video card, etc), I've noticed an immediate drop in quality. The image is FAR too bright and washed...
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    How to get SpeedStep to work automatically on a Core 2 Duo??

    Hi all. I just upgraded to a Core 2 Duo (2.66 GHz), which has SpeedStep, and I'd like to make use of it. My previous P4 did not have this feature. Currently, I am only able to manually adjust SpeedStep, through the power profiles in the control panel. For example, if I select 'minimal power...
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    Pentium 4 65nm / Cedar Mill Question

    The 6x1 series chips seem to be scarce here in Australia. The few places I've contacted in my city don't have them. There are online retailers selling them here, but I prefer to pick up my parts rather than pay hefty shipping fees. The chips also seem to be selling for alot more than the...