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    Having trouble connecting to Korean website

    Tried that already =|. I dunno. It's sad because I've known him for a while and we've gamed a bunch before and he wanted to show me new pvp MMOs from there. Arghhh... so frustrating knowing that a mile down the road, my friend can view this site but I can't (different ISPs tho).
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    Having trouble connecting to Korean website

    Hm, there's no way a website can pro-actively block me if they don't even know my isp/ip. Everyone else I know around the country from VA to Texas can access this website.
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    Having trouble connecting to Korean website

    I live outside of Washington D.C. and I use Verizon FiOS. My roommate is a Korean who came to live with me and study at the local university. I don't have any complicated firewalls or nothing on my router that blocks specific ips or what not. However I just can't connect to this website...
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    Asus P5K Won't Post

    Hey all, I just built a new system with an Asus P5K. I can't get the machine to post. Here are my specs: Core 2 Duo e8400 Asus P5K MSI ATI Radeon 4850 GSkill 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2800 1066 WD 6400AAKS HD Samsung DVDR I first installed everything correctly and got no post. No beeps or...
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    My PSU too low for my eVGA Geforce 260 Superclocked?

    Here's what I am going to / ended up doing: RMA my gtx260 completely format my main partition and reinstall everything
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    My PSU too low for my eVGA Geforce 260 Superclocked?

    Ok, after reading a bit more about the downclocking issue, I did a sweep of all the drivers and installed the beta drivers from evga. The beta drivers did fix the solution for my earlier example (warcraft3) but I still chug/stutter in games like TF2 and CoD4 (although I'm 99.9% positive CoD4's...
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    My PSU too low for my eVGA Geforce 260 Superclocked?

    I use onboard audio. I had heard about the downclocking issue but my evga precision tool never indicated such problems like downclocking.
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    My PSU too low for my eVGA Geforce 260 Superclocked?

    I just played a 20 minute Warcraft 3 and my game lagged a bit but didn't crash. Than I watched a youtube video in full screen and my video died. I guess it IS a faulty vid card?
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    My PSU too low for my eVGA Geforce 260 Superclocked?

    Ran furmark's stability test under 1680x1050 for 360 seconds and temps hovered around 82C. Is there any other way to see if it's a defective card? I've never received a defective vid card in my life so I dunno how to test it besides maybe playing games and seeing if it crashes?
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    My PSU too low for my eVGA Geforce 260 Superclocked?

    I'm using the latest non-beta nvidia drivers and yes I did check my temps and in Warcraft3 (the game that my video shut down in) and they were around 70-80. Could a faulty video card fail under loads but work ok idle?
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    My PSU too low for my eVGA Geforce 260 Superclocked?

    Hey everyone, I recently got an evga 260 superclocked edition from my lovely gf and I've been having some problems with my pc after installing it and I wanted to make sure it is or isnt my psu. I use the Seasonic 600W (link) and I think it's just too low or it's dying on me. In Windows...
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    Weird FPS issue w/ 8800gt and CoD4

    any other suggestions? ;/
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    Weird FPS issue w/ 8800gt and CoD4

    My evga 8800GT was actually purchased about a month ago. I use the latest non-beta Nvidia drivers. I also downloaded evga's precision tool to check my gpu temperatures. On idle, my gpu ran at 62C and in CoD it jumped to 70C. I think that's well within moderation. Also, although I had...
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    Weird FPS issue w/ 8800gt and CoD4

    bump ;x
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    Weird FPS issue w/ 8800gt and CoD4

    Hey everyone, When I play CoD4, the first 30seconds to a minute of gameplay is silky smooth running at constant 70-90 FPS. However, after a minute or so, the FPS (from cg_drawfps in console) turns to a red text and varies at 30-40. No matter what I do in the settings, the fps drops and...
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    Rate my new PC please

    So I returned the Antec PSU and went with the Seasonic. I was curious if I should stick with the stock fan/heatsink or get a new one (and if so, any recommendations)? Thanks in advance. -Grant
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    Rate my new PC please

    Any ram suggestions? I'm always hesitant to buy affordable ram or value ram and using it to O/C. As for PSUs, I've never had problems with an Antec before, didn't think they were that bad.
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    Rate my new PC please

    Haha, oh yeah, sorry, as for optical drive... I dunno, I'll pick up a pioneer or something and then for HDs, I'm carrying over from my old pc which is a 120gb WD and a 250gb WD.
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    Rate my new PC please

    So I'm finally able to build myself a new pc after 2 years and this time, I don't want just an "average" system. I wanted something a bit more excessive and hopefully a lil more future proof. I'm just getting one vid card and hoping to SLi it down the road when I need to and I also plan to...
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    Are the '256MB GDDR4 x1900xt's out yet?

    I see ppl with crazy pc setups with the new GDDR4 x1900s but I can't seem to find any on the sites. Are they even out yet?
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    If I don't OC, should I stick with Value ram?

    I want to upgrade my ram and I use these: CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail I don't OC my cpu or anything and I want to upgrade my ram from 1gb to 2gb. Should I just stick with value ram? And if...
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    Future Notebook releases...

    I'm thinking about purchasing a notebook sometime soon and I was looking at the Dell Inspiron 6000. But before I do order, I just wanted to read up on future releases of notebooks by Dell or other manafacturers. Is there a site that follows press releases or somehow keeps tabs with the...
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    7-zip uncompression question...

    I know compressing into the 7z format takes a while for large files.... but does uncompressing it take long? I'm averaging at about 1hour to 1hour 30min to extract a 1.5gb file in WinRAR. I know it depends heavily on CPU speed but I have an Athlon 3500+ and I have no problems uncompressing...
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    Epox 9NDA3 fan question

    The stupid fan that comes on the Epox 9NDA3 board that sits on top of the nforce chip is making this wretched noise. I was wondering would it be relatively safe to unplug it and run my computer? Or is there a way to replace it myself?
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    Athlon XP 2800+ Mobo?

    "Get the manufacturer's tool and do a scan for errors. " <-- I did use the Seagate diagnostic tool and both hds failed the complete test but passed the quick test. The recommendation was seek professional help though :/
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    Athlon XP 2800+ Mobo?

    I just ordered the above psu but I have another question... I went to a wedding party type thing and met with a friend that works on computers and he says that since I constantly get the error: "Boot disk failed" everytime my pc crashes that my hard-drives may have gone to crap. Could he be right?
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    Athlon XP 2800+ Mobo?

    Figures... I never check the psu. Anyhow, I'm thinking about ordering three of these, what do you all think: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103937
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    Athlon XP 2800+ Mobo?

    To the first poster: I have run memtest86 and no errors came up. I have not run prime95 (never heard of it). As for the power supply, I use a POWMAX 6100C 300W. To the second poster: I actually switched RAM from a bad stick to a new stick and the same type of crashing occurs.
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    Athlon XP 2800+ Mobo?

    So I have this computer that's been messing up all the time. I think it's a poorly built system or a part is faulty or something. The specs are: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Asus A7N8X Deluxe 512MB Ram (forgot exactly what kind but memtest showed 0 errors) ATI Radeon 9700+ Two Seagate SATA HDs...
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    Alienware Laptop ram upgrade?

    ack... my copy paste didnt work. :x
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    Alienware Laptop ram upgrade?

    Really? I'm totally clueless why though. Trying to understand what ram I need/why the DD333 didnt work.
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    Choosing a case...

    Antec Sonata... for a budget case, I love it.
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    Alienware Laptop ram upgrade?

    I bought a Area-51m model: 766 a year ago with 512mb pc3200 ram. My friend runs a small hardware store and I wanted to see if I could upgrade my ram. I got 2 Kingmax 512MB DDR333 SODIMMs and hoped to upgrade my ram from 512 to 1gb. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Anyone know why the DDR333s didnt...
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    Recommendation for sound card and speakers?

    I want to upgrade my sound card/speakers to the current generation's stuff. I have a SB Audigy (think I should just stick with this?) but I have crappy speakers. I want to have the 5.1 system but I was hoping to stay under $250 if it's possible. So.... any suggestions? Stick with the SB...
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    scsiport.sys error + winxp blue screen...

    Hey all, I'm getting a blue screen error in WinXP that causes my motherboard to not recognize my SATA RAID HDs. The WinXP error involves scsiport.sys and it blue screens then reboots and my mobo can't detect my HDs. Anyone know a fix for this? My Setup: Asus A78NX AMD Athlon 2500+ 512...
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    Can't decide what 939 mobo for my A64..

    Are any of Anandtech's problems with the Epox board apparent in the retail version?
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    Can't decide what 939 mobo for my A64..

    I'm stuck deciding what motherboard to choose just for stability and performance. I read the Epox review on anandtech and was disappointed about the memory problem and the constant crashing with their bios. I also heard many ppl having problems with the MSI but I'm beginning to think its just...
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    New PC's RAM and HD Question

    problems and issues? hmm... Is the Epox NF3 board better then the Asus board that I've been hearing is good?
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    New PC's RAM and HD Question

    I'm planning to build a new pc and I'm going for the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum w/ an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (939). I was thinkin to get a new SATA HD and I was wondering if it would work with an IDE HD? I don't mind my IDE HD being like a slave so i can just dump files on it or something. Lastly...
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    Random keyboard error?

    When playing the game: Dark Age of Camelot (a MMORPG), sometimes, my keyboard randomly stops working. It isn't any specific area or thing I do. I hear a beep come from my motherboard i think and then my keyboard ceases to function. Exiting the game doesn't do anything. I have to reboot to...