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    Applications not closing in Task Manager

    I'm having an odd issue - applications aren't closing properly. It isn't a specific application, or applications from a specific company, just random applications. Here's the deal. I run a few things, use my computer a bit, and it starts feeling sluggish. I open Task Manager and a number...
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    Power Supply or Mobo? Something else?

    Last night my system was working fine. Today I woke up this morning and my PC wouldn't finish booting. It would get to the logo screen ("Press DEL to enter setup, Press TAB to display POST") and stay there (it won't won't respond to the keyboard, so I can't see the POST or access the BIOS.)...
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    Widescreen on fullscreen issue

    I just got an nVidia 8800GT. My monitor is a Viewsonic G220fb fullscreen CRT. Since I installed the 8800, I haven't been able to use widescreen resolutions for anything. If I set up a widescreen resolution, in a game or on the desktop, instead of putting black bars on the top and bottom of...
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    Video corruption at 1600x1200

    I've had this problem with my 7900GT PCIE since I got it, including across a replacement of my motherboard/processor/RAM. If I run games at 1600x1200, every now and then the screen will go wonky. I will just show video noise - flickering colors and lines and so forth. This isn't mixed into the...
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    Ugly errors, completely unusable

    My computer is causing me some ugly headaches. I shut it down last night like always, but when I loaded it up, I got a Generic Host Process error. It is a new error. I pasted the exact error details below. Once the error popped up, nothing would run. It didn't exactly lock up, but nothing...
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    Trouble diagnosing memory/mobo problems.

    I just bought some new hardware from Newegg: ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Pentium D 925 Presler 3.0GHz 2 x 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Dual-Core Processor CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit...