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    ATI 3450 or hybrid crossfire 3450 + 3200 fro HTPC?

    This question is specifically directed towards Blu-Ray playback in an HTPC. The HTPC is running Vista Home Premium on a Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H with a 64 X2 4400+ CPU and 2GB of Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2800 RAM. I see the occasional lurch in Blu-Ray playback running the on-board GPU...
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    problem with 780G boards and Athlon 64 X2 5200+

    I've had the same problem with a Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Brisbane in both a Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H and an Asus M3A78-EM. Trying a fresh Vista intall, each board with it would BSOD after "copyig files"; if I hooked up a drive with the OS already intstalled, it would go into a reboot cycle at the...
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    Newish Asus M3A78-EM/Vista rebooting during Vista startup

    I just built an HTPC on the Asus M3A78-EM board with Vista Home Premium OEM SP1 plus TV Pack (this is a legitimate paid-for MS DVD, BTW). Worked fine for a while (except for occasional F1 fan errors on boot), but suddenly, during the black screen portion of the Vista boot (after posting) it...
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    ASUS M3A78-EM or GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H

    I'm on the fence between these two boards - prices are about the same and customer reviews are about the same (60% 5s and 20% 4s) at the Egg. I'll be using the boards for a HTPC with a Blu-Ray ROM drive; will want to take advantage of the crossfire hybid feature to pair up either my ATI 2400...
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    No post past bios splash screen

    I was having trouble with a Biostar FT7050-M2 board and as part of troubleshooting I power off, unplugged from the wall and cleared the CMOS. Now when I turn the computer on, it hangs at the intital logo splash screen. On the splash screen it has the [del] to enter setup message, but does not...
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    Will Biostar TF7050-M2 boot to bios screen w/o RAM?

    Anyone know if this board will boot to the bios display with no RAM installed (the onboard video shares system memory, but I wonder if the onboard video has enough memory to display the bios screens). I ask because I'm not getting video out on my mobo. The status LED on the board is lit up so...
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    Partition Magic 8.0 CD won't boot

    I just got Symantec Partition Magic 8.0. The manual says that you can boot from the CD into a DOS flavor of Partition Magic. But when I try to boot from the CD, the program hangs after a message showing that it's loading some version of DOS. The same thing happens on my IBM T23 thinkpad, and...
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    OEM MCE 2005 & mobo/CPU upgrade

    A while ago I built a system for myself using an OEM version of MCE 2005 from Newegg. I'm thinking of upgrading the mobo and CPU. Some people have said that because the OEM versions are sold to be bundled with hardware, that if you do a major component change like a mobo swap you won't be...
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    Need 5.25" bay USB recepticle for 3.5" HD

    I think I've seen these, but can't locate them.... A recepticle for 3.5" hard drives that fits into a 5.25" drive bay, and connects to a USB header on the mobo and takes power from the mobo's power harness. It has a slot in the front that you shove a bare 3.5" hard drive into, turning the HD...
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    dual video from onboard video & agp card possible?

    Can I get video out from both the onboard video (my board is an ASUS P4V8X-MX) and an AGP card (EVGA 6600GT)? The onboard video seems to be disabled when I install the AGP card. Either one works separately. Thanks>