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    Windows 7 Media center internet tv keeps crashing

    I think it may have been an optional update, but I can't quite pinpoint which one. The media center works fine, except when I click internet tv where it just crashes. I tried reinstalling internet tv and silverlight for media center but hasn't helped. Has anyone else encountered this?
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    Do I have a backdoor

    NM, I made a stupid mistake, sorry!
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    Applications have started crashing

    So, I've had this overclock running for about a year and it was stable. Recently, applications have started crashing sporadically, but no boot problems. Most of the time it's still fine, but when I play games it starts crashing much more quickly. I checked temperatures with intelburntest and...
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    Pointless posts in every catalyst driver release thread

    Does every catalyst driver release thread need to come with half the posts trolling and the responses to that trolling? I suggest in the future posts against ati should be made in a relevant way to the threads, like: 10.6 raises my card's temperature (I know this isn't the case, just...
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    Turion II laptops

    I'm trying to find reviews and haven't seen anything even though they've been out for a while. Anyone have some input on the newer AMD laptops in terms of battery life?
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    Can laptops power modern lcds?

    I was thinking of getting an 500-700 dollar HP notebook, but I remember my old laptop had a really bad vga out. I've noticed the newer laptops have an intel 4500M integrated video, anyone know if these will be able to output to 1080p?
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    Iphone/Ipod as a book reader

    I was thinking of getting a new phone (droid or iphone) or even an ipod touch and use it a book reader. I was wondering if anyone's done this and how well it works?
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    Installed a new card

    Just put in a 5750 and had some odd behavior happen during the driver installation process. I had uninstalled old drivers before putting in a new card. The screen went completely black for 5 mins installing 9.12 catalyst for the new card. I restarted it and the installation went fine, ran a...
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    Changing appearance in windows 7

    In vista you could go to classic mode under "window color and appearance" --> Open classic ... I like this because I like to use 125 dpi while making the fonts of titles smaller. I can't seem to find the option in 7 though, can anyone point me there?
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    ATI users, do you have these processes?

    Just noticed these processes and was curious what they were, there is not much information available online as far as I can find. atiesrxx.exe and atieclxx.exe
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    Is my video card dying?

    I've occasionally gotten some buggy images on my sidebar in vistax86 on startup, gaming seems fine on this radeon 3850. But it's a little disconcerting: http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2139/whatisthisw.jpg It seems to show up more when I load up programs before the sidebar is fully...
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    Vista won't let me run games on second hard drive?

    Weird problem here, I'm using vista 32 bit and for some reason every single game I've installed to a secondary physical hard drive that the OS is not on won't boot. I click on the .exe and nothing happens at all. Games installed to the C: drive that vista is on work just fine. I've tried...
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    Anyone using psp as a mp3 player?

    Just wondering how well it serves the purpose of an mp3 player? My ipod died, and I'm bitter about apple, would like to avoid giving them more money.
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    Overclocking test with Gigabyte UD3p

    On recommendations and the dolby theater feature, I bought the UD3p board. I am running it with a E4500(200x11) and 3gbs (2x1gb,2x512gb). I know it's not ideal, but I don't feel like buying new ram just yet. I just wanted to play with the overclocking a bit, but I've never done it before so...
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    Vista security, good enough?

    I recently switched to vista 32 bit, and the first thing I noticed is that sygate won't work anymore = (. I also used to use spybot with XP, Vista does have its own firewall and "defender" program, I'm wondering if those are good enough to cover firewall and spyware. The UAC service seems to...
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    Open box warranties?

    I was thinking of buying one of the open box items on newegg, but I was wondering if it meant that there would be no warranty on the manufacturer's part? I forget how warranties on parts work, like did you need the serial from the box, etc, since it's been so long since I've needed to use one...
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    2 Gigabyte mothers

    I was looking at these two motherboards, but can't tell if there's really a significant difference. I don't see myself using 16gb of ram within the life of this motherboard, so it's not really an issue. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128359 GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R...
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    Which catalysts to use for 3850?

    Had some trouble with 8.7s, was wondering if I should stick to the older catalysts for this slightly outdated card?
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    Can my company see my gmail?

    Just curious, since I'm sure there's a lot of IT ppl here, can e-mails through yahoo or gmail be seen?
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    Flat Tire...suspension damaged?

    So, I took a sharp turn too off the highway on the way to work with a new route in the morning on an 08 mazda3(leased). My driver side wheel hit nicked hte really low curb and it popped. I had to get a tow that told me not to take it to the dealer. I had my doubts about what he was saying at...
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    Recommend an office work panel

    I was looking through the list, but the a lot of the monitors on there are huge and expensive. Some of the other ones like hte samsung aren't being sold anymore. I really just need a 19-20inch 5:4 or 4:3 screen. 1280x1024 is fine and preferable. Looking to spend around 300. It really needs...
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    Possible to upgrade graphics card laptop?

    My friend's got a hp pavilion dv2500t. He's only got an integrated solution right now, I was wondering if it was possible for him to upgrade to something that'll let him run games?
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    HD Tach results, sign of imminent harddrive failure?

    I've got this huge dip on my main drive in the read speed. Makes me wonder if that section has gone bad or something? http://img153.imageshack.us/my...?image=84271624wn1.png
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    Recombining partitions

    I have an older harddrive as my system drive with windows on it and etc. It came from an older Dell computer, it seems pretty healthy though, so I wanted to continue using it. The thing is it's got three partitions, I think one is Dell restore stuff, another is the main chunk with 95% of the...
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    l2 cache and stuttering in games

    Looking over the benchmarks it doesn't seem like the cache makes much of a difference in gaming. I was curious though, if the difference from frame rates is that the processor with less cache is just a little slower the whole time, or if they're the same speed at some points but the one with...
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    Easiest way to switch main monitors with ATI

    I've got an HD3850 connected to two monitors, and was wondering what the easiest way to switch the main monitor between the two was? I've got it setup where the desktop is extended to both at the moment, but sometimes I like to play games on the 2nd monitor because it's bigger. Would like to...
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    Ati and aspect scaling

    Ok, I just switched from a nvidia card to a radeon card recently. The first thing I've noticed is that aspect scaling doesn't seem to work regardless of the settings in dvi. I've tried several different settings that are related to scaling, but they don't do anything. Is there something I've...
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    Freezing on entry to XP

    My pc's been working fine for a while, recently it started freezing on the first bootup. As in after it's been off all night and turning it on in the mornings. I can get into windows and login, but it'll freeze up right after that and stop accessing the harddrive suddenly. A restart will...
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    What's with the new PCIE2 cards?

    I've been reading some posts about the 8800gt and/or 3870/50 not working in certain motherboards with pcie1. I was wondering if someone knew what causes the problem and which motherboards have problems?
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    Garmin Nuvi 200 vs 250

    I was thinking of getting one of nuvi's and was just wondering if there was any difference in hte navigation abilities. I don't really need it to play mp3s or etc..
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    Tuner card trouble

    I bought an avermedia m780 and was using it for 2 days. Suddenly, I stopped getting a feed. Now when I try to start avermediacenter it just crashes. I also tried to check it in GBpvr which was working before, but now it says failed to initialize BDA card when I try to update the EPG. However...
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    Sale Prices

    I'm not trying to criticize anyone in particular, but I've noticed the listed price on the FS pages have been pretty high. I see items that are listed for about as much as they are from a reputable vendor such as buy.com, zipzoomfly, or even fry's. When you buy from another user you're taking...
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    Bridging another router

    I've got a buffalo g54s router with the tomato firmware installed. I'm thinking of getting another router and using this one as a bridge, however I'm not sure how compatible they'd be. Is it always better to get the exact same router when using one to bridge? Otherwise I might get something...
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    GPS systems

    I'm considering buying a GPS system but I'm not sure about the features and differences of the various ones. I'm not looking for something with a lot of extras, just that it'd be good at doing its main job. It does need to have voiced directions and accurate maps though.
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    video card pricing, WTF?

    This is really more a whine post, but c'mon these video card prices are fluctuating way too much. I've been waiting for some price drops on the 7900GS or 1950pro, but they actually went up! Back in march they had a deal on a 7900gs card for 90$, then last month I could only find it for 110 at...
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    Should I return this External HD?

    I bought a WD 250GB external harddrive that uses a usb connection. When I was formatting it, it would unregister the drive from windows a few times before I was successful. I was thinking maybe it was just a glitch, so far all files have on it seem to be fine. However, I tried to transfer a...
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    Average c2duo overclock?

    I was just curious as to what kind of results I could expect if I were to overclock a E4300 without adjusting the voltage? Can you expect similar results with the rest of the line?
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    Cheapo motherboard battle

    Okay, I did a case transfer and my old motherboard doesn't fit right. I have changed parts around before, but never a motherboard so ram timings and FSB are foreign to me. I just want a cheap motherboard which will work with some upgrade room. I don't want to buy new ram as well yet so I...
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    Cases transfer problems

    I bought a new case recently to transfer a dell 4700(I know, wasn't my brightest moment to buy the dell). In spite of some of the screws not matching up due to Dell's proprietary build of everything i managed to get it working, mostly that is. So I can boot up now and get into windows. The...
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    Ergonomic Keyboards

    I'm trying to find a good ergonomic keyboard that won't cost the price of a graphics card! I was looking at this website because they were recommended by people with Carpal Tunnel: http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/ but their contoured ones seem very expensive, and I'm not sure teh cheaper ones...