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    Tearing in Flash based video

    Problem: Experiencing significant video tearing in web-based video like Flash/Hulu, Quicktime, etc BUT no tearing in PDVD or SageTV(Full Screen Exclusive). After a weekend of googling forum posts, I have come up with the conclusion that the Flash videos tear on many PC?s but not all of...
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    Hard Drive Issues

    Hey gang, I need some advice or maybe just need to vent frustrations. I have an older Nforce4 system mobo (A8N-E) with a 450W PSU that I am using as an HTPC. This mobo support IDE and SATA2 drives. I happen to have 3 older IDE drives(120gb and 160gb, DVDROM) and two newer 500gb SATA2 drives...
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    Build a PC around a BFG 8800GT OC

    It's been a while since I built a whole new system, I usually just upgrade key parts but the old Franken-PC has now become out HTPC SageTV Box and I now need to scrounge together a budget gaming rig. I'm trying to stick below $1000 and I already have a 22" display but I need everything else...
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    Hawking A/P Doorstop?

    I reset my Hawking HWA54G revM A/P recently and I'm finding that I'm unable to enter the advanced configuration. Basically after a reset you use their utility to set an IP, Subnet and DNS. I'm trying to set it up with settings of 192.168.1.8, 255.255.255.0 and 192.168.1.1. After entering...
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    Multiple Router Login Requests

    I have perhaps an easy question. My wireless/wired network consists of a desktop PC, a couple of laptops and two ReplayTVs. ReplayTV doesn't like DHCP so I was trying to turn off DHCP on my router but I ended up losing the internet connection on my desktop PC. Not sure why that is but I hard...
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    MBR Hosed?

    OK, here are the symptoms. About 1 mo. ago I installed an additional gig of ram to bring me up to 4x512mb. For 1 month, no problems. Then for a week I started noticing that my computer was always locking up after being inactive for hours, forcing me to re-boot when I return to the PC. After...
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    2GB (4x512) - Not recommended at all?

    I'm on the fence on this one, but given the price/performance equation, would I actually suffer enough of a latency issue to make an upgrade from 1GB(2x512) to 2GB(4x512) using OCZ PC3200 Premier RAM worse than not upgrading at all? Right now, the idea of pulling my current chips and replacing...
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    Transcend 1GB Secure Digital Flash Media (80x)- $27.97

    $31.99 for a great SD Media card at Newegg, no rebates. 'nuff said. Link Edit: Now it's $27.97, even better deal.
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    My Yahoo Login

    Has anyone else had problems logging in to My Yahoo over the last week or so. According to them, I am using a wrong login or password. I've been using the same for too many years now so I can't be wrong and I've used different keyboards so nothing it wrong in how I enter it. Anyway, I tried...
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    Office Prof 2003 SP2:Not installed for the current user.

    Last night I updated my Office Prof. 2003 to SP2. When I tried to run any of the applications this morning I was greeted with the "Microsoft XXXXX has not been installed for the current user. Please run setup to install the application." I always run in the only user set-up, admin. I tried...
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    Frequent BSOD's

    I'm receiving frequent BSOD's at random intervals and am unable to determine what the cause is. I figure that there might be a driver issue but I don't know how to interpret the minidump that I received. My initial guess is that this was network related in some way so I removed NV firewall...
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    Digital Media Server

    I've been increasingly interested in gaining more freedom and flexibility in what, when and where I watch and listen to. Up until now, I've been content with my ReplayTV PVR allowing me to easily record my shows and play back at my leisure. However, I am confined to the one TV that I've hooked...
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    160GB HDD detected as 33,821MB

    My previous HDD was failing so I just went out and bought a new Hitachi 160GB HDD for my Asus a8n-e mobo. I noticed that the bios is detecting as a 33,821MB HDD. So I upgrade the bios to the latest 1006 version. No change. Hitachi's Disk Manager software detects drive based on what the BIOS...
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    Paralyzed disk access

    Today I found my PC in an unusual state. I left it on the night before and when to log onto the internet when I noticed that the monitor was black and I figured the PC must be in sleep mode. The mouse wouldn't wake it up so I figured I'd reset the PC. When the pc rebooted the BIOS wouldn't...
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    Computer not Booting

    I recently upgraded my Mobo and CPU and I ended up needing to perform a repair installation. Somehow along the way, the system has decided that it doesn't know where to go to boot-up. The Bios indicates to boot from a removable then a HDD. However, when it stalls after posting. If I hit F8...
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    Connected to Internet but not IE or Firefox

    Here's an odd problem. I'm connected to the Internet through a wired connection to a router. All applications including OE detect and are able to access the Internet EXCEPT for my web browsers, IE, Firefox and even Opera. I am able to access web sites through ARES however so I'm confused as to...
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    Help! New Mobo/CPU/VID/PSU Combo Rebooting

    I just purchased a Mobo Combo w. a new graphics card and power supply. Asus A8N-E AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 512K 90nm Rev. E Venice RAM - DDR (400) 3200 - 1 GB (2 pcs 512) OCZ ATI (Connect3D) Radeon X800 XL 256MB DDR/PCI-E/TV-Out/VGA/DVI OCZ OCZ45012U ModStream ATX 2.0 450W Power...
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    $500-600 MoBo, CPU, Memory - Best Options

    I'd like to get a new MoBo, CPU and Memory updgrade and my budget is between $500-$600. Currently I have an AMD Athlon XP 2400+, 512MB Ram and an ATI 9600Pro card. Since I'm on a limited budget, I'd like to maximize the bang for my buck. Here's what I thought might be good blend...
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    XP2: The ordinal 233 could not be located-SHDOCVW.DLL

    After upgrading to XP2 my Norton Antivirus 2004 has been giving me this error: AXWIN Frame Windows: cfgwiz.eze - Ordinal Not Found The ordinal 233 could not be located in the dynamic link library SHDOCVW.DLL :disgust: This error message pops up like 5 times and then Norton comes up in a...
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    CompUSA: KOTOR, GALAXIES, JEDI ACADEMY (PC) - $20 each

    I just came back from CompUSA where they had all three games for $20 each. I picked up KOTOR and skipped JA. I don't have much time to play games these days so by the time I finish KOTOR I'll get HL2 instead.
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    I/O Magic 8X +/- DVD (Optorite) Burning Problem

    I just purchased an 8X+/- DVD drive on Sunday, no shrink wrapping. I think it's an Optorite. Well I just tried to make some audio CD's at 8X with TDK discs. Out of 4 cd's I made three coasters! Any idea why this might have happend? I purposely kept the write speed low since I don't remember what...