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    Z-5500 Crossover Adjustment/Hacking

    Since I'd like to put full range speakers on my Z-5500 system, one of the problems that has been mentioned is the Z-550's built in crossover frequency of 120 ~ 150Hz. Because I don't fancy my sub playing my midrange, I was curious if there was any means to alter the crossover frequency- by...
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    Z-5500 Speaker Swap

    It says not to swap the speaker- right on the product. But ever since I purchased the set (for $250 new) I've really been missing the sound I got from my 2.0 bookshelf speaker setup I had from before. The speakers aren't fantastic - they're taken from a SHARP stereo set. But they work well...
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    Looking to set up a HT using PC as the receiver

    I'm looking to set up a PC centric room, and finally take advantage of all that my hardware can do. My motherboard is an Asus P5W DH Deluxe, which came with 6 stereo jacks and a SPDIF out. This you can see here. Now, I am by no means an audio buff, so I'm probably going to say some things or use...
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    MicroSDHC Quality and Speed?

    I'm trying to compare two different memory cards, but specifications are sparse and reviews are non existent. The Patriot Card boasts a class 6 rating- sustained 6 mb/s write speed. However, what I am looking for is read speed, and it's unclear if the class rating means read speed too. This...
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    Memory Clock speed at half?

    Alright, so I've installed the latest version of gainward's expertool, the program I was using to overclock my 7900GT. It lists my clock speeds 625MHz Core 900MHz Memory 1566MHz Shader The memory clock seems low- and I looked on websites where it states the memory data rate is 1800MHz...
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    Enable Memory Remap on Vista x64 with on 2 gigs?

    Is there any benefit to enabling the memory remap feture if I only have 2 gigs of ram? In my bios, the description of this feature says that it improves memory utilization. All I know that this feature does it lets the OS detect more than 3.2 GB of ram. Thanks.
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    DVD Writer Disappeared

    All of this is concerning a Ben-Q DW1655 running on a Windows Vista Ultimate x64 installation, with an Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard. I was burning a data DVD using Nero. It finished, and so I went to load another blank DVD+R to make another one. Nero kept asking me to insert a disc. All...
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    PC2 6400 RAM Problems

    I purchased the Mushkin XP2 PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL 4-4-3-10 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit from ncix.com, and am using it with an Asus P5W DH Deluxe mobo. The mobo was autodetecting the RAM as PC2-5300 in the POST. In bios, if I went to look at what it autodetected the timings...
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    Stock computer overheating?

    I have little experience managing a computer's temperatures, which is something I am going to have to learn with my new system. PC Probe 2 comes up with 47 degrees celcius on my motherboard, even with the side of the case open. Whether or not this is actually a bad temp, I dont know. PW5...
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    Hard drive partitioning

    back in the day you had to partition due to performance, is this still the case? my 80 gb drive has partitions of 20 gb's. on a 250 gb hard drive, how many partitions of what size are good? edit- i just got to the partitioning screen in the dos windows xp setup.. and wtf? it says i only have...
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    Trying to boot up, but not receiving signal to monitor

    These are the computer components I have just purchased, all brand new. Antec SLK3000B Black Super Mid Tower Case Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU Asus P5W DH Deluxe Motherboard BFG GeForce 7900 GT OC GPU Mushkin XP2 PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL 4-4-3-10 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory...
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    No signal to monitor

    P5W DH Deluxe Mobo BFG 7900GT GPU Seagate Barracuda SATA HD Mushkin XP2 PC2-6400 2G (2x1 gb) 4-4-3-10 ram Samsung 931 BF LCD TFT BENQ DVD Writer Mitsumi Floppy Drive All cables connected to their proper connectors, and double checked. Upon boot, all fans are running (cpu, gpu, 2...
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    No signal to monitor

    P5W DH Deluxe Mobo BFG 7900GT GPU Seagate Barracuda SATA HD Mushkin XP2 PC2-6400 2G (2x1 gb) 4-4-3-10 ram Samsung 931 BF LCD TFT BENQ DVD Writer Mitsumi Floppy Drive All cables connected to their proper connectors, and double checked. Upon boot, all fans are running (cpu, gpu, 2...
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    Wiring Problems

    My motherboard is a P5W DH Deluxe. He's the manual's schematic. I am having trouble with my floppy drive. I don't know where to connect it for power. The site says it's usb powered, but I have no idea here usb comes into this. It has a cable from the back that fits nowhere onto my...
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    Enermax Liberty 500W ATX 12V Ver2.2

    Haven't seen any reviews, but read a couple other enermax review (noisetaker, etc) and it seems a quality manufacturer. It has all the specs I ened at the right price.
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    New to DVD RW drives

    I'm not sure what I'm looking for when browsing DVD RW drives. DVD +R and DVD -R mean nothing to me. So far this one seems to take the cake, good choice? http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.ph...owProduct&cmd=pd&pid=010788&cid=CR.184 Price in CAD
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    Ram Vs Ram

    OCZ XTC Platinum and OCZ XTC Gold are the right price for me. However I've seen a couple of concerning posts that people have had problems with the ram. It's supposed to work with my PW5 DH Deluxe, though one person mentioned that they had to manually set the timings. Can I trust this ram...
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    Going parts shopping, please recommend.

    Living in Canada, all my prices are in CAD and I cannot buy from newegg.com. I intend to overclock just avout everything I can on the comp, though I have no idea how. I am going to have to read some beginner's guides. Throw advice in here too, if you'd like. CPU Conroe E6600 Motherboard...
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    What is SINE?

    Without SINE http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.ph...wProduct&cmd=pd&pid=009600&cid=999.243 With SINE http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.ph...wProduct&cmd=pd&pid=010706&cid=999.243
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    Building a conroe system

    I have compiled a list of parts that appear to work well together in a system. I plan to be running a E6600 cpu with all of this. This will be a gaming computer, and I'm hoping it will serve me as well as the one I'm using now, which a friend built for me (lasted 5 years now). All prices in CAD...
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    Asus P5B i965 LGA775 PCI-E Motherboard

    I've been quite out of the loop when it comes to computer part, I've about 5 years of catching up to do. This card here has really stuck out amongst others I've seen, mostly because of its price, $189 Canadian. http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1178&l1=3&l2=11&l3=307...