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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

    Perfect, well as long as I shouldn't be expectng explosions, then I'm happy. I suppose I'll start another thread about z-5500 crossover adjustment/hacking.
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    Z-5500 Speaker Swap

    The z-5500 receiver can control individual volume levels for frot, side, and centre/sub. I believe my motherboard can do the same- it uses the realtek HD audio driver.
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    Z-5500 Speaker Swap

    Thanks for the quick reply. Would there be anyway to adjust the crossover frequency on the amp? Whether it's set in the receiver or the sub, and what alterations would need to be done? Or is there a way to bypass it with software. I use the 6 CH direct, so is there anyway to set the...
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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

    Tried looking for it just now, but didn't see anything specific. I searched 'digital audio thread' and only found one mention of it, under audio cables.
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    Looking to set up a HT using PC as the receiver

    Thanks for the fast response! I'm just looking to spend as little money as possible, and make do with what I can. It won't be an authentic home theatre system- rather odds and ends to make it come together. I've scrounged around the house, and have come up with a 1982 Nikko receiver which has...
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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?

    Nice catch on that sale- It'd have to ship to canada, but it looks like buy.com doesn't do international. Oh, and thanks for the advice. As long as either are quality products, sould be a go. I can always return the one bought from the store.
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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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    e6600 overheating

    The guide for overclocking mentions this about TAT. So perhaps try CoreTemp or SpeedFan, as mentoned in his guide, sticky at the top of this forum.
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    HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.7

    Alright, so I'm running the stress test, and I'm hoping that the 64C core temp that speedfan is reporting is not too low by 15C, otherwise I'm frying my chip without knowing it. Prime 95 is only displaying information in worker thread 2, but my performance manager shows both cores maxed. Normal?
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    Enable Memory Remap on Vista x64 with on 2 gigs?

    Thanks for the quick reply
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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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    HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.7

    It's a great guide. I still feel overwhelmed going for my first over clock, but at least I have step by step tools in hand now. Now, I do have a problem, in that CoreTemp has an unsigned driver, and thus cannot be used in Vista x64. Since all it does is monitor my temp, can I get away with just...
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    Vista x64 Ultimate will not shutdown...

    I never blamed the OS. All I did was list the things other have found to be the cause of their problem, or blame it on. Anything from the OS, drivers, bios, USB devices, Symantec Antivirus, recent KB update, and so on, someone has claimed to be the problem. No definitive solution for it though...
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    Vista x64 Ultimate will not shutdown...

    Yes. However, it is most likely one of the more recent updates or driver that's caused the problem, as I had no problems until recently. The number of causes that people discussing for this are phenomenal, some cited one of the more recent KB updates as well.
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    Vista x64 Ultimate will not shutdown...

    I have the same problem, and no solution. Looking over the internet you'll find a wealth of people all looking to get this fixed. Some blame Vista x64, some blame motherboard bios, some blame new Nvidia drivers, some blame USB ports. It seems a problem pretty exclusive to Vista x64. For me, it...
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    DVD Writer Disappeared

    When looking for those registry values I run into a bit of a problem, there are 13 or so {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} folders, a couple of which have upper filter values and lower filter values.
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    DVD Writer Disappeared

    I've gotten into safe mode and it detects the drive, and the drive works with media in it, but I don't know where to go from here. Is there a next step?
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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

    Hi. Bump.
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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

    Wow, thanks a bunch. my bios chip does indeed read 0502, so I' going to have them send me one right away. Hopefully this is all that is wrong. You're a lifesaver.
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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

    it's not sli capable. it's crossfire ready. it has 2 pci-e slots, though recommended a 1 card setup in the current slot.
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    No signal to monitor

    I have tried with both crt and lcd monitors, in both of the gpu's connection sockets. yeah, the PCI-E power is connected to the gpu. its fan is running fine, just no signal.
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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

    thanks again.
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    Wiring Problems

    My dvd burner was oem, it came with no cables. however, my motherboard did come with 3 daisy chains: HDD, Floppy Drive, and CD Rom drive. CD cable = DVD cable or no? The HDD cable has the black and blue connectors you've mentioned, the CD cable is black at both ends.
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    Wiring Problems

    Thanks, every questioned answered. You're great :)
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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

    Thanks for your quick reply!
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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