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    Wireless drops...Usu. when viewing YT vids fullscreen???

    There are two notebooks in this house using a wireless connection to a Belkin G router/cable modem. ONE of these PCs loses the internet connection seemingly at random (Could be after 5 min or 24 hours), but I've noticed that it almost always loses it when I view a YouTube video maximized to...
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    A/V Rec. --Yamaha R-V1105, replacement advice?

    Editing to ask more about replacement suggestions. I have an about 10 year old Yamaha A/V Receiver, R-V1105. It broke. It was a "nice" receiver, but I don't have the $ to replace it with its current equivalent. Wondering if I should take it in somewhere, $?, or buy a $200-$300 new...
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    No taskbar, HDTV as monitor

    I have an HDTV hooked up to the pc right now to play a game, and everything's fine but there ISN'T a taskbar. It's not that it's off the screen, it isn't accesible at all. The mouse stops at the bottom of the screen. Thing is this setup worked last time, probably a year ago, with the OLD...
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    Higher HTT=better performance?

    It occured to me that I don't know if a higher HTT speed with an A64 gives a performance boost by itself, if, say the cpu speed and memory speed are the same in either case. It won't affect my actions in the near future, but one can always have more knowledge. Thx.
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    Seasonic S12-500 $119.99-$20 MIR, ZZF

    $99.99 after rebate now, no shipping $, seems pretty solid. I just ordered one. <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=271603"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge...
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    PSU coil whine

    I recently got a new mobo, and overclocked, and even more recently (my noticing it, at least) my box has been squealing. It's not loud, and it's very high pitched. I put my ear next to everything, and it turns out it's the PSU. I ran some searches, and found out it's likely coil whine...
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    HTT drops to 200 after Windows standby

    My HTT is set to 325 via BIOS on A8N32, but if I go into Standby and return, the HTT drops to 200. Everything else is A-OK, and I only noticed it on a random check with cpu-z. "200x8=1600." Why? Can it be corrected?
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    Remove outer layer of LCD Monitor screen?

    I had a freak accident with a large nail file a while back. It was on my case, slightly over the edge. I hit it, and it flipped up and scratched my monitor as deep as it possibly could have. It's a small series of scratches, but so annoying every time I read text behind it. I tried...
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    2.69GHz on 3200+

    (Sig. for specs) Whatever I set the vcore to in bios above 1.45, it doesn't seem to change. It reads 1.45 in cpuz, and 1.50-1.52 in SpeedFan. I got a pretty good stable overclock, but I think if I could up the voltage another 0.05V, I could get more MHz. Any way to do that with this board...
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    New Mobo, Windows won't load, HD is fine

    I upgraded from my sig. mobo, low-end Asus, to an A8N32. post, bios fine, but Windows refuses to load even in safe. BSOD. I really don't want to reformat my HD unless it's the only way...So what can I do? Is there a way to reinstall or fix Windows without altering the other contents of the...
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    Chiefvalue=Newegg?

    Did Newegg buy Cheifvalue, or are they owned by the same co.? I just rec'd my 2nd order from Chiefvalue (They've been a fine co. to deal with for me), and there are two glossy newegg ads inside. Kinda weird, huh? Such things have happened before, one example being bike parts retailer...
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    Windows Optical Drive Spinup in Explorer

    I kinda doubt it's possible, but is there a way to stop Windows from spinning up the ROM drives when you open My Computer in explorer, and wait until you actually click on the drive? If I want to explore C:, I always have to wait 5 seconds if there are discs in the other drives. It's just...
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    Thermal curiosities, A64

    See sig. for specs, but I'm using the stock Coolermaster alum. hs/f for testing here. I'm using Speedfan to monitor CPU temp., which it reads as "Remote." Idle ~48C, Load~61C. Shutting off Prime95's torture test results in an instant (one second) drop from around 61C to around 52C. Can I...
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    Safe to power off within BIOS?

    Is it? I assume it won't save your settings, of course.
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    eVGA BIOS flashing

    eVGA 7800GT, Windows XP I've been tearing my hair out trying to get a dos prompt at boot. I have no floppy drive, and when I tried to make a bootable CD it went crazy at boot (sparing details). So...Can I boot to "safe mode with command prompt" with XP, and run the "Non-Floppy Method" for...
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    Case-Front Connections & Sound Cards

    I haven't bought/used a sound card for several years, so I'm ignorant. I've come to rely on the case front connectors I have for both headphones and mic. I need that auto signal switch--When I plug phones in, it cancels the rear signal to my stereo. If I get a sound card, and disable...
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    Doom3 timedemo tech. q.

    I was just overclocking my 7800GT a bit, and testing it out. I noticed, same as previously, that if I run timedemo1 it's hideously choppy the first time, and the HD is chugging away, but the second time, it's smooth and the HD is silent. 1st run 57fps, 2nd run 73fps. Does it do that for...
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    Corrupted files on XD-Picture card

    My girlfriend has been using my camera and computer, and somehow there were MUSIC files on the 1GB XD-Picture card within. Some of them were corrupted and undeletable. She says she didn't do it intentionally, but I could totally see her dragging a directory there accidentally, and maybe...
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    Slow boot, intermittent

    For as long as I can remember, about 1/3 of the time I start this machine, it will hang up on the blackish Windows load screen for 3-5 minutes (Obviously very annoying). I just tried moving the optical drive jumpers both to cable select from master/slave (each is on its own cable) to no...
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    Asus chipset fan=lawnmower

    I need to do something about this. It's not a good loud like a "whoosh" or "whirr," but a nasty low-pitched vibration. I assume it's out of balance or the bearings are shot. It's been running for hours a day since October, and it's been doing this for a while. Can you fix one of these, or...
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    ATI X850XT or something else?

    I'm building a PC for the first time, and am only without a video card. Thinkin' real hard about splurging on an ATI Radeon X850XT for $340. Most of my components were cheap, but I got a surprise Visa card in the mail today! I don't have a nVidia/ATI bias, it just seems like a good card...
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    IDE Cabling for Opt. Drives? (1st PC Build)

    I'm throwing this box together, and don't have video card or OS yet. So anyway, I have a SATA HDD attached to the SATA1 socket on the Asus A8N-E FM/S (Puny mobo, but hell of a deal). I have a DVD Player and a DVD RW, both IDE. If I'm Not Mistaken, there's more than one way to skin the cat...