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    Help Motherboard boot problem

    Hello, I just tried updating my Asus M2N-E bios to the newest beta version, 1401. It said that it wrote the bios completely, but could not verify that it had been installed. I restarted the computer and now the green light is solid on the board, but when I turn it on, it turns on for maybe 3...
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    Vista upgrade quesiton

    Hey, i was wondering if i buy the vista home premium upgrade if it comes with both 32 bit and 64 bit versions? I was going to buy it online then download it. Any help would be great. thanks!
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    A thought about the Zune

    Agreed! :thumbsup:
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    Would this cause a problem?

    Hey there I have 2 gigs of ocz plat xtc ram and was thinking about buying 2 more gigs of corsair xms2 ram to run together with the ocz stuff on an Asus m2n32-sli. Should I encounter any problems running these 4 gigs of ram, first of all from the motherboard and secondly from windows xp 32 bit...
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    Need am2 motherboard recommendation

    Anyone have a recommendation of an am2 motherboard that will support the ram I have already purchased: ocz platinum edition xtc pc2 6400 I've read that some of these boards are having trouble supporting ocz memory? Any suggestions as to what to do? Thanks :)
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    Best bang for your buck card now for about 300?

    Whats the best bang for your buck card right now around 300? thanks :)
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    Any issues running an ati card on an am2 500 series motherboard?

    Was wondering if the ati products ran the same on the nvidia motherboard chipset or if its better to get an ati chipset board as well. Thanks in advance. :)
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    Any issues running an ati card on an am2 500 series motherboard?

    Was wondering if the ati products ran the same on the nvidia motherboard chipset or if its better to get an ati chipset board as well. Thanks in advance. :)
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    Next Generation Video Card Refresh?

    Was wondering when the next generation nvidia and ati stuff should be available. Thanks :)
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    Singed pin on ATX connector of the board?

    hi everyone, i was repiecing a computer a friend borrowed, and as i was putting the atx power connector into the motherboard from the power supply i saw that one of the pins appeared to be singed slightly, like it was burnt for an instant. Does anyone know what could cause this, and if its safe...
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    Weird thing happened when pulling out my cpu fan.....

    woohoo thank goodness for the net :) /relaxes
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    Weird thing happened when pulling out my cpu fan.....

    Thanks for the response, the thing is that with the stock cooler you can't raise the lockbar, its hidden underneath. You don't think there could have been damage to the motherboard? i'm not sure how the socketing works on the motherboard side, as I see when you push the lockbar down the cpu...
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    Weird thing happened when pulling out my cpu fan.....

    Hey everyone, so i'm taking apart my computer to transport all the pieces, and when i'm trying to take the the stock 939 cooler off of the cpu, it won't come, its stuck together. After tugging a bit it pops off, but it takes the cpu out with it!!!! The lock bar was down, and it still managed to...
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    Why do people hate the USA??

    229 years? lol, do you think thats a long time or something? I can assure you that the basis of our country came from the european superpowers of the time. How can you say that America is best when it is the offspring of some other place? You talk like somehow America just fell from the sky 229...
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    Yonah and Merom pin compatible?

    Will merom be easily dropped into the current yonah socket and the current intel chipset? Will it require a bios upgrade from the notebook manufacturer? Thanks.
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    Question regarding future 64 bit Pentium Mobile processors

    Hi everyone, thanks for reading. Presently the Pentium M processors are not 64 bit compatible. I'm thinking about buying a Dell inspiron 6000 and was wondering if it would be possible to throw a new 64 bit processor in this machine when Vista comes out? Does anyone know if this will be...
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    6600GT Question.

    Hey everyone. Well i bought a 6600gt a few weeks ago. Under the nvidia display driver settings, i had the comptuer detect the ideal clock speed for overclocking. THe stock is 500 Core 1 gig memory After detecting, it set as follows 550 core roughly 1.16 gig memory. Do...
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    Unplugging the Northbridge fan.

    Could I just remove the darn thing and be done with it or will it heat up too much?
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    Unplugging the Northbridge fan.

    I believe its just rubbish... i've read other posts about this same problem with the board. Any other suggestions?
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    Unplugging the Northbridge fan.

    Hi everyone, I just bought an MSI Motherboard K8N Neo 4-F, and the northbridge fan on there is extremely noisy. Would i be safe to just unplug it and run no fan on it at all? I'm overclocking my 64 3000+ to about 2.5 gigs atm. By not running the northbridge fan would i put my board at risk of...
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    I just got married to another Anandtecher!

    Amen :) Congrats
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    What used card has the best bang for your buck: pci-e ?

    Hey i'm wondering which used card is the best bang for your buck to pick up right now. I'm looking for anything 6800gt-speed and over. Any ideas? Thanks.
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    1gig ram enough for future games?

    Is 1 gig (pc3200) enough for future games or should i buy another gig? (2*512) Thanks.
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    What do you think of my purchase?

    how much is that board running ? (i'll check newegg now) Thanks btw nick.
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    What do you think of my purchase?

    evga 7800gt GIGABYTE GA-K8N Pro-SLI AMD venice core 3000+ (going to overclock it like mad) You think there will be any bottlenecks with this? i've got all the other pieces, 500 watt psu, 1 gig of ram pc 3200 etc.... What do you think?
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    Silly question...

    are you sure? hehe i would hate to not get the free wireless pci card! :P
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    Silly question...

    If some deal expires at newegg on 8/21, does that mean it ended yesterday? or does that mean the deal is still good through today? thanks i know its silly but well.
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    Need advice on Card purchase.

    Hey I was debating wether or not to buy the 7800gt. Right now i've got an lcd screen that runs a max of 1280by1024. Am i buying way too much power for the next few years if i run at this resolution? If so whats the best card for hte next few years while staying in this resolution range...
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    How much do these pieces weigh normally?

    Yes its for something i'll be shipping from an online site, but it would be nice to know just in general how much these things weigh. Thanks again. Actually i'll be having it shipped after it arrives at my home in the states to me outside of the US. Thats why i'll need to calculate shipping...
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    How much do these pieces weigh normally?

    I was wondering if anyone knew just an estimate on how much these pieces weigh when they are shipped in the box from a retailer (newegg for example) The 7800 gt card in box with software drivers etc... = ? lbs A 939 SLI motherboard with box, cables, drivers etc ... = ? lbs An amd 939...
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    Need some advice with buying choices

    hey great advice for the video card, does anyone have any idea what the specs will be for that Vanilla card? Lets hope the 11th brings good news, i can't wait much longer! Thanks again. :)
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    Need some advice with buying choices

    Hey guys, thanks for your responses. Ok, so this machine is really going to be used for gaming as well as the photohop edit every once in a while. I also do a bit of music recording. I already have 3 7200 rpm 120 gig drives, two running in raid 0 also Fortron Blue Storm 500 W PSU...
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    Need some advice with buying choices

    bump Was thinking about the 939 3200+ after searching here. Also the LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-D mobo looks good. Any thoughts?
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    Need some advice with buying choices

    Hey everyone, I've been busy the last couple of months and haven't been able to keep up with the latest tech news, I need to buy some pieces and need some advice. First I need these things MB CPU Graphics Card(s) My first question is, would it be better to buy two graphics cards and...
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    K8N Neo2 Raid Question!

    thanks for responding blckgrffn. I just tried after installing the nvidia 6.39 beta drivers, set new array, and when XP goes to start i see it start to show the "windows xp" first logo, and then I get the blue screen of death. DOH! when i put it back to the original array and on sata 1/2 it woks...
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    K8N Neo2 Raid Question!

    Hey everyone. I'm reinstalling XP here, and I was wondeirng if it was possible to switch my raid 0 setup (2 disks on sata 1&2) to the 3/4 sata slots so that i can overclock my cpu again. Any suggestions? I had to install XP while the two disks were on the 1&2 sata slots because it doesn't work...
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    Raid Question

    Hey everyone, i'm installing xp again and I was wondering something. If i make two hard drives run in raid 0 (striping), would i be able to make two partitions on the same raid sharing setup? And if there were two partitions on the same array, how would they be divided on the disks? 50/50 of...