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    Best CPU&Mobo for $250ish

    personally, I was thinking an intel CPU and a gigabyte Mobo. I was thinking I might try to push my budget for the cpu/mobo to 300, and get a q9550
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    Best CPU&Mobo for $250ish

    so... I have about $200-$250 to spend on a motherboard and CPU..... any suggestions? :)
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    gpu heating up

    so, I got a new monitor for my parents computer so they can run dual screens. The new monitor runs at 1680x1050 resolution, and the previous one runs at 1024x768 (or maybe 1280x768) Anyways, after I set it up I noticed the screen began to flick and what not. I felt the graphics card heatsink...
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    new $500 build, I want suggestions!

    ok Guys, I have a friend making a new build, and he asked me to post for him. Basically he's looking to spend ~$450 or so on the parts listed below, minus the case (he already has the case). So hopefully for the new list, the total should be around $450 (this shouldn't include case of price)...
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    3rd motherboard, usb/ps2 stoped working AGAIN

    jkresh - I've tried other random input devices, and nothing will come on now. At the time of the issues, I only had a mouse and keyboard plugged in. I haven't even tried plugging in other types of devices yet, since it hasn't been on long enough. Also, it seems like the issue happens only on a...
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    3rd motherboard, usb/ps2 stoped working AGAIN

    I finally put together another system (a very cheap one I put together as a spare) and am having an issue with it and can't figure out what the problem is. I cant seem to get any of the inputs working. I've tried connected multiple keyboards and mices, through BOTH USB and PS/2, but nothing...
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    ps2/usb stopped working

    anyone?
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    ps2/usb stopped working

    0roo0roo I don't think it's a software issue, because as I said before, I can't even get bios (way before the OS begins to load). The keyboard NEVER lights up, same for the mouse etc. Also, I've tried unplugging the HD and CD drive entirely, and still the same issue. I'm fairly certain it's...
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    ps2/usb stopped working

    i cant even get to the windows device manager, because I can't control any keyboard/mouse to get there lol. Also, to top it off, I just reset the CMOS, and so now I can't boot windows, since the POST screen requires me to go into bios and set the time. BUT I can't boot into bios because I...
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    ps2/usb stopped working

    I finally put together another system (a very cheap one I put together as a spare) and am having an issue with it and can't figure out what the problem is. I cant seem to get any of the inputs working. I've tried connected multiple keyboards and mices, through BOTH USB and PS/2, but nothing...
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    inputs not booting

    hmm, I'm really surprised no one has any ideas. Guess I will exchange the motherboard tomorrow or friday.
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    inputs not booting

    Anyone?
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    inputs not booting

    I finally put together another system (a very cheap one I put together as a spare) and am having an issue with it and can't figure out what the problem is. I was having issues getting it to post to the screen, but finally figured it out (one of the screws that the mobo screws into was...
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    new system, nothing on screen

    Jack - it wasn't set on clear. I messed with it a little more, and also just realized I actually have onboard vga!! I connected the monitor to it, and still same problem. My case does have a speaker in it, and I wasn't sure where to connect it. I tried connecting it to the analog audio, but...
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    new system, nothing on screen

    so, I've built many systems in the past, ~15 or so. I finally put together another system (a very cheap one I put together as a spare) and am having an issue with it and can't figure out what the problem is. Everything is connected properly, but nothing is being posted to the screen. I...
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    are these compatible?

    I don't think they are, but I want to confirm. Does this ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820227139 work with this mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813135068 ? I thin that ram is only 800 and mobo supports only 667, and I dont think they'd work...
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    best $50-$75 gfx card

    thanks davey, I think I like that one as my current choice. Anymore suggestions?
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    sub $120 mobo/cpu

    so, I decided I'm going to build another computer as a spare to keep at my other house when I'm there so I don't have to deal with my laptop for coding. I'm hoping to spend $200 on the whole rig. I have alot of parts already, so the $200 is basically for cpu/mobo/ram/gfx card I basically...
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    best $50-$75 gfx card

    so, I decided I'm going to build another computer as a spare to keep at my other house when I'm there so I don't have to deal with my laptop for coding. I'm hoping to spend $200 on the whole rig. I have alot of parts already, so the $200 is basically for cpu/mobo/ram/gfx card I wanted to...
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    new raid-5 and hd tune...

    heh don't worry, I'm a CS major, and I know it only changes headers, but I actually feel it's much faster on the RAID than on any other HD's I've used
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    new raid-5 and hd tune...

    The external drive is connected via USB (2.0 I think). The internal transfer I mentioned was just me doing a cut and paste on files from my windows drive to my raid drive (vista will tell you the transfer rate). I can run another utility if you know of one you'd like me to run. I'm actually...
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    new raid-5 and hd tune...

    anyone?
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    new raid-5 and hd tune...

    so, I finally setup my new raid-5 with 4 300 gig HD's. Now I was copying about 120 gigs of files from an external hard drive over, and noticed it was really slow. It was copying at avg 12.1mb/s I ran hd-tune on my new raid and got this...
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    OS on raid or on seperate hard drive?

    why should I go with raid-6? It would be extremely rare for 2 hd's to fail at once... and if that happens, then hell I'm just out of luck and deserve it. If one of my HD's fail, I'd replace it ASAP to avoid another failure. But IMO it isnt worth the loss in space to do raid-6 instead of raid-5
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    OS on raid or on seperate hard drive?

    So, I have 4 300gig HD's I want to setup in a raid-5. (Seagate 7200.10's). Technically I got 2 300 gig and 2 320 gigs. I am trying to decide what would be better. Should I create the raid-5 array with the 4 hd's and then install the OS on that? Or should I install the OS on a seperate older...
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    strange sound issues...

    sorry, I did forget to mention a few things: I have onboard sound, and I'm running vista x32, not x64. My printer/scanner has a vista driver (I have an mp160) and it was working fine for past 3 months, this issue only started yesterday. Also, I forgot to mention that I still hear sounds...
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    strange sound issues...

    ok, so I really have no idea what happened, I'm a fairly tech savvy guy, and would know if I was doing something I shouldnt... but here we go: Basically, I get home one day and find that none of my MP3's will play. I get the following error: "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while...
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    listening on a port

    ok, I'm trying to do the below but I have no idea how to do it/where to go to learn how to do it. Basically I have someone who wrote a simple program that sends packets to my servers ip, on a specified port. I want to be able to see what data he's passing. Can anyone please explain to me...
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    cpu battery issue

    it's a dell vostro CPUS are maybe at full capacity ~10% of the time a computer is used (just throwing that out there) but if I'm doing some mild browsing most of the time, the extra consumption should be negligible correct? thanks
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    wxga vs wxga+

    ok so I'm buying a new vostro. Can someone please clarify what the difference between wxga and wxga+ is? Also, what's 'true life'? And, do these two screens both have the glossy clear coat? thanks
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    wxga vs wxga+

    ok, so I'm buying a new vostro. Can someone please clarify what the difference between these 2 monitors is? Also, whats 'true life' and, do these two screens both have the glossy clear coat? thanks
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    cpu battery issue

    I'm going to purchase a new laptop and had a quick question about it. The cpu will be a dual core cpu, but was wondering if a 2 ghz would eat up that much more battery than a 1.8ghz to my knoweldge, the cpu doesn't clock to it's capacity unless it needs it, so as long as I'm not tying up...
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    Warm: Fujitsu 36GB 15k u320 80pin - $40

    oh I understand what you mean, no rudness taken :) I was just asking for links not so I can buy from newegg, but so I know what all is required. Is it just an scsi card and a cable with a terminal? Or is there something else?
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    Warm: Fujitsu 36GB 15k u320 80pin - $40

    can you please post links to all the things that would be needed to run this? (preferrably newegg links) thanks
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    low quality chargers affect battery?

    modelworks: I dont know too much about sound, can you pleaes explain why channel isolation of 72db is bad, and maybe recommend a 'good' ratio? thanks
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    low quality chargers affect battery?

    I remember hearing somewhere that a cheap phone charger actually ruins the battery charge potential, but I've never seen any real tests on this.
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    Warm: Fujitsu 36GB 15k u320 80pin - $40

    Does the 8mb buffer hinder performance though? Also, why are these so much cheaper than raptors, if both are 15k drives? Would this produce a notable performance gain over a 300gb 7200.10 SATA?
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    setting up raid-5 questions

    hmm I guess I could install the OS onto a seperate drive. Is there anyway to set the OS to instead of defaulting to the my documents on the hd, to use my documents location elsewhere? (like on the raid array) and same with other basic windows locations? Also, installing programs to a...
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    setting up raid-5 questions

    so what if I had hd's that are different sizes? What if I setup the raid then at a later point I want to add a hd to the setup... will I need to reinstall the array again?