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    which PSU?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817341010 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817139004 I need one that will at the most do a 3870 in crossfire, thanks for any advice
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    DVI Cable

    I just bought a new LCD monitor that came with a DVI cable. There are only pins on either side of the connection. The other DVI Cable that I ordered for something else has pins all the way across. Could someone please explain the difference and would I be better to use the other one? thanks
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    Couldn't record off cable with DVI connected

    Last night I set the VCR to record after I went to bed. The VCR is connected with just RCA jacks and I have done this many times. The only difference is that I had hooked up a DVI cable last week which was a waste of time because the HD tv's sound connection for it is digital and the cable...
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    HD LCD Monitor

    If I wanted to potentially use my monitor for High Def TV viewing and HD DVDs, what are the minimum requriement for the monitor? Does it have to say it is for HD or do I need minimum resolutions? Thanks
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    sata2 not recognized

    My friend just built a new system based on the Abit KN8 Ultra. He has an Antec PSU and a Maxtor sata2 HD. Booted up first time and installed Windows XP no problem. Turned it off went to bed. Next morning it wouldn't boot into Windows and seemed to get worse. After trying a host of things...
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    Do I have enough?

    I'm I going to be able to use my system with directx 10 and vista? It almost sounds like you will be missing out on a lot of features if you don't have certain vid cards. Can anyone explain what the new directx and vista will need to use properly? thanks
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    outlook express question

    In notice under accounts that under "mail" my account is listed by itself. when I click "all" there are 4 other accounts listed that I don't recognize at all. Is this normal? Or is it spyware?
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    slow windows load

    All of the sudden it takes a long time for my windows to load. With this system boot time was just a few seconds, then one day once it got to the blue screen it would take several seconds and then when it gets to the desktop another several seconds, well over a minute from the time you turn on...
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    internet explorer and firefox

    I am having an unusual problem with internet explorer. I first knew there was a problem when I would go into my favorites folder and into the folder that has all my forums listed. It wouldn't show the little icons that each forum has. Every once in a while it would, but seldom. firefox does...
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    refresh rates

    how do you know what is the best refresh setting for your monitor and will the setting affect games, benchmarks, etc.? thanks
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    format old harddrive

    I have a sata drive now and want to use my old ata drive for extra space. Windows is still on it and it won't let me format it. I tried booting with the windows cd but it just wants to start reloading windows in my new drive and doesn't even see my old one. Do I have to set my boot priority...
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    new problem

    all of the sudden my optorite dvd rewrite (junk) doesn't work. When I am trying to save a Word doc. to it, something I do several times a week, everything quits responding. and then Incd tells me it has to mark it as read only or something like that. (the message is so quick I can hardly read...
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    ram question

    I recently bought some ocz performance ram from newegg. It is 2-3-3-6, but it shows up in bios and cpu-z as 2.5. Why is this? this is the only speed newegg sells in the performance series and all the reviews said it ran at CAS 2 expect one who said it showed up like mine as 2.5. What gives...
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    unusual benchmarks

    unusual benchmarks yesterday set my abit guru on turbo overclocked my video card and then opened Doom 3's timedemo. I also set the game for ultra quality just to see how it would do. After the second time (to get the best score) it said that my frame speed was 57 fps! This is about ten fps...
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    three issues

    I installed catalyst control center from ati's website but do not have an overdrive option in my advance setting like ati's web page says I should. I then downloaded rage3d tweak which is supposed to integrate itself into CCC but when it goes to install it says that CCC ins't installed. My...
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    won't reboot without clearing cmos

    just set this system up and runs great with one big problem. If I turn it off or need to reboot, it won't. I have to clear cmos everytime. then I get a checksum error and have to hit f1 to continue. Can anyone help. Have I missed a setting? When I flashed my bios from windows it rebooted...
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    need help bad

    I just got an abit an8. It will turn on but not post. I have the bare minimum hooked up and tried different ram that I know works. I get the error code 9.0. which means something about the bios taking over booting job. I have cleared cmos and am out of ideas. any help would be appreciated...