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    Working wireless connection into U-verse dvr?

    I'm trying to decide between ATT's U-verse triple pack and Comcast's HD starter triple play right now, and there's one thing I'd like to know about ATT's U-verse DVR set top box. I am on two floors, and would like to have the residential gateway in my room so I can have all my main internet...
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    which hard drive?

    Seagate 7200.11 500gb WD SE16 500gb Seagate's more expensive, but are Seagates any more reliable than WD's? I haven't found much information about this second gen perpendicular recording tech that the 7200.11's have. I just found out that my old WD 120gb may be failing since a clicking...
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    media players freezing my pc when trying to play on secondary monitor

    Secondary monitor is a Westinghouse 37w3se This is coming off from a major problem I'm having with Vista on my dual boot system so I'm running this in XP right now. Working fine in Vista while I could still boot into it. As far as I remember it was working in XP as well, but now for some...
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    computer is bsod'ing on reboot and can't get back into Vista

    Everything was running fine in Vista until I decided to install Alcohol 120%. At the end of the installation it popped up a window saying it couldn't verify a driver. I clicked ignore and let it finish, and then it blue screened. I rebooted and tried to start up Vista again normally but it...
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    Yet another 'which one' post

    Ok so I'm posting this in case the psu is causing my problems as I posted in the General Hardware forum, so I can get an early answer and take advantage of any current sales.. ECS KN1 Sli Lite Athlon64 X2 4200 @ 2.2Ghz 2gb OCZ ram XFX 8600gt (620 core clock version) 1x Seagate 320gb, 1x...
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    PC's acting kinda weird...

    So here we go...I put in a brand new video card (XFX 8600gt 620 clock) in my pc just a week or two ago, and since then I've shut my pc down a few times as I go to work and school and come back to power on just fine. This was up until just yesterday. So yesterday I decided to reformat and try...
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    Windows Media Center question

    I'm running Windows Media Center that comes with the Vista Ultimate package, and was wondering if there is a way to turn off the tivo like capabilities? i.e. I want to turn off the automatic recording to the hard drive to let you search back and forth like a tivo. I run on low space often and...
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    Vista not recognizing external hdd on first power on

    I have a Cavalry 500gb external drive usb2.0/eSata, which I'm connecting through eSata. Cavalry provided an eSata bracket (not pci..just the bracket with the eSata connection), that has a regular Sata cable which I plugged into my mobo. I'm running Vista Ultimate 32bit The problem is that...
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    external hard drive hiccup

    So I got a Cavalry caxm37500 a couple days ago and have it connected through the eSATA connection. I've already copied about 70gb of data to it. It was working fine earlier today, however when I turned it off, came back and started it up again like 10 hours later, I seem to have lost some of...
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    Using multiple video cards separately

    Hi I've been trying to find a solution on how to run three monitors using just my single pci-e video card with two video outputs, but don't think my solutions would work out well. I've tried using s-video to test out on my lcd monitor which has a connection for s-video, but i think it shares...
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    which external hard drive to get?

    Hi since I missed my chance with best buy's memorial day sale on the Seagate 750gb external for $170 (After reward zone % off coupon), I've started lookin at 500gb drives again. I was just wondering do people like WD's Mybook 500gb or the Seagate's FreeAgent 500gb more? It seems that neither...
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    Should I get more ram?

    running vista ultimate on some budget 1gb (2x512mb) PNY Optima ddr400 from Fry's running in dual channel. Not sure if I'm even supposed to since cpu-z has different info on them like chip manufacturer and stuff (actually cpu-z doesn't even show any chip info for one of them, but the other one...
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    How do I switch source input in Windows MC?

    Hey guys I have a Hauppauge WinTV 150 media center edition pci tv tuner card, and am running it on windows media center of course. This card has composite video/audio inputs as well as s-video input. Question is can I switch inputs somehow in the Windows Media Center to either the composite or...
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    How is the Gateway FPD2275w 22" HD monitor?

    Hey all I was just wondering does anybody have the Gateway FPD2275w HD grade monitor? Here are some quick specs: contrast: 700:1 brightness: 300cd/m^2 Video Inputs: DVI/VGA/Component/S-Video/Composite capable of HD resolutions up to 1080i (possibly 1080p as the monitor's product tour...
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    Don't know where the problem is

    Oh boy ths is frustrating... I have a Netgear WGR614 v6 wireless G router. Wireless with my laptop works quite well...not many problems, just a hiccup here and there. On the wired PC however.... I'm getting a ton of webpages not loading, very long loads which usually end up as errors in...
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    OK i know there's a BOOTMGR thread already

    ok here goes. Reformatted C drive to install Vista, replacing XP. All goes well first boot up. Installed some updates, monitor drivers, msn messenger etc etc, and reboot without the DVD in the drive. "BOOTMGR missing, press ctrl+alt+del" me: "................." ok wtf. Why is it...
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    PS2 EyeToy + PowerVCR II

    I got an EyeToy for the ps2 for use as a webcam for my pc a little while back and I can't seem to remember whether this was before or after I installed my new hard drive, but basically I used to be able to use the webcam through PowerVCR II with the USB source to display in my tv program. It...
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    having problems with usb flash drive

    I have a 1gb usb flash drive that I'm trying to get to work with my pc but for some reason, windows (XP SP2) seems to recognize the drive as a "USB Memory Bar Device", and treats it as a disk drive (asks to format, then comes back and says that it's unformattable). It seems I can't access the...
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    What is causing my errors and freezing?

    Just as the title says, I'm trying to figure out what is causing my errors and freezing. Starting about half a month or so back my computer started getting periodic bsod's, with a message "Page fault in non-paged area". I've looked it up on google but hey, I'm not a super technical guy, so...
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    Xbox360 with HPNA dsl network?

    Hi I'm finding this information out for my friend since he's pretty computer illiterate... Relevant summary information in bold. The rest is just more detailed along with my curious questions. Anyway here's the deal. He has a 2wire Homeportal 1000 dsl modem set up upstairs at his place...
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    Why can't things ever just work right?

    Put together a new system: New stuff: ECS KN1 SLi Lite AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200 2x512mb PNY Optima pc3200 dual channel Powercolor x800gto 256mb Raidmax RX-630A power supply Old stuff: WD 80gb WD 120gb Floppy DVD-RW drive CD-RW drive So here's the breakdown: Put stuff together...
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    -Sukotto Swordworks buy one get one free katana

    Hey I posted this over at slickdeals too but doesn't seem to be showin up (yet). Oh well it's my first time postin a deal here too since I don't find too many of my own deals, and this is probably obscure enough for most people that I can get in on the hot deal section lol Don't know how...
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    random reboots problem

    Recently I put together a new machine...here's what I got goin: New Parts: ECS KN1 SLI Lite v1.1d (updated bios) Zalman NB47J northbridge passive heatsink AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (w/ Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 64) Powercolor x800GTO 256mb Old parts: Antec TruePower (Ver 1) 430 watt...
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    motherboard/cpu temp monitoring program?

    What is a good motherboard/cpu, maybe even northbridge chipset temperature monitoring program that's compatible with AMD X2 systems? I used to use motherboard monitor 5 but that doesn't seem to work anymore for my new system. ECS KN1 SLI Lite AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Arctic Cooling Freezer...
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    rx480 vs nForce4?

    I was just wondering does the ati rx480 mobo chipset necessarily have any advantage over a nForce4 mobo when using an ati gfx card? I don't think that should be the case but i was just wondering. I'm considering upgrading my pc at the moment in lieu of the recent price drops on 64bit...
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    PC not showing up on Laptop's My Network Places!

    Got an interesting problem here... About a week ago and before that time, I was running a Netgear wireless b router and I was able to connect both my laptop and PC together via either cable, or wireless connection and transfer files back and forth. Most of the time it wouldn't show up at first...
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    netgear ma111 + mr814v2 problems

    Hey guys I seem to have a problem with my netgear ma111 wireless adapter a lot. I've got a wireless netgear mr814v2 upstairs with wireless on, wep enabled everything. One day I turn on the computer downstairs to get on the net, and it doesn't work. The funny thing is, the MA111 utility shows...
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    ATi Catalyst 5.5 control center help

    Hey guys new poster here...didn't really know where else to turn since this is kinda the only pc info news/forums site i visit... Anyway..I just upgraded my vid card to a sapphire 9800 pro (from a 9500), and I installed the latest catalyst drivers (5.5), and so far everything seems to work...