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    Xbox 360 Motherboard screws

    Hey, I was wondering if anyone had the screw layout or knew what screws I needed for the motherboard on an Xbox 360. A friend recently gave me his that has RROD and apparently he and one of my other friends took it apart. This is a problem in that they don't exactly know anything about hardware...
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    Wonky notebook DVD-RW

    Greetings, I just purchased a used notebook and now trying to use it, the DVD drive refuses to open up. Pressing the button garners no response at all from the drive. I can still insert a paperclip and open it up and then the drive will read cd's just fine, but for whatever reason just...
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    Weird feedback on my PVR

    I finally got everything I need to get my homemade PVR up and running. I have video and everything and the Vista remote works great. But, I'm getting a weird audio feedback on the thing, whether watching live TV or recorded programs. As well, during live tv the audio doesn't match up to the...
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    Vista MCE will not detect Vista remote...

    I bought a Vista remote, figuring it would solve my issues. But god damn fucking Vista MCE STILL wont detect the IR stuff. I plugged the receiver into the USB port, Vista detected it and installed it, but when I get to the IR setup part of the media center TV thing, it says IR hardware not...
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    9 Pin mini-din to 4 pin S-Video?

    I can't seem to find a connector that converts a 9 pin mini-din into a 4-pin S-video mini-din. I'm wondering, since, after looking at the connections: http://www.technick.net/public...p_dp=pinconhav_s_video http://www.technick.net/public..._dp=pinconvid_minidin9 The grounds and the color...
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    Pc Scaling down PCEx16 port...

    This just started happening a day or two ago, well in it's current form at least. Occasionally, when my PC might crash while playing a game, it would boot back-up and performance would be slow. I somehow discovered that my PCIx16 port was being scaled down to x1, resulting in poor...
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    Any reason to believe my HSF is not seated?

    Essentially, my temps are running about 62*C Under load (according to TAT. Speedfan says 50*C) running at 9x315 Vcore: 1.45 (Windows wont be stable with any less). When I touch my HSF (Arctic Cooling Freezer 7), the thing is merely warm. It doesn't feel overly hot and I can leave my fingers on...
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    E4300 wont post above 315FSB....

    Greetings, I'm a novice overclocker and I just received my new PC today. I've been gradually stepping it up in an attempt to hit 3GHZ+. Well, as stated in the title, I can't seem to get it to POST over 315FSB and even at 315FSB, it seems like I'm running too much voltage. But when I was...
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    Insulation when installing a mobo...

    I'm currently installing my motherboard and it's been a little while since I've done this, but last I recall, I had little insulators to put on my screws when putting them through the mobo and into the mounts. None of my current screws have these. However, the motherboard (Gigabyte DS3), appears...
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    Front Case audio to PCI soundcard?

    Greetings, Essentially a simple question in the topic summery. Can I use my front panel audio on my case with a PCI soundcard? I have an Audigy 2ZS and it appears it does not have any way to be able to connect up the front panel connections, which is rather disappointing, as I'd like to see...
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    Antec Truepower 550W

    Greetings, Up until two or three days ago, I had an Antec Truepower 550W (not sure of the model number), I've heard that these PSU's, despite being Antecs are somewhat "crappy". That they were manufactured--along with the Earthwatts--by some other company and they just weren't a reliable...
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    My Build. Let Me Show You Them.

    Okay, bad joke. Anyway, I'm NEEDING a new computer ASAP, because as of right now, I'm stuck using an old P3 with 160megs of ram and it'd ridiculously slow with XP. But anyway, here's what I was thinking of picking up in probably about two weeks or so: Core 2 Duo E4300...
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    Dying PSU cause of PC not POSTing?

    Greetings, today I received my new case. a Thermaltake Armor Extreme Edition. I just got finished swapping all my components and attempted to boot the PC and got nothing. No post at all. At first I thought it might just be as simple as my video card, but after changing that out, it did the...
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    Worth it to upgrade with price drops?

    Greetings all, I've been considering upgrading post-July with the Intel price drops. However, I'm not terribly convinced that it would be worth my money. After looking into it, with a new CPU/Mobo/Ram/Case(for cooling), it would cost me roughly $800 or so. I'm not shy about spending money on...
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    Nice full tower case suggestions?

    Greetings, I'm planning on upgrading in July with the Intel price drops and I'm probably going to be going with a Quad-Core. However, I'm sick of the case I have now. It's a cheap-ass case I bought many years ago and it's a mid tower, which is becoming EXTREMELY cramped. Currently I have in it...
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    Blurry Desktop Text

    Something really odd just happened and I'm not sure how to fix it. I began playing Deus Ex via Gametap, but everything in it was slightly screwed. Well, the textures were. After I exited the game, I noticed my text on my desktop and in my browser has become really blurry. I thought it was...
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    Windows freezes while running Prime95

    Greetings, not sure if you've seen a few of my other threads, but I'm starting to go through the motions reading the above guide for OCing my system. Problem is, windows freezes while running Prime95 when I'm up at 235 with a multiplier of 11. It ran fine at 230 and didn't have any issues, and I...
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    "killing" a processor?

    I was tinkering around in my BIOS this afternoon and was messing with my FSB and voltage controls. I wanted to see how fast I could get my processor before it wouldn't post anymore via just using the FSB. So, I played around with it for a while and got it to POST but not boot windows (windows...
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    Worth it to upgrade from an X2 4200+?

    I've been trying to figure out if it would be worth it to upgrade from my current processor, the one listed in the subject. What I'd likely go for is the Opteron 165 so I could overclock it and get a few more years out of my current motherboard/cpu/ram. Would I see a substantial increase in...
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    8800GTS 640Meg now or wait?

    I've been having a debate with myself, trying to figure out if I want to purchase an 8800GTS at the moment. I'm currently surviving on a 6800GS from a while ago and while it works, I'm fairly limited in my gaming selection. I recently read about the new 89xx series coming to market in March or...
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    Questions about a 5.1 Audio setup...

    Hello, I've been trying to find some information on 5.1 speaker setups. I have some hopefully simple questions, the first of which, is what should I purchase as a reasonably priced ($50-$70) setup with a Sub, and five speakers. I rather like creative products and my new soundcard (audigy 2 ZS...
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    My girlfriends PC is being strange...

    Ideas? I'm on her old Dell now. The problem is, the ****** just stopped powering on. You hit the button and then you hear a tiny little powerup noise and the fans spin less than a 1/4 of a turn then the PC does nothing. No start-up at all. If you turn the PSU off and wait a second, you'll...
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    PC Runs great for two-three minutes, crap the next...

    This also pertains to this thread http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...?catid=32&threadid=1888040&STARTPAGE=1 I figured I'd create a new one, since I realized it's not WoW related. Basically, as it stands, on a cold boot, my PC will run any game totally awesome. Seeing as much as 110+FPS...
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    Strange FPS drop in WoW

    Hi all, I'm having a bizaare problem I think may be Hardware related. It seems to happen with most my games lately, Oblivion, Half-Life 2, WoW, etc. I just logged on WoW after a cold boot. I had two other programs running, Winamp and Firefox. Well, after jumping on WoW, I was getting a...
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    How to tell if a CPU/Video card is damaged

    Just curious if there is anyway to tell. I had my Athlon X2 4200+ overclocked and my GeForce 6800GS overclocked as well. The CPU had slightly upped voltage to support a 220MHZ bus speed (as opposed to 200) and the video card was upped to about 535MHZ core (original 485) and 1.3GHZ memory clock...
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    "Program is not a valid win32 application"

    Wow, I can't say how much this problem is pissing me off. I installed C&C the first decade last night and all was fine. I played classic C&C, Red Alert, Tiberiun Sun, RA2. All worked great. Now this morning, C&C and RA give me this BS that they're not valid win32 applications. The other two work...
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    Annoying sounds while using onboard Nforce4 sound...

    Hello. My soundcard is dying. It's a Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer 5.1 I've had it for many years now and it's really starting to give out. When in use, it only gives audio to the left speaker and in addition to that, you can fiddle with the jack and eventually get it in two ears, but it's...
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    300W Antec PSU Enough for a moderate Dell

    A friend would like to upgrade his Dell a bit. He's got a 3GHZ Pentium 4 and a 9800 Pro currently. He wants to stick a 7800GS in there and in addition, one of those blowers that go in a PCI slot, so it can suck heat off the video card. His whole setup at the moment is: 3GHZ Pentium 4 Two...
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    Average GPU temp?

    Just curious. My CPU idles at 27C and after a game of FEAR or BF2 around 36* or so. My GPU currently (6800GS) is idling at 45* and when I'm done with a game, it's about 59* max I currently have my CPU Oced from 2200MHZ to 2400MHZ no problem. The 6800GS is OCed from 475MHZ to 500 and the mem on...
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    Case/Cooling Advice, Opinions...

    Okay, to put it simply. I´m growing tired of my case. http://smoof.madebymonkeys.net/Comp/comp3.jpg http://smoof.madebymonkeys.net/Comp/comp2.jpg It´s a decent enough case, I´m just pretty tired of it´s looks. I´ve matured a bit in the time since I bought it and I want something a little...
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    I need some advice

    Hey, I'm new here and just needed a question answered if I may. I read the above sticky, but it didn't answer my question. Basically, I've decided to build myself a new PC. I'm not new to the building a PC thing, but I've never had to worry as much as I do now about my components. My...