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    Strange Shut-Down Issues

    Everyone, I've got an interesting issue. I just rebuilt my entire computer with new components. The only items that carried over from my old system were the case Lia Li, the Power Supply (Antec 420 TruePower) and the HD (WD Raptor 36gb). I got a Gigabyte DS3 mobo w/ a e6600, a 8800 GTS...
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    4GB Hitachi Microdrive

    Everyone, A friend of mine broke his Ipod Mini. I took the Microdrive from it and I want to use it my laptop (via PCMCIA) and then eventually get music on it and take it with me in the car (my Nav system has a PCMCIA slot). The Nav system works fine with a Type I adapter and a compact flash...
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    Mobo/CPU combo for Under 450 (Gaming Rig)

    I put this post in the motherboards forum on accident so I'm sorry for the repeat thread...I'm more interested in my CPU options because I know I'm severly limited staying with the AGP form factor. I just dont want to drop my X800 Pro at this point. After having multiple problems with my...
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    Best Board/CPU Combo for Under 450 (Gaming)

    After having multiple problems with my Abit P4 combo, I'm going back to AMD I believe. I am still in my return policy so I can return it and switch back (I did have an AMD Athlon 64 3000+) but I wanted more performance. I've got 450 bucks to spend...what are my options? I don't want dual core...
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    Abit board Rebooting w/ added Ram?

    Hi, I've currently got an Abit AS8 mobo with a P4 550 3.4 ghz processor and I'm having some issues. I have 2 x 512mb sticks of Geil DDR400 ram. I wanted to add another two so that I could total 2 gigs of ram. When I added the 2nd pair (exactly the same product so I've got 4 x 512mb of the...
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    Abit AS8 Not Powering Up

    AS8 Won't Power Up Greetings everyone... I've got an issue. I just purchased the Abit AS8 mobo along with an Intel 3.4ghz processor (550J, obviously 775). I'm using the ram that I have used in my last two computers (I build them frequently). Geil ddr400 (2 x 512mb). I'm also using an ATI...
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    Safe Overclock on AMD 64 3000+ on Stock Cooling

    Just curious as to what people are overclocking their 3000+ AMD 64's to without going overboard with cooling. All I did was change the CPU Clock on my Gigabyte board to 220 and it clocks the processor as 2.2 gig. Just curious if people have went above and beyond that. Thanks.
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    Chipset/Upgrade Question

    Okay here's the deal. A buddy of mine wants to upgrade his 1.0 P3 and I was entertaining the idea of switching over to AMD 64 myself....so I was just going to sell my P4 3.0 to him and pick up an AMD 64 processor and mobo. Is this a smart move on my part? Am I smarter to go with a Via...
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    Power Supply Suggestions

    I'm having some issues with my computer right now. I will be playing some graphic intensive games like Tribes Vengeance or Tiger Woods 2005 and all of the sudden my PC will just reboot. This only happened after I upgraded my Radeon 9700 to the X800 Pro (I even tried a 6800GT and the same thing...
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    Crashing to Desktop in Tiger Woods 2005

    Whats up fellas? I just picked up a 6800GT the other night and I keep getting random crashes in Tiger Woods 2005. It just kills the app and returns me to my desktop. Hell, this game is the reason I bought the GT so I really need it to work flawlessly. I never had a problem with my 9700...
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    865PE v. 875P (my gaming story)

    So let me ask you guys this. Why on earth would a 865PE board work better than a 875P board in certain instances? Let me set it up for you guys. I play a few different types of games. Flight Sims, RTS, Sports and Puzzle...I've got a decent Rig: 3.0 P4 (800, 512) 9700 Pro Gigabyte...
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    My Bottleneck and a Potential Upgrade?

    Guys, I am aware that you guys are a lot more knowledgeable about bottlenecks than I am. Right now I've got a 3.0 gig (800 fsb, 512 cache) P4, 1 Gig of Geil 3200DDR, a Gigabyte GA-81K1100 (875p) board, and a ATI Radeon 9700 Pro video card. I'm also running the SATA Raptor at 10,000rpm...