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    Installing Intel Heat Sink

    Should it feel like I'm about to snap the motherboard in half while installing the Core 2 Duo E6300 stock heatsink on my Asrock 4Coredual-VSTA motherboard? Thanks
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    Desktop turning off during boot

    My computer is a Core 2 Duo E6300, Gigabyte DS3, 1gb of ram and a Geforce 6500 with Vista Business. It is going on a year old. When I try to turn it on it will randomly shut off at different times during boot. Sometimes at the POST screen and other times at the screen that says Start Windows...
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    FSP 450w and 8800gts 320mb

    Will my Fortron 450w power supply be able run a 8800gts 320mb with an e6300 and 2gb of ram? Thanks for the help.
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    Computer locks up when wireless network is in use

    I have a Thinkpad T22 with Windows XP Pro and an Orinoco Gold Wireless Card. Up until yesterday everything was running smoothly. Now when I try to download anything or have a few tabs open in Firefox my computer locks up (mouse wont move or anything) for about 30 seconds then it goes back to...
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    XP Theme for Vista

    I installed Windows Vista Business today and my parents got confused because things were different. I was wondering if there were any themes that made Vista look like XP. Thansk
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    DS3 hard drive problem

    I finally got my Core 2 Duo system up and running. I have an 80gb sata hard drive that is working fine. However my 200gb ide hard drive isnt being recognized. When its set to master my dvd drive (set to slave) wont work and xp freezes up. When my hard drive is set to cable select or slave with...
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    Keyboard and Mouse acting strangely

    I am running XP Pro and this morning my mouse and keyboard started acting up. When I try to double click on any folder or program it brings up the items properties. Also my keyboard won't type letters but the F keys work and when I backspace it puts a little rectangle instead. Any idea what...
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    Core 2 Duo or Pentium D

    Both the Core 2 Duo E6300 and the Pentium D 940 will be $183 on July 23. Which is better for gaming?
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    Socket 478

    Should I upgrade my socket 478 P4 2.8Ghz or build an entirley new system off conroe when it comes out?
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    should I upgrade

    Should I up grade my current setup or start with everything new? Right now I have: Gigabyte GA-8IPE100 Intel Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz 512Mb ram Thinking of upgrading to 1.5 Gb of ram Geforcefx 5600 256mb agp thinking of upgrading to geforce 6600 256mb I was also looking at the possibility of...