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    My boot disk isn't booting.

    I'm trying to install windows 7 on my new machine but uh.. the boot disk isn't booting D:. I got the iso file for professional from MSDN-AA and I have burned it to a dvd, put that dvd in new machine, changed the boot order of new machine so that optical drive comes before the empty HDD. After...
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    New rig, can old PSU cut it?

    Hi guys, I'm ordering a new system in the next day or so and am just doing final research on the PSU. According to this site when I put in what my new system will be (and a couple of possible upgrades such as extra HDD, more fans) and 20% capacitor aging I am recommended ~344W. I'm just...
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    XP SATA Floppy

    I've had to reformat my XP Home install but since it's been so long I was blissfully unaware about the F6 floppy disc thing. And the problem is that I can't find the floppy that came with my mobo anywhere so I'm making a new floppy. XP setup said to check HDD manufacturer, Seagate website said...
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    Very Quick Question

    I'm looking to build a system fairly soon. From a quick google, would I be right in saying AMD/Intel/both will be cutting prices in July? If yes, is there a rumoured date? Thanks :)
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    8800GTS _ ?

    I'm looking to upgrade my X800 XL and it will be to an 8800GTS. My question, is the 640MB version going to be much more useful to me? I'm thinking I wouldn't need the 640MB version because my max res would be 1280*1024 so I'd never use the extra 320MB really. But my other thought is that...
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    G7 keystroke assignment

    I got my G7 mouse this morning and so far I'm very happy with the comfort etc. The one problem I'm having is setting it up for my games. I want to use the thumb button to control the 'free aim' function which in the game is bound by default to V (and is pretty much impossible). The problem...
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    POST woes

    Hi everyone, I don't like making posts like those you see that just say "pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help!11!" but I'm getting there :o. For the majority of the past 6 weeks, my PC (self-built in late January), has been out of action. The first problem was the PSU blowing. I got a refund...
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    Super Quick S939 Question

    Does it matter which way the clip on the HSF is facing? ie It could be pointing up to the PSU or down to the GPU. Thanks
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    Cleaning thermal interface

    My current motherboard has a fault and needs replacing so I need to put the components away for a couple of days. My question is about replacing the thermal interface on the CPU. Guides say to use some isopropyl alcohol (ie propanol) to clean the 2 surfaces. I have a bottle of methylated...
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    Installing a DIMM

    Hello everyone, I'm getting a 1GB stick of DDR1 tomorrow. I already have a 512MB stick of Crucial DDR400, the 1GB is the same spec. My question is, which slot does it go in? Will these 2 sticks be able to run in dual channel or not? And I'm right in thinking that if I can run them in dual...
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    Browsers stuffing up

    Hello everyone, I wasn't completely sure where to post this but it seems relevant in here. I posted a few weeks ago in another section that I kept getting 0x0...8e BSoD's out of the blue (gettit? :P). I fixed this eventually by finding it was to do with an old nVidia NAM driver. I updated to...
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    Blue-screening randomly

    Hi all. Over the past week my system has randomly crashed to a BSOD with "0x0000008e". The Microsoft Support site says this is most likely due to RAM. However, I've ran many passes of MS's own Memtest program and memtest86 a few times and they find nothing wrong. Is the RAM still faulty even...
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    Ripping a portion of a DVD

    Hello everyone. My aunt was on TV today and she asked me to record it on my DVD recorder so I could send it to her. It's recorded fine but the problem is how do i rip it? :P I've only had a PC with a DVDRW for a few months and I've only burnt CDs with it so far and my old PC wasn't worth...
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    EMI springs

    OK guys I've got the brass standoffs in place :). When I'm putting the mobo in, should I be applying force much on the EMI springs on the I/O shield in order to get the holes in the mobo lined up?
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    What games to get?

    OK guys I'm getting my first PC capable of playing proper 3D games for many years tomorrow; what do you recommend? It'll have an A64 3200 and X800 GTO². I'm a C&C nut so I'm getting Generals and Zero Hour and I'll probably get HL2 but after that I'm struggling a bit. What do people recommend...
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    First Build!

    On tuesday I'm upgrading from... Pentium 3 450MHz Slot 1 Intel 810 Extreme 2MB graphics 8 GB ATA33 Win98 SE 17" CRT to... Athlon64 3200 Sapphire X800GTO² 256MB 80GB SATA 150 Win XP 19" TFT It'll be my first build and I'm thinking the massive step up may just blow my mind :D
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    which NF4 mobo

    OK guys i've the rest of my spree in my online basket but there's 3 NF4 mobos of similar price and I'm not sure if one really stands out for it's price. Simply put which would you pick out of an Asus A8N-E, MSI K8N Neo4-F or ABit KN8 Ultra? If I decided I wanted to max my CPU out would one...
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    mid-range dilemma

    Hi all, I'm about to buy the components for my new rig. I've planned to get an X800 GTO² which would serve me wonderfully; especially as ebuyer seems to be shipping cards with 16 pipes already enabled. However, they won't be in stock again for 14 days :(. The next best in-stock price I can...
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    Silentium T2

    I've seen an Arctic Cooling Silentium T2 on special offer and I think it looks great. It would save me a bit of money compared to the sonata 2 I'm looking at. I just want to know if the Seasonic 350W unit that comes with will be enough to support what I'm putting in, the AC website seems to say...
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    Choosing RAM

    Hi all, I'm looking to build a new system in about a month. I not sure what RAM to pick though. I'll be getting the monitor later so I don't need to worry about that yet and I want to keep the cost for everything else below £600 (absolute max) MSI K8n Neo4-F £60.81 Athlon 64...
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    Which PSU?

    I'm looking at a new case and PSU. I like the look of the Antec TX1050 and TX1088. They look identical but the 1050's black and the 1088 silver. The other slight difference is the 1050 comes with a smartpower 500W and the 1088 a truepower 480W. I've looked at the specs and the smartpower has 17A...
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    6800GS V Radeons?

    Hi all, first post :). I'm looking to get a new rig after 6 years this christmas with my trusty P3 450MHz :o. I'm eagerly anticipating my first computer with the graphics chipset not onboard. I've been looking at what video card I could get but ATI's names are hurting my head. The best nvidia...