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    My boot disk isn't booting.

    How did i not check that one <_< When i eject and insert the dvd the autoplay for 'Blank DVD' appears. I guess I'll go try the other DVD in this house..
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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?

    nyone else able to give advice? 1 for and 1 against leaves me where I was before I made this thread really D:
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    New rig, can old PSU cut it?

    Any recommendations? Looking at Corsair CX 400W and VX 450W. I know PSU is not an area you want to skimp on but my wallet really would like to pick the 400W out of those two. Thanks
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    Can my Antec 450w SmartPower support a GTX295?

    Look at the pictures, the marks on the PSU are much more consistent with the scenario of something underneath the PSU burning than the unit itself catching fire.
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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&#37; capacitor aging I am recommended ~344W. I'm just...
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    XP SATA Floppy

    Using the CHKDSK command in the Recovery Console of the setup says: :( RMA time I guess
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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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    when will water look like water?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbulence Maybe when they completely solve the science :P
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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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    Getting error message, please help

    I meant to mention before that I was told the stuff about windbg by a friend on a (non-tech)forum :o
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    Getting error message, please help

    Hi, I'm no expert but I kept getting blue screens and didn't know why but using the stuff below I managed to find what was causing them, then it was just a matter of googling the guilty party to find a fix. When your PC crashes, it creates a dump file (*.DMP). Search your PC for where this...
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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

    I don't have any other sticks to try atm. I'll probably be getting some more RAM in the next week or so; seeing as I've started playing BF2. I've got a few sticks of PC100 upstairs collecting dust :roll: Does anyone know anyhting about readin mindump.dmp files? Googling isn't particularly...
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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

    Just thought I'd say thank you to everyone for their help. For some reason I couldn't reauthor straight from the DVD+RW but it was fine if i backed the whole disc up to HDD and then reauthor from HDD. Gordian Knot confused the hell out of me but I found the 'GK for dummies' version, AutoGK...
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    Ripping a portion of a DVD

    4 minutes I'm checking DVD shrink out atm sodcha0s, thank you. "snip exactly what you want out of it" was exactly what i was trying to say :) This would be the 'reauthor' mode right?
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    Ripping a portion of a DVD

    I want to email the clip to her. Would mpeg4 be the best format in keeping the file size manageable? There are 6 VOBs on the disc, video_ts.vob, which i guess is the menu screen and then 5 820MB vts_0x.vob files. and 6 titles appear in media player.
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    Ripping a portion of a DVD

    Because she lives in London and I'm here in Birmingham. And we need the DVD because there's shows on there I want to watch still :P
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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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    GTA San Andreas - How to form a gang?

    You do have enough respect to run a gang that size don't you? I've only got it on xbox but on that you have to actually target them with your weapon and press the button to recruit them.
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    Any update on the new ZELDA or Final Fantasy games?

    FF XII is March 16 in Japan and 'Q2 2006' for US. Give me a European date already :|
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    What games to get?

    What's SF? :o
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    Kazaa lite

    *Brings back nostalgia of AudioGalaxy....* ahhh, those were the days :)
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    What games to get?

    SOLD! :D
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    Opteron or Athlon

    I'd stick with 939. Your opteron won't become crap overnight and you'd getter a better return in gaming from updating the graphics before the cpu when you're further down the line. And it doesn't seem like DDR2 will give an instant performance boost compared to DDR on 939. By the time you're...
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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

    I've been searching for past threads on these boards and the KN8 Ultra has got a fair bit of loving on here (more so than the other 2 it seems) and it has an ultra chipset. I can't find any Neo4 Platinum boards here in England now, they seem to have been retired for the SLI diamond version.
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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

    I could buy it from New Egg but I might have to pay a fair bit to get across the Atlantic :P. I found a GTO² somewhere else last night that adds up to a decent deal because I'm getting a mobo from them too so the delivery doesn't seem quite so bad now I'm getting 2 major components.
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    mid-range dilemma

    All the articles I've read on the GTO² say it's the best overclocker as a lot can be clocked at X850XT PE speeds. Haven't read up too much on the GS's overclocking prowess but I've heard it's not bad. Thing is, from looking at the reviews on ebuyer, people are saying their GTO² is arriving...
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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...