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    Power supplies keep failing

    Has anyone seen a intermittent problem causing power supply, motherboard failure involving an Audigy 2 ZS sound card or a Logisys case with neons? I've built about 25 systems before for family, friends, work and I try to keep up with things pretty well, and have a US Navy electronics...
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    Attachments to replies & scrolling

    I have never tried to add an attachment here before, but I could not figure out how to do it. Maybe I'm missing something obvious?? I just want to attach a screen shot to help someone. Also, I noticed a thread about scrolling issues with the new website. I use Netscape 7.1 @ 800 x 600 and...
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    Wireless vs RG45 for gaming

    How much slower is wireless networking for on-line gaming? Current router (friend) is 802.11b. I'm asking real life, not theoretical. Anyone compared? Thanks.
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    Ever need more than 1Gb of RAM??

    Just a questiion. For gaming these days is there any need or advantage to using any more than 1 Gb of RAM in Win XP Pro?? Building a system for a friend who wants to do some gaming, on- and off-line. System will have an Nforce2 400 with a Barton 3000+ 400 FSB with 2 x 512 Mb PC3200 with an...
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    SBLive! - sound keeps disappearing

    I recently upgraded the video card on a friends comp. The original was an old ATI Rage Fury Pro VIVO. I replaced the old ATI card with a new Gainward GF4 MX400 VIVO. I uninstalled the ATI drivers and the ATI multimedia/video capture stuff before adding the new card. The MB is an Asus CUV4X-E...
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    video slows down until reboot in Win ME

    I am having problems with a new build. In Windows ME, the video slows down progressively when playing windows games (mostly) and the only thing that will correct it temporarily is a reboot. The system is a MSI 745 Ultra MB, Athlon 1.33 GHz, Chaintech GF3 Ti200/64Mb, 256 Mb DDR333 (Samsung)...