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    No video signal, or mobo beep, after replacement CPU install

    The fan on my buddy's heatsink failed without him realizing it a while back, and he ran it for about a month continuously before performance started getting worse and worse and he called me in. Apparently by then it was starting up with random error codes, most programs wouldn't open, and...
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    *UPDATE* (Added cliff notes up top) New Rig Works Fine for 5 Days; Now Keeps Restarting

    Cliff notes: Comp worked fine for 5 days, then just started restarting a few minutes after boot. Comp was running a little hot, but well within limits. I tried three different hard drives to make sure it wasn't the HDD, but when installing a fresh install it blue-screened on all of them...
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    Semi-complicated series of multimonitor questions.

    OK, here's the situation. I need three monitors, two to be run in portrait mode 1200x1600 and below them a primary monitor running in landscape 1280x1024. Currently I have a nVidia 7600 GT PCIe x16 dual DVI out running the portrait monitors and an nVidia MX 420 single VGA out running as my...
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    Adding another stick of RAM for Dual Channel?

    EDIT: poked around and found a thread that pretty much answered my question. It currently has one stick of 512MB DDR2 533. I can buy another stick for $24+shipping but I've never tried running dual channel RAM with two different sticks before. Would it be better just to pay $44 for two new...
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    New Build. Been a while.

    Edit: Other than using resource heavy poker-related programs this comp will be used for very basic things. Just want something stable that will be able to handle all the basics without lag. Pretty much went with a lot of things that were on sale. Will reuse old HDDs and PCIe x16 GeForce 6600...
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    Would 4 Drives in RAID 0+1 be noticeably faster than RAID 5?

    Topic pretty much explains the question. I am using Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drives if that would make any difference.
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    Help with my disk array

    Okay let's go down the list, I have a 74gb Raptor 10k rpm 8mb cache a 200gb Maxtor, 8mb cache (ATA-133...if that matters) a 300gb Maxtor, SATA150 8mb cache (maybe 16 not entirely sure) and a 500 GB Hitachi, 16mb cache SATA300 my current set up is 74GB raptor: XP and programs 200GB...
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    Dual PCIE Graphics Card Help

    I bought an Asus A8R-MVP motherboard and two PCIe x16 in hopes of operating 4 monitors with them. Upon further review, the motherboard manual says that the board can either run two cards in Crossfire mode or one card and a non-vga card. Is there any way to get around this and get both cards...
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    Help getting an equation to excel

    Anyone know what function in Excel I have to use to write the equation, y*1.02^x=z? i have y and z already, so it would look like 2600*1.02^x=4200. Pretty sure I have to somehow get x alone on one side of the equal sign for it to be feasible, but remembering back to old math classes isn't...
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    Reccomendations for Component Cable?

    Running it from my Scientific Atlanta 8300HD digital cable box/DVR to my 23" Samsung LCD HDTV. Just want a very clear HDTV picture as the component cable the cable company gave me is not providing it. Willing to spend up or aroung $75-125.
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    How good a video card?

    Wondering how good of a video card I should get for DVI to HDTV (Through an HDMI converter) playback of DVD's and downloaded video (which are obviously compressed and not HDTV quality, so I'm not sure how much a difference it will make.) I bought a 6600GT already, but I need to buy another card...
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    Easiest to set up AMD X2 Board?

    I've read hundreds of NewEgg reviews on X2 compatible boards, and all of them have at least a few people complaining they're impossible to setup or a major pain in the back. So in an effort to avoid a similar fate I'm going to ask it: "which is the easiest, least problematic board?" All I really...
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    AMD vs Intel Dual Core

    A friend of mine said that if I had no intention of overclocking that a pentium was better than an AMD, just wondering what you good folks thought about it. I don't run a lot of highly demanding programs just several instances of several different programs simultaneously. Here's a rundown of...
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    Bluetooth CF Cards

    I'm looking to buy a Fujitsu P1510D http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834110164 It's an ultra-compact convertible and doesn't even have a PCMIA card slot. I was wondering if I could buy a Bluetooth Compact Flash card and use it in my notebook. Something like this one that...
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    Dell Coupon Q's

    I'm wondering what is all included in the % off codes for Dell Notebooks. I'm assuming it applies to everything on the first page "Components" because my % off for my Axim worked on everything there. But as for "Services & Software" does anyone know if % off codes apply to things under there...
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    Is the resolution on a Laptop adjustable?

    I keep reading laptop reviews that reccomend you don't get high resolution because it makes the text smaller and harder to read. But I need to get 1920x1200 resolution so that I can properly play multiple tables of poker. My question is, when I'm not playing poker, can I adjust the resolution...
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    Best Custom Notebook site?

    Looking for a site to find a good custom notebook, what I'm looking for is. 1) built in number pad 2) 1600x1200+ resolution (for 4 tables of 800x600 poker without overlap) 3) No expensive pre-packaged software or unecessary tech support that would increase overhead and price. Not...
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    In need of a good power supply

    AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor GIGABYTE GA-K8N Pro-SLI AMD Motherboard 2 sticks Crucial 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 XFX PVT43GNDF3 Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card 4 Hard Drives 2 PCI Video cards DVD/CD-RW Combo DVD-RW Drive Floppy...
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    SLI Question

    I'm wondering if I can buy an SLI motherboard, buy two different video cards (perhaps SLI) and have them run separately, so that I can hook up up to 4 DVI monitors. If anyone knows anything about this, or whether it may vary from board to board please post a response. Thanks in advance, Josh
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    Building an AMD X2 Multi Tasker PC

    I'm looking to be able to play 4-8 tables of poker, watch a compressed video file (IE Movie), surf the net, run several download programs and be able to burn a CD/DVD without any lag. I don't really game, so I don't feel the need to overclock anything. Here's what I'm leaning towards so far...