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    Can't access BIOS from ATI video card

    I have an Sapphire Radeon HD6770 connected to a GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3H-B3. I have the UEFI BIOS installed and for some reason I can't access it when I've got the DVI cable attached to the 6770. If I try I just get a blinking cursor screen. The same goes if I try and hit F12 to boot from other...
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    Where is my CPU power setting in Vista?

    Under Vista's Power Options there is a setting called Processor Power Management. I don't seem to have this option available to me. I have an AMD 64 X2 CPU and AMD Cool n' Quiet is set to "Auto" in the BIOS (Auto or Disable are my choices). From what I understand Vista only shows relevent...
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    Why can't I create a bootable USB stick?

    All I wanted to make was my OCZ USB stick boot into DOS. Nothing more. I'll cut the rant and just say that I've tried just about everything over the past couple of days. I've got three PCs to try with; two have Phoenix BIOSes and the other has an AMI BIOS with USB emulation options (such as...
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    Purevideo and Vista

    So after migrating over to Vista and finally starting to set my HTPC up, I'm a bit confused about something. I've read that latest Nvidia drivers for Vista have the Purevideo software for using the hardware acceleration built in, along with the Purevideo HD stuff. Now, I only have a 6600GT so...
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    Accessing Vista shares with Ubuntu

    I'm fairly new to Ubuntu here. I've basically just set up a second desktop in my place and have put Ubuntu on it. I want to be able to view my shared folders of my Vista PC via this Ubuntu computer. I've installed Samba and have toiled through some aggravating problems and now I can actually...
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    Can't Access Drive in Vista

    I'm not quite sure what the problem is here. I'm using Vista x64 and I can't access a SATA drive of mine. I've got four drives currently hooked up and I have no issues accessing the other ones. The thing is, if I log in as Admin or, in my local acct, if I run a cmd prompt as Admin I can...
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    Moving User data off Vista Partition

    So I've recently installed Vista and I wanted to move most of my data (Users and Program Files) to a separate partition. Users was easy enough; I just changed the folders pointed to in the registry. Program Files is proving to be quite another monster. So far I've gotten close. I've copied...
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    Post system clone kernel panic

    I used DD to clone a master drive onto the drive of another computer. The two pcs are exactly the same, and the DD went off without a hitch. The system is dual boot Fedora 4/WinXP. The XP partition boots fine, but I get the following error when booting linux: Uncompressing Linux... Ok...
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    Revolving Passwords for WinXP?

    I'm wondering if there is a way to set up a server than can revolve Windows passwords, particularly over a domain. Currently, at work we are running into the inconveniences of having to go around to each Windows machine and manually change the Admin passwords every so often. I'm sure there are...
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    A Question on (de)Interlacing

    So I read an article recently and the guy had this to say, which I can't help but feel is misinformed: "Now, on a 1080p HDTV, the frames of an interlaced signal, such as 1080i30, will be displayed simultaneously at the display rate of the HDTV. As a result, you can?t say that 720p is...
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    Can't Share Media with Xbox 360

    I'm trying to share my library with my 360 via WMP 11 beta 2. Once I try and stream music with the 360 it'll see my computer and try and connect afterwards, but it always fails, and it fails the PC media test if I run it afterwards. I'm fairly certain some people have gotten WMP to share with...
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    No 5.1 Audio from Onboard Realtek

    I'm getting sound through the onboard Realtek ALC850 on my Chaintech VNF4 board. It's supposed to support 7.1 audio, but when I connect it to my receiver via the optical connection I only get normal stereo. I'm currently using the latest AC'97 drivers. I've tried the Nvidia drivers but they...
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    Westy LVM-37W1 and Ubuntu

    Hi, I'm pretty new to linux and I'm trying to get my main display, a Westinghouse LVM-37W1 to work properly. I've just installed Ubuntu and during the startup the display works fine, but once the OS fully loads the display just shows a garbled mess of lines, almost as if it were receiving a...
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    Problems with PC video on Westy LVM-37W1

    I just got the set recently and am happy with it as my PC monitor. Only issue I have left to figure out is the following: Whenever I play a video of any kind in WMP or VLC the edges of things like text, people, ocean waves, mountains, etc. are very noisy. Almost like it was an analog signal...
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    Help with WG111 v2 USB and Fedora 4 64-bit

    Is it possible for me to get the Netgear WG111 v2 to be recognized in Fedora Core 4 64-bit? Since it's 64-bit I can't use NDISWrapper. Are there any other options open to me?
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    Building a projector

    I'm looking to build a projector so that I can play games, watch movies with it, etc. I'm wondering if I use a 1280x1024 display as the basis, how much of a hit to image quality due to scaling am I looking at for 720p content? 1080i? I have a monitor but no way to currently test for myself...
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    No Image Scaling with 1905FP?

    If I were to, say, hook up a video game console to the RGB port of my 1905FP, would there be a way to have the image not be scaled to 1280x1024? I'd want to use unscaled 720p, naturally, but it doesn't seem that the 1905FP has a setting for scaling functionality in the OSD.
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    Question on NAT Traversal

    I have a question I couldn't find a straight answer to. I read that NAT Traversal would allow programs that require forwarded ports to run simultaneously on multiple pcs in a network. Does that mean it allows programs to run on multiple pcs by forwarding some of the port range to one pc and...
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    Problem with IRQL blue screen

    Qutie the problem. I've checked around for sources of this error and after reading other solutions I've 1) upgraded the drivers on my USB wireless adapter, 2) ran Memtest for 6+ hours (no errors), and 3) checked all of my HDs (no errors). I only get the "IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL" error when...
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    Win XP Taskbar Acting Funky

    I just built the machine and put XP Pro on it; no major issues. I have noticed, however, that my taskbar keep placing an empty toolbar in it. Sometimes it won't be there and I'll walk away for a minute or two, and when I come back I'll notice it in the taskbar. Occasionally it won't be empty...
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    Problems setting up DI-524 AP

    So I've tried adding this DI-524 to my current router. The AP is pulling an IP of 192.168.1.101 (according to my Linksys router), so I tried going to the address, but I get time out errors. I also can't ping the address. I afterwards tried just using the DI-524 as my only router, but even...
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    Problem with XP32 install on SATA

    This problem didn't seem to be addressed in the other topics on this subject. In my case, yes, the SATA drives are seen by Windows just fine, but the problem arises when I try and install. After I create a partition Windows says that it can't install because I need an XP-compatible partition...
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    TV card w/ component input?

    I like to play my consoles and DVDs in progressive mode. Since I'm getting a nice new 1905FP, I'd like to be able to not only play/watch on the monitor, but also capture HQ vids and such. I used to do this with S-video when I had my 9700 Pro, but I'd like to know if I have the option of...
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    Athlon XP and MP dual cpu config

    I currently have a single Athlon MP 2400+ on a dual-chip board. A second 2400+ is pretty hard to find at a reasonable price, so I'm wondering if I could instead buy an XP 2400+ and perhaps modify it to run in an SMP config. If so, would I run into any problems in placing it on the same board...
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    RAID card dead, can I save my data?

    I've just come to realize that my RAID card has perished (PC won't POST with it attached). I had the drives configured in a RAID 1 array and I have a spare controller card (exact same model). I know that all of the array information was stored on the card itself, so is there a way for me to...
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    Win XP Domain Issue

    I'm trying to add computers to a new domain (server is running 2003). I can do so successfully and log into the domain afterwards, but if I try and add users to the a group afterwards (like Administrators), the domain is not seen as a location for accounts so I can't actually add anyone. Even...