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    Dell PC of 3+ years will not turn on, shut off suddenly

    Anyone have any ideas what could be wrong? PSU?
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    Need help: Opening an account with an investment company (Mutual Funds)

    I've been browsing around investment websites, reading a little bit, etc. and wanting to throw some money into a mutual fund. Some of the sites I have visisted such as Franklin Tempton, Oppenhiemer, etc. all have places for New Users to create accounts, yet they all prompt you for an account...
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    Looking for desktop NIC that allows VLAN tagging

    Looking for a NIC for a desktop that has the option for VLAN tagging on the NIC port itself. Anyone know any off the top of their head that they would recommend? Thanks in advance.
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    Any recommendations on a 4-8 port KVM?

    I am in the market for an 4-8 port KVM. Can I just pick up the cheapest one, or are there some brands I should try to avoid? Anyone have any recommendations of ones they have experience with?
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    Looking for cheap, passively cooled card to play WOW

    Title and summary says it all. Just need a card to run WOW. It is used for a botting box, so I don't care if I have to run at lowest settings and have lag in busy areas. Thanks for your time!
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    How to disable touchpad/keypad on Dell Inspiron 8100?

    Anyone know how to? I recently came into posession of my sister's old laptop in which she had spilt a soda into the keypad. Thus whenever the system comes on, it is as if the F1 key is being held down as 10s and hundreds of Help windows flood the screen, so I wanted to try using an external...
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    Looking for a video card ~$150

    I generally get a video card every 3-4 years, as I tend to stick with a game for a long time. Last card I got was a GeForce3 Ti450 during my HL1 (TFC, CS, DoD) days, and that is what I am using still. WoW runs fine around 12xx x 9xx widescreen, but the FPS is definately suffering, and bringing...
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    What Is The Best Bang Per Buck For Passive Cooling For GF3?

    I just recently jumped in on a recent Dell 400SC deal, and after moving over all my parts I wanted to keep, the stock fan on my Gainward GF3 Ti450 is FAR too loud. It appears to be running full blast, even when I lower the settings on the card, and ExperTool doesn't have support for adjusting...
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    Problems with Antec SLK3700AMB PSU; Anybody else have any?

    I have had this case for roughly 3-4 weeks now, got on it when NewEgg had the free shipping. It has been fine up til this past Friday. And then it happened. My current setup is a P4 1.6a OCed to 2.4, Asus P4B533-VM, 2x512 Kingston HyperX PC3500, GF3 Ti450, Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! 5.1...
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    Dell TrueMobile 2300 Won't Grab IP; 3Com and Linksys Do Though

    Was testing out my friend's Linksys router as he left it over here and wanted to give it a look compared to my Dell TrueMobile 2300. Upon finishing playing with the Linksys, I went to hook my Dell TrueMobile 2300 back up. I have tried rebooting it, rebooting the cable modem, everything, yet it...
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    Which brand Radeon 9600Pro is recommended?

    It is time for me to upgrade my video card as I am running a GF3 Ti450 64MB, and have been eyeing the 9600Pro, mainly because I can flash it up to 9600xt. Is PowerColor the most popular brand to go with for the 9600Pro? Or is there another? Thanks in advance.
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    Looking for recommendations on a P4 mATX Board w/ SATA

    Title and summary say it all. Anybody use a P4 mATX board recently that has SATA that they would recommend to a fellow member? Going to sell off my Shuttle SB61G2 and going to go back to my true love of mATX, but want to bring my Raptor, P4C and Dual DDR with me. Thanks in advance, -chester
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    Anybody Got Any Good Links To Stores That Sell Plain mATX Cases

    I am looking for a nice small and somewhat wide mATX case that is wide enough so I can accommodate hopefully at least a 92mm as an exhaust in the back and doesn't have that many caps and cheap plastic looking designs to it. Anybody got any stores they recommend? I have been through newegg and...
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    Need Help Running Dual DDR in Dell 400SC

    I bought the pieces about 3 weeks apart individually, but that shouldn't affect the ability to run Dual DDR, correct? When I go into the BIOS to enable Dual DDR, it is set to Single DDR and I am unable to change the mode. Anybody have any ideas why? Thanks in advance, -chester
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    Raptors and their additional height

    Just started to put my old Shuttle back together after picking up a Raptor and a DVD burner, and when I have the Raptor in the top 3.5" slot, its little additional height seems to prevent me from having the 5.25" from being down low enough so I can screw it into the cage. Anybody else have this...
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    Dell TrueMobile 2300 Wireless Router Problems - RESOLVED

    So I jumped on this deal a month or two ago, and have finally got around to setting it up. I put in the CD that came with it and it said that it needs to verify network connectivity before installing it, so I unplug from my old 3com router and plug right into the modem. So after 3 attempts, it...
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    Router Problem: I get link, my Router gets IP and gateway, yet computers can't do anything - FIXED

    I have my router plugged into my modem and 3 computers into the router. The router can renew and release IPs just fine. DHCP is enabled on the router. The computers get their IP addresses with no problem via DHCP and everything checks out just fine. All computers have link fine, and can ping...
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    Running WinXP on Dell 400SC

    Anybody who does this, what did you do for drivers for the onboard NIC, and USB? Since Dell only appears to have support Win2K, Win2k3, Linux and a few others.
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    OT: CompGeeks 200 somthing CD Wallet Deal

    I saw some people were ordering 5+ or more. If anybody has 1 they are willing to sell, I'd be very interesting as I missed out on the deal and am in need of one. Thanks in advance. EDIT: Thanks for the help guys, my mistake of not putting it in I WANNA thread.
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    Need Configuration Help with Nortel Passport

    Anybody know where I need to check to enable Telnet sessions? I checked up config/sys/access-policy and played around in there, but no dice. Am I looking in the right spot?
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    Raptor Owners - How loud are they?

    I jumped on the Dell 400SC band wagon, and was thinking of getting a Raptor to run my OS, apps, and games off of, but how loud are they? Seeing the Dell is pretty quite from what I am reading, and I have a Barracuda V and a .7 in my current system that I am going to move over, so if the Raptor...
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    Question about P4M chips

    I bought a P4m 1.8 from somebody on the forums about a few monthes ago and was using it in my desktop, and am looking to sell it to a fellow AT user and he is wondering he can put the chip back into a laptop. To my knowledge, it should be able to pop right back into a laptop and work fine, but...
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    Watercooling Setup for mATX Case - I need you guy's help!

    Being in a money crunch, I've came to the conclusion I can do without my Shuttle I just bought two weeks ago and my P4m 1.8, and have decided to pull together a few parts to build my desktop PC. I'll be using a P4 1.6a and a Asus P4B533-VM, along with some OCZ PC3500. Now I just got this case...
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    Shuttle compatibility with Linux?

    My friend is interested in buying a Shuttle, but will only do so if it is compatible with Linux i.e. he doesn't want to buy one only to have to waste his PCI slot for a NIC. Does anybody know if Shuttle is compatible with Linux and if so, have you had good luck with it?
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    Drivers for USB Game Console Controllers for PC (Playstation specifically) - FIXED

    Does anybody have or know where to get a driver for the Sony Playstation controller for the PC? I can set all the buttons, but the arrow button and sticks don't seem to work for GTA:VC as far as being able to be programmed.
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    Question about the Lovegate Worm

    I think it is a worm, I don't know much about these things. Anyways, about once a day, Norton Antivirus 2k3 with latest updates will say it has found a Lovegate in my netservices.exe file within windows, and that it deletes it everytime it finds it (which is about once a day). Does anybody know...
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    Something/body is using up my bandwidth. How can I check where/who it is

    I am on dial-up and since I don't have much bandwidth to begin with, I really need every single .1 kb/sec I can get for playing games. Norton picked up a worm earlier this morning, but after updating it, and running it again, it won't find anymore yet I still think one is there. Are there any...
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    Terrible Onboard Sound When Playing Half-Life w/ SB61G2 - UPDATE (When playing any game at 1600x1200)

    Anybody else having this problem? For listening to mp3s and for watching video, the onboard sound is perfect. When Half-Life installs, it also does a test .wav to make sure your sound is working and that was fine, but when I joined a game to play Day of Defeat it was absolute sh*t. Extremely...
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    How To Transfer Saved Games in Grand Theft Auto:Vice City

    Anybody know what file the saved games are in in Grand theft Auto: Vice City for the PC? I just put together my new computer, and wanted to copy over my saved games seeing I am 75% done with the game.
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    Windows Shows My 160 GB Drive As Only 132GB - FIXED

    I'm installing Windows 2000 Pro on my new hard drive, and it is only showing it as 132 GB. What should I do?
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    Got my Shuttle SB61G2 (came a day early)! Few questions and comments

    First off, I have to say that a Shuttle looks more beautiful in person. Even though there are some scratches on the inner part of the frame, I could care less about those. Second off, do people switch out the 80mm fan that is in there for a quieter one or 7v it? And should I dremel off the...
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    What gaming video card is used in your Shuttle?

    I have a GF3 Ti450, and it does the job good, but I am looking at upgrading it soon with the release of Star Wars Galaxies (I will use that as my excuse to justify to myself that I need a new vid card).
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    Sub 18" LCDs w/ 1600x1200 Resolution

    Are there any out there? And if not, does anybody think they will ever get this high of a resolution? Is there a technology barrier?
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    SATA drive worth $30 more than regular IDE?

    Picking me up a Shuttle, and was looking at getting a Seagate Barracuda V because I absolutely adore my current one in my setup now. So I saw that I can get a 120 gb ata/100 8mb 7200rpm one for $126, or a 120 gb ata/150 8mb 7200rpm one for $155. Is the performance noticably at all? And is it...
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    I want to get the SN45G, but it has that stupid cheap plastic piece over the front = \

    Has anybody took this piece off of any of the models that they own that has the same design? And if so, does it not look bad? I just really wish they went with the design they used for the SB61G2. I really wanna get that XPC, but I think that front plastic piece just looks atrocious = (
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    Question about putting custom art on aluminum case

    I have been a lot time fan of steel cases mainly because they are sturdy, and anybody can easily cut out a design on paper and spray paint the design onto the case with ease and also easily change the color of the case at will. I am looking at picking up a new Shuttle case, and seeing that is...
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    I just want a plain mATX case, is that too much to ask?

    Can anybody recommend where I can pick up a plain and simple, matx case. Just basically a rectangular box. None with these frigging space age front panels with the power button that is a 5 inch round dot, or the cheap transparent plastic panels, just a regular, plain, rectangular box. Thanks in...
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    Speedfan Question: SpeedFan doesn't detect my heatsink fan?

    My setup: Asus P4B533-VM P4m 1.8 SpeedFan doesn't seem to detect my heatsink fan even though it is plugged into the CPU_FAN 3-pin header on the mobo. Anybody else have this problem?
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    Does anybody use a Barracuda V as their master HD?

    I am thinking about selling off the rest of my drives and just keeping my Barracuda V as my master hard drive. Has anybody else done this and if so, is it noticably much slower then other hard drives out there? The main point is that I like the Seagate's quietness.
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    Anybody know where to buy an Asus P4GE-VM?

    I've checked NewEgg, GoogleGear, and PriceWatch, but no dice there. Anybody know of any other places in the US I could check out? Thanks in advance.