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    OC w/ 2 different RAM types?

    Hi all, Complete OC noob but been doing tons of reading. Nearly ready to start but for this one thing: I have 4 sticks of RAM, in 2 different flavours. Originally I bought: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148069 Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066...
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    USB external HDD kills USB wireless adapter connection

    Tried to look around the web for this but it's one of those that's hard to write a good query for, y'know? So I've finally twigged that when I plug my external hard drive into my front USB port, my net connection drops. I connect via usb to a WG121 netgear wireless adapter, which varies...
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    Netgear wireless adapter USB nightmare

    Hi all. Having a rubbish time of it recently Reinstalled winXPpro, got almost everything up & running (except optical drive: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...d=2278312&STARTPAGE=1). My problem is that my internet connection keeps dying. I think the problem is the USB support, since - other...
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    Autoselect picture region for resized crop?

    Hi all. I've got a new HTC Touch HD and want to add pictures to all my contacts (It uses outlook contacts). There's a function on the camera to take a picture for a contact, and this ends up being a 240x320 jpg. If i've already decided which original picture sources I want to use, is there any...
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    Reinstall from CD, BIOS sees CDROM, win doesn't

    Hi all. Just reinstalled winXPpro from slipstreamed disc, but the optical drive isn't recognised in windows. it is in the bios and cmos. everything else installed fine, no seeming problem in device manager but that may be because i've installed daemon tools which might be obscuring the lack of...
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    2 SATAs, were in RAID1, both corrupt, won't boot

    Hi all. Had a problem after a RAID1 mirror rebuild whereby my PC wouldn't boot to anything. (http://forums.anandtech.com/me...d=32&threadid=2275668). Messed about in the BIOS until it started booting from the optical (still get 'NTLDR is missing' error when trying to boot to drives), and have...
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    IntelX25-M 80gb OR RAID0 500gb 5yr warrantees?

    Hi all. I'm going through diagnosis on my PC after it died due to mirror raid falling down in stages. I was initially attracted to the RAID mirror idea because people talked about replacing drives with the kind of nonchalant, laissez-faire attitude one might expect from a lottery winner deciding...
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    Win7, Vista, or XP Pro

    Hi all. On someone else's laptop killing an evening hoping someone'll ive me some idea how to resurrect my PC from the dead. Again. In the meantime, I've been musing on how to stop my rig crashing, conflicting, or otherwise fucking up massively for seemingly minature reasons. I read a few...
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    Screen blank after IRQ list, afer RAID mirror rebuild

    Hi all. Completely lost, really appreciate any help. [summary: after raid0 mirror rebuild, PC wont display anything after the IRQ allocation table screen at boot, when booting to either primary (the raid mirror) or win XP pro cd] Background: SATA mirrored RAID 500gb, 2 seagate (i think)...
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    CMOS reset, now runs slowly. Modo screwed?

    Hi All. Recently PC not started, turned out to be CMOS needed resetting (GPU forum postthread), all fine since, or so I thought until I noticed how slow it was running. I'm unsure: does anyone know if this hints at an endemic motherboard problem (spec @ end) or something like a software...
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    8800gt 100% spin + dead PC: a sign?

    Hi all. Got home today & powered on but nothing happened: nothing on the monitors, no startup sounds, no usb activity. I've not changed anything since the last boot so I don't know what could have happened. The only useful hint i've got to go on is that my XFX 8800gt, which usually blasts along...
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    Remotely trn on PC & Login

    After trawling google trying to find answers to an idea i've had for ages, i wondered "where can i just ask a big bunch of nerds who might have the answer?" and instantly realised, o favourite forum of wonderful geekery, maybe you guys and gals have some ideas. I've just found logmein.com, a...
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    Highest, Easiest and Cheapest: Overclocking an E6600 vs. E6400 vs. E4300

    Hi all. I've been reading up and planning to buy a full new rig and was pretty secure in my choices from the top down (CPU > Mobo > RAM > etc) but recent chat (Anandtech E4300 Forum Thread) suggests that maybe the E6600 isn't the best choice for great speeds and good price when overclocking...
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    Good rig setup?/ why dell?/building advice

    Hi all. Firstly, cheers for all the info you?ve poured into these pages ? I?ve been in the background for ages now, copying & pasting & learning. I?ve pretty much decided on what to buy but before I put any money down I thought I?d ask you guys & gals for your opinions on the setup and also on...