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    WiFi vs Wired Speeds

    Hey everyone, I am getting really tired of my WRT54G consistently only giving me 10 Mbps or so when my wired connection is between 40 and 50 Mbps. Is this normal?? I know wifi will never be (until maybe AC routers) as fast as wired, but is such a difference normal?? 10 Mbps wifi on a 50...
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    Dying Router?

    Howdy all, I have a Linksys WRT54G router. Its an older version, say about 3-4 years old. Its been great. I have two PCs running off it wirelessly and a third running with a wired connection. Under normal circumstances I get about 10-15Mbps on the wired connection, and up to 28Mbps...
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    32bit XP sees only 2.5GB out of 4GB....

    Good evening gents and ladies... I was surprised tonight when I was looking at my system properties and noticed that it is only recognizing 2.5GB out of the 4GB total. Now, its been awhile since I installed the 4GB, but I am almost positive it previously saw 3 or 3.25GB. What would cause...
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    Asus P5N-D Front panel audio not working...

    Hey all, I posted this on the ASUS forums but since they are less frequented than the Anandtech ones, I thought I would post here too. I have just installed a new Asus P5N-D motherboard and everything seems to be working GREAT, except for the front panel audio jack. This jack worked fine...
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    New video card crashing system...

    Howdy all... I was under the impression that PCI-e 2.0 video cards were backwards compatible with 1.0 motherboards. Is this not correct? I have just installed a new video card, the XFX 9600GT Alpha Dog with 512MB of DDR3 ram. Now my computer will not stop crashing. It completely freezes...
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    CPU or video card?

    Howdy I am currently running a core2 E6300 at 1.8ghz with a geforce 7600 video card. I believe its 256 mb of video ram. I'd like to upgrade both but only have about $200 to spend right now. If I want to boost my fps in WoW would I be better served by a new 9600 or a new E6750? I am leaning...
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    PCI Express 2.0 is backwards compatible, but....

    ...at what cost? Can anyone tell me if you are losing performance by using a PCIe 2.0 card on a PCIe 1.0 motherboard? I'd really like to upgrade to a GeForce 9x card but I dont want to replace the mobo too. Will I be wasting some portion of the performance the card is capable of? I've...
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    D'oh! Didnt know about the 3GB barrier...

    Ok, so I bought two sets of two 1GB sticks (for a total of four gigs). I didnt know until tonight that Windows only sees three gigs max. Well, 3.25 GB to be exact (according to "My Computer"). My question, is it harmful leaving the extra gig in? Or should I take the second set of sticks out...
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    Built new system, seems DOA?!

    Ok, so I just built my wife an entirely new system. Well, except for the optical drive and video card. Here's the specs: Rosewill R5601-BK 0.8mm Screw-less Dual 120mm Fans ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Rosewill RP550V2-S-SL 550W SLI Ready-ATX12V V2.01 Power Supply 115/230 V GIGABYTE...
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    Deader than a doornail?

    Hello worthy techies! I am hopeful you might be able to shed some light on an issue I am having. My wife's computer died a few days ago. We were sitting on the couch watching Chuck when it suddenly turned off, flashing an orange light on the tower's power button. It is normally green...
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    Major Problem - Cant Boot

    Hey everyone, my wife's computer has gone lost its mind tonight. It was working fine this morning, but all of a sudden it is unable to boot. When we press the power button the normal Dell, then Windows XP splash screens pop up, but after the initial Windows screen (black background, blue...
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    Major System Issue

    Hey everyone, my wife's computer has gone lost its mind tonight. It was working fine this morning, but all of a sudden it is unable to boot. When we press the power button the normal Dell, then Windows XP splash screens pop up, but after the initial Windows screen (black background, blue...
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    Need advice re: video cards...

    Hey all, I recently bought my wife a new 20" widescreen LCD and 256mb DDR2 ATI video card. I was severly disappointed to see the poor performance acheived in World Of Warcraft. The game actually looks BEAUTIFUL on the new screen in the native resolution of 1680x1050, however as soon as she...
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    How to tell if a card is PCI or PCI-E

    Hey all, my fiance's computer says in the device manager that her card, an ATI Radeon X600, is a PCI card. Thing is, my computer says the same thing and I KNOW my card is PCI-E. Both shows just PCI in the device manager properties for the display adapter. Is there any way, short of...
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    Chkdsk Errors Out - Urgent Help Needed

    Hey all, I am in need of some seriously urgent advice. Suddenly today I my PC is going in to CHKDSK everytime it boots, saying one of my drives needs to be checked for consistency. Well it gets to stage 2 of three, about 60-75% of the way through and then errors out saying "an...
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    Incorrect Icon for Jpeg Images

    Hey all, I had to reformat my HDD and reinstall everything due to a virus or corrupted system file. Anyway, now that I have reinstalled Photoshop CS2 the file icons for jpegs should be changed to a PS icon. However, I cant get this to happen. I have corrected the file associations so they...
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    Serious PC Problem!!

    Hey all, as late as this morning, my PC was working fine. Now it has suddenly FREAKED OUT. I cannot boot it up. I get the windows xp screen while loading, I get the welcome screen, then I get to my desk top. As items are being loaded in to the system tray it completely freezes. I have...
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    Core 2 vs P4

    Hey people, wondering how the Core 2 Duo's compare to P4's. For example, my Intel Pentium M at 1.8GHZ in my laptop rates about the same speed as a 2.8GHz P4. So in my new tower I have a 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo. How would this compare to P4's? I ask because a lot of games are still listing...
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    New Harddrive Not Appearing in "My Computer"

    Hey all, I just installed a second SATA interal harddrive. Its a 250GB 7200rpm Seagate. When I started the machine up for the first time after installing it, the icon and balloon for new hardware found appeared down in the system tray. The device manager shows both of the drives and says both...
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    Speaker plug & temp monitoring freeware

    Hey all, now that I've got my C2D system up and running I am worrying about the little things. While my tower has audio plugs on the front and plugs on the back (mobo connections) I dont have my external speakers yet. So in the meantime I want to use the spear built in to the case, and I...
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    Issues with new system - help?!

    Hey all, I have just completed the first custom built PC I've done in probably 6 or 7 years. BOY HAVE THINGS CHANGED!! ;-) Anyway, I am having two problems that I was hoping I could get some help with. First, when restarting the PC or starting it up from being powered off, there is a...
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    New Core 2 Duo System

    Hello! My first post here. I have two questions. I am happy to read an FAQ if there is one but I didnt see any... I havent built a system myself in six or seven years. The variety of RAM alone is terribly confusing. For example there are at least two different types of 240 pin DDR2...