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    Issue when I click a Drive on Explorer

    Have some one face the following issue with Windows XP SP2 When double click on local disk (C,D,E) "Open with" program will come. But it suppose to be explore the local disk. I have noticed after right click on local disk there is addition propertise "Auto Open". Can some one advise me...
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    USB Devices screw up Windows XP.

    Hello everybody, ---Please give it a read, and help me cause this is about to get me nuts--- I have a VAIO notebook model PCG-FR285E Specs read here specs. The laptop has Windows XP SP2 installed, and three USB 2.0 ports built in. I use them mostly to connect common USB devices like flash...
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    Concern about Core 2 E6300 & MoBo Intel946GZ

    Hi everybody, The only Core2 Duo compatible mainboard available in the place i live unfortunately it's an Intel based on the chipset 946GZ. According to intel datasheets this chipset only support FSB 533/800, but since a Core 2 duo E6300 has a 1066MTs FSB, I'd like to know how will it run...
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    Please Help me diagnosing this

    Hi everyone, I've got a PC which now i considered dead, because no video signal, nor beep codes are present. When I powered it on (i mean plug the cord, not the button) immediately the board starts and only the fan CPU, and the power led begin to work. there is no keyboard lights on, no hard...
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    A8N-E Chipset fan replacement

    Hello Guys, About two weeks ago I bought Two Asus A8N-E from Zipzoomfly, and as i was expecting they came with the tornado noisy crappy chipset fan. I've been reading than a lot of you have opted for buying a new cooler or requesting the replacement by calling to asus. for starting I'm going...
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    what is the max. current supplied by a video card?

    I've got a Geforce 4 Ti 4200 (8x) 128MB from chaintech, the ordinary fan died yesterday, now i'm on the way of mounting another one I removed from an old P2 300 CPU, so my question is simple, this fan must consume about 1.2W (0.1mA*12V DC), Is safe to connect it to the integrated connector of...
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    Is The Mainboard death?..No POST & Blank Screen

    Hi, I need your help please this is the problem when I turn on the power ,the PS and cpu fan start. Also the hard drive and cd rom light blink. I can hear the hard drive starting. I don't see the lights on the keyboard and floppy come on. it seems like the bios isnt even initializing the...
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    Is this HDD operating normal??

    After reading a while and have discovered it by myself definetly the best desktop HDD (entry level) are the samsungs (among seagate n' maxtor).....but well that's not point, i was just saying that because my previous HDD was a 80Gb samsung and rarely failed after 2 months..... That was so tough...
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    What is the equivalent Unix Daemon in WINNT?

    that's it, why do I need to know that? Just a doubt. Thanks in advance!
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    is this OCing too high?

    this was first my overclocked rig: Abit NF7-S, unmodded D24 bios, Vdd:1.6v XP2600+ Tbred-B @ 2200Mhz (200*11) Vcore:1.70v....With Stock HSF Corsair XMS2700C2 2x256MB DC @ 400Mhz DDR, 2-3-3-11 Vdimm:2.9v (real 2.96v) GF4 Ti4200 250/513. Samsung 80GB PATA. WInXP Pro SP1. well, i've been really...
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    I cant edit my Signature, create a "my Rig"

    Why am I not able to create a My Rig page??? What do I do???, always keeps telling me there had an error.
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    What to do after This Prime95 error???

    I've found these speeds very impressive for me, since this is my first OCing. but I want Stability!!! I managed a FSB:Dram of 200Mhz in my Rig. but after 1Hr 12Min, prime95 gave me an error. My CPU temp. gets 42º idle, 50º under load, 57º Max. prime95. Case 28º idle, 33º prime95. This was done...
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    Does a Mobo change imply an entire OS-reinstallation?

    I bought an Abit NF7-S which i'm willing to install it tomorrow, but at this time i'm running on a MSI-K7N2G with an add-on card (GF4-ti 4200). My question is: Might I just simply install all my HW on the new MOBO and boot with the same OS i had before? I'm planning before shut down this system...
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    What App do you use to defragment HDD?

    I just want to now, what do you guys prefer to mantain your HDD Clean from fragmentation?? If you don't mind, tell us Why you use it, and How often
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    what would you suggest to attach heatsinks??

    I'm in NY right now and I'd like to purchase something to attached some heatsinks to my videocard's RAM chips and a HS+fan on my MB's northbridge. I've been reading a little about this stuff and AFAIK the best solution is Artic silver adhessive, but this is too expensive and It has a great...
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    Which Driver would deliver me best sound in my rig?

    As you probably know, Every single mainboard that is based on the nforce2 (MCP, let's keep out the soundstorm or MCP-T from this topic) chipset has onboard sound, in most cases is the realtek driver being used. So....Is the driver offered by the mobo manuf. the same in fact? or would the...
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    What is cheapest digital memory card in market?

    The most popular an d cheapest SD, Flash...I don't you much about it?
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    Have you heard about Nvidia U??

    Established by NVIDIA Corporation, NVIDIA U is a conference developed to promote the advancement of graphics technology through industry and academic collaboration. NVIDIA U 2004 will be a highly focused, one day event. Conveniently held in Los Angeles one day before GP2 and two days prior to...
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    The best digital camera deal under $100

    Well, i'm starting to get ATforums-dependant to acquire all my shoppings, so once again i need your suggetions to buy the best digital camera in 70-100 price range thanks in advance
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    is GFX 5500 worths the 87 bucks??

    I've been searching but i haven't found any clear review, the chaintec FX5500 256mb-128 bit costs 87 bucks, give me suggestions please, all I want is a NEW video card so please don't post ebay trades
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    A new mainboard to my athlon XP system

    Almost a year ago I bought my system, let's say I purchased an entry level rig. MSI-K7N2G-L (IGP+MCP), AthlonXP2600+ , 2 x corsair XMS2700C2 256MB, Samsung 80GB IDE. The rest of the system doesn't care. For these days I've been planning to buy a low budget video card (Radeon 9200 128MB or...
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    a simple mp3 player

    Thats it!! i need a mp3 player which consumes few resources while playing music, i need it cause i'd like to play 3d games at the same time. without seeing a decrease in perfomance. thanks.
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    samsung's FLATCD vs CRT vs LCD

    I wanna hear some thoughts, feedback, opinions about this new type of monitors, the FLATCD, and how they compare with another technologies. Please if you know them deep inside, post some pros & cons list. Thank you, I posted this cause i'm about to buy a new monitor, i know it depends on...
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    SMART Error, is there a chance to save the HDD?

    Hello!! This days i've been checking an old 3.2GB WD Hard disk, i know it's been a lot of time working, probably 7 years in a row. Active SMART reports= RAW error rate the values are: threshold 51, value 1, worst 1. status BAD. I scanned the surface with scandisk under DOS and it reported about...
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    speedfan 4.13 and MSI K7N2G Board?

    Hello, yesterday i installed speedfan and it recognized all the sensors correctly (W82627HF founf on isa at $290 ), but the only feature missed is the speed fan changer, i already read the help on how to making fan speeds change, but it didn't change those speeds. I have two fans attached to the...
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    Undeclocking Limits with athlonXP

    HI all you there, well, this is the story, a friend of mine had been with CPU overheating problems a few time ago, because the systems hangs in everygame played, movie played, etc. so we decided to underclock it. first of all, the specs: MSI kt6 delta, AthlonXP 2400+, an 512Mb PC3200. So, We...
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    Are corsairs XMS2700 modules made of 7.5ns chips??

    that's my little Are corsairs XMS2700 modules made of 7.5ns chips?? taking into accout that the truly ddr333 has to be made of 6ns. anyway i'd like to know how much have you overclocked this memory and what timings were settled??
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    is there any mobo with IGP + MCP-T??

    except MSI K7N2G-ILSR, do i have another choice???
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    MSI K7N2G-ILSR IS DISCONTINUED?? help me to choose

    hi , not so long time ago i wished the msi k7n2g-ilsr because she has MCP2-T + IGP, i mean all-in-one according to MSI website the new proposes are the K7N2G(MS-6570) K7N2GM-L(MS-6777) and K7N2 Delta(MS-6570) none of the above got the MCP2-T + IGP. So can you tell me if there is antoher brand...
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    best DDR memory for my new system??

    hi, i'm planning to build my new system (starting so far memory+mobo+cpu), i'm looking for the best quality/performance ratio products, therefore , and my only doubt is about the best ddr memory choice. my system is based on: mobo: MSI K7N2G-ILSR cpu: athlon xp 2500 or 2600 any comment?? and...
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    how to benchmark in serious sam SE?

    hi i'm one of those who likes to read video cards reviews to further purchase one, and i've seen lately serious sam se is being used to benchmark them... the only thing i wanna know is which are the console commands to run it in demo mode thus swow me the fps obtained. Thank You.
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    connecting the fans , help

    hi you all well i just purchased my two 3"x3" (80mmx80mm) fans for my case, but when i were to set them i realized that my mainboard connectors for the fans have three pins and my fans only have two black and red. How do i do to set them? my fans are 12vDC the mainboard connectors how much...
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    tv tuners recommendation? $50-$80

    i'm searching a good tv tuner with FM and video Capture. >What about WinTV GO-FM? $70
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    oh..help me to uninstall this please

    hi, i don't know why and how, but my burning program (winoncd) disappeared from the uninstall list menu in control panel, i gotta say the program was often crashing so i decided to reinstall it again but when i went there... oopps(Shi**) the program wasn't here anymore i've tried with norton...
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    keyboard problem in games?

    hi everyone, first of all i gotta say my keyboard sucks. i'll purchase another one later.. however i hope that you can solve me this annoying trouble: -when i'm playing games like nfs4 and i pressed more than 3 keys my pc speaker beeps one time and the game hangs by a moment...so the game is...
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    How to benchmak on quake 3 - 1.29f beta?

    hi everyone, i don't know how to run demo001 for benchmarking my system as i did it with the release version i've tried following the instructions: in the console -timedemo 1 -demo demo001 but the commands above don't work anymore in the new version 1.29f beta Am I Lost?...It doesn't exist...
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    How to reinstall IE 5 on windows 98se?

    i've been trying a lot of times to reinstall Internet explorer 5 ( the version that comes with Win98se) from the win98se cd, but i always get a message: something like this " the version is older" , windows can't install it, i've tried from others cds but there's never success...
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    remove the connection request on IE 5 When I'm offline

    Hi, everyone i'd like to know, how to remove the connection request that used to appear everytime when one open IE 5 being offline? I've been searching on the differents options tabs on IE and nothing has worked Thank you! Forgive me writing, English is not my native language
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    stop the connection request on IE 5.01

    Hi, everyone...