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    In all my years working with pc's, I've never seen this beofre

    Had this happen to me before. Make sure it's not your USB ports going bad. Disable USB in the bios and see if it posts.
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    Sytem freezes when attaching USB devices

    I know the issue w/ my vid card isn't messing with the USB ports, just thought I'd throw that in to see if anyone could recommend a fix:). Strange thing, though. Thought about what Narse said about this happening to him after installing a PS3 controller, so I uninstalled my Logitech mouse, d/l...
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    Sytem freezes when attaching USB devices

    Oh, and another thing, the whole system freezes to the point to where not even the event viewer will pick up the error. So, unless anyone has any ideas to the contrary, I'm thinking this is hardware related. Would love for it to not be, so any more help would be greatly appreciated.
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    Sytem freezes when attaching USB devices

    Tried that in normal startup and in safe mode. Same error w/ the graphics card saying the display is an invalid CRT type (what?!) and apparently my hard drive is predicting imminent failure. Crap. There were no errors or warnings when adding any of the USB devices, though. I'm thinking my...
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    Sytem freezes when attaching USB devices

    I do have some errors in event viewer, but those were there well before this incident started. It's with my graphics card, a 9600 all-in-wonder. The T200 unified avstream driver. Code 10 error that I've long since quit trying to fix. Tried uninstalling, cleaning the registry, updating...
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    Sytem freezes when attaching USB devices

    No errors from when the Zen was connected. Nothing referring to any external devices/drives/USB anything.
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    Sytem freezes when attaching USB devices

    Have an older build. Mobo is MSI 655 Max-LS running WinXP SP2 (yeah, I know it's a dinosaur, new build coming soon:)). Issue just started w/o warning. Was about to transfer some files to my Creative Zen Vision:M, and my player was detected but then the system froze. Had to restart and then...
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    Possible virus/hdd failing - Not sure. Please help!

    Doh! Must be the lack of sleep. Thanks for the reminder.
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    Possible virus/hdd failing - Not sure. Please help!

    Buddy of mine asked me to look at his laptop. Said it started slowing down. Took a look at it and man, is it ever lagging. Takes a good 3 - 5 minutes just to start up. Once in Windows, continued severely lagging/freezing. No internet browsers would work (Firefox, IE), no virus scan would...
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    Great price for Creative Zen Vision: M

    Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it: $199.54 for a 30 GB Zen Vision: M. Available online only at Walmart.com, of all places. I guess they won't be undersold. Missed out on the $219.99 at Newegg during Black Friday weekend, but I'm happy now! null They do charge tax where applicable...
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    NewEgg needs a Customer review Disclaimer

    I often find Newegg reviews useful if there are a great many reviews for the product. However, Newegg's review screening needs to be reworked. I've seen product reviews posted by people that didn't even have the product. Huh? Exactly how that makes it past the screening process is beyond me.
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    Firefox broken

    Okay, just updated to version 1.5.0.2 a couple days ago. Everything was working fine until I restarted tonight. None of my engines are installed, all of my bookmarks are gone, and Firefox will not retain any settings after closing and restarting the program. I can't install any extentions...
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    What do you think about this setup?

    Yeah, I think he asked to have his system critiqued, so the "poor people expressing their feelings to those with money" comment was a bit severe. I don't want to flame anyone, but DAMN that was harsh, hehe ;P Ok, here's my 2cents. I'll agree with PurdueRy about RAID and the 30" display as...
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    Motherboard-Video card, recommendations for the Athlon 64 X2 3800

    Why not go with an ATI X850XT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102688 Kicking card for the price asand stands up more than well enough to the 6800GS, but if you want the 6800GS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130267 Spending $200US you...
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    Building my first Comp: Please Help!

    Looks almost identical to a rig I'm building for a co-worker, except I chose the A8N-E as it supports SATA 3Gb/s. It's only $12 more; however, that will only help with your burst transfer speeds, not sustained speeds. I personally chose Asus over Epox b/c according to all the user reviews on...
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    Problem with comp recognizing HD

    Is it SATA or PATA? If SATA, make sure the drivers for the SATA controller are installed so that Windows will recognize it (the controller). Afterwards, use the drive tools that came with the drive or d/l the drive tools in order to format it.
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    Is this drive a decent one?

    I'm digging Western Digital. The only drive I've had bomb on me so far was a Maxtor, but hey, hard drives die, no matter the brand. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136003 Just got this about a week ago and boy does it fly.
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    AMD or INTEL

    You'll be able to get the things you need for about that much. Make sure you get the right PSU, one that the main line has a 24pin connector. You can get some good value ram for about 90. As far as the vid card, still one of the best bang-for-the-buck cards available is the 6600gt IMO, which...
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    One 7900 GT, or two 7600 GT's in SLI?

    Defo get the 7900GT. I don't think I'll ever bother with SLI or Crossfire, as by the time I'm ready to upgrade my card I'll just go and get one of the newest cards out as that will probably outperform any older SLI configuration anyway.
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    Questions about CPU Ungrade?

    I would also check out eWiz.com. They have the OEM Pentium 4 2.8E 1MB cache 800mhz FSB for only $105.06. I'm finding this website to be a little gem: http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=2.8E_8001M The HSF's recommended by RoD are very nice. Also, check out the Scythe Ninja. However...
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    AMD or INTEL

    You can get an OEM Pentium D 820 from eWiz.com for only 160. Pair that with a decent aftermarket HSF and you're still cheaper than the 3700+. If price is your main concern then I'd recommend that, as far as the processor is concerned anyway; however, if your budget is really tight then I'd go...
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    Lightscribe, yah or neh?

    I just purchased the DW1655 a week ago and gotta say it's pretty sweet. As far as lightscribe I'd say it's a pretty cool option to have. Printable discs are cool but if you ever accidentally spill water on it the image can blur. Not so with lightscribe. Plus, I think it looks rather...
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    Western Digital SE16 WD3200KS

    Looking to replace my hard drive b/c my current one has been giving some ominous signals that it's life is coming to an end. Been looking at the Western Digital SE16 WD3200KS 320GB SATA 3.0gb/s drive but read a lot of reports that it is incompatible with some promise SATA controllers. I have...
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    DVD Burner Recommendation - 3 Drive Comparison

    I just purchased the Benq DW1655 (OEM, from Newegg) and so far I like it a lot. Great speed and I don't really notice much noise like other people have reported. Also, it came with Nero Express 6.6.0.14.
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    Spinning Disc of Death

    Cool. Now I can rest easy. I've heard of this happening before but never experienced it firsthand, so I thought it was a rare event. I'm glad I didn't have a slot loading model <cringes at thought of cd imbedded in leg>
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    Spinning Disc of Death

    In all my years of using computers, I have never before experienced a situation like this: I was just getting ready for my morning run and started looking through some old disc backups and came across some music that I forgot I had. Cool, really wanted to get some of these on my mp3 player...