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    MSI NX7900GTX video passthrough?

    Howdy, I have an MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E card and can't seem to make head or tails out of whether it supports being able to connect a video source to the card and have it put it on another source. basically i want to take the s-video out from my gamecube, hook it into the s-video port on the...
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    Dumb Question about installating XP onto SATA

    I feel completely stupid for asking this (but desperate and tired enough not to care)... Finally built my current rig (a task i bother with every 3 or 4 years), and of course i'm stuck at installing XP :(. XP doesn't recognize that any hard drives are installed (there's 3 recognized by...
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    e6600 stock HSF or Titan Vanessa

    I have a retail e6600 on the way (to be used with the asus p5w deluxe) and am looking to overclock as far as i can (not interested in water cooling). i'll probably be getting som arctic silver 5 to replace the gunk on all the HS's on the mobo/cpu, but am wondering if anyone has had any...
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    Looking for suggestions about a mid level build.

    Looking to build a mid to upper level gaming rig, but have been out of the "what's hot what's not" loop for quite a while. Here's what I'm thinking so far. price is an issue, as listed are shipped. WD Caviar SE16 250GB Cooler Master eXtreme Power 600W ($40 after $50 rebate) Aspire...
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    ? Device for data/media storage without computer.

    Curious if anyone knows of any device that would allow me to connect to my movie camera that would automatically (whether i have to program it to do so or otherwise) move a specific folder (and data) to itself, without having a PC in the picture. i.e., I have a movie camera with a 30gig...
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    Anyone ever try the Evoluent vertical mouse?

    you can check the thing out at their site evoluent.com. but i'm curious whether someone has tried it out and has an opinion? amazon rankings put it as a very good product, ebay has them for about 60 shipped or so... i spend about 12 hours a day in front of the pc (between home/work), that...
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    Exchange 2003 Distribution List

    as the stubject states, how do i add/create a distribution/mailing list that is composed of exchange user (someone@ouragency.org) and non exchange users (someone@yahoo.com)? can't find jack on this anywhere. anyone here know by any chance? tia andy
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    GoGamer.com & Half Life 2 Collector's Edition???

    per subject, anyone know if they plan on carrying the collector's edition? and why are they THE WORST company in terms of customer service? and why don't they offer media mail rate shipping? I don't need to have everything in my hands within an hour of submitting the order.... I've...
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    IDE HD getting put in PIO mode

    setup: IS7/2.4@3.3/1GB Geil/6800gt/audigy2zs/cdburner/dvd/IDE seagate 160 on SATA1/IDE Maxtor 160 on SATA2/XPproSP2 The seagate (c:\) works perfectly whether in 'normal' mode or in safe mode. The Maxtor gets pushed down to PIO in normal mode and seems to show up fine when windows is in...
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    Does anyone make a SIDE AIR DUCT for cases?

    for use on a clear side panel fan, to duct the air from that fan closer to the cpu/heatsink, instead of directly on teh plastic housing of the huge leadtek 6800gt clear would be nice :) but i suppose with that huge leadtek card sitting behind the side panel fan it might have to be too...
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    Looking for the article on setting up a SATA boot drive on ABIT mobo

    not having luck finding the link to the walkthrough for working with SATA on my rig. I have a reason to reformat, and thought i would take this opportunity to use the 2 serillel2 converters to convert 2 of my 160gb drives (1 maxtor & 1 seagate) to SATA, for some reason nothing wanted to...
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    What are some of the best online places to buy GAMES?

    Tried a search but couldn't find anything... besides gogamer/eqgames/gamestop, are there any other sites (in the US) that are good sources for priceshopping? I mean other then froogle/pricegrabber/dealtime, sites specifically for gaming. PC only, i don't care about consoles. TIA andy
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    Network Traffic Control Systems...

    We're looking at our options right now for controlling/filtering traffic (spam/email/web sites/viruses). We're an educational agency providing internet access to almost 2 dozen schools, and we need to be very carefull (obviously) as to what they have access to. We've worked with SonicWall...
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    Outlook XP problem with attachments

    curious if anybody's run into this one? I'm trying to figure out why when a particular computer sends a particular PDF file, it arrives renamed with a digit at the end of it; for example from "File.pdf" to "File.pdf 1" other pdf's sent from that station seem to arrive fine. the system is...
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    Want to build a computer workcenter/desk

    I'm looking at planning a nice/big workcenter for my basement that i'll be finishing soon, curious whether anyone knows of any plans or sites that have plans with examples of more 'advanced' desks? as in something more then a single L shaped desk, I'm thinking of at least a U design, but would...
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    >> Need help with conference room AUDIO/VIDEO

    hello, I need to purchase some equipment to update one of our conference rooms. This is for a state educational agency so money IS an object... We picked out the Optoma EzPro 755 as the ceiling mounted projector as we can get that at a great price due to our state purchasing 'options'...
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    GOOGLE turning to crap??

    over the last week or two i've started noticing that whenever i do a search on google (using toolbar or their main page) i first get a page of 'related' commercial crap before having to continue to the next page with the actual search results. did i miss some setting somewhere?? or are they...
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    NEED USB STORAGE (98) DRIVER, please help...

    howdy, i'm under the assumption that win98 external usb storage drivers are generic in nature (if i'm wrong let me know). With that in mind, does anyone have an archive of a driver set they could email me for use with one of those external usb1.1/2 laptop HD drives? I need to go to an...
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    Looking to improve my stock P4 cooler.

    This is probably a topic beat to death, but i couldn't seem to find anything too usefull with the search function... Anyway, I have a 2.4@3 currently on an IS7, according to the system temp monitor my cpu hovers between 57-61C while gaming. If I'm not mistaken that's on the higher end of the...
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    Difference between ti4200 and ti4200SE?

    can someone tell me the diff between the ti4200 and the ti4200SE? i think i might have read somewhere at one time tha the SE has an additional video out connector or somethign like that? whereas the 'normal' only has the standard analog monitor input? Thanks.
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    Which graphics card for a 1.2tbird?

    Giving my old AMD 1.2tbird system to my little brother, and would like to know what you guys think i should put in there for a graphics card, he'll be doing a lot of gaming on it (he's 9). He got a new 17" monitor so i'm going to try to limit him to a resolution of 800x600 for gaming, maybe...
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    Creative 6600 6.1 speakers?

    anyone have any comments on perhaps why i shouldn't bother buying these? And no, i'm not interested in spending the extra cash for the klipitzwhatever speakers, i have the audigy 2 right now with my old cambridge soundworks 4.1 speakers (the little square beige ones if anyone had them before). I...
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    GeForce 3 ti500 artifacts on the screen...

    Hellos, Have a ti500 that i'd like to put into an older system for my little brother, but it doesn't seem to work quite right.... a quick little story: was using the card in a system, then one day noticed strange artifacts appearing after a little while on the screen (this is at work, so no...
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    4.1 speakers keep resetting to 2.1

    anyone ever run into this before? i have an audigy 2 with the older cambridge soundworks fps1000 (?) speakers (4.1), running XPpro. I got this card recently and it seemed to work fine for the first 2 days, then started resetting the speaker configuration after every reboot, seems windows...
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    Abit IS7 and fan connectors

    Anyone know if I can use 3pin Y-cable splitters on 2 of the 3 fan connectors on the motherboard? for a total of 5 fans connected to the motherboard (aside from the cpu/chipset ones), they're the standard 80mm clear/led antec types. The power supply is more then capable of the load, but not...
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    Testing an ATX 2.03 Power Supply?

    Anyone know of a link that diagrams the steps necessary to test a new power supply without hooking it up to a new motherboard (that hasn't come in yet). TIA andy
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    modern ATX/P4 case power button...

    Hello, i'm considering doing my own case/mod (converting an old Gateway 486dx2/66e tower for new system), but am wondering about the power button on the front. Those of you old enough might remember that the power supplies were connected directly to the front power buttons back in the days...
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    DDR400 timing question

    Hello all, I just received 2 sticks of Geils ddr400 (256mb) from newegg. Quick question, the item description said it was DDR400 CL=2.5-6-3-3. I received one like that and the other one was labeled as CL=2.5-8-4-4. Its been a while since i remembered what the timings stood for and what was...