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    DDR3 compatibility?

    I just build a new system with an Asus P8Z68V Pro, i5-2500k, G.Skill DDR3-1333 (2x4GB) replacing on older P5BE/E6600/DDR2-800 system. Win7/64 HP on an Intel X25-M SSD (80GB.) BIOS 0902, and for the purposes of this post, the BIOS was pretty much default settings (no OC) except for some minor...
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    Intel Rapid Storage Tech and SpeedFan

    In the process of a new build using a Corsair M4 64GB/v009 SSD/SATA3.0 for caching and an Hitachi 1TB/SATA3.0 mechanical drive on an Asus P8Z68V/i5-2400, I've noticed that SpeedFan 4.45 loses the SMART data and the HD temp data when I activate acceleration in IRST. If I disable acceleration...
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    $500 to spend: build or buy?

    Need the box only. Case and PS CPU and cooling Mobo RAM HD Video card HD Win 7 ??? Already have monitor, KB, mouse and external backup drive. Need to replace an old PIII. BB has an Asus Essentio under $500. Can I do better if I build my own for that price?
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    printer on the LAN

    I set up a wireless router (WRT54G) a long time ago for a friend. There is a HP 7400 AIO printer connected by ethernet to the router. All has worked just fine for a long time. For some reason, one of the wireless computers won't connect to the printer. I can ping the printer, but when I go to...
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    P5B-E questions

    I'm putting together a component list for a Conroe build. I plan to use the Asus P5B-E mobo and would like to use the Scythe 1100P hsf and possibly the Gigabyte 7600GT Silentpipe II video card. Has anyone built this particular combo? Are there any clearance issues with the above referenced...
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    Antec solo - warm ~$66AR shipped

    Provantage has this for $67.52 less $20 MIR plus shipping. (~$65.xx AR shipped) http://tinyurl.com/u5fc6 I missed out on the Fry's deal. But jumped on this one. Hope it works as expected.
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    Samsung 970p

    I just unpacked the 970p, hooked it up via DVI cable to my DVI out on the 6600GT card... changed the screen resolution from 1024x768 (old 14" temp monitor) to 1280x1024 and changed the refresh rate to 60Hz. I haven't installed any drivers or MagicTune yet. I'm running Nvidia drivers 81.98...
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    Just another AGP video card thread

    Guys, I have an older mobo: Asus P4s533 P4 running at 2.4 GHz 1 Gig ram Xp/home/sp2 Old video card is Leaktek Winfast 3d GeForce2 MX with drivers dated Oct. 2004. The problem I just encountered is that Google Earth is jerky in openGL and lots of artifacts in directX. So I figure I...
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    external storage comparison?

    I've been interested in doing something about backing up my desktop and my laptop for some time. I just need to do it. I found a couple of options with rebates and wondered how they would perform. CompUSA has the Seagate Barracuda 160GB internal ATA/100 drive (ST3160023A-RK) for ~$40 after...
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    Office XP professional deal or scam?

    Office XP pro Resellerratings has no info. Anyone tried this or found it to be pirated?
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    Office XP Professional deal?

    Is this deal for Office XP Professional too good to be true? Office XP
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    Anyone else seen this with XP?

    Fresh install of XP/home on new HD. Anytime I install the FAX console, user logoff times exceed 95 seconds. If I remove the FAX components, logoff returns to normal. The event viewer says something similar to this: >Windows saved user (computer name/user name) registry while an application or...
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    Win XP oddities

    Here are a few oddities I've noticed since I installed a fresh copy of XP/home/sp1 on a new HD. Hardware: -Asus A7V with latest BIOS (1011) -1 Gig Athlon processor -512 Mb Mushkin PC133 SDRAM After installing the FAX component, logging off a user account becomes a 95+ second wait for the blue...
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    Xp/home slow to logoff

    My new Win XP home installation has been running fine. However, it has recently begun to take easily 90 seconds in order to go from log off/log off to the screen that says, "Logging off." Until just a few moments ago, it logged off normally. but now, every UID I've tried takes a similar time to...
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    Partition Magic 6.0 and XP?

    I have emailed PowerQuest and searched the forum, but found no info at all on PM. PM has been in my arsenal for a long time. I've use PM 6.0 successfully with W2k. Now that I have Win XP, I'm trying to find out if PM 6.0 will work with it. I've heard that XP has some changes that won't allow...
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    A7V and firewire?

    Anyone having success with the Asus A7V and firewire/USB2.0 combo PCI cards with either W2k or Win XP? I've tried BIOS 1003 (my original) and BIOS 1011 (latest I've found). BIOS 1003 W2k/sp3 and Win XP/sp1: boots with the card but gives random reboots when a firewire device is connected to the...
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    Win XP/W2K and IRQ sharing

    Mobo: Asus A7V BIOS 1011 5 PCI slots... all populated: Slot 1: USR modem Slot 2: noname USB2.0/firewire combo Slot 3: NIC Slot 4: Adaptec 2906 Slot 5: SBLive value Problem: fresh install of XP/sp1 on old BIOS (1003) boots up, but gives random reboots when a firewire CF reader is connected to...
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    Why is this thread locked?

    Thread Can someone explain? There was some good info about ACPI and IRQ management. I wanted to follow up on some of the comments there. I have a hardware issue related to IRQ sharing with Win XP. The thread was off-topic; an explanation was left in the thread. Due to the huge amount of...
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    BIOS or hardware problem?

    I recently got my first digicam. I also bought a combo USB2.0/firewire combo PCI card and a firewire CF reader. I installed this in a W2k/sp3 system with an Asus A7V (1003 BIOS)/1 Gig Athlon/512Mb ram PC. I suffered random reboots of the system but all the pieces worked... sorta. I seem to have...
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    USB 2.0 and printers?

    Anyone know if a slow device like a printer will benefit from USB 2.0 vs USB 1.1? I just bought my first USB device last night.. a Canon i850 printer. I just read on the box that it is USB 2.0 full speed. Since my mobo (Asus A7V) only offers USB 1.1, I'll have to get a USB 2.0 PCI card to...
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    Old AST Premmia GX P90 problem

    I'm doing some volunteer work trying to help resurrect some old donated PCs. We have about 20 of these boxes and no docs at all. They are generally equipped with a 528 Mb HD and a SCSI adapter with a SCSI NEC 4x CDROM and some other goodies. The mobo has a SCSI connector running from near the AT...
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    XP/multiple accounts/printing

    My brother-in-law has XP on one of his machines. He also has a Lexmark multi-function printer installed. Recently he decided to create user accounts on the XP machine. After doing so, he could not print from any account. My suggestion was to uninstall the printer, recreate the accounts, then...
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    OE 6 slow to open

    I've done a global search thru Anandtech and have not seen this problem addressed. Hope someone here has an idea for me. I have a W2k/sp2 machine. Asus A7v/1 Gb Tbird/512 Mb Mushkin/NAV 2001 up-to-date, etc. and use OE 6 for email. I recently read a page in the W2k help file that gives some...
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    cable modem choice

    I've been looking at either DSL or cable to replace my dialup connection. I finally decided on cable (RoadRunner), and have a choice of putting a NIC card in my computer or using a USB cable modem negating the need for a NIC. I'm running W2kpro sp1. Is there any reason to choose the NIC over...
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    assign drive letter to removeable storage/Win2k?

    Is there any way to assign my choice of drive letters to external removeable storage devices like SyQuest or Iomega drives under Win2kpro? Using Control Panel/Administrator tools/computer management/storage/disk mgmt I can alter CD drive letter assignment just fine. But external removeable...
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    Drive Image 4.0/Win2K/NTFS

    I have a new system with W2kPro/NTFS. I just received DI 4.0 and want to make a bootable CD to have on hand before I began customizing, repartitioning and loading my software and data. A brief scan of the W2k instructions created some questions. Can anyone help? When the manual talks about...
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    Samsung 900nf customer comments

    LXi, I finally found the comments about bowing of lines on the 900nf model. It's from the onvia site.. go to the 900nf page and read the customer comments. Here's a quote from one (and there were many like it): Poor Geometry Yet another Diamondtron based monitor gets an F in geometry. My...
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    pc speakers (2.1)

    I've tried to find pc speaker demos at local Best Buy, Circuit, City, Sears, CompUSA, etc., but have found few working demos. It's been tough to compare speaker setups. I'm primarily interested in a 2.1 setup, and would like to spend <= $100. So far, I like the Altec Lansing ATP3 speakers...
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    Samsung 950p vs 900IFT

    I'm interested in a couple of Samsung shadow mask tubes. Can anyone enlighten me as to why I should pay ~$100 more for the 900 IFT vs the 950p? Dot pitch is .20 vs .26 and flat shadow mask vs shadow mask (IFT vs p). Otherwise, specs for both appear similar. I haven't found them both in the...