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    Recording Music off Myspace?

    Hey all. There is a local band in CO that has a Myspace page, but have not enabled downloads on their music page. I would like to know if it's possible through software and a simple sound card, to record the music off his myspace page somehow? If this is possible, any tips would be greatly...
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    Trying to run Crysis the best I can...

    Hey all. I have a fairly dated system and want to play Crysis with the best settings possible. I'm running everything on medium right now at 1024x768 and am getting by all right, but I want to know what component I should think about upgrading to get the best performance I can. Here are my...
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    Bypass firewall so I can play yahoo games at work?

    Hey all. Here's my problem... I'm at work and would like to get on yahoo and play some poker, but when I try to connect to a room it won't let me in because I either have a firewall turned on, and not connected to the internet, or the room server is down. I'm guessing it's the firewall issue...
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    Need a new battery for my notebook

    Hey all! I have a Toshiba Satellite A105-S2081 which only has a battery life of ~1.25 hours. I went to Newegg and found this which states in the description that it should be compatible with my notebook model. Turns out that it's not compatible :(. Has the exact same shape and clip-ins, but...
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    New notebook memory not working :(

    I got a Toshiba A105-2081 yesterday with only 256mb DDR2 SODIMM 200pin PC-4200 ram so I decided to hit up the local bestbuy for a memory upgrade. At first I got the cheapest they had in a 2x512 config (forgot the brand name, but it sounded very generic) and popped both in. It powers up and...
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    Notebook Memory Recommendations

    Hey all, I just picked up a new laptop (Toshiba A105-2081) for a great great bargain of $280 new from my sister who got it as a gift for school. It's as low budget as they come these days but here's some of the specs: Celeron M 1.6ghz 40gb HDD Integrated graphics 256mb DDR2 pc4200 The...
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    Gigabyte P965 DS3 Memory requirements

    I currently run a pentium D 940 and will be slowly (but surely) migrating my system to core 2 duo. My plan is to first purchase the DS3 motherboard and run my 940 until I can afford an E6300. I'm on a really tight budget right now and cannot afford to make both purchases at once. With the DS3...
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    Motherboard Suggestion for overclocking an E6300?

    Hey all. Right now i'm running a PD 945 @ 3.62 but am looking to upgrade to a C2D for the extra performance. I'm *hoping* to find a nice motherboard under $150 to take an E6300 as high as possible on air. I've heard of people getting up to ~2.7ghz with a nice cooler on it, but most of them...
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    Issues with my Sapphire X1800XT

    Hey everyone. I'm having a couple issues with my X1800XT in 3dmark05. I'm running everything at default settings with no CPU tests, and i'm only hitting 4135 3dmarks. Also what's happening is when I run the test, every 20 seconds or so i get a 5-10 second screen lockup, and then it resumes...
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    Hopefully i'm not outta luck

    I just got my PD 945 in today and put it in my Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI board. I was previously running a PD805 and could get it up to 3.42ghz without throttling, so I was hoping for around 3.8-4ghz with the new chip. For some reason, I can't get this thing past 3.6ghz stable. Won't even boot with...
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    Performance difference between PD805 and 945?

    Hey all. I'm going to be building a C2D system a little after Christmas, but until then I decided to upgrade my Pendium D 805 to a 945. It should be coming in the mail today :).. Right now i'm running my 805 at 3.46ghz with 2gb DDR2 667 and an X1800XT (665/765), but my performance isn't where...
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    Odd question...

    Hey all. Here's a weird question. I know this should be posted somewhere on a photo or phone site, but it's kinda software/web2.0 related in a sense and I don't want to sign up for some random forum i'm only gonna use once. So here's the deal... I'm trying to find a way to send pictures from...
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    Looking for data recovery application

    Well my mom has a really big problem. Her computer had a crash the other day and wouldn't boot into windows, so she had someone in the neighborhood tinker with it and advised he re-installed windows. Bad idea, because he didn't back up anything that was on the drive. My mom had around 300-400...
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    Wireless network constantly dropping connection! Can't figure it out.

    I'm having some issues with the wireless network I set up in my new apartment. Here's the situation... My main system is running a Linksys WUSB11 rev2.8 usb wireless adapter. The second is a laptop running a D-Link Air DWL-650 The wireless router is a Netgear WGT624 rev2 The problem i'm...
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    BSOD after installing USB wireless adapter drivers?!?

    Hey all, i'm having trouble installing my usb wireless adapter. I've been using a PCI Wireless card, but the signal is just terrible. I get kicked off on average 5 or 6 times an hour. So I picked up a Linksys WUSB11 rev 2.8 USB adapter so the signal can go from the back of the computer (in a...
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    USB just went out!

    K so here's the deal, i'm not sure what exactly happened cuz I was at work at the time, but when I get off work, I find my USB mouse isn't working. My roomate said the internet wasn't working (comcast, duh) and so she turned the power strip off, then back on. When the computer reset, neither...
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    I need help setting up my network

    So I have comcast running my Surfboard sb5120 modem, and i've been running cable all throughout the house and i've decided to go wireless. I picked up a netgear PCI card and a netgear wireless router, hooked up my cable modem to it, but when my pci card finds the network, it connects, but...
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    Ram question.

    Hello everyone. I'm thinking about upgrading my gaming machine from the current 3.58ghz PD 805 to a new AM2 Athlon X2. My question is, I have 2gb of the DDR2667 in my intel machine. They're PQI Turba sticks. Would I be able to use 1gb of this ram in the AM2 setup? The standard for AM2 is...
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    Intel price cuts...

    Right now I am running a Pentium D 805 @ 3.5ghz and 2gb DDR2-667 with an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro, running an x1800xt for my games. I built this on a tight budget for the best gaming possible, and now that intel is going to be cutting prices in half on the Pentium D line, i'm thinking about...
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    Not happy w/ intel, switching back to AMD

    Hey all! Okay, here's the story in a brief nutshell... I purchased a pentium D 805 in hopes of getting great o/c results, after being an AMD guy all my life. I went from a 2500+ XP to the 805. I was able to get the 805 to about 3.7ghz stable, but unfortunately, I'm running into ALOT of TM1...
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    Best liquid cooling for an 805?

    K, so i'm having a huge problem overclocking my 805. I can hit decent speeds of 3.6ghz with my arctic freezer 7 pro, but i'm getting major TM1 throttling problems even at only 50% load and very high temps under load (63-65c). I can't even get above 3.3ghz without hitting some TM1 throttling...
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    Throttling on an 805 :(

    I've been using my new system mostly for gaming, playing alot of F.E.A.R. I didn't like the choppiness i was getting, so I came here for answers and narrowed it down to me having too little ram (1gb). So, I made a cheap upgrade to 2gb of ddr2 pc5400 ram to fix the problem, but there is still...
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    Will crossfire work on an sli board?

    I'm wondering if the current motherboard i have [gigabyte ga-8n-sli] will allow me to run my x1800xt in crossfire. I'm new to the whole sli and crossfire scene, so i'm not really sure what's going on. I've heard that crossfire doesn't get as good of results that the nvidia sli cards get in sli...
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    Suggestions on fan control?

    Hey all. I'm currently in the need of a fan control panel for my setup in the form of a 5.25" expansion bay unit... Right now I have to manually go into BIOS for cpu fan control and manually dig inside the case to switch each case fan to the low speed whenever I downclock to stock speeds cuz...
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    Help w/ PAGE_FAULT bsod

    Just yesterday, after doing a fresh install of XP, I installed Halflife 2 to benchmark my new system. After the install completed, and all of the Steam updates were done, I fired up the game only to get a PAGEFAULT_IN_NON_PAGEFAULT_ARE bsod. It did this every time I fired up the game, right...
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    Should I have gone with a different CPU?

    Hey everyone. I'm not sure if this is "good" performance for the price, but I feel a bit dissapointed with my new setup. I think I might have gone with the wrong CPU setup for my gaming rig... Right now I have my PD805 running at 3.66ghz w/ 1gb of 667 DDR-2 and an ATI Radeon...
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    My Pictures content isn't there anymore?!?!

    I'm not sure if this is the correct forum, but I'm having a major issue. I just did a fresh install of XP after setting up my RAID0, and I copied all the content from a backup drive of My Pictures. After transferring all files (took about an hour, 40gb of pictures), I installed all other...
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    best overclocking tool?

    I've been using ATITool .25beta 14, but i'm not getting very good overclocking yields (about 650 core and 750 mem) and it's very unstable. Even when switching to mild overclocks, it sometimes freezes up. Is there any other overclocking utils out there for ati cards that lets you also control...
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    The power of Conroe...

    I haven't really heard a whole lot about the new Conroe chip that's coming out soon. In fact, I don't even know when it will be coming out. But I have a few quick questions about this new chip... 1st - Will I need to upgrade my mainboard to support this new chip? I have a Gigabyte...
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    Worried about voltage and temps...

    I just want to make sure these overclock settings are in the "safe" range. I'm overclocking my 805, and right now I have it at 3.5ghz with voltage of 1.4 using an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro HSF and Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI mainboard. I think I might be able to get higher if I up the voltage a little more...
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    X1800XT Issues

    I just got my new Sapphire X1800XT installed and I'm running in to a couple different problems. Well one isn't really a "problem", I just think there might be something wrong. 1st - Whenever I turn my computer on, the video card fan roars as loud as it can, as fast as it can (I'm assuming, I...
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    Easiest way to get my 2nd PC connected?

    Hey everyone, quick question... I just got my comcast line hooked up at 8mbps and I'm lovin it! I'm looking to hook just (1) other computer up to the internet, but I don't want to spend $50 on a seperate router. One of my friends said that if I have an extra LAN card, I could just hook my...
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    What should I expect?

    Okay, the order just went through from newegg :). Here's the specs: Gygabit GA-8N-SLI Motherboard Pentium D 805 2.66 (going to run it at ~3.6ghz on arctic cooler 7) 1gb PC5400 Sapphire Radeon X1800XT (2) 320 SATA HDD in RAID0 200gb PATA HDD Backup Logitech gaming keyboard/mouse...
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    Getting into gaming...

    Okay, wow... After initially only wanting to spend ~$700 for my new setup (P4D 805 2.66 @ 3.7ghz, 640gb SATA RAID, sonata II case), I had some trouble with my motherboard (Don't buy cheap motherboards, you'll regret it right off the bat) and had to get a replacement, but the only replacement...
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    Best board for the 805?

    Hey everyone. I had a really bad experience with the Foxconn P4M800 RS2, for only $50 on newegg, I learned my lesson not go to with cheap low quality motherboards when you're looking to overclock. Anyways, I have a Pentium D 805 that i'm looking to run at ~3.4ghz overclocked, and I wanna find...
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    Pentium D losing to an old Athlon XP?!?!?!?

    K i'm not sure what's going on here, but my new pentium D 805 @ 3.3ghz is LOSING in 3dmark05 to my old athlon XP 2500+ barton. The 805 is getting 2787@1280x768 and the barton got 4763 at the same res. What's going on here? All drivers are updated on both systems. They both have identical vid...
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    New system won't POST. Need help :(

    Hey everyone, first timer on the forums! Anyways, I just got all the parts for my new system in yesterday and put it all together. Here are the specs in case you need them later to help me diagnose the issue: FOXCON P4M800P7MA-RS2 INTEL Pentium D 805 2.66G Stock CPU Cooler (2) 320G|WD...