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    New Card: Does a 6850 even make since?

    I thought i would have a new computer by now, but i decided on studying aboard instead. Because of this i was looking at just upgrading my GPU to hold me over for a year. I should have upgraded earlier, but like i said i thought i would have a new rig by now. I also wont use this card in my new...
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    [New Build] Critique on New Build parts list

    It has been 3 years, since I built my last computer. I will try to get the same lifespan on this new rig. I have some questions about my parts list. I will also be using my Samsung monitor as my secondary monitor (Dual display for TV, watching movies while trying to do school work etc.. I will...
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    New Router with Hard Drive Connected

    I am looking at getting a Linksys WRT350N router and a Maxtor 750GB One Touch III from Office Depot. We have 4 computers on the network 1 being wired and the rest wireless. All the computers that are wireless have draft n. But 2 of them our macs. What i want to do is connect the Hard Drive to...
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    Thinking about new monitor!

    Right know i am using a Dell 15' CRT with max res at 1024 by 768. I was thing about getting this SCEPTRE x22wg-Gamer. I have a few questions about this monitor... 1. Is this a good monitor for the money? 2. I have heard problems with the dvi port, have any of you heard about this? 3. What...
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    Battlefield 2 Crashing to Desktop

    I have been playing Battlefield 2 alot and know it crashes to my desktop when i just get to the map to play. Yesterday and this morning my computer was also turning off and restarting by itself(Hasn't done it the rest of the day). I have updated my driver's for my graphics cards and i think i...
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    Weird File Format

    The file i am trying to unpack is ISO but it is 7-Zip format. I get error saying the file is not a supported archive. What should i do?
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    1 Monitor In Dual Monitor Not Working

    I have a 9600XT all in wonder and it supports 2 monitors. My monitor set to VGA 2 doesn't have anything come up on the screen and the light says orange. I have tested the monitor and it works when it is set to VGA 1 but not VGA 2. How do i fix this?
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    External Enclosure for Hard Drive

    I have to get a External Enclosure for a backup that i have to do. I have a WD 160GB IDE hard drive to put in it. I don't really care if it is 5.25" or 3.5" but i would prefer 3.5." What would be a good case? It has to have USB & Firewire PC + Mac IDE
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    Switched Hd's Made It Alot Slower

    I built a computer for my brother and i gave him a 120GB WD 7200 RPM IDE and i decided that he didn't need that big of a hard drive so i gave him my mom's hard drive that came out of her dell(Seagate 60GB 7200 RPM IDE and that is all i changed. But when I use the his computer it is alot slower...
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    Help With Installing Win XP with SP2

    I just built a new rig and when i am installing and i get this error and it says The file "asms' on Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 CD Is needed. Type the path where the file is located, and then click OK But i have the install CD in. What do I do?
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    Smoke Coming Out Of CD Drive

    I just built a new computer and i get stuff on the screen but my cd drive wouldn't work. So i got a different cd drive and it didn't work but it just worked in a Dell. But i it worked a one time! And it started to smoke so i took it out but it doesn't work! Any ideas? P.S. I have tried to...
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    Need Some New Memory

    I am in need some new memory for my brothers computer. I would like it to be 1 GB of total memory. He doesn't play alot of games know but maybe in a couple of months he might get into it more. Also he will not be overclocking his computer at all. What do you guys recommend to get? Also if 512mb...
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    Internal Hard Drive Used For backups Over My Network

    I want to use a 120GB for backups for my wired computer and 2 wireless computers. How do i do this? And what software should i use to be able to backup and restore?
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    Good Back Up App. For my Hard Drive

    I was wondering what is a good backup app that will save my info on another hard drive. I need it to be able to back it up and when i click a app that i have saved i don't want to have to install it again or give the serial number to register it.
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    BIG BIG PROBLEM!!!

    I was in windows xp and i deleted dome files. And i have a dual boot with fedora core 3 and windows xp with windows being windows the default os to startup. When i boot up my computer is says this Booting 'Windows XP' rootnoveify (hd,0) Chainloader +1 NTLDR is missing Press...