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    Help with server build

    I am planning on building a new media/file server. I dont plan on using this for much more than streaming music and video to various computers and TV's. I don't intend to rip cds or dvds with this machine. I have enough parts lying around to put it all together. My question is this: I...
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    CPU fan / booting up problems

    I am having a strange problem which I am hoping someone here can help me figure out. I just built a new PC with the following specs. Intel Q6600, Gigabyte p35-ds4, 2gb G skill pc6800, nvidia 8800GTS, and a sunbeamtech NUUO power supply. The problem is this when I hit the power button I get a...
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    Odd memory problem

    I am having a strange problem with my fathers emachine computer. I noticed a month ago that his computer only shows 480mb of ram at boot and in the windows system properties. So I assumed that one of the mem modules on the stick that came with the computer had gone bad. Anyway tigerdirect was...
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    Bad pool header BSOD

    Everytime I download large files from the internet, I eventually get a BSOD which says there is a bad pool header. Does anyone have ANY idea what could be causing this??? It usually happens after about an hour or two of downloading. It happens when I download from WinMX or when I'm...
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    Dual Channel Ram question

    This is probably a dumb question but ... I just bought a 1gb geil dual channel set and I already have 512mb stick in my pc. Can I use all of three at the same time for a totoal of 1536mb or does the dual channel memory mean that I cant use the other stick???
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    IE constantly crashing!!! Help!!

    I have a recently built PC running athlonxp 3000 Windows XP and a crappy soyo k7vme board. Interent Explorer constantly crashes on me. No wanring no error message just that stupid report this to Microsoft box. I tried switching to mozilla firefox (which I'm using right now) it crashes...
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    installed 9700 pro PC wont boot

    I have a Soyo K7vme motherboard and am trying to install an ATI 9700 pro. When I boot up, the monitor gets no signal at all and the bios beeps 8 times signaling a video card failure. Obviously this would lead me to believe that I have a bad video card BUT when I try to boot up without plugging...
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    windows xp cant find other pc on network

    I just built a new PC and want to transfer my settings and files from my laptop to my new PC. I am using my netgear router to connect both of the computers. The problem is that while I can access one computer from the other over my network, when I run the files and settings transfer wizard it...