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    Typical hard-drive crash, but what are my options?

    Right after I decided to get a DVD burner for back-up, my 80 gig external WD USB 2.0 drive, with all my media on it, crashed. When I plug it in, windows either does not recognize it and becomes extremely slow or does see it, but tells me it needs to be formatted. The red read light on the...
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    Broken hard-drive?

    So I bought a USB 2.0 enclosure for an old HD from a system I don't use anymore, installed the drive, connected it to my current PC and it was working fine. The drive was partitioned however, so rather than just deleting everything, I tried using Computer Management under Admin Tools in Win XP...
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    K7V Dragon max CPU

    I have a K7V Dragon, currently running with a Athlon XP 1700+. The mobo spec sheet says that is the maximum CPU for the motherbaord, but I wonder if this is simply because it was the maximum CPU out when the motherbaord was made. In other words, am I limited by the chipset, bus speed, and...
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    Best way to convert VHS to DVD?

    So basically, I want to take a bunch of tapes (mostly home movies) and convert them all to DVDs, mostly for the sake fo space and preservation. I guess my options are either buying a DVD recorder to hook up to my TV and VHS, which seems easier, or getting a DVD writer and a tuner card and going...
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    Best sub- $100 card...preferably Nvidia.

    Alright, this is for my parents' computer. Basically, I'm home for breaks from college, etc. and the Geforce 3 Ti 200 is starting to reeeally drag. However, I really cant justify spending over $100, since I'm also going to get something much more expensive for my computer at school. Plus, this...
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    Video card reviews should include a CPU/video card scale...

    Well, not sure that thats what it should be called, but here's what I mean: Someone with a top of the line motherboard and a 3200+ Athlon would definitely get hs money's worth by buying, say, a Radeon 9800 pro. On the other hand, someone with a relatively old motherboard, running a 2400+ Athlon...
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    video card vs CPU: which is the bottleneck?

    Alright, here are the specs on my computer at school: Soyo Dragon Plus Mobo Athlon XP 1800+ 512MB PC2100 RAM Geforce3 Ti 200 60GB WD HD 120GB WD 8mb cache HD Audigy Currently, the cheapest card that seems worth buying, if one wants it to last for a good amount of time, is a Radeon 9700. The...
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    When are the new Audigy drivers coming out?

    I looked online a couple of days ago and it gave me the link to tomshardware, but the site was down. Then today it sayd the download is out of date and the final version of the drivers should be out soon. Any ideas on when? I'm talking about the ones that are supposed to "greatly increase...
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    3D glasses: Nvidia vs ATI and do they work?

    I've been browsing around ebay and have seen a few different pairs on sale: E-dimensional, elsa revelator, and PNY Out of the three, it seems only E-dimensional supports non-nvidia cards, but even in their case, it looks like they are highly optimized for Nvidia, especially because Nvidia has...