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I had just fired up C&C Generals and started a game, I hear something richochet off the side of my desk and down into my power supply fan (I have the left side of my case off lol). About 5 seconds later my pc starts making a VERY loud sound that I can only describe as like an ambulance siren...

Hi All, About 2 months ago I was playing an online game and I got the blue screen of death followed by several reboots. When my system finally came back up my E: drive which is my 2nd WD 640GB Black drive that I use for my swap file and data backup was gone. I assumed it was what caused...

Hi All, I couldn't find a great forum to put this in, but I recently had a physical disaster to one of my PCs, the laptop fell out of the back of the SUV and was busted up pretty good. One of my friends is going to loan me his older style laptop to try and retrieve the data off the...

Looking to buy an AGP video card for a stock HP computer I am setting up for my son. It's a very small case and small power supply. Preferably something that doesn't need external power, doesn't generate much heat, and can at least play small kids games. Please PM me with what you have and what...

Hi All, I sure hope this isn't a noob question, but I helped my brother install a Core 2 Duo E8300 which is supposed to run at 3ghz. Whenever I look in the bios and in the utility software it only shows the clock being 1.83 ghz. Am I just missing something here or is this just not right?

Hi All, I have stumbled across the following two options at NewEgg for a potential cheap upgrade, I'd love to go all out but with a small baby my funds are limited. Ayone have any good or bad experiences with the following: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130064 or...

Hi All, I am going to upgrade from my current rig (specs in sig) . I plan on getting an Athlon64x2 (probably 4800+) ,2GB pc800 ram, and MSI K9MM-V AM2 VIA K8M800 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard. My questions is do I have to reinstall windows XP and all my applications, or will they just work...

Hi All, Wow, it's bee a long time since I've gotten the upgrade bug. The machine in my sig was cutting edge when I built it. I'm looking to upgrade to an Athlon 64x2 processor and 2 gig of RAM. I'd like to keep my AGP cad for the time being so I can find only 1 really good option. There is...

I'm looking to buy my wife's parents a cheap laptop (US $150 or less or if that is unreasonable I can go up a little) that will handle the internet, and picture editing/printing. I was thinking at least a P3 600mhz, 256mb RAM, 20 gig HD. I would also like it to be working (duh) with a nice...

OK , here is where I own up to the fact that the last camcorder I owned and used was VHS. :eek: My wife and I recently had our first baby and after years on non-usage my old camcorder is no longer functioning. So start my search for a new camcorder. After doing some research, it looks like I...

Hi All! I am transitioning to work at home as I start a family (My wife is due July 8th). I was looking into getting the following KVM switch to use for my home pc / work laptop. Is this any good, has anyone had good experiences with it or any other low/mid priced KVM...

OK, so I had just finished a session of Call of Duty 2 and when I exited the game my rig decided to reboot itsself. Never done that before... When it came back up there was no more display, I could hear the Windows music but nothing on the screen. So I turned the screen off and back on and...

OK, so I had just finished a session of Call of Duty 2 and when I exited the game my rig decided to reboot itsself. Never done that before... When it came back up there was no more display, I could hear the Windows music but nothing on the screen. So I turned the screen off and back on and...

I finally decided to try an actual 64-bit version of Linux. I was unable to find a version of Red Hat that I could download for free so I decided to give SUSE Linux a try. I am currently in the process of downloading the iso images. Which leads me to my question, I figured this would be a good...

Today I received my BbATI x850 Pro 256 mb AGP card, quite a difference from the old 9800 Pro! :) It came clocked at 500/500, so far I have been able to keep it running stable with no artifacts over a multi-hour gaming session at 590/610. The next logical step for me to try in my...

I recently purchased a Built by ATI X850 Pro 256MB AGP for my system. I was looking into moving to PCI-E, but at only $110 this AGP card was too good to pass up. I have seen unconfirmed rumors on forums that some of these cards potentailly be unlocked to 16 pipelines (instead of 12). I had...

I'm looking into a new motherboard and I see that there is one socket 754 motherboard that supports SLI with 2 x PCI-E slots. Right now I'm only going to be running 1 card until I can sell some of my current parts. Can you put the single PCI-E card into either slot on the motherboard? I was...

I've been racking my brain looking at a new mobo that is socket 754 and supports PCI-e. I keep reading the reviews on NewEgg and it seems like people have issues with all the boards of this configuration. I want to find one asap so I can order my new PCI-E video card. Who is happy with their...

I currently have an AGP 9800 Pro I was looking into buying a NVidia 6800gs 256mb AGP for ~$220 When I started looking into it a bit further, I found that the NVidia 6800gs 256mb PCI-E cards were ~$180. Assuming they have the same clock speeds, are they equal (other than the obvious bus...

I currently have a Hercules Prophet 9800pro 128mb AGP card. I know a lot of people are moving to PCI-E and may have an old card lying around. Looking for the following possible replacements: ~ Nvidia 6800GT/GS 256MB or better ~ ATI X850Pro 256MB or better ~ ATI X800XL 256MB or better...

As of yesterday I was dead set on getting an NVidia 6800GS 256mb AGP card. Now I am kinda re-thinking it a little. My 9800 Pro just isn't doing it for me, price wise and performance wise, what is the closest comparable ATI card to the NVidia 6800GS 256mb AGP?

My problems started last week. When loading up windows xp it would get so far along and I would hear a *click* and my pc would reboot. After 2-3 times it loaded windows. On and off for the next few days it happened maybe another 2-3 times. Then I was just browsing the internet and got a *click*...

Hi All, My oldie but goodie 9800 Pro which has served me so well over the last couple of years seems to be starting to show its age in some of the newer games that are coming out. I am sadly going to have to bid it farewell :( I would like to start off by saying that I absolutely LOVE...

I have recently started playing FFXI Online and have noticed that at various points in the game when I am moving around I get what appears to be pixellation and/or a line of white pixels that flashe. I returned both the video card and processor to default speeds and still have the same issue...

I just installed the Windows XP 64bit beta and it seems to be working pretty well without installing any 3rd party drivers . I was able to get 19,900 on 3dMark01, haven't tried any other benchies yet. My specs are in sig. Has anyone tried to install the NForce3 drivers on Windows XP64? Did it...

For all those that asked for a follow up to the "best 3000+ for oc'ing on NewEgg" thread, here it is. What I Had: Aspire X-Dreamer II w/350 watt included PS Pentium 4 2.53 ghz MSI mobo 2 x 512 mb crucial PC2100 Hercules 9800 pro (agp4X 420/268) WD 120gb 8 mb cache Audigy 2 48x CD...

I wasn't sure where to put this, but I'm going to start here and see if anyone else had similar problems using an A64 based system. I'm not a n00b so please no flaming, system specs in sig. Whenever I play Call of Duty multiplayer over the internet I get about a 5-7 second lag every 2-4...

I just installed my new AMD A64 3000+ (NewCastle CG Revision) on a Chaintech VNF3-250 (NForce3) motherboard with 512 Meg CL2.5 DDR3200 Corsair Value Select Memory. I'm new to oc'ing CPUs so I don't know all that much about it, but I have been oc'ing videocards for a couple of years with good...

I am looking to buy an A64 soon and have been searching for information as to which processor of these two would be faster without overclocking. I have not been able to find an answer to my question as of yet. Assuming I had 1gb (512x2) of pc3200 memory which would perform better? 3200+...

I just got my new aspire turbo II case and added more fans (7 total now). I have the temperature sensor in an open area of the case. Looks like my idle temperature is ~80F , I haven't tried it under load yet. Is that a good temperature? What is considered a good or bad temperature for idle and load?

I am going to purchase new parts including a new mobo and processor soon,but need some help before I jump in! I currently have a 120 gig PATA hard drive. If I have enough $ after buying everything else I would like to buy a SATA drive. Anyways on to the questions: Do you specify the boot...

Is uATX the same as micro ATX? I want to order a new case and I want to make sure my mobo will fit. Thanks!

I just got my Hercules Prophet 9800 pro 128MB today! Woot I will post my OCing results later tonight, if you have this card please share your results too!