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    FS: Intel e8400

    $100 shipped. no pics since it will be in use until sale goes through. never had any issues with this system and it runs as cool as the other side of the pillow. i dont have retail box or oem cooler. thanks for looking.
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    BSOD after vista SP2

    anyone else getting random blue screens after installing sp2?. before installing i cant even remember the last bsod i got. every time the error is "win32k.sys". i havent put any new hardware and keep all my drivers up to date. any idea what the problem could be? :mad:
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    readyboost and wmp crashing

    i have a 4gb sandisk cruzer as a readyboost drive and forever everytime i plug in a usb device such as camera,phone,ipod i would get a dialog box saying windows media player has crashed. it would also crash if i tried to open the program or use media center. well the other day i took out the...
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    PSU or Motherboard

    i noticed the light on the 2nd port of my router was off so i checked my other comp to make sure the power cord was in and blah blah. when i pressed the power button i get nothing. no fans, no beeps, nada. i've disconnected everything except power to the cpu and mb and get the same results. i've...
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    WTB Linksys Wrt54gs

    i need one to try out dd-wrt client bridge mode but i dont want to buy a new one. anyone got one laying around?
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    windows 7 beta after it expires

    anyone have any insight on incentives MS might have for beta users? i'd like to run it on my main rig but i dont want to have to start over in august or whenever it turns off. i have an MSDN account through my school...maybe it will show up there for free when its released. any thoughts?
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    question about bridging routers

    i have my cable modem hooked up to linksys wrt54gs running dd-wrt. i have it hooked up to a hawkins directional antenna and my brother with the same antenna on his nic gets great reception but the rest of the house gets 2 bars at most. to make a short story long if i get another wrt54gs w/...
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    5400 vs 7200rpm

    i'm thinking of upgrading the hdd in my eeepc and was wondering if there is any noticeable performance increase in going to a faster rpm drive and how much it would affect battery life as one my favorite aspects of the netbook is the long battery life i get. also if anyone can recommend a drive...
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    should i use my step-up

    i have 13 days left on my step-up and am pretty sure i'm going to go with a 285 SC since its the same price as the vanilla. is the $100 worth the performance upgrade? can anyone that has used both give me their perspective?
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    free desk for anyone in the jax,fl area

    if anyone that lives in the jacksonville, fl area wants a free desk send me a PM. its been used for about 2 years but i've outgrown it and need something bigger(thats what she said). i like to give away stuff so its free to anyone that wants to come pick it up. heres a link to the product page...
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    corsair hx520+gtx285

    how would this work with core i7+ 1 hdd? no OC...
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    cloning?

    i have a hitachi 320gb currently and i have a wd caviar black 640gb on the way. what i want to do is put the hitachi drive into a new comp i have on the way that i'm going to use for school to run xp and ubuntu and use the wd in my main rig. what i've found so far is norton ghost and clonezilla...
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    hanns-g 28" no standby

    i've searched the internet and this forum but the fixes i've come across arent working...evga told me they have no idea what the problem is. basically a few days after i installed my new gtx260 my monitor will not go into standby after the video card cuts off video. it works fine when i use vga...
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    display issue with new video card

    i have it set in windows for the screen saver to come on after 15min and to turn off the monitor after 20min. the monitor goes black and then says "no video input" check dvi cable but never goes into sleep mode. it used to give me this message and then the monitors light went from blue to...
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    core i7 build...lots of BSOD

    put together a friends new core i7 build today and had lots of instability problems. first windows was reporting only 2gigs of the 3gig kit while task manager reported only 1024 as the total, while cpu-z saw all 3 :confused: i updated the bios and that took care of the ram problem but then...
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    worth the upgrade?

    got a nice xmas tip from a patient today so i was thinking of getting a new motherboard as mine has never been a great overclocker...i was thinking one of these 2 as i dont need crossfire or raid support. gigabyte http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128345 asus...
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    accelero on gtx 260

    cant find shit on google so i wanna run a question by you guys...i'm getting a gtx260 216 this week and was hoping that my accelero that i currently use on my 8800gt would fit? only info i can find is that the holes line up but the chip itself is much larger than that of the 8800s. any insight...
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    stupid psu question...

    i'm sure i wont have a problem but i wanted to confirm before i pull the trigger that my corsair 520 can handle a gtx260 216. besides my sig i have 1 hdd, 4 120mm fans all on low, and the big antec fan on top on high. right now i have an oc 8800gt and the psu is silent 100% of the time. thanks
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    alienware sli laptop drivers

    my friend has an alienware laptop with 7900gs sli and he was telling me about how wow keeps getting slower and slower with each expansion. i checked alienwares driver site and there has never been a graphics driver update for his comp since the initial driver. what do you guys think about...
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    sensor cleaning on rebel xt

    just got a rebel xt for $100 and am noticing some spots/dust when i look through the viewfinder. i'm the definition of noob when it comes to digital slr cameras. is there anything i can do to fix this? also on some photos i notice red dots on what i would call the left and bottom point of a...
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    FS: Q6600 G0 stepping

    $150 shipped.
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    help please...hp dv2000

    my friend gave me her laptop to take a look at. it has the wonderful boot,do nothing,boot, do nothing parade going on. problem is i cant boot to a cd no matter what i try. i go into bios and assign the cd-rom as the first boot device and nothing. theres an option at startup to change boot order...
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    got a coolit freezone for free

    what do you guys think of this thing...i'm interning at a local repair shop and he felt bad not being able to pay me so he gave me a coolit freezone cooler. he gutted the 92mm fan and told me to mount a 120mm fan to it then mount it to the rear fan part of the case. i'd have to ebay the 775...
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    quick response from rebate house

    i bought a pair of cheap sennheiser headphones from newegg because there was a rebate promotion for $15 if you sent in an old pair of earbuds. i included ALL the UPCs that were on the package to avoid any crap that the rebate houses usually pull. to make a short story long...i got an email...
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    weird email

    dont know if this is in the right subforum. i just got an email from myself with a link to a picture. i know spammers can manipulate the email so it displays whatever sent from address but i checked my sent mail and it was there :eek:...i'm gonna change my email password but the hell is going...
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    eee pc h1000 on the way

    so i decided on this over the dell 13" offerings. i have a couple questions...so is the only way to go from xp home(which is included) to xp pro would be to use some of the xp pro from thumb drive tutorials? i had no idea USB external dvdrom drives were do expensive. i want to do this so i can...
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    changing laptop gpu

    my friend at work has an alienware laptop with 7800gt sli and he was asking me what he should upgrade his cards to. i told him i had never heard of that and he insisted the alienware rep that built the comp for him told him to get the 256mb versions of the cards cause he could always upgrade...
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    inspiron 13.3

    anyone have any comments or reviews on this laptop. i have an msi ms163a now but i cant stand lugging it around and i'm finding myself not gaming on it whatsoever. battery life is subpar and my laptop bag is bothering my shoulder and aggrevating a chronic back problem. i want something under...
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    i want a higher oc

    i'm guessing i just didnt get the michael phelps of q6600 but it seems a majority of forum members have theirs running at 3.4-3.6 with little effort. mine will not go past 3.2 at any voltage and even then it seems leaving it at 3ghz gives me a better experience. i have active cooling on the nb...
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    hamachi and remote desktop

    i'm able to right click on my tower in the hamachi client and browse my files but i cannot get remote desktop to work. i'm just opening the remote desktop prog and using my towers lan ip address but it wont connect...anyone have an idea what i'm doing wrong
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    8800gt vs. hd4850

    I have the upgrade itch bothering me and I wanted to find out how much of an improvement I would see with a 4850 over my current card.I play cod4 and crysis. Cod4 runs great but I haven't tried crysis since I got my Q6600 and it crapped out on my old e6300. I'm hoping to get 100 for my 8800 on...
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    vista keys

    i have a legit version of vista home premium 32-bit and a dvd with only the 32-bit version. i've read that the key is also good for the 64-bit variant. if i torrent a copy of x64 home premium and use my key what outcome should i expect. i'm very confused. close the thread if this violates TOS...
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    q6600 and 4 sticks of ram

    i got a G0 q6600 and i jumped right in to see how high i could get my overclock. i was hoping for 400x8 to get 1:1 but no go and definitely a no go on 400x9...i tried a variety of vcore going all the way up to 1.46 but no cigar. my question is whether or not having all 4 ram slots occupied is...
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    FS: Apple iBook parts

    ok i parted my ibook g4 because it would freeze everytime a mouse in a different state would fart. here are the verified working parts. paypal please. 12" LCD working condition. $50 obo $10 shipping. 512mb pc2700 corsair value ram $10 plus $6 shipping Apple Airport Extreme...
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    f/t xp mce for vista home premium

    DELETE THREAD PLEASE...just read the rules again. realized MCE is oem only. sorry.
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    new blackberry on the way

    my brother finally talked me into getting a smartphone so i went with a curve since the att rep gave it to me for free with my upgrade. my question is what are some good websites for apps? i ran across crackberry.com but it seems a little flaky. any tips would be appreciated.
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    fans in laptop

    anyone have any luck controlling the fans in a laptop. i tried speedfan but no luck there. i have a msi ms-163a barebones. i'm idling at 55 right now and the air coming out of the back could press my dress shirts.
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    e-ide wd scorpio

    my friend brought over a wd external drive that stopped being recognized. i figured it would be sata and i would be able to diagnose a little bit further from my desktop. so i pop open the case and its a pcb with usb connector attached directly to the drive. its a e-ide drive and i just have no...
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    mb fan headers

    i dont feel like busting out the manual for my p5n-e but i'm sure this is a quick question. i built another rig out of spare parts and i was wondering if the fan headers on a motherboard can run an 80mm fan. i dont feel like dealing with the wiring of a fan controller and want to avoid having it...
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    quick vdimm question

    i want to add 2x512 adata 1.8v to my 2x1 ballistix. 2.2v i'm not concerned with the timing being underclocked to 5-5-5-18 but how are the 2 diff voltages going to work?
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