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Hi, I just built myself a new Ivy Bridge rig and I'm having massive issues with system instability and I'm running out of ideas as to what's causing it. The system is freezing hard, and sometimes following that up with a reboot, usually within seconds of turning it on. Sometimes I can make...

Hi there, just bought a new macbook pro in order to do some iphone/mac development. I'd like to replace the hard drive with an SSD. My two main choices are an OCZ Vertex 120gb which I could hopefully get for close to $300 (Canadian) soon, or an Intel Gen2 80gb, which I'm guessing will be around...

Hi, my company has been having all sorts of issues with RAM that came in our Dell desktops. All 5 desktops are identical and were bought at the same time about 3 years ago. It seems like they've each taken turns having the RAM fail. I've been trying to sort out the good sticks from the bad...

Hi, I just recently rebuilt my HTPC and I accidentally plugged the front USB headers in backwards on the motherboard (positive plugged into negative and vice versa). I'm so used to things just not working if you don't plug them in correctly so I didn't really care if they were wrong. I...

Hi there, I've got a Q9450 coming my way next week. I'm trying to decide which motherboard to get with it. I think I've narrowed it down to 3 boards. It's either the DFI LANParty Dk P35-T2RS: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=27638 Asus P5Q Pro...

Hi, I've had a 3x400gb RAID 5 in my system for about a year and a half. Finally pulled the trigger on 3x1TB Seagate drives, and proceeded to expand my RAID array. I'm using a Highpoint 2300 card. First step was to replace each drive one by one and rebuild the array each time. This went...

Hi, I developed drag and drop functionality for my web app a while ago and it's been working fine. My app runs exclusively on IE 6 & 7. I have my own custom logic to capture mousedown and mouseup events on the elements you can drag, and I just create a ghost of the element to follow your...

Covers all levels, DX9, DX10, XP, Vista, min fps, avg fps. Pretty sweet article. For all of you that think 30fps in the demo level benchmark will get your through the game, think again. http://www.pcgameshardware.de/?menu=browser&article_id=621689&image_id=737512

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6182806/index.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gumballs&tag=gumballs;subtitle;0 I can definitely say there are parts in this game that absolutely murder my machine. I could really go for 2x9800gtx's in sli right about now. Even if you get 35 fps during the gpu...

Hi, there have been some great deals on 2x1gb kits all around, so I decided to pick one up to add to my existing 2x1gb in my Asus P5WDH-Deluxe. The original kit is OCZ Gold PC6400 5-5-5-12 The new kit is OCZ Platinum Rev. 2 PC6400 4-4-4-15 The problem is I can't get any stability out of...

Hi, I've kept my PC pretty quiet, even though I have a lot of components and a lot of fans, they're all pretty silent. I just bought an 8800GT, and playing games with it, I noticed it was a little loud. So yesterday, I replaced the stock cooler with the cooler from my 7900gt. A passive...

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32-bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_169.01.html 64-bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_169.01.html Go get em

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/34748/Crysis-Detail-Levels-Compared Sorry if this has been posted already, but I couldn't find it. Very high on DX10 looks very impressive. Parallax occlusion mapping, tree draw distance massively improved, much more realistic lighting (god rays, sun...

Hi, I've been having this big issue with Vista and my 7900gt. Basically, when the monitor comes out of standby, I just get massive screen corruption, almost as if the monitor doesn't support the refresh rate it's using. I'm using a Dell 2405, and when I go into the menu, everything looks fine...

Hi, I've installed Vista RC2 on my HTPC and pretty much everything is working great. I've gotten everything setup with one exception. The only soundcard drivers I've found for my SB Live 24bit onboard card are ones which support 2 channel sound only. Now, I don't even care about multi...

Hi, I just installed Vista RC2 on my HTPC. I've got two issues right now. 1 is that I installed Win XP drivers for my soundcard since I couldn't find Vista drivers for it. The result is that the sound works but there only seem to be options for 2 channel output, even if I enable digital...

Hi, I'm about to pick up a new video card for my HTPC. The 6200TC seems like a good deal, however I really want to output 1920x1080p to my HDTV. I checked the eVGA website, since they have a good selection of cheap passive 6200TCs, and on there it states the max res over DVI is 1600x1200...

Hi, I just bought new hardware and as a result did a format of my OS drive and installed XP again. I'm trying to share some folders on the machine, but I can't get my XP MCE HTPC to get access to the folders no matter what I try. The new machine can see the other one no problem and access the...

Hi, I just upgraded my computer, and got a much quieter case/fans in the process. As a result, I can now hear my XFX 7900gt really well over everything. It's probably 3 times louder than everything else in the case put together. It's ridiculous. XFX tried putting out a new BIOS that slows...

Hi, I just got a new Highpoint 2300 raid card. I'm using a new motherboard, the Asus P5WDH that I've had for about a week now. It's been working fine, with a pair of Raptors in Raid 0 for the OS drive, a 250GB Maxtor on the 3rd SATA port, and an 80GB WD on the main IDE channel. So today I...

Hi, not sure if anyone else is noticing this, but it seems like RAM prices have been skyrocketing lately. I was going to go with Corsair 2x1GB DDR2-800 5-5-5-12, which was sitting at a reasonable $260 CDN 2 weeks ago. Last week, it jumped to $280. This week, it's at $310 CDN on sale at NCIX...

Hi, my HTPC is about to get an upgrade to a PCI-E motherboard, so I need some advice on whether or not the solution I'm looking for exists. I need something that: -is PCI-E -is passively cooled -supports 1080p over DVI/HDMI -has hardware accelerated decoding of h.264 and the more video...

Hi, I had a question about RAID 5. I'm thinking about getting a simple 3x400gb setup and a 4 port PCI-E raid card. The cards I've been looking at have online capacity expansion, so I could add an extra drive later on which would bring me up to 1.2TB. I was wondering if this scenario would...

Hi, I'm nearing the breaking point on my existing storage system. My setup right now is the following: -my main PC has about 400GB of total space (2x36GB raptors, 1x250gb, 1x80gb), which is almost totally full, and hosts more media than I would like due to the space limitations on my HTPC...

Hi, I've had a Hauppauge PVR150 MCE edition in my HTPC for a couple months. It's been ok. Actually, I've been pretty unimpressed with the video quality in general. It definitely looks worse than Live TV, but that's a different matter. I just got a receiver and 5.1 speaker system on the...

Hi there, I've searched around on this forum and the computer audio forum, but I can't get an exact answer to my question. Basically, I'm going to be getting a receiver and 5.1 speaker system soon. Right now, my HTPC just outputs stereo audio into the TV's crappy speakers using a mini to...

Has anyone found an X1900XT for sale in Canada yet? It's a little annoying that all these US sites have them but nothing as of yet in Canada. A couple places have the cards listed for pre-order/coming soon, Infonec and Canada computers, but those prices aren't impressive. Stupid stores...

Hi, I've finally finished setting up my media centre properly. I bought a Hauppauge PVR150 with MCE remote and I'm loving the functionality that the MCE is giving me. It's just fantastic. But, a major gripe I have is that the image quality just isn't the greatest. I have a digital set top...

12 days of Deals are on again: 12 Days of Deals Also a Microsoft Wireless optical mouse for $20. I almost went for it till I found out it was only 3 buttons. Adrian

Hi, I've just set up my first HTPC. It's a P4 2.4 ghz, 512mb ram, ATI 9700 pro powering a 26" Samsung CRT that's about 5-10 years old. I'm looking to make the plunge to HD soon but the more I read on the subject, the less sure I am of any decision. The TV will be used almost exclusively for...

Hi, I'm in the market for a 250-300GB SATA hard drive for my HTPC. I've got a 30GB Quantum that's ridiculously noisy while it's being accessed so it's gotta go. I've always wanted to have a reasonably quiet PC, but building an HTPC has made me realize how important it can be to have a...

Hi, I just put together my very first HTPC comprised entirely of old components. The specs are: P4 2.4 Ghz 2x256mb DDR400 Abit IS7 mb ATI Radeon 9700pro 16xDVD-ROM 30 GB Quantum HD Old school ATI TV Wonder All running MCE 2005 and being plugged into a 5 year old 26" TV. I don't have...

I just got my hands on a new Dell 2405 masterpiece. God I love this thing. I had a question about HDTV content. I know in the US, there's a bunch of free to air HD stuff you can pick up quite easily. In Canada, you pretty much have to have digital cable with an HDTV capable Set top box to...

Hi, I'm looking to buy this monitor new or used in Canada. Don't mind if I have to pay shipping, as long as it doesn't have to cross the border from the US, cause then it's just not worth it. Looking to pay $1100 CDN or less after everything. Thanks, Adrian

Hi, this is a total noobie question, but I'm wondering why you can't use an ATI HDTV Wonder with an HDTV Set top box? I understand the requirement that for it to work out of the box, you would only be able to see free to air HDTV channels. But what if you pay a cable provider for HDTV service...

Here's the article: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21729 All that money and 2 MAJOR flaws: -water block covers the RAM on one side of the board, not on the other (so what's the point?) -pre-defined spacing between cards means it will probably only fit the Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe board...

Hopefully this thread will get read by editors of [H]ardOCP. I love [H]ardOCP but I really must say that today's Anandtech nForce4 SLI motherboard roundup is head and shoulders above the motherboard reviews done by [H]ard recently. It has been a trend where Anandtech has been doing a better...

Hi, Setting up my new system has been a total nightmare for the past month as nothing has gone right...until now that is. I finally got my MSI Platinum SLI board yesterday and have been playing with it for the past day and it's been nothing less than a dream to work with. This board is...

Wow, I can't believe how bad this new build has gone for me. It's been an absolute nightmare. First of all, I had to RMA my MSI 6800GT because it had crazy graphical corruption in a bunch of games. This morning I found that my Corsair PC4400 is hosed. One of the sticks won't do 275...