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    explorer.exe screwing me over

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    Help! Should I make this upgrade?

    Ok guys, as you know christmas is around the corner.. and the gf and I arent spending that much this year...being that we are broke college kids.. so, i was wondering if anyone would be able to tell me if I am goin to screw myself by making this upgrade or not.. Athlon64 3700+ 754pin...
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    Help! Should I make this upgrade?

    Ok guys, as you know christmas is around the corner.. and the gf and I arent spending that much this year...being that we are broke college kids.. so, i was wondering if anyone would be able to tell me if I am goin to screw myself by making this upgrade or not.. Athlon64 3700+ 754pin...
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    Strange Wireless Story

    Ok guys... on thanksgiving I was in the back of the car on the way home from my cousins house in north jersey. We were traveling south on the garden state parkway (that might have relevance).. Anyway, i got bored and decided to refresh all the networks within range in the windows xp wireless...
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    Two Vid Cards (PCI & AGP)

    sorry for double post, didnt know where this was more appropriate.. Ok guys, my story is actually quite strange.. I currently have a BFG Geforce 6800GT in my AGP Slot, which i use to run two monitors. My friend at college isnt using his CRT right now so i threw in an old PCI video card...
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    Two Vid Cards (PCI & AGP)

    Ok guys, my story is actually quite strange.. I currently have a BFG Geforce 6800GT in my AGP Slot, which i use to run two monitors. My friend at college isnt using his CRT right now so i threw in an old PCI video card, an S3 ViRGE card to be exact, and attempted to run 3 monitors. When i...
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    3 Drives failing in one day? wtf

    sorry for the double post, wasn't sure where to put this: Ok guys, check this out.. Yesterday, 3 of my drives started clicking on me.... all are IDE.. an 80 gig, a 250 gig, and a 40 gig, so you can imagine how much this hurts... all oif them are pretty full too.. So i'm in windows about...
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    3 Drives failing in one day?

    Ok guys, check this out.. Yesterday, 3 of my drives started clicking on me.... all are IDE.. an 80 gig, a 250 gig, and a 40 gig, so you can imagine how much this hurts... all oif them are pretty full too.. So i'm in windows about to goto the 250 gig, windows hangs a bit when i try to access...
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    Is this setup ok? First time water user

    i just want to know if im creating a bottleneck anywhere.. my GUESS is that the radiator is not as good in comparison to the block and/or the pump... so i might be either wasting money on this pump or not spending enough on the radiator... thanks guys $74.95 - 12V Pump...
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    Hardcore Watercooling Newbie

    Ok guys heres the deal.. I've hit a wall of 250x10 on my 754 3000+ with my abit KV8 pro.. aside from the fact that the fans are so loud, i do want better temps... i do a lot of gaming...i do not plan on cooling my GPU, but do you guys think i can hit better overclocks if i cool my northbridge...
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    Which core to choose (A64)...

    ok guys heres the deal.. ive been out of the game for a while..... its been about 6 months since i havent had to buy any new hardware... i have a 3000+ newcastle, that shows u how behind i am... but i have a friend who bought a MSI K8N neo2 plat and i am trying to figure out which chip and core...
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    New AMD64 Setup. OCing is a must

    Hi. I am putting together a new AMD64 setup for my friend... We are going to overclock this to hell so i was just wondering what board and chip you guys reccomend for the best overclocks.. I've been thinking of a 3200 winchester with the MSI Neo2 Plat board.... just wanted to know what kind of...
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    Nothin like shorting something out on a friday night

    Ok my question is a matter of safety. I was putting in an older hard drive in my old computer.... well the terms 'old' really have no relevence to this problem.... but i pushed the drive back too far and it touched all 3 pins of one of the 3 pin fan connects on the board.. i didnt notice it...
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    6800GT/FreeBSD/AMD64

    Ok heres the problem, im tryin to run any x windows manager on my AMD64 system. Apparently there are no drivers out yet. There is a NVIDIA Geforce (Generic) profile to choose but that does me no justice.. Apparently there is no support yet from what I heard but i just would like someone to...
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    NVIDIA 6800GT/AMD64/FreeBSD 5.3

    Ok heres the problem, im tryin to run any x windows manager on my AMD64 system. Apparently there are no drivers out yet. There is a NVIDIA Geforce (Generic) profile to choose but that does me no justice.. Apparently there is no support yet from what I heard but i just would like someone to...
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    delete

    sry.
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    Repairing LCD Backlighting

    I didnt get any luck with the search so heres my problem: A friend of mine has an hp pavillion P4 2.53 laptop... Its actually pretty nice.. but anyway, it got beer speeled on it and it was apparently dropped, apparently all in one night... sucks.. anyway.. she gave what was left to my friend...
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    Thinking about going water cooled

    Allright guys, heres the deal. I have this screaming Vantec Tornado 92mm on my SLK948U. Im oc'd from 2 to 2.5ghz, details in sig.. running at 38C idle with the fan on full blast.. now the thing is, i want to possibly go water and quiet this son of a bitch down. My friend at college (username on...
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    Finding out my stepping

    anyway to find out my stepping through my operating system?
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    FSB/HTT Limitations

    hey guys, simple question... with all the troubleshooting i've been doing i've come to the conclusion that the wall i'm hitting during overclocking is raising my FSB to around 255-260... I have the 3000+ 754 so i have a 10x multiplier, 10x250 (2.5ghz) works absolutely fine, but 278x9...
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    Dremmel the back of your case!

    Just thought id give some advice to those who have a couple fan slots in the back of their case with very small air holes. i have a 120mm fan back there but before now i could barely feel any air being pushed out the back... so i just dremmeled the shit out of the back and its a big hole...
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    BFG 6800GT OC oc'ing/flashing question

    Ok, i have a couple questions actually I can OC my card to 415/1.15 and ill get a score of 5750 in3dmark05 when i OC my card to 425/1.25 i get a score of 5200 in 3dmark05... is this because of erroring or heat? if its because of erroring i am thinking about flashing... as soon as the...
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    fast write?

    Ok I know with most ATI cards, AGP Fast write is supposed to be disabled.. i have a BFG 6800 GT OC.. what should i put my AGP Fast Write to?
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    Vantec Tornado Wont Slow Down!

    hey i just got my 92mm vantec tornado (119CFM).... it has two connectors, the 4 pin and the 3 pin.. i plugged the 4 pin into one of the psu molex connectors and the 3 pin into my fan controller... but, i have no control over the speed of the fan and if i dont plug in the 4 pin then the fan...
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    Max Voltage for an A64 3000+ newcastle 754

    ive posted this in the overclocking forum but got no replies at all.. so i'm just wondering if there is a maximum voltage rating that the A64 3000+ newcastle can handle, i couldn't find it in the datasheets on amd's website.. thanks
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    Question Applying Arctic Silver 5 on A64

    Ok.. im pretty farmiliar with the process of using the credit card to create a thin film of AS or some kind of thermal paste over the core of an athlon XP... what i 'heard' concerning the A64's and the gigantic heat spreaders is to put a good amount of paste on the chip and bottom of the...
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    Making use of old hardware

    I know some of you are those kind of people who dont throw away old hardware.. i am also one of them.. i have a Geforce 6800GT AGP at the moment, but lying around I found a Geforce 2 MX420 PCI card....i run dual monitors and whatnot.. my question is would there be any point to use this card to...
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    3dmark05 score seems low.

    hey i have the registered version of 3dmark05, my specs are in my sig...my score came up as 4293 and it seems somewhat low... BFG 6800GT (400/1100) and A64 3000+ 754 (2.5ghz)... anybody have any personal settings that helped them obtain a higher score... does AF and AA affect the score? also i...
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    Lower refresh on 710T when drivers installed

    ok heres the prob.. i setup my 710T, let windows detect it and install default drivers... i was able to run 75hz in digital mode, which i confirmed by playing a game with vsync on and verifying that the game was running at 75fps.. now, i can't put the monitor above 60 after installing the...
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    s-video out on Nvidia cards

    is it just me or does the s-video out on all the nvidia cards have only 4 pin holes or so opposed to ATI cards which have about 8.....i remember this semester when i tried to hook up my friends s-video cable to my card it didnt fit, it usually went in his 9700 pro...
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    Ghosting on 12ms Samsung 710T??

    Hi... heres my story with my samsung 710t (http://product.samsung.com/cgi-bin/nabc/product/b2c_product_detail.jsp?eUser=&prod_id=MJ17BSABY&selTab=Specifications ) the monitor is for christmas, but I got a chance to test it out to 'make surethere were no dead pixels'... all i basically did was...
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    Rate my overclock

    boredom got the best of me
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    32m58s

    please dont rape me for this one...u can clearly see its 32m 58s.... :)
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    Fluxuating Temps

    hi, i have an Athlon64 newcastle socket 754 on an Abit KV8 Pro....i'm overclocked from a stock speed of 2ghz to 2.4ghz... my problem is that i can idle at 40C yet i can run a game such as half-life (the first one) and come out of the game with a temp of 63 degrees C and this is only after about...
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    Which LCD (gaming/office apps)

    already posted this but didnt get many replies... so i just turned it into a poll 19" BenQ FP931 - http://www.benq.com/display/lcd_fp931_specs.html Brightness 250 cd/m2 Contrast 450:1 Viewing Angle (H/V Degrees) 130/130 Response Time 16 ms Display Colors 16.2 million OR...
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    BenQ FP931 Matrix Type??

    didnt see anything on their site, and didnt have much luck with google.. but whats the matrix type of the BenQ Fp931? TN? IPS? MVA? PVA?
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    HELP!: 17" Samsung 710T(12ms) or 19" BenQ FP931(16ms)

    ok.. im in quite the dilemma... im going to be ordering an LCD within the next couple days and the budget is $400 and nomore...i should also include that i am a pretty big gamer.. i plan on keeping the CRT on my desk and running dual monitors depending on how i can rearrange my desk... now i...
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    BFG 6800GT 256 OC vs X800 Pro 256

    sorry about creating a similar thread but i have a more specific question: ok, i can get either of these cards for $400 and im just killing myself over wihch to get for xmas, i know this is similar to the other thread but i just needed to throw in some precision as to which 6800 i was looking...
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    Rate My 64 Overclock (i'm a bit of a noob)

    Well Im somewhat new to the whole overclocking thing but am trying to get the hang of the 64 oc'ing technique. Just wondering if anyone has any comments or suggestions on where i went wrong or possibly comments if i did a good job . all comments are appreciated. :) CPU: Athlon64 3000+...
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