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I got a new case and moved everything outta my old case into the new one. Computer wouldn't turn on, no power to cpu fan, case fans, nothing happens at all. I then notice that the 4 pin motherboard connector is fully plugged in. It was maybe 3/4 plugged in. After a little while I realized...

You know that red led on your surge protector or power bar that goes on if you have a "wiring fault"? I current have my rig plugged into a surge protector with that red led on. How dangerous is this? Is there a big risk in damaging my rig? Due to certain conditions, I had to relocate my rig...

Haven't been keeping up with computer parts for a while now. What's best case, cpu, motherboard, ram, videocard, harddrive and psu for $700 or less. Less would be even better. I know it wouldn't be much, but it would just need to run todays games at moderate settings. Would prefer Intel build.

My fps will drop by 50% or near 50% while in zoom view with a sniper rifle. I'm playing at 1680x1050, ultra settings and 2xAA. For example, my fps would at 30-40 normal view, but when I zoom with the sniper it goes down to 18-25. The only time where this does not happen is when I'm zooming...

I've had this monitor for about 1.5 years and it's been great to me, but now I have some kind of wavy stain on the top of my monitor. Can anybody identify what causes this? Could it be water damage or some kind of pixel malfunction? I admit that I choked on some water and spew some on my...

Using the Z-5500 and X-Fi Extreme Music combo. I notice that when I play games like COD4, it's hard to notice positional sound effects. Sounds that originate behind me do not sound distinctly like they're behind me. It's almost like every sound no matter where it originates from sounds the...

When updating video drivers, are you suppose to uninstall ntune or riva tuner as well? Do you just uninstall your current drivers and use driver cleaner or is it better to also uninstall any overclocking utilties?

Lately I have been noticing that my monitor has temp burn in. For example, if I log into Steam and then visit a website that has a dark background, I can still see the Steam interface slightly in the background. It's temporary and will go away. I don't have a camera so I can't take a pic...

I watch a lot of Xvid and some H264 videos. I currently use CCCP codec pack for watching my videos. Would PureVideo make a difference or is it only good if you watch Blueray and HDdvd?

Using 8800gts, can't find the option in the nvidia control panel. Anybody know where it is?

Using 8800gts 640mb. In the nvidia control panel I set AA to override application settings and set it to 4x but it does not work if HDR is enabled. Only if HDR is disabled I get the AA to work. Using 97.92 drivers. I actually didn't realize that Oblivion was not running with the AA on. I...

On Coretempt, it shows my Tjunction temp at a staggering 85c. Is that normal? My cpu idle temp is 40c.

I have an eVGA 8800 gts and I used the nVidia ntune program to clock it at 600mhz Everything woks fine, it's just that everytime I restart my computer the card resets itself back to 513mhz, which is kinda strange because isn't the factory default 500mhz? Is there a setting somewhere that I'm...

I'm using X-Fi Xtreme Music sound card with Logitech z-5500 speakers. I installed the soundcard and drivers but when I run the creative sound wizard thing, the front-left speaker audio comes out from the centre speaker. The front-right speaker has no audio, subwoofer has no audio, however, the...

Just built a computer and it my dismay, my mobo is seems to be using a very old bios. It's 306 when the newest one I think is 706. The bios is very limited on what I can change. There's no option to change the ram divider, no option to change increase the fsb and no options to change any...

Just started using this monitor and it gets pretty damn warm, especially the top. I just had the monitor on for less then an hour and it got this warm. I even feel the heat rising a little bit if I put my arm above the monitor. Is this normal? I think my wall outlet is faulty because my...

I ripped off that white sticker on the back of my eVGA 8800gts so I don't have the serial number. Is my warranty now screwed? If I ever have to RMA the card, I would have to provide the serial number right? Damn, please tell me there's another way to get the serial number.

Alright I'm a retard, I cannot put my cpu into the socket and lock the load lever. The gold arrow on the cpu is facing downleft of the socket which is the way manual says to do it. When I put the load plate over the cpu and try to lock the lever, there's a crap load of resistence. I feel like...

I'm going to building a pc soon and I have ordered some ram and I remeber hearing a lot of people saying that the p5b only works with 1.8V ram. Tons of people with the OCZ ram which uses 2.1V had difficulty getting them to work. The Mushkin ram uses 2.1V too and I want to make sure it would...

Will be getting a new pc and thinking about using a V1000 and 9700 combo. From the heatsink thread on the overclocking forum, one of users posted a pic of his setup of a 9500 on the V1000 and the hsf almost hits the case wall. The 9700 is a little larger, but do you think there will be enough...