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I got my resolution AS high as possible right now. I read/heard the higher the resolution, you get a drop in performance? 1280 X 1024 right now,...
Coffee Lover
05-22-2007 12:54 PM
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Mad Scientist Jr wrote: Just put something like...
chris
05-22-2007 01:34 AM
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Is a motherboard/bios Battery reading of "4.08 Volts" normal, low, high?? It reads this in BIOS screen and in various xp-based software. thanks
Coffee Lover
05-22-2007 12:41 AM
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I've always purchased OEM (generally at computer shows) but as I'm outside the US currently, I'm buying OEM, online (newegg, where else?) It doesn't...
jmc
05-21-2007 10:36 PM
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While looking at motherboards on the web I ran across these Dual Socket ones. I looked on wikipedia and it said a computer with two CPUs. That's...
scotttews@noemail.com
05-21-2007 08:17 PM
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....hoping that someone might shed some light on this besides the obvious. ...got the error below on a server I built myself. ...Tyan AMD Opteron MB...
Jeff
05-21-2007 10:06 AM
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ANY ONE CAN TELL ME HOW TO USE FM TRANSMITTER FOR CONNECTING TWO COMPS
JOHN
05-21-2007 06:39 AM
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I have done many reformats and installs. But ran into a different problem. I have a Vista computer. The owner bought XP and wants to replace...
marcy
05-21-2007 05:29 AM
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I think it's time to upgrade, my mobo's going on four years old, and I'm still using Windows 2000 Pro. Thinking about trying XP 64, but I read a lot...
jmc
05-20-2007 06:05 PM
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According to the S.M.A.R.T. Stats my drive is in GOOD shape. But the Drive is making noises that are a sign of failure soon. Here is a Link to the...
Bob Brown INC.
05-20-2007 02:42 PM
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In article <i0d1i4-2r6.ln1 (AT) vimes (DOT) paysan.nom>, bernd.paysan (AT) gmx (DOT) de says... Core? MRAM? -- Keith
krw
05-19-2007 11:00 PM
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With Martin Markoe, it is Peddler as in eMicrophones, Inc. microphone peddler. An honorable profession. He is being harrassed at Comp.speech.users by...
Ant
05-19-2007 08:51 PM
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On 2007-05-18, Paul <nospam (AT) needed (DOT) com> wrote: I was thinking along much the same lines. All the documentation you'd need is readily...
Andrew Smallshaw
05-19-2007 09:21 AM
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I think it's time to upgrade, my mobo's going on four years old, and I'm still using Windows 2000 Pro. Thinking about trying XP 64, but I read a lot...
jmc
05-18-2007 06:49 AM
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According to this page, http://www.everythingusb.com/pinnacle_pctv_hd_pro_stick.html Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro USB Stick support closed-caption. But...
Jone
05-17-2007 11:52 PM
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I know this is OT however I could not find any populated NG better suited to help me. I found a D-Link DCM-202 cable modem for 15 dollars...
WooHoo2You
05-17-2007 06:46 PM
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I need to work on a serial drive from another computer with my system. When I plug it in (sata drive), my computer won't start because it is seeing...
jake
05-16-2007 03:12 PM
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Hi, Looking for a new 17" monitor with speakers for normal home usage. Saw three : Samsung 713BM, 711MP, 741MP, Any others , any recommandation...
Nospam
05-16-2007 12:43 PM
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Got a 7200.10 drive, the 320gb sata II one It has LOADS of complaints of BIRD CHIRPING noises, many many complaints. I see this for no other hard...
Bob Brown INC.
05-15-2007 11:49 AM
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Hello everyone, Hope this is the right place to ask for some dialog. I am interested an external hard drive to use for storage and also to back up...
Sog
05-14-2007 01:58 PM
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Scott en Aztlán <scottenaztlan (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote: As far as I know, they do not have a name. However they...
Arno Wagner
05-14-2007 10:54 AM
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I've just bought a Samsung SpinPoint T166 400GB SATA2 16 HDD. After I connected it up and booted up, I get the following lines: Scan Devices,...
Vittorio Janus
05-14-2007 07:35 AM
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I'd like to rebuild/upgrade my media server. It is connected to my HDTV. Where should I put the cash to make it work smoothly? Fast processor for...
EskWIRED@spamblock.panix.com
05-14-2007 04:49 AM
Mark Go to last post
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Going to be upgrading my system in the near future. I'm not into gaming, but do a lot of graphic work on photographs, and am feeling the need for...
jmc
05-14-2007 03:54 AM
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I bought a HP pavilion dv6108nr laptop featuring a fast cpu, a intel integrated video card that can share up to 128M video ram. When I work home, I...
John
05-14-2007 02:14 AM
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The little lost angel wrote: Your understanding is close, but not exactly correct. Look at Figure 2 in this Chip Design Magazine...
Guy Macon
05-13-2007 11:50 PM
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On Sat, 12 May 2007 09:45:44 -0700, Jon Danniken wrote: I know the card does because I have the identical card in my Linux box and it displays that...
James White
05-13-2007 07:48 AM
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I need more USB2 ports on my PC. Is an internal PCI card a better choice, than an external Hub? I want to connect up to 7 or 8 USB2 drives to the...
Talal Itani
05-12-2007 03:41 AM
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I have a low profile PCI NVIDIA GeForce 5200 graphics card that I just installed and the fan is really noisy. Also I'm running it in a laptop...
Nate Baxley
05-10-2007 06:26 PM
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Hard Drive is making some bad noises and I need to be able to review or log the errors. I disabled a lot of services and I need to know which...
Bob Brown INC.
05-09-2007 10:48 PM
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We just purchased this server chassis: http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/2U/825/SC825TQ-560LPV.cfm We have this rack as...
markm75
05-09-2007 10:46 AM
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On Mon, 7 May 2007 19:44:04 -0400, "Timothy Drouillard" <hdrdtd (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote: Your account is suspicous at best. There is no...
kony
05-08-2007 06:29 PM
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Ok, so I enabled the Thing in the BIOS, A8S-X board. Is software "required" for it to work properly? I need to know exactly what to search for...
Bob Brown INC.
05-07-2007 09:51 PM
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Can someone point me to the correct news group to post this problem, please? My friend has an ASUS P4S80DX motherboard. The person who built the...
mark
05-03-2007 04:34 PM
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I have become interested in those old original computers after seeing a demo at a science show. Unfortunately, I didn't ask the right questions when...
George N.
05-02-2007 02:05 PM
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For an all-around AM2 box (X2 Brisbane 3600+ placeholding....awaiting Agena/Barcelona K8l/K10), which is better? The first package contains 2 GB of...
Andy Gullans
05-01-2007 08:03 PM
kony Go to last post
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I need software to monitor my broadband up/down time, making entries showing if/when my connections drops and for how long. I'd need something that...
Bob Brown
05-01-2007 11:41 AM
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I have disabled some Services in XP Home SP2 over time to prune the system, especially services I never use and that take loads of memory/disk...
Bob Brown
05-01-2007 09:51 AM
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Recently when booting up I have frequently but not always get the following message before getting to the login screen: "STOP: c000021z {Fatal...
Dave Rado
04-29-2007 07:01 PM
philo Go to last post
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My DFI lanparty UT N250 mobo will hold 3 gigs total of pc3200.I currently have 2x1gb sticks of XMS at 3-4-4-8 timings.I cannot find a single stick...
Christopher Syn
04-29-2007 06:00 PM
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Why is it that programmers and web designers seem to care so little about the end user. I have used several program that I felt could be improved by...
Debora Landcaster
04-29-2007 12:03 PM
kony Go to last post
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Having finally retired my three-year-old machine I want to use the two drives (Seagate 200gig) in outboard enclosures for backup and storage. ...
DGDevin
04-28-2007 03:33 PM
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There is an Asus motherboard (P5NSLI) that has been on the market for a year and at some point a revision 2.00G version of it came out (not sure when...
PC Guy
04-28-2007 01:09 PM
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Is it possible to get hold of a One Laptop per Child computer? Do they seem handy to you guys? Would they work well for, say, sitting around the...
EskWIRED@spamblock.panix.com
04-28-2007 11:04 AM
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HAve been having a very hard time trying to install windows xp, but I think it's a hardware problem. I probably fried the first C: drive by plugging...
kohlrabi_croce
04-26-2007 05:26 PM
Michael Hawes Go to last post
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Looking for help on how NOT to display the "Go" button next to the address toolbar on the taskbar. I'm guessing that it involves a setting in...
cil
04-26-2007 11:19 AM
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So after all my rebooting problems a month or so ago, I decided to upgrade my PC instead of pissing around piecemeal, and replaced the mobo,...
Mark N
04-23-2007 06:03 PM
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A new 512 Mb stick of PC133 SDRAM (Samsung - and it's actually got PC133 and PC166 written on it) arrived today to give my aging Optiplex GX240 a...
Charlie Danger
04-23-2007 10:57 AM
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Looking for an LCD. Been pointed to the Philips 200WB7ES, which has some good reviews. However I see there's a 200WP7ES. Want to know if it worth the...
Derek Baker
04-21-2007 07:29 PM
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--------------------------------- SYSTEM STATS Motherboard Asus A8S-X Chipset SiS 756 AMD Hammer CPU AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice S939 Step DH-E6 RAM...
Bob Brown
04-21-2007 02:06 PM
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