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ahem,i got 80
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Pc Shuts Down After A Few Seconds
PC shuts down after a few seconds --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Here is the situation, about 2 weeks ago one of my computers stopped in the middle of a game and shut down. That was it. I restarted the computer and it powered up and went into the normal startup sequence, it did hit the BIOS screen, then powered down unexpectedly. After that it could be turned on, but then immediately shut down, staying on no longer than about 4 seconds. The system
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What Is The Best Processor For Gaming?
What the above said....lol...I was browsing the Internet the other day looking for the answer of which processor is the best for gaming, the compared processors are Intel Pentium IV HT E and AMD Athlon 64 (if I am not mistaken...)Most people say that Intel is better than AMD but also more expensive. While others say then AMD can be over-clocked and is less hotter than Intel.So know, I want your opinion. Which is the best processor for gaming? Intel or AMD?Thank you for the help.
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My Laptop's Mousepad Won't Work, Can It Be Fixed?
My laptop's mousepad won't work what ever i do on the mousepad the arrow just stay still...however if i connect a USB external mouse the arrow will move as usual.So is this easy to fix? can i fixed it by myself? how can i check what is its problems? any one have any idea please. Thank you!
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What do you think is the best processor company? I think intel is, becuase their processors are faster and they have hyperthreading and are starting to produce 64 bit processors...
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Whats better.Graphiccards fromPowercolorSaphirreAsus.....
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Sata Hard Drive Not Recognized By Windows
Hi there!I recently re-installed windows on my 250 gb WD SATA hard drive. I had a 50 gb windows partition and the rest for files. First thing that happened was my system partition wouldn't boot and eventually chkdsk said that the mbr was unrecoverable. A friend recommended that i use a seperate parallel hard drive to load windows and then convert the disk to dynamic in disk management. I did this, but the computer crashed and now windows won't even load with the SATA hard drive conne
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Is anybody out there who likes the Dell computer like me? Cuz, I bought one like a few months ago, and I really like it.
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Which Processor do you like better?I choose Athlon cause they are in many ways better ,Cheaper and more reliable ( in my opinion ) i want to make love the founder ( or his daughter ) thats how much i love it.
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I plan on buying a new computer for christmas..Only problem is, I can't find any good preconstructed ones. I want something about 1,000$. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had a link to a nice website where you can custom-build your PC?P.S. Penteium 4 or Other? (I want the fastest and stablest. )
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System Does Not Detect Dvd/cdrom Drive
so i came home from school and my brother told me that my mom's laptop doesn't detect the dvd/cd rom drive (the drive icon doesn't show up in My Computer). he told me that the drive doesn't even open up (meaning he can't put any cd there). i thought he was just joking so i just shrugged it off. that was until i checked the laptop myself. he was right. the drive is not detected and the icon doesn't show up in the My Computer window. when i checked the drive, the drive ligh
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I have had it in mind to install a 2nd OS in my computer. For now, I am running WIN XP Home Edition build 2600 and I want to install Mandrake Linux as a 2nd operating System. I have heard that it is not advisable to install 2 OSs in the same HDD partition and for now, my 80Gigbyte HDD has only one partition.If anyone knows how to partition a HDD into 2 or 3 partitions for different OSs, please tell me.I will be most grateful to you all for all your kind help and sugestions.Thank you in advance f
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computer modding is costing too much
many ppl deicde that they would like to build a comp with all the leet mods and cold cathode lights and coloured fans but wats the point its not asif ppl are going to stare at the case for fun and the money can be spent elsewhere such as a new graphics card. the computer case is just used to hold all the parts together and is put next to your feet so ppl shouldnt bother to spend hundreds of dollars on doing up their comp
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Anyone have any luck at all getting any version of Linux to utilize the high speed mode of their USB 2.0 card?I have no problems with getting any of my USB stuff to work in Knoppix 3.4 or Debian or Mandrake 10.0. But all version are only using the USB in the slow mode (v1.1). It would be nice to get it to high speed. In Win2000 I get a huge speed increase. I can copy a 4 meg file in less than 2 seconds in Win2000. On Linux it takes about 7 seconds or about 600KB/s.Is there some driver that must
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Hi all,I don't know if you already had poll about processor type, but now I think ist time to tell again, which processor we have. I have AMD Duron - 1,6 ghz, but personally I think that pentium4 is best choice. Reason for me to have Duron is cheap price.
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Dell, Compaq, Hp, Ibm, Emachine Name Brand Computers
Ok of all the brand name computer companies out there which one do you think is the best. I know myself that building your own custom system is the most economic and likely the best way to buy a computer, but if you were offered the choice of all the top brand names which one would you choose and what makes it better than all the others.I have owned Dell, Compaq, IBM and an EMachine. In my opinion the Dell was the best. The Dell was inexpensive to buy and was a quite stable system. The Dell also
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What's The Highest Known Processor Speed Achieved?
I was reading a personal web site a couple of months ago that was discussing the owner's experimentation with a 3.7 Ghz processor and liquid nitrogen cooling. If I recall correctly a speed in the area of 5 Ghz was reached, but I don't recall exactly. Have any of you seen this site and/or do you know where it is?
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The Computer I am on is:Latitude CPIIntel Pentium II Processor363 MHZ128 MB RamWin XP SP210 GB Hardrive24-Bit Screen DepthThe second laptop is:Dell Inspiron 3700Intel Celron Processor463 MHZ384 MB RAMWin XP SP132 bit depth screen20 GB HardriveThe main computer is:Intel Pentium 4 Processor1.99 GHZ1 GB RamWin XP SP132 bit depth screen40 GB Hardrive
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Comparison Speed- Centrino To Pentium 4
Just wondering how the speeds compared. How powerful is a Centrino say 1.6GHZ to a Pentium 4-3.0GHZ??
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This is the first time I've ever had to turn to the community for help... but I'm desperate.My hard disk sort of died today. It's been grinding down for ever, and it eventually kicked it in this morning.It's a 10gb drive sitting in an old IBM PC300GL I use for misc stuff - sometimes for the server, or to do misc jobs like encryption cracking, or whatever.Anyway, it's not so much the drive itself which is important - I could buy a replacement one for probobly under $10 -
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Where I can find an inexpensive processessor...
on the internet?Also, if you could tell me where to find a good gfx card that is inexpensive, post that too =)
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So what do you prefer? I actually just have a premade computer. But I have been thinking of building my own or at least having one I had a company custom make.
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I keep hearing these commercials on the radio about a processor which keeps virusses out (AMD athlon). Is this *BLEEP* or what? How can a processor be anti-virus?
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Best Laptop Dvd/burn Combo Drive
So I got an old compaq from my sister, not too shabby but it doesn't have a burn drive. It only has a DVD drive. I want to replace this. I have looked at like Fry's and Compaq and Curcuit City. They don't seem to have any. Do any of you have any suggestions?
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Missing Cd Rom From My Computer
I was called in about 3AM the other day regarding missing CD-ROM drive. You got to be kidding...right? Well here is what happened.Apparently a computer in the office cannot "find" CD-ROM or access it. Going into the device manager reveals CODE 19 (registry error) and no one has any idea what happened. Looking at My Computer shows nothing about CD-ROM drive's icon. Humm that's funny... So, take a spare CD-ROM drive and just switch it over, right? No! Windows recognizes that
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What Is A Computer Form Factor
As I began my hardware class in school I knew I was going to be learning some new stuff about a computer that I never really thought about besides the fact I use one. Hopefully what I talk about in this topic will help people get a better understanding of computer hardware, especially when might want to build one by scratch.The form factor is used to determine what power supply, computer cases and motherboards you can use when building a fully customized computer instead of getting one pre-buil
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What kind of server does trap17 use? Or did you guys pay someone else.
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Which company u like better?rite now AMD has the edge over intel with there 64 and FX series...
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What Kind Of Comp Do You Have?
I have and HP invent with windows xp proffessional, how about you>?-oh darn, i put hp invent on there twice..just use the top one, please.
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what were the specs of your first PC,,,...my first computer was a Compaq's laptop..Intel 100MHz42 MB ram...i think8 MB video memory750 MB hard diskCD - ROm...
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all of a sudden, you see, my loyal hard drive decided to retire about a week ago. i had to buy a new hard drive to replace it, and resume my computer tasks. my old drive is just lying around in my room after that, and i'm wondering how to at least get ahold of my files there (at least the most recent ones -- mostly downloads -- which i failed to backup before it decided to die down on me), if it's still possible. my old harddrive can't be detected in the bios, and it makes this click
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Virus On Your Flash Disk? (usb Devices)
Here's a Tip on USB Devices on protecting them.. Hope you want this... Enjoy 1. Check first the Auto Insert Notification setttings. Set it to "prompt user...".2. Insert your USB device3. Open "My Computer" after the USB loads4. DON'T left-click, but right-click on the USB drive5. Check: (very important)if it displays:QUOTEOpenExploreSearchAutoplaythen it's safe.if it displays:QUOTEAutoplayOpenExploreSearchor:QUOTEAutoAutoplayOpenExploreSearchor:QUOTE0penAutoplayO
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............................................HARDWARE............................................Pentium 4 2.82 GHz512 DDRATI RADEON 9200LG FLATRON F700PLogitech speakers56K ModemHaupaggue WinTV GO2LG CD-RW-DVD ROM 52XEpson Stylus C43.............................................OS.............................................Windows XP Professional SP2 BEST PC!!!
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what video card do you thing is the best?, im using a ati radeon 9200 128mb
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How To Mount A Usb Drive In Linux?
Dear friends,Can any body help me how to mount a usb flash drive in fedora core 1 linux.
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I have a computer thats about 6 or 7 yrs old (not currently being used), i went to start it up to re-format the harddrive and install the required components and such and the comp booted but would not load into dos no matter what i did and it does not load properly and it does stuff i dont want it to do... WHAT SHOULD I DO??!?!
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HOW MANY PARTIONS YOU HAVE ON YOUR HARDRIVE
I GOT 5 PARTIONS ON MY COMPUTER!Always good to have a empty, or unused partion!!
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Update Your Computer Specifications
QUOTEAMD Athlon XP 1800+1gb PC2100 DDRDFI AD73 ProATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128mbtoo lazy to list all my storage devicesYe Olde Sound Blaster PCIa TDK DVD +\- DVD and CD burnerincluding PSU fans, 9 80mm case fansa USB 2.0 PCI hub cardsome old 10\100 lan card430w Antech Truepower PSUWindows XP Professional w\out service packs, Mandrake Linux 10.0 (dual boot baby! )some awesome looking Raidmax casethats it for me. what are you guys runnin'?
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I dont know how long this link is going to work..Check it out...http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~abey/Kaltmacher...uction%2001.jpgYou might want to try it out..
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What is the best video card out! Im looking to get a new card for Christmas or sometime soon and am wondering what is the best video card out. Also were is a place to get great prices on them.
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What Does It Mean If Whenever I Flash My Bios...
whenever i try to flash my BIOS for my asus k8v se dx, it automatically reboots, but right after that i get the error "CMOS Checksum Bad", and the bios flash is unsuccessful...what's the problem and how do i fix?thanks in advance
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Missing Ltp1 Port Can't Install Printer
I have problem installing my printer, the LPT1 Port is missing before it is visible but for unknown reason it disappeared. Please I Need Help on how to reinstall my LTP1 Port on my computer.
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How Do Uninstall Deep Freezer If I Lost Password?..
i have lost the password of my deep freezer instaalled to my computer and i want to install softwares but it is not saving cuz of the deep freezer so how can i uninstall it......i don't have the password..
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Dell Inspiron 1150 Hard Drive Type
Ok i just bought a dell inspiron 1150 and i dont know what kind of hard drive it has in it if it ide or ata idk those may be the same thing i was looking at this hard drive to put in it http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...p;rd=1&rd=1 but im am not sire if it is compatiable could anyone tell me if its campatiable or not. and please dont say google it or go on dell.com becasue ive done both and none of them work.
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I am asking because I don't really care about the model but I want to know if my next comp I should buy should be either one of these.
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Difference Between Hard Drive Speeds?
Okay, so here is my question... It's regarding gaming and/or video editing, picture editing, etc.I am curious as to how different speeds of HDD's can really affect performance. Not so much as to how it works, but is there really a big difference?For example, if I were to play Crysis on a 7200 RPM drive and then a 15k RPM drive, would I really notice much of a difference?My main reason for asking this question is that if you go to build a custom gaming machine(One that you say what you wa
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Hey there,I am going to buy a new PC , and have everything sorted out , exept the processor...I want an AMD processor , the question is : which model should I use?Which is the best processor , but still is not too expensive?Thanks
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i got a very big cd-rom problem it came up when i got home from my vacationokay for some reason the cd-drive couldnt read any cd-keys,and i changed it to a different cd-drive but i don't know how to set it up,snice my new cd-key also got the same problem as my old one
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Defragment: Cannot Defrag All Fragmented Files
This is what I get after I defrag, "all files could not be defragged". I think this is slowing down my computer, so what can I do?I have a couple movies on my hard drive that are about 700MB and 900MB. Does this have something to do with this big red area?Thanks.
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Today I bought every component I needed for a new desktop.I bought a combo at fry's, which consisted of a P4 3.2Ghz CPU, and a ECS 848P-A Motherboard. They were on sale for $209.99, and that was cheap!Let me just tell you, it's so 'cheap', I'm typing on my school laptop right now. I searched Ask.com for Post Signals (Beeps of errors your motherboard will give you based on it's bios.) I had a 6-7 second beep, followed by silence, followed by the 6-7 second beep.
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Ok. I am using a Toshiba laptop with a Pentium 3.33 with HT and a 93 gig HDD and 512 Mb of memory....I would like to upgrade the memory. Would it be better if I were to get another 512 or a 1 gig? How do I figure out how many pins I need? And if i get another 512 should I get the exact same model that I already have? Thank you for your time and i look forward to reading your replies.
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Solution Need.....speed Performence Problem
hi guyz,i just need a solution for the problem that i am going toidentify, please give me the solution for it,PROBLEM :-I play lots of games on my computer,but some of my games run slow, such as The Sims & Counter Strikei need to know why, and what's its solution,please give me the cheapest and the greatest solution,
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I want to overclock my computer, and I thought if I was to upgrade the BIOS, then maybe I could. The whole thing is it is a prebuilt, and as you (should) know, you cannot overclock a prebuilt. So, my question is, if I upgrade the BIOS, could I overclock it? Thanks for anyone who helps me out.
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I had an ipod but i broke it man i wish i could have it back man ipods are so coolIts so crazy how they can hold up ten thousand songs that it NUTS lolI think that i am about to get one for christmas yeahhhhh that will be really cool I THINK
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Hi,I have a dexxa Optical mouse... I have al the drivers... Left and Right button to go back and forth work but the scrollwheel doesnt work... Is there any way that you know how to make the scrollwheel work? Its sucks when I am gaming...-Florisjuh
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Technically Speaking: Usb Or Firewire?
According to my experience, USB 2.0 and Firewire had basicly same speed while transfering files.. but is it really near the same? If you have some experience, help me out to choose which is better? And which of this two technology's will survive on the market?
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I heard there is an original linux and was just Linux where can I get it? Does anyone know cause Windows is kinda restricting me?
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What do you think the best cpu is? According to what i have tried and heard AMD is way more powerful than pentium. I heard that AMD gives you its full power for maximum efficiency while pentium gives you about 80%-89% full power. This is why for all of you that have AMDs you better have a huge fan for it or it will over heat.Has any one else found something odd about any cpu chips?
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Hi people, i open this topic for know what mother is good for a new computer and have a low cost, Asus, Asrock, Intel, etc.?I listen your opinions, thanks!
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When I load my pc it shows as 1100Mhz, when it used to be 2200Mhz,Its an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 400FSBI thought it may be a multiplyer on the mobo, but I can't find any on there, the only one on there is the clear the CMOS? the bios settings I think. Anyway, I'll wait a little while for a response, but i g2g in a min.Thank you,Craig.
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Here are some sites which offer hardware training to you....1) http://www.tomshardware.com/2) http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/
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i have a Compaq Presario 2568CL, and my info says HT supported, not enabled. how do i enable it, and are there any possible pitfalls in doing so?
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Imagine a surveillance system that presents a virtual embodiment of a person on a screen who can react to your behaviour, and alert you to new e-mails, among other technological possibilities.Basic versions of these so-called avatars already exist. Together with speech and voice recognition systems, they could replace the keyboard and mouse in the future, or at least be in addition to current means of input. One such avatar is Jeremiah; it is a virtual man, which you can download and install for
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I have a problem regardinig my computer. My computer is just 8 months old. Recently I have shifted it from one room to the other in my home. After shifting it I have seen a problem in it. Sometime there are rainbow like colours in the four corners of Monitor. These are not permanent. Sometimes these are very light , sometimes very dark and sometimes they are not at all. What can be the problem?? In the previous room the UPS was under the computer table but now it is on the table. Can it be the p
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While setting up my new machine last night... I stumbled upon a feature of Windows I have missed for years.Right click on the desktop.Properties > Appearance > Effects...Check the box for "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts" and change it from "Standard" to "Clear Type"Press OKPress ApplyThe text looks much crisper on my machine now. I run Windows at 1600x1200 on a 21" Trinitron. Webpages, icon text, everything seems much better than
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anyone know where can i get a Alienware Area 51 case for cheap price?i don't want the whole system..i just want the case for my new computer i'm going to build. there is a case in a good shape in ebay but it is 325 bucks now..i would probably get a decent graphics card with that much money...anyway, if anyone know i can get the case separately for a cheap price, please leave post
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I need to buy a graphic card because mine is quite old. I am new in the graphic cards world and i want to ask you some questions:1) My computer is the next: Proccessor: AMD K7 Athlon XP 1600+, Palomino RAM: 2*256MB SDRAM, PC133 Mainboard: Elitegroup K7S5A 3.1 DMA100, FSB266, DDR+DIMMRight now my graphic card is : ST Labs SIS315, 32MBMy question is, Can i buy any graphic card because my computer will support it? or should i look for documentation of my mainboard to see if it is supported?2) I us
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Which Printer Has Long-lasting Ink?
So right now I am using the Lexmark x5470. I just printed 2 pages worth of colorful pages (starting at 100% full cartridge) and now it shows that I have 50% left of color ink! I've printed 10 pages with the same color and I stilled had a decent amount of ink--and this was 7 years ago. Since this printer can't be returned any more because it's already past the 30 day return policy, I'm going to be stuck with this for a while. However, can anyone recommend a good printer which
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Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 Atx Motherboard 800mhz
Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 ATX Motherboard 800MHzQUOTEGive your computer system a sweet upgrade with this Socket 478 Pentium 4 motherboard. Boasting an 800MHz bus speed, it features five PCI slots and a wide array of external ports--perfect for a digital studio. Click on Overstock.com for hot deals on all your computer upgrades. Specifications: Processor support: Socket 478 Pentium 4 System bus speed: 800MHz Chipset: Intel 875P Memory sockets: 4 x 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets (up to 4GB) Expansion s
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does anyone own their own server ?how much does a resonable 1U server cost?how much is the resell value for a 1U server?
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Money is not really a problem, but I want a STABLE system for extreme gaming.At this very moment, I got 1000-2000 euro to spend. My current system is a P4 2400 mhz, 512 RDram @ 1024 mhz, 120 GB & 160 GB HD @ 7200 rpm. As a soundcard I got a soundblaster live with a 2.1 speaker system. My graphics card is a radeon 9700 pro.I also got a laptop wich is around the same configuration, but I'm using thisone as a server, connected through LAN with the other.In about 2 months i'd like to get
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I have a Dell Inspiron5150 and my video card is an Nvidia Geforce FX Go5200. A problem that just came up recently has left me quite puzzled.My laptop monitor flickers to a black screen right at startup. Moments later, everything appears to be fine again. Although the issue doesn't seem particularly life threatening, I was wondering if anyone would know what would cause this and/or ways to fix it. I guess it's more of a nuisance than anything else.I initially didn't have this problem
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there were major problems with my computer (reasons don't matter) and i couldn't reformat it the right way... (by popping in the xp disk). so i put it in another computer as a secondary drive in a different computer, and it was successful. those of you who are experienced with OEM disks are probably expecting the horrors i am about to relate to you... as anyone with a speck of knowledge about hardware knows, there is no way to COMPLETELY erase a hard drive, no matter which way you reform
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hey i read in some windows xp magazine that scientists over in America made a 30000 terabyte hard drive by using nano technology and adding believe it or not, water to the hard drive.how sick would it be to have a hdd that BIG
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i'd like to buy a video card for my computer.how do i know if i have an agp slot? i am told agp cards are much better.my computer is almost 2 years old, pentium4, 2ghz, 512 ddr ram
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hello, i really need help, my cd drive is working absolutely fine in ms-dos, but when i try to use it in windows it does all sorts of things, sometimes it shows the cd as audio when it is not, other times it tells me that the cd drive is not functioning, and also sometimes it detects the cd, then when i look at the files on it they are a scrambled and have filenames like '??~???__~_???_~~'. i have tried reinstalling windows and updating drivers.. PLEASE HELP ME I AM GOING INSANE!!
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wut video card do u have??I have a 128mb ati radeon 9200 vidoe card... not bad.. i need more tho.. lol
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Can A Hard Disk Be Write Protected?
You know,like a floppy drive,can a harf disk be write protected?Coz I need to use my hard disk at a friend's place who's PC ios severely infected,I hope to use my antivirus to c;eanse his system as no AV installs onthat system.
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Help Me Choose Some Good/cheap Video Card
Hello all,In advance thanks for helping me out. I would like to buy some new graphic adapter / video card. It's must be fast, lots of ram, very good compatibilty, good cooling, and with all that it must include the trick - must be cheap:)Ok, so I know it can't be cheap, but it must be reasonable price for me... something around 200$
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Hi There, 1) I have the Audigy 2 ZS soundcard accompanied with Creative Gigaworks S750 speakers (btw. they ROCK!!!). All drivers for audigy are up to date. I have concerns regarding the Audigy CMSS function, that should make the mp3´s sound from ALL of the 7 speakers. The problem is that all the speakers sound OK except the rears, that have only about 10% of the volume the other speakers have (the games work absolutely properly in surround mode, in EAX for ex). And the problem is not
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Ok if any of you here are like me, you like to build computers. I have built several computers for people and loved doing every single one i built, i was looking for a new case to build my next personal computer in and i ran accross this monster from thermaltake. The Armor VA8000 Series, which can be found here http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/armor...s/va8000bws.htm When I first saw this thing i was like wow but when i read what some of the features were i was like *beep* *beep* the s
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Let's see how many Trap17 users own which brands of computers...Be it notebook or desktop...Customised or Other brands, you may like to state them here...
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What kind free computer parts has everyone got?I have a free dvd rom, 24x12x40 cdrw, 256 ram, hard drive (fried it last year though)I've gott'n most of my free goods from people who get new stuff and/or its "broken" hehe. I've also been given an xbox (dvd drive was shot), digital camera, video camera, amp and subs. Its kinda nice being "the guy that knows how to fix electronics" I really dont know jack (anything), its just people are kinda retarded sumtimes.
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Well if this topic does not belong here, please feel free to delete/move it. Here's how the story went: My friend's computer crashed on him and he asked me to come over and have a look. So I did and here are some errors that appear: Boot cd-romBoot cd-romCannot load press ctrl+alt+delete to restart After I restart it the same thing happens all over again. (Note: the message is very similiar to that above but I didn't write the exact message down). I tried the restore disk and th
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recent days, my PC kept crashing...like when i open, the window start then after, it stall awhile then restart....and 3 or 4 time to open my computer...sometime cant open...i checked with my friends' PC they also faced the crashing problem...like auto shutdown,restart or cant shutdown.. it looks after i upgraded to service pack 2..window xp professional...i doubted that service pack 2 problem with vedio graphic card...bec when i was playing game, it is lagger than last time, even same game
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Running Bios Setup On A Dell Inspiron 8000 Laptop
My aunt gave me her old laptop, and I want to reinstall Windows on it. For sarters, the DVD-ROM drive is not first in the boot order. So I need to open the BIOS Setup program to change it. I tried pressing about half a dozen key combos, and couldn't get it to run. I called Dell, and they gave me some garbage, saying that I would have to pay to get help. So I come here, to ask you, how does one open the BIOS Setup program on a Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop?
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Dvd Drive Fails To Write Under Windows Vista
My new venture shop's computer started to act up. I purchased low-end CompaQ desktop featuring Windows Vista Home with DVDRW drive by TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H653L SCSI CdRom device (this description is from Windows directly).I have allowed to install DVD authoring and copying program on this machine. The machine was running just finely and *ahem* duplicating DVD's for shop's purpose. The DVDs did not have copyright notice and it was for piercing tutorials (so FBI get off my back )Anyway
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What Components You You Manage To Kill?
I'm interested how many, and what, PC components died, or ceased working on your systems. Include ALL hardware you had to replace, ever since you started using comps. Don't include replaced components that still worked...I'm still making my own list
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So I've been having some difficulties with my Laptop computer. Not the least significant of them was this problem of not being able to find the O/S. What to do about it? How does the computer not find the Operating System? I know that it is in there someplace, I had just re-installed it, but the BIOS was not able to locate it.On the phone to the Manufacturer's Help Centre. Explain the problem. Real nice guy. Had the answer right handy. Send me an email right away. Good thing I had anoth
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i am trying to configure some systems for internet browsing,this will be thier sole purpose,which processor should i use for them,am sorta centered on d older celeron 830 mhz chip,cant afford any chip higher than 1000mhz,pls advise,as a standard these chips would be mounted on intel chipset boards with all integrated basic components with 128 mg ram and a 20 gb hardisk
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It Is Better To Have Canon Or Epson Printer?
I have to ask you what is better?
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Hi all,I have some old soundcard: AudioExcel Theatre, PCI,5+1... and after installing winxp sp2, every time when i reboot, I have to enter safe mode and disable that soundcard because it wont boot. Then when winxp boot's, I need to enable that soundcard manualy to get sound working... Soundcard drivers are ok, and everything seems to be ok with card. Before sp2 everything was ok... And I doubt that there are some newer drivers on internet... So anyone had some idea how to solve this conflict
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Ports are used to connect external devices to the computer. There exist several types of ports like serial port, parallel port, USB port, AGP port. As the name suggests, the serial port transfers data serially a bit at a time. As a result, the serial port needs only wire to transmit 8 bits. The disadvantage is that it takes 8 times longer to transmit a byte. Also, it is necessary to send a start bit before each byte of data, a stop bit after the byte to mark the end of byte and a parity bit to h
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To all you computer experts out there:I have a windows 98 packard computer and my c: disk is full(well nearly) and just when i want to format it, now it cuts out every time I log in, as in the computer appears to be on yet the screen is not getting any signal from itso can anyone help me?
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you can post pictures of you pc-s here....post the picture without the side panel....so that you can see procesor,motherboard,memory,disk,coolers....and so on...i'l start first...here's my PC...http://temaplace.freeownhost.com/stroy.rar...it's pretty suprising how this PC even works with MS 400W power supply...i have 3 hard disks,and 2 cd-dvd roms pluged...most of time....
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I recently updated my sound card driver CMI3738/C3DX PCI (C-media) and the update did not work out too well.I had backed up the old version of this sound card driver and reverted back to it after the update did not work out. Now the system sounds work as normal but all software that used the driver once (i.e games and windows media player) freeze and stop responding when I try to start them up and I have to restart my computer.I tried reinstalling the driver about 20 times from downloads, system
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Need Help Connecting To Trap17 Servers
Im new to trap17.com and im currently using ftp programs to connect to hosting companies but for some reason i cant connect to trap17 servers even though i though i know that the servers are NS1.TRAP17.COM and NS2.TRAP17.COM. Can anybody give me advice upon solutions upon how to connect to these servers or suggest any other ftp program other than cuteftp?
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ive realised that i could overclock my computer my more than 400 mhz which save me like $600 instead of buying the latest release of cpu that people have dreamt about.... but buying a few fans and a few tips and tools from people ive manage to clock my comp faster and the the performance is obvious. the danger of overclocking is present but speding about $50 is worthwhile to get the best outta your comp
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Wat is tis hardwere it tink i need no hardwere .but i now flo en i want to sie tis ok bye . all
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i need to upgrade my video card, i have only an integrated crappy one.before i go to the store though, how do i know if i have an "agp slot" on my motherboard?and,is agp the type of card i want? or pci?everyone has always told me agp, but this dude at radio shack tried telling me pci was better.
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