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and i need some direction. my current PC specs are: Windows XP Pro Pentium 4 3.2 GHz HT 1024 MB Kingston PC 2700(i think) P5P800 Mobo (asus) Maxtor 160GB HDD nVidia GeForce 6800 I have a total of 400 dollars i'm willing to dedicate to an upgrade; currently i'm thinking …

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Hi, I was hoping someone here could help me. I recently purchased an ECS KT600-a AMD Motherboard and a AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Barton chip (along with all the other necessary computer parts). Yesterday, I put it all together and tried powering up (turning on power supply, hitting power button …

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when i use easytune it tells me that my system fan is not working and wont register what rpm it is doing i know its working because i can see it i have a jantech achillies tower which is runing 4 fans so i also know the system is cool …

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Hello, after a power failure, I kept getting the "cpu error - check soft menu" message. After four days of the computer working fine anyway, I decided to enter the soft menu and have a look see. Evidently I changed and saved something, stupid granny that I am. Now, when …

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I am interested in building a water cooling system gaming system I want to build. Unfortunately, I am kind of lost on what to do though. I am right now debating whether or not to build a gaming system with a CoolerMaster pre-built water cooling block system that will occupy …

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I have $600 to spend on a cpu. I dont want to ugrade for like 3 years possibly more. I was thinking of initially getting the P4 3.6ghz 660 processor. or the AMD64 4400. If anyone could help me out in making a decision that would be great. The purpose …

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It looks like I'm about to purchase a Asus K8V SE Deluxe motherboard to up grade my computer which has a 300watt power supply, and I'm tying to find out if that will be enough. Are there any other compatability issues that I should be aware of? I do appreciate …

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Hey everyone....I was if you guys could compare the 2 notebook systems below. I know that one has more graphics power but the other has more cpu power, so as you can see this is not as simply as choosing between AMD and Intel. Any tips, recommandations or advice would …

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When I try to install Windows XP pro from CD drive I get the following BIOS error message; CD-ROM: Failure I tried three different working CD dives and get the same error!!! I then installed Windows XP pro from Floppy disks. The Windows XP pro boot disk has six floppy …

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yeah im not sure what topic this would be best to post in but i chose the best topic this i could think of lol...well on to the subject, im having a lil trouble with my pc, this has been happing for like 2 weeks now and it ticked me …

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I need some objective feedback on the following situation. Opinions are welcome (AMD vs. Intel, etc...) but I need some feedback from you hardcore techies on how to proceed. Thanks in advance. ...do I use the 30-day return and go back to my old setup?... Ok, I made an impulse …

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Hello everyone, I purchased a T22 a while ago and it was running perfectly fine until I needed to reinstall Windows 2000. I formatted the drive, installed Windows and all the IBM drivers from the website as well as updated the BIOS. My computer has 512 mb of extended RAM …

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I own a Big Red PC which seems to have a noisy fan. The deal is that as the temperature rises there is a whining noise, then as time goes by the casing starts to vibrate, and the end sound is almost like a motorbike. The fan is a nydec …

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Hi . I'm using a Gigabyte p4 titan , it's GA-81E2004 motherboard . I want to buy a 64 mb gforce fx graphics card but i'm not sure if my motherboard's is going to be compatible with the card or not . I've called up a shop and they were …

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I have had an IBM Ispirati A10i since winter of 2001 and it has really been having problems the last while. I've noticed that alot of the time, it will make all these clicking sounds like the fan is kind of jolting and then after doing that for a few …

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I currently have a INTEL P4 1.4GHz/256/400/1.7V 423-socket CPU Chip and I have both PC2100 and PC800 RAM, what would be the best motherboard to get where i can use my CPU and the PC2100 or the PC800 RAM? THANX JAM SIKO

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Help an old newbie out. I am looking to buy an Intel P4 2.4 GHz cpu for my Asus P4T-E mobo. Lame, I know, but it's all I've got. The mobo has 400 MHz FSB. The proc. I'm looking at has a 800MHz bus speed. In the old days, when …

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Hi, I feel my comp needs some more RAM at the moment I've got a 512DDR PC2700 chip in. should i buy another identical chip to match the chips up to 1gb or should i buy a 1Gb chip and run mis-matched chips? Thanks

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Hi, 2nd post today about my lousy computer setup. I have a KT600-A AMD Motherboard Specs: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135143#DetailSpecs[/url] and a AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Barton Specs: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103417#DetailSpecs[/url] On the motherboard, there is the option to set the jumpers for the CPU Frequency to 100, 133, 166, and 200 MHz. Which one …

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i've been running home made xeon render farm for about a year now and i've been having cooling issues since day one unfortunately i fall in too the group where i can't afford rack mount servers to add a cooling solution too so mine are just large boxes from what …

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My Asus A7V333-X motherboard will not boot. I have A AMD Athlon processor and 256MB of PC2100. The problem is nothing appears on the screen when I turn it on. I have checked the graphics card and concluded that is not the problem. It has to be the moterboard or …

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where do i go in my computer to find out what my current power supply is? whats the max it can handle, etc....

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I think i have a ram problem. Everytime i shut down my computer, as it shuts down i get a message that says something like cannot read from vx000000x1 or some crap like that. So i think its ram, any solutions, shouldi just replace it? btw this is a 7 …

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im new to overclocking....i want to push my cpu to perform a bit faster not to the limits though.....can someone plese tell me a step by step way to do this to my cpu? :o These are my systems specs: amd semprom 3000+ MSI K7N2 Delta-L 2 pc3200 512mb RAM …

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[SIZE=2][FONT=Lucida Console][COLOR=DarkRed] hey i have got 256 mb of ram and i want to go buy two "sticks" of 526 mb of ram, could i trade my two 256 for one 526? or would i jsut avhe to keep the two i have and not use them and buy two …

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ive been trying to OC my chip (semprom 3000+) ive gotten up to 2188.8mhz with fsb 182....when i go up to fsb183 my system crashes i have to clear the CMOS........so i tried raising the vcore to 1.675v (1.65 current setting) it crashed again, so my question is should keep …

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Hey Here's a table I got from MSI's web site FSB\Memory DDR266 DDR333 DDR400 200 MHz YES YES NO 266 MHz YES YES YES* 333 MHz YES YES *** 400 MHz NO NO YES* What I want to know is this: the 200, 266, 333, 400 MHz listed in the …

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This is not a question, I just want to share my expirience - who knows - maybe somebody Google's it out, and then find it usefull... A week ago (or a few days more) I've had a problem with my computer: it was restarting all of the sudden without any …

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Hello, just a quick question. I've a blown A-Open FSP250-60GTA power supply, and am of course looking for a replacement. I'm basically new to power supplies and I'm wondering, will i need THAT exact model before my PC will run again?

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amd semprom 3000+ 2.0ghz i was over clocking it and the comp crashed i got it running again but i cant get back up at 2ghz.....i tried to set it in the BIOS but i cant save the settings ........ :mrgreen: MSI K7N2 Delta-L MOBO

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