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Im trying to install drivers for my motherboard ([url]http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=P4PE&langs=09[/url]) ASUS P4PE. It's about 3 years old. I downloaded a BIOS update, but the file type is .awd. IMy PC says i dont have a program to open with it. Would anyone have any clues as to what i should do …

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i've bought a JSP-Tech Z-04 case with front display and cant sort out wiring for CDrom and NIC icons please help.

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Hi I Just Bought A Gateway Made 3/6/01 It Is A Small Desktop About 10 Pounds I Cannot Geta Screen It Was Working When Mailed Out Could Something Be Loose,it Has Xp And 18gb. I Tried To Open It Took The Screws Off But Cannot Open Case To See If …

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I'm new to this so please be gentle with me :confused: I want to fit a new motherboard to get more performance from my PC. It is currently 1GHz, 128Mb RAM. I can only fit a maximum of 512 RAM so I want to get a better processor and more …

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Ok , i overclocked my amd 64 3400+ from 2.210Ghz to 2.258Ghz. I dont know if I am paraniod or what but my pc seemed to get a 20% speed increase my folders open up quicker and I got 7 extra FPS in CSS. now I have left my pc …

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First of all, this has to be the most informative site for finding answers to almost any question that I have had about my computer. I am really impressed with the amout of knowlegde that the people here have about computers. With that said hopefully some here can advise me …

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I turned my PC on today only to have it turn itself off straight away. On turning it on again I receive 1 long beep, followed by a pause, followed by another long beep and this continues. I see nothing on the monitor screen. My specification is as follows: MSI …

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I just want to overclock my amd 64 to 2.4 just to see how it would perfrom, how do i do this in bios? if I overclock my FBs frequency do I need to increase the agp frequency as well?

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Hi again, I just recently over clocked my AMD 64 3400+ from 2210Mhz to 2309Mhz, the speed boost its very noticable everything runs alot quicker and loads quicker, now besides shortening the cpu life, am I at a high risk of frying something? I did not touch the voltage just …

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HI, I'm building a computer and is doing this for experiment and learning. I'm getting ready to install the motherboard in the case. I was told NOT to use washer for motherboard and was told TO use it? I am confused on what to do about it. I have setup …

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I just picked up a new motherboard with a 478 Socket I intended to use the CPU out of my old 478 socket Motherboard In checking, reading the manuals, the new motherboard says it supports the 478 P4/Prescott P4 and my old motherboard says it supports 478 P4/Northwood P4. I …

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I was looking at proces and stuff and saw that the 300+ is only 200Mhz slower then the 3400+ which I can probaly over clock, but all I want it for is gaming, it is gonna be coupled with 1024 PC3200 RAM. Is the 3000+ good enough for gaming?

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What are some of the better motherboards, im talking about motherboards that support the best processors and memory(i.e. most ram). And then what are the motherboards that are the most bang for your buck?

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hi guys im building a computer for the first time and i know that the clawhammer core is better with a 3400+64 athlon, but i dont know where to get ont, can anyone help?

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Hi guys. well my other computer is an amd sempron 2400+ i am running at fsb 200, 2.01 ghz, 40c when browsing 54c when gaming, my board is an epox 8rd3i, i have 512 mb pc3200 (two 256), volcano 12. is it ok to run it always overclocked? i mean …

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i've read from past threads about sharing ram to video. How will i know that i can share my ram with it?? I'm using an Old IBM PC (300PL) with s3 video card attached to the board (4 megs). Can i share ram to video?? Anything helpful will be very …

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[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][size=2][font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][size=2]I am building my 2nd kit (built 1st one in 99 - still going strong but it won't run either Deus X2 or 1/2Life2 so...). My first question: is it worth $100 to buy the cpu/MoBo/memory pre-built and tested (with free 2nd day shipping)? Would it be better to go …

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Help the other day i went to a superbowl party and my kid go into my apple computer He pulled out all the power and ribbon cables and i dont have a clue where they connect on the board??? its an apple powermac G3 tower 97 vintage ,it contains a …

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I'm getting ready to build my first cumputer. I know what i want it to do just need to find out what are the best parts to put together, to get what i want out of my new computer. I guess my biggest question is what is the best size …

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[url="http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=59301842&tid=13692"]http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=59301842&tid=13692[/url] [indent][font=Arial][size=1][color=dimgray][QUOTE][font=Arial][size=1][color=dimgray]IBM, Sony Corp., the Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. and Toshiba Corp. on Monday released more details on the jointly developed Cell microprocessor, which the companies claim is a "supercomputer on a chip" that's made to handle demanding digital media and computer graphics. [/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=1][color=dimgray]Details on the new processor, which is …

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Hey, does anyone know if theirs a noticable difference between regular AMD 3500+'s with Newcastle cores compared to the 3500+'s with a 90nm core (Winchester)? Thanks.

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What exactly is V-ram? Im looking at a game that says you need at least 32mb of V-ram. Can you still play the game if you dont have V-ram, just reqular sdram? thanks

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ok i've got a soltek k8tpro 939 mobo with a amd athlon 64 3500+ cpu, and two gigs of memory. the problems is that it won't boot. it goes very slowly though the post routine, and then says "boot from cd" and then "boot failure please insert disk and press …

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2800+ AthlonXP Abit nf7-s 512mb Crutial pc2100 GF ti-4200 (o/c @ 290/620) Windows XP- Home SP1 Two WD 80gig HDD 3 LED case fans Sony DVD RW Asus DVD rom I have a 1 year old 520watt Aspire 12v psu that seems to be having a little problem. Now this …

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Hey, today I ordered Case - Aspire X-Navigator w/t 500W LED Aspire PSU Processor - AMD 3500+ Motherboard - MSI Neo2 Platinum RAM - 1GB Corsair XMS TWINX1024-3200C2PT Graphics - EVGA 6800GT HDD - Seagate 200GB 7200rpm SATA CD/DVD - Rosewill Dual layer dvd burner/reader/cd burner/reader I had a question …

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Ok my friend has an ok gaming rig with a 3.4 ghz p4. Hes had it for about a year, and it is running with the stock heat sink. About 2 weeks ago he came back on and it was running extreamly hot, over 60*C on idle! Doing a virus …

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It's always fun to root for the underdog. It's the American way to cheer for the little guy, hoping he'll triumph over the dark forces of--ironically enough--Corporate America. AMD has been squarely in the underdog role for quite awhile now, but the brewing Hammer v. Itanium match-up will take that …

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