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So I realized the other day I really need a bigger screen than my dell 2005fwp monitor. The tv will be used primarily for computer use with only a little actual tv use. (A lot of htpc type stuff, watching movies, tv shows and then some web usage). Anyway, I'm looking at spending between...

I had this problem a short while ago where my computer would constantly lock up completely, image frozen and whatever audio was playing would loop like 0.2 seconds of it. This eventually went away and it has now returned :( A while back I thought it was my graphics card (which was dying...

I've got a significant amount of desktop experience, built my past 2 and have been swapping parts since I was in middle school. Laptops however are foreign territory to me in regards to the hardware. I've got a gateway computer with vista on it and its painfully slow due to not having much...

My x800 xt just bit the dust and I'm trying to get a pci-e replacement that is of the same quality or slightly better (not trying to spend too much right now) I remembered there was this one thread that showed a line up of all the cards and which ones were equal and which ones were better, I...

Title says it all, I'm looking for some kind of s-video to (red, yellow, white) connector? Composite would work too I guess but I'm wondering if its possible to hook my computer up to this tv... I couldn't remember the name for that off the top of my head

I've got an x800 xt and a old ass voodoo 3 graphics card that I'm trying to get running in the same computer at the same time... the reason being I have 2 lcds and 1 tv so the x800 xt is going to use dvi and s-video out while the voodoo 3 will just output the 2nd lcd... My problem is in...

So i've got vista installed on my computer and i had my computer doing audio out via spdif to my theater receiver... well im in charleston now and I just want some headphones running but none of the audio ports will play any audio for it (tried everything but get no sound).... when i go to...

So my monitors had been running fine until I plugged in my tv to watch a movie... Now it recognizes my dell 2005fwp as the 2nd monitor and my 15'' lcd as the 1st monitor.. The problem with this is when I run World of Warcraft its resolution is limited by that of the other monitor (wont do...

So... I like to play WoW... a bit much, and I thought I noticed this earlier but it wasn't really a problem.. I restarted windows just now and I can see faint bits and pieces of my bars at the bottom of the screen... on the windows login screen.... I was under the impression they didn't get...

Well my room mate went out and bought a wrt54g last semester and its been running fine but recently it starts to lock up... the internet will stop working completely and neither my laptop nor my desktop can access the routers page... to remedy this resetting the router gives me a window of about...

So my hsf on my graphics card is slowly dying... at 100% fan speed I saw the temps rise up to 96 degrees :eek: I underclocked it and with WoW running maxes out at 80 degrees but I'd still like it a lot cooler and running at stock speeds... my question is whats the best aftermarket HSF...

So I put on the Ninja Scythe to my e6400 on the gigabyte DS3, I put it on till I heard it snapped and I've applied more pressure but it wont lock in anymore.... I just reapplied the thermal paste and I know its a good amount not too much or too little... under full load I get 55 degrees at...

Well the graphics card is about 2 years old, X800 XT from dell and I had to RMA it about a year ago.. and of course a year later it makes this shitty sound :) I turned the computer on and heard a fan hitting something so I spent half an hour working with all the other fans just to figure out...

So i just got my e6400 in not overclocked with the scythe ninja heatsink on fanless at the moment... on everest it reads 'CPU - 18 Celcius, Core #1 39 celcius Core #2 36 celcius.... which numbers am I concerned about here, im assuming the two cores? (this is under about half load) and if i...

Alright so I did do a search and I found a thread regarding XP 64 and the thread basically told me what programs didn't work under 64 bit OS :p My question is simply what can I use to check my cpu temp? I just put in my e6400 and put xp 64 and I'd like to start oc'ing a little but i've got...

Alright so I'd rather install Vista than XP since I'd primarily be using windows for playing WoW, browsing the web and talking on AIM... if I did use vista as my primary OS i'd be dual booting with gentoo so if vista couldn't handle something i'd just switch to gentoo to get it done... I've...

So im in need of windows XP since my motherboard gets here in 4 days and I have no copy of XP to install on the hard drive... CompUSA has windows xp home upgrade for $40 but the closest compusa to my house is about 150 miles from my house... Is it possible to get staples or best buy or some...

the two gigabyte motherboards, the GIGABYTE GA-965G-DS3 and the 965P so basically, 965P vs 965G whats the difference? Im about to order and the 965P is out of stock, does it really make a huge difference?

Basically, where does firefox store temporary stuff like video's. Like if I were to watch a video on a webpage but decide to save it what would the directory I need to look at be?

So im about to upgrade to a ds3, with a e6400 and I was going to take the memory from my old computer, 2x512mb pc4200 ddr2 533 and put it into the new computer.. however I noticed on newegg's website this.. "Notice: Only DDR2-800 memory supporting JEDEC approved 1.8V operation with timings of...

So I was attempting to get my computer to work one last time and I plugged the cord into the outlet and then into the power supply and it immediately made 2 popping noises and then i immediately unplugged it... my question is what just happened? Obviously the power supply is probably dead now...

So im about to build a conroe e6400/asus p5b-e all in an antec p180 with my previous parts... the power supply I've got here has been sitting unused for at least the past 7-9 months and it is an Antec True 430... my only problem with this is the true 430 has a 20 pin power connector and the...

So im about to order a new gigabyte motherboard with a conroe E6400 and of course an antec p180.... Im going to be doing some overclocking so im wondering what is the best cooling short of water coolingfor this case? Im unsure as to what/how many fans it comes with and where the extra spots...

So heres the pictures of my laptop starting to break =\ GOOD hinge BROKEN hinge so.. what are my options? The warranty is out and the hinge is broken to the point where I'll setup the screen and it wont hold its weight, it will fall straight back... It also seems to set itself out of...

Alright, so heres what i've got.. my dell 8400 just crapped out (p4 3.2ghz, 1gb ddr2 4400, x800 xt) and im pretty sure its the power supply that is dead... so, heres what i've got antec true power 430 430w (i hope this is enough?) 512mb x2 ddr2 4400 sata drives, etc... dvd rom drives...

So I went away for thanksgiving break and come back to find that my computer wont turn on... great... Background: Left for thanksgiving break, turned computer off and unplugged power cable from power supply. Plug in the power to the power supply and when I open the computer up the light...

Is there a way to share a folder on the network but have it password protected to access it? That or have it so its shared its just not publicly visible? So i could type in //Richard/Music and it would take me there but not be shown publicly?

quick question.. I've got an x800 xt running my 2005fpw from DVI and an older 15'' lcd from VGA... I know that graphics cards only support 2 monitors at a time.. but can it support 2 and mirror one? reason being, I have a 32'' sony trinitron that I've got an s-video cable going to and I want...

Alright so I've completed all the main quests, fighters guild, arena, relics, shrines, etc... now that im back to the thieves guild im stuck on this mission... I've gotten into Fathis Aren's room in castle bravil and it says the room doesn't have enough wizardly stuff and to look for a secret...

well.. I installed gentoo on my laptop a short while ago, got everything working wireless network card and all... On one partition I have windows which has about 30gb and on the other partition (of the 3) I allocated 10gb of storage space... in Partition magic I can take off the free space...

Im ready to install gentoo on my laptop but I currently dont have the patience to manually install the wireless network card (since it doesn't work right off the start) so, my question is, is it safe to install gentoo if im directly plugged into the router (it gets internet fine if I do this)...

alright, so my HTPC will be as follows... 3.2ghz p4 prescott, 1gb of pc4300 ddr2, x800 xt, some asus mobo (this and the case are the only parts i dont have right now) with 2x pci-e slots also have the hauppage pvr-150... probably plan on getting an HDTV tuner card as they become more advanced...

I'd been looking at two cases specifically.. the antec p180 and the Lian-Li PC65 both are about the same price but the Lian-Li is aluminum as opposed to steel so i'd like to think its cooler? The computer going in this is a 3.2ghz p4 prescott, a Raid 5 array housing anywhere from 4-8 hard...

title pretty much says it... the computer im going to be using does not have pci express (not sure about pci-x) so whats the big difference between these 3? the computer to be used is a 1.6ghz duron, 512mb of memory and im planning on having 4x320gb WD hard drives.. as of right now i suppose...

Heres my problem... My dell has a 350w power supply in it, i've got a 550w power supply I want to put in that (dont have it yet going to pick it up from my friends house in a few hours).. simple question is the dell power supply proprietary? Should any other average power supply fit in there...

I've got 4 or 5 hard drives that I want to put in one computer and put on the network.. my question is very simple, what kind of specs should I get for this file server? Obviously it doesn't have to have an intense processor, i was thinking along the lines of 500mhz-1ghz and maybe 128-256mb...

alright so the name basically says it all.. im building an HTPC and I plan on having a file server to store all of my movies and music and stuff on... its going to house at least 4 hard drives and I basically want it to boot up (without a monitor, keyboard mouse anything just plugged into outlet...