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I have been a fan of [H] for so very long. 90% of my PC purchases have been a direct result of information obtained on these forums and I have had nothing but wonderful results. However, I feel lost when it comes SSD/HDD configurations. I have always been one of those people who just...

I remember a couple of times [H]ardOCP would post an article with the best builds for a $1000 and $2000 budget. I thought it was around December (before xmas) when they did this. Anyone know? I ask because my cousin wants an entirely new system and doesnt have a huge budget. And of course...

Ok, the weirdest thing happened tonight. I have a 25 ft ethernet cable (one of those nifty "flat" cables) that connects my PC to my router. Tonight I decided to hide the cable. The router is on the other side of my room from the PC. So I ran it under the carpet for about 3 feet, then hid...

My ViewSonic A90 has died after about 3 or 4 years of use. I had hoped it would last longer, but such is life... On to the questions! I've got $250ish to spend on a monitor. I need a 19" CRT for gaming that will go nicely with my 6800GT I just ordered. I've found a ViewSonic G90fb for...

I've been reading, reading, reading, and more reading. The 6800GT wins some reviews, the X800 Pro wins some reviews. I've decided to leave it up to you guys (well, I'll consider your opinions anyways...:D) Here are my system specs: Asus A7N8X Deluxe v2.0 XP 2500+ (not overclocked...yet)...

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Could this be related to this? Whenever I turn my comp on or reboot my quickbar is gone. When I enable it all my icons are there but in a different order. Anyone help me out?

After running ad-aware and deleting a ton of shit it detected I started going through my ad/remove programs list. Well I removed a couple of things then I uninstall the Painkiller SP Demo but it popped up a window that was blank with the buttons yes and no. I had no idea what to do so I...

Getting about 10+ e-mails a day advertising Viagra...are they trying to tell me something? :eek: Seriously, I'm sick of spam. I don't need Viagra, sex, viagra, a mortgage, viagra, or a free trip to London. Can you guys recomend a good anti-spam program for Outlook Express? edit - I...

Are both of these the barton core? Is there any reason to get a mobile 2500+ instead of a 2400+ or vice versa? Also, do these chips work on the Asus A7N8X? And finally, what kind of fan should I get for a SP-97 I'll be ordering?

Ok, so I've got a couple extra hard drives and it's throwing me off a bit. I have the following IDE devices 80 gig WD Boot Drive 160 gig Maxtor Storage 200gig Seagate storage NEC DVD Burner The 80 gig WD is my windows drive, the 200gig seagate is my main storage drive, and the 160gig...

Alright so I just installed my new Seagate 200 gig HD. It's set as primary slave. I ran the disk utility that came on a CD with the drive. Set it to 100% alocation, and it formatted it and all that good stuff. Well now it's showing up as only a 186gb drive and "used space" is 70.3...

Simple enough question. If money was not an issue - what's the best heatsink out there? Also, all I have is a tube of AS2 - is there any new compound that is the best?

Wow there are a lot of Lian-Li's on newegg :) Right now I'm looking at this one - http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-112-025&depa=0 What's the difference between all the different ones on Newegg? Just that some have windows/more drive bays and such? I'm...

Ok, so a problem I've been having is this. When I do anything involving video, like gaming, my system locks up for a millisecond every 5 seconds for quite a while. Eventually it smooths out. I've ran memtest86 and it's not my ram. Well today I installed a new 160gig Maxtor and I...

Subject says it all. I've had a Netgear RP614 and Linksys BEFSR41 go bad on me and I am considering setting up a 2nd comp as a router rather than purchasing another router. How hard is it to do so? Also, what would you reccomend for doing this? I still have the BEFSR41...while it...

First, my system specs - Asus A7N8X Deluxe v2.0 mobo 2500+ (not OC'd) Cooler Master Aero 7+ Powercolor Radion 9700 non-pro 512mb Hyper-X PC3200 WD SE 80gig HD XP Professional So here's the problem. When I first load any kind of movie or game or whatever my system starts locking...

I've had trouble out of a Netgear RP614 and a Linksys BEFSR41. Both ended up going bad real quick after I bought them. Maybe I've just been having bad luck, maybe it's my modem who knows. Anyways - what friggin router's out there are rock solid stable? I want something that isn't going to...

Alrighty, so I'm in the market for a new case. The only requirement I have is removable motherboard tray. It has to be big enough to hold 2 CD-Rom drives without the back of one of the drives hitting the motherboard (problem I have w/ current case). It also has to be able to hold at least...

This error came up when I loaded IE - --- Error C:\Program Files\IESearchbar\searchbar.dll An error occured while trying to replace the existing file. DeleteFile failed; code 5. Access is denied. Click retry to try again. ignore to skip this file (not recommended), or Abort to...

Alrighty, I'm trying to narrow down a problem I've been having and right now I don't know if it's modem or router causing the problem. What I want is very simple - I want to know how long my connection is alive for before I am dropped. I'm going to compare results for when I'm online via my...

Right now I'm making an image of "The Sims" using UltraISO 6.56 SR-1. So far elapsed time is 23mins and remaining is 20 mins. Is this normal? The drive I'm using is a Plextor 24/10/40A. I've been having some trouble with IDE devices lately...dunno if this is normal or not...

Ok, all I'm looking for is information right now (trying to figure out if my problem is modem or router). If you use the Bellsouth.net DSL service can you please post the following information? Modem Router Do you have any problems with your setup? I'm having serious trouble with my...

Maybe a creative subject will convince you genius people out there to help me out :o So here's the deal. My A7N8X Deluxe doesn't like the newest nforce drivers on the nvidia web site. I've tried everything. I've completetly removed other drivers and I still can't get them to work. Is...

Ok, so in an effort to fix a problem I've been having (thread here) I installed the latest nforce drivers from nvidia.com. They were version 3.13 Windows XP/2000 unified drivers. I rebooted and guess what? Can't get into Windows. It gets stuck at the XP screen with the little thingy on...

Alright, so here's what has been going on. Lately I've been doing some big file transfers (torrents) during the day and leaving my computer on all day to do them. Well today I got home and my torrents were dead - as well as the rest of my connection. Modem lights are normal, router lights...

Subject pretty much says it all. I'm trying to rip/encode some CDs I have. I put in an audio CD, and neither EAC nor CDex detect my CD rom! When I first installed EAC it said that it detected two "Generic DVD Rom" yet I only have one CD rom hooked up. Clicking next and then I got a "no...

Is there some kinda program out there that will just monitor how much battery time I have left? And do so accurately?

Ok here's the situation. Right now I have a desktop system and a laptop. Both are running OEM copies of XP Professional. Problem is that I'm selling my laptop and I forgot what XP CD goes to what system. Does it matter? If so, how can I figure out what CD goes to what system? All...

Ok, I'm selling my laptop today and was wondering if a normal format would be safe enough? I don't have any extremely personal files on it or anything...but if I need to use a program to format can someone please suggest some to me? Thanks in advance. -Murk