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    possible to have spill over drive if full?

    Is it possible to setup a drive in windows to receive data in case the main drive gets full? for example if c:\downloads becomes full, therefore all downloads now go into d:\downloads?
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    The Official P45 Asus P5Q Motherboard Thread

    Which flavor for the P5Q is the best, what are the main differences between them all? They vary in price quite a bit.
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    Best mobo for overclocking a Intel Q9550?

    What's the best motherboard for overclocking you can recommend for a Intel Q9550 chip?
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    My two Velociraptors in RAID0 benchmarks!

    Ouch, my new raid 0 with velociraptors and im only getting 104 megs average. This is way lower than what you guys are getting with yours, and other bench marks i've seen. I probably havent installed the right drivers or something. Any ideas? Where can i check to see if they are running in...
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    crysis and world in conflict crashing 8800gt

    Yeah, never thought about the power. I havent upgraded my psu in a long time. I think its only 420w. which im guessing isnt enough for the 8800gt recomendations? I have a sound card and 3 case fans, and 3, hdd's and 1 dvd drive running off it also. thinks its not enough?
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    crysis and world in conflict crashing 8800gt

    I tried more games and it appears to be doing it with others as well. Temps have been below 60 all the time, and if i alt tab out of the game, and go back in, everything is back to normal and the game runs fine again. very strange. im going to try some older drivers and see if that...
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    crysis and world in conflict crashing 8800gt

    I have the pny 8800gt and both crysis and world in conflict hang for me only after a few minutes into the game. I'm using the 169.09 drivers with win xp sp2 and the temps are never going above 50 degree's cel the game sounds keep playing, then get stuck and i can alt tab out of the game (the...
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    Require help deciding on new mobo

    My motherboard is on its last legs. My current board is a asrock 939 dual sata 2. My computer is crashing like crazy whenever i try and use the sata ports. It's been fine for years, but now its crashing all the time while using them, even after fresh installs, and with multiple different...
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    Breath one last breath of life to my gaming pc?

    I'm at a difficult position with my current gaming PC. Its at the point where i either scrap the whole thing and get a brand new "expensive" machine, or try and breath one last bit of life into it, but i need your help. Here's what i currently have AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ O/C @ 2.4ghz 2GB OCZ...
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    Switching from AGP to PCI-e Driver question (Asrock 939dual sata II)

    Hello I'm upgrading my AGP card on a Asrock dual 939 ULi mobo, to a new PCI-e video card. (This motherboard supports both AGP and PCI-e) and i was wondering if i should uninstall the AGP driver first, or if i can just leave it. Also, i can't see any special PCI-e driver on their website...
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    Horrible Performance - Help !

    It seems that as soon as i put AA even to 2x, my frames drop considerably in all my games... maybe ill just bite the bullet and reinstall the OS, it has been a long time. That always seems to fix things
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    Horrible Performance - Help !

    Im getting around 2300 only, does that seem right?
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    Horrible Performance - Help !

    Here's my system specs AMD 3800+ X2 Asrock 939 Dual Sata 2 Motherboard bios 1.2 (official) 2 GB (2x1024) OCZ dual channel pc-3200 DDR 400 Platinum ram (2-3-2-5) BFG Nvidia 6800 GT OC (84.20 forceware drivers) 300GB Maxtor Sata 2 HDD Windows XP MCE 2005 No overclocking I am having...
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    Which memory should i get for my asrock 939 dual sata 2 mobo

    I want to get 2 gigs for my system 2x1gb dual channel I have a Asrock 939 dual sata 2 and an athlon 3800+ x2 chip I also want to to over clock my system as much as possible. Which ram do you recommend for an upgrade, here is a few that i've found. I've had good results with OCZ before...
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    Can i use this ram together?

    Can you elaborate a bit further eclipse? it would be much appreciated.
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    Can i use this ram together?

    I thought the multiplier was locked for amd x2 chipps? i could be wrong, this is the first AMD chip i've owned.
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    Can i use this ram together?

    yup, its running at 238 mhz right now i believe. I believe i need some more voltage to get it going higher gotta do the volt mod for my board. Can't quite make it fully into windows at 240mhz asrock dual sata 939 amd x2 3800+ running at 3.38 ghz 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-4000 Gold Revision 2...
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    Can i use this ram together?

    Can you please explain what 2T mode is? i take it, its a mode that runs slower than normal? which only occurs when all 4 banks of ram are loaded?
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    Can i use this ram together?

    I have a Asrock 939 Dual sata 2 mobo and 2x512 megs of OCZ EL DDR PC-4000 Gold Revision 2 http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_el_ddr_pc_4000_gold_revision_2 and i have the option of adding another gig of memory cheap. these sticks... OCZ EL DDR PC-4800 Dual Channel Platinum...
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    Fast Computer drops to its knees while extracting large files

    I'm running a Asrock 939dual-sata 2 mobo it uses the ULI chipset, i just reinstalled windows MCE onto some a new drive and setup the other ones as we spoke about earlier, but i havent had a chance to try buringing something yet. I will see if it still drops to 0 and bounces around now that...
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    Fast Computer drops to its knees while extracting large files

    Alright, i re installed a new windows (onto its own hard drive - Sata 1) and popped in a second drive (sata 2) for downloading to, extracting and burning. Wow, yeah no more system slowdown problems. Everything is nice and fast while im extracting files. I have some older drives kicking...
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    Fast Computer drops to its knees while extracting large files

    Wow, thanks for all of the responses, i guess the main problem is that i have the OS/app on the same drive (different partition) then the extracting, so its slowing things down, i can understand why it would be better if i had 2 seperate physical drives instead of partitions. I will purchase a...
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    Fast Computer drops to its knees while extracting large files

    Awesome, thanks for the info, So yeah the money doesnt matter, but the space and extraction times (and being able to still use my computer while extracting) are the most important. So i want something big AND fast. Just to make sure im on the same page. I should get a 15K SCSI or a...
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    Fast Computer drops to its knees while extracting large files

    I have a pretty fast computer (Athlon X2 3800+ over clocked to a 4200+) and a 300gig SATA 2 Hard drive (running on a SATA 2 mobo) and 1 gig of performance ram and whenever i extract a large set of rar files my computer basically drops to its knees. The taskmanager shows both cores only...
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    2005FPW 2405FPW and 360 The dilemma.

    Ok i double checked the connections and they are indeed hooked up correctly. This still gave me an ugly picture, so what i did, was do a factory reset on the "colours" for the monitor, and instantly it went to a much better picture. Maybe my monitor got messed up when i was plugging something...
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    Will XBOX 360 look good on 2405FPW?

    Thanks ill give that a shot tonight, when i had it hooked up at work today, i hooked up the green and blue backwards, and no picture came up, so ill triple check that i do it correctly on the 2405 and see what happens
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    Will XBOX 360 look good on 2405FPW?

    I hooked mine up to the 2405fpw, using the component cables, and turning the xbox to 1080i with the cable switched to HDTV, and it looks like crap. The blacks are all crushed and the whites are way to bright. i played with the colour and brightness settings etc, and everything looks like...
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    2005FPW 2405FPW and 360 The dilemma.

    My 2405FPW with the 360 running at 1080i through component, looks like A$$, i guess i need to get the VGA cable for the xbox to get it looking as good as some of those screen shots i've seen running on their 2005 or 2405's?
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    Dell 20" & 24" Widescreens on Sale at Dell.ca ONE DAY only

    Here's the direct link http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/days_of_deals?c=ca&cs=CADHS1&l=en&s=dhs
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    Prescott 3.2e overclock help needed

    I recently picked up a 3.2E prescott chip and i've gotten it part way with my overclock, and i think i can push it further, but i wanted to check with you guys to see if i've overlooked something. My specs. P4 3.2E Stock Heatsink/Fan Abit IC7 mobo (latest bios) OCZ PC4000EL gold ram (1...
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    I Just Broke my Radeon 9700 :( I think

    well i dunno what happened, but now the card is giving me all kinds of funky ascii text when i boot, so i think the card has bit the dust :( it did me well, it was nearly 2 years old, probably one of the oldest pieces of hardware i've ever had, i was waiting till the new line of cards...
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    I Just Broke my Radeon 9700 :( I think

    I was attempting to upgrade the heatsink on my radeon 9700 and everything was going super well, got the old one off, took off the shim and was scraping the old crappy thermal grease off the chip, when my exacto knife slipped, and knocked off one of those little tiny resistor looking things that...
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