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    steam issue v.dark messiah

    i just bought this game ($10 at target) and installed it and allowed steam to update it. i go to play it, and hit escape to cut through all the intros and stuff and then after the last intro the screen goes black and i hear windows "problem alert" sound and i cant even minimize or ctrl alt...
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    steam problem v. "unable to verify steam user id ticket"

    i get that message everytime i try to get intoa game of cs:s, i tried exiting steam and loading it up again, and even changing my password but i still get this message. any help?
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    USB Beverage Cooler, any one use one?

    im thinking of getting this usb beverage cooler... http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7f5a/ anyone use any of these before?
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    Wii cant update for online...(help)

    Hey guys, i got my wii and wanted to try out the shopping, news, and forecast channel but everytime i connect to my wireless router and start to dl the update about a few minutes through it stops saying there was a problem that interupted the process or something like that. Any ideas? thanks.
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    Steam wont connect?

    before i went to bed it was working, now i just woke up and it doesnt connect but my internet is working perfectly fine. Is any one else having issues?
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    wireless dialup connection?

    my grandmother has dial up and wants wireless, and i dont really know anything about wireless for dialup connection. searching on goodle i found this: http://www.wiflyer.com/StoreFront.bok ...looks kind of cheap though. can anyone give me any information about going wireless on dialup?
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    Looking for some cool lights for my comp desk

    I was just wondering if anyone knows of, or has any cool lighting for their desks. I was thinking it would be neet to have a nice, little, but still kind of bright light that could clamp to any place on a desk; like a shelf or support arm thing on the side. (Also, i think it would be cool...
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    Internet is real slow... help?

    Im here in my apartment at school and me and my roommate have our own adelphia broadband connectiont that is hooked up to a linksys wireless router and 4 port switch, i use the swith and my rm uses the wireless. when i first hooked it up i put a password type thing so only he could get on the...
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    No internet connection for me, but my modem/router is working fine-problem

    Ok, so last night i shutdown my comp with the internet working and this morning before class i turned it back on and it didnt work.... Me and my roommate use a linksys wireless router, he uses the wireless for his laptop and i use a direct conection to the router. His computer and internet is...
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    Any good mics out there?

    i just bought a $9.99 General Electic computer Mic from target, and it blows (unless its just steam, i dont know). So would anyone recommend a mic that actaully works pretty good and not expensive. I only us mics for css, dod and ns. thanks.
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    Getting low fps in games...

    Heres my rig...(well, things that matter) -Pentium D 805 -Asus P5ND2 -1gb Corsair Value Select -7600gt Well, ive only tested this on Half Life1/2 mods. In Day of Defeat Source, CS:S and even Natural Selection, and im getting a max of 60 fps, like it will never go higher. Is there...
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    Trying to buy more ram at newegg but theres a problem...

    when i built my newest comp in june i got a corsair valueselect 1gb single stick of ddr2 667 5300 for around $70... now i want to get another stick and now its $124?!? is there something missing here? or where can i find this ram at the price i bought it at? thanks
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    External vs Internal speed question...

    If i was to get an external harddrive and just use it to put games on it (instead of having to reinstall them on other computers) would they load just as fast from an external hdd? also, could i play games on an external hdd from any computer just as long as it has capable hardware? thanks
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    hows the total war series?

    im looking for a good rts, and i hear good things about rome: total war. what are some of your opinions and whats the most played version? thanks
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    CSS connection problem... need help/advice

    ok, so when i go to view the servers (pings are normal), and find one i like, and click join. The "server full" screen comes up, even though there IS room on the server and my ping all of a sudden jumps to 2000 and wont let me connect. This happens on everyserver no matter ping or how many...
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    Help with cleaning up laptop

    First: I didnt really know what sub-forum to put this in so mods feel free to move it accordingly, thanks. Now, my girlfriends laptop is kind of slow, she has never downloaded from any p2p type places, or anything at all really. Its her college laptop she got last year (Dell Inspiron 6000)...
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    Warhammer: Mark of Chaos beta

    this game looks awesome. anyone else in it/ playing it? everytime i try to enter in my beta key it says it is invalid, can anyone help?
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    small wireless network question

    hey, im new to the whole networking thing. im at college and just set up a wireless router with my roommate, but my question is: how do i give it a password so you need to know what it is it use the router? i changed the SSID and other default passwords and such. but how do i get a password on...
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    Source Forts (plus new vid via steam)

    This mod looks so cool, but definitely requires a lot of team work to build the best fort. The vid is out via steam media. :cool: edit: ok its out, and i guess it has been. im surprised i never heard about it untill now dl'ing it now... will update later edit 2: ok, back. The main...
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    Sound dampening mats?

    i have been thinking about getting some from a local craft store, but dont they also retain heat as well? what are some things i should look for when trying to find the right kind of mat that would do this? thanks (already used search)
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    Case under $50?

    I dont have the money, or the will, to fork over a lot for just a case. So far i like these two the best.... Thermaltake Mambo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133174 Rosewill something or another: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811147041...
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    Help me figure out how to keep my pc and room cool

    So ill be moving into my new apartment in early august, with my friend. The bedrooms are set up almost identical with a large sliding glass door that leads to a very small deck thing. The only difference is that his room also has a window becuase his room in on the corner...here are my paint...
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    Of might and magic: dark messiah

    it actually looks pretty sweet, using the source engine. it even has a cool mmorpg type mulitplayer! check it out here... http://www.arkane-studios.com/en/dark-messiah.php ...and download videos via steam media too! discuss :cool:
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    Any laptops without all that crap(software)?

    Ever since i built my first computer, i realized how much smoother things run and how much space i have on my hard drive without all of that software that nobody uses (ex: yahoo and aol this and that, and really bad and confusing virus scanners, spam blockers, trojan detectors, etc.) So is there...
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    New steam game: The Ship.

    As Steam says: "The Ship is a unique multiplayer game set on a luxury 1920's replica cruise ship built by Mr X. Once you're on board you're given the name of another passenger whom you must find and secretly murder - kill or be killed. Watch your back because somewhere out there someone has...
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    Need a new mouse for gaming

    i really like wireless and was thinking about the logitech g7, but i heard that its battery packs dont last very long. Any info on this mouse or any other suggestions? (also, where could i find a cheap g7 in black?)
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    graw problems...

    so i go to dl the 1.10 patch, i install it, try to launch the game and it doesnt do anything. The mouse-hour glass thing just sits there and then goes away, then.... nothing. this happened before on the last pathc, and i just reinstalled the game. now when i try to uninstall the game it doesnt...
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    problem with GRAW multiplayer

    When i try to create an account to play online, and no matter what email i use, it always says "email must be under 30 characters" when it obviously isnt, mine is like 17. Any idea whats wrong/ ever happen to anyone else?
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    first boot up problem: single beep but nothing else!?

    after just putting my new system together i powered her up with the windows disk in my dvd drive. i got one beep then it went to the start up/system specs screen where you can hit delete to enter bios. then the screen goes black with a little, white, blinking cursor. then it doesnt to anything...
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    problem in windows (first boot up in new comp)

    i just built my new computer and booted it up, when it comes time to insert the windows cd i insert it and it runs through the very begining of windows setup, like right after it says "hit f8 to agree" to the terms and conditions, yada-yada-yada. i hit that and it begins to load stuff, still in...
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    is this a problem with my dvd drive???

    i just built my new computer and booted it up, when it comes time to insert the windows cd i insert it and it runs through the very begining of windows setup, like right after it says "hit f8 to agree" to the terms and conditions, yada-yada-yada. i hit that and it begins to load stuff, still in...
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    updating bios question...

    i will be getting my ASUS P5ND2 motherboard soon, and i assume i will have to update the bios asap. but i have never done this before, is it hard to do this? or is it just as easy as install and reboot? i need some advice on doing this. thanks :cool:
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