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    Need Replacement Fan....

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    Damn It all.

    due to this hot weather,something is up with my PSU.i'm smelling from the back of it that hot,hair dryer running smell. i've included a pic.
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    Some Questions about LCD's

    ok,i just picked up an Acer AL1916 at Staples for $199 after all the rebates{$249 i had to pay first} so far,everything looks a ton better then my old Mag CRT.hey,if my parents and sister can notice the change it must be pretty big. no dead pixels{like with my sister's first ViewSonic} no...
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    FireFox Making Hard Drive Tick?

    i don't get it either. whenever i scroll either the sidebar were my bookmarks are or a website,i can hear my HD ticking.The HD is a Western Digital 160gig playing a game,browsing with Opera{which is on the same HD as FireFox},buring data to a CD it doesn't make a ticking noise at all...
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    Can a cable modem wear out?

    just asking. my motorola SB4200 has been dropping connection for months now.had the tech guys come out,changed lines,new ethernet/cable lines and still the same issue.rebuilt the system and two differant OS's and the same problem. the old mobo was a Abit KT-7 Non Raid,Os was Windows 98 and...
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    What LCD to get?

    well,i'm getting some money back from the goverment and i'm deciding on what kind of 19inch LCD Monitor to get. i don't really trust having a LCD monitor getting shipped to my house{let's just say,the last few computer-related devices that came the boxes looked like they were in prize fights}...
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    Can't update BF2

    installed the game and then the latest patch and the version date still reads 1.1.2716-548.0 the installer for the patch goes though with no trouble or errors. what could be the problem? Rig: 1.8 Athlon XP MSI Delta 2 LSR 1gi Of Corsair ValueSelect 80/160gig WD Hardrives.
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    BattleField 2 Worth It?

    trying to look around for a new PC game. i was thinking about getting BattleField 2,but i like to hear the options of people that have bought the game. is it worth it or should i get something else?
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    Will it work?

    i'm thinking of upgrading my 9500 Pro to a X1300 AGP. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102677 thing is, i have a 400Watt Vantec Ion PSU. would i have to upgrade the PSU just to use that card?
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    Fuzzy Text

    the video card is a Ati Radeon 9500 Pro 128 the monitor is a Mag Innovision 986FS 19' Inch Monitor Current Resolutuion is 1152x864 at 75mhz OS is windows XP for some odd reason lately,i'm noticing that my text and icons look fuzzy and out of focus.i've tried everything and it still looks...
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    Idle Temp of a XP 2500+?

    non-overclocked. as of right now,the CPU is idling at about 105 F
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    Problems with Hl2 and CS:S after lastet update.

    The system is: MSI Delta 2 LSR Athlon 1.83ghz 1gig of Corsair ValueSelect DDR400 80/160 Western Digital Hardrives Ati 9500 Pro Windows XP sp2 after this latest patch,i could be playing either games and they crash for no reason. the error is related to something called...
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    WHQL or Mix for NForce2?

    i was thinking about it.the last time i tried to upgrade my Nforce2{Msi Delta2 LSR},it resulted in a reboot midrange installing and problems with the onboard NIC being found. i just d/l the AndyR's Remix v2.5.1 and it's sitting on my desktop. so,should i do it? edit: the first thing...
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    Keep the 9500 Pro or get a X700 Pro?

    i'm thinking for christmas to get a new video card{i have a 9500 Pro}i'm thinking about getting this one the only problem is i have a AthlonXp 2500+ CPU{about 1.83ghz} i think this video card would def. cause a bottleneck. what do you guys think?
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    Overclocking with MSI?

    anyone have problems overclocking with MSI boards? i'm thinking about trying to overclock.i just want to get it up to 2ghz. i have a MSI Delta2 LSR NForce2 Mainboard and the AthlonXP 2500+ running stock.cooling is by a Thermaltake TR2 M2 CPU Fan.
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    Need New Hardrive,hows this for a plan?

    not surpised at all.i got a Western Digtial 40 and 80gig HD{standard IDE hookup} with all the games and Mp3+Pics i got,they are pretty packed to the hilt. i have a plan to backup my stuff,get a 160gig Western Digital and then have this setup: -take the 40 out and put it in another...
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    Odd Problem

    it seems i can't remove programs now in windows XP.anyone got a way to fix this?
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    Problems with Cable Modem.

    Random Dissconnects. i'll only get 3 bars{the 1.Power,2.Receive and .3Send,then back to 1 and 2 for awhile and then 3 {power} will flash.then it will start all over again. The Cable Modem is a Surfboard4200. The Router is a DI-604 4 Port Wired. I've done the Following things: 1.Change...
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    Reuse Wire Loom that was in a junkyard car to wrap wires

    when i went to the junkyard a couple of months back when i had bloody time,me and my dad grabbed a bunch of differant sized wire looms from a caprice{95} and i forgot about it till today looking around for some speaker wires. i found this little piece that would be perfect to cover up some...
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    can't remember how to do HD switch

    today in the sunday papers,office max has a 80gig SE Western Digital on Sale for $39 bucks after rebate. i have a 40gig Western Digital in my machine right now as a master drive and a SE as a slave{can't remember where i got it} and the Lifegaurd ulities installed. so this is how it would...
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    Need Replacement Fan....

    for a AMD K-6 350. my dad found the computer{it's an Tangent Tower} in NYC,bought it home,fixed it and formatted it and gave it to my sister. Fast forward to a few weeks back when i was putting an 80mm fan i had laying around in the front fan cage{which was empty,i didn't know}turned it on...
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    Getting Onboard NIC to work

    For some odd reason,i can't get my onboard NIC to work.the board is an MSI Delta2 LSR board. when i first got the board,i tried hooking up the Onboard NIC card to no avail.it didn't make any sense.i didn't have any type of other NIC drivers installed and the option to use it was ticked on in...
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    were to put slot fan?

    i know i have to put it in a slot.for $9 bucks down from $20, i got this antec slot fan.damn impluse buys cause i don't know were i can mount it.i was thinking under the Video card i know the wiring has to been done,but with work i have no time.i have to try and this weekend work on the cars.
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    Cutting Plexi

    how hard is it? i was wondering cause i like to make a new window for my case. the design i'm not sure about,but i know i would use 2 80mm antec Fans i have laying around. here is a pic of the side. not in the pic is i have one 120mm thermaltake fan blowing in.
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    Problems with New Case.

    It's a VAV V66 Case{$70 buck case that is really nice} i have an MSI Delta2 Board {KN72} 1 gig of Corsair Memory a 40 and 80 gig HD 2 CD-Rom Drives the problems are as following: After a Restart the keyboard and mouse don't work. Also,the CPU comes up instead of a 2500+ it comes up as...
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    Torrent Programs don't work

    i've been having troubles with any type of torrent program.they won't call out to the torrent,i waited an hour for one,nothing meanwhile Azeurues said it had seeders/leechers.i've tried that,BitTornado,The oringal BitTorrent nothing works. only thing that works is DC++,no problem with it. i...
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    Keep Losing FireFox Bookmarks

    this has been going on for awhile now. it seems i lose my bookmarks with FireFox,i uinstalled the old version and put in 1.0. a few weeks later,like today i start up FireFox and have no bookmarks. thankfully i have them on a floppy.
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    Using a Volcano 7 on a XP 2500+

    well,i posted awhile back about my suppose 2gig AMD Athlon XP Chip was coming up wrong.after updated the bios,it's coming up now as a 2500+ XP{1.83ghz} close enough i'm using my Duron's old CPU Cooler,a ThermalTake Volcano 7 which say's on the box the max it's suupports is the Athlon XP...
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    Odd

    i bought what i thought was a 2ghz AMD Athlon XP. when i first turned the machine on and checked out the system properties,it only came up as a 1.46ghz. it didn't bother in the beginning,but it's bothering me now. the mobo is a MSI KN72 Delta2-LSR Motherboard. i'm thinking something is...
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    does this look right?

    edit:i put the dots there,just wondering about the host.exe
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    BackGround i made{56k warning}

    this was a while back i made this,found a tutorial to make flesh and since i got my first ATI card,i decided to make a Radeon wallpaper
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    New Mobo,CPU,etc installed,but no Power Light?

    doesn't make any sense to me.the machine boots with pressing the power button,but their is no Light. the motherboard inside the Enlight 7230 ATX Case is a K7N2 Delta2-LSR board.
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    Rebuild Time

    well,i've been debating this for awhile of rebuild my Computer. Now: Abit KT-7 Non Raid Vantec ION 400watt PSU 1.0ghz Duron ThermalTake Volcano 7 768mb of PC-133 SDRAM Ati Radeon 9500 Pro Vid Card SoundBlaster Live! Card D-Link Ethernet card 40 and 80gig Western Digital Hd's. i...
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    How to clean "browning?"

    i got a nice system,but some of the stuff like the Floppy Drive,the HD Fan Grill and Cd-rom Drives are turning that brown,dirty beige color. what should i use to clean them?
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    Random Lockups with Windows XP 1+2

    i've read the threads here,on other boards about this.it happens to me either gaming or when the machine is idling.i looked a the event logs and nothing shows up as an error. i've tired everything except for getting memory and getting a new Mobo and CPU.the next things i may try is moving the...
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    Motorola Surfbroad SB 4200 modem cuts out

    this has been going on and off for the past year.differant OS's {98,then XP Sp2} and it still does the same thing. it could be playing a game,surfing online or checking mail.the modem will reset itself and won't go back on.the only way to get it back on is to turn it off,wait 10 minutes and...
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    Time For a New PSU?

    new member posting. i got warm air coming out of the back of the PSU and once had "the smell" coming from the back of the PSU.the smell went away and hasn't come back.for the last two years it has locked up for no reason.changed HD's,CD-Rom's,Video Cards,BIOS Battery and it stil happens once...
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