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On [Other Components] Dell inspiron 2650 laptop corrupting hard drives     theboomboo​mcars 0 183 theboomboo​mcars
06-15-2006 at 07:35 PM
On [CPUs] Replacing Processor in Toshiba Satellite A85-S107 Laptop
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Your first step should be to contact Toshiba and see if the bios will support a different processor. If it won't then nothing short of hack [...]
    chrishatch 2 450 apache_liv​es
08-21-2007 at 03:31 PM
On [Sound Cards] Sound Card Whine - Even when the computer is not powered
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If the whine exists when there is not power going to the computer then the computer is not causing the whine. There could be a problem with [...]
    weddie 8 602 intelamdus​er
08-01-2007 at 07:38 AM
On [Network Interface Cards] wireless internet
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Use encryption. If your hardware supports WPA use it, if not use WEP. Also MAC address filtering is easy and allows a bit more security, t [...]
    honsbeek 11 1026 xstec
07-28-2007 at 11:23 AM
On [Other Components] Computer cooling question
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Be sure that your dell case will accept standard parts. Some dells have non standardized stuff in them and wont accept standard parts.
    averyrober​son 6 280 theboomboo​mcars
07-19-2007 at 07:16 PM
On [CPUs] AMD HT link question
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To fix your HT link problem: there is a HT link multiplier setting in your bios, it appears to be currently set a 4, you just need to change [...]
    razortongu​ekiss 5 749 icy18
07-16-2007 at 08:38 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] my comp keeps going Off the minute i over work it..
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What brand and model is your power supply?
    daebis 12 497 lostandwan​dering
07-18-2007 at 05:45 PM
On [Sound Cards] Sound card question
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If your laptop has a 5.1 audio out then yes. If it is only stereo then no, you will lose some quality because your computer will have t [...]
    wyarn 7 612 malphadour
05-05-2007 at 09:51 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Will It work?
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I would recommend saving for a good PSU. And in the mean time keep your current one very clean and make sure it's got good air flow. I hav [...]
    Voxix 8 418 doolittle
05-02-2007 at 11:42 PM
On [CPUs] What is your AMD History?
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486DX2-80 K6-300 K6-II-400 K6-II-400@550 Athlon 750 Duron 800 Duron 900 Athlon 1100 Still running Athlon XP-2100+ Still running Ath [...]
    LambofGodE​3X 44 2129 MU_Enginee​r
04-25-2007 at 11:55 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Will this work or is it cutting it too close?
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You should be okay with that. Check this psu calculator to verify though
    CounterC 11 520 billdcat4
04-24-2007 at 05:56 AM
On [CPUs] oops..
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the psu.
    ghepetto 10 547 Dade_0182
04-20-2007 at 08:05 AM
On [CPUs] 3600 or 820
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Thanks for the reply. I am not interested in overclocking it, so that doesn't really apply. But since you didn't have any major problems, [...]
2   dobby 66 2821 NightlySpu​tnik
04-19-2007 at 05:18 PM
On [Other Components] Best price/place to buy these items??
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Sorry, I didn't think to check to see if it was in stock or not. Check this link at mwave, they seem to have several options, some even i [...]
    Sinntasy 3 286 theboomboo​mcars
04-12-2007 at 02:52 AM
On [CPUs] Upgrading CPU, do I need new heatsink/fan?
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The heat sink from the 3500+ should be able to cool it okay, but if you get a retail version it comes with the HSF.
    Twinspar 4 586 I_Love_Tac​os
04-11-2007 at 08:51 PM
On [CPUs] Which Of These CPUs Is The Fastest?
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Yeah the X2 3600 is better, faster speed, dual core, and all that fun stuff, but using it primarily for games I was unsure if spending the $ [...]
    DOH2006 39 2717 little_scr​apper
04-13-2007 at 05:22 AM
On [CPUs] For those interested.
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I, sadly, mostly agree with MU_Engineer. Except I think that in the next ten years we will start seeing storage media based on carbon nano [...]
    LAN_deRf_H​A 8 728 LAN_deRf_H​A
04-11-2007 at 04:30 PM
On [CPUs] Bored, so i wrote a simple benchmark.
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Yeah that was with my X2 3800. I used g++ 4.1 from the Ubuntu repository. I didn't do any thing special just typed g++ main.cpp, then [...]
4   jaywalker2​56 187 9365 jaywalker2​56
03-16-2007 at 10:24 PM
On [CPUs] socket 754 cpus and moniter quiery : )
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On the socket 754 you can go upto a 3700+, if you can find one. You probably wont be able to find something faster and a reasonable cost, m [...]
    emptyvessa​l 4 430 m25
03-13-2007 at 11:15 PM
On [CPUs] AMD commences raping its biggest supporters
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Have you not heard of Mono?
2   Wombat2 81 7407 bfellow
01-05-2007 at 05:35 PM
On [Sound Cards] What soundcard would allow me to use these?
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He could plug them in with an adapter and get some sort of noise through them to be sure, but I would be willing to bet that some $10.00 hea [...]
    bugmenot 10 845 theboomboo​mcars
12-11-2006 at 06:10 AM
On [Other Components] Replacing laptop screnn
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sell laptop relpacement parts, and tend to have much better prices than the manufacturer. But depending on the laptop you are trying to [...]
    Shez 5 440 theboomboo​mcars
12-07-2006 at 09:39 PM
On [CPUs] Just Curious: is AM2 socket a dead end?
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AM3 will be will ddr3 support and AM2+ is ddr2 support with the faster HT. AM2+ was fairly recently announced.
    fpdoc 21 1821 CaptRobert​April
12-06-2006 at 07:46 PM
On [CPUs] AMD 65nm Product Plans Unveiled
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When you include both the + and the E it doesn't really change the image much because the plus implies that the 5400 would be better tha [...]
2   IcY18 59 7809 IcY18
11-16-2006 at 02:55 PM
On [Other Components] Non-gamer video card performance - linux
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I don't think 2d performance is very different between the cards. I would recommend checking the performance difference between the nv driv [...]
    des09 4 235 des09
11-10-2006 at 11:09 PM
On [CPUs] Core Solo vs Celeron M 4xx series
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You would need to verify if you could upgrade. A lot of notebooks have hacked a bios that wont boot with a different type of processor. [...]
    evilr00t 3 1135 theboomboo​mcars
11-10-2006 at 03:11 PM
On [CPUs] Athlon MP 2000+ Clustering CFD
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You can check out. Windows clustering sounds expensive.
    Wareva 9 726 Wareva
11-04-2006 at 01:17 PM
On [CPUs] AMD Semperon v Intel Celeron
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The D is for desktop and the M is for mobile in the celeron line. The D is based on the Pentium 4 and the M is based on the Pentium M. [...]
2   jamesgodda​rd 58 5659 m25
10-10-2006 at 03:20 PM
On [CPUs] Upgrade to E6300 need help
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Photoshop likes ram so get as much as you can, Hard drives are slow so if you start swapping the extra core isn't going to help much.
    atp777 4 386 theboomboo​mcars
09-28-2006 at 08:41 PM
On [Sound Cards] I challenge ANYONE to fix this sound problem
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It wouldn't hurt to check the speakers and headphones in another device to just make sure they didn't stop working.
    IanF 26 2896 acrobuddy
10-05-2006 at 02:40 PM
On [CPUs] AMD modifies 65nm Athlon 64 X2 roadmap
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The X2 numbering system hasn't changed. The 200 jumps occur with a change from 512KB cache to 1MB or from 1MB cache to 512KB cahce +200 [...]
2   qurious69s​s 64 5574 endyen
09-28-2006 at 11:38 AM
On [Other Components] Post your desktop
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Heres Mine http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n270/theboomboomcars/desktop.jpg
6   uber_g 267 22801 TwoFoot
03-09-2007 at 09:37 PM
On [CPUs] AMD roadmap with 65nm and 4x4
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AM2 is basically the second generation S754. It was launched initially and will stay around for a while for the entry level. But whats bet [...]
2   jamesgodda​rd 51 5065 apache_liv​es
09-24-2006 at 02:40 AM
On [CPUs] I'm in a Pickle!!! Help Me Please....**Error Corrected**
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He can get and put it in his current setup. Wait until the quad core settle, like he said he wanted to, and then buy the whole quad core s [...]
    jorberg 20 654 jorberg
09-22-2006 at 05:19 PM
On [CPUs] Software vs. Hardware
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You can do that with Open Source software. You download the source compile it on the machine you are going to use it on, then it's optimize [...]
    vikris 26 1154 Thelvyn
09-19-2006 at 08:25 AM
On [Sound Cards] An inquiry about connecting a Hi-Fi system with the pc
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A two way speaker has a woofer and a tweeter, a three way speaker has a woofer a tweeter and either a mid ranger or a super tweeter, typ [...]
    anthos 27 2445 mrreality1​3
09-17-2006 at 05:46 PM
On [CPUs] Dual Core Question
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The C2D 6300 is beter than the 2ghz processor it's recommending, even without the second core, you'll be fine. Notice the or equivalent thi [...]
    Tiger89 9 1265 frankienyc​123
09-16-2006 at 08:09 PM
On [Sound Cards] convert to 5 or 7.1?
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You could get another set of 2.1 speakers and plug them into the rear output of the card and get a psuedo surround sound, although you can g [...]
    crualtortu​s 2 511 theboomboo​mcars
09-14-2006 at 05:41 AM
On [Other Components] SATA RAID Drives
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On board raid controllers use your CPU for processing the info, the chips are just an IO chip and not a processing cpu, they are only ma [...]
    Prolfe 9 878 theboomboo​mcars
09-13-2006 at 08:04 PM
On [CPUs] Files are corrupting?? Help!
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What is your system setup? There have been problems with the nVidia firewall on the integrated ethernet chip, if you have an nForce 4 boa [...]
    ryder_22 17 1231 uber_g
09-20-2006 at 05:08 AM
On [CPUs] clock speed
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It looks like it has the 533mhz FSB which is 133 quad pumped.
    BruceMyers​48 2 389 BruceMyers​48
08-24-2006 at 03:20 AM
On [CPUs] Upgradability of AM2
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Who knows what AMD will call their next processors but the K8L will be supported on the AM2 platform, though it wont perform as well as on t [...]
    ryder_22 3 395 wusy
08-09-2006 at 07:12 AM
On [CPUs] Does Core 2 enforce AMD's claim that Intel is a monopoly?
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I will probably end up building an Asus or MSI barebones book, but I was hoping that I could get one of those $500 laptops minus the windows [...]
2   mpjesse 75 4453 turpit
07-21-2006 at 03:20 AM
On [CPUs] AMD drops Athlon 64 X2 prices to compete with Intel Core-HUH
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I think thats what the 4x4 platform is trying to do. AMD knows they can't compete at clockspeed with the Core 2 so they will add more c [...]
2   Geeky_Byza​ntine 54 6865 spud
07-14-2006 at 03:00 AM
On [CPUs] Conroe Release date pushed back to 27th july
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I would guess that they are going to deliever the processors and the announce them so when it's official you can go buy one with out waiting [...]
2   namralaks 64 9040 chuckshiss​le
07-01-2006 at 07:56 PM
On [CPUs] Is Intel that bandwidth Starved?
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A good analogy for the bandwidth problem is to compare it to a freeway. If you have a very busy 2 lane freeway with a speed limit of 55, yo [...]
    MatTheMurd​era 16 848 MatTheMurd​era
06-22-2006 at 09:13 PM
On [CPUs] A few questions I have about processors
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dont ever mention that name again for conroe anyhow when conroe comes out (Intel Core II Duo) and when all the prices are set for bot [...]
    imlost 33 1672 technician
06-17-2006 at 12:01 AM
On [CPUs] AMD's last stand......
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Intel has some pretty big incentives to keep AMD in the game though, if AMD leaves the market, so does Intels comptetition, which would leav [...]
2   qurious69s​s 69 5834 dvdpiddy
06-15-2006 at 05:54 PM
On [CPUs] Conroe can run without CPU Fan O_O
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I bet the one they claim will run on less than 1w doesn't need a heatsink.
    viperabyss 29 3106 1Tanker
06-10-2006 at 09:32 PM
On [CPUs] Dell Opteron Servers
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Opterons are good at scaling with processors in a system, as in going from a 2p to a 4p to an 8p, etc. With clustering they are connected t [...]
    reaper87 19 1076 Artmic
06-09-2006 at 11:11 PM
On [CPUs] Laptop with Turion vs FX60
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Neither one will be able to be upgraded, unless the fx-60 is an am2, the turion is a s754 processor, and the best one available for it since [...]
    UROBOROS 8 880 MU_Enginee​r
06-05-2006 at 11:11 PM
On [CPUs] AMD-New Roadmap
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Perhaps the 4x4 stands for 4 cores and 4 memory channels? Just a stab in the dark. Dumb name though.
    Parrot 14 1238 hergieburb​ur
06-02-2006 at 07:20 AM
On [CPUs] Just need a handle
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Photoshop is a multithreaded application, if you have a fairly recent one any how, and loves lots of ram. So going to a dual core processor [...]
    DiGiTYZED 12 756 SidVicious
05-26-2006 at 04:45 PM
On [Other Components] printer problem
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It means that your ink absorber is full. From a quick google search I am guessing you have a canon printer, and from canons web site it say [...]
    anesh16 5 1650 anesh16
05-26-2006 at 04:45 PM
On [CPUs] Conroe, AMD FX-62 comparo
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It seems to me that that could be a good thing for AMD fans, since if the conroe is faster AMD will drop their prices, like they have al [...]
2   xcetera 74 6082 xombie2000
05-24-2006 at 02:31 PM
On [Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Looking for a good, plain, beige computer case
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You could take a look at this one as well.
    ronald_mcd​onald_9 7 580 jaguarskx
05-18-2006 at 11:03 PM
On [CPUs] Intel lovers vs Amd lovers
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I don't buy intel for those same reasons, I don't use MS stuff for those reasons, and others as well. But in a capitalist society in order [...]
    SyPheR 37 1771 chunkymons​ter
04-27-2006 at 12:06 AM
On [CPUs] AMD to Make 65nm Announcement Next Week
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In the first place, my post clearly isolated the comment of yours that I was replying to: "I could do as much, just about as fas [...]
3   ltcommande​r_data 113 6985 clue69less
04-05-2006 at 03:55 AM
On [Other Components] ram
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I don't think you can run dual channel with 3 sticks of memory, you need matching sticks in corresponding slots, if three slots are occupied [...]
    derek10170​0 7 557 StrangeStr​anger
03-28-2006 at 10:53 PM
On [CPUs] Dual 940 FX-53's?
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I don't think so, the FX-53 doesn't have the MP connections. For that you need to get an Opty 2XX for dual processor, or an 8XX for upto 8 [...]
    StealThisN​ame 18 958 chenBrazil
03-27-2006 at 01:28 PM
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