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The Reboot Dilemma
System Specs: New Built with Gigabyte EP43-UD3L mobo E6300 CPU GeForce 9800 GPU Ultra 550W PS 1 IDE 80 GB HDD 2 GB DDR2 RAM Here's the skinny. I've set it up, more than once, stripped it down and started over. I'm stuck. No matter what I've tried, Here's what I get. Gigabyte LOGO screen, then to Windo... 6 Jan 2010 08:21

Was USB2.0 driver embedded in Windows XP SP2?
Hi, I had bought one 2nd hand ASUS P4S8X-MX motherboard. In software support chapter of its manual, it said original software support CD had USB 2.0 driver. Because the board was 2nd hand, it didn't come with original support CD, so I searched for USB 2.0 driver from ASUS support site http://support.asus.com/ an... 4 Jan 2010 04:49

Video Card Recommondations
I am having a video card/driver issue with a EVGA GTX260+ card in a i7-920 build on an Asus P6T mainboard and a CMPSU-750TX power supply. I've been through all the usual suspects. EVGA is recommending an RMA. I don't want to be without use of this computer for the some weeks it will take to do the RMA process. S... 2 Jan 2010 17:10

Help with USB speeds
When I transfer files to flash drive, I am only seeing speeds of about 8-10 MB/second. If USB 2 is capable of 60MB/second why the am I only getting 8-10. When the copy first starts, I have seen 60 MB/second for 5-10 seconds, but then it gradually slows down to 8-10. Seems the larger the file the slower the trans... 3 Jan 2010 14:55

Motherboard options: PCIe 16, 8x or 16, 4x
I'm looking at mobo longevity here as well as video and peripheral upgradability (future proof). Should one spend the extra money and buy a mobo that has PCIe running x16,x8 vs 16,x4? Basically, I am considering the Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P or GA-P55A-UD3P. ... 6 Jan 2010 08:21

AMD TK-53 mobile
Bought daughter's old Compaq laptop to use as a video server. Compaq Presario F500. Even after killing most all processes I can, still get a little hesitation on occasion. Win Vista Home Premium, 1GM RAM and above processor running at 1.6Ghz. Athlon 64 x2 dual core. After looking at the price of S1 socket ... 31 Dec 2009 16:31

Dead dead dead
My friend has a dead emachines 1161-03. The thing is only a year old. Symptoms: it was working fine then suddenly died. No lights, no fans, nothing. I installed a compatible new PSU in it thinking that would fix it. Nope. No lights, no fans, nothing. If it's not the PSU what else might it be? I inspe... 2 Jan 2010 20:27

A Questionable Question About Caps
On Dec 29, 7:22 pm, Onideus Mad Hatter <use...(a)backwater- productions.net> wrote: On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:04:35 -0800 (PST), Enos Penvy <enospe...(a)null.net> wrote: An<WHACK> ts;dr (too stupid; didn't read) Sure ya read it. But even if not, you danced for us, just as predicted. ... 30 Dec 2009 16:28

Where can I find these Antec drive bay adapters?
Just got an ebay computer with an Antec P-160 case. Apparently they came with these slide-in drive adapters, but only the included C-Drive has one. Anyone know where I might find them? Here's a pic. http://www.combatsim.com/img/6/6/6/csim014.jpg.htm Thanks for all input. ... 6 Jan 2010 08:21

Upgrading Windows 98
I have a friend. He is trying to get an Ethernet adapter to work with his old machine. He says that he has 98 but he needs 98 second version. I assume that means SP2 for 98. The computer works "fine" with AOL, but he wants to use broadband. Is there a way I could download SP2 and put it on a CD for him? I as... 7 Jan 2010 22:30