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    P5W + Vista Audio Problems...

    i have that board, im sure if i remember that you have the option on the board to change the hd audio to vista to be compatible, that may be the issue P.S sorry i cnt reboot and check im rendering
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    advice on building my new rig??

    Ive decided to finally get a new computer, and ive decided to keep some things and buy the rest new What im keeping is: Thermaltake Tsunami Dream VA3000BWA (just bought) seagate 750gb s300 16mb (just bought) samsung 200gb 8mb (boot hdd) samsung dvd-rw samsung dvd-rom generic fdd and so far i...
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    System Mechanic 6 PRO

    to be honest i think i do :p , it does work ok which i said but to be honest it would be best to use multiple programs which would give better performance, instead of using one program, did u not read what i posted, its ok if u want an all in one! not worth the money unless u want to be hassle...
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    NEC dvd drive issues

    the thing that id do would be to uninstall the device in device manager, then reboot and few times without the optical drive in, then plug it back in, then d.load latest, or second to last driver. But if its not working on another comp it may be a hardware problem. :angry:
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    Help with my friends Pc

    It doesnt seem that this wil solve your problem with the powering off after 5 mins, but a possible solution if your monitor wnt cum off from standby maybe becos it doesnt have any inputs, by that i mean cd driv, floppy etc. i took all of my drives out to spray m y rig and coz it didnt hav any...
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    System Mechanic 6 PRO

    i would tend to agree with the others, it does have some great hassle free ways of helping your system, ive had it five time on various comps and more times that not it has made some type of bugger up. Dont get me wrong, its good if you dont want to use more than 1 program but it does use alot...
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    Reformatting HD

    i would agree, if you dont have many programs id reformat, but if you dont need to i wouldnt as you may have the hassle of reactivating your software etc, so it may be worth more hassle, but it depends if u wana, takes me around and hour to reformat install os and put software back on i use...
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    Reformatting HD

    best thing i would suggest would be to uninstall the programs you dont want, then download this program, tweaknow regcleaner std (free) it will clear registry of unused and dead registry files from programs uninstalled for freeeeee :p goto www.download.com and search for it there Then go to...
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    Sony Vaio Laptop - Need 6-pin firewire

    cheers for the correction, most ive seen are like ive said, but cheers, ill update my info for future :-) :o Plug and play just means it just plugs in and its ready to go , and you can take it out when your finished, i.e. you plug it in, xp will find the drivers and it will be ready for use...
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    Sony Vaio Laptop - Need 6-pin firewire

    All it means is that its needs a cardbus slot, which in plain is the slots at the side of yur lappy(shud be at the front, left or right side), i.e where you wirless card goes (only old lappys dont have them). If youve got one spare of these then you will be able to slot it in, then its xp so it...
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    Question on Removable Hard Drive

    i would consider just buying a 3.5'' ide drive, say for example a 300gb 7200rpm, it offers both speed and a good price. Then id buy seperately an external hdd enclosure. If you do it this way its cheaper than buyin as one complete package. This is what i did, ebay was the cheapest at the time...
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    Deciding which OS to use, ohh the pressure

    Thanks for some suggestions, ive only got 2002 mce and its oem so i might not get that but i want something that will utilise my 64bit caps and i kno i shud wait until 64bit is alot more friendly but i want it now, lol :-) Suse is more of a server, desktop and linspire is more user friendly, ive...
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    Deciding which OS to use, ohh the pressure

    Well the dilema that i have is that i have XP Home 32bit edition, i also have 2002 MCE. And im thinking about getting linux mandrake or XP Pro 64bit And im wondering which to use???? I know Linux is free and would be very good for my 64bit apps which is what im looking for but i wouldnt mind xp...
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    Newbie looking for help :-)

    Hi thanks for the help, i have changed the cpu freq from 200 to 215 in increments and its now 10% o/c. I tried it for errors for 10 hours with now probs. I have taken pic of by bios screen for cpu config, if any1 wouldnt mind takin a look and givin me sum feedback, i put cas to 2.5 as it was...
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    Newbie looking for help :-)

    Hi there, thanks for the reply but i think youve misunderstood my help! i am fairly good with running my computer and i know how to run it but i mean how to config it by overclocking it or setting to peak performance, i.e. overclocking my cpu, ram, graphics card. i see posts regarding...
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