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    Games freeze/annoying sound

    i thought I cleaned up the wires pretty good, but i'll check to make sure. someone told my son to go into the catalyst and turn DOWN the fans because the power the fan is using makes the card run hotter? Makes no sense to me... Right now the fan slider is almost centered. Turned it up, but it's...
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    Games freeze/annoying sound

    so if the temps are ok, and drivers are up to date. what else could it be? ok this video card temps went up to 67. that's a little high huh? so what can I do? the uses the antec mid tower. it has like 4 fans all at high speed. [if it IS a temp problem] if GPU temps are 67 and higher while...
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    Games freeze/annoying sound

    that's what I thought at first too...but temps are ok. GPU around 58 cpu highest is 47 he's playing WOW right now...and that's his temps while playing.
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    Games freeze/annoying sound

    Hi, trying to figure out my sons problem. Both of his games freeze [GTA 4 and WOW] Once in a while after only 10 minutes, once in a while after an hour or more. His video card: 4890 processor: Intel Core2 Quad Processor Q6600 (2.40 GHz) 4gb memory i uninstalled the old driver via driver...
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    new monitor, new problem

    I had the same problem on my HP monitor. then I found something in my video card setting where I can adjust it. I wish I could tell you details, but I can't remember at all what I did. But there is a way? Something about forcing it...I think. :)
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    Gaming Monitor vs. Design Monitor

    All this talk about monitors...I learned a lot. But now it's my turn. Christmas presents are bought, and I need a new monitor. I am still using my old gateway, and due to warranty this is my 3rd gateway monitor that is about to die. [never will buy nother gateway again] anyway, I know what to...
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    New Gaming Monitor

    this is what I just now ordered: Newegg.com - ASUS VW246H Black 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 1000:1 (ASCR 20000:1) Built in Speakers - LCD Monitors I think he'll love it. I did notice the 2ms Gray to Gray. I had no idea what the GTG was about. Thanks for letting me know...
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    Best monitor 22-24 inch

    I looked at that exact monitor...but then was told to check monitors that have a 2ms response time. that's not true?
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    SSD Question...

    lol... I don't think my expectations where too high... actually I figured it out. I had a configuration problem in my BIOS. My bios automatically set all my drives to IDE. I never changed that. So now I changed it to AHCI. HUGE, GIGANTIC DIFFERENCE. my hard drive now is at 7.7 . I know that...
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    New Gaming Monitor

    Cameron is getting money for Christmas from grandma so he can upgrade his monitor. Needs to be at least 23 inches. Anyone can recommend a good/great monitor? His current monitor is gateway. Hate them. Worst monitor ever. budget: depends. not more then $250 I guess. [estimating xmas cash]...
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    BIOS mishap

    the exact same thing happened to me the other day after a BIOS update. Somehow the bios put my second hard drive as first bootable device. After I changed it back to my drive that had windows installed everything was ok. I think bootmgr is a windows file. am I right?
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    ReadyBoost and Superfetch

    nope didnt' do a thing. under the readyboost tab is a red x telling me the service is not turned on. just like before. here's what I found: •If your computer has a hard disk that uses solid-state drive (SSD) technology, you might not see an option to speed up your computer with ReadyBoost...
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    ReadyBoost and Superfetch

    its windows 7. I enabled it, but didn't change anything. still tells me it is disabled [readyboost] I'll reboot and see what happens.
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    ReadyBoost and Superfetch

    Got a couple of questions... Tried to use one of my flash drives with ReadyBoost, but I received this error: ReadyBoost it not enabled because the service responsible for ReadyBoost (Sysmain) has been turned off onthis computer. An administrator can turn the sysmain service back on. I can't...
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    SSD and TRIM Question

    yes that helps. Thanks much :) I guess it's time to format AGAIN. I have another question...but i'll put up a new thread AGAIN. THANKS!!!
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