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Please Help. CD-drive problem...?!?
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Karembeu »
Mon Jan 13, 2003 5:32 am
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Out of the blue my first cd drive (out of two) stopped working as it should. When I insert a CD-ROM disc, the light (that indicates the cd-drive...
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Actually CD Lens cleaner have 2 types, the soft brush (which usually got white color on the brush) and the regular one (which got black color) I used...
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Last post by KidD01
Tue Jan 14, 2003 7:03 am
Catalyst 3.0
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humanflyz »
Thu Jan 02, 2003 9:10 pm
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Since ATI stated that its Catalyst 3.0 drivers are the first to officially support DirectX 9, so I downloaded and installed it. But a host of...
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The early Cat 3 drivers were withdrawn because they were more full of holes than a Swiss cheese. There are new ones available now which seem to work...
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Last post by Silver Knight
Mon Jan 13, 2003 8:47 pm
Nic Adapter
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slacker2 »
Wed Jan 01, 2003 4:19 pm
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I HAVE A CABLE MODEM CONNECTION AND I CURRENTLY HAVE A REALTEK 8029AS NIC CARD. THE CARD IS ABOUT 4 YEARS OLD. I WAS WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE WORTH...
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Originally posted by slacker2
WOULD I SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN INTERNET PERFORMANCE IN REGARDS TO INTERNET GAMING AND SURFING?
Probably, although...
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Last post by HighLordDave
Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:38 pm
Web hosting space??
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Gwendri »
Tue Dec 31, 2002 8:26 pm
Does anyone know of good web hosting plans? It will be used for a game guild. It does have to support xml, php & mysql.
Also what would be a good...
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Last post by Gwendri
Tue Dec 31, 2002 8:26 pm
Small home network
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RandomThug »
Mon Dec 30, 2002 1:03 pm
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Hello ladies and gents. Its me thug, and I am half dead (Havent slept since last freakin week..) I am half aware of what I am typing...
On the...
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Buy a wireless router and put wireless cards in each system. That way you won't have to run cables all over the house and everyone can use their...
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Last post by HighLordDave
Mon Dec 30, 2002 5:34 pm
serious hard drive issues
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K0r/\/f1@k€$ »
Sun Dec 15, 2002 11:54 am
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This is a bit of a saga I'm afraid, but hang in there ;)
I really don't know if this has anything to do with it, but about 4 weeks ago I...
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Originally posted by Mr Flibble
At the time, those drives had a 2 or 3 year warranty but you might want to check that for your particular drive....
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Last post by HighLordDave
Thu Dec 26, 2002 6:31 am
HELP! ICQ is gonna be the death of me
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Kameleon »
Tue Dec 10, 2002 4:36 pm
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All I want is one little thing, to be able to send messages by pressing Enter, not Alt-S or clicking the Send button. How do I do it??? I'm gonna go...
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Originally posted by Taco Magus
heh icq/aim/yahoo dont look that great either :D
YIM is very ugly, but nonetheless the greatest messager i've...
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Last post by Bloodmist
Mon Dec 23, 2002 9:48 am
Thin screen monitors
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Lazarus »
Fri Dec 20, 2002 8:14 am
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OK, I admit I have no knowledge in this area - hence this post.
I'm looking to buy a new computer within the next three to six months (I know - it's...
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TFT (thin film transistor) is a subspecies of LCD monitors. Not all LCD monitors are necessarily TFT monitors, altough most of them are today.
I...
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Last post by Phantom Lord
Mon Dec 23, 2002 5:20 am
Shutting Down
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Mr Sleep »
Tue Dec 03, 2002 6:36 am
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I recently installed XP and for some reason it won't auto shut down now, the message about it being safe to switch off comes up but I have to hold...
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Sorry but I'm too dense to find the topic there :rolleyes: Could you throw me a link please?
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Last post by K0r/\/f1@k€$
Tue Dec 17, 2002 2:35 pm
Help require, this time MS has gone too far !
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KidD01 »
Sun Dec 15, 2002 9:47 pm
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I dunno why but seems like games from Microsoft are really unreliable on my PC :( I used to be patient when I encounter the probs on Dungeon Siege...
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Originally posted by KidD01
I dunno why but seems like games from Microsoft are really unreliable on my PC :( I used to be patient when I encounter...
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Last post by Stilgar
Tue Dec 17, 2002 4:25 am
help me choose please
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humanflyz »
Thu Dec 12, 2002 11:28 pm
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I am stuck between choosing a GeForce 4 Ti 4600 and 4200, I don't know which one to choose. Although money is a consideration, but I would like to...
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@Thorin:
I can't keep it any longer, because if I do, I swear I'll go mad. Anyways, I probably won't get the next GeForce when it comes out, because...
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Last post by humanflyz
Mon Dec 16, 2002 9:15 pm
Setting up a firewall
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RandomThug »
Wed Dec 11, 2002 2:28 pm
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Alright ladies and gents. I got a new place (moved out) and we plan on networking all of our machines, setting them up with cable broadband and I...
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If you're serious about security on a home DSL line you might want to try and get hold of an Allied Telesyn AR240e as it includes a full stateful...
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Last post by Mr Flibble
Wed Dec 11, 2002 10:27 pm
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Last post by RandomThug
Wed Dec 04, 2002 6:42 pm
Photo viewer required
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Minerva »
Tue Nov 26, 2002 5:05 pm
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I have a few photographs downloaded from our website (I mean, my old friends created for ex-classmates. We had party last month) , and am in need of...
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I'd suggest ACDSee too, it's a very good viewer with great browsing and converting ablities.
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Last post by Phantom Lord
Wed Nov 27, 2002 7:55 am
Upgrading CPU
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slacker2 »
Fri Nov 22, 2002 7:38 pm
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I currently have an AMD 1.4 as my processor. My motherboard will support up to a 1.8. So that got me to thinking about what I would need to do if I...
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Well you might want to try a 4400 which would save you a certain amount of money if you are not interested in certain TV our features. Personally I...
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Last post by Mr Sleep
Wed Nov 27, 2002 7:05 am
backward compatibility
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humanflyz »
Sun Nov 24, 2002 5:15 pm
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Hello,
I am considering to buy a new computer. I am looking at a motherboard that supports DDR 400, but I am wondering if DDR 333 RAM will work on...
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One thing to be weary of in the motherboard you buy is that there might be a little piece of plastic in the AGP port which will probably look...
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Last post by Mr Sleep
Mon Nov 25, 2002 4:28 am
How to recover a FAT32 disk on a NTFS machine
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Kameleon »
Sun Nov 17, 2002 10:34 am
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A little while ago I was running Windows ME on my computer, when the hard drive began to behave very strangely - basically, there were a lot of bad...
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Another reason for using FAT32 is to be able to access it under Windows ME, which I also have installed. Before you shoot me :D I use it to play...
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Last post by K0r/\/f1@k€$
Thu Nov 21, 2002 7:43 am
Raid PCI Cards
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Mr Sleep »
Thu Nov 14, 2002 10:05 am
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Considering I have no money for any hardware purchases at the moment this is but a pipe dream but THG recently did a review for some PCI RAID card...
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If you're in for geek points you could build a RAID 5 from several RAID 0 or, even better, RAID 3 arrays (3 should be 0 and 1 combined, mirrored...
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Last post by Phantom Lord
Wed Nov 20, 2002 5:36 pm
Modem problem, network problem in Windows 98 SE
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Minerva »
Thu Nov 14, 2002 3:48 am
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Yes, I have even more problems. :(
Firstly, my internal modem doesn't turn off when I exit IE6 and email program (Mail Washer). It used to ask if I...
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This may seem a bit odd, but have you tried unselecting the 'disconnect when no longer needed' option, restarting and reselecting it? I've seen that...
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Last post by Mr Flibble
Thu Nov 14, 2002 12:53 pm
Windows XP and compatibility
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Recoba »
Thu Sep 12, 2002 2:50 pm
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Hello
I have upgrade my computer (athlon 2000,256mb ram, geforce 4 etc etc.) and I now have xp. I was wondering if there are problems with...
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stay in tune with game updates as well and check the tech forums for each game. Usually, if you're having a problem with a game, you're not the only...
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Last post by Ned Flanders
Thu Nov 14, 2002 12:11 pm
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