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    PowerColor HD5770 Video Card Review @ [H]

    well, I have an 8800 Ultra still. My PSU and Mobo died under warranty, so had to buy new ones. when I get functional ones back from the RMA process I'll be building a second PC. Question is, should I buy the 5770 for my gaming rig, and move the 8800ultra to the second machine? or pull the...
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    PSU meltdown?

    Hmm... After running for about 6 hours last night, the new PSU developed a fault. I will give power for about 9 seconds before resetting. So the computer sits there running for 9 seconds, then all power turns off, then it turns back on. I disconnected everything and the psu runs on the...
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    Hardware problems + BSOD

    It could be the overclock of your ram. I was really heavy into overclocking and watercooling etc with that p4 2.4c. Even my 9500 pro was overclocked and watercooled. And then a capacitor burned out on my beefy super mobo. It was then that I realized I had spent so much money on WC equipment...
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    Hardware problems + BSOD

    I feel your pain, bro. My first build was a p4 2.4c system that I watercooled and overclocked. Started with an Abit IS-7, which died. Then I bought the IC-7 MAX 3, which was supposed to be the king daddy of overclocker motherboards at the time. Well, that ran for a while then a capacitor did...
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    PSU meltdown?

    Bought a new Antec Trupower 650. It was the same price and came with a free PSU tester (hooray!!!). Everything works now. I can breathe easy.
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    PSU meltdown?

    Hey guys, I have a build that's about 2 years old. Powering it is (was) a corsair 620HX. The modular red one that everyone was crooning about back then. It powers a Q6600 and an 8800 ultra, and of course the requisite couple hard drives and an optical drive. Anyhow, my wife has been using...
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    creating raid array in existing system?

    How do I create the RAID volume? The Vista CD or something? God I'm killing me, I almost want to tell myself to search more.
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    creating raid array in existing system?

    Hey guys. Sorry for the n00b question. I've done a little searching and gave up, can't really find what I'm looking for so thought I'd ask the experts. In my machine I have two Seagate 7200.10 500gb drives. When I built the machine I was dual-booting because the Vista HP64 didn't like me...
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    [H]ot! Seagate FreeAgent pro 1TB External, $161.98 shipped @ TigerDirect.com

    http://www.buy.com/prod/fantom-greendrive-1tb-usb-2-0-and-esata-external-hard-drive-2-year/q/loc/101/208503758.html Sure, it's not a Seagate, and only gets a 2-year warranty. But it's $60 less :D
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    [H]ot! Seagate FreeAgent pro 1TB External, $161.98 shipped @ TigerDirect.com

    I've seen many 1tb external drives for $100. This doesn't even seem warm to me?
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    Getting no mouse pointer in some games

    I figured it out. I just needed to boot into xp off my other hdd, ignore the vista side for 1 week and try again. I changed nothing, but everything now works. Odd, but who am I to question such things?
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    BIOS Temps Accurate?

    I get better temps than that with my Ultra 120 Extreme. You can run Coretemp if you really feel the need by turning off advanced driver signing by pressing f8 after a reboot and selecting that option on the menu that appears. Do that and Coretemp will work. However, I find it easier to...
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    Getting no mouse pointer in some games

    Wow, what a smart ass. I don't believe the problem is the mouse driver, as I've used two different sets of mice and keyboards. Clearly this is an OS or video driver problem. The video driver won't let me change anything under the troubleshooting tab, so I'm pretty much dead in the water...
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    Getting no mouse pointer in some games

    Please tell me how I'd be losing performance by going from a video card that *doesn't work* to one that does? Are you serious?
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    Getting no mouse pointer in some games

    Yes, Vista Home Premium 64 bit. I'm seeing a few people here and there with this same problem, but mostly people seem to be playing these games while I'm stuck with a $2500 rig that I can go to forums with.
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