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    Video Card Issue? (W/ Pics)

    Thanks again for the replies. I figured that I'd have to send it in, but I wanted to make sure there wasn't any simple solution that I wasn't seeing. I talked to HP support and it sounds like that when I send it in, they'll wipe my hard drive. Unfortunately because the video card doesn't...
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    Video Card Issue? (W/ Pics)

    Thanks for the quick replies everyone! I would have tried to reinstall the drivers; however, it won't boot, or at least, I can't tell if it boots because the screen starts off like in the second picture, then fades to a brigther whitish color. Any ideas.
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    Video Card Issue? (W/ Pics)

    I have had my HP dv9000 laptop for a little over a year now. Recently it's graphics have been glitching out in the following manner: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/ZooCow/photo1-1.jpg I would have to shut it down (via the power button) then wait about an hour before I could start...
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    Installing Desktop Drivers on Laptops?

    Is it possible to install video card drivers meant for desktops on a laptop? I have an nVidia 8600M GS card in my laptop. Is it possible to install regular drivers for it even though it isn't on the list of video cards supported by the driver?
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    Reviving a Dead Card

    My computer repeatedly crashes and I have reason to suspect it is my GeForce 6800gt. Here's what happens, I power up the computer and Windows starts to load; however, it is full of artifacts: After the computer loads, the monitor ceases to receive signal from video card and I am forced...
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    Sound Card Not Detected

    After upgrading my video card drivers (to nVidia's 81.95) on my XP computer, my sound card ceised to work. I reinstalled the card (Audigy 2 ZS Gamer) and its drivers and upgraded them, but I continue to get errors that deal with not detecting the sound card and no sounds are played. Under...
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    Hard Crashing in DX 9 games

    Worked like a charm. Thanks for your help.
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    Hard Crashing in DX 9 games

    How would I go about doing that? There are no settings in the BIOS I can change and when I try and change it in the NVidia options I check "enable fast write" (so it's off). After I click apply it "re-checks" the box.
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    Hard Crashing in DX 9 games

    Just tried SpeedFan (great program) Pre-Test: Remote 1: 52 Ambient: 43 Remote 2: 43 Remote 3: 55 Local Temp: 50 Remote Temp: 57 Temp 1: 60 After 10 Mintues Remote 1: 63 Ambient: 45 Remote 2: 44 Remote 3: 66 Local Temp: 57 Remote Temp: 62 Temp...
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    Hard Crashing in DX 9 games

    I tried somethings out. Pre-Game Temp: 64oC After about an hour of playing HL2 SP: 68oC I cant give you my CPU temp because I dont have a monitor for it. Any other suggestions?
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    Hard Crashing in DX 9 games

    When playing HL2 (single player only), F.E.A.R. Single Player Demo, and AoE3 demo the game will frequently do a hard crash. Meaning: * Everything turns into large pixels (only way I can describe it, Print Screen doesn't work) all normal sounds stop and various strange game sounds repeat and...
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    Removing Disk Manager

    I am trying to repartition (not format and especially not lose data) a 75GB harddrive using Partition Magic and I get an error saying a conflict with Disk Manager. My question(s) are: 1. How do I Remove Disk Manager? 2. Can I safely format the MBR without losing my Information?
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    BestBuy rant

    They also released Doom III and Half-Life 2 early. I have had nothing but bad experiences with Best Buy as well.
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    Sig Needed

    very very nice, it's perfect thanks alot
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    Sig Needed

    Wow, that's amazing. Is there anyway that you could make it more "abstract" so I could use it in non-CS forums too?
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