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Bought new pc, Dual processor AMD, opinions

duhmez
Athlon 2600 MP x 2, asus MP board. 768 MB ecc registered ram. Have any of you ran a dual amd rig, and how well did it turn out? Ive been using my Dual processor P3 800 for the last 18 months and it has been smooth sailing.
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120GB IBM drive

freddy
I got home from work yesterday to suddenly find my primary slave (120GB IBM drive), wasnt working. Windows XP on my 40GB Seagate master drive said the 120GB wasnt formatted and was empty. I checked it with partition magic and it shows 60GB of data still there but the error check says too many errors.
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BSOD "KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED classpnp.sys"

rgodart
I'm getting the above BSOD every hour. I don't understand why, the computer has been running fine for about a week and now i keep getting this error. My system specs (nothing overclocked): athlon xp 1700 msi k7t turbo2 (via kt133a) 512 MB ram pc133 elsa geforce 3 ti200 hercules gamesurround fortissimo 2 pinnacle tv ...
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Monitor Reset, Please help

smokinkane
Ok guys see if you can figure this one out. I have a problem with my Viewsonic P95f+B while in windows the monitor will suddenly turn black then come back, sort of like it is switching refresh rates or resolutions.
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New Athlons on A7V333

Rayden911
Anyone have trouble with new atlons on A7V333s ???? like say 2600s?? I have the origanal processor which is 2100 works fine, tried 2 different 2600s and boots but wont go into windows. put 2100 back in works fine.
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Building a new PC: AMD athlon 2700 and 2800

HawkBoy
Hi, I've been wanting to build a new pc for about six months now. The reason I've waited so long is that I've heard really great things about the Athlon 2700 and 2800 and have been waiting for them to become availible (and hopefully get a bit cheaper).
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Digital Video Recorder..CCTV....any thoughts?

iamthewookie
Been investigating several hardware vendors of DVR's for use with Closed Circuit Cameras. I'm relativly new to hardware security. Here's my needs. IP access. Ability to do external backup - via IDE or SCSI (as unit will have internal drive of 40-80Gb) Secure access.
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Unable to record *any* audio with my PCI 128

Curley_Boy
Can anyone explain why I can't record sound with this card plz? I've tried recording from Winamp, WMP9, Realplayer, Quicktime etc. . . I generally use Sound Recorder to capture sound in. wav format (but I've tried other programs too).
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Audigy 2 - DOS Drivers

Nodens
Hi! How can I use Audigy 2 with DOS games? I 've read that there aren't any DOS drivers. Only Audigy 1 had. Does anyone know if these work with 2 as well? If yes, where I can find them? They don't exist in Creative's site! I am Dual Booting XP with 98.
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driver insists on trying to reinstalling

jimf43
Something that I haven't been able to figure out. I have a HP Deskjet 845c which works great under W2k, except that the usb driver insists on trying to reinstalling itself every time I reboot. Doesn't hurt anything, but, darn annoying, and totaly unnecessary.
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TFT Smudge

RandyC
I have a 15 TFT on my IBM Thinkpad A31 laptop running Windows XP and have noticed other than one dead pixel (which is fairly common I gather) a dark smudge which only appears when viewing light colours in the centre on the screen (in the shape of a dark line about 1cm wide and 5 cm in length).
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Dark TFT problem....

Nick601
Hey a friend of mine has a 15 CTX TFT monitor, recently the image on the screen has gone extremely dark (you can hardly see anything on the screen) in the monitor settings the contrast and brightness are turned up to full what could be the problem? the monitor is a CTX PV50 something not 100% sure of the model thanks
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Standby And Hibernation

JBrave715
Whenever my computer comes off standby or hibernation my harddrive light stays lit and my system hangs for 20 or 30 seconds when I run something or just open a windows explorer window. I can't restart or reenter standby mode it'll just stop and the shutdown screen forever.
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KT133A + SB Audigy2 - What should I expect?

vaporware
The motherboard in question is a Gigabyte 7ZXE (Socket A) with a KT133A chipset. I just ordered a Sound Blaster Audigy2 and am expecting it in a few days. I've heard that there were many issues (data corruption, instability, no POST) with the SB Live and Audigy1 cards when paired with KT133 motherboards.
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MAX i.c. Live 3600 card drivers

TXG / MNX
Hi, I only have drivers for this device for Win95/98 does somebody have Windows NT/2000 or XP drivers? I am also looking for a description of the 8 switches and the jumper on the board. TXG/MNX.
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Scanace Primefilm scanner PF1800AFL

silver_brief
Wondering if anyone can help with compatibilty of a film scanner. This was purchased in the UK branded under a retailers name, but is manufacured by Scanace under the description PFL1800AFL. The installation CD was supposed to have XP drivers, but didn't, and a visit to the manufacturers site ( ) resulted in my dow ...
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