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CaptainCruise

Would you consider nuking it from orbit? It's just silly that you haven't found yet a solution since january, so the chances of finding the cause now is pretty slim. I considered it not an option. :wink: I haven't found the problem yet because I don't spend hours every day trying to. I have too man...

CaptainCruise

Assuming this is a home system, do you have any other systems at home you've ever connected to from it? What version of Windows are you using? When the right-click menu does come up, do any of the options seem like something that you wouldn't be able to do? Yes, this is a home system but the only o...

CaptainCruise

Not that I know of. To be honest I'm kinda vague on exactly what "is" a mapped network drive?? Would a Flash USB be considered that? I have one that is plugged in constantly running ReadyBoost which is suppose to give a small performance kick. Maybe I'll unplug it just to see what happens....

CaptainCruise

I'm having issues with my mouse performance when I right-click something. For example...say I want to rename a file or folder or delete something. I right-click on it and it takes several minutes before the box will open with the options I need. I've never had this happen before on any computer that...

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Sorry, one last part I forgot to mention. I'd like to get a new monitor and finally replace this old 4:3 aspect ratio dinosaur that I've had forever. Again, something that will be best for gaming, I dunno, '22 - '26 inch screen size sound right? I just want the best I can get that is a fit for me an...

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OK, here is where I am so far: CPU: Core i7-2600k "Sandy Bridge" HSF: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus ( Still may consider H2O cooling for the right kit...maybe CPU/GPU capable...) MB: ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 MEMORY: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR 2133 OS HDD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB ( FYI: I al...

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For those of you who live neare a BestBuy, and still trying to find a decent price for a 1TB or larger HHD, I just bought this one yesterday for $69 retail: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Seagate+-+Barracuda+1TB+Internal+Serial+ATA+Hard+Drive/8490625.p?id=1186003683968&skuId=8490625 They also have ...

CaptainCruise

I do like those ASUS motherboards. The link you showed me and these two also caught my eye. Similar to yours: P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131791 P8Z68-V PRO http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131730 The DELUXE sold out just a littl...

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The last time I did this was back in the day of the AMD Athlon XP3200, ATI Radeon 9800XT and the nVidia nForce2 motherboards. I used the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe and it was an awesome machine for it's day. The onboard nVidia "SoundStorm" (was that the name??) audio was almost as good, if not bett...

CaptainCruise

Been using the XT for almost a week now abd the difference is noticable, especially during Windows boot up. Much faster than before, and before wasn't really all that slow to begin with. For the price it seems like it was a pretty good deal. I want to use my old "c:" drive as storage. Shou...

CaptainCruise

Thanks for the reply. I found the scheduler and the defrag folder, but there were nothing there. The folder was empty...no auto defrag scheduled. I did get two error reports from Task Scheduler saying "The selected task "{0}" no longer exists. To see the current tasks, click Refresh&q...

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I just finished cloning the original Seagate HDD and am ready to install the XT. The question I wanted to ask first before I swap in the new drive is: 1) Are there any settings I need to change since I'm now using a HDD with flash memory? Something in the BIOS maybe? Jumper settings? 2) I'm pretty s...

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This drive originally sells for $299.99. Newegg has it for $209.99, and with the rebate they are advertising, it's now selling for $179.99. Wait...there's more!! :lol: Free shipping!! 8) Also a "Fastest/Best Performance "Award from Tweaktown. Corsair Force Series GT 120GB SATA III SSD http...

CaptainCruise

OK, I think I understand what you mean. On this Pavilion laptop, the primary HDD is also mounted in some kind of bracket with four pieces of rubber on each corner. I would guess that is some sort of shock protection. Then there is a very short, thin SATA cable that clips on the HDD and manages to at...

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I've got a 120 GB SSD and a 750 GB WD Scorpio Black in my laptop. The improvement in performance over the original 320 GB Seagate Momentus 7200 is tremendous. I can imagine how fast it must be. That's exactly what I'm hoping to achieve, and it looks like the SSD boot drive is the way I'll go. Proba...

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I have a HP Pavilion dv7-3085dx with a Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB HDD. A friend hooked me up with a brand new MomentusXT 500GB hybrid drive, so I'm thinking of doing a straight swap since the XT should be a fair amount faster than the original Momentus drive, according to everything i've read abo...

CaptainCruise

Would the "Toledo" core, which I think includes the X2 4800+, be a better choice with it's larger 2x1GB L2 cache? The Manchester's I believe have a 2x512MB L2 cache.

Does it make much of a performance difference? Where would any performance gains tend to show up?

Thanks....

CaptainCruise

Wow, very nice board that Asus! The black PCB really changed a lot, and the features rock! And see what I found at Sapphire's site!: http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/products/mainboards_gallery.php?gpid=141 Wow......that Sapphire board is sweet in white. I just saw the specs for this board today and ...

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I keep reading that it is flashable, and the flash activates the 4 inactive pipes. When the flash is done, supposedly what you should have now is a fully functional graphics card that performs as well as a X850XT PE. I think.....not 100% sure, but what I've heard is the boards used for the X800 are ...

CaptainCruise

Yeah, I was considering both of your opinions. I bought the USB to IDE cable kit that includes all the necessary hardware I'd need to make the connection. Then all I'd have to do is pick a drive to use. I have at least a half dozen WD IDE drives sitting here doing nothing. They're mixed capacity, an...

CaptainCruise

I'll race him.......

CaptainCruise

I'd like to get a external drive for backing up data, storage, etc. I'm looking at Western Digital's drives in the 250GB to 300GB size range. Any suggestions on a nice drive?

CaptainCruise

He mentioned that he's using the Windows XP Pro X64 Edition. Is it possible that the Silicon Image 3114 SATA controller has some kind of driver or BIOS conflict with the WinXP Pro X64 OS? Is it 64-bit compatable, or instead maybe I should ask is there a 64-bit driver for the SI SATA card that needs ...

CaptainCruise

I have 1GB of this RAM: CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX1024-3200XLPT - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145523 You didn't say what speed your RAM was or what you wanted to buy, so I'm ...

CaptainCruise

OK, I think I understand this RAM issue now. I kinda solved my problem with this the easy way by deciding to wait awhile longer and see what happens with ATI's "CrossFire" now that it appears to be up and running, and they're getting closer to releasing it. It appears to have some advantages over SL...

CaptainCruise

Does nVidia manufacture the 7800GT with AGP interface? I was under the impression that the 7800GT and the 7800GTX were PCI-E interface only. If not, and since it sounds like he has a AGP on board, I would guess either the Radeon X800XL, X800XT, or maybe even one of the X850 models if the price is ri...

CaptainCruise

Found this link on ATI's website regarding "CrossFire". http://www.ati.com/technology/crossfire/index.html From reading this stuff.......WOW!! If it works the way they claim, and I'll say IF one more time, it could be wild. It seems like there will be several advantages over SLI that are definitely ...

CaptainCruise

Guys....I just read something that kinda has me thinking I need to wait on this computer build for at least a month. I just read a press release on the ASUS website that is pretty cool. Check this out. This is from the ASUS website... ASUS Motherboards Deliver True SLI Graphics Performance Enjoy 32 ...

CaptainCruise

Why just not go with the 2 1 gig sticks to begin with...ram's as cheap as its been in quite some time :roll: To be honest, I didn't find a set of 2x1GB Corsair RAM with latency timings I was happy with. So, what I may do is add one more 512MG stick for a total of 1.5GB and leave the 4th slot empty ...

CaptainCruise

The ram wont run in dual channel mode with 3 sticks. They have to be installed in pairs to run dual channel. The new cores for AMD's have a revised memory controller which doesnt default to 333mhz speeds when all 4 memory slots are occupied,it will stay at 400 mhz. OK, so if I go with 4x512MB of PC...

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