Forum: Peripherals  May 29th, 2006 |
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| Forum: Monitors, Displays and Video Cards Jan 25th, 2006 |
| Replies: 11 Views: 1,905 Re: £110 to spend...what graphics card?
Thanks for the help all, in the end I bought a Gigabyte 256mb 6600. It's a great card, runs very smoothly, but one problem persists: cooling.
The cooling system is not a fan, but a rather odd... |
| Forum: Monitors, Displays and Video Cards Jan 3rd, 2006 |
| Replies: 11 Views: 1,905 £110 to spend...what graphics card?
I am currently running a Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9600 Pro card, which has served me well, but with games like bf2 and hl2 flying around, it's time for an upgrade.
I have £117 to spend, but... |
| Forum: Storage Nov 10th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies Nov 4th, 2005 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 1,818 Peculiar power problem
Recently, my computer is prone to a strange power related (I think) problem. The montior would "lose signal" as it were (i.e. the monitor is still on, but it gives a "monitor shutting down"... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jul 26th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jul 19th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jul 16th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jul 16th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jul 15th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jul 15th, 2005 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 2,531 My prescott is running at 80C D:
This is a wee but worrying - I have recently finished building my pc, using a Pentium 4 Prescott 2.4ghz
Now, I know that prescott has been dubbed "preshott" and that it is known for getting VERY... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 6th, 2005 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 1,175 Can't access the net :| (hijack log)
Recently I've been unable to access the internet i.e. browsers simply show "Page cannot be found". Scanned with AVG, it finds a java openstream virus. I need a little help removing this one ¬_¬ |
| Forum: Posting Games May 21st, 2005 |
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| Forum: Posting Games May 17th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Techies' Lounge May 5th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Techies' Lounge Apr 30th, 2005 |
| Replies: 96 Views: 9,709 Re: Opinion on Software Theft
Software is stupidly expensive, and I'll admit I have copied/given cd keys to friends. Microsoft is a major problem with it, because they charge outrageous prices. However a lot of it does go to... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Apr 26th, 2005 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 2,375 Changing the universal language of windows? :S
A friend of mine gave me a copy of Windows 2000 they had. I installed only to find it was in Portugese D:
Is there anyway to change the universal language of windows or am I just going to have to... |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Apr 25th, 2005 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 2,665 Re: Buying second hand cpus?
Well, ebuyer will definitly tell me the item it is selling, but with a wee warning of:
"Please note: A 'Used product' in our blowout category may not always be complete. Accessories such as manuals,... |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Apr 24th, 2005 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 2,665 Buying second hand cpus?
Ok, I need info on buying second hand processors. There are plenty being sold on ebuyer, and I am querying as to whether or not I should do it.
Now I know that im getting to get plenty of people... |
| Forum: Windows Software Apr 14th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Apr 11th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Apr 10th, 2005 |
| Replies: 50 Views: 19,024 Re: Building your own PC
I talked a lot on IRC with other people who built PCs, they gave me advice on what to buy and what not to buy etc. Having people around to help you can be very helpful because you can ask questions... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Apr 10th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Apr 10th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Apr 9th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Apr 9th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Apr 9th, 2005 |
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| Forum: C++ Mar 31st, 2005 |
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| Forum: Web Browsers Mar 30th, 2005 |
| Replies: 66 Views: 216,746 Re: MSN and Hotmail Login Problems
MSN is down atm. They do this. Sometimes firewalls, cookies, windows security settings and network settings (if you are on a network) can affect these things. Usual is just updating windows (if any... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 20th, 2005 |
| Replies: 42 Views: 6,032 Re: Name 10 items on your Desk
Lets see:
Monitor keyboard mouse etc etc
"Crap"top
Mini candy machine \o/
2 PDAs
MP3 player/USB stick
Pencil Case
Penknife (...)
Glasses |
| Forum: Legacy and Other Languages Mar 20th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Growing an Online Community Mar 20th, 2005 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 2,435 Re: How to handle spam?
When you say "spam", you really have to be more specific;
Many malicious users will simply spam threads with useless/inaproppriate (spelling!) materials. This can be stopped slightly by enabling... |
| Forum: Windows tips 'n' tweaks Mar 20th, 2005 |
| Replies: 61 Views: 11,408 Re: Shortcuts
:o windows key + e is a useful one
Ctrl + R - Refresh webpage |
| Forum: Windows tips 'n' tweaks Mar 19th, 2005 |
| Replies: 61 Views: 11,408 Re: Shortcuts
ctrl + shift + clicking on hyperlink - opens page in new window (works in firefox too!) |
| Forum: Windows Software Mar 18th, 2005 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 1,520 Changing the "you killed so-on-so" in UT2k4?
I was watching a couple of video's of UT pros, when I noticed that they had changed the "You killed Player" to "You [instert-naughty-word-here!] Player".
I did a quick Windows search of the files,... |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Mar 18th, 2005 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 1,825 Re: Check out this bad boy!
Oooh yes very elegant indeed :D
However I like the uber-nerd approach:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/m4gg0t/nub_case_collage.png
:3 |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Mar 18th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Mar 17th, 2005 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 2,033 Re: Over clocking
overclocking is making your processor of a pci/agp card or your main cpu run faster. Your cpu's "clock" speed means its working power and speed, so overclocking your cpu means it is making it work... |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Mar 16th, 2005 |
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| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Mar 16th, 2005 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 2,604 Re: HardWare Newb wants to upgrade RAM needs help.
Depends what you use your pc for:
If its just general home use, 256 megabytes will do fine, while gaming or large office/work will need 512 and up.
However, RAM is a pain in the behind as you need... |
