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Newegg is doing a promotion where they're giving away ML120L RGB coolers with their CoolerMaster cases. I'm just wondering if it's worth installing over my 3 year old Cryorig H7 air cooler or if I should just throw it up on ebay. I'm not exactly paranoid about leaks, but I don't see the point of...

Hi, I just bought a new laptop for gaming and i saw that the CPU is getting pretty hot and that the fans makes a lot of noises. So i wondered if it is overheating? The temps are 40-50 degres celsius when idle but when i am playing game like csgo or rocket league the temps gets to 75-85 degres...

So I built a new computer and everything looks good because all the lights are on and all the fans are spinning. After that I bought a new 23.8 inch acer monitor and hooked it up to my pc via hdmi cable. I turned on my pc then my monitor to see this. The acer logo coming up for a few seconds...

Hello, I need help fixing a BSOD it started this week. I did a fresh install but I still get a blue screen, also worth mentioning is that sometimes the minidump file isnt created. What I have tried: Switching rams ( I have 3 pins), tried with 1 , 2, 3 and all eventually resulted in a BSOD...

I recently posted this to the Steam Community, thinking that was a more appropriate place for it...but they were useless (see for yourself), and I've always gotten better answers from Tom's users, so I'm hoping someone might have some insight into this. I've run into an issue where when I run...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) Many a times many not so helpfull software place them selves in start up files which may affect the fast opening of a specific prog ,like adobe reader 7 or Google desktop search utitlty.i think removing unneccesary items...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?) While testing Firefox I set it as my default browser. Now I want to change the default back to IE, however, I can't. I do have the IE "Check to see if default browser" selected. I cannot get it to check. I also...

Hi every one im making a clan of Cod4 and UT3 i need member of the clan i dont know what will be the name of the clan give me suggestions and il choose one Are clan website is http://www.phpbbplanet.com/tanthegamer/ !its a forum and register yur self on the forum and yul be the member of...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?) Is there a way to do it with NVidia drivers or NVidia SDK ? Thanks !

willl hd 7770 work on pciE expansion slot? i have foxconn 45gmx mother board. please help.........

Hello, My current PC configuration is: Intel DH55HC board, Core i3 2100 3.1 GHz, 2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz (Buying 8 GB more) I want to choose graphics card mostly between HD 6870 and GTX 560. (If any other then please suggest) I am mainly interested in playing first person shooter like COD...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I have a small ? to ask. Is there a way to change the font and font size for the toolbar (File, Edit, Toolbar, etc)? I went to properties, appearance, advanced and set them all to the font (Georgia, size 7) on...

I'm planning to install an IDE DVD Writer in my HP Pavilion 8505 Desktop. I want to know what type of IDE DVD writer would be compatible in my PC ? And also, which brand(s) should i choose ?

Hi Everyone, New to Tom's Hardware, hope you can help with this question on onboard audio vs. SoundBlaster X-Fi Extreme Music. I just purchased a Core i7 920 and an Asus P6T (no deluxe, no V2, just the plain P6T). I am running Vista 64-bit Home Premium with 6gb GCZ DDR3 triple-channel RAM...

Hi, I'm going to fix the comp of a freind of mine (he's got Xp home, and a 56K:( ). I'll be doing a clean install, and afterwards want to install all the updates, etc. We can't bring his comp to my house to use my broadband, but is there any way on teh ms website to dl all the updates, and...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy (More info?) Is there a group policy to show the Internet Explorer icon on the desktop for XP machines? I have disabled 'hide internet explorer icon' but it is still not there when users log in. Thanks

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory (More info?) Hello We are interested in moving our current domain controllers to virtual machines. The physical machines will be retired once the project has been completed. We have two domain controllers at our home office and...

I'm in no way suggesting anybody go out an buy this game. I wasted $45 on crysis and I got a whole 5-6 hours of mediocre game play out of it. My opinion is that it sucks... it sucks so bad, and is one of the most overhyped, worst games I can think of... hell, it is the most overhyped, worst...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.terminalserver.client (More info?) Hi, Would it be possible to remote control a native XP Professional desktops using a Citrix Metaframe XPe server, to connect to a user using XP Pro running the RDP client. Failing that would I be able to logon...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.dns (More info?) We are running two parallel domains at once, as a part of a email migration and are experiencing DNS issues with workstations in the new domain. They are not updating their A records in the new domain (DOMAIN2). I believe that...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.dns (More info?) In forwarding DNS Cache Servers we can check an option "Do not use recursion" What event lead me to use this option? In which situation the option can be intersting? When ? Why?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.security (More info?) there is any way that I can restore or reset the password ? I cannot access to a server and I do not know the original password.The ex admin got fired and he keept the password with him.Please help !!!! Thanks

This is the issue, my current TV I normally have my PC connected to is not going to be fixed until next week Friday. So I hooked up a different TV that can display up to 1080i. The issue is this, I connected the older TV to the PC which has existing settings that match the TV being fixed, so all...

my computer (win2k) freezes whenever the telephone rings. i have a dial up conection to the internet. When i am not even on the internet, i could be playing a game or anything(offline) and then the phone will ring and my computer freeze at the same time. it happened many times. it never happened...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsme.general (More info?) The following error showed up on our Win 2003 Server this am. I have never seen this before. Windows file protection Files that are required for windows to run properly have been replaced by Unrecognized versions. To...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (More info?) I just found a laptop that someone threw away, it had the cords and a couple disks (one is a homemade setup disk). It works just fine except that it has one MAJOR flaw that I cant get rid of. Everything is in a...

Hey there. Recently, I've been attempting to research into a new speaker system for my PC. I love music, and use my current speakers (JBL Creature II's) mainly for that and movies, and my headset for games. Having listened to a decent hi-fi system around a friends house, I can't really go back...

Hello, i need more computer graphic software than please send me direct link or any website which makes it easy to me.

My husband re-installed Windows and now the internet is not working. He also installed the drivers disc that came with it but when we pull up the device manager it shows yellow ! by the following : Standard VGA graphics adapter, ethernet controller, network controller, and video controller. We...

Integrated Graphics vs Dedicated GPU I was just looking at youtube trying to find something fairly recent that performed a demonstration between integrated graphics vs dedicated GPU with a video juxtaposition so we can actually see any differences. I didn't really find anything very useful...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?) Shortly after switching on the machine (sometimes after a reboot when I have a problem with eg video capture), the machine 'freezes'- sometimes even before invoking an application (although I do have a number of...

I'm considering setting up a rig to run MythTV and was wondering if anyone has successfully done it around here? I have an Athlon XP 3000 and am currently running Suse 10.1 with 1gig of ram. I have not decided on a video capture card yet but I found a link that shows all the confirmed working...

Archived from groups: rec.audio.pro (More info?) What is the difference between M4A / MP4 vs. MP3 audio files?

One could have thought that the first, sort of half-baked effort of the first generation of entertainment PC platforms could also have the last. But AMD took another, more serious look at the market and announced Live! notebooks, a Live reference platform for the family room and a CPU-powered...

Although NAND flash contract prices continued dropping in July, it appears Samsung Electronics has started applying the brakes on high-density 8Gbit parts, as prices for the segment are falling as much lower rate. Samsung digs in to avoid 8 Gbit NAND flash price freefall : Read more

The new patch comes with a bunch of game optimizations but no word on Shader Model 3.0 support for NVIDIA GeForce 6800 cards. Facry v1.2 Patch Done : Read more

hallo my friends any one know which kind of epoxy good for making a speaker voice coil please give me a good tips thanks krishna

If any of you are more tech savy than myself I'm up(begging actually) for suggestions, here is what is happening and why I have almost pulled out what little hair I have left :D . First off here are my system specs: Intel q6600 Core 2 Quad 8GB G Skill Pi Black DDR2 800 RAM (PC 6400 ) Asus...

Hello,i want to know if my 9800 gt card is better than my laptop ati 5470 mobility card

Hello, I don't really know much about this sort of stuff. I'm using my laptop and the sound will cut out (I'll be listening to something in iTunes, then as soon as something in my internet browser makes as sound, the iTunes won't play anymore). This has happened with a few different programs...