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  1. Eric Draven

    New York hints/tips

    Some more tips for NYC Couple of tips, sorted by categoy (going out, shopping, sightseeing) First of all, how lucky you are to be spending 9 weeks in such a fantastic city... Now for the tips... The other posters make some good points, just wanted to throw in my suggestions: Shopping...
  2. Eric Draven

    Replacing ATI Graphics card, driver issues?

    Excellent, thanks! Thanks so much for the advice! Graphics card has arrived in the mail and will install it this evening using the advice given...
  3. Eric Draven

    Replacing ATI Graphics card, driver issues?

    Drivercleaner Thanks for the advice. Just wondering about drivercleaner. I haven't used it yet. Where can I get a hold of it? so the order is: uninstall old drivers (with old card in place) reboot machine in safe mode (with new card instaled?) and then run drivercleaner? reboot...
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    Replacing ATI Graphics card, driver issues?

    So basically the card will be recognized even though newer? So basically the drivers for the old card will work even though the card i'm putting in is newer? That would indeed save a lot of hassle... Thanks for the help
  5. Eric Draven

    Replacing ATI Graphics card, driver issues?

    Have some questions on replacing a graphics which I would appreciate some advice on... Currently, I have an ATI 9800 Pro which is being changed out due to it being fried and thus showing quite spectacular artifacts. I am putting an ATI X1600 Pro in its place. Both are AGP since the PC is a...
  6. Eric Draven

    Dell Laptop graphics card question

    Thanks for the advice, it does seem that the nvidia is winning out, so I'll very likely go with that :)
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    Dell Laptop graphics card question

    Hi all, I am buying a new laptop form Dell the 9400 and the last deciding part is the GFX card. The laptop comes with a 256MB DDR ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400, PCI-Express x16 card or I can chosse the other a 256MB NVIDIA GeForce GO 7900 GS for an extra 180 Euros. Question is, is it worth...
  8. Eric Draven

    Have a problem with internet connection, need advice

    A friend is trying to connect to the internet and the message that is displayed on internet explorer is: ERROR the requested url could not be retrieved It seemed to have happened after they installed windows live messenger. Since then I have told them to uninstall it but it still doesn't...
  9. Eric Draven

    Windows won't boot

    That could be it, will try that and have a look around :)
  10. Eric Draven

    Windows won't boot

    I have just installed a new hard disk, which is essentially replacing another one, so the number of hard drives has not changed. After installing the new hard drive - on a different IDE channel, I put it in it's permanent place and started the computer. It boots up, POSTS and gets all the way...
  11. Eric Draven

    Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300 Gig

    The boot problem is a strange one, as I have set the jumpers to cable select which in theory should sort itself out as far as I remember. I will keep the Western Digital and Seagate in mind for next time. The noise is just quite bothering when it is on for a while, i have half a mind to...
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    Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300 Gig

    The drive is an IDE.... The thing is, the other maxtor's that I have are much quieter, so I have no idea why it is so loud in comparison. Could it be the bearings are not aligned properly? In any case, it works so I have no way of returning it. However I guess for future reference, what can...
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    Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300 Gig

    I have recently purhcased a the above hard drive. I installed it the other day, formatted it and screwed it into the case. However first of all, it makes a much louder noise compared to the other hard drives in the case, and seems to make the case vibrate quite a bit. Secondly, windows...
  14. Eric Draven

    Power Supply Size? For the following specs

    An eye opener That is quite an eye opener, which leads me to another question. I noticed that one of the motherboards that was listed there was by Abit although others were also mentioned. Can people recommend the Abit Fatality board as it seems quite good on performance and features?
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    Power Supply Size? For the following specs

    Good Points Those are good points which I will remember. I'm not sure exactly what the make of the power supply is but I was thinking of replacing it with a high quality one, maybe antec or some of the other brands mentioned by other posters. I have heard good things about Antec from reading...
  16. Eric Draven

    Power Supply Size? For the following specs

    Many Thanks Thanks again for the recommendations they are very helpful and will definitely help me avoid many problems!
  17. Eric Draven

    Power Supply Size? For the following specs

    Thanks for the help, will definitely do so Thanks for the quick replies, will definitely go about ordering a more powerful power supply.
  18. Eric Draven

    Power Supply Size? For the following specs

    I wanted to post for some advice on power supply wattage for a new system im putting together as im not sure my old power supply will be sufficient. I have a 350 watt power supply which im not sure can power the following: Athlon AM2 +3800 dual core ATI X1600Pro PCI-Express 4 hard drives...
  19. Eric Draven

    Dell Laptop reinstallation issues

    Hard drive partitioning Thank you so much for your help. Going to go and try to sort out the software ASAP. Reason for formatting from scratch was that I wanted to partition the drive and so that i won't have to keep moving stuff off when i reformat at some other time......
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    Dell Laptop reinstallation issues

    I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction with this issue. I reformatted my dell laptop (inspiron 6000) and reinstalled windows. After I had done this I reinstalled all the drivers and got it working again. However there are certain functions that seem to have...
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