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Strange Hotmail Issue

I'm not sure this is the best place for this message, but I'm hoping someone can help. My sister uses hotmail for email and has for years. Recently, when she emails her fiancee, her emails are ending up in his junk email every time, and not only that, several more emails from other hotmail...
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- Feb 26, 2010
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Crysis - (PC game) + $10 gift card for $39.99

Ditto. The girl at the counter was completely clueless, so she called someone over. He said it's supposed to be $49.99 and a free $10 gift card. He wouldn't budge and said he had the same argument with someone else earlier. He wasn't very apologetic, but I bought the game anyway. For the...
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- Post #34
- Nov 14, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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What's wrong with my monitor?

Hi all, I have a Dell 2405FPW that I've owned for a little under two years. It's worked fine until recently. I was using VGA from my notebook to connect it, and I started noticing flickering lines going up around the screen. I figured it might be VGA, so I ignored it. I recently got a new...
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- Oct 29, 2006
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Displays
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Warning..not a computer related part!

Crutchfield's prices are not always the best, but their customer service and support makes up for it. Free return shipping if you return something, live support on pretty much any product, and if you order car audio equipment, they usually throw in the accessories you need to install it for free.
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- Post #40
- Feb 24, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Cyberpowerinc Turbo X-Infinity v. Dell Dimension 4700

Cyberpower probably uses less proprietary parts, but I wouldn't order from them. There's just as many horror stories as there are positive stories. Sure, Dell's not exactly lighting it up in the customer satisfaction department either, but at least you know you can get support from them --...
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- Post #5
- Jan 22, 2005
- Forum: Pre-Built Desktops
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Asus A8N SLI Motherboard, 2 6800GTs, 2 NV Silencers, 2 PCI Cards

Hi all, I've got an SLI rig with two eVGA 6800GTs. I also have two PCI cards installed in my system (sound card and TV tuner). I'm interested in installing NV Silencers on each of my video cards, but I'm not sure if everything will still fit. Does anyone have any insight? Thanks!
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- Jan 21, 2005
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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BFG 6800gt OC PCI Express 475.00

Chumbo does have some good prices on the 6800GT PCI-E cards, but you'll likely not find it in stock again for months. Considering the rarity of these cards, I think this is a about as good of a deal as you're going to get right now for these cards.
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- Post #3
- Jan 21, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Removing Side Panel and having fan blow inside computer...

Thanks for the advice. The lighted area behind the small triangle in the image is a huge fan blowing cool air on the hard drives. There are indeed two rear fans blowing outward along with the power supply. The video card temperatures are about 50C idle, up to about 60C under load. From...
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- Post #7
- Jan 19, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Removing Side Panel and having fan blow inside computer...

It's a custom Lian-Li design. The rig is from Velocity Micro. Here's an image.
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- Post #4
- Jan 19, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Removing Side Panel and having fan blow inside computer...

Hi all, I have an SLI rig that's running really hot (FX-55: 70-75C under load). It's also a fairly loud rig as you might expect with two GeForce 6800GTs. Anyway, my desk is currently up against the back wall in my basement. On the other side of the wall is our laundry/storage room. Rather...
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- Jan 19, 2005
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Computer Building
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My Velocity Micro Raptor DualX SLI Review

Well, I downloaded Prime95 again and ran the most CPU intensive test (my CPU usage was at 100% the whole time). The temp via Asus Probe went to 72C, 61C in Everest. I suspect you're right about Asus Probe being accurate. As for those ambient temps, I don't see how they could possibly be...
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- Post #26
- Jan 18, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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My Velocity Micro Raptor DualX SLI Review

I don't see a hard drive temperature anywhere. Here's a screenshot of the different programs after running 3DMark: Temperature Screenshot
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- Post #24
- Jan 18, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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NEED HELP! :( New A8N-SLI with athlon 64 4000+

I'm having similar temperature issues with my FX-55-based SLI rig. According to Asus Probe, my CPU is idling at around 55 and hits 75 under load. On the advice of someone here, I downloaded Everest Home Edition and it's reporting differently. My CPU temperature in Asus Probe is matching a...
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- Post #11
- Jan 18, 2005
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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My Velocity Micro Raptor DualX SLI Review

Now here's an interesting twist. I downloaded Everest and it's reporting my CPU temperature at about 40C idle, 44C after running 3DMark03 and 3DMark05 back-to-back. At the same time, Asus Probe is saying my CPU temperature is 50C idle (I had just turned on the PC), and 66C after the two...
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- Post #22
- Jan 18, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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My Velocity Micro Raptor DualX SLI Review

Are you saying that you don't think this will remedy the problem? The motherboard and video card temperatures seem pretty normal, so I just don't think the CPU is getting enough cooling. As for your mod suggestion, I'd have no idea how to do anything like that. If I was the type to modify...
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- Post #19
- Jan 18, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building

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