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Need to replace old B router Dlink DIR-601, Netgear WGR614, or WRT54G2?

Alright I just wanted to update the status of this a bit, I wanted to try to stick to local big box stores in case I had an issue with not liking the router or it was DOA. So far I had the Netgear WGR614 V10, V10 introduces there new green initiative. It has buttons to turn the radio on and...
- darkside9923
- Post #11
- Apr 8, 2010
- Forum: Networking
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Need to replace old B router Dlink DIR-601, Netgear WGR614, or WRT54G2?

Thanks again for the recommendations, again signal strength I'm not to worried about as the router will be in my bedroom, so I don't want anything to crazy in here. The main wireless client is in another room separated by a bathroom so I'd guestimate 10' and 2 walls. This old device...
- darkside9923
- Post #9
- Mar 7, 2010
- Forum: Networking
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Need to replace old B router Dlink DIR-601, Netgear WGR614, or WRT54G2?

What version is it and how long has it been in service? Also I've seen a few others say they run hot, where do you have it located (does it have a decent air flow?) My old 814 sits on my desk and it's barely warm to the touch. Thanks everyone else so far for the suggestions, I looked at...
- darkside9923
- Post #7
- Mar 6, 2010
- Forum: Networking
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Need to replace old B router Dlink DIR-601, Netgear WGR614, or WRT54G2?

I been running a B Netgear MR814 for 7 or 8 years, and need to replace it with something more current. My needs are not extreme in the least bit, I have one wired connection, and 2 wireless connections at most. Just every day surfing, most extreme activity would be Skype and Hulu occasionally...
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- Thread
- Mar 6, 2010
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Networking
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Enzotech CNB-S1L enough to cool Nforce4?

I have a DFI Ultra D (Specs below), not over clocked, the northbridge fan started going and I purchased the highly touted Evercool VCRE. I'm not to thrilled with it, it has a new stench that no other part I've ever installed has ever had, being in my room I can't deal with it. I'm wondering...
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- Thread
- Feb 27, 2009
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Need some suggestions, replaced northbridge fan, and somethings running hot or melting

I have a DFI Ultra D (Nforce 4) mobo, the chipset fan (north bridge) has been dying so I decided to replace it with the recommended Evercool Twinkling gpu fan. I tore the whole system apart, removed the old chipset/fan, scraped all the old crud off with a credit card and 90% Isophyl alcohol...
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- Thread
- Nov 20, 2008
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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Anyone ever notice more eye strain with ATI cards?

For lighting I have 2 choices, My ceiling fan that has an 3 smaller incandescent bulbs down light and 3 incandescent bulbs a little bigger for uplighting on a dimmer (I need better bulbs for that as there yellowish in color) or I have a regular table lamp with a 40 watt GE Reveal incandescent...
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- Post #12
- Nov 27, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Anyone ever notice more eye strain with ATI cards?

Mainly just text, I don't really game much anymore. I wish I could explain it better, right now I'm on the laptop and my eyes are fine, I went back on my main computer a minute ago to call Viewsonic and after a couple minutes my eyes started burning again. Viewsonic wasn't much help, they...
- darkside9923
- Post #9
- Nov 27, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Anyone ever notice more eye strain with ATI cards?

That's what I can't figure out, I mean overall the screen seemed brighter with the ATI card, so I thought turning the brightness and contrast down would help.
- darkside9923
- Post #7
- Nov 27, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Anyone ever notice more eye strain with ATI cards?

Yea I downloaded and installed the latest driver from Viewsonic.
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- Post #5
- Nov 27, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Anyone ever notice more eye strain with ATI cards?

I was thinking that but it's locked at 60hz.
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- Post #3
- Nov 27, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Anyone ever notice more eye strain with ATI cards?

I just upgraded to an ATI 2400XP from a Geforce 6200, and for some reason I'm getting a lot of eye strain since. I'm running DVI and clear type is enabled, I have a Viewsonic 19" widescreen LCD. Resolution is 1440x900 and I've tried adjusting the brightness and contrast down to no avail. Any...
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- Thread
- Nov 27, 2007
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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New Radeon DOA?

Thanks for the reply, I put the old card in, and hooked up only the DVI and it displays fine, so I guess it is the new card. Fwiw the card does look like a repack, back to Newegg it will go :|
- darkside9923
- Post #5
- Nov 21, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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New Radeon DOA?

Well it works fine with my old card (Geforce 6200) Also should both cables be hooked up or just the DVI cable?
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- Post #3
- Nov 20, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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New Radeon DOA?

I just got my new GIGABYTE GV-RX24T256H (Radeon 2400xt) it refuses to display in DVI (with a known working monitor), if I just plug the DVI cable in there is no display. If I plug the Analogue cable in I have a display, but it starts getting wavy looking after 20 minutes. I called GIGABYTE...
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- Thread
- Nov 20, 2007
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Been out of the scene for a while need a suggestions between these 2

Thanks for the link that looks like an awesome deal, I'll add it to my list of considerations.
- darkside9923
- Post #3
- Nov 13, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Been out of the scene for a while need a suggestions between these 2

I been out of the hardware scene for quit a while, I need a cheap PCI Express video card, and prefer something fan less. I don't really plan on playing any games to soon, my main goals are watching movies, editing photos, and surfing the web. For about the same price would I be better off...
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- Thread
- Nov 13, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Heres a strange one

Thanks allot, I can't believe I forgot about that trick, but that worked :)
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- Post #4
- Jul 11, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Heres a strange one

I have a spare hard drive that I want to use with my main system, it's a Maxtor regular ole ATA hard drive. (6Y160P0) I used it for about a month or 2 then upgraded to an SATA II Western digital hard drive (WD3200KS). I reintroduced it to the system and and tried to right click and format the...
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- Thread
- Jul 10, 2007
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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Laserjet Cleaning Sheets

I have an old but perfectly functioning Laserjet 2100, lately I'm getting some faint black lines on my prints. So I take it I need to get some cleaning sheets, but I have a few questions about them... - Should I go for the wet type, or can it do more damage then good? - Can you use a sheet...
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- Thread
- May 1, 2007
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Strange problem with Parallel to USB

I have tried it with and with out a USB hub. Right now I have it running into a Powered 4 port USB 1,1 Hub (Xircom) I also have somewere but can't fint it, a Troy Pony Parallel to ethernet adapter (I had bought for a different computer), I was never able to get that thing to work at all, if...
- darkside9923
- Post #12
- Jul 5, 2006
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Strange problem with Parallel to USB

Heh, I guess I read that wrong lol....when I go to printer preferences, it shows printing, no errors or anything, yet in the printer properties, it shows the printer and it shows that it is online.
- darkside9923
- Post #6
- Jul 5, 2006
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Strange problem with Parallel to USB

Thanks for the replys so far...I am not out of paper :) I would of went with a PCI card solution but both of my PCI slots are full (I have 2 sound cards, one for movies and games, and an EMU0404 for more serious music listening) The rest of the slots I have left are PCI express :frown: I...
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- Post #4
- Jul 5, 2006
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Strange problem with Parallel to USB

Ok a bit of history, I built a new PC about 9 months ago, and I do not have a Parallel port on my new DFI mobo....So I was using a back up computer that had the Parallel port and my Laserjet 2100 worked fine. So I got sick of having to boot that pc up just to use my printer, so I purchased a...
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- Thread
- Jul 5, 2006
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Will an SATA I work on an SATAII HD?

Thank you for the replies, glade to hear it will work :D According to DFI the board supporrs SATA 2: Serial ATA with RAID # Four Serial ATA ports # SATA speed up to 3Gb/s # RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 # NVIDIA RAID allows RAID arrays spanning across Serial ATA and Parallel ATA...
- darkside9923
- Post #4
- Jan 3, 2006
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Will an SATA I work on an SATAII HD?

Forgive my ignorance with this lol, I do not have much experenice with SATA I finally decided to take the plunge and upgrade to SATA. I got a Western Digital SataII 16MB cache drive, it is OEM and I am pretty sure it will not include the cable. When I purchased my DFI Ultra D refurbished it...
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- Thread
- Jan 2, 2006
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Power Supplys keeps over heating pls hlp

On both PSU the fan was spinning, but on the Forton the fan has been making quit a bit of noise. Even when the fan was working correctly the power supply always seemed warmer then it should. As of right now I put the L and C PSU back in, the sensor shows 53 at load and goes down as low as 32 C
- darkside9923
- Post #3
- Jul 13, 2005
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Power Supplys keeps over heating pls hlp

Systems specs at bottom of post.... I have a AMD XP 1800 I built a few years ago. I recently purchased a new X-Blade Case that came with a 450 L&C Power Supply, I noticed the system seemed unstable I checked Sandra 2005 and the sensor for the Power supply said it was 55 degrees C So I...
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- Thread
- Jul 13, 2005
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Wireless creeps, Wired fine any suggestions?

Thanks so far for all the suggestions... My Cisco Aironet card is far from an end user card ;) It doesn't show SNR per se but I did find somewhere in the utilities and it does give a "signal quality" measurement. In moving my access point around I have gotten it to a whopping 60% quality from...
- darkside9923
- Post #6
- May 8, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Wireless creeps, Wired fine any suggestions?

The router is a B The down speed are around 180-500K wireless. I hit 1.2MB Once, but my wired comps are perfect spot on. As for Interference, I have a 5.8 GHz cordless phone. The distance Im useing my wireless connection is probally at best 60 feet (gustimate) My cisco survey utility shows...
- darkside9923
- Post #3
- May 8, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Wireless creeps, Wired fine any suggestions?

Hello, I have been trying to figure out what is going on with my network. I have a 2 year old Netgear MR814V2 802.11B router. Lately seems as if my wireless connections crawl and my wired connections are fine. Speed tests confirm these findings showing wireless at 384 to 500 down and my wired...
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- Thread
- May 7, 2005
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Networking
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Just Built MSI K8 Neo Can't Install windows urgg Pls hlp

The virus boot protect is off, soon as I get another IDE cable I will put them on there own channel... As for when the error is occuring, There appears an option for F6 for the Raid driver, then there is an option for automatic system recoverym after that the error appeared. I kept at it the...
- darkside9923
- Post #5
- Feb 3, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Just Built MSI K8 Neo Can't Install windows urgg Pls hlp

Hello, System Specs RaidMax Case with 430W raidmax PSU (has extra power pigtail) Athlon Socket 754 Athlon64 3000+, 2 CorsairXMS 512MB DDR3200 (CMX512-3200C2 ) Liteon CDRW, Liteon DVD, Samsung 120gb SATA HD, Sony floppy, I'm building a system for a friend, I started with an ASUS K8N and...
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- Thread
- Feb 2, 2005
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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New system build random boot and lock PLS help...

There was no particular error number per say....It just Blue screened saying the system was halted to prevent damage. But again to get the PC to this state I have to clear the CMOS several times befor it will even boot to the BIOS screen. Usally it is just blank screen, no lights on the...
- darkside9923
- Post #3
- Feb 1, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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New system build random boot and lock PLS help...

Hello I been going at this all day so... I built a Atlon 64 for a freind consisting of the following: Raidmax Tower case with 430 W power supply (yes has extra power pig tail) Asus K8N Corsair CMX512 3200C2 (Its on Asus QCL list) Radeon 6700 w 256MB DDR Samsung 120GB SATA HD Athlon 64...
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- Thread
- Feb 1, 2005
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Motherboards
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Maxtor Diamond 60 Series Intermittent Boot Failure...help

Ok I just got off the phone, Im done with Maxtor drives I think.....They will not replace the drive unless I have an actual error code from the Maxblast software. I told them the noise the drive makes after laughing at my description they said well sir maybe your motherboard. For the love of god...
- darkside9923
- Post #7
- Apr 8, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Maxtor Diamond 60 Series Intermittent Boot Failure...help

Well I yanked the HD last night, appears a little older then I thought but still in warranty till 11/04 I tried to do the online RMA Advanced, it states they do not charge, yet I tried to use a check card visa (because I do not want to be charged) and it only has a few dollars on it...So I hit...
- darkside9923
- Post #5
- Apr 8, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Maxtor Diamond 60 Series Intermittent Boot Failure...help

Ran the whole hour or so long test. What a waste of a night lol.... Would RMA but I cant find any paper work on the drive, I know I got it at Newegg but then I will be with out a hard drive in my server for probally a week :( urgggg
- darkside9923
- Post #3
- Apr 7, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Maxtor Diamond 60 Series Intermittent Boot Failure...help

Hello, Im not sure what to do with this drive. I have had it for 2 years. I defrag regulary, run disk checks. Also I have a 120MM Fan blowing cold air on the dirve. In the past say 7 months every few boots it says "Invalid Boot Disk" press any key to continue. And the drive makes an "Eee Eee"...
- darkside9923
- Thread
- Apr 7, 2004
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building
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*UPDATED x2* Potentially hot, potentially cold. Blockbuster to drastically change rental rates.

I hope the go out of business to.... Let me share what happened to me last week. I havent been to BB in about 2 months. I go there and they say that my membership is no good they purge memberships after several months of inactivity. I Fill out the Application for a new card and they would not...
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- Post #95
- Jan 31, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways

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