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Defrag Question

O.K. Thanks
- Mike1949
- Post #5
- May 10, 2007
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Defrag Question

The reason I ask is that the last time I defragged , 2 weeks ago, the message was that I had only 1 fragment Looking at my results overall: does this look normal?
- Mike1949
- Post #3
- May 10, 2007
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Defrag Question

Videocard: BFG 6800 GT OC Processor: Athlon XP 2600+ 2.2 Ghz Mainboard: Shuttle AN35/Ultra v1.1 Memory: 2 X 512 PQI PC3200 Turbo Ram Soundcard: Onboard / Cambridge Soundworks sub- PSU: Antec TruPower 430w Windows XP Service Pack 2 I have a 90 Gig HD divided into a 30gig and a...
- Mike1949
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- May 10, 2007
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Operating Systems
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System Restore and Memory questions

Thank you Slikkster. I did as you said and the 2 BHO entries are gone. I just noticed that my Task Manager update speed was set to HIGH. I set it at NORMAL and now my cpu spikes are 1% every few seconds. I guess thats well, normal. The reason I was concerned is that it used to idle at 0%...
- Mike1949
- Post #12
- May 2, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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System Restore and Memory questions

OK heres my HijackThis SystemScan and Logfile. I really appreciate this guys Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA) Scan saved at 6:56:51 PM, on 5/1/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe...
- Mike1949
- Post #10
- May 1, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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System Restore and Memory questions

I mean when when my comp sits idle there's a 4% cpu usage spike every 3 to 10 seconds
- Mike1949
- Post #7
- May 1, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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System Restore and Memory questions

Just Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Spybot. Ive tried turning off Kaspersky and the SpyBot was installed after the problem started. Ive started it in safe mode and it spikes. I have used TweakNow registry cleaner and eliminated at least 60 or 70 bogus registry entries and it still spikes. I have...
- Mike1949
- Post #4
- Apr 27, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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System Restore and Memory questions

Videocard: BFG 6800 GT OC Processor: Athlon XP 2600+ 2.2 Ghz Mainboard: Shuttle AN35/Ultra v1.1 Memory: 2 X 512 PQI PC3200 Turbo Ram Soundcard: Onboard / Cambridge Soundworks sub- PSU: Antec TruPower 430w I recently used system restore to go back 1 month to fix a malware problem...
- Mike1949
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- Apr 26, 2007
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Computer Building
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CPU Spikes and Event log messages

No Norton at all I dumped all Symantec and Norton a while back
- Mike1949
- Post #3
- Apr 25, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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CPU Spikes and Event log messages

Videocard: BFG 6800 GT OC Processor: Athlon XP 2600+ 2.2 Ghz Mainboard: Shuttle AN35/Ultra v1.1 Memory: 2 X 512 PQI PC3200 Turbo Ram Soundcard: Onboard / Cambridge Soundworks sub- PSU: Antec TruPower 430w I keep getting a message in my event log telling me my uninteruptable power...
- Mike1949
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- Apr 24, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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DVD's and Magnets

The other day someone in my house set my dvd storage folder on top of my powered sub-woofer. I moved it and it doesnt seem to have hurt anything. Will magnets hurt a cd or dvd like it will video tape?
- Mike1949
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- May 24, 2006
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Fan Control on Antec Tru-Power

I recently got an Antec Tru-Power 430 watt PS and it works great and is very quiet. It has connections for " fan only" and the manuel says that these connections will control fan speeds thermostatically and will run the fans at the lowest speed till it needs to run faster because of heat. Ive...
- Mike1949
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- Apr 20, 2006
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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Changing partitioning

And can I do this without removing all the games and programs I have already installed?
- Mike1949
- Post #5
- Jan 22, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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Changing partitioning

Thanks for your quick response. So it is possable to change or remove the partitioning so that it was maybe 60 or 70 gig primary and 20 or 30 gig secondary without reformatting and reinstalling everything? Is it a program I can buy? Whats NTFS?
- Mike1949
- Post #3
- Jan 22, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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Changing partitioning

I have an AMD2600XP, a Shuttle AN35/Ultra mobo, 1gig of PQI PC3200 Turbo ram and a BFG 6800 GT OC and an IBM 90gig hardrive. My friend built this for me for gaming and it works great HOWEVER, When I had it built I had intended to burn DVD?s also so the hardrive is partitioned so that 30 gigs...
- Mike1949
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- Jan 22, 2005
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Changing partitioning

I have an AMD2600XP, a Shuttle AN35/Ultra mobo, 1gig of PQI PC3200 Turbo ram and a BFG 6800 GT OC and an IBM 90gig hardrive and Windows XP Pro My friend built this for me for gaming and it works great however when I had it built I had intended to burn DVD?s so the hardrive is partitioned so...
- Mike1949
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- Jan 22, 2005
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows
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Overclock Confusion

Thank you very much. Let me ask you, is Turbo the best setting I can get without overclocking? Will overclocking give me better fps in HL2? And if so , how much better? Again thank you for the advice.
- Mike1949
- Post #6
- Jan 3, 2005
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Overclock Confusion

Yes the AMD 2600Xp says fsb333 on the package it comes in but the mobo goes to 400fsb When I set it to Optimal I get a 3d Benchmark of 4300 and at Agressive the score is 4570. Thats what I dont understand. At the Aggressive setting the boot screen tells me my DDR is Performance Enabled. At...
- Mike1949
- Post #4
- Jan 3, 2005
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Overclocking confusion

Question: I have a AMD 2600 XP+ Barton, a Shuttle AN35/Ultra and 1 gig of PQI PC3200 Turbo ram. I have read that all of this hardware loves to be over clocked. In my mobo bios there are 4 settings under ?advanced chipset options? ___Optimal:____ FSB Freq. 166mhz CPU interface ?Optimal...
- Mike1949
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- Jan 2, 2005
- Replies: 2
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Overclock Confusion

Question: I have a AMD 2600 XP+ Barton, a Shuttle AN35/Ultra and 1 gig of PQI PC3200 Turbo ram. I have read that all of this hardware loves to be over clocked. In my mobo bios there are 4 settings under ?advanced chipset options? ___Optimal:____ FSB Freq. 166mhz CPU interface ?Optimal...
- Mike1949
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- Jan 2, 2005
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Changing 3Dmark scores

Question from a half-life junkie but a tech newbie. I recently returned a BFG 6800 GT OC I bought 2 months ago after it croaked. Before it died it got a 3Dmark03 score of 10500 with the 66.81 drivers. I just got my new one and it seems to work fine however I am getting fluctuating test...
- Mike1949
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- Dec 24, 2004
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Bad Motherboard or bad video card?

Thank you. So you think the problem with the video cards is the mobo? Thats what my buddy says. Another question.If I get another mobo, can I then upgrade my video card to a 5700 or 5900 without getting another power supply?
- Mike1949
- Post #9
- Jul 7, 2004
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Bad Motherboard or bad video card?

Also my monitor ( a 4 year old 21" Viewsonic G-810) is flickering. The borders on the left side get fuzzy and sometimes it looks like its resizing itself. It will expand and contract 1/8 to a 1/4 of an inch, like its breathing. I never had this problem with my old Sony comp that ran this...
- Mike1949
- Post #7
- Jul 7, 2004
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Bad Motherboard or bad video card?

Whats the $ 51 recamendation? Also I got the 450 watt at Frys and my computer guru buddy picked it out. After trying it with the 5600 and the 5700 hundred he told me to take it back he said that wasnt the problem but he doesnt know what the problem is so he told me I needed a different mobo. So...
- Mike1949
- Post #6
- Jul 7, 2004
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Bad Motherboard or bad video card?

The origanal power supply that came with the case is an EZ MEDIA # PSEZ300. And I am running Windows Xp pro Edition As I said I tried a 450 watt power supply with the 5600 and 5700 FX cards and it did not help. I took it back and kept the EZ MEDIA When I say nothing works I mean nothing but the...
- Mike1949
- Post #4
- Jul 7, 2004
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Bad Motherboard or bad video card?
- Mike1949
- Post #2
- Jul 7, 2004
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Bad Motherboard or bad video card?

I recently, with the help of a friend, put together a budget computer. I have a 300 watt power supply, Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 90 Gig hard drive,512MB PC2700 DDR DIMM, A Gainward G-Force FX5200 graphics card ( yes, I know they suck) An AMD 2600XP and a ECS K7VTA3 motherboard. I immediately tried...
- Mike1949
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- Jul 7, 2004
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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