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    DVD Drive causes Shut down

    OK, so in a nutshell: about a year ago, I bought an 18x dvd burner w/ lighscribe from Newegg, it was one of those $25 dollar ones, cant remember the brand, wait a sec: Samsung 18x So anyway, I took out the CDRW put that in, installed the software, did the lightscribe upgrade, and all...
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    What sweet games can you play...

    Some people here are too hard on integrated - before I got my ATI 3850 installed I played Rome Total War, Rise of Legends, CIV IV, and the like, nothing cutting edge mind you, but games newer than 18 months, and this was with a 22" monitor at 1680 x 1050 and medium (for the most part) settings...
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    Quick Q - Why cant I hook up my Time Warner box straight to a monitor?"

    Wow thanx Tenet, you really did your (my) research for me lol. Seriously thanx, that lays out exactly why it didnt work. Hmm, maybe if I used the Viewsonic for the main PC and my Acer 22 for the dvr box... Well, for now I will use the small TV I bought, or I will take it back and get the...
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    Quick Q - Why cant I hook up my Time Warner box straight to a monitor?"

    well out of frustration i went and bought a 15" tv lol. I dont know what to think. I have a Scientific American 8300 HDC cable box (HD DVR); 20" Viewsonic VX2035WM. I will take this 15" TV back in a New York minute if some one can help me figure out how to get a signal. I had the tv hooked...
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    Quick Q - Why cant I hook up my Time Warner box straight to a monitor?"

    ok so I have a cable box, An HDMI-DVI cable, and I set the output to 720p, but the monitor is picking up no signal. nada, Im stumped. Called TW and am waiting for a specialist to get back to me, but i dont know where to turn from here...
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    Quick Q - Why cant I hook up my Time Warner box straight to a monitor?"

    Ok, I was gonna post an update this morning in case any one else wanted to chime in with their advice, but here's how it stands so far: TW store was closed on Sunday lol, and I didnt want to unplug my main living room entertainment cetner, but I have discovered the following: TW Box has HDMI...
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    Quick Q - Why cant I hook up my Time Warner box straight to a monitor?"

    OK, I confirmed that the back of the monitor has only VGA and DVI ports (also audio in? why not out?) My TW box has the normal TV stuff, HDMI and 'S' video as an option. So are there any cables that go say from HDMI to DVI? And if so, what will I do about sound? I think my monitor actually...
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    Quick Q - Why cant I hook up my Time Warner box straight to a monitor?"

    Thanks, I like that converter box, I have heard of them before for gaming systems, never made the connection! I will look around and hopefully find a cheaper price!
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    Quick Q - Why cant I hook up my Time Warner box straight to a monitor?"

    Are there DVI to 'S' converters? Or Or some other kind of cable converter that could work? What about sound? I guess a speaker system could hook up to the cable box. The only outputs I know the box has are the red/white/yellow and the one thats similar, HD? That is like green/red/blue or...
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    Quick Q - Why cant I hook up my Time Warner box straight to a monitor?"

    Hmm, the only inputs on it are the one that monitors have always had and then the one with two banks of inputs and a line, i think that is DVI? Havent crawled back to see what the box has. Maybe I should look into this, I thoughtt it was common knowledge that it couldnt be done without a tuner...
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    EA announces the first SimCity Society expansion

    My wife was so excited to get this for me for X-mas, and I had to choke down a few hours of gameplay before I could quietly set it aside. SOmething about the whole BP issue soured me on the whole thing from before it was even released, and the reviews pretty much raked it over the coals. I...
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    Trying to remember a game

    Anarchy Online? lol, prolly not.
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    although it's older

    I bought this game on clearance at Target last week and set it aside, since I just re-started my LOTRO subsription for a month or two, but I too am excited about this! I am a big WW2 fan, but not an RTS fan so I initially scorned the idea, then I read some reviews and saw some screenies and...
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    Quick Q - Why cant I hook up my Time Warner box straight to a monitor?"

    I have little money and an extra 20" widescreen Viewsonic and the wifey wants TV in the bedroom so WHY cant I just get a second box from cable and hook it into the monitor? What is preventing this from a technological viewpoint? I dont need a tuner if the cable box is the tuner right? I...
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    Is it possible to build a gaming rig on $400

    I bought a clearance Acer model at Circuit City for $359 and for the first month used the onboard ATI 1250 IGP, and I played modern games at medium settings. (I was quite impressed actually!) But not nearly as impressed after I dropped the 150 on a ATI 3850!
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    Whats your favorite PC Casual Game...

    Lord of the Rings Online. Its always there for me. For 5 minutes or 5 hours.
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    Light gaming computer

    OK, don't want to hi-jack this excellent thread with AMD arguments, so I will just add that as a 'light' gamer I am incredibly happy with my BB special Visiontek 3850 256mb card. I believe it was $159, and I play on a 22" widescreen (1650x1080) the following games ALL on MAX rez: Lord of the...
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    Light gaming computer

    Wow talk about AMD dissing, can't we get a single vote pro AMD? I bought an AMD for the simple fact that I love AMD, I don't max out processing power in the things I do anyhow... Plus I liked how my AMD processor matched my ATI card. Stupid reason I know, but there you have it, a matched set.
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    What should i upgrade ?

    radeon 3850
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    Quick Question - Why Overclock?

    Thank you for the myriad answers to my question!I should say I mentioned AMD only becuz of the headline, and it was silly of me to say "arguably" as that is inviting argument, no? I only wanted to know some of the reasons to over-clock, and they are good reasons, price difference being my...
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    Quick Question - Why Overclock?

    Ok, so my eye was caught by a headline over at Tom's Hardware about the ability to overclock the new AMD Phenom quad-core, and I was stunned. What the~! What use could a person possibly have to overclock what is arguably the fastest processor in circulation? Is there some program I am...
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    Which cheap video card is better? X1050 or 6200LE?

    Nah both cards suck dude, which tastes better cat or dog piss? get the 20 bucks card shipped, no rebates, no worries.
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    wtb opinions on acer PC packages

    If you crack the case to install a video card, your warranty is void. But BB will put a card in for $50 (locally) and I agree that there is a certain peace of mind knowing that you can pack it up and drive it down to the store if its broke or whatever. Intensive surfing can mean only one...
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    wtb opinions on acer PC packages

    Ya I got my open box Acer for $369, 22" Acer monitor was $169 on Black Friday, and the Visiontek 3850 was $159, PSU was 30, so my total build came to $727. What many of the regular people around here dont seem to understand is that the regular user needs and wants WINDOWS in his computer, so...
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    wtb opinions on acer PC packages

    My new Acer M3100 is the best PC I've owned. Granted it's only 3 months old, and maybe I'm not a perfectionist, but I love it, and I love my 22" widescreen Acer monitor too, although there is a bit less vivid coloration than on my 20" Viewsonic. As for the PSU. Mine had a 250 watt, so I had...
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    View sonic Monitors

    Interestingly I have both an Acer 22" widescreen LCD, and a Viewsonic 20" widescreen LCD. I use both of them in the same room on the same computer and I can tell you with complete confidence that the Viewsonic is more vibrant. It has a real vivid coloration to it, quite beautiful. The Acer is...
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    Re-building Old Machine, No Post...

    I never got to the BIOS, it is black screen all the time. I am wondering if I put the bad stick of ram in, since I guess you need RAM to get it to post BIOS? What do I do if the BIOS battery is dead, Like I said, it has sat unused for 3-5 yrs. Ass for the HDD, I reformatted it to be...
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    Re-building Old Machine, No Post...

    OK, so I pulled a pair of 5+yr old machines out of the garage and I'm trying to get them set up as a DVD/DVR box for the bedroom. I have picked the best components from each, which ends up being an Athlon Thunderbird 1200, Riva TNT2 32 mb, 512 ram (I have more sticks but don't know if they...
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    Acer Q6600,500GB HD,2GB DDR,ATI HD 2400 Desktop

    I have a cheap Acer AMD 4400 X2 320gb hd, 2 gig ram, vista premium box that I bought at CC for $369 and put in an ATI 3850 w/ 400 w PSU, and it is the best PC I've had yet. I only have good things to say about ACER. Mine did have an Acer brand MOBO, but it was high quality, with the HD plugs...
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    HTPC - Illuminated or Cordless?

    ...and don't get me started on teaching cursive in schools! What is this, the 19th century!
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    HTPC - Illuminated or Cordless?

    Lol, I actually have a problem with typing. The typing system we use is designed for type writers and is woefully out of date. Typing classes should be updated, heck maybe even keyboards, to take into consideration the fact that paople have one hand on their mouse. We should be using the...
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    HTPC - Illuminated or Cordless?

    I wish I could have an illuminated, re-chargeable, Cordless keyboard mouse combo but I cant have the keyboard cost more than the computer, so I am left with a dilemma. Both have uses, but which is MORE useful for an HTPC. The computer will be in the bedroom, and there will be a remote for the...
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    HTPC Idea

    Heyheybooboo thanks for that info! I actually have a Geforce 5200 in my last gen pc, and it ran everything I need, including my Viewsonic 20 which also is native 1600x1050. I have only begun the descent into understanding hd tuners, but I can tell you I don't like the extremely slow encoding...
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    HTPC Idea

    Wow, this definitely looks like a challenge worth attempting. TO be honest, I am not that knowledgeable about HD, and I am not considering blu-ray, the only HD we would play would be what we DVR out of our tuner, and Im not sure what quality that will be. (I wish I could SLI the pair of TNT2...
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    HTPC Idea

    OK, so I am considering making a type of HTPC for our bedroom. SPecifically, it will be set up to play DVDs, music, Solitaire, torrent downloads, and have a TV Tuner with DVR. The catch is, I am trying to use all or most of a computer 2 generations old. Basically I have an old Athlon...
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    TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

    THanks, Mega, I am wondering, some of the USB Tuner devices come with remote controls, so I am hoping that maybe that might save my control issues, if the remote control can be set up to play all movie type stuff (in addition to the DVR functions) then that problem would be solved! Also, worst...
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    TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

    ok, Xbox not an option, so this set up will not work, according to a few voiced opinions. Is it the grafix card? THe 3850 is brand new! It has dual monitor support, why shouldn't it be able to actually USE that dual monitor support? Or if its not the card, is the the processor? Athlon DUAL...
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    TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

    Ouch, my idea is so bad that one sarcastic reply is all that's needed?? No advice, alternatives, possible solutions?
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    TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

    :confused:uh oh, yes I do. Should I cancel my Best Buy VisionTec 3850 order? Now, to add a bit more detail, the movies will be converted Divx, or from the USB TV tuner, and the games prolly wont be of Crysis calibre, maybe as grafix intensive as Medeival Total War 2, or Neverwinter Nights 2...
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    TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

    OK, so in a nut-shell here is what Im trying to do. I want to use my computer to be able to play movies (or video or TV) on one monitor (Acer 22? wide) while simultaneously playing computer games, or web-surfing, etc on my Viewsonic 20? wide. My current set up is: Acer Aspire desktop AMD...
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