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How far can you stretch keybd & video cables?

There are extension cables for each type; in the case of input devices it's not going to be too great a problem, but with analog monitors the risk of "ghosting" skyrockets with increasing distance. In theory, if your monitor's cable is of a high enough quality and the extension cable is...
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- May 7, 2003
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Am I the only one who goes through this many chipset fans?

After replacing my chipset fan twice, I bought the Zalman passive chipset cooler for something like $12 shipped and have been happy with it.
- Nerdology
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- May 7, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Lexmark Z23 any good??

I've used the Z11 and the Z22, and have found that the quality of output depends heavily on the type of paper and ink used. Look at any Lexmark printer, and immediately pad the price by $30 to account for the black ink that isn't included. Then, buy the most expensive ream of paper you can find...
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- Post #6
- May 7, 2003
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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THX surround option comparisons?

Forgive me if this has been discussed recently despite my brief search, and point me to the appropriate thread or article. I am currently at a stable point with regard to my computer's audio: I have a 4-channel SoundBlaster Live, and the 4.1-channel Logitech Z-560 speakers (THX-certified...
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- May 7, 2003
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Internet Explorer 6 expert needed

Did you happen to check the following? Maximize the window, and then "restore" the size: did it stay onscreen, but resized? Or did it disappear - suggesting that the default position was somewhere offscreen?
- Nerdology
- Post #13
- Mar 28, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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ATI Radeon, screen resolution

You've installed ATI Control Panels, right? Go to your display properties, Settings, Advanced. Go to the Displays tab (may have a different name on the radeon 7000, explore). Click on the name of your monitor and it will bring up Monitor Properties. There's a large blue button you can uncheck...
- Nerdology
- Post #7
- Mar 20, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Recording Streaming Music (Tips and Advice)

You will certainly need a full-duplex sound card to record the playback content. Yes, a SoundBlaster Live and up can handle it (although I'm pretty sure I've had lower SoundBlasters able to as well, such as an AWE32. Perhaps even a SB16 ISA?). An SB Live! Value is pretty cheap nowadays. Once...
- Nerdology
- Post #9
- Mar 16, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Internet Explorer, animated GIF max framerate

Under Windows XP Professional, Internet Explorer 6, on an Athlon XP 2000+, 512MB PC2100, Radeon 7500 system: Internet Explorer 6 seems to have a minimum frame display time of 100ms when displaying animated GIF images. Any image with a faster framerate will be slowed down to 10 FPS. (I have...
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- Mar 16, 2003
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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USB keyboards on boot up...

Some BIOSes are even so clear as to call it "USB keyboard" with choices Enabled and Disabled. On a side note, I didn't know that the Natural Pro came in a USB-only incarnation. Mine has a splitter of sorts on the end of the cable and forms both connections.
- Nerdology
- Post #4
- Aug 17, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Urgent! Help Needed!

Have you downloaded the latest update for your BIOS? Can you borrow an IDE controller card and try that instead of the onboard IDE? How about testing with a whole different motherboard?
- Nerdology
- Post #4
- Aug 17, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Major Problem with a computer!

This is not always true; some motherboards have the ability to automatically treat the PCI card as primary. The experience from which I speak was an old SiS 530-based video on a PC100 598LMR or something... a very disgusting unstable board, fully integrated. It had no way to disable the...
- Nerdology
- Post #6
- Aug 4, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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All-In-Wonder overlay-only output?

Okay, update: after much experimentation, I discovered an option called "Theater mode" in the Overlay controls, and found that when checked, the overlay is indeed sent fullscreen to the TV. The catch? When additional monitors are enabled (id est, those on the Radeon 7000 and the Viper v550)...
- Nerdology
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- Aug 4, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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All-In-Wonder overlay-only output?

A quote from someone on another message board (thread title: "Which TV card should I buy?") : The person who wrote this also said he has an All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV. I had never heard of this feature; my former video card was an AIW 128 Pro 16MB, and now I have the AIW Radeon 7500. I...
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- Aug 4, 2002
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Unkown restarts

Some questions: Did you buy and add the 1900+ and the GF simultaneously? If so, have you tried using just one at a time and not the other, to isolate the problem? Did it work before, and if you go back to the orginal hardware, does it work again?
- Nerdology
- Post #2
- Feb 28, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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HELP - 80GB drive shows up as 11GB

Here's the problem. A friend of mine has a Dell T700r (PIII-700, not sure what motherboard it runs). Well, there's not much that can be done about that general problem, but there's a specific subproblem now. Feeling cramped with the Seagate 28GB hard drive that was included with it, he ordered...
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- Feb 28, 2002
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help - Video is delayed with All-In-Wonder 128 Pro

Update: not sure how, but I seem to have fixed the problem. I was messing around with specifying which graphics adapter was primary, and when I cycled back to the AIW, finally the video worked right. Not sure why this made a difference but since it did, I'm not complaining.
- Nerdology
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- Feb 17, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help - Video is delayed with All-In-Wonder 128 Pro

<< do you have the latest xp drivers for all of your cards? also do you have the xp 4 in 1's installed? >> Yes to the 4 in 1s, and yes to the latest ATI drivers. For the Viper and the Voodoo, I'm just using the default drivers XP installed upon detecting them. I don't think these are the...
- Nerdology
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- Feb 17, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help - Video is delayed with All-In-Wonder 128 Pro

I'm running Windows XP on an Athlon T-bird 1.2GHz, EPoX 8KHA+, 512MB PC2100 DDR. It's a triple-display system: AGP All-In-Wonder 128 Pro (16MB), then PCI Voodoo3 3000 and Viper V550 (both 16MB). I'm running MultiMedia Center 7.1. My problem is this: when I'm watching TV, or specifically, when...
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- Feb 16, 2002
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building

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