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    [WTB][US] Wanted--DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz 1 gig

    Anyone have a pair they don't need? I have a friend that needs and upgrade. She says thanks in advance.
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    Floppy??

    where is the fun in that?
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    Floppy??

    FTool installed Hitachi drive. Loaded up and then rebooted with Feature tool and it says that the SATA change is not an option for this disk??? Any ideas on how to get this thing to 3GB/s Model HDS725050KLA360 P/N 0A32216 MLC: BA1963
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    Help me finish my build: GPU and Case

    Case I just did my first build and used an Antec 300 illusion, I like the case, system runs cool, wiring is clean. Just my two cents
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    Windows 7 says 32 not 64

    Thank you, appears I have 64-bit. Can anyone confirm the most current driver for ATI 5850 GPU I have 8.723.00
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    Windows 7 says 32 not 64

    first build I installed windows 64 bit and everything seems to says Windows 32 IS there a problem or do I need to adjust something? Kinda at a loss here.
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    Stability testing

    SYSTEM is up and running! Ran Intel Burn for 25 runs with OC at 3.8 and temps were at 46c. Idle temps are 27c. I also ran OCCT for and hour and was fine. Ran for another hour and the test stopped at 32min. It did not say I had any problems it just ran for the rest of the hour without stressing...
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    Driver assistance for this noob

    drivers Downloaded, still have same problem. I don't get it, this is a directX 11 card, why would I need directX 9 for OCCT to work?? How do I tell what version of DirectX is on system?
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    Driver assistance for this noob

    drivers Yes
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    Driver assistance for this noob

    I dumped wrong drivers and installed new. I attempted to run OCCT and it is telling me: 'Your DirectX 9 isn't up to date. OCCT GPU and Power Supply tests will be disabled' and then tells me: 'Your Graphic Card Doesn't suppor CUDA. You need Geforce 8 or higher. GPU memtest will be disabled'...
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    Driver assistance for this noob

    I just built my first system yesterday. All is good in the world. I have a 5850 GPU and I just noticed that I downloaded the vista drivers dated 4/29/2010 instead of the windows 7 drivers, opps. Do I need to remove vista drivers, (if so, how?) or can I just install the win 7 drivers and be...
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    Flash MB or not

    Before I go any further I just built a system, see specs, my bios is dated 2001, should I flash this thing or not? I have not installed the disk that came with it yet, so if that is all I need to do please let me know. Thanks for all your assistance.
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    Help, system built now stuck

    Getting there Thank you all so much. I have installed windows 7 and everything is working great, ( no stability testing yet ). Now for the extra HDD. I have 3 500GB. Others have said a raid set-up will be a pain in the $*&. All I do on this system is play some games, WOW and SC II when...
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    Raid Set-up

    getting close I have installed the 640GB drive and Windows 7 on it. I would now like to install the other 3 500 GB HD's. I would like to set up the 3 as a Raid 5 to get the speed and mirroring. Is this set-up possible and if so does it make sense to run just OS off the 640 and use the...
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