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    Some observations I've made

    Well last night i formatted my computer 3x After installing Win2k SP3 my nero (5.5.6.4) would give me bad cds, like 1 in every 3. And the cds that were burnt without problems would not run. I burnt "Ice Age" divx as a data cd with nero and everything went well, then i tried loading it and when...
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    Whats going on..??

    I formatted my computer last night and before i formatted it i tried out a few new updates and a few new appz. I tried Nero 5.5.8.1 and after installation it turned into Nero Express...what is this crap? Then i tried burning a cd (DATA cd) and that got to 4% and then my computer crashed..i know...
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    Accapellas for u!

    here is a website which has alot of good accapellas (for those who dont know what accapellas are, they are just the vocals from songs). So start downloading and creating your own mixes and synergys. h**p://www.stormtronic.co.uk/loopfish/index.html CHECK THESE SECTIONS: New Acapellas Best...
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    Ripping DvD's into DivX Help!

    Could you people please take me through the procedures of ripping a DvD into a Divx. I need to know all procedures and all applications used. Step by step would be good. Thanxz (I want to rip the DvD's into quality DivX)
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    Slow HDD Speeds???

    Ive been benchmarking my harddrives using George's Disk Performance Test v0.10 (George from VIA forum) which can be found at h**p://www.networking.tzo.com/net/software -- Please do NOT post direct links to actual files, this is leeching. Post URL it can be d'l from only ! I got the...
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    SomeThing that works without errors!

    Ok, i thought this might help peeps work around a few hardware difficultys. Genrally there is no set rule, but after doing extensive reading and experimenting, ive found somit which works without errors. ABIT KG7-RAID Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (SP2) Thunderbird 1.4GHz [133MHz FSB]...
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    Hard Drive Temperatures..?

    My hdd temp is 46*C, When ripping from the radio for 2hrs, it rises to 49*C. What i want to know is, what is the normal temperature to keep a hdd? Is my HDD temp too high???
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    Boot.ini problem

    When windows 2000 boots up after teh 1st screen where it displays the IDE channel, the next screen after that i get: Invalid Boot.ini file Booting from C:\\WINNT after that it is ok. My computer is ok but i want to sort this problem out, is it because i have 2 boot.ini files? I recently was...
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    Kernal Error???

    My comp just froze on me earlier and i couldnt do anything, even ctrl+alt+del woudnt work. then after a while a got the blue screen of death saying: Stop: 000x121212 0000x000000 blah blah blah......... Kernal Error then when i restarted by pushing the reset button, my comp woud not go past...
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    GFX coolers?

    anyone know where i can buy a gfx cooler for my Radeon ddr 64mb vivo, this one has started making noise. thanxz
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    Partition magic error??

    I use powerquest partition magic 7.0..when i try to execute the program i get this error: innit failed: error 117 partition's drive letter can not be identified the splash screen comes up and then i get the above error Does anybody know what this about and how i can fix this...?
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    HDD "write cashe" on HPT370 and Win2k SP2???

    I have this problem, im running win2k sp2, and have hdd on IDE3 on the Highpoint controller (driver v2.3.0 latest). When i go into the properties of the HDD, the setting for WRITE CASHE ENABLE is greyed out and unticked. Although ive run the IBM Drive Fitness Tool to enable the write cashe and...
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    Second Harddisk drive....

    i have just recieved a new hdd for xmas, a IBM 60GXP 60Gb 7200rpm 2mb cashe. The one im using now is exactly the same. My question is where should i put the 2nd hdd? at the moment, this is my setup: IDE1 : IBM 60GXP 60Gb as MASTER IDE2 : Plextor CDRW as MASTER Pioneer DVD as SLAVE should...
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    .AVI File Splitting?

    i have alot of divx movies on my hard-drive. Most are over 700mb and i only have 700MB cds. Is there any program or any way i can split these so that they will fit on a cd?
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    What do u think of this...?

    I recently built a new pc for myself, got tired of all the junk that was on offer on the ready made PC's. This is the 1st time i have dbuilt a pc, before this i use to use a laptop and didnt have any knowledge about hardware at all! Anyway what do u think? Abit KG7-RAID AMD ATHLON 1.4GHZ/266...
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