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Can't use higher resolution with Topcon 10" monitor

Hi,I've just bought a Topcon VS-10S 10" monitor from shop. Shop staff hadshown me clearly the monitor could be displayed in 800x600 resolutionwith 30 bit color (I didn't know his PC configuration). When Iconnected the monitor to my PII PC w/ NVIDIA RIVA TNT display card, XPProfessional...

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ARGOSY - HD363N - Network Storage

I've used a Seagate 160GB and it worked fineuntil I took the driveout, put it in another computer to restore some data, and thatcomputer fried the drive.Anyways, I then put a Samsung 160GB in it, and it works fine. Seeinghow Tritton sells them with 160GB drives, any 160GB should workdon...

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ARGOSY - HD363N - Network Storage

rokitrik:I don't have that problem, but the biggest I have used so far is aSegate 80 Gb. The only thing I can think of to try is to check thejumpers on the drive. According to reports, some drive brands workbest with Master set. Some work best with Cable Select set. I don'tthink it is...

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Booting from USB flash drive

Has anybody here managed to boot and run a Windows machine with a flashdrive _instead of_ a hard disk? What's needed?...

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Hard Drive Question

Hi,This may seem like a simple hard drive question, butI'd like to replace a failing hard drive on my computer (Athalon).However, when I look at IDE hard drives, they all indicate ATA-100 orATA-133. How do I know if the hard drive will work with my system?~ Jamie West...

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intel 2800mhz mobile cpu question

Ive got the option to buy a 2.8ghz laptop pretty cheap, i dont care aboutbattery life as it will almost always be plugged in and while i wouldprefer it didnt burn my lap i could probably live with it since compileperformance is a big deal to me{1} and not much else since i have a prettygood desk...

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Microsoft makes Massachusetts say "uncle"

Microsoft has been successfully able to turn around the Massachusettspolicy about document formats.EETimes.com - Massachusetts flips, sides with Microsoft...

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Free DVB software for Windows?

I have a Air2PC-ATSC-PCI (revision 0.2). I would like to get a free DVB software in Windows XPPro. SP2. Which ones are the best? I tried DVB Viewer (came with my card but it was buggy,limited, and slow). MyTheatre and WatchTVPro Ex. were not free for full usage. Are there anymore programs (free...

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Unable to format hard disk

Somebody gave me their old laptop (IBM ThinkPad T22) which wasn't booting.I tried reformatting the hard disk (after booting from a Windows XP Pro CD),and although it appeared to be reformatting, at the end of the process(which took almost 8 hours!) it came back saying it was "unable to form...

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AMD 2000+ won't start when set to 133Mhz

Hallo!I installed today a new processor cooler for AMD. My CPU is AMDPalomino 2000+ and it was working well with the old cooler but it wastoo noisy and sometimes the temperature went over 70 C. Now after Iturned on my PC I got only black screen, the system was not startingup. After 2 restarts it...

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HP Netvista - Not starting

I have a HP Netvista model 6276 27G which suddenly did not start up.Checked the switch but not faulty, also cabling from this switch tomotherboard is okay. Scouted around for fuses but none found, alsonot in the HIPR model HP-M14554F3 power unit. I also used anotherpower cable just to be sure. S...

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ARGOSY - HD363N - Network Storage

Can't help with the post above.Since moving to the latest firmware, I am able to use Instant Backupgetting a consistant 64MB per min.Using Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless router, with the NAS connected Wiredin another room....

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