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    Quite possibly the best bit of software...

    ... I have ever seen! http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129 for the vid now you can get a technical beta. needs IE to run as it links to some plugin, but never-the-less, amazing. Can't wait for this to hit the market!
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    Anyone know much about laptops?

    Looking at this one for the missus to use (well, I say for her, but it's to keep her off my pc and I guess I'll use it too). budget is 500 notes. Seen this one. Any comments? http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130953 or this http://www.technoworld.com/productdisplay.asp?ProductID=48117
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    Best version of the NFS franchise?

    There seems to be a load of recent NFS games (always used to love the Porsche challenge). I know the new one is pants (cos I've played the demo), but which is better - NFS Underground 2 or NFS Carbon?
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    My desk and the surrounding mess...

    Just a corner of the study... well, it's actually the main bedroom but i had so much stuff, and the neighbours are noisy sh@ggers so we moved the bed into the smaller room (no distractions in there, just bed, bedside cab and the missus!)
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    cat 7.11 & control center issue

    well, the driver installed... but control centre has disappeared and i cant re-install it. if i try to reinstall the whole package, or just control centre, i reboot and get a bsod. i removed original cat drivers in safe mode with driver cleaner. any ideas? i cannot change any settings for my...
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    vista sees cd/dvd drive but cannot use

    i can put a blank dvd in and it spins up, recognises the blank and says do i wish to format. if i click yes then it just hangs its a samsung drive that was working fine. now it doesn accept any media - cd or dvd blank or written have googled a few things that suggested removing and rebooting...
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    Quick help needed!!

    Gigabyte p35 ds3r wont boot past the splash screen. Came back from uni and booted and it just sat there. Can't TAB to post or DEL to get into BIOS. I need to do some uni work!!!! Someone help me!!! Is there a "force failsafe" type option to reset the bios to standard settings?
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    CPU fan keeps stopping

    And a loud buzzing sound goes off... then it cuts back in again. It's an intel stock cooler and fan. Is there a setting in the bios I can change to a) stop it cutting out ?
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    My first O/C :)

    C2D 2160 Running @ 2.88Ghz Temps are 28 Idle and 59 under load (Orthos Mem / Cpu test over night). Standard volts and running on stock cooling. Everything's on auto ish.. It's a new system and I'm new to the BIOS but I'm sure there's some memory tweaking I can do, but for now, and 80%...
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    New build SATA / VISTA help needed.

    Hmmm ok, before I smash this thing up, I'm obviously making some glaring mistake here... I thought Vista would recognise a SATA drive but apparently not... Got a P35 DS3R board Maxtor DiamondMax 21 250Gb Sata 2 drive 160 WD Caviar on IDE as master 20x Samsung IDE DVD drive on same channel as...
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    Helloooo from Wolverhampton

    Evening all. New user alert. Built my first system years ago with a Duron... Gradually moved up to an Athlon 2300+ with a little clock, then onto an Athlon 64 3000+ in a Biostar sff system which is just about to be sold... Have moved to the dark side and got the following kit on it's way...
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