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    DVD-RW drive plays DVD's choppy

    I'm familiar with the device manager, but not sure what you meen when you say to check the 'controller' its under, or how to see what mode its running under. More detail would help me with this. Thanx
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    DVD-RW drive plays DVD's choppy

    I've looked at some different sites on this issue, and none really gave me any info on how to fix this issue, and if they did, it didn't work. I've uninstalled the drive from my 'Device Manager' and restarted the computer to let it re-install the drivers. That used to work when I would get...
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    Quick Roxio question

    I have roxio also, thats why I clicked this thread. If you use roxio to burn your pictures to a DVD+R, they should be viewable from any other computer that has a dvd drive. When you do burn it though, make sure your disk gets 'finalized'. Without finalizing a disk, it will most likely not be...
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    Easy question about new graphics card

    OK, so when you say freeze, would that be like just restarting out of no where? or just a frozen screen with no mouse movement....or could both happen? Just asking because when I play one game I own, sometimes it will just restart my computer in the middle of the game. I've been trouble...
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    Easy question about new graphics card

    ok so what would happen if it overheats? How would i know?
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    Easy question about new graphics card

    I just bought a Radeon HD 3650 VisionTek graphics card. I just installed it into my PCI-Express slot. The fan is less than an inch away from my Sound Blaster audio card, probably less than half an inch away. Its so close, that if it was any closer, it would probably not fit. It doesnt seem...
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    Can a CD-R/DVD-R go bad with old age?

    There aren't a lot of things that last forever in this world, n so I I was wondering if blank cd-r's or dvd-r's go bad after being around for so many years. I'm talking about a cd-r/dvd-r that has been burned on, put in a jewel case, and put up in a dark closet for years and years. I have some...
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    Need help with upgrading to a newer Video Card

    OK, I have a HP a1230n with an AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ with 2.39 GHz and 960MB of RAM. It came with an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 built in chipset. Basically I want something better than what I got for an alright price ($150-$200). I'm willing to upgrade but am not sure exactly which...
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