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    gtx 590, still worth it?

    Hi, I work in a pawn shop and have an opportunity to take home a gtx 590 for around $100. I am currently using a gtx 660 and it satisfies most of my needs. I really don't game that often, but it would sure to awesome to crank up anti-aliasing though. I wasn't planning on getting a new video...
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    Computer will still not shut down or sleep

    I made a thread recently about how my PC would freeze on shutdown or sleep. I came to the conclusion that is was the HDD as plugging in a different one solved the issue. So I ordered and installed an SSD and things worked for about 2 days and now the same issues again! What has been ruled...
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    Computer will not shut down or go to sleep

    Thanks man, worked great! I have one more question for you. Do you think it would be safe to use the potentially damaged hard drive as a secondary drive when my ssd comes in? It didn't have any problems that I could see other than the shutdown issue. Or is that a good sign it wont last much...
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    Computer will not shut down or go to sleep

    there are two entries: SM Bus controller: PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_780B&SUBSYS_85271043&REV_14 PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_780B&SUBSYS_85271043 PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_780B&CC_0C0500 PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_780B&CC_0C05 And Universal Serial Bus controller (I'm guessing this is it)...
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    Computer will not shut down or go to sleep

    It is this computer except downgraded to windows 7. Belarc advisor says the board is "ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M11BB Rev X.0x. I'm guessing its made specifically for this model.
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    Computer will not shut down or go to sleep

    Oh that's not good... So that would negatively effect the computer the hard drive came from right? Cause that one's USB 3 ports stopped working afterwards lol. I don't really care the USB 2 still works and there doesn't seem to be any other problems.
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    Crap!

    try going to amazon.com, finding the part you want and click where it says something like '66 new from $144.99' and look through the list for international sellers.
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    Computer will not shut down or go to sleep

    Connect my gfs hard drive and voila! It will now shut down properly! I've been looking for an excuse to get a ssd anyway. Thanks for the help.
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    Computer will not shut down or go to sleep

    Already tried that, thanks! I think I'm going to try booting from a different HDD to see if that is the problems
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    Opinions on upgrades

    You'll have to buy a new power supply if you want to do upgrades on that computer. The problem is options are very limited since you have a slimline case. I was in the exact same situation before and realized just buying a new computer was the best option. I'm sure you could sell the one you...
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    Computer will not shut down or go to sleep

    it is a Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" I tried the windows error checking feature but it found no problems. What other diagnostics would you suggest? Also, I stole the PSU from my girlfriends computer and hooked it up to mine. The computer then...
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    Computer will not shut down or go to sleep

    After trying many different fixes I decided just to save myself the headache and do a fresh install of Windows 7, but it still freezes every time I try to shutdown or go to sleep. And yes, all USB devices are disconnected. I have an i5 2320 3GHZ, 8GB 1333mhz ddr3 ram, 1TB HDD, gigabyte...
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    Before I shell out $180...

    Is there any way you could get ahold of another monitor to test with before you buy one? Maybe your monitors refresh rate is set low?
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    Occasional visual artifacts

    I have a gtx 560 that performs very well but gives me visual artifacts on occasion, I was wondering if this is something I should be concerned about? I don't really care right now as they are as long as its not causing any additional damage. The frequency of these artifacts seems to vary...
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    Is it better to turn up volume software or hardware?

    I'm not sure if this is off topic... But I was just wondering if for instance I am listening to a song on itunes and I have three options for volume control, which configuration would produce the best sound from a technical standpoint? I would usually have it set like this: how would...
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    dynex 520?

    been running Ati tool stress test for 30 minutes with no errors or temps over 75 celsius, strange.
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    dynex 520?

    Just opened up the case, everything looks in order. Reseated the video card, I seriously seriously seriously doubt its going to help though. What if it is a defective unit, would it just not work at all?
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    dynex 520?

    I thought it could also mean the card isn't receiving enough power?
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    dynex 520?

    I have a gtx 560, like I said in my first post, thats why I got a new power supply, but I hadn't actually experienced any problems at that point. Technicians at futureshop installed it, so as not to void my warranty. The power cables are attached, lol. Everything was working fine, really...
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    dynex 520?

    knew I shouldn't have tried to fix something that wasn't broken. Got the power supply upgraded and the second time I tried to game I got artifacts then computer crashed after 20 seconds
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