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I have a problem running this game on Windows XP. The game runs fine but the sound is the problem. There is no sound and all the sound settings in the game are greyed out. I have tried different compatibility layers but to no avail. Has anyone gotten this game to work? Thanks for any help in advance. -gilgamesh

I have a question about this combination. The Soundblaster Live! that I have is a 5.1 channel card. However nothing comes out of the center channel when everything is hooked up correctly. I have to use the Matrix emulation mode to get sound of the center speaker. I am wondering why this is since the SBLive is a 5.1 card. It seems to me that I shouldnt have to do the emulation mode. Might there be something I am doing wrong? Thanks, gilgamesh

I have a problem with my Dell D1728D-LS Monitor. I know this monitor will go up to 1280x1024 becuase the Dell site here says so: http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/dta/04036/00000001.htm However, the driver that WinXp gives it is Plug and Play Monitor and it says it only lets me go up to 1024x768. I can't find an XP driver for this device anywhere, not even on the Dell site. I can't email Dell tech support becuase this monitor is from an old PC that I no longer have so therefore i do not have the service tag #. Is there anyway to get it to recognize up to 1280x1024 resolution? Thanks in advance for any help.

I'm considering upgrading to a ATI 9800 Pro 128MB. My question is, would I see a big difference from my current card, a Geforce3 64MB, to make it worth 300 bucks? Recommendations, comments, just post em -lutikri55

Today my Outlook Express decided to screw up. I can no longer read the text of email. I can recieve them, but when I click on them to read them, I can't see anything in the message body. This goes for just recieved emails as well as old stored emails as well. Can someone help me out? Thanks.

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I have heard/read that installing XP on a SCSI hard drive will be slower than if you installed it on an IDE drive, the site belows says approx 50% slower. This doesn't seem to make sense. Anyway I wondering if this is true. Here is the site that says this: http://scsi.radified.com/ Thanks in advance.

Is this possible? I have an ASUS Geforce4 Ti4200 8X with Analog and DVI, does this make it possible to extend my desktop onto a second monitor? If so, how do I do it? Thanks. BTW, I have an LCD plugged into the DVI and want to hook my CRT monitor to the analog output. -lutikri55

Thanks for the quick reply, Most of the games I play are pretty fast paced, Unreal Tournament 2003, Serious Sam 2, Midnight Club. I think I have decided to wait however until the price drops a bit more. I will probably decide to get it once Half Life 2 comes out, which could be a while and price will most likely drop by then. Thanks for the help.

Well first off go here: Toms VGA Charts PI http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20021218/index.html and then here: Toms VGA Charts PII http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030120/index.html And secondly there exists no Geforce3 MX only GF3 normal and GF3 TI. Third, I would say the GF2 GTS is probably better than the Radeon 7000. Fourthly, If you are a gamer and want to upgrade, get a modern card. GF2 and Radeon 7xxx are becoming ancient relics.

Ok, my Dad wants the best and most powerlful dual head video card available. Can someone tell me which is the best one or give some recommendations?

It seems to work ok for me. The problem you are having is odd. I'm not sure what to do.

Is there any type of estimated date on the release of Windows XP SP2? I am just curious. Thanks. -gilgamesh

My problem is my (crappy) VS17X Dell Monitor. Last night, I first noticed the problem. I left my computer for 20 minutes and came back and it was as if the monitor had gone into power saving mode, which I have turned off. The normally green light was now the blinking amber color it has when going into power save mode. However, I would move the mouse around and push keys but it would not wake up. So I was forced to hard reset. It booted up fine and worked for the rest of the night. I turned it on this morning and it booted fine. I left it on while I was at work for five hours. Then I came back and it was just like it was last night. I couldn't get it back on. So I hard reset but now I can't even get into Windows. It starts the Windows XP boot screen and then goes into the seemingly power saving mode again. It is erratic however, sometimes I don't even get that far. Is this the monitor or something else? Oh yea, please note the computer fans and hard drive are running and it seems as if the computer is going through booting regularly. Please help, thanks. -gilgamesh

I tried pluging the power strip into a completely different plug altogether in my room and it seems that the voltages are now stable. Could this have been the problem? The motherboard and the power supply are less than 3 months old. Do you think the problem is fixed? Or maybe just temporarily fixed? Thanks. Also, do you think anything is damaged, it seems ok, I'm just checking to make sure. Here's what ASUS Probe voltages say: +12V -> 12.416 +5V -> 4.972 +3.3V -> 3.28 VCORE -> 1.776 The kind of fluctuate slightly, like 12V will go to 12.48 sometimes and 3.3V will go to 3.264 sometimes. Are these slight fluctuations normal? Thanks. -gilgamesh

Actually I just found out that the problem is not the monitor. I have checked ASUS Probe and my +12V voltage is not stable. It moves up and down between 12.3 and 10.5, eventually leading to a lock up. I don't know what I should do to fix this. Any ideas? I have done no overclocking or changed an BIOS settings. It just started doing this for no apparent reason. Thanks. -gilgamesh

I have this same sort of problem in Morrowind with my Geforce3. It seems like it takes a while for the pixel shaded water to update itself for some reason. However, this is not that big of a problem, i think it is more the game rather than the video card.

I recently did a clean WinXP install and used the 2.41 drivers. I didn't install the Nvidia SW IDE driver (I never do anymore) becuase it won't let me burn in Nero. I haven't had any problems so far.

Running an Asus A7N8X Deluxe with WinXP and these drivers , all good here.

I am having a problem with my Lite-on (distributed by Cendyne) DVD-ROM. Basically, the problem is that most of the time when I put a cd in the drive doesn't recognize that there is a cd in the drive. This a problem that started out where it would only do it a couple of times per week or so. But it is to the point that in the last 4 days I hasn't read a single cd I've put in. Does anyone know what this might be? Thanks for any help. -gilgamesh

I can't seem to find the firmware upgrade for this particular drive which is a Liteon LTD163D DVD-ROM drive. Does anyone know where they can be gotten? Do you think they will take it back? I got the drive early in January of this year.

I am pleased with my ASUS A7N8X Deluxe. This Nforce2 based mobo has many features. I have been very happy with this board since my Shuttle AK31 3.1 VIA-based board died out on me.

Hi, I accidentally turned the Nvidia SoundStorm system tray icon off, and I can't get it to turn back on. Does anyone know how to do this? I can't seem to find anywhere where there is an option to turn it back on. Thanks for any help gilgamesh

Ok, will try thanks alot .

Does anyone know if a Strife Windows Port has been made? I would really like to be able to play this great game under Windows XP. Thanks for any help. -gilgamesh