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dougisjc
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25. June 2006 @ 13:23 |
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Sammorris...
This is the monitor...
http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=592226&Ntt=viewso...
Interesting you mention that it could be the signal. I am using an analog signal right now because I have an old, badly outdated PC. I'll switch to digital when I upgrade in August. Maybe that will help.
It's not HORRIBLY pink, but I HAVE noticed it on white backgrounds/light colors. Darker colors look deeper and nice, even with the analog connection.
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25. June 2006 @ 13:26 |
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Chances are they will, as long as it's an ATX size case. There are generally two sizes of computer case, ATX (the proper one) or microATX (the small one). If you can look inside your current case, you'll easily be able to tell which type you have.
With Traditional ATX motherboards, You have a high-speed connector (i.e. one AGP 8x slot, or one/two PCI express 16x slot) with about five other slots (whether PCI, PCI express 1x/4x is irrelevant) , making 6/7 in total. These will go down to thr bottom of a full size ATX case.
microATX boards tend to have fewer slots, typically one high speed slot and two normal PCI slots making three. If you've a microATX case, this will almost fill it, if not, there will be a considerable gap between the bottom of the mobo and the bottom of your case, and some of the blanking plates at the bottom will never be used.
If you have an ATX case (i.e. the board is small and doesn't reach the bottom or the board is large) then those boards will fit.
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25. June 2006 @ 13:27 |
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Dougisjc, try modifying the contrast setting on the monitor's menu and see if it makes it MORE better or worse than just fiddling with the contrast would on any picture. If you find, for example by reducing contrast to 80% gets rid of it entirely, it's something to do with the monitor. With a viewsonic, that's unlikely, but not impossible.
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FIHSNERD
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25. June 2006 @ 15:02 |
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gosh stop sticking up for viewsonic.. :)
if that doesent work..
just return the thing and get a new one.
nice monitor might i add..
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25. June 2006 @ 15:03 |
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dougisjc
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26. June 2006 @ 05:04 |
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Yes I saw the newegg price. I commented on this in an earlier post. I got Office Depot to match the newegg price. Then I also got 30 dollars off due to a promotion office depot was running. Plus the 50 dollar manufacturer rebate, and I got the monitor for about 280 bucks. Not bad.
I'll try the contrast thing tonight. Thanks guys.
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26. June 2006 @ 09:05 |
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fihsnerd: and what if it isn't the monitor? Hey, at least you have newegg to do returns for you. the exception I will make is that VS are a pain in the @ss to get something replaced. My E92 broke on December the 29th ish, that sort of time, the replacement G90 came on January 18th, after a good dozen phone calls.
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FIHSNERD
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26. June 2006 @ 12:43 |
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dang...
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26. June 2006 @ 13:56 |
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NO you would need a sata ide cable and probably a sata power cable
i7 3770 12GB ram terrabyte sata drive 1 750Gb sata drive 285GTX graphics Sony dvdwriter same NZXT Nemesis case
Still playing Black Hawk Down why did I upgrade?
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26. June 2006 @ 16:55 |
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right now i am actually building a pc that will blow an alienware comp away lmao, i have a dracula case w/five fans, mobo asus m2n32-sli deluxe wireless edition, am2 socket 4200+ x2 dual core, corsair ddr2-800 mem, zalman fan for cpu, 40 gig hd and 250 gig hd, floppy (lol), two dvd burners, 700w ocz power supply, and 512 ati video card; what do you guys think of this build?!?
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FIHSNERD
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27. June 2006 @ 03:32 |
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mehhhh.. Definitly a rich kid!!!
i would just use a X2 3800 and OVERCLOCK it..
and that power supply is a tad overboard.. dont you think??
and how about a monitor with that ATI??
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27. June 2006 @ 08:35 |
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Rob: FIHSNERD is right that PSU is insane. Get like a 530W Seasonic S12 or something.
The build is fantastic, but since you're after performance, get a 37GB Raptor for your system disk (and then you're build will be similar to mine but AM2) then it'll really fly. For some, OCing isn't all that easy, I'm not going to be doing it on my new build any time soon. I'm assuming he already has a monitor. I do, so I didn't order one with my new PC. £1250 of PURE Tower unit, nothing else.
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scamino1
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27. June 2006 @ 20:04 |
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can someone help me ? Im usin A Sata Seagate 400 gig harddrive and i just got it and the ide adapter today its all hooked up but it wont detect.
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28. June 2006 @ 01:40 |
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@fihsnerd; im not a rich kid! i am 27 years old and i work hard and get paid good im only an electrician :)
@sammmoris; guess ill just go 600 watt then! still have to save to get that; cant wait to have it up and running wow
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28. June 2006 @ 07:08 |
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For anything that has 1 CPU (even if dual core) and 1 GPU, 600W is plenty, in fact 500W probably is, but let's just keep on the safe side!
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scamino1
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28. June 2006 @ 08:18 |
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can someone help me ? Im usin A Sata Seagate 400 gig harddrive and i just got it and the ide adapter today its all hooked up but it wont detect.
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28. June 2006 @ 09:26 |
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You don't need to post that twice, firstly, how are you connecting the S-ATA drive to the IDE interface? What are you using to do it?
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scamino1
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28. June 2006 @ 09:53 |
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the adapter goes straight into the motherboaRD and the sata cables connect to the adapter to the harddrive.the adapter is a sabr1000dh/dv serial to ide adapter kit.
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28. June 2006 @ 09:55 |
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Right, no matches (of any use) for that on google so I'm a bit in the dark. Which IDE channel is the adaptor in? (I wouldn't use an IDE-to-S-ATA adapter and expect it to work, personally due to the nature of adaptors, but if it's all you've got to work with...
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FIHSNERD
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28. June 2006 @ 16:58 |
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sata and ide are different technologies 2...
i would just get an add on pci adaptor that gives you acess to external sata drives..
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FIHSNERD
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28. June 2006 @ 17:02 |
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naaa i would go with the w.d. hard drive that has the 16mg cache and is 10,000rpms.. that would be a much better improvement..and it is AM2? o had no idea.. cool.. but i still think the cpu is overboard.. why not get the single core 3800 2.4 for 135.00 and and save the rest for the second generation of the AM2 socket?
Just my opinion.. and sorry about the rich kid thing..
thats a lot of money.. thats all..
but money is scarce when you are 14....
lol
Have Fun,
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28. June 2006 @ 17:06 |
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hey guys.. n00b question real quick..
what does grey to grey mean?? on monitors that is..
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scamino1
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28. June 2006 @ 18:04 |
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the adapter is plugged in to the old harddrive spot were hd's are supposed to go.{ithink}
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28. June 2006 @ 23:50 |
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If I were you mate I'd buy a PCI controller card for Serial ATA. That'd be much more reliable. Grey to Grey for monitors is how long the monitor takes to refresh the screen when the information on it (the colour of the pixel) hasn't changed. Green-Green and Yellow-Yellow and slightly pink-slightly pink should all be close to this time. It's an easy way to consistently measure the response time. Black to white is the most extreme case, and that will take longer, e.g. up to 20ms on a "12ms" monitor, because times are given as grey-grey by standard.
Money's also scarce at 18 mate, so I'm justing going with one hit and leaving it. Got to work over the summer to pay for it!
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scamino1
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29. June 2006 @ 09:25 |
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alright all try that.
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