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Cycovision
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There's not alot in it to be honest. The strengths and weaknesses of both chips kind of cancel each other out if you know what I mean, meaning that they're both going to perform pretty much the same.
I guess that since the sempron is a true 64 bit processor, it might be an idea to go with that simply in case you wish to upgrade to Vista in the future. It's possible that with a 64 bit capable OS running, the sempron might outperform the Intel but even then I think the differences won't be astonishing.
However, I must admit that I'm guessing here. I haven't come across any reviews that test both of those chips head-to-head, although I have built desktop machines using sempron 3200s and they were more than fast enough for general use i.e. surfing, office stuff, video playback etc.
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slattery69
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cheers cycovision, ive always used amd myself when build a pc so i get a bit lost with the intel stuff.
the sempron a touch cheaper so might as well save my pennies for some thing else like a bag to put it in |
deepsme
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Hey mate,need some help here.My pc is not playing any audio.ive checked my drivers,uninstalled them re-installed em but still no luck.when i open volume control,it says'no active mixer devices available,to install mixer devices,go to CP,and use add new hardware'.But all drivers that used to be there are listed.
Apparently all this happened after i did a sys restore some days ago.Although all my other hardwares working perfect,audio is dead.
And one thing else,if i reconnect my speakers and mic,Soundmax does recognize them,but after i set them up its again the same story.
Any suggestions??
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Cycovision
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Very strange! Starting with the obvious, have you gone to Device manager and checked that the audio device is not disabled? I'm just thinking that even if the drivers are in ok, it won't work if the device is disabled in windows?
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deepsme
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While waiting for ur reply i un-installed and re-installed the drivs yet again.No luck.  Yes,i checked their properties all listed under sound,video and game controllers are enabled.
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deepsme
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Adding to my post above,could there be a prob with my sound card??
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Cycovision
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Hmmmm, I'm not sure to be honest. It's obviously something to do with system restore, I've never liked it!
Will it let you restore to an earlier or later date than the one you already have?
Failing that, a repair resinstall using the XP disk might be worth a try?
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deepsme
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Well i've tried to restore to an earlier date,but the bug with that is my pc suddenly restarts on its own during the restore process.
Same thing happens if i scan my registry with reg mechanic.
coming back to the audio prob,sound card failure maybe??
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Cycovision
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Yep, it's beginning to look like that. Certainly worth trying a different sound card if you can get hold of one just for testing. It could even be the hard drive since that can often cause reastarting in XP. Have you tried a checkdisk? If that hangs or causes the PC to restart, it can be a sign of a dodgy hard drive.
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deepsme
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Scandisk seems to be working fine.Difficult to find a spare sound card but will try if a os reinstall dont solve the problem.Maybe the restarting could simply be because of a virus or something.Unfortunately i dont hve spare time until weekend to do all the backups before the re-install
OK before i do that, tell me if there's a way i can uninstall these-
Legacy Audio drivers
Audio Codecs
Legacy video capture devices
Media Control devices
Video Codecs
None of these have the option to uninstall from device manager except for the Soundmax integrated audio driver
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Cycovision
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No, you can't uninstall those individual devices since they're integrated into the main audio driver
Try the repair reinstall first though, it's worked for me in the past with driver problems.
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deepsme
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ok,will get back to you after i try that.Thnx for the help.
cheers.
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blu_6779
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@deep, are you using onboard sound? There's an option to enable/disable it in the bios, though not sure if that can be effected by a system restore.
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deepsme
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where can i check it in bios?
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blu_6779
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i think it comes under a category called "peripherals?"
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Posted: 2006-08-29 10:20
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