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    Cisco NAC Agent and Windows 7

    I'm running Cisco Clean Access Agent 4.1.10.0 on Windows 7 without a problem. It runs when I log onto a Cisco Any Connect VPN Client. The only property change I made was to select "run as administrator." I do not have it in compatibility mode. I hope this helps you.
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    motherboard recommendations

    You might look at the Gigabyte EP45-UD3R. It has 2 RAID controllers on-board. One is intel ICH10R, and the other they call "Gigabyte RAID" but it is another RAID controller. There are a total of 8 SATA, so you could have one RAID setup for your boot drive, and another in redundancy for data...
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    Time to buy a new mobo/processor!

    I recently bought the Gigabyte EP45-UD3R and I agree it is a great board. I have an E7200 which runs very cool 27c at idle 36c with load with stock fan, not OC'd. THis mb has lots of features and is very reasonably priced. There is an upgraded version, UD3P, that has 2 PCIe graphics slots and 2...
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    Help me pick a drive for my Drobo...

    I have 4 Seagate SATA 1-TB 32MB cache drives in my Drobo and it works great.
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    C2D Motherboard/RAM help

    I have Intel 965WH mb and I am very happy with it. Good price for a mb with RAID and firewire and onboard video (although I am using a PCIexpress Radeon X1300 card). http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813121052 With latest BIOS it is very stable. Must use 1.8v RAM. I tried...
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    *** Official Intel DP965LT Thread ***

    I have also had a problem with BIOS 1250 and have returned to BIOS 1176. The problem was my Benq 1620 DVD burner was not consistently recognized by the BIOS after updating to Bios 1250. Sometimes it showed up and sometimes not. I never had this problem on BIOS 1176. Now back on BIOS 1176, my DVD...
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    Memory for Intel DG965OT motherboard

    I had the same problem with my Intel DG965 board. Corsair XMS2 6400 @ gig kit was incompatible. Initially it booted, but after benchmarking it would not POST. Tech support at Corsair said to use Value RAM 667 1.8v until they come out with their Value RAM 800 1.8v. There are very few DDR2 800...
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    RE-Installing CPU

    Thanks. I guess I should play it safe and reapply thermal compound. I would plan to buy some Arctic Silver. But what do I use to get the orginal thermal compound off? Thanks for your help.
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    RE-Installing CPU

    I had to RMA my Intel DG965 MB, so I removed my E6600 C2D cpu and stock Intel HSF. The cpu was only on the MB for a day. Both the cpu and heatsink now have a thin layer of the original compound. When the replacement mb arrives, can I just reinstall the cpu and HSF, or do I need to clean off...
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    *** Official Intel DP965LT Thread ***

    I have an Intel g965WH board which is very similiar. I had the same exact problem as DeadlyEffort after upgrading BIOS to 1176. I also got a message "memory size decreased" after BIOS upgrade, but the upgrade said "successful." Now machine will not start. I tried same solutions without success...
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    What 1.8V DDR2 RAM for Intel P965 board??

    I have an Intel DG965 mb and 2 gigs of Corsair XMS2-6400 DDR2-800. The machine booted and ran fine. I do have concerns that the Intel website specifies 1.8v RAM. The Corsair site says the modules "are tested" at 1.9v. That does not necessarily mean they won't work at 1.8v. By testing at 1.9v...
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    New build not working

    Thanks Hauntfox. I tried clearing the CMOS with the jumper, but no luck. I agree the MB probably went bad and I will RMA it. Even if I got it working now I would not trust it. It just seems strange that it stopped working after running fine for 6 hrs.
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    New build not working

    Update: The problem is not the PSU. I just replaced the PSU and the same problem persists. I am assuming the MB when bad but that seems so unlikely. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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    New build not working

    I would appreciate any help on this. I just built a new machine which was working fine on initial boot. I was able to load WinXP Pro. I was able to update to latest BIOS. I reset RAM timing from 5-5-5-18 to 5-5-5-12. The machine was on for about 4 hours. I benchmarked with 3DMark05. I left the...
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    BF $199 19" LCD @ staples. Samsung 914v, is this LCD any good?

    I bought one of these 914V monitors at Staples for $199. It is an excellent analog monitor, for routine office purposes. If you need DVI, don't buy this monitor. From what I can tell from Samsung.com there is no difference between the 913V and the 914V specs. The picture is bright, with...