Recent content by deagz

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    Stuck pixel once warm?

    I just bought a new Asus VG248QE monitor. When first powered up there weren't any stuck pixels but after about 30 minutes, a single blue dead pixel showed up. It stays blue regardless of the screen color. I've tried tapping, massaging, tapping and massaging then cylcing the monitor power as...
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    SSD with lowest power consumption

    I want to install an SSD into an ultra portable. Can anybody point me towards low-power SSD's?
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    What compels you to keep upgrading your CPU?

    the power of christ compels me.
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    i7 increasing automatic voltage

    I have found why i was getting instability when using vcore offset. "Load Level Calibration" causes my computer to crash when enabled. When set to "Auto", it is enabled when using non stock offset vcore values. Manually disabling Load Level Calibration allows me to uses the vcore offset...
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    i7 increasing automatic voltage

    I don't quite understand. I see the setting for offset in BIOS, however it does not tell me what the base voltage it is offsetting from. I've tried a low setting, however I cannot seem to get it to boot afterwards, so I stopped trying (flying blind...). If I am not to boot with the setting...
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    i7 increasing automatic voltage

    I have a i7-950 and an Asus Sabertooth x58. Naturally when with default "auto" settings, the cpu's voltage scales from 0.9v to 1.2v depending on load and thus cpu speed (speedstep). However when I raise cpu speed via BCLK, the vcore is increased automatically. At 3.6ghz (from 3.06), the...
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    cpu fan won't throttle

    I recently just built a system with an Asus Sabertooth X58 and a Noctua NH-D14. The motherboard supports fan speed throttling and has 4 pin fan headers. My case fans are 3-pin and seem to throttle up and down, but I'm not sure to which sensor they are reacting to. The problem is the cpu...
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    Reducing case fan noise

    rubber grommets. they're like o-rings.
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    Issues with Asus WL-520GU

    I have an asus 520gu with 3rd party firmware and it works great. I'm using the Teddy bear modification of the Tomato 3rd party firmware. The process seems a bit confusing at first, but there are plenty of how-to's on the net. You might want to start here...
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    Always having to reset NIC on boot up.

    Tried resetting the tcp/ip stack as recommended above, but it didn't seem to do anything. I've since manually turned off DHCP, and manually input the IP, gateway and DNS server to my router. Seems to work, I don't have to reset my NIC anymore. It's weird because I've had this problem since...
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    Always having to reset NIC on boot up.

    Everytime I boot up, I don't have any internet access to my computer. All other computers on the LAN are unaffected. I can connect to the router setup page (192.168.1.1) pefectly fine. The above image is ipconfig right after bootup. Notice how the NIC obtained an IP but there are two...
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    Call of Duty: Vietnam

    ..
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    Call of Duty: Vietnam

    They're making a game about pussying-out half way through a war?
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    Affordable router for bit torrents

    Just got an Asus WL-520GU. Paid less for it than I did for the Dlink DIR-615. Cheaper than comparable Linksys routers. Only bad thing is that it only does wireless G instead of N. Flashing it with tomato firmware took me only 5 min. Haven't had an opportunity to test wireless, but wired...
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    Affordable router for bit torrents

    I used to have a Dlink DIR-615 which was ok. It gave terrible wifi range, but wired performance seemed to be adequete. It would sometimes however freeze when using bit torrents. I no longer have this router, so I'm looking for a replacement. It needs to be wifi, but wireless performance...