Recent content by Decoman

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    Does anyone still get the AMD 7xxx bug where your monitor doesn't wake up from sleep?

    My impression is that, if I leave my computer for hours, the screen will eventually turn off and turn back on, however that only works once for the first day, because if I leave my computer running for two days and leaving the computer during night time, my screen tend to just stay dark, and a...
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    Your favorite CPUs?

    I was quite happy with my overclocked Q6600, having run at a constant 3.5 GHz for years. I now use a i7 2700k at 1.6-4.0 GHz on a new mainboard, experimenting with a single fan running at 300rpm idle, to try minimize the audible noise from my computer case. Most noise now come from a...
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    How long has your computer lasted?

    My first desktop computer is now about 54 months old (since late 2007), and I am fortunate to be upgrading the motherboard, cpu, memory and cpu cooler in a couple of days. Old setup: Antec p182 --> p280, Q6600 @ 3.5 GHz, MSI P35 Platinum motherboard New setup: Antec p280, i7 2700k, Asus...
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    TV Tuner with Vista 64 bit and 4gb ram or more

    I now see that according to this website, the analog tv functionality is for PAL and not NTSC. http://gizmohacker.com/asus-my...satellite-tv-channels/ I guess an email to Asus might be in order for the NTSC support about this product. Asus News press release...
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    TV Tuner with Vista 64 bit and 4gb ram or more

    I want to keep an eye on this item that supposedly is a new product from Asus. http://www.asus.com/products.a...model=2342&modelmenu=1 I hope a review of this thing will show up in the near future, because I am not buying anything from Hauppauge, or any product with less than perfect support...