Recent content by Sideswipeitman

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    Richard Garriot's Tabula Rasa - Beta - support is a joke - Overclocked E6300 cpu is too slow !

    Sounds to me like they just looked at your computer spec ignorantly rather than actually trying to diagnose your problem. Blame level 1 tech support. Try e-mailing them back and explaining that they are stupid.
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    Vista - product key

    Vista is not like previous versions of windows. All versions of XP are on the DVD; my ultimate edition CD can install as Home, Business, whatever. It determines what kind to install based on the CD Key you give it. All keys are valid for 32 bit or 64 bit. They are tied only to an...
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    For those who love the Nostromo n52 as I do

    That exact link doesn't seem to work...
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    For those who love the Nostromo n52 as I do

    Is it digitally signed? I'm getting sick of having to hit F8 every time I boot so Vista won't choke on it.
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    Making a wireless Access Point...

    The other day I took down my router (mostly) and replaced it with a PC running Smoothwall; currently it's still used as a Wireless Access point, although everything else is handled by Smoothwall. What I wanted to know though, is if it's possible to buy a Wireless NIC, plug it into the...
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    Home networking with multiple I.P.s

    I tend to agree that you don't need multiple public IP addresses to do this. It might be helpful for you to spell out exactly what needs the public access, and why. It would be needlessly complicated to have 2 NICs in every computer, and harder to set up. Things like VPN software and Vent...
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    SATA, eSATA, and hot swappable hard disks

    I'm currently running an Intel C2D 6600 on an Asus P5K motherboard with the Intel P35 chipset. There's 4 "standard" SATA connectors on the motherboard, and a jmicro RAID/IDE controller which has a backplate eSATA connector, one SATA connector on the motherboard, and the old IDE connector...
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    Performance and Reliability in Vista x64 broke my driver

    Okay, I see how it's mentioned in the earlier thread - seems kind of lame that something like this would be in the final official release. I don't really want to hit F8 every time I boot up my computer to make it so my drivers work. :/ Is there any word on a fix floating around yet?
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    Performance and Reliability in Vista x64 broke my driver

    Yesterday I downloaded and installed both the Performance and Reliability and the Compatibility and Reliability packages in Vista Ultimate x64; both seemed to work fine, until I tried to play a game using my Nostromo n52 controller. The controller has only an unsigned, very unofficial driver...
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    How much performance am I losing?

    I am asking negative questions I guess because I'm usually a speed nut (my own computer DOES have DDR2 800 for example). If I was cutting down the system performance by like 40% because of the RAM, I'd probably look to upgrade it when I can, but if it's not (which it sounds like), I won't...
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    How much performance am I losing?

    Last week a put together a system for my wife on a strict budget - it ended up being an AMD 64 X2 5200+, on an Asus M2N-E motherboard. The only ram that I had available to use was 2 GB of 400 Mhz DDR2. I realize that is very slow ram copared to the 800+ mhz that you mostly see now, but as it...
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    Bought HDD to back up data. Now the HDD not detected.

    Might want to try the ones here: ULi drivers I think the first one is probably what you should try. It can't hurt at least.
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    So I canceled my WoW account...

    Maybe it's just me, but I play it because I have fun... I'm not saving up "virtual gold" because it's work. And yes I still have a wife, and a life.
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    Point me in the right direction...

    Do you still have the old video card? If so, put it back in while having the new sound card installed. See if crashing still happens. If it does, you know it's the sound card.
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    Really WEIRD monitor issue

    Just last week I picked up a new Acer 22" Widescreen monitor (the model number escapes me right now, as it's at home and I'm at work). I used it on my old system until last night, when my nVidia 8800 GTS 640 arrived, to complete my new computer. Upon moving the monitor over, I noticed that...