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    Some Questions About Android

    Hey guys, thanks so much for the helpful info! I didn't realize that going Android means using G-Mail, etc. on the cloud. I just stopped paying Apple $99 for MobileMe, at least Google's cloud-based services "come" with your phone! Heading to Best Buy this weekend for a nice, shiny-new...
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    Some Questions About Android

    Hi Everyone! I've been an iPhone user since Day 1. Right now, I have a 16GB 3G on a month-to-month contract with AT&T. (Rollover with Unlimited data plan, no cap.) I've grown disenchanted with Apple recently due to their Draconian policies concerning iTunes, apps, etc. So, I'm looking...
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    Intel P4 Prescott Question

    Hello Everyone. Does anyone know which, if any, of Intel's "current" chipsets support the old 775-socket Pentium 4 Prescotts? Last I heard, the old 975x chipset was the last "official" chipset to offer P4 support from Intel, but those boards are long gone from the retail market. I have a...
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    Need Some Trouble Shooting Help...

    Hey guys, thanks for the responses! I do get one beep on start-up, which leads me to believe that the thing does indeed make it to & past the POST. After the beep, the h/d spins up like it's loading the OS. It's looking more & more like I'm just gonna' replace the m/b. I would have...
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    Need Some Troubleshooting Help...

    It's making it to POST...one beep, then the H/D starts spinning like it's loading the OS. Yup, monitor is all good. It's usually hooked up to an old AMD XP2600 rig that's running Windows Home Server. Whenever I bring a PC home to try & fix/upgrade, I just switch all the cabeling over...
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    Need Some Trouble Shooting Help...

    Hi everyone! I originally had this posted under the General Hardware section...my bad! Figured the forum titled Computer Help in much more appropriate. I'm trying to figure out a problem with a co-workers home PC, HP Pavilion with an AMD 64 X2 CPU. PC turns on, but no signal goes out to the...
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    Opinions please on keeping x38

    ...wait for that new Intel socket, which is what I'm doing! Check out my rig down below. I'm running pretty much what you're thinking of: Intel Quad-Core 9450 overclocked, 8 Gigs of DDR2-1066 RAM, 2-TB's of hard drives, nVidia GTX-260 and Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. While it's no longer...
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    Need Some Troubleshooting Help...

    Hi everyone! I'm trying to figure out a problem with a co-workers home PC, HP Pavilion with an AMD 64 X2 CPU. PC turns on, but no signal goes out to the monitor. Her PC has a dedicated Asus-branded nVidia PCI-Express card (not sure what model, but looks like an 8400 GS). When you turn it...
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    My New Toy: HP Envy 15

    Hi all! Just received my new HP Envy-15 laptop this week. When I was younger, I always dreamed about owning one of Raul Sood's monster, Voodoo PC machines. But as lust-worthy as they were, the price was way too far out of reach. But because of this, I decided to look into building a...
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    Need Help Picking Between the Intel CPU Sockets

    Hello everyone! Getting ready to build my next super-rig & I need help picking which CPU to use. I'm sticking with Intel's line-up, but I can't seem to wade thru all the build guides out there to really reach a consensus. So... - What are the pros & cons between the 1156 vs. the 1366...
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    Scavenging a CPU for Windows Home Server

    Hello again all! Arkaign brought up some good points about this board having a very early SATA controller. In your expert opinions, will my Home Server build be losing anything by sticking with IDE drives for the time being? I have a 80Gig IDE drive that I plan on putting the WHS...
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    Scavenging a CPU for Windows Home Server

    Hello everyone and thanks for all the great advice! So, you know that feeling you get when you reach into your pocket and find a $20 bill you didn't know you had? Well, I found this to run the Athlon 2600: Soyo KT880 DRAGON 2 It's based on a VIA KT880 chipset, runs DDR-400 memory, has...
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    Scavenging a CPU for Windows Home Server

    Hello everyone! I'm planning on building a Windows Home Server box and like most of us, I have more than a few parts laying around that I can use. I have two CPU's laying around that I can use for this build: - AMD Athlon XP 2600 - Intel Petium 4 3.0 GHz (Prescott, Socket 775) I'm...
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    Question On Vista's File Structure

    Hello everyone. Got a real basic question for you Windows experts: How does Windows handle things if I run out of space on one of my drive partitons? For example: I am currently running Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. I have (2) Seaget 1-TB drives partitioned to 4 drives of 500-GB each...
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    Can I Run Windows Home Server Using This?

    Hey Guys! Great advice from everyone! Thanks so much! My plan for this project is just as a stand-alone box for media storage and back-ups. Most CPU intensive tasks will be done on the client rigs, then the finished files stored on the server for archiving and streaming. Looks like I...