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    foundation drainage and sump pump problems- who to call?

    Hey guys, My boss is telling me about some problems with his sump pump running too much in his basement, he thinks its not working right and there might be a problem with the drain tile in his foundation of the house. He doesn't know who to call for this problem... a plumber or...
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    Anyone use a treadmill desk? LOL

    I was just looking for a new desk and saw these. http://www.staples.com/Treadmill-Desks/cat_CL207647 Could you really do any real work with these? Its pretty sad if you can't just ride a bike or go for a jog rather than actually buy one of these.
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    My dad is attempting to install a cheap ebay Tankless water heater...

    My dad has been talking about putting in a tankless water heater for awhile now, and his old one finally went out so he got one. He is a cheapskate so he bought one off ebay and decided to put it in himself. It's not quite done yet, he has to finish up the water line connections tomorrow. Any...
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    Samsung 840 Pro is listed as 3 year warranty on website, but 5 yr on box

    http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/MZ-7PD256BW It says 3 years warranty. On the box it clearly says 5 years for the Pro model. I know that the non-pro 840 is 3 years. What is going on with that? Just paid nearly $300 for this drive and the 5 year warranty is part of the reason why.
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    Problems with wireless performance with several routers- interference?

    Hi Folks, I've been pulling my hair out for a few weeks trying to figure this out. Over the past 6 months or so wireless internet started to give me problems. I have a WRT54gl that was running dd-wrt and it started to become extremely slow. I couldn't get it work fast again so I switched...
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    Why hasn't the Google Play store started hosting podcasts yet?

    I consider the podcast section of itunes a great thing, as it has created an excellent distribution system for podcasts, and fosters creativity due to its large reach. However, the obvious downside is that you either have to use itunes or an i Device. Nothing like this exists on Android, you...
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    Insignia 32" 1080P LCD hdtv $229.99

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Insignia...&skuId=4550185 I thought this was pretty good, just picked one up. All of the usual features you'd expect, good remote, nice set of inputs if you can live with 2 hdmi, even has QAM tuner. Hard to find a 1080p 32" screen for less than $300 usually...
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    Data transfer speeds from one drive to another in dual 3.5" hdd enclosure

    I just picked up one of these today: http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0363770 And I have it running with 2 x 2Tb 5400 rpm Samsung drives as seen here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152245 This device shows up as 2 separate drives within...
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    ugh my roommate is hosting his amway "grand opening" tonight...

    and I'd look like a huge asshole to him and his family if I wasn't there. He already knows I think the whole thing is ridiculous but I said I'd be around. The Amway guy that is above him already doesn't like me because the last time he came over I told them I would never buy anything from him...
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    iPhone ban on Page Plus may be lifted

    I just got an email from Kitty Wireless proclaiming that Verizon iPhone 4 is now allowed to be activated on Page Plus. Looks like the market value of cdma iPhones is about to go up... Edit- According to Denny Scher from Page Plus, the iPhone ban is still in effect. It may have been just a...
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    Sunday 5/15 only @ Microcenter B&M...Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB for $39.99

    http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0340562 I think everyone knows about these drives by now, but if you don't, they are fast, cheap, and reliable. Great deal. In store, limit 1 unfortunately.
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    Cool story...The vacant apartment next door just flooded and now mine is too...

    Ok going to try this again. Original post was waaay to long. Just to share: I got home tonight and my kitchen and closet was flooded. I originally thought it was the bathroom drain or else the hot water heater. As I started cleaning it up I noticed it was coming in under the wall from the...
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    Swapping motherboards with identical chipsets

    Well, today I was proven wrong. A couple of years ago, when family and friends asked me to build them cheap computers I opted to build on the G31/ICH7 platform seeing as how socket 775 cpu's were cheap and good performers. I put one together for each set of grandparents when they needed...
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    Microcenter SSD with Sandforce SF-1222

    This looks pretty appealing, but I don't follow ssd's close enough to know if this is a good choice or not other than the Sandforce name http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0351760 Thoughts? It is actually an A-Data drive?
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    SSD mounting

    I'm looking at upgrading to an SSD for my OS drive, and seeing a mix of 1.8" and 2.5" drives. I haven't really been interested before until my new 1 tb Spinpoint F3 drives for media storage have showed me how slow my aging WD 250 gb drive really is (compared to new tech) Anyways, it doesn't...
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    Carb sources on Paleo diet

    I'm new to the whole concept of Paleo nutrition but stumbled upon Robb Wolf's website after searching for information about intermittent fasting. I've been listening to his podcast and I must say I find it very interesting. Anyways, I've been cutting out the dairy, grains, legumes (don't eat...
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    Haitian brick carrying magic...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=999mOMYvktI Impressive.
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    My water heater is making strange noises. What could it be?

    I live in an apartment where the furnace and water heater are in a closet on the first floor. Whenever my brother (roommate) or I shower, when the hot water heater is refilling it makes this strange noises, like there is a bunch of marbles bouncing around in it or something, or alternately it...
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    Windows XP won't boot after update. What to do?

    ***Putting this thread in this forum since it is specifically an O.S. problem, if it needs to go to Computer Help, feel free to move it.*** I was asked to take a look at a family member's computer. The machine is a dell desktop with an Athlon 64 and Windows XP SP3. The problem is that after...
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    Freeware for converting mp3 bitrates

    Hi, I'm looking for a freeware program to take existing podcasts and shrink them down to mabe 48, or 64 kbs bitrate, depending on quality so I can archive them and use less disk space. I tried Cd ex on a folder full of podcasts (only 831 mb) and it ran all night, gave me an error message and...
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    K-Strass talks to CBS News

    http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6492772n EPIC!
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    Is a Drobo the way to go?

    I was perusing Newegg last night looking at external hard drives and came across the Drobo line of products...this one jumped out at me... incidentally today it is unavailable but it was there last night for around $1600. Just wondering if people like these things. It seems it would be nice to...
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    Retiring older cable modem.... any advantages?

    Hi all, My family has a Motorola SurfboardSB4100 cable modem- http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-DOCSI.../dp/B00005T3T6 The same modem has been installed for probably 7-8 years, ever since they got broadband internet. I've been thinking of upgrading the house network for them, and wondering...
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    Ground wire on Front Panel bracket

    Was looking at front panel wiring of Antec Mini P180 and saw the ring connector screwed to the internal frame of the case. There is eSata, usb, and audio connectors. Just wondering if this is for the usb or the eSata. It looks like it runs in there along with the usb connector. What exactly...
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    downloading a file directly to a mapped network drive

    Just have a question, the issue is that I typically use my wireless laptop around the house for internet surfing, and have a mapped network drive that is on the wired lan. Lately when i download files I'll just save them directly to the network drive just to make things easier to find. The...
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    ArctiClean by Arctic Silver

    Picked up some of this stuff when I was at Fry's recently. http://www.arcticsilver.com/arcticlean.htm Anyways, me and some friends are speculating on what it is. We are guessing it is nothing more than Goo Gone in bottle 1 and maybe pure isopropyl alcohol in bottle 2? Arctic Silver is...
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    swappin' out a prescott cpu

    Working on a Dell Dimension 9100 for the neighbors. They got the computer for free from a friend and I'm upgrading it to Windows 7 for them. Specs 2.99 ghz Prescott cpu Intel 945 chipset bios from 2005 Since the Prescott is such a power hog/slow, Can I dig out a Celeron 430 (Conroe) and have...
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    Is it worth it to wait for Pinetrail-D?

    I've been doing some research to build a low-power computer that can run all of the time while being reasonably powerful. I thought that an Atom 330 system would be fine. However, Tom's Hardware had an article showing that a Core 2 cpu/G31 board can use just as few watts and be much more...
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    Anybody ever tried using Winamp Search as their default search engine?

    When you install the free verrsion of Winamp it does it by default unless you uncheck the checkbox in the installer. Never tried it, don't want to try it. It just seems kind of strange. Anyone else seen this?
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    Can someone translate this for me?

    Got this card in the mail along with some batteries I ordered off ebay. The seller was from Hong Kong. Just wondering if someone here can tell me what it says. http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd39/ohioclothes/IMG_0508.jpg Thank you!
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    will micro itx board mount into Antec mini p180b?

    Thinking about building a small home server to use for general file serving/backup duties, as well as to run a magic jack and probably act as a print server also. I recently obtained an Antec mini p180 and will probably use this case for the job since it can reasonably adapt to any...
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    Is there any way to retrieve our old subscribed threads bookmarks?

    Is there any way to retrieve our old subscribed threads bookmarks? Sheesh would have backed them up had I known before. Thanks,
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    Is there a way to automatically force standby in Windows XP

    I have our Win XP living room pc set to go into S3 standby after 10 minutes of inactivity. Usually its no problem for this to occur but my pc ignorant roommates will leave the winamp playlist running and leave or go to sleep and this causes the pc to run until I catch it and set the box to...
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    Just noticed something kind of funny...

    Was just looking at my Insignia HD radio tuner and they spelled "Tuning" as "Tunning".. just had to share this with somebody. pic pic
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    don't get pm's for some subscribed topics

    some topics in my subscribed topics list have been getting new posts but I don't get pms for the posts. Just wondering why this is.
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    Thinking of painting interior of P182 black...

    Link Basically I'd like to do this to the bare metal on the interior of a P182. I'm wondering what needs to be done to prep the case, specifically if some sort of etching of the metal needs to be done in order for the paint to stick. Also, what type of primer and paints should be used in...
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    don't be so mayo.

    Text They are eating the coolest sandwiches ever. edit: sorry in advance for the horror contained in the link.
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    Connecting PC to 1080P tv

    Hi all, A friend of mine has a 1080P tv and she has her p.c. hooked up to the VGA input on the tv. She only has integrated graphics so no dvi or hdmi. I thought I could just set the resolution to 1920 x 1080 and have the image scale properly through the VGA signal but no dice... when I set...
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    Lose your excuse commercials

    These commercials have been bothering me for weeks now... http://www.loseyourexcuse.gov/index.html Basically the gist is that kids are leaving their cell phone chargers plugged in to the wall when not charging their phone and its wasting TONS OF ELECTRICITY!! Maybe I'm wrong and I'm...
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    Laptop sleep state

    Just a simple question. Got one of these $300 Acer laptops with Vista basic. When you select "sleep" from the shutdown options, what sleep state is it in exactly in termes of s1, s2, etc. Thanks