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    Pfsense on a Virtual machine. NIC question

    A while back I posted about my router hitting a bandwidth limitation due to CPU usage ( Asus Rt-n16 for reference) and I've been waiting for a deal on a decent newer router. It recently occurred to me that I have a server with more than enough spare resources to run pfsense in a VM. The question...
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    Strange network issue after upgrading to Windows 10

    Well I've encountered a bit of a strange issue and I'm wondering if my router is the problem or if there's a setting in Windows 10 that I need to change or if perhaps I should use different firmware. After updating to Windows 10 I've noticed that when Steam maxes the download speed (typically...
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    Looking for a decent pair of speakers for my PC Desk

    Well, I have found out that my previous pair of M-Audio Studiophile AV-30s have bit the dust, something went bad on the PCB and it's beyond the point of repair. I was hoping that it was just a bad cap as have been the case for other folks that bought these speakers but it's not the case. So I'm...
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    Really weird audio capture issue

    Ok, I have a system that I'm remotely troubleshooting for a friend that has an issue that so far I have not been able to fix. He is able to hear audio in applications however he is not able to use his microphone (front or rear jacks) in order to send audio via in game or via TeamSpeak 3. The...
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    Bad OTG cable or missing a setting?

    Well I'm not sure whether I have a setting that I missed on my phone & tablet or if there's something else going on here. I have a pretty generic USB OTG cable this one specifically that I previously used for my S3 & Nexus 7 (2012 edition). I'm trying to use it now with my Droid Turbo & LG Gpad...
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    Best way to remove GPU drivers

    So, it's been a little while since I've gone from one GPU vendor to another so (last change was a GTX 560 Ti to my 7950) I just want to make sure that this is the best way to thoroughly remove the previous GPU drivers. I'll be going from a Radeon 7950 to a GTX Titan as a result of this thread...
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    Samsung DLP TV Issue (3 flashing LEDs)

    I've had this Samsung DLP TV (model HL-S4266W) for a bit over four years without any issues. Recently the TV has been switching off and the front 3 LEDs on the on/off power button for Timer/Temp, Lamp, Power/Standby have been flashing after it turned itself off. According to the Samsung manual...
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    Complete System Freeze

    I'll begin with stating that I'm troubleshooting a friend's PC and not my own, so updates in response to actions to take may take a bit. For reasons that I have not been able to explain his system will completely freeze at random and loop static until the system is hard restarted. I'll detail...
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    Upgrade time, but which phone? (Verizon)

    Well Verizon has some decent deals running with their Edge plan and their upgrades to their data plan. I'll be able to go from my current 4GB plan to a 10GB plan with a small ($8) increase in cost. I've liked my Samsung S3 but I've grown quite tired of TouchWiz and its bloat and unfortunately I...
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    Cheap SIP or VoIP provider

    Well I've been looking over my bills to see where I'm over spending. One area is definitely my Comcast service with Internet and voice. I plan on dropping to just internet only and purchasing a modem. This will save me $50 a month if not a bit more. What I'm trying to figure out is what would be...
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    Looking at new phones, could use some help

    Well the time is coming up to renew my 2 year contract with Verizon. I wish had managed to hold on to my unlimited data from my original plan but for some reason I couldn't get the methods mentioned to work for me. That's in the past and of course there's no way to get the unlimited plan again...
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    DD-WRT DHCP forwarding issues

    Well I'm stumped as I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm trying to extend a friend's wireless network so that there is more coverage. So I'm setting up one router as an access point and another as a wireless repeater. For a reason that I haven't been able to determine I'm unable to...
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    Best gaming headset for the money

    I know that this could also go into the peripherals section but I figure since the primary use is for gaming I might as well put the post in here. I currently have a pair of Logitech G930 headphones that I've recently refurbished a bit myself by putting on a new pair of earpads and replacing the...
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    Number of decent scifi flicks on Netflix going down?

    Or is it just me? I'll grant you that they've never had a huge selection of decent scifi movies but it seems to me that there are a fair number less now than there have been over the years. On another note any suggestions of other streaming services (paid or free) that have a good selection of...
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    Can't access all of RAID 5 array

    This one has me stumped, for some reason I can only access the first 2TB of my 2.7 TB RAID 5 array on my server (specs in sig). I have gone through the Intel Management console and initialized the RAID 5 array after I set it up in the configuration utility. The Intel controller is set to RAID...
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    File/Game Server Build

    1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. File serving, media transcoding (full MKV Blu Ray rips), Game servers (currently Minecraft Feed The Beast DireWolf20 modpack (mostly for friends, have at most 5 simultaneous users currently at most & Natural...
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    New Power Supply Time?

    Before I go out and purchase a new power supply I figured I might as well confirm my suspicions in here or do further research. Recently my PC has BSOD'd a few times when having the displays woken up from standby. I don't ever actually have the PC go to sleep just the displays go to standby...
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    Am I asking too much from a soho router?

    I'm beginning to wonder if I am putting too much of a load on my D-link DIR-615 router running ddwrt (v24-sp2). About once every couple of weeks give or take the router needs a reboot. Typically due to it no longer routing external traffic. While it's up it performs just fine but the...
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    Looking for a good chef's knife or a knife set

    I've come to realize that the cheap Chefs mate knife set that I purchased a few years back just isn't cutting the mustard, so to speak. And I've decided to actually get at least a decent chef's knife or a good knife set. The only issue is whether to shell out a bunch of cash on just a chef's...
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    BSODs on Radeon 7950 when it goes into power save

    The title of the thread pretty much says it all, what I'm trying to determine is whether I have a bad card or if it's my PSUs PCIe feeds that are causing the problem. Essentially if the card goes into a power save mode (I have it normally set to 15 minutes of inactivity) shortly thereafter the...
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    Car audio suggestions

    Well after making the final improvements on my home audio setup and being pretty happy with what I have for headphones for portable use I've decided I'd like to upgrade my car's audio from the factory to something a bit better. The thing is I have zero experience when it comes to working on cars...
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    Is my Gigabyte Motherboard bricked?

    I'm quite upset at myself now for deciding to flash my motherboard as it appears that the flash went bad. I decided to flash to get better USB3 support via BIOS version F12. This is a Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 rev 1.3 motherboard. I downloaded the appropriate file from Gigabyte's site and loaded...
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    Recommend me a wristwatch

    For a while now I've neglected wearing a wristwatch and just used my phone to tell the time. Believe it or not I don't like having to pull out my phone every time I want to tell the time and I actually do still like wearing wristwatches. I have a pair of Seiko watches currently and would like to...
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    Equipment advice for small CCNA lab

    I love learning various things about the computer and networking world. I'm one of those folks that setup a Windows 2008 R2 server as a PDC to learn about it just because I wanted the knowledge. I've done the same thing with Linux, Apache, and various other software and hardware. I've been...
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    Will 802.11N MIMO help at all with Wifi congestion

    I live in an apartment building and as you can imagine there is a lot of traffic in the 2.4Ghz spectrum for 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi spectrum space. I had initially thought of switching to 802.11N 5Ghz as there is nobody in that spectrum space other than one other AP but it's relatively low power...
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    Good site for purchasing FLAC music?

    Well I've recently purchased a portable DAC/headphone amp (I also use it at home with my PC) and overall I've been quite happy with the performance of the unit I know that typically the FLACs I've ripped sound better than the 256kbps mp3 files that Amazon has available. I thought I was going to...
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    Passing an HDMI source through HTPC, can it be done?

    Well I'm just waiting for the case to arrive for my HTPC (hopefully it is delivered tomorrow as UPS currently shows) and then I'll be ready to put it together. I may be ordering one more part for it though I just wanted to see if this was possible since I'm not even sure what software/hardware...
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    Time to build an HTPC

    As much as I like my Western Digital TV Live it has some quirks (not able to output DTS-HD MA audio, netflix interface that looks dated, and a couple others) I've decided to just go ahead and build an HTPC like I should have in the first place. So, to fill out the sticky: 1. What YOUR PC will...
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    Recommend me a desktop DAC/headphone amp (up to $150)

    I've been thinking about doing this for a while and I think I might actually see some improvement on going from my onboard sound to an external DAC. I'm looking for one that has a headphone amp and a line out for my speakers. I'll be hooking up a set of M-Audio AV30 speakers along with a pair of...
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    Looking for a replacement for my WDTV Live

    Well I guess such a device may not exist or perhaps I'm being too picky. Overall I have been happy with my WDTV Live, it plays back really any format I throw at it without issue. The only minor problem is that it does not passthrough DTS MA audio. It downmixes it to standard DTS audio without...
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    What to buy from Amazon with gift cards

    Well I've been pondering & pondering but I just can't decide on what I'd really like to get from Amazon so I figured I'd open it up to suggestions. I've kindof narrowed it down to a PC peripheral but the real question is, which one? The specs on my PC are in my signature, here are the...
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    Upgrade, wait or switch carriers?

    Well the time has once again arrived where I now have the option of upgrading my phone on Verizon in return for a renewal of a 2 year contract. I've thought about getting either the current favorite flavor of smartphones in the SGIII or perhaps going with the HTC Incredible 4G. I currently have...
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    Odd RAM problem

    I'm asking this question for a guy that I met at a LAN party as I wasn't 100% sure of the answer I gave him before I left for the evening. The issue he's having is that Windows 7 Pro x64 is showing that only 3.94 GB of his 8 GB of RAM is use-able. He has two sticks of 4 GB apiece. The BIOS only...
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    [DEAD] AKG K422 Headphones $20 + ship

    Was just looking around for another potential set of headphones and I came across these at Musician's Friend. They seem to get decent reviews and the main negatives seem to be sound leakage and comfort for some folks. Not sure how the sound leakage is a negative since these seem to be open...
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    Basic air cooling question

    Well this one is straight out of basic air cooling a case 101 and I'm pretty sure I know the answer already I just want some verification. I have an Antec 300 case with the following airflow: 2 Cooler Master blue LED fans on the front intake (approx 40 cfm apiece) 2 Cooler Master fans on the...
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    PS3 fan noise, best solutions?

    Yeah I know I'm far from the only one that has this problem but there doesn't seem to be any real consensus on this issue from what I've read on various posts and youtube videos. I have an old school fat PS3 (around 2nd or 3rd revision, when they took out PS2 game support) that really winds up...
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    Odd PS3 Blu Ray issue

    Well I'm not quite sure if the drive is getting ready to give up the ghost or if something else is going on. The drive sure doesn't act like it's going to die but I could be wrong. What's going on is some movies for no apparent reason that I can discern do not show up on the XMB when I insert...
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    Should I really be looking to upgrade my receiver?

    I've been looking at newer model receivers to upgrade from my current Harman Kardon AVR-230 receiver to a newer model that supports HDMI audio (DTS MA & Dolby TrueHD). I can't help but wonder, will I actually notice a difference in terms of what I can hear through these methods than the optical...
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    Movie night and I can't decide on a movie

    It's not like I have a lack of movie watching options. I have DVDs, Blu Rays, and various online streaming services that I subscribe or I can purchase from but I just can't make up my mind. So I'm going to let Anandtech make some suggestions that I perhaps have not thought of. I'm not going to...
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    Windows 7 slipstream tool?

    So I've made the last incremental upgrade to this PC with the purchase of an OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD. So since I want to do a fresh install of Windows 7 onto this drive I'd like to know if anybody has a recommended tool to make a slipstream disc. I'd like to cut the amount of time downloading &...