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    Motorola DCX3400 DVR: Storage Upgrade?

    I have a Motorola DCX3400 Tuner/DVR through Comcast. I'm rapidly running out of space with all of the shows/movies I'm recording and I need to upgrade the storage in it. Has anyone tried to replace the hard drive in theirs? Motorola claims that you can expand the storage through the e-sata...
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    Recommend a new car for me

    I'm going to be getting rid of my 98 Stratus and have been searching around for a new car (treated me well for the past 7 years, but stuff is starting to go and it's time for a new car) Anyway, some requirements for the new car (rather have new than used for warranty and such) 1) Manual...
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    iPhone 3Gs contacts issue

    This is something I just noticed this weekend, let me know if anyone else has/had this problem and how they solved it. This is all the information I can say for sure: I noticed this problem after installing iOS4 I am able to add new contacts to my phone, but after I add them I can't delete or...
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    Looking for an 802.11n router

    Just got a new laptop and my internet is faster than what my wrt54g can transfer over wireless. Any suggestions on a new router? Gigabit wired ports are necessary. I know anandtech did some reviews a while ago but I can't find them anymore, suggestions?
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    Installing OSX through VMware or Virtualbox

    I'm running a couple of windows machines and would like to install OSX on one of them so I could do some programming for my new iPhone. Has anyone successfully installed OSX in Virtualbox or VMware? Will there be some tweaking involved to get everything working or should it be easy? both...
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    free multipoint video conferencing

    The topic pretty much takes care of my question. thanks
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    Renters Insurance

    Title pretty much sums it up. About how much am I looking at paying for this? Who do you guys get yours from?
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    Time for a new phone, suggestions?

    I've had my sonyericsson w810i for two years now and it's about time to get a new one. requirements for the next phone: GPS e-mail organizer loud earpiece good battery life good reception full keyboard or touchscreen The three phones I've been looking at are BB Bold BB Curve 8900...
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    TV and Internet providers in Manhattan

    My roommate is moving to Manhattan after graduation and he's looking around for TV and Internet providers. Time Warner seems to be the only company he can find but are charging ~$85 for basic TV and Internet combo. Who do you guys have, how many channels, bandwidth, etc? His apartment is...
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    PCB manufacturer

    Wasn't sure what forum this would fit into so I put it here. What company would you recommend for PCB manufacturing. All of the companies I have come across are either too expensive or are over seas. board requirements: dual layer silk screened solder mask board is about 30 sq in
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    HID Proximity Card

    Like the topic says I found an HID Corporation Proximity card on my campus and can't figure out what it goes to. Aside from testing every proximity reader I run into (there are a fair amount of them on campus) is there any way getting some information off this thing? If not, is there anything...
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    suggestions for free video editing software

    as the title implies, I'm looking for video editing software that is free. There are a things I'm looking for: 1) multiple video tracks 2) multiple audio tracks 3) the ability encode videos using xvid or h264 or other popular video codecs (I don't want to create it and then waste time...
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    Abstract algebra question (group theory)

    Been looking at this for a couple of days, can't figure out how to prove it. Any ideas? Let G be a finite group with no subroups other than {e} or G itself. prove that G is either the trivial group {e} or a cyclic group of prime order.
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    Computer reboots when using vid card

    I'm currently running: Asus P5B deluxe wife 2GB Corsair xms2 pc 6400 800mhz core 2 duo e6600 Enermax 460watt psu windows xp x64 sound blaster x-fi (probably not relevant) lite dvd-rw 3 seagate hard drives (2-400GB 1-320GB) BFG Tech 7950gt 256 I received this card last night as an...
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    Perfect World

    Ran into this game a couple of weeks ago and now that I am on break and have a lot of time on my hands I was thinking of trying it out. http://www.perfectworld.com.my/ How is the PVP system in the game? Is it a major grind or is leveling easy? Can you recommend another Free MMO with good PVP?
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    Which Vista version to use

    With SP1 coming out soon (or something like that) I've been contemplating the upgrade to Vista. Before getting into the actual question at hand a few of short ones. 1)I plan on installing 64bit, however if I'm not satisfied with it, can I install 32bit using the same disc and cd key? 2)OEM...
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    Nvidia 64bit ForceWare Drivers

    I'm running xp64 with an Nvidia 7900gt. I've tried at least four different version of the forceware drivers since installing xp64 and they all have varying levels of artifacting with source games (Episode1, TF2, CS:S). I'm currently using a version I had downloaded some time in August (don't...
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    Need a laser printer

    All of the printers that I have ever owned have been given to me, so I don't know what companies are good. I've heard Brother makes decent inkjet printers but I don't know squat about laser. The primary use of this printer is going to be printing out rasterbated images and lengthy...
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    Good Headset for Gaming

    I'm looking to get a new headset and I have yet to found anything looks all that amazing to me no matter what the price range is. 5.1 is absolutely out of the question and I would prefer a headset not just a good pair of headphones and a good mic, although I'm up for anything at this point...
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    How hot is too hot?

    Alright here's the deal I have the rig that is posted below in my sig. I got my e6600 up to 3.0 ghz and was running prime 95. The cpu was at 57 and staying there according to my Asus Utility monitor. Is ASUS correct in thinking that I am in trouble at only 60? on a different note firefox...
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    Profanity filter what the ****?

    I don't remember there being one... maybe I never tried to put ****** or ****** in a post before. It always been like this, or is there an option I can turn on/off?
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    to Vsync or not to Vsync, that is the question

    Please forget about that sorry excuse for a thread title and let's get down to business. After reinstalling my old nvidia drivers (screw 91.31) I forgot to turn off vsync and loaded up counter strike (1.6 not source). There was no doubt in my mind that the game was indeed smoother when I was...
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    8 pin power connector on new intel boards

    I'm going to be upgrading my computer later this summer and I was looking at current motherboards and noticed on the mobos with 975X chipsets they have an 8 pin power connector instead of the standard p4 4 pin connector. I also noticed that they have a molex connector on the board too. The...
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    Upgrade from home to pro with DELL OEM CD

    Can I upgrade from XP home to XP Pro using my Dell OEM cd when it prompts me in the XP install? Or do I have to fork out the extra cash and buy a full version from Newegg?
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    5.1 headphone/headset recommendations

    Alright to start I have a soundblaster audigy 2zs sound card (very solid piece of work if I might add) and I am heading off to colege in a little less than a month. I currently have a monster of a stereo and don't plan on bringing it with me so I need a recommendation on a good 5.1 set of...