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    Mac BIOS

    What is the procedure for accessing the Bios in a 2013 Mac Book Pro ? Or is there a Bios ? Thanks
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    No joke: Bank of America sues itself

    Charlotte Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/bank_notes/2012/04/no-joke-bank-of-america-sues-itself.html
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    Netflix,Hulu,Hulu+ vs. Big Cable Companies

    Hi all ! Well it's no secret that the big cable companies are getting plenty of dough for their programming, so my question is how many out there have switched to alternatives such as Netflix,Hulu or Hulu Plus and if so what pro's or con's can you share ...
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    Which CPU would you choose ?

    Both Gulftown, socket 1366, six core and 32nm... (Asus Rampage III Extreme motherboard) Thx! Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.46GHz 6 x 256KB L2 Cache 12MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Six-Core... VS. Intel Xeon W3690 Gulftown 3.46GHz...
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    IE9 vs. HP printer

    After moving from IE8 to IE9 HP 920c printer is missing in action... Anyone else having this issue ? Thanks in advance...
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    Gamespy

    Does anybody here use Gamespy or Gamespy Comrade ? It is packaged with some game downloads...
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    Crysis 64 Bit

    Crysis gives me the option of playing in 64 Bit, however Crysis Warhead and Crysis Wars do not ? What gives ?
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    Quad channel ram

    Saw this in GURU 3D... Quote; "The QPI architecture allows Intel to connect tri- or even quad-channel memory directly to the the processor's integrated memory controller"... Anyone think this might be forthcoming ?
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    BOOTMGR is missing

    Hi, I have a Asus Rampage Formula motherboard and can't get past post... Message says "BOOTMGR" is missing... Reloaded new BIOS and still didn't fix it... Any ideas are welcome, Thanks...
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    X-RAM

    Is there a current list somewhere that shows what games can take advantage of Creative Labs X-RAM sound cards ? S.T.A.L.K.E.R SoC and Clear Sky, Fall-Out 3 Ect.
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    Tiger 10.4

    Hi, Sure hope this is the right place to ask this question, so here goe's... My Dad needs to be able to somehow convert all of his older OX/9 and OX/10 files and data to work with his newer Tiger 10.4 operating system... Any help would really be appreciated... Thanks
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    Panther

    Hi, Sure hope this is the right place to ask this question, so here goe's... My Dad needs to be able to somehow convert all of his older OX/9 and OX/10 files and data to work with his newer Tiger 10.4 operating system... Any help would really be appreciated...
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    QX9650 CPU's

    Hi, While shopping for a QX9650 processor it has been revealed that there are two different steppings available, C0 and C1, can anyone help explain what was improved with the C1 stepping and whether it is worth trying to track down over the C0 version ...
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    Internet Browser Security

    Any recomendations on which browser to use when sending and receiving sensitive information online ? Thanks
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    Gaming with Vista 64-Bit

    Hi, Does anyone know of a current (updated or maintained) list of all the PC games that work correctly with the Vista 64-Bit operating system ?:confused:
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    Big Dog

    http://www.popsci.com:80/milit...-keeps-its-balance-ice Big Dog Repost ATOT Moderator ElFenix
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    XP Pro install to D:

    Haven't been able to sucessfully load XP Pro to drive letter D: on clean HDD. After partioning C:, D:, E; ect. and choosing D: to load O/S on, windows always defaults to drive letter C:. Once loaded, disk management won't allow the boot drive letter to be changed either... Any pointers in the...
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    Vista 64 Bit

    Will the new Vista 64-Bit operating system work correctly with 32-Bit games ? The reason for asking this is because of seeing a review recently on Anand Tech where this was somehow accomplished... So I guess the key word here is "correctly."...
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    Intel P975xbx2 Board

    P975xbx2 (Intel branded board) Anyone have this board ? And if so what is the maximum Vdd: (Ram memory) voltage that the latest Bios (Intel Bios) release will allow it be manually set to ? Thanks !
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    Memory Allocation

    Please explain why with Vista 32 Bit OS only 3GB shows up when 4GB of ram is installed ? But when using Vista 64 Bit OS all 4GB of ram is recognized ? Here is a following quote from the HP website... *Above 3-GB, all memory may not be available due to system resource requirements...
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    Memory Rating

    Please explain the 800 MHz rating given to PC-6400 DDR2 Ram as to how it is derived and how it equates to an Intel chipset that is quad-pumped... Also, when did Intel begin using the "Quad-Pumped" architecture ? Thanks
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    Intel Northbridge

    Is there any information yet as to the successor for the aging 975 Intel chipset ? Thanks:)
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    Hard drive configuration

    Any advice on the pro's and con's of Raid 0+1 vs. 1+0 utilizing 4 hard drives would be greatly appreciated... Thanks...
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    Vista Requirements

    After checking on the MS website for Vista Premium requirements, there wasn't any mention of alloted hard drive space needed for just the operating system, rumors have been as high as 8.5 GB ! (Notice however there is a need for 15 GB of free space (so how much of this is just for the OS ?) Any...
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    Raid 1 hard drive replacement

    When one hard drive fails in a two drive raid one set-up, is it as simple as just replacing the defective drive ? When re-booting will the new drive automatically be restored with the lost data from the original ? Thanks
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    Raid 0

    Can a raid 0 array be configured with an "odd" number of hard drives such as three or must it always be with an "even" number like two,four ect. ? Thanks
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    Media Center limitation

    While trying to configure a custom system using Windows Media Center as an operating system, the following message appears... "RAID drives are not supported with the Microsoft Windows Media Center operating system. The option, in "Operating System" category, should be re-selected". This is...
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    Hard drive bloat

    The main computer that I'm currently using has a 120GB (actual formatted capacity slightly less) hard drive and on properties shows only 7% capacity left available. Out of curiousity I added all of the programs in the add/remove listing page and the operating system (Windows XP Professional) and...
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    Improving Ping

    Last night a group us from around the USA were all playing on the same server but were all getting a different "Ping" ranging from below 80 to as high as 180. I'm using a fast computer along with high speed cable (384+) and was only recieving a ping of 120 to 140. No other applications were...
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    New system load

    When loading Windows XP Pro on systems with hard drive capacties exceding 130 GB, what needs to be done to insure that the additional hard drive space is actually recognized by the computer... Even though the the actual capacity will show correctly, for example 300 GB, only 130 GB is being...
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    1T with 2GB Ram

    The new improved AMD cpu onboard memory controllers still don't seem able to utilize 2GB (4x512) of ram when when all four Dimm slots are populated and trying to run at a command rate of 1T. Has anyone tried 1T with 2GB (2x1GB) thus only populating two Dimm sockets ? Thanks...
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    Adobe increasing market share

    So where does this leave people like myself that enjoy all of Corel products ?
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    Graphics Rendering

    The last three Starwars games that I've added to my gaming collection all require Direct X 9.c for best graphics, Please correct me if wrong, but isn't Direct X 9.c exactly the same as SM3.0 ? (Shader Model 3.0)....Thanks !
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    Athlon 64 Rev E

    Need to find out more about this latest issue with AMD before building new computer, anyone else aware of this ? http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21780