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    iTunes checks the DVD drive before starting

    I recently bought a used Intel 320 series 160gb SSD. After I reinstalled Windows etc., whenever I click the iTunes icon to start it, the program or Windows 7 checks the DVD drive on my G73sw and the little optical disc icon is seen on the cursor. It takes about 20 seconds to start iTunes after...
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    Upgrading me Inspiron E1505

    So I recently downsized my desktop PC to my college notebook. My wife is 12 weeks pregnant, so I am moving toward something more mobile. I originally was going to pick up something like a G73, but I find that I only really play Source games anymore, and my E1505 will sort of handle that... well...
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    iPhone 3gs stops playing podcasts...

    So I have had this phone since August of 2009 and I have noticed in the last 6 months or so, that it has been increasingly more difficult to stream anything to this phone via the AT&T network. I used to be able to stream my podcasts (The Adam Carolla show in particular) to this phone with no...
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    Smaller houses with PC in the living/dining room?

    So my wife and I have a 2br, 2ba condo that we own. She is about 9 weeks pregnant and I'm going to lose my office/game room to the baby's crib etc. I would like to sell and move up to a slightly larger house, but at the moment I would have to write a check to the bank to do so, and I'm not...
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    Computer turning itself on...

    Ok, so my PC has done this before, but at this point am getting concerned... Last night, got done playing some TF2, shut PC down. Woke up this morning before work looked into the office, saw my G15 lit up and thought... wtf? Shut the PC down again, showered, and walked by the office, G15 on...
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    The RocketHybrid 1220 is out...

    ... who is going to take the plunge? ;-) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816115097 There are no reviews of any kind that I can find, which to me seems like a bad sign. If they didn't send at least a few units out to sites like AT, OCN, X-Bit, etc., is it safe to assume that...
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    Wiping an SSD...

    I just bought a 90gb Vertex 2 3.5" SSD to swap out my OS SSD, which is a Western Digital SilconEdge Blue 128gb SSD. I bought the Vertex 2 with the 20% off coupon and couldn't pass it up, and since I was running a bit low on space with all my games... Anyway, I got the drive last night...
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    WD out of the SSD business already?

    I bought a 128gb WD SiliconEdge Blue about 6 months ago, and it has been flawless. I have been wanting to buy either another one and RAID them, or get a deal on the 256gb model, but Newegg discontinued them allthogether, and hardly anyone has them. Then I read this...
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    4890 Toxic Dead/Dying, need replacement this weekend

    So I bought my current card used, and the previous owner is not the original owner and, thus no warranty work can be done for my card. Long story short, when the card is cold (yes cold) it doesn't like anything graphically intense, and will spaz out and force a restart. It will do it when it's...
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    Has anyone gone from a Windows 7 machine to an Apple and thought OMG...

    I am thinking about ditching my desktop PC for something of the mobile variety. I have a 3GS IPhone, and ever since the first IPhone, I have been sold on them. I am wondering if I would feel the same way about a MacBook Pro... ? I rarely game that much anymore, I really only play a bit of SC2...
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    Has Star Trek Online improved at all...?

    I am a huge Trek fan, and I wanted to play STO when it first came out, but lackluster reviews by both magazines and beta testers pretty much turned me away. The game has been out for some time now, and I am wondering if most or all of the issues with the beta and early relesase have been fixed...
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    Is my 4890 Toxic bad?

    I bought this card used about a month ago: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102840 The card worked fine, was playing some CS:S, stopped for the evening, was just surfing the net drinking a glass of wine, and all of a sudden the screen turns green and pixelated, and then goes...
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    Would bad RAM cause a soundcard to stop working?

    I have an X-Fi Xtremegamer... had it for over 2 years, never had an issue with it. Last week Fry's had a sale on Corsair Dominator DDR3 for $99 and I hopped on it to replace the perfectly good XMS that was in there (kinda stupid but whatever...) Old motherboard was an ASUS P755d pro which...
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    Anyone have/tried a ManGrate?

    Ace Carolla is pushing this as one of his sponsors, and I am an avid BBQ'er and cook... anyone try this little invention? http://www.mangrate.com/ I have an older Weber Genesis that has had many of it's original parts replaced, but it still grills as well as the day I first bought it...
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    Anything to do in Reno?

    My boss is giving me a free room at Circus Circus for Friday and Saturday night. It's about a 2 hour drive from Sacramento... anything besides gambling to do there? I like everything: fine dining, outdoors stuff... really just for saturDAY and the night.
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    Thinking of a slight life change -- Navy Reserves

    So I am 31 years old, have a B.S. in Business Management, wife, house, no kids, and zero ties otherwise. I work for the State of California as an analyst making decent money, but nothing lavish by any means (even less, since Arnold wants to pay me min. wage...) Lately I have been thinking...
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    Going from 4gb to 8gb worth ~$100?

    I am wanting to spend money on my computer, but I don't want it to be for nothing. I have been researching all day, and I think the conclusion is that more often than not, another 4gb of DDR3 will not help load times or game frame rates. My choice is to: 1.) Buy another 7200.12 500gb HDD...
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    My WD SiliconEdge Blue Bench Review Thread

    I bought the Western Digital Silicon Edge Blue 64gb SSD this week for the low low price of $129 before tax and extra shipping(regular UPS was free in this case). I want to make a thread for this drive since there hasn't really been any coverage, aside from Anand's as-always-awesome review, but...
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    I want a Maine my excellent compatriot

    I want a big kitty, anyone on ATOT have one of these beasts?
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    Laptop RAM

    I have a few year old Dell Inspiron E1505 with a Core 2 Duo 1.66ghz and 2 gb of DDR667... I am going to buy a new hard drive for it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136280 But I am wondering if it would really be worth it to replace the 2x1gb sticks for 2x2gb sticks? As...
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    EA to start charging for online play...

    Looks like consoles only, but you know that if it's remotely successful that it will trickle to PC's soon enough: http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/how-playing-madden-online-could-cost-you-10/1398633 Discuss
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    Anyone play/like X3 Terran Conflict?

    Well...? I loved Freelancer and Wing Commander (all of them). I have heard that this is a worthy alternative since the space sim genre isn't all that prevalent. Steam is selling X3 Terran Conflict and Reumion for $14.99 or just X3 Terran Conflict for $9.99. Should I get this game, and if so...
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    Should I re-install Win 7 with new CPU and motherboard?

    I just bought a 160gb Intel SSD last week, so the install is pretty new, but over the weekend I hopped on the Fry's deal of the week and got a Core i5 750 and MSI P55 GD41 motherboard with Corsair XMS 1600 ram... anyway I didn't reinstall the OS... should I have? I installed the OS on the SSD...
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    Intel X-25M G2 160gb SSD $414 FREE SHIPPING

    Newegg is having a big SSD sale, but this one was the only one that really stood out to me: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-20167017-LM1C I'm not sure that drive has ever been that cheap... if I hadn't just bought my Dane-Elec Intel SSD, I would be all over this one...
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    Anyone know anything about Multiple Sclerosis?

    Sadly, my wife's cousin(with whom we are very close...) was just diagnosed with MS. She is 34 and just had her second child about 18 months ago. I really don't know much about the disease and what it's like to live with long and short term. Anyone have any experiences with it? I am trying to...
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    Dane-Elec X-18m

    I bought this SSD, couldn't pass up the deal at $150 shipped... anyway everything is installed and I am just wondering how the garbage collection function works... it has the most up to date firmware from Intel... do I just leave it idle overnight? I tried searching but couldn't find a...
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    What is up with PC Gamer...?

    I just got my Feb 2010 issue yesterday, and noticed that they have yet again replaced the editor in chief with Logan Decker, the newest tech editor... I have been a subscriber for almost 10 years, and it seems like in the last 2 they have gone through have a dozen editors... mostly for the...
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    Does alcohol impede fat-loss/burning?

    I am on the cusp of turning 31 next week, and as a result taking stock of my general well being as an almost 31 year old male. Sidebar: I have always worked out in some capacity since high school. In my late teens, early 20's I was in the gym a lot, and was benching 3 sets of 275, 10 reps...
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    Thinking about going to an HDTV as a monitor

    My current monitor is in my signature, and after almost 2 years, has been flawless. Alas, I am building my wife her own "pink" computer, and she has a list of hardware demands, two of which are nice monitor, and wall mounted monitor... Well I figure this is a golden opportunity for me to upgrade...
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    Alternative to Eyefinity? Multi-Monitor Gaming

    Current setup in sig... My buddy and I have a similar computer setup, except he has two of the monitors that I have, we both really want to go with a tri-monitor setup for widescreen gaming. I am willing to trade him my one monitor fro some cash towards the three that I will need to buy...
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    Dying Velociraptor...?

    Of late my 150gb VR has been giving me issues(I think). I have had random BSOD's on shutdown of Vista... some random programs and services stop working for no reason... and last night when playing co-op Red Alert 3(the way it should be done btw) with my buddy, he was loading every map waayyyy...
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    Why no multi-GPU benches for Lynnfield

    So I am I sort of confused why AT and other enthusiast sites don't do more same card, multi GPU comparisons of new chips when they come out. The only one that has done anything close was Firingsquad... when the i7 first came out 3D Guru did a really great review with tri-sli, sli, CF, and Quad...
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    Star Trek Online

    I just got my Oct. Edition of PCGamer... inside they have a Beta play-through of the MMO Star Trek game that is supposed to be out Q1 2010... I haven't seen any threads about this game on AT, so what are everyone's thoughts on this game? I found this "evolving" FAQ on the STO forums... so...
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    Corsair or Intel SSD?

    I am thinking about taking another stab at the newer SSD's. I was burned by the G skill Titan when it came out, but from what I've read the intel drive is as close to perfect as there currently is. There is also the p128 by corsair that has 128kb cache and a "self healing" ability... I was...
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    New platter drive(Velociraptor... etc) in the future?

    I was just kind of curious with all the hype/praise of SSD's lately, what are the big names in platter drives doing about all of this? The velociraptor, for example is a pinnacle of platter drive tech, but are there any plans to make this or any other drive like it faster, more competative with...