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    Windows 7 xp mode

    Ok at work we have a couple Dell Precision m4600 laptops. These were ordered at the end of 2011, first of 2012 and came loaded up with windows 7. The version of 7 they came with had "xp mode" which we use at work on a daily basis. If I am correct, the current versions of 7 that Dell ships do...
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    Samsung 2tb HD204UI is it shot?

    Ok I had something weird over the weekend. On friday when I turned on my computer, my 2tb samsung drive gave a AHCI port error. Two times in a row the computer failed to boot because it flagged a error on that port during post. On the third attempt it booted normally, but every disk checking...
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    ssd pci speed tolerance?

    Ok I know this is something not many have probably dealt with, I have a older socket 754 system I am letting my son use for the next few months until I upgrade and kick my current system his way. This board has sata ports, so I plan to put a older ssd (owc 3g 40gb drive) on it to give it a much...
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    Video Card Reccomendation for amd system

    I am running a amd x4 610e (o/c to 2.8 ghz) htpc system as my main rig for probably another year or so, until I can afford a complete new build. It has 4gb ram, a ssd drive etc. The motherboard has crappy onboard graphics, and I want to stick in a video card that will have fairly low power...
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    Apc es500 vs es550

    I have two apc units at work, one is a es500 (be500r) the other is a es550 (be550r) They both have the same number of outlets, both take the same size battery, so is there any benefit at all to one over the other?
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    Antec 300-150 isk

    I have this case purchased and ready to build a system with. I am thinking the route I want to go is a haswell 3220 pentium. I have read these have power states that don't always work right with certain power supplies. Is this going to be a problem? From reviews I have read, the power supply...
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    suggestion for a good 8x dvdrw laptop burner

    I know most here don't probably study optical drives anymore much. I am building my parents a mini itx system with the 300-150 isk antec case and they want a optical drive. At first I had in mind to get a slot load, but those seem hard to find now, and the prices are silly, something like 70...
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    what is a good router for <$50.00

    Ok, my router recently stopped working, wired ports work but the wireless radio died. I see alot of nice routers with high speed and some fancy features but they all cost upwards of 80 or 100 dollars. I don't game, general usage is just maybe two or three computers going at a time, smart...
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    Antec isk 300-150 alternative?

    is there anyone that makes a case as small or smaller than the 300-150? Obviously you would have to use a external pico type power supply but that's fine, I am just looking for the smallest thing possible but something like the antec that actually fits components and is not cheesy etc. I have...
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    Lite-on ssd firmware?

    at work I have a dell precision m4600. This has a lite-on LAT-128M2S drive in it. From some research I have figured out this is the exact same drive as the Plextor PX-128m2s drive. Now here is the problem. Plextor seems to release more firmware, and I can get a more up to date firmware...
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    windows 8 consumer preview on latitude d610

    I have a customer's computer a latitude d610, that I am trying to get windows 8 to work on. I have got it all installed and it went off without a hitch, the system has 1.5gb ram so it has enough hardware specs to run it. the issue is, it will not load a sound driver? I have tried letting the...
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    BATMAN Arkham City

    For christmas I bought my wife a samsung 830ssd. It was supposed to come with a free batman arkham city code and didn't :rolleyes: They forgot to put it in the box I guess. After gobs of support emails I have secured the code. My issue is now, where in the heck do i download the game? I...
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    Windows 7 xp mode driver issues?

    Here at work, we are using windows 7 with xp mode. Basically windows xp runs in a virtual machine on top of win 7. It works fairly well in some aspects, but we are using autocad which we use dual scroll wheel mice for. These mice have a custom driver obviously where you can setup the wheels...
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    Where can I find a dual scroll wheel mouse?

    This may seem like a silly question, I know they still make these, but usually the ones I can find are some multi function 60 dollar gaming mouse or something. For years where I work we have used A4tech mice such as this one http://www.a4tech.com/product.asp?cid=&scid=&id=22 a time or two we...
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    ps3 media server question

    I have a ps3 & never did streaming on it, I knew it didn't play many formats, and now I figured out ps3 media server had been out for years haha. Now I downloaded it, and fiddling about getting it to work. Right now I am still on wireless, but will change that over to wired soon. I have the...
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    Small netbook/ notebook suggestions?

    Ok here is the deal. At the end of the year, I am going to be passing down my lenovo ideapad s12 to my daughter so she can use it for her schoolwork etc. I have upgraded it to 3gb of ram and I like everything about this computer except the crappy atom cpu. I want to find a replacement for it...
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    Sandforce 2281 firmware

    I have a OWC mercury pro 6gb 128gb drive. I have gotten some random bsod with it so far. Some days it won't do it at all, other's it might do it two or three times. I have not lost any data or anything catastrophic but it's pretty lame to have a 300 dollar harddrive acting this way. I know...
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    MSI H61M-e23 wont install windows

    HI, I am hoping someone here can help me. This weekend I helped my buddy put together a new rig with all brand new parts.It has a i3 2100, msi h61m-e23 matx board, corsair 430 psu, 8gb crucial ram and a samsung470 64gb ssd. The board will post and do all bios functions and I have even flashed...
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    Help with silverlight plugin issue

    On my htpc, I am having a problem with the silverlight plugin. Basically, awhile back I got a bug where silverlight 4 quit working with netflix. It would give a error that said the date was possibly set wrong on my computer, and it could not play drm content etc. I did some research and found...
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    What is the best internal sata dvdrw burner?

    As the subject says what is the best? By best I mean fastest I don't care if it's loud or anything like that. I can't seem to find any recent reviews or anything at all that isn't a few years old. Some of us still use optical drives :P Anyway, on my last rig I had a asus 24x lightscribe...
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    Samsung F4 2TB HD204UI firmware?

    What the heck...I just got a brand new f4 2tb samsung drive, to put in my htpc, and it plainly has 2011.07 as the manuf. date, however the drive says REV. A, and the firmware is still showing to be the troublesome 1AQ10001 firmware, which as I understand it can cause problems if a smart device...
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    Looking for a mini case

    HI I am looking for advice on a small case to build a 2500k sandy bridge system in. I will be using a matx motherboard. I was all set on buying a fractal designs arc mini case, but there are non available! I guess newegg will carry them eventually but who knows when. The only place to buy...
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    sandy bridge z68 mb advice?

    Alright I have grown past tired of waiting for bd, so I will probably go ahead and build a 2500k rig. What I would like to do is to use the fractal designs arc mini case, which will only take matx boards. Which is the best available to use? Newegg has a few gigabyte boards, a asus, and a msi...
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    weird windows 7 app problem??

    Ok I hope someone can help me with this. This problem is infuriating! I have had it happen now several times. I am running win 7 64 bit, and dual monitors if that matters. Anyway, for a few days now, I turn on the computer from a cold boot and let windows come up and then after a few minutes I...
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    k10stat and suspend questions

    Alright I don't exactly know which forum is best for this so I will stick it here. I have recently built a htpc with biostar a880g+, & 5200 regor cpu. I am happy with the cpu. I have played with k10stat, and am able to run stable at 2.5ghz (218x11.5) on 1.0125 vcore! I can run 400mhz low as .68...
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    ssd on amd setup question

    alright I hope someone can shed some light on this for me. This weekend I am putting together a htpc system for the house. I have a 40gb owc mercury ssd boot drive for it. I am going to be using win7 64 bit, and I am clean installing, so I know it will setup trim and configure stuff pretty...
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    tv tuner card advice

    I plan to finally put together a htpc computer parts seem powerful and cheap enough that the time is right. here is what I have so far, nmedia 6000b case, a rosewill 400 watt psu. Probably isn't 80 percent efficient but It was free and it would take awhile to save 50 bucks worth of elec. I...
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    samsung f3 short stroke questions

    Hi, I am setting up a computer for my daughter to use, and play games on etc. I put a 500gb f3 spinpoint on it. I let windows format the drive, and installed win 7, and then a bunch of update. I decided after the fact that I may as well short stroke the drive to keep the speed high, because...
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    amd pricing

    I know the sandy bridge release is just around the corner, jan 11th or so right? Does anyone know if the current pricing on amd chips will drop in conjunction with that release?
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    am3 motherboard reccomendation

    I have some christmas cash, and decided to do a build. I am trying to find deals, I have bought the case (pck62), & psu (antec neo 620). I at first liked the looks of the biostar 890fxe, & was willing to give up usb 3.0, but I see that recent shipments do not have the media remote that the...