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    MS3 Power loss/boost cut

    Lately I've been experiencing a pretty significant loss of power in my 2007 Mazdaspeed 3, but only under rather specific conditions: Any gear Fairly heavy throttle (not necessarily WOT) 3000-3500 rpm Possibly cold temps? Essentially, I can accelerate hard all I want, but when the...
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    Shock replacement cost (mainly labor)

    After a lovely trip to Michigan, the rear shock on the passenger side of my 2007 Mazdaspeed 3 seems to be shot (nice puddle of oil under it on my garage floor). What sort of labor cost should I be expecting to replace the shock? I'm at 36.5k miles, and well over 3 years, so I'm sure it's not...
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    PCI-E Expansion on H55 boards

    Does anyone know if using the on-chip video from a Core i3 processor will prevent the use of the first PCI-E x16 slot on an H55 motherboard with a normal expansion card? I'm looking to use two Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 SAS controllers, which are PCI-E x4 cards. If it'll work with on-chip...
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    Unnatural blockiness?

    I've noticed a problem in a number of my shots, where small natural details end up looking really blocky for some reason. I've noticed this particularly on things like foliage in the distance. Leaves end up looking like smeared, small lines of relatively solid color. Here's an example from a...
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    Intel X-18M 80GB 1.8" (Dane-Elec) - $189.99 Free Shipping

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820157021 Promo Code: EMCMMMV43 This appears to be the 1.8" 80GB X-18M, packaged along with some adapters by Dane-Elec. No mention of whether it's G1 or G2, but seems like a pretty good deal either way.
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    Favre signs with Vikings!

    It shall never end!! http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/53566432.html Officially signed! http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4406963
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    Polk Audio Monitor 50

    I've been wanting to upgrade my speakers for quite a while, and just saw in my email that Newegg has the Polk Audio Monitor 50 on sale for $89.99 per speaker, with free shipping. Does anyone have experience with this speaker? Online reviews seem generally positive, but it's always nice to get a...
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    Arizona sample photos

    Just got back from my vacation to Arizona. It was a great time, really got to make use of my new lenses between spring training baseball games and the Grand Canyon. I took about 2,500 shots over 10 days, so I'm hoping to end up with a couple hundred really decent shots for keeping after I get...
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    Sigma 70-300 APO DG Macro

    So after my earlier post asking for thoughts about which lenses to rent for my upcoming trip, I did a little more looking around, and decided to try the Sigma 70-300mm APO DG Macro. It just arrived yesterday, and I did a little quick testing with the macro setting. All scaled down from the...
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    Which lens to rent...

    I'm going on vacation in mid-March, and am considering renting a lens to use with my Nikon D70s. The problem is that the two reasons for the trip (MLB spring training and the Grand Canyon) sort of call for different kinds of lenses. Ideally, I would rent both the Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 and the...
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    Inexpensive, reliable winter vehicle?

    I'm considering picking up a second vehicle to use during the winter so that I don't have to take the Mazdaspeed3 out in nasty weather. It runs really poorly in cold weather, and I'd just rather not subject it to Wisconsin winter weather as much as possible. It occurred to me that I might be...
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    Burning multiple DVDs at the same time?

    Has anyone ever attempted this? I'm looking to speed up the rate at which I am able to archive a large amount of video. My sole burner (Lite-On 16x SATA) recently failed, so I thought maybe I would pick up a pair of new SATA drives to replace it. Am I going to run into throughput problems...
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    Vacation Photos

    I took a two week vacation to Japan with a friend from college recently, and had an absolute blast. We were able to stay in Tokyo with his parents, so that cut down our costs immensely. Highlights of the trip included various places in Tokyo, the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Suzuka, temples and...
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    Scorching Anime Deal @ RightStuf

    Just caught this one last night. For all the anime lovers here, RightStuf is currently running a sale on Geneon merchandise. You can get 10 items for $50 or 25 items for $100. Items from this list are applicable, and the needed promo codes are available on RightStuf's main page. The deal ends...
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    Seagate 7200.10 750GB - $335.99

    ZZF currently has the massive 750GB 7200.10 listed at $335.99. This is by far the cheapest I've seen this drive - the egg has the same drive listed for $499!
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    Airport Photography

    On my upcoming trip to Japan in October, I would ideally like to take some pictures of the airport terminals as well. However, I'm wondering what policies might be related to this due to all the security crap in recent years. I've looked around online, but I haven't really been able to find...
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    Shallow HTPC Case

    I'd like to move my HTPC into a real HTPC case so that it can go into my entertainment center and not be sitting outside all by itself. The problem lies in the fact that my entertainment center is fairly old, and as a result, is not really deep enough to hold most of the HTPC cases I've seen...
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    Overloaded/dying router?

    I'm not entirely sure what to make of the problems I'm experiencing with my router. It's your basic D-Link DI-604 broadband router, which I've been completely happy with until very recently. I only have 3 computers connected to it, but I'm wondering if I'm overloading it somehow anyway...
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    DSLR vs. Airport Security

    Is there anything to be worried about for a DSLR and the scanning machines that airport security uses. Saturday will be the first time I've flown since I switched from film to a Nikon D70s, and I really don't want to chance ruining it. I can't think of any reason why there would be an issue...
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    Network Trials

    Recently, I've been having some troubles with my network that seem to be stemming from my DI-604 broadband router. Essentially, it seems to be disconnecting from the LAN for some unknown reason. It may actually be rebooting completely, but I can't really verify this, as my connection to the...
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    Emachines Weirdness

    I am having some trouble with an Emachines 333id. The computer originally was brought in to replace a modem. This was done, and tested to work correctly. However, the computer is also having some sort of a power on issue. It will only power up correctly maybe once out of every ten to fifteen...
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    Better LCDs, what the heck

    Ok. I am sitting here looking at a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop that just came into the office. It has a gorgeous LCD using 1400x1050 resolution. Why aren't there stand alone LCD displays that boast resolutions similar to this on the same screen size? Or am I just blind and missing them? Please...
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    nForce with Svideo? uATX?

    I am looking to put together a small HTPC type machine with mostly spare parts that I have around. However, I'd like to base it on a nForce motherboard if possible, primarily due to the AC3 encoder. Are there any nForce boards that have S-video out headers? Even better, a microATX version of the...
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    Velcro Mesh Tubing - Edited

    Recently on a site, I saw some mesh tubing similar to that which comes on Antec and Enermax power supplies, but that has a velcro seam so that it can be simply wrapped around the cables without having to take all the connectors off. However, I am now unable to find the site. If anyone knows of a...
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    Hard Drive Problems (MaxBlast??)

    Hello again, I'm back with another strange situation. I am trying to help a friend of mine get her computer upgraded. Originally, she had a Dell Pentium II system, but has bought a new P3, motherboard, RAM, case, etc. The only things she is really keeping from the old system are the original...
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    Crazy Boot Problem

    One of our computers in the office recently fried, so we are replacing the motherboard & processor with an ASUS TUSI-M and a Celeron 533. I am running into an issue in that when I hit the power button, the computer will not power up. Instead, it seems to be trying to repeatedly power on; this is...
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    crazy downloading problems

    I've noticed a problem with downloading some files from various media on the internet (IRC, FTP, Web), where it will download to a certain point, and then simply hang and go no further. This spot seems to be at a different completion percentage with each file, but for each file, it always stops...
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    crazy downloading problem

    I've noticed a problem with downloading some files from various media on the internet (IRC, FTP, Web), where it will download to a certain point, and then simply hang and go no further. This spot seems to be at a different completion percentage with each file, but for each file, it always stops...
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    Hard drive detection problems

    I'm having trouble getting a computer that I am working on to detect a Western Digital WD400BB 40GB hard drive. It works fine with the 2 Seagate Cheetah drives that are installed in I, but the BIOS will simply not recognize that the IDE drive is present. I have tried just about every cable...
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    pico for windows?

    I was just wondering if anyone knew of a version of the pico editor that will run on windows. I'm looking to do some programming, and I'd prefer to use pico rather than notepad... Thanks for any advice!
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    Decent ~$50 Mid-tower ideas?

    I am looking to get a new case for my Duron. I can only put about $50 into the case itself, due to some temporary financial constraints. I am currently looking at the Inwin S500. Does anyone have any remarks about this case or ideas on other cases that might fit my needs? Thanks much!
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    User banned?

    My friend is at home on spring break right now, and upon trying to post a message to the forums, he gets the following message: << You have been forbidden to post/reply or edit a message in these forums >> He goes by the username Achelmer. We were wondering if this means that he has been...
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    Small, Decent ATX Case?

    Hey all, I was just wondering if any of you had any ideas on what some good, very small ATX cases are. Right now I have an Addtronics 7896A, but I am going to need as small a case as possible that will still fit a normal ATX mainboard &amp; power supply, and have 2 external 5.25&quot; drive...
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    Preconfigured RC5 Client for Macs?

    Seasons Greetings all! In the Christmas spirit, I am working on an assimilation to help in our fight against the DPC. ;) For this assimilation to be as quick and easy as possible, I need a preconfigured client that is able to run on Macintosh computers. I don't know if this is even possible...
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    Help with pproxy stats!

    Hey guys, I'm working on getting a pproxy set up here on my win2k machine. The pproxy itself seems to be working fine, but I can't get the statistics perl script to compile properly. I think I have everything set up right, but this is the first time i've done this. The command i am trying is...
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    Evangelista Passed!!! The Macs Have Fallen!!!!

    Woooooooooomooooooooooooo!!! :D Way to go guys!!!!!!!!! :D:D:D Overall Stats: 2(1) AnandTech 23-Oct-1997 30-Jun-2000 982 2,159 978,660.85 309,326,812 3(1) Team EvangeLista (Macs Rule! :-) 23-Oct-1997 30-Jun-2000 982 4,116 978,623.63 309,315,049