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    Are there any motherboards that support NVMe? Will there be backward compatability?

    If I understand this correctly, NVMe drives can have PCIe, SATA or M.2 interfaces. Without BIOS support, these drives will not be bootable. Without BIOS support, NVMe drives will work as additional storage only. Does this sound right? Will there be BIOS updates for existing motherboards or...
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    Kingston V300 NAND bait-and-switch - Has anyone managed to get a replacement?

    I just wanted to find out if owners of the new V300s with slower asynchronous NAND are complaining to Kingston about it? I have complained to Kingston and so far I'm not getting far with it. They just keep talking about ATTO benchmarks which use compressible data sets and don't detect the...
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    Flickering problem with AMD e350 and IdeaPad S205

    From what I've read so far, it seems that some AMD e350 systems are suffering from flickering screens. I'd like to find out if anyone else has similar problem or has heard of a solution. I have an IdeaPad S205 and it started flashing a horizontal line across the screen after I installed an SSD...
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    PoE LED floodlight?

    Why aren't there any PoE LED floodlights? It would be so easy if you could just run 2 ethernet cables for both the camera and the floodlight and not have to worry about power.
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    Advise needed on home network: 24 port Gb PoE switch, VPN router and Wireless APs

    I am planning on having a NAS storage and NAS backup, one or two wireless access points, and security cameras in the future. For a switch, I need 24 ports gigabit switch that supports PoE, teaming and port mirroring. Router: VPN support. I am hoping for something that is popular and has...
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    High SSD prices April 2011

    Is anyone else wondering why SSD prices are so high right now (both 25nm and 3xnm)? Here in the UK prices are as high as about 10 months ago! Is it high demand? Japan disaster? Can we expect prices to start falling again this year?
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    Needed: ATX motherboard w/ USB3, SATA3, PEG, 4 RAM slots

    I'm looking for a motherboard to fit in an ATX case (Sonata, but suggestions welcome). it should have SATA 3 USB 3 Cheapest HDMI option (i.e. integrated or fanless descrete) 4 Ram slots SATA3/USB3 not totally essential but I'm conscious of the fact that small boards have limited...
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    OCZ falsely advertising 25nm Vertex 2 drives?

    It seems that the 25nm edition Vertex 2 drives are advertised the same as the 34nm ones that everyone knows and uses. According to this, the 25nm drives are both SLOWER and SMALLER (in storage capacity) than the original Vertex 2s while their advertised speed and storage capacity are the same as...
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    25nm SSDs. Are OCZ using IMFT?

    I can see OCZ Vertex 2 25nm editions for sale here in the UK. Rumours are that they use IMFT memory. On one hand, it seems strange that Intel and Crucial are letting OCZ retail it before them but they could also be using OCZ to test the water. Those chips could also be very early samples (might...
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    Zenoss vs. Zabbix for desktop monitoring

    I'm trying to look at the utilization of about 20 desktops and make a decision where to upgrade or reshuffle. I think a 2 week sample of the CPU usage, memory usage, queue depth and total disk r/w bytes should be sufficient to make an informed decision. Zenoss and Zabbix seem like the more...
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    Monitoring system resources usage on many computers

    I am trying to find the best method to monitor usage of system resources on about a dozen computers on our network. I want to collect about a week or so of usage and plot it all to compare the machines and find the most underutilized. I am guess the best way to approach this is by looking...
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    Boot ISOs and multiple OS from USB

    I found this really nice tool that allows you to make your own multiboot USB drive, but the ISO choices are pre selected, you can't have more than one instance and can't be configured (as far as I know). http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-multiple-iso-from-usb-multiboot-usb/ I'm looking for...
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    Is an SSD worth it without AHCI? C300 on Nforce 520

    I have a laptop with and Nforce 520 for AMD but I don't think it supports AHCI. Can I expect reasonable performance without AHCI or is it not worth it. The SSD i'm looking for is C300 64GB. Can I still expect around 30MB/s r/w of random data and 100MB/s+ sequential read? the laptop I'm...
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    Notebooks with IPS or PVA panels

    Anyone know of laptops that have anything BUT displays with awful viewing angles? not interested in fruits...
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    Sorting List of Figures by page number in Word 2010 or 2007

    I'm making a list of figures but it doesn't sort properly... Here's what i get Figure 1 Figure 10 Figure 11 ... Figure 19 Figure 2 Figure 20 Figure 21 Using Word 2010 beta. I'll try and test with 2007 later but in the mean time if anyone knows how to sort the list of figures (table...
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    logon/lock screen Bacground on dual monitors in 7

    When the screen is locked in 7 my secondary monitor goes black and only the primary gets a background (default or custom). Is there a way to make the secondary monitor display anything other than a black bacground in the lock/logon screen?
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    Monitor IOPS / Resource Monitor in 7

    Is there any performance monitoring tool that can tell me about an HDD's load. Resource monitor only gives the total throughput for all devices and it doesn't show anything under storage if the drive is mounted in an NTFS folder. Is there a way to tweak Resource Monitor (at least report I/O in...
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    Intel Motherboard confusion. AMT/vPro and highend

    The marketing ppl have won against me. The following are genuine questions and not rants/flames. 1. Is Q57 the only chipset that supports AMT? Does it matter what CPU is used in order to make AMT work? 2. Other than X58 is intel making any high end chipsets now? AFAIK P55 only has 8 PCI-e...
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    Survey for helpdesk systems

    Hello, I'd really appreciate it if anyone who works or has worked in IT technical support complete this 10 question survey. It is for a university project. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/583XD6M Thanks!
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    Scheduling back ups to removable media and VM backups

    I'm using 7 64-bit and looking to try out the built in backup utility and I'm not sure about 2 things: 1. What if I schedule a backup everyday with a removable USB disk as the destination. Can I just rely on it to perform the backup as soon the disk is attached or do I have to make sure the...
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    How to change screen resolution at the logon screen (XP and above)

    I know you need to be logged on to change a screen's resolution in Windows but I recently noticed that when I resize VMware workstations, the resolution changes even if there is no one logged on. Can that be done through a script or a program. qres + psexec and other such utilities only work...
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    eSATA / FW 2.5" 500GB+ enclosure advice

    I'm looking for an enclosure for 2.5" SATA drives. I found the MX-25 which supports up to 500GB (the biggest i've found yet). Anyone have any comments about the the mx-25 or recommendations? also I needed a docking station too (blackx the best?) but i need the enclosure first...
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    Find the Monitor / Display Device/ TFT / CRT Name or Model

    I'm looking for a way to find the model number of a computer monitor. By monitor I mean the thing that gives you visual feedback from a computer and connects to the graphics card. I can't find much info on that because monitor and display are synonymous with way too many other computer stuff...
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    Laptop recommendations (with a reliable GPU!)

    Laptop recommendations (with a reliable GPU!) Looking for something with recent hardware such as DD3 and SATA II. It needs to support SSDs fully, (i.e. be able to set AHCI in the BIOS, support NCQ and so on) and virtualization tech. Also any insight into onboard graphics will be...
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    check VT-x is working, XP Mode, VirtualBox [Asus P5KPL]

    I'm testing out XP mode on an Asus P5KPL + E6750 c2d. I was wondering if there was a way to check if the vanderpool technology is being utilized in virtualbox (or any other visor). The problem is that whenever I start XP mode, it tells me that virtualization is not detected, but i've set it...
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    USB3.0 cases

    I'm looking at some full towers and wondering if they will support the upcoming usb spec. also, in the case of the Lian Li PC-B71, will the hard drive cage support sata 3? is it worth holding out or not? i'm hoping to get one as soon as i find a decent eatx with 5+ 3.5" drives... what is it...
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    Load Balance ethernet and wireless connection

    Can a computer be connected to a network wirelessly and wired at the same time. I know that the obvious answer is NO because the least problem you will get is a duplicate name on the network. My scenario is that we have a wireless network in my workplace. Some of us have laptops that are...
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    "Documents and Settings" on RAM or flash

    i have managed to move the entire Documents and Settings (and hence user profiles) to a drive letter other than where the system resides (d: instead of c: ) thanks to EULA. i'm now trying to move the d: partition on an entirely separate device. how do i tell windows to read/write to the new...
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    volume game license

    hope this is the right section. i'm thinking of starting a computer game society in my college and was wondering if anyone has any knowledge regarding licensing. i've read in some forums that for UNREAL one license is enough for unlimited number of players in a LAN... doesn't sound right...
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    redirecting "documents and settings" or user profiles to another drive

    is there a way in windows xp to force anyone that logs on to have their entire profile go to a location other than \documents and settings? i'm trying to set up a few computers where AD users' profiles go to a ramdisk
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    card readers - need a good one

    am i not looking hard enough or are there no card reader discussions/reviews. anywho, i'm looking for a card reader that can read the newest memory cards (sdhc mostly) and one that also has USB ports. i'm not sure if there is a special chipset i should be looking for or are they all the...
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    ~300gb single platter PATA hard.

    or maybe a SATA version with a decent pci (parallel) sata controller also, what's the best way to find out how many platters an hdd has? manufacturers and reviews rarely mention it
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    i-ram and vista

    we all know that i-ram helps boot xp faster but the difference isn't huge compared to a fast hdd. i wonder what is the difference with vista. is it much much faster booting vista from i-ram or just "meh... it's better i guess" like it was with xp. how about linux? and finally, will there...
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    vista questions

    1: how is memory management in vista changed? i remember reading somewhere that even if you installed 4gb of ram it would still be a good idea to keep virtual memory on since it is an integral part of xp's memory manager. is vista as reliant on virtual memory? also how much ram is allocated to...
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    renewable energy power plant too good to be true?

    a bunch of kites attached to a carousel producing as much power as a nuclear power plant but at a fraction of the cost (both in terms of construction and power generated). link main site
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    cm stacker stc-t01 vs 8*0

    i need a big case for anything and to last me long. the way i understand it, 810 is a sever version and 820 is the upgrade to stc-t01 and the 830 is something like 820x (just a facelift). i am not actually interested in the 830 because i don't like cases with front doors. i would have...
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    bsod with dfi lanparty sli-dr

    dfi lanparty sli-dr bios ver. 6.0pg (from cpu-z) amd athlon64 3000+ 1gig dual channel corsair value series ati x700 one wd 80gb pata and one wd 160gb sata generic 300w psu this is a friend's pc. it draws about the same power as my pc so i swapped the psus and there were still bsods. now...
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    solar dishes in the middle of a desert

    news article main site(?) i know a little about the stirling engine and that this technique is three times more efficient at extracting sun energy than photovoltaic cells. anyone else know more?
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    career in networking/it

    i'm getting some really mixed messages here. ccna is not worth much now, ok but what about ccnp and ccie. i'm reading about mad salaries that are possible for network engineers. is that still true? how do you get there. university degree? cisco and *nix certs?
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    ps2 logitech cordless action controller

    http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/produ...details/US/EN,CRID=2277,CONTENTID=8157 would those work with rechargeable nickel metal hydride 1.2v aa batteries. i had a wireless logitech mouse that would just only work with 1.5v aa batteries (not rechargeable). the rechargeable ones would not...