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    Aggrevating Boot Issue

    I've been building and troubleshooting PCs since the early 90s, but I'm having an issue with my father's PC that I'm having a heck of a time isolating. I put the machine together for him back in November, and he's had no issues until this week. After the machine sits overnight, it won't boot...
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    Low power linux box ideas

    I didn't see any threads more recent than 5 or so years ago, so I thought I'd ask. I'd like to buy or build an ultra-low power linux box, and I'm not sure what's out there these days, or in that market segment. Ideally, it'd be able to run a full (if minimal) linux distro. I'm planning to...
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    GPU Upgrade On "Older" System?

    Hey all. I was thinking about upgrading my video card to a single 6870, 6950, or 560ti -- or other, I'm open -- and was wondering (a) whether my current setup would really benefit, (b) which you'd recommend, and (c) whether my PS is still adequate for all of the above. (I figure the answer...
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    Time to upgrade? Preliminary help

    Hey all. I haven't kept up with video much over the past four years or so. I'm thinking about upgrading my video card(s) and not sure where my current setup stands performance-wise against the latest, what would be a decent upgrade, and what would be the best bang-for-my-buck. I thought I'd...
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    Upgrading; Hardware Advice?

    Hey all. I'm putting together my first major system upgrade since 2002 soon and am looking to order this weekend. I was going to hold off a little longer, but I started by buying a Dell 2407wfp (which I love) and now I need the system to back it up :-) My current rig is an Athlon XP 2600+...
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    Laptop Backpack & Carry On

    Hey all. I'm going to be studying (law) in Europe for 2.5 months this summer and doing a good bit of traveling as well. I don't want a lot of baggage dragging me down (in fact, I'd prefer not to check any luggage on the planes either.) Since most airlines allow two carry-on items, I'm looking...
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    SSL / Sign-in Problems

    Hey all. I've been having some odd issues the last few days signing in to certain secure sites. I can sign in at my university webmail and at paypal, and to some other SSL sites. I can't sign in to Sprint to pay my phone bill, can't sign in to my bank, and I can't sign in to eBay. I...
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    Riddle me this... 802.11 issue

    Right. So I went from Windows XP Home Edition w/ SP1 to Windows XP Pro w/ SP2 on my laptop. That's basically the only change. 99% of my drivers, etc were up to date. The problem: My wireless signal is consistantly weaker, using the laptop in the same places I always had. Whereas I usually...
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    Connection sharing / Dropping Internet

    Hey all. I'm having an odd problem. I have my main box with two integrated NICs. NIC #1 is connected to my broadband router downstairs. NIC #2 has a crossover cable to my linux box. I have XP's internet connection sharing on on the main box. The linux box, everything works great. The windows...
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    Backup Software/Script

    I finally got abround to seting up a small linux server to keep backups of my music, etc. 80Gbx2 in a Raid-1 array + samba, then mapped as a network drive on my main box with winXP. I copied over all of my stuff. Now, what I'd like is a simple way to periodically (probably manually) check for...
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    Laptop Advice

    Ok. Time to get a laptop. I'm currently leaning towards a Dell Inspiron 8200 or a Compaq Presario 2100. I genally dislike Compaq, but I borrowed a Compaq laptop for a while, and seemed fine. Budget: $1000-$1200 Want (min.): Screen : 15", the more res. the better...
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    Yet more new motherboard advice :)

    I hate to post another question like this to the forum when there are so many others like it, but I've been out of touch with the mobo market for about 18 months and like customized responses ^_^ I'm having problems with sound crackling on my sound card (Philips Seismic Edge 5.1) I've tried...
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    Liteon 24x burner DAO/Nero problem

    Hey. Has anyone else had any problems burning images in Nero? I ripped a couple of CDs to Nero .nrg files and when I loaded them to burn, Nero spat back : Start of burn process at 16x(2400KB/s) Invalid field in parameter Could not perform start of Disc At Once Burn Process Failed at...
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    Linux + Icecast +Winamp + MPG123 question

    Ok. Here's the deal. I'm using winamp with the shoutcast plugin to stream audio to a linux box running an icecast server. The linux box is connected to my roomate's really, really nice receiver/speakers and I've been using mpg123 to play the stream out to the receiver. I'd like some way to not...
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    GeForce Family

    Ok. So I was wondering, how exactly do the GeForces rank? GeForce256, GeForce 2, GeForce3, obviously. Someone was telling me that my original GeForce DDR was better than some of the the GeForce2 MX. I can't find benchmarks comparing all of them anywhere... In terms of absolute performance, how...
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    GeForce Family

    Ok. So I was wondering, how exactly do the GeForces rank? GeForce256, GeForce 2, GeForce3, obviously. Someone was telling me that my original GeForce DDR was better than some of the the GeForce2 MX. I can't find benchmarks comparing all of them anywhere... In terms of absolute performance, how...
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    Upgrade advice - video and mobo/cpu

    Time to upgrade the old computer while I can still sell the current parts to offset cost. :) This system is used for everything from gaming to (hobby) animation to some pretty major programming & compiling, under Win2k & Linux. I was wondering. How great of performance gains are there really...
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    CD Burner buying time...the choices

    Well, my Plextor 8/4/32 decided to die, just a couple months past warranty. And Plextor would be "happy" to charge me $100 + shipping to try refurbishing it. Yeah, ok. So I think its time to get a new drive. Seeing how everyone says Plextor is really great (I liked mine 'till it...