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    5 yr old uATX case compatible with current mobos?

    I have a 5 year old HP D5100 Core2/Yorkdale system that I've nursed along with memory and disk upgrades, but it's finally showing signs of shakiness (random blue screens from the Radeon graphics card) and perhaps the time for an upgrade is here. My use is mostly photo/video editing...
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    decent video digitizer for Vista64?

    My wife asked me to digitize a half-dozen old Hi8 tapes taken on a 10-year-old Sony camcorder. The camcorder's best output is S-Video. I'll probably use some recent version of Windows Movie Maker to compile the various clips onto a couple of DVDs. Can anyone recommend a decent <$100 video...
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    Utility to read Smart Battery info (SBD or SM Bus) from laptop battery?

    Anyone know of a utility, either buried in the depths of Windows or a 3rd party app, that can read and display all available data from a 'smart' laptop battery pack? I know the battery 'fuel gauge' info typically comes out via this data bus, and I suspect there's a lot more available such as...