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    Supermicro Twin Server Motherboard, easy to run solo?

    I saw deals for the Supermicro Twin Motherboards X8DTT-F (Dual LGA1366 DDR3 $30). However, the supermicro manual talks about both SSI Standard Power Connectors and 20-pin Proprietary Power Connectors. So is this something that would be easy to rewire with a 6" ATX power extension cable...
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    Troubleshoot LCD Monitor Flicker only on HDMI?

    I sold a PowerColor 280x Video Card on ebay... Now the buyer refuses to call the manufacture tech support and is not a native English speaker. ben-q gl2460hm....resolution 1920 x 1080 ....win 7 asrock fatal1ty with fx8350 ,,psu 1000watt corsair. Updated drivers. The LCD connected...
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    Asrock Warranty no cross ship, 1y or 3r? transferable?

    Apparently Asrock's Motherboard warranty does not offer cross ship replacement. I'm Surprised that they did not offer this at an extra charge or with a credit card to secure. http://www.asrock.com/support/index.asp?cat=Policy Asrock at that link above reports a 1 year warranty, but newegg...
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    Video Card Returned, but passed FurMark & 3DMark

    EBay buyer returned the card I sold HD7970. It passed FurMark 1080p for 30+ min both before and after sale. I also ran 3DMark Fire Strike and Cloud Diver benchmarking without issues. Update: Ran FurMark now for an hour and still looks good. Inspected everywhere especially the PCIe...
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    Qubes OS: Security by Isolation: Financial/Work/Web/Network Stack/...

    Qubes seams to be an impressive idea. It makes it easy to keep your Financial in one VM and separate from your other tasks like work, personal, ... It also places the networking stack in a separate unprivileged VM and lets you create disposable VMs. It runs on a Xen baremetal Hypervisor and...
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    HP Quad Gigabit Ethernet, NC364T, Windows 8 Drivers?

    Windows 8 Enterprise does not see my NIC adapter at all in Device Manager. HP Quad Gigabit Ethernet, NC364T Do I have a driver issue or could the Ebay Adapter be DOA? NIC Firmware issue? Nothing marked yellow/red in Device Manager and nothing missing a driver. Only my onboard Intel NIC is...
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    Infiniband or 10GB Ethernet => storage server/NAS?

    In a home environment, I'm wondering if I can do a direct connect (cross-over?) Infaband link between my main PC and my ZFS Storage Server (Ethernet ok to other PCs) or if its a better idea to do 10GB Ethernet. Currently Running Community Nexenta Latest and Win8 Pro RTM. I'm looking to do...
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    Corsair Obsidian Series, 900T, October 2012?

    Obsidian Series, 900T? I can't find anything new and it was to be out in October. http://www.overclock.net/t/1297712/mizukicommunity-corsair-900d-godzilla-unveiled
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    Grandmother Simplified PC

    My grandmother is over 90 and lives in another state. She really has trouble with her PC and multiple windows. I'm thinking something like a Chromebox may work well or even something more simplified. She only uses the Internet for webmail but we are working on expanding that with a DSL option...
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    New SSD Roadmaps? Intel/...

    Good to see the new Samsung 840 SSDs. Where is Intel since I though their next generation SSD would be back to using their own controller? Any other big SSD launches in the next 6 months?
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    FreeNAS Smartd?

    smartd on Freenas seams to have issues. Why does it keep trying to start it self in the log below? Checking the /var/run/smartd.pid is does have a process number 7250. I'm not sure how to investigate/fix. I also have one 500gb seagate disk that failed the long generic seatools test, but zfs...
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    WD Red NAS HDs, hard to find stock?

    It appears not many places are carrying WD Red Hard Drives. NewEgg/Dell/PC Connection all report sold out or long lead times on the 2TB and 3TB models. WD30EFRX WD20EFRX http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=810 Anyone hear about how long the lead time will be? Alternative source...