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    PC diagnostics

    I have a relative that is having pop ups and various other issues. I'm stopping by her place on the way back from vacation and would like some suggestions on what to bring with me. What are you guys using now a days to scan for spyware/bloatware viruses etc? I haven't done this for a while...
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    Hot Deals

    I see a bunch of deals that have been dead for some time. Can you make it a rule that if you post a hot deal, that you monitor the deal until it is dead and then edit your thread title? (DEAD DEAL) I am constantly checking for new deals and find it annoying that people post them and they sit...
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    Logitech g9x profiles

    I've got 2 of these mice. I love to game with them(FPS mostly). They feel great, track well, and I like the buttons. My question is, who uses the built in memory for profiles? I haven't messed with it. I guess I don't know what it is really for. When I configure my keys for games, I do it...
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    Any Killing Floor Players

    I'm really into this game right now. I don't know exactly why, maybe it's the Zombies, the teamwork, the choices of player classes, rank and weapons. Also the game has several skill levels to make it more interesting as you get better and a wide range of available maps for different skill...
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    2001 Toyota Highlander Transmission

    My wife has a 2002 Highlander with an automatic transmission. We had the transmission flushed a year and half ago. A few months ago it stopped shifting into 4th gear. It will run fine for about 10 minutes and then it stops shifting at third gear. We took it back to the shop where it was...
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    Troubleshooting sound problem

    Hi, I've got an issue with my receiver. Basically I have a 5.1 system with an Onkyo receiver and a 12" subwoofer. This is hooked up to my HTPC via HDMI cable. Everything was working fine for the last 6 months. I built some built ins(shelves) and moved the receiver up to the top shelf and...
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    Need recommendations for battery charger

    Hey all, A few weeks ago I was watching my daughter and we heard a "BANG" from the kitchen.. Turns out a battery exploded while on the charger. It was a cheapo rechargeable AA battery on a decent quality charger: http://www.amazon.com/Powerex-MH-C80...306833&sr=8-34 The exploding...
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    Heat Pump

    Ok, I have a rental property in a not so great neighborhood. This is a small house built in 1958. One of my previous tenants worked in the HVAC field and due to an unpaid gas bill decided to tear out whatever I had there for heating/cooling and put in what I assume is a heat pump. Well my...
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    Antivirus

    Any recommendations for free Antivirus besides Microsoft's security essentials? I had my mom on AVG free but it has gone downhill. Anything else out there that is free but decent?
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    Interest Rates

    My wife and I are getting ready to sell our townhouse in the next month or two(hopefully). We were planning on getting a single family house since the interest rates have been so low. We just had our first child recently and would like to have another baby in a larger home. Rates jumped this...
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    Work place going downhill

    My enjoyment of the workplace has slowly deteriorated. We are a government contractor who used to have our own office building but they moved us into a cube farm with all the other contractors to save money. They are slowly peeling back the things we used to enjoy doing when we weren't busy...
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    Onboard Raid question

    A friend of mine has all of his pictures, music and videos on 3 hard drives in raid 5 attached to his motherboard. No backup of course. The motherboard just took a nosedive and won't boot up. If I configure 3 sata ports on a different motherboard for raid 5 and plug in the drives, is there...
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    Quake 4...problem

    Ok, i have spent over three hours working on this issue, but can't get it working. I reinstalled windows XP yesterday, and started loading up my games. Q4 is the only one giving me problems. I loaded the latest nvidia drivers, and directx9c. The motherboard drivers are all loaded from the cd...
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    Printer refill issues

    Ok , i'm sick and tired of HP printers. The ink cartridges can only be refilled a random number of times until something in them decides it's done, and then you can't clean, prime or print squat. Once that happens you have to put a new cartridge in or your hosed. I'm tired of paying $30 for a...
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    *DEAD* Kegerator...$429 plus shipping @ Outpost

    Nice deal on this. They have one at costco for $599 in stainless, but you pay tax and i'd rather have it in black anyway.. http://shop4.outpost.com/product/3603725;jsessionid=2cpmddMNI6SpT2cd7NHWoA**.node2?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
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    *DEAD* 500 Gig Maxtor SATA 2 drive $169 shipped

    At Outpost.com http://shop3.outpost.com/product/4551377
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    Dell SC400 Question

    I got a Dell server model SC400 a while back and recently swapped the CPU out from a p4 2.4 gig to a Prescott 3.0 gig CPU. I didn't replace the heatsink / Fan setup that came with the case because it's proprietary and is extremely quiet. Now whenever I try to rip a dvd or process a DVD the...
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    Screen Resolution ?

    I got an Olevia 27 inch LCD TV not too long ago that I use as my main montior. I have 3 pc's hooked up to it through a kvm using the analog connection. The best looking resolution for the monitor is 1280 x 720 (16 x 9). I recently upgraded 2 of the 3 pc's to shuttle's with integrated video...
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    quirky cpu

    Hey everyone, I was building my friend a new machine designed for dvd burning on a budget. He chose an xp 1600 cpu for that reason. the mobo was an ecs kt 600a board. 512 ddr 400. When all the parts arrived, I assembled everything and powered on his system. the fans spun up, but we got...
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    A few gamers needed Fairfax VA area

    I've got a sweet setup in my basement with a server and 8 decent computers(Xp 2400's dual channel 2x 512 ddr 400 memory, and GF3 TI 500's or better graphics). I host a game night every other Wednesday or so in Centreville VA from 7-10:30 and I don't always fill up the basement. If your...
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    7nf-rz network card issue

    Hey everyone.. I just set up a new machine with the Gigabyte 7nf-rz motherboard. I'm running an xp 2400 chip, 2x 512 ddr 400 memory. I installed xp professional, and then ran the motherboards' setup disk. Windows detected and installed the onboard network card ok as well as the video and sound...
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    Gigabyte 7NF-RZ network issue..

    Hey everyone.. I just set up a new machine with the Gigabyte 7NF-RZ motherboard. I'm running an xp 2400 chip, 2x 512 ddr 400 memory. I installed xp professional, and then ran the motherboards' setup disk. Windows detected and installed the onboard network card ok as well as the video and...