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  1. RMSe17

    Looking for PCIe Gen3 1x to SATA 3 RAID 1 adapter

    Hi Everyone, As the title says, I am looking for a RAID 1 adapter card that uses 1 lane of PCIe Gen3 and has 2 SATA III ports... Do you know if such an animal exists? All I see are the old PCIe Gen2 adapters, which are twice slower. I figure with all of the Z170 boards out there that have...
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    Hardware Burnin Test for Large Memory System

    Hello! I am trying to run a burn-in test on a new computer with 60 cores (4x E7-4890 v2) and 1.5TB of RAM to make sure the system is stable. What do you guys recommend to test this? I tried booting into WinPE 5.1 and ran prime95 x86_64, but if I select 60 threads torture test, the...
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    Clone an SSD that keeps powering off randomly

    Problem: I got an old OCZ Vertex LE that is dying. At random it will power off, or lock up. Unplugging the power cable and plugging it back in makes the drive reappear. I need to clone the drive. What is the easiest way to accomplish this? I can't figure out if dd has a "infinite retries...
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    P8P67 Delux VCPU info?

    I just got my ASUS P8P67 Delux with my 2500K, 16GB GSkill, stock cooler. I assembled everything on the cardboard box from newegg before putting stuff in my case to make sure the system POSTs. Well, it POSTs fine, but when I went into "BIOS", the page said my CPU was at over 50C already. I...
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    Alienware OptXTM AW2310 3D vs other 120Hz monitors

    I was reading reviews of various 120Hz monitors, and it seems they all suck, bleeding light, crap colors, worse quality than cheaper TN monitors, etc (did they decide to get crappier panels or something?)... I also read that the Alienware AW2310 sucks less than the others, but it is also more...
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    Intel Sandy Bridge video drivers - Virtual Desktop on Windows?

    Do Intel drivers have a Virtual Desktop functionality akin to nView or the OS X equivalent of "Spaces" or linux virtual desktop? If not.. what is the recommended program for Windows to perform that operation? (I am assuming I can't just install nView without having nVidia video card)...
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    Webcam reviews?

    I am looking for webcam reviews and have a hard time finding something. Based on stats, it looks like Microsoft Q2F-00001 LifeCam or Logitech C910 are the two top candidates. But I can't find review that compares image quality, compression quality, focus, sound, etc... Anyone know of a good...
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    Dual Monitor with SB Intel HD 2000?

    I can't find any info about the built in GPU in Sandy Bridge support for multiple monitors.. Does HD 2000 support two displays? I am guessing it should, since the laptops have that feature, but I need to know for sure as far as desktops go. Or is this more a question for the motherboards...
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    No VT-d on K series?

    Why is there VT-d support on 2500 and 2600 but not on the 2500K and 2600K? Also, what kind of impact on VMs will this have? I was going to get the 2500K but now I am not sure :( Thanks, RMSe17
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    Request to Anand for PC 3D Display comparison

    Dear Anand, I was wondering if you or Brian Klug (read his review of ASUS 3D monitor back in the day) could do a review on PC 3D LCD monitors. It seems that nearly every major LCD brand has one, and given the extra premium that is being charged for them, I am sure many people would like a...
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    StarCraft 2 problem after HDD upgrade

    I used to have 2 Samsung 1TB F1 drives, and everything worked normal. After upgrading to a 100GB OCZ Vertex LE for system drive, and 120GB OCZ Vertex 2 for my games, I started experiencing problems with SC2. (I only tried SC2 and Borderlands so far, with Borderlands running fine). The game...
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    Gaming PC CPU ideas?

    I currently have Phenom II X4 940, GA-MA790GP-UD4H, 4x 2GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 1066, GeForce GTX285 I am looking for an upgrade, primarily because my video card is not performing up to my liking any more. Since GTX480 is running too hot, and 5870 is slower, I figure the best way to go is...
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    Athlon II X3 440 vs Phenom II X3 720

    Is there any reason to get the Phenom II X3 720 given that the Athlon is way cheaper and comes with faster clock by default? Given stock speed comparison, or mid-level OC, are there any disadvantages to Athlon? Goal: cheap gaming computer with fast bootup / browser load times. Thanks!
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    Windows Vista system repair?

    I am fixing a computer for someone... Vista boots up fine, but then Explorer keeps crashing, for pretty much any window type, from Computer, to Control Panel, to Internet Explorer launch. I never used Vista, so I was wondering if Vista supports the same automated System repair as WinXP has on...
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    X58 Mobo?

    I am thinking of upgrading to i7, and since at some point I would like to have 2 video cards, I am guessing I should go for X58. Since the initial review of X58 motherboards, a lot more motherboards are out there. I am also guessing that the biggest difference between those motherboards at...
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    Can't burn CDs in Win 7 Pro x64

    I can't burn CDs in Windows 7 Pro x64. The process goes through, with corruption. I get various error messeges depending on which program I use. Methods I tried: Win 7 built in burner: burning pictures: burn finished, corrupted error. CDBurnerXP: burning pictures: burn finished, corrupted...
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    WinXP SP3 runaway service

    I am working on my friend's computer, which had some spyware on it at some point. After getting rid of that spyware I was told that the computer could not use the internet, and was asked to fix it. When I got the computer, it connected to the internet just fine, infact, other than having a...
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    mp3 player with drag-and-drop support

    It has been a long time since I looked at the state of mp3 players out there, and a lot seems to have changed. I am looking for a modern mp3 player with plenty of space (16GB +) that would have excellent battery life (over 24hr) and drag-and-drop support, where I can just dump my folders with...
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    Need a heatsink/fan for Phenom II 940

    I have GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H with Phenom II 940 and a Xigmatek Dark Night cooler. It works great, except that for the AM2+ socket, the retention mechanism forces the cooler to have a fan pointing up, thus the wide part of the heatsink overhangs the 2 closest ram slots. I would like to...
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    How does route info get populated at boot?

    I have an Ubuntu server that has two network cards, one of them is used for iscsi (eth1) and the other is used for everything else (eth0). Whenever I restart the unit, it gets a line in the route that tells everything to use eth1, and then another line that tells everything to use eth0. Both are...
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    Phenom II OC on nForce?

    I never had an AMD chip before, (P2-333, P3-450, P3-800, P4-2.4C, C2D-E6600), now I am looking at Phenom II as an alternative to i7. All the reviews that I have found show Ph II OC with AMD chipset, but AMD chipset does not give me SLI in case I want to have one in the future (I have GTX285 at...
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    i920 D0 OC results if you got some

    If you happen to get i920 D0, and you OC it, please post your results :) (clock speed, voltages, temp, mobo...) Thanks, RMSe17
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    E6600 @ 3.6GHz vs i920 @ 3.0GHz? Also, D0 tomorrow?

    I have an E6600 OC at 3.6GHz, and I play games. Would there be any performance increase for non-multithreaded games on an i920 with a small OC to 3GHz? Or would I have to OC the i920 to 3.6+ in order to get any advantages for non-multicore supporting games? Second question, I have been...
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    Trying to auto-repair WinXP Home

    A friend of mine gave me a laptop to try to fix. It has Windows XP Home installed, apparently the Korean version if there is such a thing, because when I turn it on, and see the Windows screen with selection for Safe mode, etc.. it's in Korean. The problem is that no matter which...
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    Interrupts bouncing up, mouse lag

    Just built a new system, installed drivers, then installed antivirus, daemon tools, and started windows updates, windows updates and daemon tools wanted a restart, so I let them restart. At the next start, constant higher-than normal processor use for interrupts, and mouse lagging every...
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    WinXP custom logon msg/picture

    Is there a way to replace the message box that says Welcome to windows, "press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to begin." with a custom BMP? Or if not, is it possible to replace the text in that message box with something else? Thanks, RMSe17
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    Gigabyte P35-DQ6 Strange errors...

    New computer is acting strange. On bootup, the motherboard makes a long beep (but it's like a low frequency beep, like a buzz, not like a usual typical PC speaker beep). Then, even when computer gets into windows, from time to time it will emmit that beep, sometimes 50 seconds, sometimes...
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    User Account Creation - Folder redirection

    Is it possible for all new created users to use a common directory for Application Settings, Desktop, My Documents folder, Local Settings, etc? User authentication is either Novell or AD. So, basically, no matter what username the person logs in with, he or she gets the same directory name...
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    ATi X1300 Dual monitor problem

    Hi, I have an ATi X1300 with a monitor and a projector. I need to clone the first monitor onto the second. When I turn on the computer, everything works perfectly, until windows finishes loading, then I lose my projector. In the Display properties, the 2nd monitor remains disabled, unless I...
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    Documentation software?

    I do a lot of software installations and configurations at work, and need to keep a record of software configuration, so things like installation paths, any modified options, license keys or licensing server addresses, so that all computers would have the same configuration, and so that other...
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    Monitor for gaming

    From what I understand, even the fastest refresh LCD's are still not as good as CRT for first person shooter games, since CRT can easily do 100Hz refresh to match 100fps. But when I look at Newegg, I barely see any CRT's.. Whats the solution to my problem? Thanks, RMSe17
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    Adding a printer without much user intervention

    Hi, I am trying to develop a script that a user can run in order to set up our lab printers on a the user's laptop. The printer queues are set up on a server within our AD network. Since the user name on our AD network may not match the user name on their personal laptop, a way needs to exist...
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    P35 motherboard comparison?

    I haven't seen Anandtech doing an all-out P35 motherboard comparison, do you know if there is one coming out soon, or if there is another place that has good reviews and has one posted already? I am trying to buy a new computer, but I need to know which P35 board to get (or if I just should...
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    Vista installation on FAT32

    I assume there is a way to do it, since it had read FAT32, is there some config file that needs to be edited for it to work? or a custom answer file created similar to how it would be done for a corporate unattended install? or is it simpler than that? Thanks, RMSe17
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    Manually loading a service in XP

    I run sysinternals utility called Autoruns, and it shows me all kinds of stuff that windows loads at startup. There is a section HKLM\System\CurrentControl\Set\Services that has a bunch of .sys files listed. How do I load one of them manually, after windows is already running? I assume I...
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    Hercules video cards

    What happened to the Hercules video card brand? Did they just go out of business, or were they bought up by another company, or did they change their name? Just curious, found a Hercules 3D Prophet II (GeForce 2) in an old computer... Thanks, RMSe17
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    Voltage affecting memory

    In overclocking of ASUS P5W-DH I somehow managed to fry my RAM. Which settings can do that? Here is what I had set: CPU FREQ: 400 DRAM FREQ: 800 (I cant get it to go any faster for some reason) Performance: Standard MEM Voltage: 2.35V (was at 2.4 for some time) CPU VCORE...
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    Data Corruption and BSOD

    A little history: Got my new system back in November, after finishing OC optimization, the computer was rock (and prime) stable. Except that any drive connected to my PCI-IDE adapter recieved delayed write transaction errors and data corruption, so then I just put my DVD drives on it, and...
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    SATA problems on P5W DH

    I have P5W DH with 2 x 120Gb PATA in JMicron, 2 x 250Gb PATA in Intel controller, 2 x DVD drives in PCI IDE adapter card. I bought 2 x 320Gb SATA 2? Seagate drives. The DVD drives don't work very well on the adapter card, so I bought 2 SATA-PATA JMicron adapters, and so I plugged in 2 x 320Gb...
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    Windows XP Pro setting default login to be AD

    Hello, I am trying to get my Windows XP Pro to always come up with default login as Active Directory. By default, windows seems to remember how I logged in last, and sets that as the login after restart. Ths forces me to click on Options button, and set Log on to: option to Active Directory...