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    Help, Intel changed the pci id of my NIC!

    I've got an HP Elitebook 8730w, it's a great machine, was able to find all my drivers, except for one thing. The PCI device ID of my nic (and intel 82567lm) is 8086:10BE, according to this link from intel the device ID was changed, and none of the current drivers seem to accept that as a valid...
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    surface mount device identification help requested

    Hey guys, i've got a Qlogic QLE2462 dual port 4Gb/s fc card that I'd like to repair but it's missing a couple components. One looks to be a surface mount inductor and has 1R0 on it. The other is a capacitor of some sort but I don't have a way of knowing what its exact specs are. I was...
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    It's not terrorism when I agree with it

    Intriguing, so bombing empty buildings to make a political statement is terrorism, but bombing and killing people to make one isn't? If McCain wins I'll pray to every possible deity every day of his term that he lives to see the next morning. Good god. What is she thinking.
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    Memory naming conventions

    I have to deal with ram pretty regularly at work. I've gotten used to reading what type of memory it is just by speed markings that seem to be on most ram, an example being PC2-5300R-555 I know that the letter after the speed can stand for various things, the ones I know are E - ECC R -...
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    Nvidia 175.16 driver issue

    PC running great last night, decided i'd upgrade to 175.16 and see if it made any difference over 169.21 (I'm a curious guy, what can I say). Everything went great, rebooted, and I'm immediately greeted by "DISK READ ERROR, PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE" immediately after post.
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    Can I move to Japan?

    summary: GF gets her masters degree soon and is in talks with a company in Tokyo. I don't have a degree, any chance I can get into the country and stay? I don't see any way I could get a student visa either. All I can see are 3 months tourist visas available. Needless to say, she plans on...
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    CentOS + itanium 2 + EFI = ARGH

    I was installing CentOS 4.6 on a Celestica IYA210 (Dual Itanium 2 1.4GHz w 2GB RAM and 73GB SCSI), install went fine, didn't seem like there were any issues at all. However after I reboot once the install is finished the system is unable to boot, the CentOS entry shows up in the EFI boot menu...
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    XP Media Center Installation problem

    Can I buy another disc from MS without having to purchase YET ANOTHER CoA? I've already got 2 MCE CoAs because I bought the PC it had a CoA on it but didn't come with installation media. Went to fry's and bought an OEM MCE 2005 disc, installed using the coa that came with the PC all went well...
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    *blarg*

    blerg