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    How does the NEC 2490WUXi stack up today?

    Thanks for the reply. I guess that even though deep blacks are important, I don't think I'll be able to go back to CRT. I have a Dell U2711 IPS panel here and I guess I've grown accustomed to the blacks on it because they don't bother me. I also don't want to give up the desktop real estate...
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    How does the NEC 2490WUXi stack up today?

    A few years back when I was looking into monitors for my first multi-monitor setup, the NEC2490WUXi was a beast, with a big price tag. At $2000 after taxes here in Canada, it was out of my range. I have a chance to buy one now, but I'm not sure if this is a situation where the panel in this...
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    Where's my native WIN7 zip utility?

    Thanks, that helps. I'll give it a try later tonight.
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    Where's my native WIN7 zip utility?

    Thanks, I'll talk to the dev about that tomorrow. Their support hours are 9-5.
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    Where's my native WIN7 zip utility?

    Yes, I figured that was BS. Problem is, their line is this "Install the program using the WIN7 zip utility or else we're not going to support you'. Actually I think I can get around that if I yell long enough but who wants to go through it. How would they even know what I used? I've used...
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    Where's my native WIN7 zip utility?

    I use a music notation software called Finale. It's a huge download because of all the sound files associated with it. It's 1.5 GB. I'm having some stability issue with the program. The dev told me to reinstall, but didn't like the fact that I was using a third party program to handle zipped...
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    Migrating contents of system drive (including WIN 7)

    Absolutely, a great experience. I powered the rig down and installed the RAM and it showed up with no problem. Unfortunately, it seems that this mobo does not have an extra slot for the other video card. I now recall what happened - I have a Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3P...
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    Migrating contents of system drive (including WIN 7)

    Travelling? Actually, the deal was for me to drop the rig off at his shop. I assume that's normally the way it works? I just finished the process. Cloned the drive, removed the old system drive, had to play around in the BIOS for a few minutes before I figured out how to set the boot order, and...
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    Migrating contents of system drive (including WIN 7)

    Got it, thanks. I have installed the software and the drive, just about to launch the Data Migration software and give it a try. Thanks again for taking the time to point out the s/w that comes with the drive.
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    Migrating contents of system drive (including WIN 7)

    Hmm... as a total noob, I didn't read the packaging on the Samsung 840 SSD. It says it has the Data Migration software, and the Samsung website says The Samsung Data Migration software is designed to help users quickly, easily, and safely migrate all of their dataincluding their current...
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    Migrating contents of system drive (including WIN 7)

    Good, I kind of thought so. I have all the parts here. Okay, thanks a lot. I don't have the software that came with the drives. I see that at the WD site, they provide Acronis TI, but they say 'This will help you migrate your data to a new WD drive'...
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    Migrating contents of system drive (including WIN 7)

    I'm a fairly competent non-techie. My current setup: WIN 7 64 Enterprise WD Raptor 74GB as system drive (WD Caviar Black as data drive) Asus P7H55-MLX mobo (not the greatest, I know) i5 750 Quad core @ 2.67GHz 4 GB RAM I wanted to upgrade my Ram to 8GB, upgrade my system drive to an...
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    Lenovo desktop w/ fresh WIN7 install eating data - any ideas?

    Thanks for your input Subnet mask.......255.255.254.0 Default Gateway.......174.116.160.1 The old IP address that got me in to the router was 192.168.1.2 Thanks. I assume I can find the factory credentials by searching the router's model name. This router was flashed with Tomato and the...
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    Lenovo desktop w/ fresh WIN7 install eating data - any ideas?

    Thanks, I think he is on an admin account now. I will change that. I asked the guy who installed windows to do that and he said he had fully updated it. Right now I think there is a green shield in the Windows update area and it says there are 0 updates available (I think, I just glanced at it...
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    Lenovo desktop w/ fresh WIN7 install eating data - any ideas?

    All right, check this out. We are using a modem from the ISP, an SMC modem. Early on, my Mom was having issues with her WiFi connectivity and a friend suggested we try a Linksys router with Tomato installed. I got one and set it up by plugging it into the SMC modem, while leaving my Dad's...
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    Lenovo desktop w/ fresh WIN7 install eating data - any ideas?

    I will try that. The ISP had me download a similar freeware program from CNET and using it we are able to see large amounts of data being downlaoded but of course we cannot see where they are going, or which program is doing the downloading. I'll try Networx tomorrow.
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    Lenovo desktop w/ fresh WIN7 install eating data - any ideas?

    Thanks for the responses and sorry for the delay in getting back to you all. I was over at his place for a while checking things out. Unfortunately, things aren't much batter after a phone support session with the ISP. I'll try to answer these in order. When I installed Skype I made sure to...
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    Lenovo desktop w/ fresh WIN7 install eating data - any ideas?

    Hi guys I have a strange problem on my hands. I grabbed a used Lenovo Desktop for my Dad from our BST site up here, RFD. Seller is a trusted guy, and he installed WIN7 fresh for me. I set the rig up on Jan. 14. Yesterday my Dad got a popup from his ISP warning him that he's near his...
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    Gmail horror story - any ideas?

    Thanks for the responses guys. Yes, I figured this out after thinking about it for a while, but unfortunately, when the T-Bird process wasn't going too well, I uninstalled it. Later I realized the emails should be on my drive after I downloaded them all, but the folder you mentioned seemed to be...
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    Gmail horror story - any ideas?

    I'm putting this in computer help. Hope it's okay. I'm going to tell the whole story even though it's kind of long. 2 days ago I tried to use Thunderbird to copy 8 years worth of gmail messages to another gmail account. In retrospect I should have just archived all the items in my existing...
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    PogoPlu Pro for my DIY cloud?

    One bump on this before I try it with Linux/Apache.
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    Problem with WIN 7 fresh install

    After a lot of trial and error, I managed to get WIN 7 installed on this rig. By reversing the boot order in the BIOS, to ask the rig to boot from the drive first, I was able to get the Windows install to complete. I have no idea why this worked. The error message persists, but at least the rig...
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    Problem with WIN 7 fresh install

    No, this rig is actually the first (and only) computer I built myself, and it ran fine for about 3 years. Thanks again, I'm off to see if I can get that code. EDIT: That was easy - Asus A8N-E
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    Problem with WIN 7 fresh install

    Hey xSauronx, thanks for the reply. I assumed that what is meant by 'CHIP Fan fail' meant the CPU fan, but maybe I should have stressed that it does not say 'Chip Fan Fail', it says 'CHIP Fan Fail'. Does that distinction matter? The words 'CHIP Fan are highlighted in white. In any case, I...
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    Problem with WIN 7 fresh install

    I have a strange problem on my hands. I have a 4 year old rig here with XP installed, and tried to boot it up after about a year. I got a warning before Windows started saying 'Your computer Chip Fan Fail or Speed too low". The chip fan is running, and I remembered that when I last used this...
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    PogoPlu Pro for my DIY cloud?

    I'll try to keep this as short as I can. I found out about something called Owncloud which will allow me to do what I use Dropbox for, on a server of my own. I am not a programmer. I contacted someone involved with owncloud who has offered to help me set things up. He said that he uses Pogoplug...
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    Orange Blackberry 9700 on Telus network?

    Perfect, just what I needed. Thanks a lot. According to this chart at Wikipedia, Orange uses the 900 band in the Dominican Republic, but it does not say anything specific about the UK. It does not include 'Europe' or UK among the countries using the 850/1900 spectrum. It looks like maybe the...
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    Orange Blackberry 9700 on Telus network?

    Hi guys. I posted this over on Crackberry, but unexpectedly had no response. I'm in Canada, Telus is my cell phone provider. I heard recently that Telus will eventually allow you to come to their network with a phone branded for another carrier. For now, I have a Blackberry 9700 but I may need...
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    help with gaming notebook buying decision?

    Lots of consensus about the fact that getting a gaming laptop is a sub-optimal approach. In this case, our decision to get a laptop is pretty much made, so we are trying to get the best gaming value for our dollar. I fully understand the point that a desktop that will outperform this laptop can...
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    help with gaming notebook buying decision?

    That's a real good question, and one we asked him. He apparently does enough gaming outside of the house that he wanted the portability. He's in Grade 12 this year and will go straight to University next year. Any additional comments regarding the comparative performance of the HD5850 vs...
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    help with gaming notebook buying decision?

    Thanks to everyone else for the responses. Re: buying used, I think I will avoid that simply because I want a rig with full warranty for this kid. I understand that some makers let me buy more warranty but I think we'll go new here. Thanks also to xCxStylex for the post re: screen resolution.
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    help with gaming notebook buying decision?

    Very helpful response, especially for the comments re" CPU performance. The G51JX-X1 you linked to had actually come across my radar. The reason I had put it on the list of 'second choices' is that I saw the MSI GS 640-260 , with the HD 5850 Broadway GPU. I got it stuck in my head that getting...
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    help with gaming notebook buying decision?

    That's a good question. The kid says he will be doing most of his gaming plugged in, so battery life isn't crucial. Still, this will be his school notebook and maybe he doesn't quite know how bulky a 17" unit will be when you put it in a case. When we spoke we talked 15.6". I guess I'm looking...
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    help with gaming notebook buying decision?

    Okay, that's kind of what I figured. So you wouldn't worry too much about future proofing him by making sure his card is ready for DirectX 11? Believe it or not I found that page you linked me to. Many of the notebooks in my price range available up here (Canada) had the GTS 360M. Others had...
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    help with gaming notebook buying decision?

    Guys, I hope this is okay in this section. I'm trying to help a buddy buy a gaming notebook for his kid. I have a couple of questions that I can't get answered elsewhere. Our budget is $1200 - $1400. I would say that this rig doesn't need to be at the absolute bleeding edge - we just want to...
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    Bad problem with new SSD-based rig

    I found a discussion at the OCZ forums regarding the use of the Intel chipset driver for AHCI mode. Is this what you were referring to? If so, that's cool, I understand it now, but I still need to figure out how to check which drivers are currently in place. I do have Everest installed. Once...
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    Bad problem with new SSD-based rig

    Can you give me an indication as to how to go about making sure that the intel chipset drivers are installed? Yes, I can Google it, but looking ahead at what I have to do, with no tech knowledge, I am hoping to save some time by having a few answers handed to me on the forums as opposed to...
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    Bad problem with new SSD-based rig

    I have a really bad problem with a brand new SSD-based rig I bought from a fairly well-known guy on our Canadian buy/sell site, RFD. It is based on a Vertex 2 60 GB drive with the Sandforce controller. Here's the rest of the specs from Everest Quadcore Intel Core i5 750, 2733 MHz Gigabyte...
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    Can I run different monitors with 2 x HD5450?

    Hey betasub, thanks a lot for the reply. Yep, I checked that the cards I have will drive that monitor and it turns out that the HD5450 drives a max of 2560x1600 which is exactly what the 3007 requires, and dual link is no problem. Having said that I am really interested in a couple of 27" units...