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    What is the best way to diagnose slow initial web page loading?

    I had a problem that went away and has come back and it's driving me crazy. When I browse the internet it often takes 5-10 seconds for a web page to load. It's then quite fast if I click through links. Sites I've been to seem to be remembered as long as the browser is open, but new sites...
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    Did lightning fry my receiver?

    I have a setup where my DirecTV box goes into a receiver (new one) via HDMI in and goes via HDMI out to a projector. It worked yesterday (and for a month or so before). Last night there was a storm with some nearby lightning. Today the receiver doesn't automatically turn on when I turn on the...
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    How do I get my receiver to automatically turn on when I turn on TV & DirecTV?

    As the title says... I have a new Samsung LED TV and a Yamaha RX-v671 Receiver. Is there a way to get the receiver to automatically turn on when I power up the TV and DirecTV? I have the Receiver set to pipe HDMI out to the TV and take multiple inputs in via HDMI (Roku, DirecTV, and later...
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    Need help figuring out if my home's CAT5 wiring was done incorrectly!

    Hi everyone, I just moved into a house that supposedly has working CAT5 wiring. It has the core wires, 5 room jacks, and a mounted keystone block in the basement that connects to the 5 core wires. Trouble is I can’t get it to work. I run 5 separate patch cables from a switch (which works...
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    Need help: Moving to bigger house and need advice on new network gear & setup

    So my goal is to get Comcast internet via cable modem and use its bandwidth to support a typical home network (wired and wi-fi) in a 3-story house with a detached garage/apartment (say 30ft from edge of house to edge of garage). The house supposedly has some CAT5 wiring pre-installed, but it...
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    HAF 932 top-mounted radiator w/push-pull setup - not enough room?

    So I just built my first water-cooling setup and it's working well enough with a Case -> Rad -> Fan "pull" setup to pull cool air from above my case in through the rad. But I want to try to get more performance out of the rad with a push-pull setup inside the case. The case is a HAF 932...
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    Vertex 2 120 GB vs. C300 128 GB?

    I'm torn between these 2. I have an ASUS mobo (Rampage III Formula) with 2 Sata 3 sockets and a free sata 2 socket, and I'm not planning on using Raid 0. I just want a good SSD 120GB primary boot/Windows 7/Apps/Games drive. I'm tempted to get the fast read speed from the C300 using Sata 3...
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    Moving Windows 7 Boot Drive to a New (SSD) Drive?

    The more I read about SSD, the more I want to buy one and make it my C: and keep core software (Windows, Office, Newest Games) on it. I don't want to reinstall Windows if I can help it (assuming it'll cut the links to my previously installed programs). Is there are a way to install the SSD...
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    (Optimally) Setting up onboard sound for ASUS Rampage III Formula

    I want to ensure I'm setting up my audio properly, as I deal with another issue (driver issues with grpahics card on WMP playing mpg/avi files triggers lock-up). I simply want to use the onboard sound from the ASUS mobo with a 5.1 system. My setup now (on Device Manager) shows the Realtek...
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    New PC Problem - Videos Crash my PC (YouTube and WMP)

    OK, so I am moderately proficient with PCs and build a new one roughly every 3 years. I just put together a new i7 950 machine on an ASUS Rampage III Formula mobo. I'm using Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, with 12 GB of RAM and a GTX 470 video card. I'm also using a Corsair 850 PSU, so I don't think it's...