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  1. CoinOperatedBoy

    New to squatting, leg and hip discomfort

    tl;dr: My hips and legs hurt a lot during and after squats. What should I do? Quick back story. I've always been a real beanpole of a guy, and in my junior year of college I might have bottomed out around 120 pounds. I'm around 5'11", so I could probably have pulled a good impression of...
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    Doritos Late Night Tacos at Midnight

    Doritos are already dangerous -- oh, Fiery Habanero, how often have I invited you to wreak havoc on my digestive tract? Cool Ranch, steady and true, you have kept me bloated and satisfied on many a lonely night. And I am certain the crushed remnants of my ceaseless sordid affair with Spicy Nacho...
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    Counter-Strike Source Server Administration

    Does anybody have any experience with setting up and maintaining CSS servers? A buddy of mine has a clan and runs a couple servers, one of which has been repeatedly compromised by "hackers", which I use lightly since I don't know how they're actually getting in. The server runs only de_dust2, no...
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    12V amperage and voltage vs. PCIe link width

    tl;dr version: Do I need 26A on the 12V rail to run a recert 9800 GT? My OCZ GameXStream 700W has 18A per rail. I realize that total 12V amperage is probably 56A-ish. Regardless, this card is stuck at 1x PCIe link width in my current setup and I don't know why. Long version: Unsure whether...
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    Seagate failure, RMA/Support issues

    Okay. Last year, before the all the hoopla about Seagate's firmware problems, I had a 7200.10 500GB drive die. I RMA'd the thing, paid for shipping, and got a replacement. The one I got back was louder than the older one and had a temperature sensor that never read less than 140C. I chatted with...
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    DEAD: WD Caviar Green 1TB $89.99 shipped @ Newegg

    Caviar Green 1TB drive for $90 shipped at Newegg today for their Shellshocker deal. See product page for details. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136317
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    Recommended swap partition / page file usage

    I currently have the following drives in my system (other specs in the link in my sig): SATAI Maxtor 200GB SATAII Seagate 500GB SATAII WD Green 1TB SATAII WD Black 640GB (new) The Maxtor is (unfortunately) my current system drive. I have Windows XP on one partition, programs on another...
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    Disk boot errors and other issues during startup

    Hi all... long time reader, first time poster. Sorry for the length of this, but my problem is ongoing and strange. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Current setup GA-965P-DS3 rev1.3 mobo (F12 BIOS) Core 2 Duo E6600 (was running 333x9, currently running @ stock trying to diagnose this)...