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    Clear CMOS settings in HP OEM IPISB-CH Cleveland 623914-003

    After disabling 3 entries of "Windows boot manager" under UEFI in BIOS, now all i get is blank or black screen. Monitor doesn't even come out of power saving mode and keyboard caps lock / numeric lock lights are not coming up either. As you can see i'm by no mean expert on motherboards...
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    Need help finding 8GB PC3L 12800U Desktop Memory

    I need help finding equivalent to 8GB (single DIMM) PC3L 12800U memory please. Right now it's 8GB and would like to make it 16GB. The PC is a brand new HP Envy 700-210xt. The reasons I'm little worried are, "L" in PC3L, and "U" in 12800U. Does that mean low or ultra low voltage or something...
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    Difference between DDR3 PC3-10700 and PC3-10666 memory

    I need help deciding which memory to buy to add in to HP Pavilion 580t desktop PC. Right now it has 12GB triple channel DDR3 PC3-10700 (6 x 2GB) in it, and I would like to make it either 16GB (4 x 2GB + 2 x 4GB) or if it has to be "triple" then, 18GB (3 x 2GB + 3 x 4GB) please. Now while...
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    Remove Win7 from a new Spectre XT to install Windows 8 RP on its mSATA SSD

    How should I "remove" Windows 7 from a brand new(it's still in the box) HP Spectre XT Ultrabook 13t-2000 to install Windows 8 Release Preview on its 128GB mSATA SSD... Now as I understand, I should NOT "format" an SSD like a hard drive(on an HDD i would run dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx bs=1M...
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    Best way to connect a monitor+three 1080p HDTVs to a PC

    I want to connect a 24" LCD monitor plus three 1080p HDTVs to a PC. At first I was planning to buy a XFX Radeon 6950 & Corsair 750/850 PSU to upgrade existing XPS 8100 (i7 860, 6GB) and connect the monitor to DVI, and use 1 HDMI (native) & 2 mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapters to connect 3 TVs (to...
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    Best / fast RAM Disk & how to measure it's performance

    So far I've tried Virtual Hard Drive Pro 2.0 and Dataram RAMDisk to run Firefox-Portable from, on Windows 7 64bit. Apart from occasional BSOD both runs ok... I was wondering if there's faster RAM disk / drive out there and how to measure it's performance! Many thanks in advance.
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    Core i7 PC won't boot with 8GB OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666

    hi guys, this is a first post from a noob. And let me start by saying that I'm not into overclocking or anything, I'm just trying to upgrade the RAM from 6 to 8 GB on a Dell XPS 8100. After replacing RAM with new 8 GB (4x2GB) OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666 Platinum Low Voltage Dual Channel...