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    anti virus recommendations

    I've tried several of them over the last few years... NOD32, which I preferred in the past, dropped the ball. It let a serious malware infection take place on a customer's system. And ESET wouldn't do anything to help us out. I tried Panda and Kaspersky, and they were both far to intrusive...
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    Questions about C300 and Marvel 9128 Controller...?

    Actually, your comments are a great help. And a perfect example of why I wanted to ask my questions here instead of on the Cruicial Support Forums. See, when I heard that people were getting BSODs when they connected a C300 to a Marvel controller, I automatically suspected the Marvel drivers...
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    AHCI Questions

    For clarification, and information... I'd like to add the following. First off, AHCI is a mode for your motherboard's SATA controller. So if you turn it on it affects all drives connected to that controller. And you want it turned on because it allows your system to use the "Advanced"...
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    Questions about C300 and Marvel 9128 Controller...?

    I have a Rampage III Formula motherboard with secondary SATA III controller by Marvel. And I just got a Crucial C300 SSD. Initially I connected the C300 (256 GB) in place of the Seagate Momentus XT drive I was using for my boot drive, and restored a disk image of the OS. It works fine! And I...
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    Can you just insert the Windows 7 upgrade disc to do a clean install with a WinXP disc?

    I did some digging around.... one of the rumors is that the "Upgrades" will be distributed digitally. So you can choose to download one, or the other - and PID codes will be sent for your copies. Alternatively, they may ship you a copy of the 32-bit client and include instructions for where...
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    Can you just insert the Windows 7 upgrade disc to do a clean install with a WinXP disc?

    You're right, for a Restore Point you have to go under "system protection". Then you would have to configure that Removable Drive as "Protected". And finally you would have to Create a Restore Point from that System Properties page. But I think Shaq was referring to making a backup to the...
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    Can you just insert the Windows 7 upgrade disc to do a clean install with a WinXP disc?

    One more question: If I do this (the Restore Point) from a 64-bit copy of Vista will it mean that it will install the 64-bit version of Windows 7? Or will I have a choice?
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    Windows Media Center 2005: Proper install sequence of 3 discs?

    I can't tell you "exactly what's on each CD"... But I can tell you how to install it. 1. Boot to the Media Center Disk 1... 2. When it asks for a different disk, insert the Media Center Disk 2... After a bit it will ask you to put another disk in - That disk will be Disk 1. 3. Once you get...
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    Can you just insert the Windows 7 upgrade disc to do a clean install with a WinXP disc?

    Two Questions: How does one get a "restore point" on a removable drive? And how might this work for more than one computer? I have 3 computers. All have legit Vista licenses. (Though 2 of those are currently running Windows 7 RC...) I'd prefer to not have to reinstall Vista on both...
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    Clean Install with W7 Home Upgrade

    So you have to enter a valid Windows install... Then it restarts wipes your drive and installs Windows 7? (Does it save information about your hardware? Or is there any other advantage? I mean I know this allows M$ to verify that you are "entitled" to the Upgrade. But if you ever have to...
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    Bootmngr is missing...

    I see he's solved his problem already... but just for reference the "boot.ini, ntildr,... etc. is not the only thing you need. What you really need is the "MBR", or Master Boot Record, which is not visible and must be recreated using a drive utility. Specifically information is written to the...
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    Zalman comes out swinging with CNPS10x extreme

    A few months ago, when I was setting up my first Ci7, I decided to just get a CNPS9900LED. I've always been pleased with Zalman in the past. In fact if I was happy with stock speeds, the Zalman would be fine. The catch is that I never had intentions of running "stock" speeds. So I eventually...
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    BEST Cooler for i7

    It's a CM HAF 932. And I have one extra fan mounted in the lower part of the 5.25" drive bay. (I didn't notice till now that you can see the safety wire I used to suspend that fan - on the right side of the pic...)
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    Started w/ Armor LCS and now I'm switching cases

    Whoa! That video makes me want an ATCS 840 so I can water-cool it. :D It even looks like he's got a radiator that allows use of two 230mm fans... :drool:
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    High temps with TRUE 120 and stock 920?

    You may be really fortunate to get a TRUE that doesn't require lapping, and you have a C0/C1 that runs really well on lower voltages. Whereas the OP might be one that really does need to lap his TRUE. Still I agree that he should try remounting the heat sink. And he should also try lowering...
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    BEST Cooler for i7

    I'm loving my Megahalems! I'm using Arctic Silver 5 TIM so I still have another day of "cure" time before it's ready to compare to my previous Zalman CNPS9900LED. I have it mounted on an Asus P6T atm, and I'm using two Xilence Red Wing fans (57CFM @ 1500RPM /w 21.2dB noise). So far I've seen...
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    which motherboard combo to get

    From my experience with recent Asus motherboard, I'd say go with the Asus. And my primary reason is the BIOS based flash utility. Because although you may not want to flash the BIOS, it's very likely you will need to anyway. And the method used by Asus extremely easy and relatively safe (not...
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    is a top Blowhole useful or needed?

    I normally like to keep just a little bit of "positive" air pressure inside the case. As it helps keep the dust out. At the same time I've done my own blow holes many times in the past and they almost always improved my "in case" temps by a couple degrees. What I would recommend is that you...
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    High temps with TRUE 120 and stock 920?

    I might suggest trying Real Temp instead of Speed Fan. Then again you might have a case without a window of any kind... And I might like to have some way of knowing my fans were running if I was in that situation. It's just that Real Temp seems to be pretty accurate on it's temp readings. And...
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    Budget i7 Core Motherboard options

    That's NOT a modification! It's a BIOS update, and with Asus boards updating the BIOS is extremely easy. All you need is to download the file. Unpack it to a thumb drive. Restart and enter BIOS, then go to the Tools Menu. There select the Asus EasyFlash 2 option, and find the file on the...
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    Best overclocking motherboard for an i720. Is the Intel DX58SO best? BIG USER! Need expert advice.

    I have been using an Asus P6T motherboard. It's great for overclocking. Allowing me to quickly ramp up my C0/C1 stepping 920 to 3.6GHz with ease. Eventually I was able to drop the voltages below what the BIOS was setting automatically, but it did fine at first on it's own. This board also...
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    Asus P6T owners!

    I have an Asus P6T vanilla... no such issue with mine!
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    BCLK Limitation?

    OMG!! you will have to anchor the case to the floor... or it might act like a rocket sled! =P Seriously, those are going to make it sound like a hovercraft. It's called "overkill", or is that a foreign concept?
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    Corei7 940 and DDR3-1600

    I guess I fail at communicating... Which makes some sense, because I do "live under a rock" of sorts. So let me try this again. 1. At first I wasn't interested in Core i7, I won't attempt to explain why here atm. 2. I kept reading about how well the Core i7 overclocked really well. So I...
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    Corei7 940 and DDR3-1600

    I have a non "SE" P6T with a C1 core 920. I was able to raise the BCLK to 200 (for 1600 speed memory) and drop the CPU Ratio to 18 - giving me 3.6GHz speed with no voltage tweeks. And it's stable on air (Zalman CNPS9900), though the core temps do get up to around 71-72°C under full load...
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    BCLK Limitation?

    I do have a different motherboard (P6T) but I didn't even try to get (20x200) on my C1. Instead I immediately dropped the CPU Ratio to 16 and bumped the BCLK to 200. Now I can get as high as 19x200, but when I do stability tests the core temps go over the 72°C that I feel comfortable with...
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    Curious Vista Issue ...?

    No - I tried that as well. I'm almost certain Diskeeper, or Acronis True Image, is the culprit. Because I know that it was working prior to installing those programs... For the moment, I'm too busy with my Xbox 360 and Mass Effect to worry about it. :P
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    Curious Vista Issue ...?

    I'm currently running Vista x86 Ultimate. I haven't performed any tweaks, so the system is running as "installed." I do enable the "Administrative Tools" link on the start menu. And this is where I'm trying to run it from. Other programs in this list, such as System Configuration, Services...
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    How do we beat the b*tch?

    Mind you I don't have any special talent for calling political campaigns... but Hillary just might be the "Best Hope" for whoever the Republicans choose to nominate. Oh and she reminds me of Pinocchio in Shrek the Third. I mean the resemblance is really scary! :P
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    Military Dilemma (Both Situtationally and Ethically)

    The story about your ASVAB scores reminds me of myself. And personally there were some things I appreciated about the military. But, in the end, what ruined it all for me was that I was not willing to let others to "think" for me. Oh and there's something we called the "Peter Principle", it...
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    Vista vs Vista/XP Dual Boot & Other Vista Questions

    I personally haven't had compatibility issues that kept me from playing my games. However, I have noticed with one beta (Tabula Rasa) that, for a time, performance was better under XP than under Vista x64. I then discovered that I could get superior performance on either system by running the...
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    Vista x86 and 4GB of RAM??

    I wonder if I could run XP32 in a Virtual Machine, or would that hinder my game performance?
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    Do i need to install RAID drivers for fresh XP install if theyre not for my main drive?

    No you can install the OS then reconfigure the drives into a RAID array afterward. Now if you want it to be a "hardware RAID" setup that reconfiguration will need to be done first in BIOS. This can even be done prior to installing the OS, though that means that the OS will not recognize that...
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    Vista x86 and 4GB of RAM??

    Ok, I suspect that 64-bit drivers are less "optimized" at this point than 32-bit drivers. The one thing I know is that, when playing the Tabula Rasa beta, I get better performance from my secondary 32-bit system than I do from my main system. So I was willing to consider switching to Vista x86...
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    Vista x86 and 4GB of RAM??

    Hello all, I been a lurker around this site for years but I just signed up with these forums, and this is my first post. I was reading the preview article on Intel's new X38 chipset when I stumbled across the following: At present my primary system is running Vista x64 Ultimate Edition...