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    converting Dell 6850 server to home desktop use

    Thanks guys - will check if it's SAS compatible when it arrives and go from there.
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    converting Dell 6850 server to home desktop use

    SSD would be about the same price, but can I hook them up to a sas/scsi system?
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    converting Dell 6850 server to home desktop use

    Just snagged one of these off ebay with 32gb of ram for a price I couldn't resist. Will be using it to run some simulations in matlab, working in Illustrator and dishing out mp3's. (basically a scientific computing system :) Two questions: 1.) I'd like to run dual 24" displays and...
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    my 700m is going through power adaptors like mad...

    After using my 700m for a year the pattery life abruptly became very short - about 45 minutes. I just started plugging it in everywhere, but then the power adapter died. I bought another adapter and three months later now this one went. The dell isn't under warranty - will a new external...
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    small easy to use webcam

    Has anyone picked up a small webcam they just loved? I'm looking for something that can be mounted on a laptop and is small enough to be stowed away easily, and just as easily configured. Decent quality video would be nice too. In short, the perfect webcam - for a gift. I haven't been able...
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    cramming more RAM in a dell

    ended up buying 4bg of 2700 for an old system I built myself which at least can handle it as opposed to these poc dells. Thanks.
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    cramming more RAM in a dell

    thanks guys - yeah 700m is a pentium m laptop
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    cramming more RAM in a dell

    I'm doing some microarray analysis and it would be very helpful if I could get 4gb in one of the dell sstems @ school... there are only the optiplex and precision 350 models and they're listing max ram @ 2 GB which is really pitiful. Are there any bios mods that can get me to 4 GB? I've also...