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  1. newParadigm

    Best Bang-for-Buck Graphics: Xeon x3370 / 20GB RAM / 256B SSD

    Just finished putting together a system (mostly) from the scrap pile at work. Specs are as follows: Xeon x3370 (Quad-Core, 12M Cache, 3.0GHz, Socket 775, Core2 era chip) 20GBs DDR3 1600 RAM 256GB Mushkin ECO3 SSD (this was purchased new) Antec 500w PSU Basically, I don't want to waste money on...
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    Best 775 board for Xeon 771 mod and 16GB DDR3?

    Okay, so there's this little mod you can buy for like $3 to allow use of a Socket 771 Xeon on a regular desktop 775 board. Does anyone have experience with this? And if so, what is a good socket 775 board that would potentially support this? I am thinking of doing this because I can get a...
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    Merom on GM45: Will the Intel GM45 run a 65nm CPU?

    I have a customer that I need to build a replacement system for. The old system is an AOpen barebones (Digital Engine DE45-HG). I found the requisite barebones kit on the Egg, but they have no Penryn socket P chips available. They have a Merom socket P chip, but I am not going to just assume...
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    Play Dead....

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    3.5MB/s BitTorrent DL...maxed out my FiOS Connection this time methinks!

    So I was just downloading free non-copyrighted material over BitTorrent, and I was having issues with this one file...it was just DLing really slowly. So I went in and tweaked some of the BitTorrent settings under Banwidth and then Number of Connections specifically. After setting Global Max...
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    Any plans for nForce+SandyBridge/IvyBridge?

    Does Nvidia have anly plans to develop an nForce chipset for intel boards past the 775 socket? I am building a Core i5 system with the Z68 chipset, and everything that I've read only shows support for the nForce 700i series up to the Core 2 chips. Has Nvidia dropped development of the nForce...
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    Call out to other Recovering Addicts on ATOT: Let's support each other!

    Never thought to do this before, though I haven't really been back on AT that long since i've been clean (I have 8 months this Thursday, WOOT!) Anyways, just thought it might be nice to see who else is in recovery, to know who we might be able to send a PM to when we need to talk about this shit...
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    Gaming Rig--Best bang for buck: i5 2500k | GTX 570 | 16GB PC2133 | Z68 | 120GB SSD

    I am getting my financial aid check from my college soon, and am going to allocate a fairly large budget for a new system build. I am currently dealing with a single core Celeron with 1GB of RAM, so this absolutely must go. Also as far as what this will be used for, it will be hooked up to my...
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    'Sup. This forum need some serious Swagger Updates...

    Seriously though, we come off as a bunch of stuck up little fuckers most of the time and we need to realize there's more to life than Quad HD6990's and Hexacore i7's. Get out on the streets and bring home some chicas. ~new P.S. I'm not trying to be an ass, even though it probably came off...
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    Force ATI Bios update...card not recognized by ATIflash

    I have a 2600xt that has a really FUBAR'd BIOS at the moment. I need to flash it, but both ATI Winflash, and ATIflash report similar errors, stating they cannot find an ATI video adapter. I need to know how to FORCE an ATI BIOS update on a card that is no longer recognized as an ATI video card...
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    Radeon HD 2600XT: PC Crashed-Vendor ID has changed-Driver Won't Install

    So I came home from college today, and my monitor wouldn't come back from 'no signal detected'. I reboot it, and everything seemed fine. When i got into Windows, a message came up that said Catalyst Control Center could not load because "No ATI graphics driver is installed, or the ATI driver is...
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    Haven't been on here in years...

    Haven't been on AT for over 4 years. I'm starting to get back into the whole IT thing on the personal side (started doing Networking work and lost the time do play around with personal stuff). Anyway, just wanted to get a post out there. I haven't posted anything since everthing switched from...
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    HP TX2000 Screen in TX1000

    I want to put the screen from an HP TX2000 in my TX1000. They are both tablets, mine (TX1000z) has a passive digitizer. HP came out with a new version of the laptop (TX2000) with an active digitizer. Otherwise the two machines are nearly identical (same cases, same CPU/Graphics/feature...
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    Adding active digitizer?

    Is it possible to add an active digitizer (Wacom style) to a tablet PC? Money is not an issue, I just want to know if it is doable. I just bought an HP tx1000z, and was surprised to find out it doesn't have an active digitizer. It just has a plain ld touchscreen. Like I said above, is there...
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    Just woke up one of my best friends cause I thought her grad party was 2nite

    So I get an IM from a friend and it says "Make sure not to miss XxXxXxX's grad party" So I look down at my cell, and go holy sh!t, I've already missed over half the party. So I call her up to see if its still goin on, and lo and behold, the party's not till tmrw, and she's asleep. Man do I...
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    My first YAGT (or at least my first one since HiSkewl)

    I met this great girl in Stats class up at my Uni. We've been hanging out a bit, but we're definitely not involved yet. I'm in pre-pharmacy school, and she's pre-med, so that fits right together. We also both (fvck it, I was trying to couch this tactfully) use drugs; pot, opiates, benzos...
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    Will a Socket F Chip (Opteron 22xx) work in a Socket L (AthlonFX 7x/Socket 1207FX) Motherboard?

    I need a new mobo cause mine's shot. I want a little bit of future-proof-ness. Since the Opterons are cheaper thab the Athkon FX's i want one of those. Can it work? i.e. Can I plug a socket F Opteron into an AMD 1207FX/socket L mobo?
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    L1N64-SLI WS Socket 1207FX (Socket L): Can it run Opteron 20xx?

    My mobo just died, and don't want to replace my old s939 board with a new one that has aprox the same performance (referring to AM2 boards as the socket is the same bandwidth wise as it has the same number of pins 939vs940). I also don't want to sell my firstborn to get this system running...
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    Wireless Connection says "Not Connected" but it still works...

    I turned of the WPA on my WiFi Router (to resolve another problem with my desktop, and just haven't turned it back on), and then this started happening. I just turned WPA back on, nad the problem was solved...what causes that?
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    Anyone catch the Chiefs/Colts game on their HTPC?

    Somehow my dad only got the first half on our DVR. If anyone has this game, I'd be willing to re-imburse you for you troubles if you can supply it.
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    If a driver supports directshow, is it BDA Compatable (even if not labeled so?)

    Its drivers support directshow capture, but don't say whether or not they support BDA. I want to use it either with MCE, or GAM (Got All Mediagot all media). Does anyone know if it will work, as it does support directshow capture?
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    Rhapsody To-Go: Opinions?

    Is it a good deal at $14.99 a month? I already have a sizable music collection of over 5000 songs. I'm trading iPod in for a Plays-For-Sure compatible player, so this will now be available. Has anyone tried it?
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    Christina Model: How is it anatomically possible to have boobs that big with a body so small?

    Her body looks to be the size of an average 16 y/o's, but her boobs are like cantelopes. Linky
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    Oh fvcks, I hate grades

    Okok, so I got B+'s in 2 classes I though I should of had A-'s in. Ima contact one of the profs, the other I think is prolly right. I got a C- in Calc I, which was about what I was hoping for after get a 58 and 46 on the first two tests. But whats the reall fvckin kicker? I failed...
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    Stargate news: After Season 10 (and some BIG Atlantis changes)

    There's a lot of talk on a lot of forums, and for the time being, it looks like SG-1 will finish with 2 movies after season 10. The first winding up the Ori Story arc, and the second possibly about time travel, and may even lead into a new third spin off series. Also, Amanda Tapping signed a...
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    You ate my cursor!!!

    Cursor Eater
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    New eps of Atlantis are being aired somewhere, where and on what station?

    So far 3x11 and 3x12 have been aired somewhere and torrents have been posted. Are they being aired in Canada on that movie channel again?
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    Could I use a three way HDMI splitter cable backwards as a switchless switch?

    Could I do it, and how much signal loss would there be?
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    HDMI Input on DIRECTV Plus HD DVR/HR20 -- Can I use it for HDMI Pass through?

    My HDTV only has 1 HDMI input, and I'd rather not get an expensive HDMI switch. I've heard that theres actually an HDMI Input on the HR20, can it be used as a pas through for my DVD player, and then connect the HR20 to the tv? [Up convert DVD player]----HDMI----[HR20]----HDMI----<32" HDTV>
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    Toshiba Gigabeat S

    WIth this players compatability with Tivo series 2 and Win XP MCE, I really may phase out my iPod for one, but to my question in the subtitle, does DirecTV still use Tivo DVR's, and if not, if I bought one seperatly, will it work with all my channels.
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    4 Channel USB Recording solution

    I am currently using Adobe Audition and using both the Left and Right channels of the line in on my tablet PC coupled with a mixer that has some XLR mic inputs. This gives me two available multitrack inputs. I record drums on one channel, and vocals bass and guitars on the other (as the drums...
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    4 Channel USB Recording solution

    I am currently using Adobe Audition and using both the Left and Right channels of the line in on my tablet PC coupled with a mixer that has some XLR mic inputs. This gives me two available multitrack inputs. I record drums on one channel, and vocals bass and guitars on the other (as the drums...
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    Cheapest Blu-Ray player?

    Is it the PS3 for now?
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    Good place to try to sell art online?

    I friend of mine became severely physically disabled from a work related accident. She wasn't making much as it was, so she only gets marginal Disability/Unemployment. No one flame here either, she really is one of the few people that actually deserve the little government aid that she gets. She...
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    Video cards that can output HDTV in component Video...

    I just got a new 30" widescreen CRT HDTV (only cost $230, so while it wasn't the 40" LCD I wanted, it'll do for a while). Anyways, whats the cheapest way to get component output to the TV from a PC. I know there's the ATI adapter, is there any cheaper route (possibly a card with an adapter...
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    Replacing Bumper/Quarter Panel/Hood...

    I got in a minor fender bender today. The accident turned out to be no fault (actually the traffic light sequencing was fvcked, leaving me in the middle of the intersection waiting to make a left turn at a red light, but somehow the oncoming traffic still had a green). Assuming I can find the...
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    Where to buy midranges and tweeters?

    I'm fixing these speakers a buddy of mine picked up for free. The woofers are rated at 100w RMS (just shy of the 125 RMS his system can put out). Everything but the woofers are broken, but the speaker cabinets are beautiful (esp after he refinished them). He rarely runs it at max volume, as its...
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    I want a PVR Software w/o the PVR Features...

    Any programs that'll do this nicely? Or any PVR programs that won't gripe with my laptops crappy S3 video card? Thanks, Vince
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    Calc Studying Help!!

    I'm working through some old HW problems for practice and I am stumped. The question reads: Find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point. The equation given is: y=squareroot(x)/(x+1) The Point given is (4,0.4) Please help. How would I use...
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    Calc 1 Questions...About Derivatives

    I'm working a problem, and the solution on my profesor's website seems to leave a step out. Can you help me? The second to last step of simplification gets to the limit of as h aproaches 0 = -2+8a+4h. Then the last step just says -2+8a. Is that because the limit of h aproaches zero, so h gets...