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    HP: horrible customer service

    Looks like a simple case of HP hinge explosion. Careful disassembly and review of the damaged parts followed by searching on http://partsurfer.hp.com will give you part numbers for the damaged pieces. Some quick Googling will then allow you to purchase the parts and repair the laptop. HP...
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    What's your windows experience index?

    7.8 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9
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    Ivy Bridge Results and Discussion thread

    I got mine. Running it at stock at the moment. HT is enabled. Ambient: 25c Idle: 26c-30c Full load on all cores from Inplace Large FFTs with Prime95 after 30 minutes: 67c-72c Cooler: NH-D14 Case: FT02 Motherboard: GA-Z77X-UD5H On the plus side, between the 3770k and my new Seasonic...
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    Ivy Bridge 3770K/3570K available on Newegg

    Ordered. My FT02S, GA-Z77-UD5H, NH-D14, and 32GB Ballistix are lonely.
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    When will ivybridge chips be available?

    Just ordered my 3770k. Thanks for the link.
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    Fitting 2TB data on 500GB hard drive for backup?

    Not unless the data is highly compressible. Buy a 2 or 3 TB drive and schedule daily/weekly backups as needed.
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    Ivy Bridge - where are you buying at this point?

    Newegg Next Day Air or Amazon Next Day Air. Silverstone FT02, Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5P, 32GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1600 8-8-8-24, Noctua NH-D14, and Seasonic X-660 are all mounted in FT02 and waiting for the 3770K to arrive.
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    fail thread

    Relax nerd.
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    Scratch Build: The Ultimate Computer Desk

    Tore up the other side of that piece eh? Looks like its time to call in the wood filler.
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    Should I upgrade from Opteron 165 to Phenom II X4 955 BE?

    Im looking on ZZF right now and I see the i7 920 for that price and the motherboard for $156.39, but I dont see that ram listed for $47. Can you link me up? Also, in a nose to nose comparison between the 920 and the 955 I see very little difference in the benchmarks Ive seen for gaming. This...
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    Should I upgrade from Opteron 165 to Phenom II X4 955 BE?

    Current: Opteron 165 @ 2.4Ghz DFI NF4 Ultra-D 2GB RAM at stock speeds Proposed: Phenom II X4 955 BE 3.2Ghz Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P 8GB of DDR with 7-7-7-20 timings $493.59 shipped I currently have a 4870 so I dont need a new video card and my current processor is decent for most...
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    DDR RAM -should i upgrade?

    DaveSimmons is spot on. DDR1 will not got any cheaper. It will go the way of RDRAM. So either get it now, or save your money for when you switch to a DDR2 system.
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    Mouse freezing?

    Try putting a USB->PS2 converter on the end and see if the problem goes away.
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    PC resets if USB Mass storage device is inserted

    Check and make sure there isnt a screw/standoff/somethingelse between the board and case. Usually Id blame the headers connected to the motherboard, but if it does it with the ports that are on the back panel of the board, then youve got a serious board issue there. So, if you cant find...
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    Opteron 165 $149 + shipping @ Monarchcomputer

    Yowza. And to think I paid $330 for my Opty 165 a mere 10 months ago...
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    Next to upgrade?

    Depending on what you do, Id say either another GB of RAM or waiting. If you run lotsa memory intensive programs and find yourself paging to disk alot, then throw in another GB of RAM. Otherwise, its not really worth it to upgrade anything else in there. Just settle in for the...
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    Install a New Motherboard .. Win XP Pro SP2

    A virus/spyware/malware problem *could* cause "random" reboots, but then again it *could* also cause your computer to dial a phone-sex hotline and have crazy phonesex for 45 minutes. Which is to say, that its much more probable that a virus/spyware/malware problem would simply slow a machine...
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    Install a New Motherboard .. Win XP Pro SP2

    Goto the website for the manufacturer of your HD. Under the support section, there will be a diagnostic tool(SeaTools,DFT,etc). Throw it on a floppy and test the HD.
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    Recovering Windows XP after Motherboard Swap

    Since the error persists after manually copying the file over, Im going to have to blame the CD itself. Is there another copy that can be used?
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    Win XP Home upgrade from Win98SE

    Unless Im mistaken, theres no such thing as a XP Home OEM Upgrade, so then it stands to reason that if you have a XP Home Upgrade, it must be retail. Since its, the software can migrate. 95% chance of me being right here.
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    Help

    Whats probably happened is that one(or more) of those "hooks" has bent down fully instead of leaving a clearance. Just make sure that all of the hooks have a roughly 1/16" space and it should slide right on in.
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    What's the fastest you have driven your car, or a car?

    110 traveling home from Independence Day weekend. $300 fine.
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    I just ordered $1200 of equiptment on newegg and zipzoomfly (update)

    My local UPS distribution center is about 1.5 miles away. If I allow them to deliver it, they usually dont drop it off until about 5pmish. Since I hate waiting for my part to go in a huge circle, I do something different instead. I check UPS' tracking page and wait until it hits the local...
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    Ok who hacked Newegg?

    Gogo Newegg employee...
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    WHat is the SMOOTHEST Mousepad?

    I personally use a fUnc 1030. Its awesome with my MX518. Some people may say it doesnt help a bit, but when I need pinpoint accurracy and absolute reliability, theres nothing like the MX518 at 1600 DPI on a perfect surface with barely any friction. But then again, I play a FPS at a...
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    seagate 7200.7 or 7200.8

    Check on seagates website with the SN that should be on the drive and make sure that it is under warranty. If it is, then keep it. 7200.8 > 7200.7
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    Gaming: X2s better than Opterons?

    The title of this thread is misleading. Since I own a 165, I took the headline to mean: "Dual-core X2s better than dual-core Opterons?" Also, the AMD driver DOES fix the problem in Warcraft 3 for me. Additionally, while there may be no performance boost in games these days with dual core...
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    Operating Frequency Vs. L2 Cache

    For the win TBH
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    2 PC killers in 1

    Thats some hot deal...
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    Rubber feet for Dell Inspiron 8600

    Assuming that he could get someone that not in India.
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    I have 2 Maxtors 250 GB 16 MB Cache Hard Drives

    RAID 0 would stripe the drives and increase the amount of data you could read and write per second. However, realistically you probably wouldnt notice a difference. Not worth it IMOH.
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    Rate this computer

    You can make computers these days without hard drives or RAM? Also, LGA775? Might as well shoot yourself in the foot.
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    I'm dreaming of a...

    Since when has the number of people who supported something proved to be an indication of what is actually right and true? Additionally, self-described rednecks are exactly that. Hell, if I wanted, I could call myself a redneck, but that wouldnt make me one. While I disagree that "all of...
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    I'm dreaming of a...

    The world we live in is wrong? Oh my Nik, youve surely surpassed me here. Surely you must be God himself! Also, I did go back and read the thread, but apparently I must be missing something. If you could point out the specific posts, I would be indebtted to you.
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    I'm dreaming of a...

    Hey, I didnt make those definitions up. The world we live in did.
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    I'm dreaming of a...

    No, I am pointing out that the word "redneck" or "white trash" is racist. My own racism doesnt come into account here. Just because a blind man knows that a banana is yellow doesnt make that banana any less yellow.
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    I'm dreaming of a...

    Please point out what replies I have ignored and I will promptly respond. I apologize if I forgot one in the flurry. Indeed I may, but then again I feel good to know that in this country I can freely live whatever paranoid and sad life that I wish to.
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    I'm dreaming of a...

    Hippies? I dont know about them. Rednecks would be the issue of this thread. I make a good number of jokes about a good number of things, but I also freely admit that Im a racist.