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    When are 500 GB 2.5" drives coming

    I read they were shipping but I still can't find any at the Egg. Anyone heard any news about the times for retail availability?
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    are the opteron 165s still the bee's knees?

    are they still the dual core chip to get for overclocking? i'm also open to single cores if there's anything besides the 'obvious' 3200 venice to go after...
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    what motherboards have the ALC882D audio chipset?

    I notice that the Abit AT8 has it, but I'm wondering what other boards have this audio chipset. It seems like it could be a worthy successor to Soundstorm (peace be upon it...)
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    why does my dvd drive rip dvd's so slowly?

    my NEC 3500AG drive doesn't ever rip DVDs with DVD decrypter at faster than about 3x, maybe 4x occasionally. my 3550A, on a very similar computer, will rip them at 8x, 9x... and higher. the same DVDs too. i haven't noticed any other differences, say with write speeds or anything... just these...
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    power supply weirdness

    Clif Notes: Voltages are low but it worked fine at heavy load for almost 2 weeks. I got one total lockup today right after confirming the 5 and 12 volt readings with a DMM. I want feedback as to whether to RMA it. Less than two weeks ago I built a new PC using a Fortron 350W PSU that I got...
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    is it ok to use Goof Off to clean cpu core and pcb?

    ok i've been searching for over an hour and seem to find contradictory answers as to whether using Goof Off to clean the actual cpu core and pcb of old thermal interface material is safe. the bottle of Goof Off that i looked at at home depot said not to use on vinyls and plastics i think. but...
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    boot drive from pci sata?

    i just got a 160GB seagate 7200.9 drive. I'm wondering if using it as my new boot drive off the pci based silicon image controller will cause loss of performance. HDTach reports that it is indeed quite a bit faster than my current drive (80GB WD caviar). but i'm still wondering if the...
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    how i get the northbridge fan off?

    i can't figure out how to get my abit nf7-s ' northbridge fan off, do i have to uninstall the motherboard and remove it from the back or something? thanks
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    how would i go about using ceramique with a northbridge heatsink?

    i'm going to replace the fan on my nf7-s with a zalman northbridge heatsink, and i'm wondering how i'd go about doing that with using arctic silver ceramique. the instructions they give for large core cpu's assume the existence of a heat spreader but as far as i can tell there is no heat...
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    fried x800pro?

    i got the x800pro refurb deal, got the card last night was able to play a little call of duty and a few rounds of 3dmark. then all of a sudden started getting things that look like this in all 3d applications, including the 3d preview window in CCC...
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    what mobile barton to buy, and when?

    clif notes: should i get a 35w 2400 or a 45w 2600 barton mobile for OCing and should i buy it asap or wait and see if the price goes down. i've got a 2600+ running in an abit nf7-s right now. it's on stock cooling but just messing around i could barely overclock it at all before getting...
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    6800 in an nf-7s?

    so i'm going to be buying a midrange agp card, and was going to get a 6600gt but i've noticed that the 6800's are creeping down into that price range and so am also consideirng that. my only worry is that the 6800 cards look too long to fit in my abit nf7-s with both ide cables plugged in. any...
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    using 6ohm speakers with 4ohm receiver?

    so i have a set of surround speakers from my old Sharp surround sound component system, which suffered some melted capacitors. they are pretty nice speakers & i'd like to use them. the problem is that the impedence on the front & center speakers is 6ohms and the rear 12ohm, while almost every...
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    asus x800xl at newegg

    http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-121-530&depa=1 but with a weird memory clock 700 MHz... i thought the xl was supposed to have a 1000MHz memory clock? *confused*
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    how do i get windows media 10 to play .ogg?

    hi, longtime winamp user wants to branch out but i have a lot of .ogg files and want to know how to get them to play in WMP10 and or itunes. i've done some searches but really haven't found anything too helpful... can anyone point me in the right direction? thanks.
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    fingertips start swelling up suddenly?

    so i went out to shovel some snow and after i came back in and made a phone call to get a doctor's appointment (for a mild touch of bronchitis) my pinky fingertips started swelling up and getting numb, then my ring fingers, and now i can feel it starting in my middle fingers... it is only in my...
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    why can't i patch ut2004?

    i recently did a new windows installation, partitioning my main drive so as to have a place to install large games and keep mp3s etc so i can keep them between windows installations. i did an ntfs quick format from within windows. i then installed ut2004 and tried to patch it. when i try to...
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    how do i keep getting javascript viruses?

    hi, i surf with firefox and update xp always, and try to use the latest in sun java. i use panda platinum for virus protection. however every once in a while, i will get these javascript viruses show up when i scan my computer - like so: Virus detected: Exploit/ByteVerify On-demand...
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    how to remove retention module on lanparty875?

    hi, my friend (who has aol dialup and thus can't get to the forums) just bought the makings for a brand new system including a 3.2 northwood and a lanparty875(rev. b) board, along with an aerocool HT-101 heatsink. the heatsink instructions tell him to remove the 'retention module' around the...
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    delayed write failed error windows xp

    hello, while running some audio programs and experiencing latency problems, i adjusted performance under the advanced tab of computer properties for the best performance of "background services" and "system cache". upon rebooting i get a whole series of delayed write failed errors and am...
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    rant - there are no good mp3 players!!!

    i really want one - but there are none that meet my requirements - 1)reliability/good warranty 2)support for .ogg 3)easy file transfer w/o excessive proprietary programs 4)good shuffle and playlist functions the ipod loses on 2&3, the karma on 1, the iriver ihp on 4 - at least from...
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    how do i resize an animated .gif?

    i already tried with irfanview, but i only seem to be able to resize a single frame and can't figure out how to resize the whole thing. any advice? thanks, carl
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    why does BF1942 need to reboot after install?

    hi all, just nstalled BattleField 1942 and after I was done it prompted me to reboot. then after I clicked yes my StartupMonitor claimed it registered something to run on startup , but the machine shut down too fast for me to see what it was. just curious, I haven't encountered any games...
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    question about .ogg equivalent of .mp3 bitrates

    hi all, I am ripping my CD collection with CDex. I have tried both LAME and the vorbis encoder. When I use LAME I have been using the -alt -present - standard or sometimes -alt -preset -extreme. the standard sounds noticably better than .ogg at 192 - but not too bad. however the .ogg...
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    hilarious price on a floppy drive, from the future!

    http://www.shopampm.com/produc...p;products_id=266&
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    MAC address 00 - 00 - 00 ...

    someone I know has a laptop that will connect to the internet fine at my house, when plugged into my lan. but at his network, he weill get an ip address that matches that of the gateway being used by their network ( it is a university administered network, he lives in student housing) . i went...
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    anyone else annoyed by the new windows update?

    yea, having to choose between express and custom installs... and the new color scheme... whats the deal?
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    can i drink a 5+ year old opened bottle of brandy?

    well, i know its desparate but hey i'm poor and unemployed and bored... will it have turned to poison or something? i have heard references to it being 'undrinkable' but nothing about toxicity. any other crazy fools have advice? hehehheh
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    ted rall is dumb

    nearly as bad as ann coulter discuss
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    will win2k work on intel 440LX chipset?

    Hi everyone, I have an old emachines celeron 400mhz that i want to use to test spyware removal. I want to install win2k professional on it but emachines won't provide driver support. here are the specs from emachines: Video: Rage IIc 3D AGP manufactured by ATI Audio: CS42080 3D PCI...
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    even though we disagree...

    so much more hostility there it seems...
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    how to send files over aim with gaim?

    am using Windows XP, and gaim .79 trying to send a file over the AIM network to a friend. I can receive files fine but don't see a way to send them. any ideas? thanks :)
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    how come theres no more themes for firefox .9.1?

    I noticed a few days ago that there is no themes available anymore from http://texturizer.net/firefox/themes/. it just says "0 themes available'. back when i was on .9 there were tons. at first I thought it was a problem with the webpage but after a week or so it is still like this.... I kinda...
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    yahoo article on violent video games

    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&ncid=528&e=8&u=/ap/20040706/ap_on_hi_te/video_game_violence_1 hmmmm... last I knew, I get carded whenever I buy an M rated game! so what's the big deal really??? I guess the dems are trying to 'out -family value' the...
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    NB fan on NF7-S rattling

    at first I thought it was nothing, or maybe it was dust. after dusting out the machine and waiting a few days it is still rattling. should I be overly concerned? is there any quick maintence I can apply to the fan to extend its life?
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    windows messenger claims to be 4 gigs in size in add/remove programs

    this is for xp home sp1a w/ all current updates. should it be 4 gigs in add remove programs? I just got gaim and am using that for MSN instead and was thinking if I could uninstall MSN messenger and Windows Messenger it might be good (already got rid of AIM) but unfortunately I am afraid these...
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    weird firefox installation problem.

    first off I am running windows XP and have up to date antivirus (panda platinum) and anti spyware (spybot and adaware). ok, so when I upgraded firfox from .8 to .9, I didn't uninstall .8 like I was supposed to but it worked ok anyways. so when I found out that firefox .9.1 was out I decided...
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    will microsoft stop activating XP when longhorn comes out?

    someone on another message board said that MS is planning on halting product activation once Longhorn is available, to force you to upgrade if you need to re-install. is there any truth to that? is that even legal?
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    copy protection - secret drivers installed

    this is a thread over at rage3d, very interesting!!!! http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?s=&postid=1332918416#post1332918416