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    Question for Samsung 970P/Viewsonic VP930b owners

    I'm trying to decide between the Samsung 970P and the Viewsonic VP930b LCD monitors I'm mostly concerned about backlight leakage, and ghosting problems in first person shooters. I know that TN type panels are faster but I prefer the high contrast and wide viewing angles of MVA/PVA. Also...
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    PC-Cillin Rebate

    I recently purchased a copy of Trend Micro's PC-Cillin Internet Security 2005 from NewEgg.com. I submitted my rebate along with all the items specified on the rebate form. Several weeks later I received a notice, from TrendMicro, stating that the rebate would not be honored since I failed to...
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    Best Mobo LAN Drivers

    I have an Intel D865PERLK, running Windows XP Pro. I'm trying to find the latest LAN drivers for its gigabit controller. At Intel's site they specify version 8.0.65293 for this motherboard ... http://support.intel.com/design/motherbd/rl/rl_drive.htm But the latest version appears to be...
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    Intel ProSet Software

    I'm using an Intel 865PERLK motherboard with Windows XP Pro. This motherboard has an onboard gigabit LAN adaptor. Do I really need Intel's ProSet control applet or is it better just to use the drivers alone? Are all of the ProSet functions duplicated by WinXP Pro anyway? TIA
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    Exhange Worthy?

    I recently received an Intel 865PERL motherboard, shipped from an online vendor. When I opened the motherboard box I discovered that it was packed in it upside down - the northbridge heatsink was supporting all of the weight during shipping (there were heatsink fin indentations in the bottom of...
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    Best external interface for boot drive

    I have an Intel 865PERLK motherboard, running Windows XP Pro. I would like to add a bootable external IDE drive. Which interface is more reliable: USB 2.0 or Firewire? My mobo has external ports for both. TIA
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    Intel 865PERL - SATA or PATA?

    I just got an Intel 865PERL mobo which uses the 865PE / ICH5R chipset. I'm trying to decide between PATA or SATA hard drives. Would SATA drives be any less reliable? I plan to have two drives but in a non-RAID configuration. I've heard rumors about data corruption issues with current...
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    Optical Drive Purchase

    I'm considering getting an NEC 3520A DVD burner and a Samsung TS-H352A DVD-ROM drive (also known as the Toshiba SD-M1912) . Both would be connected to my mobo's secondary IDE channel. Is this a good pairing? Would I be better off choosing the same brand for both burner and ROM drive? Thanks...
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    Best burner software for NEC 3520

    Anyone out there using an NEC ND 3520? If so what burner software are you using? I'm running WinXP Pro I'd like to use Nero software, but I'll use whatever's most compatible with the burner. Thanks.
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    Adaptor Compatibility

    Does anyone know of a Serial ATA to IDE adapter that's compatible with Intel's D865PERL motherboard? If not, what about any mobo that uses the same chipset? (865PE/ICH5R) Thanks.
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    XP Pro Activation

    I'm building a PC that will use removable hard drive racks to run two separate instances of Windows XP Pro (one on each hard drive). Will I have to buy two retail copies of XP Pro to activate them? I called Microsoft's licensing department and the person didn't even know. Thanks
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    Booting from slave drive in a cable-select configuration

    I have discovered that if I put two drives on my mobo's primary IDE channel, each drive in its own removable rack with its jumpers configured for "cable select", and each with an instance of Windows XP installed, then I can boot from either drive just by powering the master drive on or off...
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    SATA Boot Priority Question

    Does anyone know of an Intel-chipset motherboard, with an integrated SATA controller, that allows one to allocate two SATA drives to the boot priority? For example, if two SATA drives were installed in removable racks, the BIOS could first try to boot from SATA1, if it's not in its rack then it...