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  1. asm0deus

    OCZ Arc 100 Slowness

    I bought an OCZ ARC 100 during a Newegg deal a couple weeks back (for $109). I'm trying to figure out why my speeds are slow. I also bought and installed a SATA III controller to go with it (SYBA Marvell) into a PCIe x1 slot. I'm guessing that I'm hitting the limit of the PCIe bus when I'm...
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    IRC takeover - How to file permission protect from admin in XP

    Hey ATers, We have two offices, one in FL and one in NC, to stay in touch we have an IRC server and my close friend in the FL office has forcefully taken over as net admin. Well us guys up in NC are sick of him abusing his power and want to take back the server. We are running Unreal IRCD...
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    I can't get the fan off

    My x2 3800+ is mounted in mobo with standard AMD cooler, I can't figure out how to get the hsf off. I've tried looking online can't find any good instructions. plz someone help.
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    Replacing fan on a 9800 pro

    I got an AIW 9800 pro thats fan was not spinning as fast as it should. I bought a 9800 pro HSF thinking it would fit, almost not quite. Anyways I was wondering if I could take the fan off of the heatsink and just swap fans on them instead of the whole HSF. Worst case if it's not possible, I...
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    Updated: Raid0+1 (2x80GB & 1x160GB)

    K I got a Raid0 setup pretty easily. But I think jpbelauskas is right I should have it mirrored too. Is it possible to Raid0+1 using 2 80GBs (striped) and mirror to a 160GB? I have the 2 80GBs as masters on their own IDE channels. Could I add the 160GB to a slave channel and mirror? thanks for...
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    Can I use RCA cables to connect component output on PC to TV?

    I am currently using svideo out to TV but have my component output dongle sitting in front of me and see component input on my TV. I dont have a component cable though. Could I use RCA cable to connect them? thanks!
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    Need a new power button

    Just got my friend a SN41G2 and the power button is wompty and takes 30 pushes for it to come on. The mobo has a 2-pin power-on jumper and i'm thinking of getting a momentary push button and installing it in the 3.5" bay. Anyone know where to get one with a 3.5" drive cover or know if...
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    Paying car off need advice

    I got a 2001 Camry on loan from my former employer for $6750, and later the company paid for a repair that cost $1100. So $7900 total. I had been paying $200 per paycheck to own the car which roughly worked out to $400 per month. Fast forward a year and a half. They told me two weeks ago my...
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    New rig, opinions please..

    ASPIRE X-QPACK w/ 420W PSU $79.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144160 ASUS A8N-VM $64.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131571 AMD Opteron 165 (retail) $325 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103588 Zalman...
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    Getting a Monarch Hornet

    Monarch Hornet Pro u-ATX Black Topower 350W PSU EVGA 131-K8-NF44-AX Mobo SLI/audio/GBLAN/PCI-E/SATA/RAID AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ 939 Retail 1GB Corsair XMS 250GB WD SATA3G 16MB EVGA GeForce 7800GT 256MB VIVO Sony DW-Q30A-B2 16x6x16 DVD-R/RW 1xPanaflo 80mm Front Fan 2x Hornet Quiet 40mm...
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    Vehicle tax

    Yeah so I got my vehicle tax notice, and it says my car's value is: ~11,500 and I check KBB for private party ($5700) and suggested retail ($8700). This is for state of NC, on a 2001 Camry CE 5spd 92k. I'm going to call them and ask to do a reality check. Anyone else seen/heard of this? Do...
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    I owe the DMV $ and it went to collections

    Got a collection notice from DMV and it said something about they would deny me DMV services until paid. I plan on paying it after I get a couple other things done first but do you think they'll make me an ID card? I won't be getting a driver's license just an ID.
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    Need some emergency XP pro help

    I'm sure i'm going to get alot of SOL responses so please don't post them, I've read about 5 tutorials about password recovery and what not and most of them have failed because this NTFS partition doesn't allow linux to write to it. So here's my debacle: Our old administrator's machine (has...
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    Daisy Does America

    seriously shes semi-hot and slightly funny.. its a comedy on TBS not an adult film ftw
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    Video conferencing

    So a client of ours wants webcams for their employees who are spread around the state. Now we need a software solution that will allow them to all webcam into the meeting. We're considering WebEx right now but is there some software that you guys would recommend us taking a looking at. We're...
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    YACT: Burnt clutch

    Everyone said it would happen eventually, i didnt believe them. I only had the car 6 months. 2001 Toyota Camry CE 5-speed. Was driving last night in traffic, not particularly aggressive but I guess enough to get the clutch stuck. It was slipping, and burning up. Got it to my friends, not...
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    flashmx2k4: using combobox in form

    so i got this form in a movie im creating and have a bunch of text input boxes that should work fine, but i cant figure out how to get the combobox (from the components panel) variable to post to the php script. is there some actionscript i need to do to convert the variable or something? its...
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    YAGT: so i messed things up

    So i sit next to this girl at work whose our art director (shes got mad design skills) and the first couple months were awesome. We went out to lunch everyday, just me and her. i liked her from the beginning (shes hot etc), and would buy her lunch occasionally. she would chat me up all day...
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    Redhat Enterprise ES3

    We're trying to add some virtualhosts to our redhat server. The virtualhost directives go in httpd.conf right? Was also wondering what a segmented server is, our old redhat box has an entirely different directory structure and our IT guy says the old setup is segmented, we want to...
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    flash question

    when i goto scene 2, the loop continues (cool), but when I go back to scene 1 it loopsit again (2 loops = bad) ideas?
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    ZNF3-250 7.1 compatible with 5.1?

    Just got some logitech z-640's and will be hooking them up tonight, but my mobo does 7.1 surround sound, would it be compatible with 5.1? I noticed the speakers have 3 cable outputs (green, orange, black) thanks guys
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    just got back from 7 day vacation

    7 day paid vacation all expenses paid, ever heard of the band 311? well lead singer nick hexum bought one of the florida keys (money key aka hexum key) and we stayed there for 7 days. we had a chef come to the island alot of the days. There was internet but it was slow (satelite is ghey) i...
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    multi monitors on photoshop

    I design on a laptop at work, and it has a 9600 pro so it can do dual display with the lcd at work. So when I leave and goto single desktop mode on the road, well when I use photoshop the option windows are on the other monitor, and I can't get to them. I've tried cascading windows and reset...
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    drunk at work

    my italian boss made italian lunch today and there was alot of wine to be had, needless to say, im a bit drunk and have the spins. im not gonna stop drinking yet but i just wanted to say... being drunk at work is weird. :wine: cheers all
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    YACT: getting company car

    The company I just started working for has said they'll get me a car in the $6k range. After talking with my brother (who looks for car deals everyday) and my mechanic friend i've narrowed my searching down to: 1) 1994 Acura Integra LX @ $5650 (white) automatic, new tires and brakes w/ 76k...
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    my new job

    just got situated, they hooked me up w/ a dell laptop with 3G wireless (already paid for and setup), i've never had a laptop and this one is awesome! has widescreen, 9600pro, dothan 2ghz, 1GB of RAM!! I can play games wirelessly anywhere anytime!! not so great on the ping times and occasional...
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    YACT: cant get the steering wheel to budge

    so im eating lunch and my roommate is all like can you move your car, and im like wtf, ok. and put on my jacket and get in car. it makes the weird, i cant start sound. which my friend who sold me the car said, "you have to turn the wheels, sometimes it wont start cause the wheels arent...
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    My monitor looks like its dying

    Got a samsung 21" crt cheap on AT for sale forum, and fedex seemed to treat the box pretty bad. the side of the monitor came out of its socket but it worked fine though and didnt seem to have any problems. until 2 days ago i saw it go from regular monitor to cyan hued crapper. i have dual...
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    VNF3-250

    So I had to update the BIOS to get the temp monitoring working and after the update it dropped my memory down to 166. The memory is Kingston Valu PC2700 but it will run @ 200. I looked in the BIOS and it won't let me set it to 200, any ideas on how do it? The memory options max out at 166, I...
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    2 fans on heatsink

    well i had this crappy generic hsf for my 1900+ and it was idling ~60C which I didnt like very much. I noticed it had a 80mm fan on it and remembered I had a bunch of those and noticed I could just use some zip ties and attach a second one. I put it on and now i'm about 10C cooler ~50C idle. I...
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    Blockbuster gamepass = video game paradise

    A friend and I decided to go halvsies on a gamepass @ $10 each and have spent a sick amount of time @ BB lately and wanted to list to them for drooling and bragging purposes Recently acquired: Call of Duty: Finest Hour Need for Speed Underground 2 Hot Shots Golf Fore Tiger Woods 2005...
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    Today only: celebrate 11/11 11:11

    u know you want to :beer::wine::music: do it, do it.
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    Unstable K7VTA3

    I wanted to have front USB on my secondary rig. I checked the wiring diagrams and see that there's a couple mismatches and decide hey maybe its worth a try. Not a good idea. I powered on and the PC comes on but doesnt boot up, so I turn it off, silently berate myself, take the front header...
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    Sempron 2200+ versus Duron 1800

    I had a 2400 mobile for a while, but i didn't really game that much so i sold it, and put a duron 1800 in my machine to replace it. i bumped up the fsb to 150 and now it's running ~2GHz. now a sempron 2200 is on it's way to me and im wondering since it's clocked by default @ 1.5 that it...
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    Windows networking, user problem

    Ok this is hard to explain so i'm going to try my best to do it quickly. We put together a new computer for a girl at work. When we setup a network share for her user it doesn't work. It works with other users but not with hers. So I'm assuming that there's a problem where windows is not...
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    Hot HDD

    I got a maxtor 160gb that's running kinda hot. Speedfan is reporting it's running @ 52C and has a little flame next to it, if I touch the drive for more than a second it feels like my skin is gonna blister. Is this normal or should I look into getting a drive cooler or a new drive? The drive...
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    XP Corrupt Networking

    So I was fixing my friends laptop, he had tons of spyware and a few viruses. So I took them all off and decided to test out SP2 on his machine just to see if it would make things safer. Everything went smooth, except that I couldnt connect to the network after, so I turned the firewall off and...
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    lots of downloads + firefox = 100% cpu usage

    so ive been trying firefox after my IE got hijacked (finally fixed it) and i had mad downloads (6 or 7) coming through firefox download manager, it was getting great speeds over broadband but eventually firefox went to 'not responding' and took up >200MB of RAM and eventually I had to close it...