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    quite but reliable server psu

    I'm looking into build a new server to replace my now failing Dell poweredge 1400 dual P3 server that functions as a linux nas and need to come up with some ideas for power supplys. What I'm thinking of doing is taking the parts in my now unused late model Athlon XP(nforce2 asus) desktop system...
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    method for hangin xmas lights on outdoor wood trim?

    I'm thinking about putting up some Christmas lights around the windows and a few other areas which has painted cedar wood trim over siding on it. However I'm not willing to punch holes into the wood using staples or nails. I was wondering if anyone knows of any good attachment or adhesive...
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    looking for a good gigabit router

    Hello everyone I'm looking for a new router for my gigabit home network. The requirements I need are first and foremost a built in gigabit switch as I will be using it in one room to hook a few up machines to then running a cable down the hall to another room were I already have a gigabit...
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    backup software for vista

    Does anyone know of any software to do image backups of a vista install or main hard disk to multiple dvds besides the usual norton ghost? I need to make some sort of a hard backup copy of my sisters new laptop before she goes to school which unfortunately has windows vista home on it so it...
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    new toshiba notebook wont stay off

    This is a strange one. My sister just got a brand new toshiba satellite A205-S4607 15.4" wide screen notebook with windows vista. Anyways the first thing we noticed out of the box is that if you try to shut down the computer with the power adapter plugged in will cause the computer to start...
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    core2 duo system over heats constantly

    Hello I just built a new system up using a core2 duo cpu with its retail heatsink along with an intel mobo in an aopen case. The problem I am having however is it will not run for more then a minute or less at a time as it will shutoff do to the cpu termal protection triggering and shuting the...
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    2004 ranger edge v6 4.0 l milage?

    I dont supose anywere knows what 2004 or similar v6 4.0 L 2WD drive gets both in town and freeway driving? I cant seem to find any real results other then what the manufacture says it gets. I'm actualy having a hard time trying to decide between an execellent maintained 2000 ranger xlt...
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    american express gift card?

    I was shoping around trying to think of what to get my sister for an upcoming birthday. I'm thinking of getting her a gift card because then she can use it on whatever she wants just about anywere. So I've been trying to decide between getting an american express gift card or a visa fastcard...
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    wireless card sugestions

    I'm looking for a cheaper option for wireless cards that use G with speeds up to 108mbps preferably with rangebooster. Basicly I just need two pci cards to share internet conectivity and mayby an occasional small network file transfer between the two systems. One system is pentium 3 runing...
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    building a budget core2 duo system

    Hello I'm helping out a friend of my dads by building a new cad system for him. Hes a big intel guy and wants core 2 duo but at the same time is on a buget. also he wanted 2gb of ram. So I have come up with the following components: (He allready has a monitor, keyboard, and mouse). CPU...
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    2001 ford ranger v-6

    I'm looking at posible geting a 2001 ford ranger with a 4.0L v-6 engine as my first truck. I'm just curious as to what kinds of differences people are experiencing between the 4.0 v-6 and the more comon 3.0 v-6 in terms of fuel economy. Probably most of my driving will be in town driving(ex...
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    so aparently i am straight edge

    I was told today that I am straight edge aparently and I relized it before even though I have allways felt that way. However what is weird I dont fit your typical Straight Edge description of someone who listens to hardcore or punk rock nfact I dont listen to it at all and hardly listen to any...
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    dead pixel?

    hopefully this is the corect place for this but anyways I just got home today and go turn on my computer system and monitor which is an samsung syncmaster 172x 17" LCD that I probably have had for a little over a year or so now which I bought off newegg brand new in perfect condition not one bad...
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    surge protector problem

    Ok so today I hapened to look over at the surge protector power strip thats under my desk and for some reason I find that the red on/off rocker switch with what I assume has a red led in it is flickering on and off every couple of seconds. There is anouther LED on the surge protector that has a...
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    transfer files to pc from mp3 player?

    hello I just inherted a creative zen micro from my dad however i want to be able to pull some of the mp3s and recordings that are on the player off of there and store them on my windows xp pc? is there any way to do this? for some reason i can only seem to copy files to the player itself and not...
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    change cd control buttons to winamp?

    Hello I recently changed my keyboard out with an old unused gateway keyboard I had lying around that has a bunch of special control buttons when I install this driver for the keyboard. It adds this entry to my control panel in windows called gateway mulitfunction keyboard utility. Unfortionently...
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    I R TEH BORED

    Ok well since i didnt feel like going to my first class today I just came here to the computer science computer lab today and after browsing all the usualy sites i like to go to to like ATOT, Macrumors, Broadbandreports, etc I am now officaly bored :P Someone entertain me or sugest something...
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    i just got a facebook

    LOL now that I have signed up for facebook I can get addicted to that site as well as myspace :P that is if Im not lazy and actualy bother to create a profile lol
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    somehow i picked up this word

    For some reason lately I came up with this word PIMPMOBILE! I cant stop saying it and totaly at random
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    need a free php host

    I'm looking to find a place to put a small and simple php script of mine that sends me a notification to my phone when i get new emails by conecting to a notification server and submiting it. For some reason the host I am paying for has decided to block the particular outgoing port(4445) that...
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    i sux0r at teh bash scripting

    I have discovered something. wow i suck at scripting bash scripts. No matter how much i study I cant seem to learn the subject and am competly lost I'm totatly bombing this test worth a major percentage of my grade in my advanced unix class. This realy bites :'(
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    YAGT: arg so flustered

    K so I met this girl about 5 months ago and have become quite close in a time of about 5 months. What was strange we both went to high school taking a few classes together and never noticed each other before. We were even the same age now 21. Well anyways we both developed feelings for each...
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    cant find a decent jabber server

    Ok for some reason I cant seem to find a decent jabber server to conect to that has a gateway to MSN. Ive looked at the listing at http://www.xmpp.net/ and I live in the US. Anyone here have any sugestions for servers that seem to have a good uptime and relable conection to msn?
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    gizmo project voip

    So i just finaly got this gizmo voip phone thing on my pc with my broadband internet conection and I noticed that it only costs 1cent per minute for calling inside the us. Damn that totaly beats my cell which is 20 or 10 depending on what time it is and who Im calling. U can eather by minutes in...
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    difference between two mp3 players?

    This is weird I found these two Creative zen touch 20gb mp3 players on newegg and the only difference between the two i see is module number otherwise they are exactly the same except one is about $20 then the other one. Anyone know why or see any differences? Creative White 20GB USB 2.0 MP3...
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    looking for cheap pata hard drive controler

    I'm buying a 250GB seagate hard drive from newegg (with my gift certificate i got for christmas)for my linux fileserver. howver my motherboard only supports drives up to 75gb so I need to find a good cheap controler from newegg as well. I dont intend to do any raid stuff or anything fancy like...
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    250gb ide hd drive in older system

    Hello I need to add some storage to my linux fileserver box which is ruing somewhat older hardware. the motherboard is a gigabyte slot A runing a 800mhz athlon cpu. I believe the module is an GA7IXE or something similar. I'm runing Ubuntu hoary Linux. And the bios for my motherboard is...
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    jabber server?

    I was wondering if anyone here might know of any good jabber servers or networks that allow you to get onto MSN messenger protocol? I have a client for my phone and would like to be able to get on msn using jabber. Thanks
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    damn u adultswim!!!

    lol adultswim has goten a hold of me and turned me into an insomniac. thanks to it I was up all last night and havent slept in like 36 hours and now Im about to fall asleep in between classes at college. Btw did anyone see that ATHF Boost Mobile Episode last night? that was awsome :D
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    need a kvm switch

    Well I'm getting an ibook soon so I will be needing an inexpensive KVM switch soulution for that and my pc desktop system so I can switch my keyboard, mouse, monitor back and forth between the two at home. Heres the thing my keyboard is a PS2 keyboard and my mouse is a microsoft intellimouse...
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    my sis just got a car 2002 civic

    Well my sister just got a new car its a green 2002 Honda civic LX(not bad for a first car) and it came with the standard stereo head unit they put in those cars. It doesn?t even have a CD player. So anyways I'm thinking that for Christmas I'm going to be a nice brother and do something special...
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    is this normal ad hoc

    I just got a wifi card for free :D cant beat that ;) Its a dlink DWL-520 PCI 2.4ghz B PCI card to be exact. Anyways so I brought it home and decide to make sure it at least worked. I installed it my computer ruining windows xp and created a new wireless network. I set the network up so it would...
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    windows podcast download app

    basicly as the title states it ;) Does anyone know of any good podcast downloading applications for windows other then itunes?
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    need a *nix notebook

    Well I guess I need to finaly get myself a notebook mostly for school classes. I'm taking a bunch of unix classes and some comp science stuff where all the computers are some linux distro, mac os x, bsd, etc. Basicly i will mostly be doing class work, studies, browsing the web, playing mp3s, etc...
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    need some new headphones

    Well I think its about time I get some new headphones. I currently have a pair of Sony MDR-CD280 which are a couple of years old and they are faling apart. I was able to temporarily fix them by using lots of electrical tape and splicing the chords in areas where shorts have developed so they...
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    damn comp laggy

    Hello I obviously have a problem with my computer system its seems to be getting somewhat worse lately where as it will be laggy. Moving the mouse around or just doing other tasks comes in spurts. Its annoying the crap out of me. Its definately not a software issue either as I have no viruses or...
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    windows media server choppy?

    Hello I am having a problem with windows media server 9 which is setup to stream a channel from my ati tv wonder pci capture card. The problem is the fact that the video is outputed both onscreen inside the server viewer and via a client conection through media player, etc. I'm runing windows...
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    western digital rma?

    Well as the topic leads to I have a client with a WD 120GB Sata drive that is about to die. There was a power surge and imediately aftewords it started making this clicking sound and would start aka click of death. So my question is how good is WD about sending a replacement drive via advanced...
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    stream video

    Hello I'm wondering if there is a way to stream video via webcam or tv caputure card at home via a webpage preferably that would be viewable on a PC that is behind a microsoft proxy server at my college with only port 80 opened. Curently I have tried using webcamXP and that doesnt seem to work...
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    differences between cpus?

    I'm thinking about posibly geting a lower priced notebook around the $500-$700 range and I'm wondering what would be the best processor to get. I'm thinking more performance wise(not battery life) wich is best between Intel Celeron M, AMD Turion, AMD Sempron. Of corse if I went with intel I...