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    My budget gaming rig

    Did I do okay? Started here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883109040 Add some gaming Kick : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127495 Make sure it doesn't kill itself : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371007 I got the same tower at Staples for...
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    So I'm prepping to move into an appartment in January

    How accurate are these apartment review sites in your experience? I mean I understand that a lot of people won't write if they have a good experience, so I'm taking it with a grain of salt. But when I went to the apartments themselves they seemed great, and I used to live up the street 3 miles...
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    Where to find BTX cases?

    I've got a pair of mobo's that I mis ordered from Newegg and instead of returning them with the restock fee I just decided to keep onto them and build a rig around them later. I had ordered ATX cases so they didn't work for the builds I was working on at the time. But now I'm sitting around...
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    My dad's girlfriend came to me to brag

    "Check it out, it's got all the files on it from the office, but the only thing I'm not sure about is how to work on them and how to transfer them back." I explain that it would probably be best to copy them to her computer, work on them, then move them back. This confused her, so I snagged...
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    Sock baby is gone :(

    I need to find the 3 parts of the sock baby saga, but www.sockbaby.com is down and I didn't find anything quickly on google. Help me ATOT, you're my only hope.
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    ATOT: You're my only help

    So I went to replace the hard drive on my PS3 and there are a few TINY phillips head screws to hold it in place. 4 on the cage and one to hold the cage in place. I went at them with an eye glass screw driver but it was a bit too small, and then I dug around in the garage for some slightly larger...
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    Anyone have a PS3 and loaded YDL 5 on it yet?

    I've got a hard drive on the way to replace the tiny 20gb one that came with my PS3 and was just hoping to get an overview of how well the YDL was running on the PS3. I know that FC5 can run on it as well, but it's a bit sluggish because of the gui. YDL is based on FC5 from what I understand...
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    I have joined the high def nation

    So Fry's Electronics has a 27'' HDTV that'll do 720p and 1080i and takes HDMI, S-video, VGA, Component and probably a few other input forms. It was $399. I was all over it like white on rice as soon as my dad showed me the huge Fry's Ad today. So I've gotten it home, bought a reasonably...
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    Worst burglar evar?

    Mmm, smokes.
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    Sprinting really takes alot out of you

    And runing for that matter. I've never known what running felt like for more than like 1/16th of a mile. I can now run about a 1/4 mile without stop at a steady pace, and I'd like to push that further. (background) I've gotten myself down to 205lbs, from about 220 starting a few months ago...
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    Man, I'm gonna feel bad tomorrow

    I got headhunted basically by my old company. It was a blast to work for them, very laid back, and pretty low stress. And the job was just really enjoyable to me over all. I quit in January to focus more on school again, after a 14 or 15 month run with them. I was the only person on the original...
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    I am le sad

    Stupid male pattern baldness. I have a filter deal that sits over the drain in my shower to catch hair, because it constantly clogs it up. After every shower there's a nice clump of it there. When I put gel in my hair, I get at least 4 or 5 hairs that'll come out stuck to my hands. This is...
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    Linux, PS3 and DC?

    http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4621 This looks promising. I know F@H had some news about working with Sony to harness the power of the Cell for distributed computing. Of course we're all going to have to wait to see just how well it'll pan out, but this looks promising. If the...
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    Is yahoo down?

    And I want to check my email :( And 30 seconds later it works :(
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    Intel branding works too well

    It really gets on my nerves when someone puts a laptop up for sale, or in their sig and says that they have a Centrino processor. THERE IS NO THING AS A CENTRINO PROCESSOR. Centrino is Intels brand of mobile solutions. A laptop is allowed to be called a Centrino laptop only when it has a...
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    Odds of my CC company lowering my rate?

    So I'm planning to call up my CC company tomorrow and ask them to lower my rate. Currently it's the default pwn you 22.99%. It was my first credit card that I got for college to help build my credit rating up. They've upped my limit twice to almost double what I started with. I've never made a...
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    Compiz under Ubuntu

    I've followed a couple guides to try and install Compiz on one of my systems, and everything seems to have gone swimmingly. I've got the nVidia drivers installed properly, because I get the splash screen if I restart X. I added packages and pre-configured the different files that the guides told...
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    A self stats idea I've been having

    So, I've been thinking, and that's a dangerous thing, about a self stats type deal to make figuring out PPD and PPH type deals easier. It would have to be set up in the following fasion, at least the way I can think about it. You have clients and you have a server machine. The clients will...
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    Best S754 mobo with PCIe?

    I've pretty much narrowed down my system instability to my el cheapo ECS motherboard. And my recent issues with Leadtek and their inability to send me a working video card have put me in the position to want to upgrade. However I don't have the spare scratch sitting around to do a full new...
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    DC is great for bringing out instability

    So, the rig in my signature specifically is starting to lock up on me during long bouts of crunching. Actually, just at any point as well, as it'll try and freeze back up on the desktop while I'm navigating the file system after it's happened. It has a GeForce 4800SE instead of the 6800GT...
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    I've had it with Leadtek.

    Back in January of 05 I bought a 6800GT. Set me back $377. It came in the mail and I gleefully stuck it in my computer. It produced artifacts from POSTing, and terrible artifacts on my desktop. I RMAed it to the etailer I bought it from. They sent me another one, that was obviously used. It...
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    Lowtax vs Uwe

    It finally happened. And Lowtax unsuprisingly got owned. Here's an interview with Lowtax after the match I have to hand it to Lowtax for his positive attitude. And I have to agree that it seems Uwe took it way too seriously and was trying to beat the tar out of him, and the other...
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    Online Savings accounts

    So who out there is free and has the highest intrest rates? I remember seeing a thread a while back in Hot Deals that had a whole slew of them, but I can't turn it up :( I'm just tired of getting crap for intrest from my bank on my free savings. I got the account really just to have a place...
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    I'm postin from my PSP

    Cuz all the public comps were in use. I'm a sad Menkey.
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    YACPUT: 9300 & Core Duo?

    From looking at the maint manual from Dell it looks pretty easy to remove the processor in my 9300. However, is it possible, through a BIOS upgrade to support a Core Duo processor? I'm guessing no, since it seems more popular on the FS/FT forum to sell Pin Modded 9300s, and I haven't seen...
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    Lack of linux articles

    What gives with that? I know there's some interest in these forums about linux, and there are plenty of things to do articles on in the last year. Another round of benchmarks for video cards at the least maybe?
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    YATT: Got my first parking ticket

    I go to ASU, and park in the big huge parking lot, around the stadium, like half the other students. I usually end up taking my parking pass down from the rear view mirror, because it's tried to come loose and fly in the past when I have the windows down. This morning I forgot to stick it...
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    My computers hate me

    So, not just 5 minutes I ago I was happily playing EvE online, when suddenly, my computer just died. Not the case fans and lights, but no more video, no more music, no response from the keyboard. I've turned it off, and back on again, and I still get nothing. The case fans spin up, but...
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    ATOT: To go to a party, or to not?

    I hung out with her a bit a while ago, and we got along pretty well. But we lived on opposite parts of the valley here (a good 15 mile drive to hang) and I got sucked into school and my job after finishing the semester so I've pretty much lost contact with her. I liked her, but nothing happened...
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    To try and RMA, or get an NV silencer to solve my problems?

    I've had this card for quite some time now, in fact, almost as long as I've been registered here, because I joined because of issues with this card. In any event. The card works just fine for the most part. It'll play The Sims 2, it'll play Day of Defeat or Counter Strike Source just happily...
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    Anyone have an idea why

    Both are S754, under full load, with the same HSF (opteron). It's pretty darned weird. My Sempy was doing 48-50*C under full load, and the 3400 is doing 43-45*C under full load. Yes, I know these temps are a bit high, but given the ambient temperature in the room, it's not bad. And the ambien...
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    Which board to run for my rig?

    I've got both boards sitting here, s754. I'm currently using the ECS one that I got with the sempy proc in the notorious Fry's bundle. It's been running steady, however it doesn't OC stable to any degree, it DID do 240mhz on the FSB for a little while, then became unstable. It's been perfectly...
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    How do you uninstall F@H's commandline client

    Or is there a way to see if it is still crunching away under my username and team? I had some issues with my laptop getting rebooted because of windows updates automatically, and it messed with the commandline client some I believe. I guess I had initially installed one as a service, but I...
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    Yey for being late night tech support

    So my dad is a lawyer. He's pretty good, but recently struck out on his own after the company he had been working for was aquired by another insurance company and the new management sucked. So he got a fatty severence package and opened the only law office in Supprise AZ. In anycase, it's really...
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    Poo, I hate finals and the scheduling behind them

    So my first final today was at 9:50am. I was done with it by 10:30am. The teacher this morning had sent out an email saying that it was at 9:10, so I sat around a long arse time without anything to do, but look over my note cards again. My second final today, according to my sylabus, is at...
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    Hey guys, check out my oozinator

    But once I got the hang of it, it was a real blast.
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    Looks like I'll make money upgrading my PC

    I'm doing a mild upgrade on the sig in my rig. The nForce 2 board has been acting up with memory. I tested the memory it had in a couple other computers and it continued to produce memtest errors, so I'm RMAing it. But even with GOOD memory that produced no errors in my other PCs, it is still...
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    Linux hates the internet

    So, I've recently been trying to bring a bunch of old P3 machines back from the dead. I've got 2 tapped back into service. Both however have been giving me massive headaches under Linux distros. Machine One: Mandrake 10.1 P3 800mhz 256mb DDR 2100 10gb Quantum Fireball HDD (Quantums never...
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    SETI@home BOINC manager

    So I just started the whole distributed computing idea last night. Got my Linux box all set up, and started crunching. I went to sleep, and then woke up and set up one of my Windows boxes to crunch as well. Went to school, checked up on them, and saw that there wasn't any new contact to the...
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    Best OS to run Distributed Computing proggies?

    What OS should I run on this thing to stick it on a distributed computing project? I *might* be able to get another 64 on it, but it's rather doubtful. It's an old gateway I have sitting around and previous attempts to get a 64mb stick from a near identical gateway to work on it have been...