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    EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 won't boot from usb?

    So I have an EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 motherboard and I am trying to install ubuntu on it from thumb drive. I can't for the life of me figure out how to boot from USB. I actually have within the last week been successful to boot from a thumbdrive, but the install failed due to not being able to...
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    USB HD transfer rates progressively slow down

    I have a 200GB IDE drive in a USB enclosure, I start a transfer from it and it begins at 8MB/sec to my other drive, then after 30 seconds it is down to about 100KB/sec then finally dwindling down to 15KB/sec and never going higher until the transfer ends, which makes my 5 minute transfer turn...
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    Media player problem overlaying directx game

    I am using latest drivers with a 8800GTX card. I am trying to play .avi video overlaying a directx game. But whenever I try this from the bottom of the screen to the top of the media player the directx game does not draw. It just freezes on a frame. I was using much older drivers (71.89) that...
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    Hardrive dieing - Need backup software

    I am looking for some backup software that will allow me to copy everything off of the hardrive and backup to DVDs. I tried copying the files on my other system using it as a slave hardrive but Windows just cancels the transfer on the first error, rather then just logging it and continuing...
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    Flash on Firefox

    Alright, this thread has died so I am starting fresh in search of an answer. Basically what comes down to is, Firefox absolutely refuses to run flash inside a website. I've reinstalled the browser, reinstalled flash, even tried an older version of flash (7) and it still did the same thing...
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    Audio dependent on actual PVR volume on Winfast PVR when recording

    Here is my setup... Coaxial cable connected to tv tuner Audio out (on tv tuner) connected to Line-in (on Audigy 2 value). then speakers and crap connected to sound card. Anyway, the audio from the tv tuner goes through the line-in on my sound card... so I have these settings on my PVR...
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    How to clean MS Intellimouse Explorer wheel?

    I have noticed my wheel has gotten sluggish and I think its full of dust and other crud that is slowing it down. My question is, how do I open my mouse to clean the wheel parts? Thanks for any advice you have.
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    weird graphic problems when running tv tuner and world of warcraft

    Whenever I play world of warcraft and opened my tv tuner and use overlay feature to put my tv in a small box in WoW I get weird graphical errors that continulously happen while the tv tuner application is on. Below is an example video of what happens, (the black box is the tv tuner video...
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    Video errors while playing World of Warcraft with tv tuner overlay

    Whenever I play world of warcraft and opened my tv tuner and use overlay feature to put my tv in a small box in WoW I get weird graphical errors that continulously happen while the tv tuner application is on. Below is an example video of what happens, (the black box is the tv tuner video...
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    Ventrilo problem (administration)

    I am currently running a free server of ventrilo for my friends and world of warcraft guildies, I created some channels and set the passwords to each channel. When the server clears out and no one is on it... I will log back in and the channel passwords are all wiped. I am trying to make it so...
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    Suggest a book/tutorial for digital photography

    I am ready to teach myself more about Digital Photography. I want to be able to take better photos and be able to understand more features on my camera and learn techniques to use. I own a Canon Powershot G6 and usually only use the automatic features such as auto, portrait, landscape, night...
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    WoW - UI Customization Tool

    http://www.blizzard.com/support/wow/?id=aww01671p Curious if anyone can mirror this? Its hammered atm.
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    Canon G5 lense adaptor and lenses work on G6 or Pro 1?

    I originally had a Canon G3, and had a lense adaptor and a bunch of macro lenses, telephoto, and wide angle lense for it. Then I upgraded to a G5 and the lense adaptor and everything worked fine. I am curious would the same adaptor and lenses work on a Canon G6 or Pro 1? I can't seem to find...
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    My crappy photostiching skills

    Text I held the camera by hand, next time I go up there I'll bring a tripod. Tell me what ya think. Also if you know about tripods... recommend me a good one. This plastic cheapy thing I have isn't going to cut it I think. P.S. My appologies for those freezing their asses off in...
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    graphics demos (looking for)

    Long time ago I met some guy that had probably 30 of these tiny filesized graphic demos of people showing off their skills. Most of them had techno music in the background and would take you cool 3d effects and such. They were small, like maximum sized one that lasted 10 minutes was 200KB or so...
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    css question

    Say I have td.category { border: 1px solid #666666; } td.item { border: 1px solid #666666; } If I make a table like this... <table> <tr> <td class='category'>Blah 123</td> </tr> <tr> <td class='item'>Blah 321</td> </tr> </table> The bottom border of category and...
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    BFG 6800 GT OC

    I am upgrading to this card, I understand its being sold out of the box overclocked? I am just curious if I need to do any OCing myself, I just want it to run at the settings it was intended at and keep the lifetime warranty. Thanks. Appologies for the dumb question ;p
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    Leadtek a400 GT "Lite" (6800 GT 256MB)

    Text Came across this site, was contemplating of purchasing from them since they seem to have in stock. I am curious... what is this "Lite" version? I have never even heard of it, but it is in the description and people are talking about it in the product comments on the page. Thanks.
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    Exercise: Bike twice a day for 30mins, or once a day for 60mins?

    Is there a difference?
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    Test-Um LanRoverPro TP600 Any good?

    $100~ is my price range and it is the only LCD tester I have come across. It any good? I would be using it ocassionally so buying a $300+ tool isn't very inticing. Thanks.
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    water pack tube/straw, called?

    I am looking to just get the tube/straw and the stopper mechanism so I can put a gallon water container next to my exercise bike. They have them on camel packs and other water backpacks. If you know what they are called or where I could purchase just the tube/straw and stopper mechanism let...
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    CAT5 Tester, looking for suggestions

    I am looking for something that works well, it doesn't need an LCD. I just want to be able to test cables to see if they work. I had an IDEAL LinkMaster but it would report incorrectly saying there was a miswire when it was perfectly fine. Looking for something $60 or less. (I've seen the...
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    Error page

    Was just trying to load a thread and this came up. I refreshed and it went away, but I figure I should report it here in case devs are curious. Server Error in '/' Application. Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during...
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    Load to BIOS on laptop

    I have tried Delete button, all the F keys, Home button, Scroll Lock button... I cannot get into the BIOS. I am just trying to see what the boot order is because I am trying to install Windows XP on it and it isn't booting from CDROM. I tried googling it and I didn't come up with...
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    Restoring Contacts from windows 98 hd backup

    I am trying to find where Windows 98 Outlook Express stores it's contacts, I found the .dbx files and was able to restore emails. But I cannot for the life of me find any *.wab files to get contacts imported. Any idea where the contacts are stored so I can retreive them? Thanks, your help is...
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    legal template for loan?

    I loaned my girlfriend some money, I want to have a paper she signs saying that she will pay me back $2294 over $100 per month until it is paid off. I just don't want her changing her mind some point in the future and getting away with it basically. My question is, is there any legal templates...
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    Search topics you participated in Link/button

    I find myself searching topics I participated in a lot of my time I spend browsing the forums, so I can see if people responded to my statements/opinions so I can then continue the conversation. Just thought it would be useful to have a link or button added to one of the main menus to search...
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    ebay question

    What is the longest time I can wait to leave feedback for an auction? Thank you :)
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    Showin off my xbox LED work

    I was bored... and this was the outcome. xbox_projects_0001.JPG xbox_projects_0002.JPG xbox_projects_0003.JPG I used 8 5mm LEDs, solder, lots of hot glue, and put foil down underneath to create light reflection. Used a dremel to cut the hole out and the jewel is laser cut. ;) p.s. Leave...
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    Software to make 2 computers act like one desktop?

    I am wondering if there is any software that lets you connect two computes maybe through network so I can use one mouse and keyboard on both. I would just drag my mouse off the screen to the right and it would begin using the 2nd computer's cursor (just like a computer with two monitors would...
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    how to make worn sticker stick good

    I have this Xbox vinyl sticker that started a peel a bit in some places probably due to heat. My question is what type of glue could I use that doesn't run... that I could use to evenly re-attach the sticker to the xbox case. It needs to be flat and stick very well on plastic, but also if needed...
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    Getting a 18-19" LCD monitor

    Curious what I should buy. I'd like it to have around 15ms or less response time due to I am a gamer when I am not coding. Good warranty (with dead pixels included) Doesn't need to be too cheap, willing to pay around $800 max. And of course, I would like it to be sharp as possible, as my eyes...
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    Need a shipping box for a tower computer...

    Anyone know where I could get one? Everything I've found is either too big or too small... been looking for a month now trying to find a decent box for shipping it... Thanks.
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    Explanation difference between managed and unmanaged switch?

    Going to a LAN party in a month or so and the network is always slow due to people using like 4 hubs connected to each other... so I'm lookin on ebay to get a good 24 port switch and I don't know the difference between a managed and unmanaged switch. Not asking for someone to write out a...
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    Suggest a car body shop located in San Diego Area

    Got in an acident (which wasn't my fault!) and banged up my car... Now I'm looking for a good shop to fix it like new and have no one to refer me from good experience(s). So here I am asking ATOT! :D Basically need about $1400 + hidden damage repaired says insurance estimate person. Here's...
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    How do I block someone from bidding on my auction in ebay?

    Some guy is bididng on my auction that has over 20 neg feedbacks, I already cancelled his bid due to his neg feedbacks and he responded this AND rebid! I just don't want to deal with this a$$hole... he's already threatening me!
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    Massive paper jam, something broke off...

    Printer: HP Photosmart 7760W Well I was printing out a CD label with some sort of thick adhesive paper and my printer created a massive paper jam, I had to work and work to get all of the paper out of it and on the final piece this came out with it! I just tried the printer with the same type...
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    File transfer software with CRC checking?

    When transfering large amounts of files there always seems to be some corrupt files because of transfer errors. I am trying to find a solution to this, I thought maybe there is a program out there that does CRC checks on files before going onto the next and if it fails, it redownloads. Cliff...
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    DVD Burner Speeds

    I'm using a Sony DRU500AX 4x DVD+-RW burner. Whenever I burn a DVD-R the speed of my burning is -alway- at 2x even when it reports burning at 4x, it takes 30minutes to burn a DVD which is 2x speed. Media I've used and have had same result: Ritek DVD-R and DVD+RW Software I've used and have...