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    Anything new for audio streaming like Sonos and Apple Airplay?

    A while back I had a little dock station for my iphone 4 in my bathroom....that i would dock whenever I wanted to play tunes in the bathroom. I upgraded to an iphone 5...and thus rendered my dock stations useless pretty much cause of the different connector. So i had to come up with another...
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    Anything new for audio streaming like Sonos and Apple Airplay?

    I have a wired up RaspPI with XBMC and Airplay enabled......and it works fine for this purpose. But so does my wireless Airport Express bathroom in ceiling speaker setup.
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    failing psu?

    thx dude. Good idea. I will try tonight and report back my findings. Yes it has the latest BIOS as well.
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    failing psu?

    So i rebooted my machine yesterday to find out that i will not reboot. -new parts about a week old (asus p8z77-v), i3570k. -older parts 8 gigs of mushkin ram -ati 5870 vid -antec 750 watt psu (as far as I can remember). Machine tries to boot...but does not. Sounds like my CPU fan...
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    Sata and Ide drive compatibility problem

    i tried that and it still hangs. What should my ide be set at, master or slave? Thx for the response.
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    Sata and Ide drive compatibility problem

    Have an intel D975XBX2 motherboard and installed windows on a new 500gig SATAII drive. After install was complete......i went to hook up an IDE 160gig secondary drive to get some data off of it......and the machine hangs and won't boot to windows. Hangs at a black screen with a flashing...
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    Server build

    Actually no........not interested in the client backup.
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    No signal on monitor

    use different cable..........or your vid card might be shot.
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    Server build

    awesome. That might work well. Thx. Also, another question...........what about a NAS setup? I know it is more limiting..........but would still probably work for these guys. Thoughts? Thx.
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    Server build

    We have also considered theft/flood (but not fire!)....which will be taken care of by frequent backups. It's not the most sensitive data.....but nonetheless important. I was thinking Windows 2003 Server......but give me some other options cause the decision is upto me. Also..is a...
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    Server build

    I need to build a simple server for a buddy and his little small company that he has. It basically will be used as a file server that can be accessed by him and his two other employees. Now is there anything special for a machine that I should be looking at? I was thinking of doing his...
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    Hookup laptop drive to pc??

    Perfect. Exactly what i was looking for. thanks!
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    Hookup laptop drive to pc??

    Is there a cable that exists (ide) to hook up my laptop harddrive to my pc? My laptop died.....and I need to get some documents off of it. I yanked it out.......and notice that it is ide......but couldn't get my pc's ide cable hooked up to it? Are they different? Thanks.
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    VGA -> Component or DVI?

    Yeah I figured a new video card was the easiest. Only problem is that it needs to be a low profile one! Alot harder to find. Thanks guys.
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    VGA -> Component or DVI?

    I have an HTPC I am putting together. It is one of those business units from Compaq. Now it only has a VGA output for video. My RPTV does not come with a VGA input.......only component and DVI. What do I need to convert from VGA to one of these? Thanks!
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    Short AGP card slot in Micro ATX

    awesome.........thanks dude!
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    Short AGP card slot in Micro ATX

    I came across a compaq 2.4 machine from work. One of those mini atx business type ones. Was thinking of using it for a HTPC in my second room. However.......it has an AGP slot....however it is a shorter version AGP(in height not length). Is this then considered a ' low profile' agp card...
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    Ati MCE video problems......

    I have the following: ASUS A8N-VM CSM mobo ATI x800xl pci-e vid card 1 gig Ultra PC3200 ram onboard sound onboard lan 350watt Antec PSU 80gig IDE WD drive Now the pc won't reboot on a 'restart'. It has to be a hard boot. Then once i try to start the media center , it will get all...
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    Wireless and Wired together?

    Perfect........thanks. Confirm that I 'would like ;)' true gigabit filesharing between all wired pc's............and of course all share the internet connection. Just have a laptop that I need to include in the picture as well......both for the internet and filesharing (so i can transfer...
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    Wireless and Wired together?

    Here is what I have.....: Office PC - wired HTPC - wired Kids PC - wired (currently wireless). Laptop - wireless. For the wired ones.....i want GIGABIT ...which I bought a Dlink Gigabit Switch. However I still need the wireless aspect. I know i won't get gigabit speed on it which I...
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    X800XL problem

    Just to update this thread........it was not a new install of XP...... ALSO this only happened once I tried to hook up my PC to my RPTV. The resolution went all screwy. Anyways I had a 6600GT returned to me from RMA and plopped it in......and no problems. So i'll wait until I get all the...
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    X800XL problem

    yes on any ati driver change i used Driver Cleaner (whichever one is free). Still same issue. Yes it is only on BF2.....the only game i play.
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    X800XL problem

    sorry forgot to mention............already reinstalled it and same issue. Just wondering if anyone has any ideas before i do a full xp reinstall. thx.
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    X800XL problem

    try to load up BF2 and right when it goes to logon........it freezes. Then it blue screens with the ati driver ati2dvag.dll in infinite loop. Tried new drivers, old drivers, omega drivers.....and still the same thing. Getting frustrated and any help is greatly appreciated. Thx. System...
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    DDR speed ?

    Excellent......thanks gang.
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    DDR speed ?

    Can someone tell me what the diff is between PC3200 and higher is? (ie: PC3200 vs. PC4000). Regular DDR here....not DDR2. I see most mobos go upto PC3200. But yet people use higher (at times). So does the higher just mean that there is some room for overclockability?..... Thanks !
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    ATI x800XL no video

    Moved my pc to a different room and upon first bootup.....no video. Bios beeps 1 long and 1 short. D-Bracket shows (when pc beeping) that trouble initializing video. All i get is a black screen. Not sure if it is my vid card or not. Tried reseating video card.....same thing. Any ideas...
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    A64 vs. Opteron?

    just what i was looking for..........an answer! THanks guys!
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    A64 vs. Opteron?

    I've got an A64 3500+ Socket 939 proc and have a chance to get an Opteron. What is the differenct between my current and AMD Opteron 144 Socket 939 1.8GHZ 1MB Cache? Mainly what is the big difference between A64 and Opterons? THanks!
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    LCD/Vid Card refresh

    No i only have the ATI CCC running. Should I be trying different CCC versions? Thx.
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    LCD/Vid Card refresh

    have a dell 1907 LCD and an ATI x800xl PCI-e vid card. Sometimes when I boot up.....it boots to windows, and then it screen goes black for a second and then comes on. Kind of like it is trying to refresh or something. Not sure what it could be. Anyone with ideas? Thx. system: Duh-ell...
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    LCD refresh rate issue

    so.......any recommendations as to what I should do?
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    LCD refresh rate issue

    MSI K8N Neo4-F mobo Leadtek 6600GT I ended up gettting by the above error......however now i'm getting yellow sporatic lines all over the screen. I think it worked on ver 77.77 and i'm now running the latest NVIDIA drivers. I tried to run dxdiag.exe and it BSOD'd on me on running the 3D...
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    Video issue?/???

    Thanks for the reply. I've never had a bad vid card. It seems to want to try and refresh too.....and still same crap. Good idea about the LCD.....i'll swap it with a CRT to check. I can't see the vid card overheating.....whenever I check the fan is spinning on it. The side of my case is...
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    Video issue?/???

    have a K8N Neo4-f pcb 1.0 mobo, Leadtek PX6600GT TDH video card, Winchester 3500+, 1 gig Ultra PC3200 RAM in dual channel. Having sportatic yellow lines show up on the screen. Once they are there.....i have to shutdown and restart. Doesn't seem to happen much. Don't have quite all the...
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    LCD refresh rate issue

    no disregard my sig. I am installing NVIDIA drivers for a 6600GT PCI-e card.
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    LCD refresh rate issue

    sorry..........i'm at work right now and not infront of my pc at home. Pardon the lack of monitor-jargon. I've worked on tons of machines before and never had a problem like this before. I will admit that this is my first PCI-e (and Nforce4) one and only my second with an LCD.
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    LCD refresh rate issue

    maybe i should just uninstall the video drivers and start from scratch again.
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    LCD refresh rate issue

    it will come back into safe mode and windows vga mode......but that is it. I did check the settings and a 75mhz refresh rate was selected for it. WHich I know it should only be 60 for LCD's. I am a little stumped on this one.