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    USB Print Server

    I want to add a print server into my network at home since I have 3 printers and I get tired of having to make sure that a specific computer is on. Most of the Print Servers that have USB ports, such as the D-Link DP-300U have one USB port. Can a 4 port USB Hub be attached to the one USB port on...
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    HDD Busy LED Connector "Y" Harness

    I just picked up a Syba IDE controller card so that I can run a Raid array using two MAxtor 160GB hard drives. On the board there is a connector for the HDD busy light, but if I connect it to my case I lose the functionality of the HDD Busy form my MOBO where my boot drive will remain. Does...
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    New build temps

    I just finished building a new system. A64 3200 ECS 755-AR mobo Antec Sonata case with second 120mm fan (intake) Zalman 7700 Al-CU ATI Radeon 9600XT 1GB Crucial Value Select PC3200 2 MAxtor 160GB HD 1 WD 120 GB SATA HD DVD Rom NEC 3500AG DVD Burner I did not feel as though the...
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    Recommendations for a PCI Ultra ATA Raid controller card.

    My new motherboard has a raid controller built in, but it is for SATA raid and the drives I already have are PATA. I am looking for guidance on a controller card that I can use in an open PCI slot to give me the raid functionality. A couple I found are listed below. Any thoughts on these or...
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    Raid 1 or ghost image.

    I'm building a new system and have two Maxtor 160GB 7200 RPM IDE drives. I am storing all of my data on one of these drives and want to make sure that I have data integrity. I was thinking about doing this as a RAID 1 configuration so the drives are autmotically updated and I always havea backup...
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    Internal memory card reader.

    In my latest build I added an HP 9-in-1 Internal memory card reader with a USB port. DO these types of readers need any additional drivers or is everything in XP Professional that they need?
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    XP only allows one burner to be enabled at a time.

    This is a strange one. I have a CD-RW and a DVD-RW in my system runnning XP PRO SP2. Never had any problems with the drives until this morning. The problem could have been there before as it has been several weeks since I have burned anything on this computer. When I put in a CD-R I got an error...
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    Artic Silver

    I have a tube of artic silver which I have had for a few years (3-4 years). As long as it does not dry up (which it hasn't) does it go bad? If not, is there a significant reason to buy a newer version?
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    GlobalWin FOP32

    I hace a system that I am swapping processors on. I will be installing an Athlon XP 2000+ Palomino CPU. The CPU did not come with a HSF but I have a Global Win FOP 32 (I think) laying around that I used when overclocking an Athlon 1000. Any thoughts on if this cooler will cool the 2000+ or...
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    256mb 9600 Atlantis or 128mb 9600XT

    I am building a new system and have two video cards. One is a 256MB Radeon 9600 Atlantis and the other is a 128MB 9600XT. Which one of the cards should be faster and thus, which one should go in the new system. If it matters, the current system is an Athlon XP 2000+ and the other is an Athlon 64...
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    Mobo Fan Header vs Power Supply Fan Control

    I'm in the process of building up a new system using an Antec Sonata case (TruePower 380W PSU) and an ECS 755-A2 mobo. The power supply has two molex fan only connecters and then a 3 pin connector to connect to one of the fan headers on the mobo. I guess this is so the power supply can control...
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    Swapping power supplies between old system and new system.

    I'm building up a new sytem using an Antec Sonata with the TruePower 380W power supply. My current system has a TruePower 430W power supply. Is there any need to switch the power supplies so the new computer has the 50 more watts. Current System: (430W power Supply) AMD Athlon 1000 -...
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    Epson Performance 2480 $62.22 or 72.22 YMMV

    First Hot Deal so be kind. Epson Performance 2480 - 99.99 Staples. PM to New Egg for 84.50 +10% of difference = 82.95 Applied $15 off of $75 coupon and $10 gift check (from previous staples rebate) for total of 62.22. If you don't have the $10 gift check or similar it is still 72.22...
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    Unable to read files on a CD-R

    I came across an old CD-R disc that I burned with Easy CD creator on an old HP 8100 CD-RW drive runnning in Win98. I know the files are there and I can see the area on the disc that the files were written to. However, my current set-up does not recognize that there are any files on the disc...
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    CPU causing memory problems.

    I did a minor upgrade to one of my machines. Upgraded the Atholn 1ghz to an AMD Palomino 2000+. The motherboard is an Asus A7V133-c which can support this processor with the board revision # and the Bios that I am using. Got it running at 1667 mhz, but when installing a program I got some memory...
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    Page expired when moving back on internet.

    I just set up a small home network usinga DLink 624 router. If I go to a webpage and search for something, select one of the items found and then try to go back it says the page has expired and I have to clock on the refresh and then retry. Is there a setting that I can change to reduce...
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    Software firewall questions?

    I currently am connected via DSL through SBC. The modem that is being used is a 2wire home gateway. It has a built in firewall. using this gateway is also how I have my two computers networked. Based on what I have read, it is a good idea to add a software firewall to this setup. However, I...
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    Super stessing video system.

    I have been having problems with an older computer that I built. After many trials and errors i am pretty sure that there was some sort of conflict between the Via KT133 chipset on the mobo and the GeForce 2 GTS video cards that I tried. I put in a ATI radion 9200 to see if it would still crash...
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    Super Stressing my System

    I have a system that I built many moons ago. It is an AMD 1000 using an ASUS A7V133-C as the motherboard. It has been extremely crash prone since I built it no matter what I did. I swapped out most every component and it would still crash. Based on recent crashing and an occasional BSOD...
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    Wired network hardware recommendations

    I now have two computers and have them networked together using my DSL modem which has a USB connection, Ethernet connection and wireless connection. It also has a built in firewall ( 2wire home gateway for anyone familiar with it). I would rather have both computers networked together and...
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    Video Card Recommendations

    I picked up a Compaq SR1012NX as an additional basic system. It has an XP3000+, two sticks of 256 MB PC2700 DDR, Integrated GeForece Mx graphics (has an open AGP slot) with 64MB of system memory allocated to video card. The motherboard is an ASUS A7N8X-LA. This computer is not going to be used...
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    Synchronizing address books and bookmarks.

    I have two computers at home that are networked together. Is there a simple way to synchronize the address books and bookmarks on these two computers. One computer running XP Home and the other XP professional. Using IE and Outlook.
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    Making a copy of working XP install for later restore.

    I just did a fresh install of XP on one of my computers and want to make a copy of the drive so that I can use it to restore to this point if need be. I want to copy it to a 20GB partition on my hard drive. I have Ghost, is that the best way to do it, or is there a better way to do it.
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    Enabling Big LBA in XP for Large HDD

    On my second computer, which seems to have finally stabilized (I know I just jinxed it :-)) I have a WD 160 GB Hard Drive. The computer of course recognizes it as 137GB which is the limit without 48 bit support for large drives. I have SP1, and have update the Atapi drive per Microsoft...
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    BSOD "Process has locked pages"

    I recently purchased a compaq SR1012NX and added a second stick of PC2700 DDR (Centon). I got a few BSOD's so I took it out the 2nd stick of ram and ran Prime95. Ran for just over 24 hours until I stopped it. I even did a few other things on the computer such as downloaded a few drivers, hit a...
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    Constant crashing

    About 2 years ago I built and Athlon 1000mhz system. Ever since I built it it has been crash prone. not the first system I built, but definitely the biggest pain. I have swapped out every component except for the CPU and monitor. Even swwapped out power supplies, ran the systen as barebones...
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    Is my monitor dying?

    I have a Gateway EV700 monitor that is 5-6 years old. When I built my last computer, on occasion and sometimes frequently the monitor would click to a black screen and then come back, but it would cause the computer to lock up. I thought this was a problem with the computer as opposed to the...