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    Weird wireless card problem

    Well I recently bought a compaq V6000t laptop because I knew that I didn't need the bells and whistles of the HPs and am loving it so far. However, I wanted to run Ubuntu and didn't want to deal with ndswrapper bs in order to get my broadcom card to work. So I bought an Intel 3945ABG mini pci...
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    Few questions regarding thermal paste and cooling for a Centrino

    Well I'm currently in the process of upgrading my laptop processor to a 1.8ghz Centrino processor but upon tearing everything down, I have realized that the heatsync for the cpu uses a patch of thermal tape instead of thermal paste. What should I do in this situation? Should I remove the thermal...
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    Possible to boot into an ISO located on a usb drive?

    Well I recently purchased a 4gb usb drive and love it. Can stuff miscelleneous junk on there and bring it along with me. The only thing I don't/didn't like about it is that I couldn't boot from it. I however fixed that with the HP usb drive formatting/boot "trick" and now the drive is able to...
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    Need help ASAP. Computer gets to Bios screen and then shuts off

    I recently had to RMA my mobo becuase it wouldn't turn on and now I have installed the new mobo and reinstalled everything and it'll boot and get to the BIOS screen and then shut off. I went into the BIOS options and looked under cpu options and it recognizes the cpu, so it doesn't look like...
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    System not booting

    Hey guys, Well today I was just on my system and it completely shut down. Lately it has been doing that a bit since I oced it but it would restart right after. This time it just shut down. No restart. I tried turning it on but no go. Waited a bit, even unplugged the power and waited...
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    Problems connecting Chieftec dragon front usb ports to NEO 2 Platinum

    Well, like the title says.....I have a chieftec dragon case that has a front-mounted usb ports. The trouble is that I do not know how to hook up the cable to the motherboard. The pin layout for the usb cable looks like this: http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=caseusb5ed.jpg while the...
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    Tried putting thermal paste on my laptop cpu and now it won't boot!

    Alright, well my dell inspiron 1100 laptop has been overheating badly for quite a while now and I got tired of it so I opened it up and looked at it. While trying to see if there was any thermal paste on the cpu, I tried getting it off of the heatsink(it was stuck to it) and the chip popped...
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    Limiting bandwith on Linksys BEFW11S4 router

    Hi guys, my brother has recently discoevered BT and has been downloading movies,games.etc. nonstop lately, slowing down the entire network. I looked in the router settings but iI can't seem to find an option to strictly limit how much bandwith a certain ip address gets, just which ip address is...
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    Where to purchase Chieftec Matrix MX bezel cover?

    Well my Chieftec Dragon bezel cover mysteriously cracked and I would like to add some flare to my case by getting the Matrix MX bezel cover. Does anyone know where to find one of these puppies? I can't seem to find any. I emailed Chieftec but have not heard anything back. Here is what the bezel...
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    S939 3400+(yes, there is such a thing) or 3500+

    Well guys, I've bought two processors and don't know which to keep. Which one would you choose to keep? 3400+ Brand AMD Series Athlon 64 Model ADA3400DEP4AZ Tech Spec Core Newcastle Name Athlon 64 3400+ Operating Frequency 2.4 GHz FSB 1GHz L1 Cache 64KB+64KB L2 Cache 512KB Process...
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    I need of Dell 25% off LCD coupon code

    Hi guys, I wwas wondering if I could get the help of the AT community to help me. I am in diar need of a new monitor and really am liking the new dell lcds. Could someone please help me out with the 25% coupon code? Thank you.
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    MSI 865PE Neo2

    Well I recieved a fried motherboard from my brothers girlfriends brother because it is supposedly fried. The motherboard still has the 2.8 ghz p4 in the socket and I would really like to know if there is anyway of saving or replacing it, seen as how right now I only have a 1.0ghz p3. Supposedly...
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    OEM Mobo in an 'aftermarket' case

    I have a dell dimension motherboard that I am trying to install in a Chenming Xpider case and everything seems fine except for the fact that I have no idea where to plug the power/hdd leds, grounding wires and speaker wires to. Would someone be able to help me out? Thank you.
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    OEM Mobo in an 'aftermarket' case

    I have a dell dimension motherboard that I am trying to install in a Chenming Xpider case and everything seems fine except for the fact that I have no idea where to plug the power/hdd leds, grounding wires and speaker wires to. Would someone be able to help me out? Thank you. Edit: I don't...
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    Looking for a cheap, yet worthwhile case

    Well I am in the process of upgrading my pc's exterior and was looking for a nice case for under $60 shipped. I have been looking all around and the cases that interest me are always about twice as much as I am able to afford. I would like to get the following in a case: 1)a window (too lazy...
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    System Tray Problems

    Lately I have been having some problems with my system tray and was hoping someone here would be able to help me out. I am on a 56k connection and lately when I connect to my ISP, the connection information will not pop up in the system tray, this is important for me because without it I cannot...
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    Newbie Linux Compiling problem

    I seem to be having a problem compiling programs, whenever I typeb]cd /*directory* [/b] and then make , it gives me the following error: [root@localhost gnx]# make make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. although in the Install file it says to type cd /*directory* then...
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    FTP Question

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    How can i make text in a pic more clear?

    I was wondering if someone can help me with this: I have a few pics of a magazine article and was wondering if someone knew a program or method to make the txt in the picture more clear,right now its unreadable.
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    How does VooDoo Do It!!?

    I was reading Maimum Pc today and noticed an ad for voodoo pcs and the ad showed an inside of the computer and as soon as I saw that ad my jaw dropped to the floor, how the hell does voodoo keep the inside of those cases so neat!! I mean this was the cleanest inside of a computer I have seen in...
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    HELP!!!!

    NEC DV-5700A (12X/40X) 1.06 / 3.43 (Known firmware : 1.05 - 1.06 / 1.30 / 1.50 / 1.91 / 3.42 - 3.43) 1.06 fix a failure to play back multisession audio CD's beyond the first session Patched region free firmware 1.06v3a, 1.30Cv3a, 1.30Av3a, 1.43v3a, 1.91Av3a, 1.91Cv3a, 3.07v3a and 3.43v3a are...
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    whats the frys electronics homepage?

    the title basically says it all, i searched for the site, but all i found was an isp called frys
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    anandtech forum rocks!!

    i think this is the best forum i registered for. But i have a complaint, the limited numbers of accepted email addresses is anoying and why are all aol ips blocks? adding how many views a post has had could also be useful Other than that, this forum is great
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    what the hells with my modem?

    ok, i recently had to format my hdd and when i reinstalled everything, my interenet had been slow as a slug!!! I got kicked off of aol like every 5 minutes and on netzero, it disonnects very frequently also.i have 56k modem. what is going on?
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    yamaha burner seems loud or just me?

    i just got a yamaha 8x8x24 cdrw and its pretty loud, or seems like it, its allot louder than my dvd, but wjw does anyone have a yamaha burner that can tell me if this is suppose to happen? anyway to qiuet it down? should i even care?
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    frying a computer with a cable modem?

    i don't have a cable modem, but just am cusrious, i know that you could fry our comp if thunder strike the line and went through the phone line into your modem, but could that also happen if you are using a cable modem?
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    shutdown error

    I am runing Windows ME, and allot of the time when i try to shut down my system, i get this error with a blue screen: Shutdown Error- oe : oo28 : c0030AEC It says to hit any key, and when i do, the screen turns black and all there is is rows of dots. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling norton...
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    shutdown error

    I am runing Windows ME, and allot of the time when i try to shut down my system, i get this error with a blue screen: Shutdown Error- oe : oo28 : c0030AEC It says to hit any key, and when i do, the screen turns black and all there is is rows of dots. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling norton...
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    yamaha 8x8x24 or sony 10x4x32?

    the title basically says it all, i am not sure if i should get the sony or the yamaha. both are ide. Thanx