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    External drive attached to router vs. NAS

    I just purchased an Asus RT-N56U "Black Diamond" router, and would like some advice on the best way to set up network storage. The router has USB ports allowing for an external hard drive to be attached. Obviously, this would be a bit cheaper than purchasing an NAS, so if this will...
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    Such thing as a KM switch (without the V)?

    I've been using a $30 KVM switch to attach one keyboard, mouse, and monitor to two different PCs for years -- in fact I've been through 2 switches. Anyway, the monitor was always a 19-incher supplier by my employer, and it fit my personal bill quite nicely so I conserved space and just used one...
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    New Linux install, then freeze up, now no POST

    Sorry this will be long, but here's my story. I think my machine's specs are in my sig. The build will be 4 years old in September. I usually get a new machine every 3 years, so I am in fact overdue but wanted to get some more life out of this one. I've been having OS and hard drive...
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    Can I run Mac OSX inside windows, or w/VMWare (or in *nix)?

    I've arrived at one of those junctions where I need to either re-install my PC operating system or consider buying a whole new machine. I'm actually about a year overdue for a whole new machine, and I'm thinking of an iMac. But I'd like to try out the OS before I buy. I currently have...
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    Bart PE for Windows 7 beta?

    I've been using a Windows 7 beta build 7000 for several months, but it expired while I was away on vacation. Now it won't even boot -- though I don't think that's really related to the fact that it's expired. I get the message that "ntoskrnl.exe is missing." Anyone have advice on how to...
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    Can I buy a firewire port for the front of PC?

    My wife wants to capture video from our camera, and I told her she would need a firewire port. We bought her a fairly new PC, but it has no firewire. I got to thinking, a PCI firewire card would mean that the port would be in the rear of the computer and hard to access. Do they make an...
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    Can't get this used AGP vid card to install ...

    My "family computer" (the one the wife and kids all use) finally became so problematic that I decided to just replace it. I remembered a friend of mine, who runs a computer recycling business, told me to come down to his warehouse anytime and just pick out anything I needed. Thought I'd give...
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    Tomato firmware advice needed

    I'm using a Buffalo router with tomato firmware. I want to transfer large files to my dad in another town. I've got FileZilla Server running on my machine (WinXP), and he has FileZilla Client running on his (Vista) computer. Everything works just dandy, except that transfers won't...
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    Can I fix this no-boot issue?

    This post doesn't refer to the computer which is probably in my signature, but to my "family" computer (also built by moi): Corsair CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 PSU MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 motherboard Patriot Signature Series 2x512 MB DDR400 AMD Opteron Model 146 "Venus" 2.0 GHz w/stock HSF...
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    Looking for freeware

    I'm looking for a good piece of freeware that can keep a keyboard and mouse looking busy for, say, anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Preferably something that can record a macro of typing and mouse movement, and can play it back in a loop and/or with adjustable speed. It would also be nice if it...
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    Will this Opty work in this mobo?

    Will I have any trouble using this processor in this motherboard? I've had the board for a while and I need to replace the processor. Obviously, the Opteron 146 is listed as a compatible CPU, but I'm unsure about what "E4 version" means (that a stepping?), and no core name is specified on...
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    RealVNC in Vista

    I'm trying to connect to my dad's Vista machine to help him with his new computer via my XP machine using RealVNC. What ought to be simple and straightforward, it turns out, isn't. When I run a server, he can connect to me simply by typing in my IP. But when he's the one running the...
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    Wireless-N routers?

    I'm on my second wireless router in 5 years, and its performance is really getting pathetic. The first was a Linksys wireless B, which worked great for several years, the router being downstairs and my personal system being upstairs with a USB card attached. I ran into some problems a couple...
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    Could this be anything BUT the motherboard?

    I'm having this terrible and persistent video problem. I made a rather long-winded post about it here some time ago when it first began but got no replies. I'll try to be more to the point here. First off, this problem does NOT concern the system in my sig line. It's another computer in...
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    Problem after getting a new monitor

    The "downstairs" computer (as I call it) that I built about 18 months ago for family use was connected to a CRT monitor that was getting old and I wanted to upgrade to a flat-panel LCD. I wasn't sure if the wife and kids would enjoy/appreciate a widescreen monitor (and I only considered one...
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    Help with ATi vid card ... boot-time settings?

    I have an ATI vid card (X800 XL) with the VGA hooked to the monitor and the S-video output running to a nearby TV. I only turn on the "extended desktop" (aka the TV) to watch movies or whatever on the TV from the computer. This is all great except that when booting, the monitor displays...
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    How to get USB 2.0 to work outside of WinXP

    It's become a crusade for me to get my external USB drive to work at USB 2.0 speed outside of a WinXP environment. Long story short: Got Norton Ghost 2003 a few years ago bundled with Iomega external HDD. It of course came with a driver to create a bootdisk to go into DOS and...
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    XP won't boot - Can you help me save my files?

    XP just froze right in the midst of a video game. Upon rebooting, it will only come up to the "Windows XP" splash screen - you know, the one with the little bar at the bottom moving from left to right. Sometimes that comes up rather dim and frozen; at other times the little bar just goes from...
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    I can't seem to get USB 2.0 to work ...

    I've just reinstalled WinXP w/SP2. My PC under "device manager" shows 2 USB controllers. Running the drivers setup on my nVidia CD (that came with my DFI mobo) fixes one of the two to say "PCI Class USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller" (I know that enhanced is the word to look for)...
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    Memory problem not due to memory itself?

    I have an old EpoX 8K5A2 mobo, originally purchased in 2002, into which I originally put 1 stick of 256 MB RAM ordered directly from Crucial. In 2005, I needed more RAM and so ordered some cheaper Patriot (I think) RAM, a 512 MB stick that was rated higher than the Crucial's PC2700, but my...
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    Why does DVD/CD drive not refresh when a new disc is inserted?

    Anyone have an idea why a CD/DVD drive would not refresh when a disc is removed or even changed completely? (Win XP w/SP2, btw). It's getting rather irritating as I frequently swap discs to play different games. But often (usually, in fact) I will remove a disc and insert another, only to see...
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    How to lock a user/group out of an application?

    How can I set up a user group in Win XP Pro to lock a particular user(s) out of a particular application? I have a 16-year-old with bad grades and his mother wants me to lock him out of AIM. A friend of mine suggested creating a user group and moving him in and out of that group to take and...
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    Any setting in XP to turn off the orange blinking of taskbar icons?

    I'm always on the look for ways to tweak the annoyances out of WinXP. Turning off error reporting was a good one, and turning off the highlighting of newly installed programs on the start menu was yet another. There are, of course, many more ... Now I'd like to be able to turn off the...
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    How can I hack into my own (old) "My docs" folder?

    Well color me embarrassed. I've put together a new machine and am using an all-new (SATA) hard drive. I decided I would just hook my old drives to the new machine's IDE adaptors and copy all my old files to the new 300 GB drive. Anyway, I it won't let me copy my own old "My Documents"...
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    Is MonarchJoe still about?

    I had been saving for quite a while, and waiting for dual-core processors to be released, and once they were I felt I'd be too impatient to put it together myself and so ordered from Monarch (how's that for irony!?!). Hey, the price was right. Anyway, it was only after I had placed my...
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    What video card is it ....

    I've ordered a top-notch new system and I'm trying to add a few parts to my old system so as to pass it on to be the new "family PC" for the wife and kids. It's kinda funny actually, because I keep obsessively replacing things (because it's fun) so it's practically going to be a whole new PC...
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    Building a new system, what to do with the old?

    After nearly a year (yeah, a year) of planning and saving, I think today I'm going to order my new rig. I've been struggling on whether I really *needed* the X2 4400+ over the slightly less kick*ss X2 3800+, but in the end I decided, hey!, this is probably the only time I'll be able to afford...
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    My first overclock: how'm I doin'?

    So, 3 years ago I put together this system with overclocking in mind. In fact, I read thread after thread here at Anandtech about how supremely overclockable was the Athlon XP 1600+ on an Epox 8k5a2 mobo. I've read many guides over the years, but I guess I was always "chicken" to fool with...
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    How crucial is vid card to TV-Out performance?

    I'm trying to upgrade my current box to pass on as a "family PC" before building my own entirely new PC. I don't want to spend much on the family PC because basically anything I do at all will be a tremendous upgrade compared to the 950 mhZ Compaq dinosaur they're currently using, but I'm stuck...
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    X2 - Talk me into saving 500 clams

    Ok, getting ready for a new build. I usually scrimp and save pennies when it comes to building computers, but I've been planning on waiting for dual core for almost a year now and for once I've saved up enough dough to buy everything I want (within reason, of course :)). I've been drooling...
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    Any good, inexpensive (or free) web hosting?

    I'd like to build a site, mostly just for personal stuff, but I do want to share some files including maybe some that might be as large as 15 to 20 MB. What's out there, I mean besides Geocities :) ? -abs
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    Can't get new memory module to work w/old

    I've been running on 256 MB of memory for quite some time. I got it direct from Crucial, as I have always done in the past, but I found a great deal at Newegg on a "Patriot" 512 MB module. My current stick is: 256 MB, DDR333 PC2700 The new one I bought is: 512 MB, PC3200, DDR400...
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    Can I use an external DVD burner via USB 1.1?

    I've got a friend who does all his computing with a laptop, and now he wants to get an external DVD burner. I had him check his USB properties, and his laptop definitely is only equipped hardware-wise for USB 1.1. Is it possible to use a USB 2.0 DVD burner hooked to a USB 1.1 port? I...
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    Can you have dual output from sound card?

    I'm planning a new system, and I'll probably be using the a video card with a TV-out to play media back on a TV. Regarding sound, is there a sound card that has dual output? In other words, a line output for plain old computer speakers, and then maybe dual-channel 'RCA jack' style outputs ...
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    Is there is a case for me ... ?

    Ok, it's getting on new system time, and for my next build I've promised myself I'm not going to scrimp on the one area I've always scrimped on in the past ... the case! I've learned the hard way how important it is. Here's a gripe: why doesn't every case made have USB and (especially)...
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    Should I wait for dual-core AMDs?

    Well, it's time for a new system again. I've been reading some of the threads in this subforum with interest. For my last machine (getting on 2-and-a-half-years old now!) I went with an AMD product for the first time. Boy, am I glad I did! It's been a great machine. Back then, I was a gamer...
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    How to restore a WinXP boot sector?

    Ok, I can't for the life of me recall the best way to do this: I have Linux (FC) on a 20 GB hard drive and WinXP on a 120 GB drive. I've now purchased a 160 GB drive to replace the 20 GB drive, which means my Linux install is basically going to have to go for now . My computer is set up...
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    Time to upgrade: Athlon 64?

    Well, the time for my once-every-three-years upgrade is coming soon (around springtime), and I want to start researching now. I don't want to cut any corners as I have in the past. For my last build, 'bout 2 and a half years ago, I switched to an AMD product for the first time, and I've...
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    Please help me to get rid of I'net Connection Sharing!

    Yeah, I know this ought to be simple, but it's driving me nuts. My main home computer is hard-wired to a router, along with 1 other computer. I use a Microsoft LAN card. Simple. No prob. I had some connectivity problems with another setup recently, and after struggling for some time I...
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    Do you think I need a new mobo?

    Okay . . . frustrated. Brief as I can be, my system (Epox 8k5a2 mobo with Athlon 1400 XP - not overclocked- with 256 MB of Crucial PC2700) for some time now has experienced freeze-ups. By freeze, I mean a system halt so severe that even the CapsLock key indicator on the keyboard will not...