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    Looks like a fried motherboard, anything else likely?

    Hi all - I'm dealing with a nasty problem here. I built my computer some five years ago, with an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherbboard. A couple of years after that, the chipset fan started making horrible noises and died, so I replaced it with a third-party one (the Asus folks never got back to my...
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    Gap year

    I'm a graduating high school senior, and I'm faced with a bit of a dilemma. I got rejected from all but one of the colleges I wanted to go to, and couldn't afford that one (Cornell). Now, I'm faced with the choice of either going to another college that, while more than decent in general, is my...
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    Programmable microprocessor project

    After seeing this video, once I stopped laughing, I got the uncontrollable urge to make some sound-effect shoes. Essentially, upon stepping on the shoe, it emits a sound. I have yet to figure out the technical specifics, but either preprogrammed or switchable sound effects are both options...
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    Finding a Costume?

    I'm competing in a man-pageant in about two weeks, and for my talent I'm performing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAN7Ts0xBo The catch is, I need a costume to imitate the singer (or rather, one of his incarnations) - bright-colored matching robe/gown/cape thing and turban, fake...
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    news.bbc horrible blunder?

    http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/2406/gladragmq9.jpg http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7185715.stm Snubbed by Hollywood actors in support of striking writers, this year's Golden Globe Awards ceremony has been cancelled. Instead, the winners will be announced on Sunday night at a...
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    Better choice for future - programming competitions or startup-ish software?

    I'm a junior in high school, and I've been programming various things since 5-6th grade or so. Right now, I'm working on two things: a web business type program written mostly in Flash and PHP of which most of the beta is done, and the USACO programming competitions, for which I need to spend...
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    Port forwarding not working to get Apache through (among other apps)

    I've set up a web server on my machine, and I'm trying to get it to be accessible through the Internet. I set up a static IP; it works perfectly. Then, no matter how what I did in my router's (D-Link DI-624 on Windows XP SP2, no software firewalls) config, I still couldn't get through. I even...
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    What percentile are you in various areas?

    In the become intelligent/athletic/artistic thread, percentiles were brought up. So, how would you rate yourself (percentile) in the four areas of intelligence, athleticism, artistic skill, and social skill, both out of the general population (whole world/US, your discretion) and out of your age...
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    Dislocated Shoulder Reappearing

    In January, I had a pretty bad fall skiing and dislocated my left shoulder painfully, but it popped back in place after ten seconds or so. It took a week or two to mostly heal, and by now, it had been pretty much forgotten about, but today it popped out again while I was swimming, and popped...
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    Paraffin thermal pad remover?

    Is it OK to use ethyl alcohol instead of isopropyl to remove the remains of a paraffin thermal pad on a new processor? The manaul for AS Ceramique specifically mentions isopropyl, but I don't see why not to use ethyl alcohol.
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    Buying New Car

    The family needs a new car, but I've heard that rather than buying straight from dealership, it's wise to post on a reverse auction site and have dealers bid to sell you a car. The question is: is this actually a good way to find a good price, and, if so, what are good reverse auction sites...
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    20.1" 5ms monitor $190, 19" widescreen $130 AR

    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...etails.asp?EdpNo=2606497&Sku=S197-2016 Even without rebate, this looks to be a killer deal. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...details.asp?EdpNo=1828823&Sku=H94-1904 This is less hot, but still very good, because of the rather large TD rebate.
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    Combating obsolescence?

    So, my computer is fast becoming outdated (for gaming), and I'm looking to either upgrade it, get a laptop, or both. So, given that I need mobility mainly for non-intensive things (word processing, web browsing, IM, programming, CS Source, Starcraft), and that battery life and weight are not the...
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    Computer not displaying, no pc speaker

    So, my friend recently built a computer with these specs: VGA XFX 7900GT 256MB PV-T71G-UDF MB GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 P965 775 CPU INTEL|CORE 2 E6300 1.86G 775 R MEM 512Mx2|PTR DII800 PDC21G6400LLK 160 gig hitachi sata raidmax case with no PC speaker! CASE RAIDMAX|ATX-921WSP SIL/RED...
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    Boosting sound?

    So, when my headset is plugged into the headphone port, and not my 5.1 speaker control device thingy, the volume is much lower, even when I put it on maximum on the physical headset, and also in Windows. How would I be able to boost the sound further? I'm pretty sure it's possible.
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    Getting text from scans?

    So, I have a ~1000-page scanned PDF document which consists of mainly text, but some pictures as well. Is there any way to extract the text, and desirably pictures, to an HTML/.doc/.txt even in a reasonable amont of time? I tried Able2Extract, but it froze if I fed it even as little as a...
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    ViewSonic 19" LCD $230 AR

    http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10406559&adid=17653&dcaid=17653 I got this in an email and found it pretty hot. I might jump on it myself. Edit: Repost, searched before posting, but I got beaten to it while typing it up. Sorry.
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    Virus Problem

    So, I ran a .exe I shouldn't have, even though AVG didn't detect it as a virus, and got into deep...trouble. I've removed 12 viruses so far with AVG, but there's still at least 1 left, which I can't seem to remove. What it does is sets the priorirt of winlogon.exe to high and doesn't let me...
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    Replacable gfx on laptops?

    OK, so I'm looking into getting a gaming laptop from either ibuypower (most likely), or possibly PCTorque. Sooo, the question is: Where could I buy MXM cards and mobile processors for laptops? Also, how does non-MXM replacable video work, and where can I buy those cards?
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    Force Boot From CD?

    So, does anyone know of any floppy programs that force a computer to boot from CD? I used to know one, but lost it.
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    Windows/Linux on ext HDD?

    Soo, for traveling purposes/overriding of school admin limitations, I'd like to set myself up a Windows install on a removable HDD. I'm planning to get a 160gig from CompUSA when a sale comes around (Perhaps Thanksgiving? Probably earlier) and buy an external bay from Newegg. Soo, would there be...
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    Sleep mode not working right

    Soo, when I standby my PC, the fans don't turn off. The problem appeared a few days ago. Strangely enough, when I turn it off, the fans stop. So, I guess the problem isn't a counterexample to the law of conservation of matter. Sooo, what could the problem be?
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    Wifi Disconnecting

    My wireless 802.11g network keeps disconnecting, even though my computer still sees the network. What's going on?
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    Video card temperature monitor???

    Sooo, I'm going to get into overclocking, but I want to overclock my video card as well as my CPU. I have an MSI 6600GT and an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, but HOW do I find out my video card temperature? Thanks.
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    PC doesn't power on

    So, I'm posting for a friend. He has/had an emachines T2893, and he decided to switch it into a Powmax case. However, even though everything is plugged in (correctly) and the light on the motherboard is green, the computer simply doesn't turn on. Does anyone know what is wrong? Thanks.
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    CPU overheating BSOD-CPU under 45 degrees!

    So, ever since I built my new computer (it's only a few months old), I've been having a problem. When full-screen games (IE, XIII, America's Army...) are minimized, if I try to do anything with them (IE, restore, end task, end process, close) , I BSOD with the message saying something like...
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    Hmm...access denied?

    OK, so I recently set up a wireless network and even more recently set up file/printer sharing with two of the computers. So, everything is fine with one of them, all of Computer A's files that should be viewable from Computer B are, but not vice versa, rather, I get an "access denied" message...
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    Ugh-Internet dead!

    OK, so I was installing a wireless network at my house. I followed all of the instructions, hooked it up, restarted my computer, except the setup (through a web browser) didn't work. It turned out that I wasn't connected to the Internet, and no matter what I did, nothing happenned, and even...