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    ANTEC P182 Aluminum Mid Tower Case Black $74.99 AR

    Still in stock at the Egg, in for one. Thanks, OP.
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    Inaccessible AP/Bridge - Hawking HWBA54g

    It seems like a lot of people have had trouble with that particular model, especially in the area of resetting the device. It also seems that there is less trouble with the Rev. M model. It would seem that maybe the RMA is the only way to go, unless you can pop it open and figure out a way to...
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    Inaccessible AP/Bridge - Hawking HWBA54g

    I assume you tried the default username and password (both blank) to login to the unit (doesn't hurt to ask, right?)...
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    Inaccessible AP/Bridge - Hawking HWBA54g

    How were you able to set the unit to bridge mode? Was it configurable until you configured it and then it was inaccessible? Is the unit configured to connect to a particular SSID?
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    Creative Zen Vision M for $249.99 shipped if you can be patient

    Could someone kindly PM me the coupon code? Thanks...
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    Wireless question (odd scenario)

    A simple wireless bridge should accomplish this. The Linksys WET54G will connect to a wireless network. Connect this to a switch and you've got live ethernet ports. The Linksys WET54GS5 is the above with the switch integrated into the device. They are a little pricey. If you don't...
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    Fileserver RAID 1 Upgrade - ATA or SATA?

    I'm looking to install a RAID 1 array in my fileserver (Win 2000; PII 400; 512 PC100). As the IDE ports on the motherboard are filled and it doesn't support RAID anyway, I'll be purchasing a PCI controller for the two-disk array. My question: Will the older motherboard (Asus P2B) support a...
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    RAID Question

    Thanks for that enlightening response, airfoil. Looks like I'll be considering the K8V Deluxe.
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    RAID Question

    I need to put together a machine with some redundant drives. I am looking at the EpoX 8KDA3I (Here). It supports RAID 0/1. My problem is, I'd like to have two separate RAID arrays operating over four drives. RAID 1 on two smaller disks for the operating system and applications, then another...
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    System powers on but no video signal

    Thanks for your help, Bar.
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    System powers on but no video signal

    I can hear the HDD spinning and the needles seeking. When I try to reproduce the proper keystrokes at LILO to load XP in order to see if XP boots and produces audio, nothing happens. Assuming it is dead, any idea what could have caused the mobo failure?
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    System powers on but no video signal

    I removed all the peripheral cards (sound, modem, ethernet, extra ide controller) and the same results. I normally run dual monitors on the All-in-Wonder; I have tried both, one, the other, and the same on another video card. Same results: everything powers up, no video signal.
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    System powers on but no video signal

    No PCI video card.
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    System powers on but no video signal

    Yep. It POSTs.
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    System powers on but no video signal

    After coming home from college I took my air compressor to my dust-littered case as I do every year. Long story short, I start the system and the system powers on, the drives spin up, but no video signal to the monitor. I swapped video cards (AGP) and still nothing. I disconnected the power...
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    Problem Using Internal HDD in External Enclosure

    Switching USB ports doesn't change anything. The drive's jumpers are set to master. Where do I go to disable write caching?
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    Problem Using Internal HDD in External Enclosure

    I have an 80 GB Seagate EIDE Internal hard drive. I purchased the Vantec NexStar (USB 2.0) external hard drive enclosure for this drive. I put it in the enclosure, connected it, formatted it, and everything was peachy. After the first time I disconnected it, it failed to work again. I'm...
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    Problems With Wifi Streaming Of Dvds, I can stream to laptop but not to Xbox

    The maximum bitrate of a DVD is going to be 11336 kbps (9800 MPEG-2 + 1536 Audio) which translates to around 1400 KBps. You said your max upload to your Xbox is 450 KBps. The connection simply isn't fast enough. Try connecting the bridge to the laptop to see if you get similar performance as...
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    Compatability Advice

    Asus P5P800. Cheap and has everything a basic system needs.
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    Wireless card performance varies on different laptops?

    What software are you using to configure the card? If you're allowing Windows to configure your card, try downloading the manufacturer's configuration utility and using that. Or try using some generic software like T-Mobile's Connection Manager.
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    Suggesions for Notebook wireless nic that has antenna connection

    The EnGenius/Netgate 2511 CD PLUS EXT2 hands down. You will be very hard pressed to find another PCMCIA card with this much transmission power (200mW) and sensitivity (-95 dBm). Be sure to pick up some antennas too as it doesn't include any. Hope this helps.
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    which Raid method is best for games and photoshop (p5ad2) raptors and maxtor 250gb??

    Your last suggestion seems to be the best bet. Unless you can run two matrix arrays on the ICH6R, then I'd run both the two Raptors and the two WDs in Matrix and the third Raptor on the Sil3114R. Just make sure you get your swap file, scratch disks, etc. on a RAID 0. That's where you'll see...
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    Any way to overclock this baby higher?

    Buy better RAM... That's about your only option if you're not CPU limited.
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    Question about LAN gaming and CD issues.

    Try a program like Virtual CD. It will allow you to copy the CD contents to a hard disk and then map a virtual drive to that directory. If you do this on the server, you will have network access (from you 10-12 networked PCs) to those virtual drives. That's going to be a lot of traffic...
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    Wireless Bridging To A Wired Network

    You might have trouble configuring the D-Link router properly. Obviously you'll have to disable DHCP on the D-Link, but then you still may have some issues. The wireless bridges (e.g. WET11) are designed to work with an existing wireless network. For example, connecting a PC with a wired...
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    Which External HD Enclosure?

    Any recommendations on an external hard drive enclosure? I'm looking for one with both USB 2.0 and FireWire. Thanks.
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    Question on SATA

    In the BIOS under boot sequence, make sure SCSI or SATA appears before EIDE. That should do it.
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    What kind of DVD media do you buy?

    TDK 2x-8x DVD-R for me. No coasters yet...
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    Wireless Networking Problem

    While the directional antennas will boost signal range and receive sensitivity, it also depends on the transmission power of 1) the router and 2) the wireless adapter in computer no. 2. If you got two ~14 dBi directional antennas and pointed them at each other, I'd guess it would work over that...
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    Stupid wireless laptop won't work to save my life...

    Turn off "Use Windows to configure my wireless networks..." Then try using the manufacturer's software to configure the PCMCIA card. Or you could try some generic configuration software like the T-Mobile Connection Manager.
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    Nforce 4 hype?/two birds, one stone

    The A64 2800+, nf3-250, and 6800 will play all games at acceptable resolutions with plenty of speed. But no-one can deny the coolness factor of SLI. The question really is, How cool do you want to be?
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    DI-524 no more wireless connection??

    You might be getting interference from another device. But if you need to be at five feet to connect, that would be some pretty strong interference. Try changing the channel on your wireless router. You might try putting it back downstairs and see if you can still connect to it (albeit with...
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    wireless gaming

    Yes. Wireless-G is plenty fast. The optimal speed of your internet connection, assuming you have cable, would likely be around 3 Mb/sec. The maximum theoretical speed of a wireless-g network is 54 Mb/sec. 54 > 3. Real-world max speed ~20 Mb/sec. 20 is still > 3. Theoretical max of...
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    monitor LAN activity?

    For network analysis, try Ethereal: http://www.ethereal.com/ You also might try to run a port scan on his IP adress to find out which ports are open. If he didn't change the default port to be used by his bitTorrent client, it should fall somewhere in the area of ~6881. Here's a free and...
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    Win XP on laptop and a wifi PCMCIA card

    Try configuring the wireless cards as Ad Hoc on both computers.
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    college network blocks xbox live

    I was under the impression that port forwarding would take the ports used by the Xbox and reroute them to a destination IP address (his gateway) on the port that he specifies (the ones which can do anything which his buddy found). If that isn't correct, could you explain how it would work?
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    college network blocks xbox live

    Or you could get a router and figure out how to connect your Xbox to the network through the router and then turn on port forwarding on the router to redirect the traffic on UDP 88, UDP 3074, and TCP 3074 to the ports that are not blocked. That might work?
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    college network blocks xbox live

    Buy a couple of Cantennas and give one to the guy across the street who has cable and bribe him to point it at your window (after he connects it to his network).
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    Wireless Network Question

    A little more info can't hurt... 1) JackMDS is right. Your access point needs to be capable of client mode to use it in your described situation. Often times though, APs configured as clients don't work to well with devices that aren't of the same brand or even model. Research it more if...