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    need suggestions on memory for OC'ing

    I'm getting ready to purchase a new system. I have drilled down the components that I want, at this point I'm only stuck on the type of memory that I should purchase. I have my list of possibilities narrowed down to three products however, I am open to suggestion if anyone here feels I could buy...
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    services.exe is eating a ton of memory

    Services.exe randomly decides to eat tons of memory on some of my desktops and servers. Now, before anyone says anything, they are spyware free. I can post HJT logs if you want but I have triple checked these things. Spyware is not a factor in why this happens. It randomly happens to desktops...
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    Refurbed Dell servers

    Does anyone here have a good resource for buying refurbished Dell servers? I've tried LA Micro Group but I didn't know if there were better places to buy. I'm looking to purchase newer model servers, mainly the 2850s, I need 4 at the moment but that # is likely to go up.
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    Changing DNS on Smoothwall RED interface

    Hey guys and gals, I've been frustrated as of late. This past week it seems as though RR's DNS servers have slowed to a crawl. I'll type in google.com into firefox and wait a good 3 seconds before the name resolves and the web page pops up. I've been able to fix this by specifying a different...
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    using RDP like VNC

    I don't like VNC as much as RDP and it has serious issues with low bandwidth connections. However, VNC is useful to me at work because I use it to view the actual session that a user has open. If someone calls me with a problem I can connect directly to them and actually view the exact error...
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    Patch management with SMS

    I have SMS 2003 w/SP1 deployed on a small test network inside my company. So far we have been able to distribute applications just fine, I have silent installations of several programs in good working order. However, I cannot figure out the necessary steps that I need to take in order to get...
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    A question for the mods

    Hmm, if I remember correctly about a week ago I had originated a thread that was then locked the next day. I'm not exactly sure why this happened. To the best of my knowledge the thread was in the proper section of the forums (General Hardware I think). I was just wondering, who locks threads...
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    Mr. X has no DNET ethics

    For a moment, lets consider a man, we'll call him Mr. X. Now Mr. X knows certain information about a certain amount of computers. He knows that there are roughly 170 Pentium III 450s and 70 Pentium III 1ghz PCs at a certain location. These PCs are all running win2k and have been locked down very...
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    need some help with USB ZIP250

    Here's my problem: I have a secondary athlon running at ASUS A7V motherboard. So far every USB device that I've used with the board has worked perfectly. However, I have a USB zip250 that refuses to work well with this system. I have tried installing the iomega drivers, switching usb ports (the...
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    need help with a cranky USB zip drive

    Here's my problem: I have a secondary athlon running at ASUS A7V motherboard. So far every USB device that I've used with the board has worked perfectly. However, I have a USB zip250 that refuses to work well with this system. I have tried installing the iomega drivers, switching usb ports (the...
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    poor performance with UT in win2k

    I was just wondering why my FPS is dropping so low when playing UT in win2k. I'm running a Tbird 950 with a GF2MX OC'd to 200/200. My system has 256megs of CAS2 crucial memory running in an A7V mobo with a 75GXP HD hooked up to the ATA100 controller. I'm using another computer as a dedicated...
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    poor performance with UT in win2k

    I was just wondering why my FPS is dropping so low when playing UT in win2k. I'm running a Tbird 950 with a GF2MX OC'd to 200/200. My system has 256megs of CAS2 crucial memory running in an A7V mobo with a 75GXP HD hooked up to the ATA100 controller. I'm using another computer as a dedicated...
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    post your sblive problems here

    I've done some searching on sound problems when using an sblive in win2k. However, I'm not finding anything. I'm sure that I'm not the only one experiencing sound "skips" when I listen to my MP3s. If you have any problems with your sblive running win2k or if you think you might have a...
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    sound problems in win2k (sblive), I need help!!!!

    I'm a major music lover. I have a collection of MP3s that grows larger everyday. I run a pair of Klipsch ProMedia 4.1s hooked up to an SBLive Value running the latest drivers from Creative's website. For some reason when I listen to my music with winamp the songs skip around by about 1 second...
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    I need some help with winamp and win2k

    I have a rather large and continuously growing collection of MP3 files. Winamp is by far my most favorite player. Recently I upgraded my OS to win2k. Whenever I listen to MP3 files with winamp I get a popping sound about every minute or so. I have edited my winamp preferences to use DirectSound...
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    I need electrical advice for my computer

    I have relocated my computer to a different part of the house. All was going well until I plugged in my surge protector and noticed that the "grounded" light was not lit. After doing a little digging around I found out that the outlet that I have my computer plugged into is not...
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    overclocking my GeForce in win2k

    How do I use the CoolBits OC utility in Win2k? I am using the latest Detonator 12.41 drivers but I can't get CoolBits to work at all. I have even tried replacing NVCPL.DLL and NVQTWK.DLL with 12.40 versions just to enable CoolBits. Doing this DOES enable the CoolBits program but, whenever I...
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    video problem with halflife in Win2K

    I have just moved over from win98SE to win2k. I love the OS but so far I have been less that pleased with it's ability to fully support all my games. I'm running a GeForce 2mx using the latest 12.41 drivers. I can start halflife/cstrike just fine. However, when I start to play a game or go into...
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    ugh, dnet isn't crediting all my work!

    For the 6th time I am looking at my stats and DNET seems to have missed a few hundred blocks. They said I submitted 921 blocks yesterday. That's WAY off, it was more like 1500. This isn't the first time I've had this happen either. Perhaps the most frustrating part is that days later I still...
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    X86 faster than RISC?

    I have noticed that most Sun or IBM powered computers seem to perform rather poorly when running RC5. This makes very little sense to me as these are the some of the same machines that power the worlds largest supercomputers (take ASCI White for example). Why do these particular processors...
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    why does my monitor pop?

    Perhaps this is a stupid question but I was wondering if anyone out there could tell me why my monitor makes a cracking or popping sounds when I switch to a different resolution or refresh rate? I run a Viewsonic E771 17inch monitor. It makes a popping sound whenever I change from 800x600 to...
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    Post your cracking specs here!

    Hey guys and gals. I'm interested to know if any of you have any pictures of your RC5 racks. I've seen some pretty cool rigs all over the net of people filling their basement with PCs running RC5. I figured I'd have even more luck by posting something here :D As of yet I do not have any pictures...
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    best graphics OC utility

    I have just updated to the latest 12.41 detonator drivers. I knew Nvidia was phasing out the CoolBits hack and it appears that they have finally succeeded with their latest release. I was wondering if anyone could tell me their favorite utilites for overclocking their video cards. I run a...
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    Need help with WIN2K server and my network

    Ok, here's what's ailing me. I have been messing around with win2k server for almost a week now. I'm fairly new to the networking scene as far as win2k is concerned. I have certain concepts of networking mastered (I used to just have a bunch of win98 machines on my switch without any server). I...
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    which motherboard do I buy?

    Ok, heres my situation. I'm looking to build a second system for gaming at my house. I run a LAN with a few computers, but most of them are less than adequate for playing current games at a decent speed. My current setup for gaming on my secondary computer is a k6/2 450 with a TNT 16 meg and...
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    Cracking for TA??

    I went to DNet and joined TA (woohoo). But I'm not sure if I need to do anything else? In order for my blocks to be given to TA do I also have to use the TA proxy? I'm not sure but I don't think I do. Does anyone else know for sure?
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    Best DVD drive?

    I'm thinking about getting a DVD drive for my comp. I run an tbird 800 OC'd to 950, 256megs of ram, GF2 MX, and an SBLive. First of all, which brand of drive do you think is the best? Second, do I need a decoder board to go with it? Or do I have enough horsepower to decode DVDs without any...
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    Need some help with linux

    Ok, I got a question that's probably really really simple. But for the life of me I can't figure this one out. I'm running SuSE Linux 6.4. Just the other day I decided to download a DNet client to run on my linux box. All went fine and the client install perfectly. I configered the client a...
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    DHCP servers for linux?

    Anyone know of any good DHCP servers that I can use under linux. I'd like to use my tux box as a server for my windows machines. I run win98se and a 10/100 network + my one linux machine. I don't really need one that's extremely advanced, just something that'll spit out IPs.
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    DNet and Linux?

    I can't seem to get DNet to use my modem connection in Linux. To the best of my knowledge I have my DNet client set up properly. I have talked with several people who run DNet on Linux and they too were baffled. Whenever I am connect through my modem I can surf the web just fine, but DNet...
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    What shall I do?

    I've got some cracking power that I'd like to put to some good use for a team. 1x TBird 950, 1x P233 MMX, 1x 333 K6-2, 1x 450 k6-2. Plus some other systems that I use at work. Right now I've got two email addresses for my personal and work related cracking use for RC5. Should I join a team or...