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    Ok, how bad would a used dual ~2.5GHz Power Mac G5 suck?

    My wife's and my wedding photographers, who are rated among the top 10 in the country, are uber-Mac Pro top of the line everything-Apple folks who have built studios in their home to house their machines, say to not make my first foray into Macs with a used G5 off eBay because "they suck and...
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    Good idea/bad idea? 7600GT HSF transplant to 8600GT board

    Both are XFX units, both have similar-if-not-identical copper-based HSFs on similar-if-not-identical boards. The fan on my capacitor-blown-prompting-new-GPU-purchase 7600GT was nice on the ears, but the 8600GT's fan is a bit too much for my non-gaming arse. Was just looking for a cheap dual-DVI...
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    $100 Best Buy gift card, want a PCI HDTV tuner/DVR, tell me what to get

    I guess the title and summary... sums it up. I just tried an ATI TV Wonder basic PCI card with abismally poor results with the ATI software and a 3rd party application (D-interlacer?) that also did not get the card to work despite there being good signal to it. Buggy drivers too regardless I...
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    Will DD-WRT fix dropped connectivity every 2 days on my WRT54G?

    Yeah, so the title and summary... sums it up pretty well. Will a DD-WRT (?) upgrade solve this problem or do I have a hardware issue? I bought this unit a few months ago as a refurb from Fry's. Thanks in advance for your advice.
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    Can you cleanly take a Western Digital MyBook external drive enclosure apart?

    Looking to pick up a 160GB MyBook on eBay for about fifty bucks and replace the stock drive with a Seagate 400GB SATA unit. Why? Because I've lost my faith in WD units though I was fanboy with them at one time, and I hate the look of the new Seagate external units. Can the MyBooks be safely...
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    Last chance for my WRT54G refurb- drops wireless connectivity every 2 days

    I'm getting awfully darn tired of pulling the attic ladder down to scale into the frigid summit of my home where I keep my Motorola Surfboard cable modem and my 3-month old WRT54G refurb router I got at Fry's for $29.99. Every two days all of my wireless devices lose connectivity and I have to...
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    10Mbit Internet connection halves once cable modem plugged into wireless-G router

    Got a couple things straightened out with modem support at Time Warner Cable over the phone this morning and am getting the 10Mbit/1Mbit cable connection I'm paying for. Awesome. Now that the modem is rocking out, time to toss the patch cable and get my Linksys WRT54G back into the picture...
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    XP Pro file folders refuse to disable Read-only mode?

    This one is really throwing me for a loop, but hopefully it's a quick and easy attributes or policy edit that you guys know of that I obviously do not. This is XP Pro SP2, just trying to enable full read-write (no Read-only) mode so I can rotate images with a Windows powertoy. Images will not...
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    HP Xeon workstation runs way too slow for its specs...

    I have an HP XW6200 workstation with a single dual-core 2.8GHz Xeon processor and 1GB of stock Micron registered DDR. I recently added another set of Micron registered DDR for 2GB total populating all 4 DIMM slots to try and solve this issue, but the system was actually noticeably slower! I took...
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    Favorites folders will not auto-collapse in IE7 when expanding other folders

    So yeah, every time I expand a second folder in my IE7 favorites list, the first one does not auto-collapse and stays open. This gets quite messy after opening a few other folders. I've installed IE7 on several computers and noticed this on a few installs. I can't figure out why it does this...
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    Incredibly slow latency issue in connecting to WinXP shared drive on my WLAN

    FWIW, I did not have this problem until I bought a new computer (HP XW6200) and installed a fresh copy of WinXP SP2 on it, just as I did with my makeshift-NAS PC running a shared drive. I've got a 54G WLAN throughout on a standard 2WIRE/AT&T Yahoo! DSL router. Connecting is never an issue-...
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    Camcorder Q: Canon Elura 100 vs. Canon ZR-500

    The topic summary states the only major difference between the two models. I want a Canon, I want miniDV and I want 16:9. With a Black Friday deal going on today, there is a $150 difference between the two models, the ZR-500 at $199 at Fry's and the Elura 100 at $349 at Best Buy. This is...
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    All screensavers in XP Pro fail to activate

    Running XP Pro and the IE7 Beta on a Thinkpad T30. Never had a screensaver issue like this until I installed IE7 Beta, though that could be coincidence. Nothing else is running in the background that might be waking the monitors up by refreshing, so I'm stumped. As I'd rather not leave my...
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    Quick and easy issue I hope... can't connect to network folders

    I have a small WiFi network with an old computer running XP Pro that I've turned into a NAS server basically just by sharing the entire drive partition that I keep all my data on (the D: drive- I did not share the C: partition). My primary computer, a Thinkpad T30 also running XP Pro can pick it...
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    Smoked my first cigar last night... now I'm as hoarse as Helen Thomas!

    Went to an upscale club and concert last night downtown and decided to have my first cigar (been thinking of trying one for a year now). Did pretty well with it, though I'm now realizing I think my voice is hoarse today from the cigar, not shouting with the crowd. To make matters worse, after...
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    XP Home laptop connects to WWW, but not LAN

    FIXED- see below! XP Home notebook, HP zv6000 w/ AMD64 3400+, 512MB, WLAN and LAN... both adaptors will connect to Internet but not network (which is a traditional peer-to-peer) Same workgroup, can ping out to WWW, cannot ping to any LAN devices despite same workgroup. Normal properties...
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    Shared drive on LAN showing completely full, when only 45GB out of 276GB used? *SCREENCAP INSIDE*

    SOLVED! THANKS FOR LOOKING --- Interesting discussion of "Alternate Data Streams" that a Macintosh generates on an NTFS drive further down. ----------------------- For those of you who have followed me through all my shared drive calamities lately, I'm hoping this is the last one of...
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    Shared drive on LAN showing completely full, when only 45GB out of 276GB used? *SCREENCAP INSIDE*

    SOLVED! THANKS FOR LOOKING --- Interesting discussion of "Alternate Data Streams" that a Macintosh generates on an NTFS drive further down. ----------------------- For those of you who have followed me through all my shared drive calamities lately, I'm hoping this is the last one of three...
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    WinXP PCs cannot connect to shared drive

    FIXED I have a mish-mash of a LAN problem. It's about ten computers all running either WinXP Home or Pro, and most of them regardless which version (all have SP2) can connect to a shared drive on the same workgroup. But two of them cannot. Both can see the share and ping it successfully...
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    Recommend an automatic backup program for LAN users to a server?

    I have a peer-to-peer network of twelve clients that need their data (very minimal in capacity- importance is great) backed up to a NAS/general data server that I just deployed for this organization. What software title would you recommend for such an environment? And how does something like...
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    How do I enable my secondary monitor as my primary?

    I just bought a Samsung SyncMaster 193P in hopes that I can use it as my primary monitor on my IBM Thinkpad T30. My intention is to just close the lid on the thing and let the new 19"er take over full duties. The Thinkpad is on a docking station with a DVI output, which I'm using. Works...
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    HP printer drivers don't work, different HP printer model driver does...

    For some reason, two version of HP's driver for their Deskjet 5550 under Windows XP would not install on a new HP dv8000us notebook. However, drivers from a Deskjet 990c did, and the 5550 is now working under them! However, XP continuously 'finds' the Deskjet 5550 attached to the computer and...
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    Can my Thinkpad T30's ATI graphics support a widescreen display?

    I have a docking station for my Thinkpad that has both a D-SUB and DVI output, and I've gotta get an auxilary LCD screen. This 14" thing is gonna be the death of me (primary computer... and not sure how I've lived for the past year on a 14" screen). It has the integrated ATI Mobility Radeon...
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    LAN users cannot connect to shared drive

    I just enabled a RAID1 drive for sharing on a LAN, but while users can see it through the LAN on their own machines, they cannot connect to it. Trying to do so through mapping a network drive or just trying to go in through My Network Places results in an error message stating something about...
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    How do I get a mirrored array to show up as a drive?

    Just built a new server and I can't get my new RAID1 setup (2 Seagate SATA 300GB Barracudas) to show up as a single drive under 'My Computer' so I can enable it as a shared drive. Any tips?
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    WinXP SP2 will not connect to LAN- hangs on 'Acquiring Network Address'

    I have an old Compaq PIII 800MHz 512MB system I'm working on for the girlfriend's mother that is having NIC issues. It will not connect to my router or wireless access point with either a D-Link 530TX+ Ethernet card or a D-Link DWL-G510 Wireless card. An attempt to connect to my network with...
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    SSI MEB tower cases?

    Are there any options here? I was disappointed to see that a TYAN board I had my eye on is not EATX, but something called 'SSI MEB' which I actually have not heard of yet (then again, I'm a newb when it comes to server form factors). I need a proper tower case and also had my eye on the Antec...
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    Who makes good EATX business/workstation tower cases?

    I'm looking for a good manufacturer of an EATX chassis that is very conservative and serious in both form and function. Who are the big players out there right now for such a case? Last time I was in this game, I was using Antec SX-1030Bs and right before their 'Performance Series' line came...
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    Business Workstations: Who makes 'em?

    Whatever happened to the business workstation market? Who supports it today and still makes stuff to the desire of SparcStations back in the late 90s? Discuss.
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    Does a PCI-to-PCMCIA adaptor card exist for desktop PCs?

    I can't find one on eBay, Froogle or anywhere I know to look traditionally. I've seen them in the past I thought, but no longer. Anybody have a better clue than me? Application is for a WiFi PCMCIA laptop card with a desktop PC into a PCI bay slot. A 3.5" bay 'drive' adaptor would work as...
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    Will the TYAN K8SE still be respectable in 6 months?

    I have a K8SE mobo with dual Opteron 246s waiting in the wings to become an uber-workstation later this year, but it's not going to come to fruition until at least November. While it's all paid for now, it would be nice to free up that cash value in the meantime. Would it be worth it to sell...
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    Can I use two SATA hard drives like two IDE hard drives under XP?

    I'm beginning to think (discover?) that you can only use two SATA hard drives in a RAID array and they're not treated like typical IDE drives. Am I right? I just finished a computer build for a friend who wanted two hard drives- one for the OS and programs, the other for backing stuff up on...
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    Microsoft RMA support contact/link for mice?

    I have a Wireless Intellimouse Explorer that is having problems holding a signal and is more skittery than a chihuahua on espresso! This thing is just about impossible, despite repeated channel connect changes. I think I recall seeing some kind of direct Microsoft RMA replacement mouse URL...
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    XP Pro install: fatal error on setup because of an I/O device error?

    I'm on a tech call at the moment and need some help ASAP! I have two older Athlon boxes I'm trying to upgrade to XP Pro on. I'm using the full-version OEM with SP2 (yes, authentic). At the same point in the 'Installing Windows' phase with 39 minutes left, both systems hang on the same error...
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    [POLL] Which manufacturer makes quieter hard drives?

    Let's say you're building a workstation for an audio/video studio. Low decibels are crucial, but so is stability and performance. What's your choice? I need a quieter PC, and it starts with my storage solution.
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    WANTED: Need to find a high quality AMD dual-Opteron workstation board

    Is RioWorks any good? Does ASUS make a board like this? This isn't for your average home system- I'm building a balls-to-the-wall-scare-the-schnikes-out-of-Sun-Microsystems AMD64 business workstation that would operate in a variety of professional environments from software development to...
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    Who uses, needs and wants 64-bit computers in the business world?

    I'm just wondering what type of professions and demographics AMD is targeting their Opteron and Athlon 64 CPUs toward. I have a vague idea, but wanted more from you folks. It's for a little research I'm doing- thanks!
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    Trying to RMA a dead Ti4200 to PNY but don't have sales reciept

    My PNY Ti4200 graphics card died a sudden death while I was on my lunch break last week. I turn my monitor off whenever I'm leaving the room and don't use Suspend or any screen savers. When I returned to the room 5 hours later and turned it back on, there was no video signal. My ASUS mobo...