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    Building a Shuttle SP35P2

    Hey folks, got a week left in Iraq and tweaking a SFF build for when I get back. Here's where I'm at right now: Case (includes mobo/PSU/HSF): Shuttle XPC SP35P2 - $379 Processor: Intel C2D E8400 OEM - $250 Ram: Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400 - $125 Video Card: Zotac 8800GT...
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    Soldier looking for build advice

    Long time forum lurker, hardly ever post. Currently serving in Iraq with the Army. I've been in training or deployment for about two years now, so I'm way behind on current technology and where it's going to be six months from now. I want to start buying parts at the beginning of 2008, since...
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    9700 Pro Refurb Problems - Driver or Card?

    Just bought and installed a refurb 9700 pro from Newegg a few days ago. Couldn't be happier with it until today. When I booted up, static vertical blue lines appeared on the screen, starting with the initial mem check and all the way through into windows xp pro. Never seen this before, and...
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    Help identifying mobo

    Got an old Compaq 5441 and darned if I can't find out what model mobo I have. I want to update the BIOS. I've tried a couple of updates that I have found on the net, but all of them say they are incompatible with my mobo. Also, looked all over compaq website and such, could not find what...
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    Is my Cendyne CDRW a Lite-On?

    Long story short- Bought a Cendyne 32x12x40 cd-rw from Fry's, but threw away the box. The serial number only says "32x12x40 cd-rw", that's it. nothing else on there even remotely resembling the other serial numbers or some such that I have read in a few threads on here. The burner seems to be...
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    Noob question about applying Thermal Grease

    Okay, I'm in uncharted waters here, and I've read up about this process, but I still have one question. When combining the Heatsink and Processor, will the Processor be seated on the mobo, or do you combine the two first then place it in the mobo? Dumb question I know, and I think the answer...
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    Need help- Sony CRX175/A1 problems

    My roommate's been having a problem with his CD-RW. I believe that's the correct model number in the title of the thread. (Hope this is the right forum-searched for similar problems and found none) Starting about six months ago, his CDRW would just stop functioning properly. It would eject...
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    Sony CDRW freaking out on me

    My roommate's been having a problem with his CD-RW. I believe the model number is CRX175/A1. (Hope this is the right forum-searched for similar problems and found none) Starting about six months ago, his CDRW would just stop functioning properly. It would eject the tray no matter what you had...
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    Answered my own question

    *****EDIT******* I broke the first cardinal rule of posting. Search for previous threads on the same topic. As soon as I hit post, I found an old thread that answered my question. Reseated all the memory and cards a couple times and success!!! Oh well... *****EDIT******* Hey guys, new to...