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    How to install Tomato firmware after DD-WRT ?

    Does anyone know how to install the Tomato firmware after DD-WRT on a Buffalo WHR-G54S? I followed the instructions on Tomato's Wiki which say "If you're already using a third-party firmware or just upgrading a Tomato firmware, try uploading any of the .bin files from the GUI." My question is...
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    How long does it take you to copy a dvd with DVD Shrink?

    My old system took about 25 min to burn a dvd movie (8x burner) and so does my new system with the same burner. I thought conroe was suppose to be much quicker...
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    How do you pronounce 'Nguyen' ?

    I searched online for wav files but every link I found was no longer active. You can host files for free at here if you'd like to upload a wav file :-) I've heard it pronounced 'win' or 'we-ing'
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    One last question on Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 before buying.

    About to pull the trigger on the Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 (NOT DS3). Anyway, I read this review and they claim that the motherboard doesn't have memory timing adjustments like the DS3 does? http://www.fastsilicon.com/content/view/91/29/1/3/ I know the Ctrl-F1 key combination works on the DS3...
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    White film on top of Athlon XP-M CPU ?

    What's the white film on the left side of this cpu? And the die looks sucken in on the left side too? link
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    ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 ULi drivers

    I installed the ULi integrated drivers 2.20 and it seems the installation process exited before it was done. It installs really quickly but I think it got to approx. 75% and then it just exits suddenly without any message that says it installed successfully. Is there a confirmation prompt at the...
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    power hour plug-in for window media player or winamp?

    i need some sort of program that can play a list of songs only 60sec each. is there any sort of plugin to do this in windows media player or winamp?
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    cops are pigs

    cops are pigs. that is all.
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    What kind of battery life do you get with your IBM T40?

    I get 2:30 on the "High System Performance" setting (full brightness, wireless on) and about 3 hours on "Super Power Saver". This is nowhere NEAR the 5 hours claimed by Anandtech here. What up with this?
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    anyone know the abbreviations for languages? like ITA for italian and ENG for english, etc?

    What would POT stand for? I'm downloading something with a filename affix POT and I'm not sure if it's in english or not
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    What's your favorite drinking movie?

    I need suggestions. Any movie to watch while buzzed/drunk or just to drink to. I like Airplane btw, funny as hell.
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    BenQ DVD burner won't burn at 8X

    I have a BenQ DW800A updated with the B3D7 firmware (dual format) and I can't burn at anything higher than 2.4x in Nero 6.3.1.25. (took about 22min to but 4300MB). I have pretty good 8x discs (prodisc) so I'm pretty sure that's not the problem. I have the drive connected to an old Promise...
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    how to limit bandwidth for 21 computers?

    I live at a frat house and we have 21 computers hooked up to a DSL connection. We need to limit the bandwidth of each computer so the connection doesn't get too slow. We also need to monitor how much bandwidth (for example, in one day) is going to each computer. Is there any good software to do...
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    THIS ADWARE IS FU*KING BULLSH*T!

    this is BS. i'm sittin at my computer doing my physics homework like a good little kid and up pops up my McAfee virusscanner with 50 on access alerts! WTF! I have a firewall zonealarm pro firewall too! WTF! i also noticed that my on mcafee on-access scanner is disabled when i boot up. i also...
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    Why doesn't video play on both screens when using dual display w/ my ATI 9500

    I enabled dual display through the ATI control panel using my s-video ports. The primary display is my LCD and the secondary, the TV. When I play videos, the video only shows up on my LCD screen. The only way I can get it to play on the TV is if I make the TV the primary display, but then the...
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    Bought used HP 712C printer w/out AC adapter, can I use IBM laptop AC adapter?

    18V, 1.7A is listed on the printer. Is it okay if I use my AC adapter that came on my laptop that provides 16V, 4.5A? WOuld this be safe for use with the printer?
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    I think new cell phone is going bad...can I put new sim card in old phone?

    I got a new phone from t-mobile through amazon (a Samsung E105) and I think the speaker might be going or something. Sometimes people can't hear me and sometimes I can't hear them. Calls always go though though. Can I use my old phone (which has old sim and old number) with my new number if I...
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    Could someone please do a carfax for me?

    VIN is JHMBV6158VC007234. Thanks!
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    what's your favorite mini-mini digital camera???

    I'm lookin' for suggestions for a really, really small camera. something i can take to parties and not have to worry about. what do you think?
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    Who was that hot chick on the letterman (or another) show last night?

    maybe it was another late show? maybe conan or craig?
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    Different types of s-video plugs?

    I have two svideo (male) to rca composite (female) converters. I think one came with my ati 9500 and the other on a ati 9600 (not sure though). The thing is that the svideo plug is different on each on. On one there are 8 pins only. On the other are 7 pins and a 1/8in long plastic tab. Both fit...
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    How many of you actually use the "cleartype" option in Windows XP?

    Is it just me or does cleartype make it harder to read things, even though everything is smoother. Myabe I'm just used to the standard setting?
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    What's so good about bluetooth?

    someone educate me...
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    wtf is wrong with this T40 - no POST

    i have a friends laptop that doesn't POST. When i press the power switch, the thing turns on for like 1 sec and then turns off (i see the status lights flash). I've taken out the memory and HD and reinstalled them. any ideas?
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    Anyone get a bunch of mass AOL Instant Messages that say "Check this out:http://www.wgutv.com/osama_capture.php?Kc1r" ??

    I logged on aol im tonight and instantly got 5 instant messages from 5 different people that said: "Check this out: http://www.wgutv.com/osama_capture.php?Kc1r" I'll assume somethings up with this. Anyone else get this?
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    Know the cheapest (but good) place to get a domain name?

    I've heard some companies are a**holes when it comes to switching your domain over to another company. Does anyone know any good ones? I see v3.com has them for 8.95/year.
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    What's the highest voltage you guys give your ram?

    any safe limit? I'm not sure how high to go on my hyperx
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    Lycos really going down the tubes...they have PORN banners!

    wtf, I was checking one of my email accounts and I see they now have porn banners all over the place - when i login, check my mail, and when i logout! They must really be desperate!!!
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    Weird stuff happening w/ my new 2.4C M0...cpu temps aren't increasing in Prime???

    Well I'm at 12x295=3.54GHz, 1.65v and I'm running two instances of Prime (ver 23.2.1). When I run the torture test my cpu temp isn't increasing, it actually decreases sometimes. I'm using MBM5 and I know the sensor is set up correctly b/c it worked with my last 2.4C. Another thing I noticed is...
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    Any way to tell if HyperX is BH-5, CH-5, etc?

    I have these sticks and I can't see the memory chips b/c of the heatspreaders. Is there anyway to tell what type of memory chips they are by looking at the sticker on the heatspreaders or through a program???
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    Is there any way to REALLY erase a hard drive securely?

    Just wondering... I know there are programs to do this, and others that rewrite the whole drive in 0s and 1s but aren't there specialists who can recover data from nearly any drive? It makes sense to me that if you rewrite the drive with zeros that there wouldn't be anything to recover but I've...
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    Hard drive shows up in DOS but not in Windows XP Pro SP1.....what's up???

    I have this old hard drive, a Samsung WU32543A that is accessible when I boot off a Win98 boot disk but the hard drive doesn't show up in My COmputer. I'm using WIndows XP Pro SP1. The drive is FAT formatted. I've tried hooking it up as a master on the secondary channel and even tried setting...