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    My school requires XP professional. Is there a way around this???

    By that time they will be crammin Vista down everyone's throat.
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    My school requires XP professional. Is there a way around this???

    I have personally seen XP Home act stupid on large-"ish" networks with DHCP. The machine's DHCP lease expires, it's shutdown, another machine comes up and takes the address, and the XP Home machine refuses to get a new address. The Active Directory thing could be part of it too. We require...
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    Why are macs better at standby?

    I'm hard on my boss to replace my aging 800MHz powerbook. It's getting long in the tooth, and the C2D refresh should be here right about the time it gets on the budget.
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    Shall I open the box?

    Got a DFI Lanparty UT nf4 Ultra-D Tuesday. Modded it to SLI, and popped in all my stuff. Don't know why I did the mod except for "I can". Preliminary testing: First night I took the Ram to 234 2-2-2-5-1T@3.1v and it ran memtest for ~10 hours without errors. Last night I took the 4200 to...
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    Why are macs better at standby?

    That's a really good question!! Anybody with an intel mac that can test?
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    Why are macs better at standby?

    Integration.
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    Finding sys info for a mac where?

    Click on the blue apple, and click on "About this mac"
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    Trying to Break a Computer :UPDATE:

    Actually I didn't. I replied before I noticed there were 3 pages of this dribble!
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    Trying to Break a Computer :UPDATE:

    Anybody else read this? Newegg takes paypal.
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    5000X2 ETA?

    You ever think that this is why you didn't see any difference. A well-built 3000+ makes a 2.4 PIV feel like a pig.
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    Premier HD editing

    We have an Opteron 170 rig with 4GB of Ram doing this. We found that 2GB of ram just wasn't enough. Furthermore they do the live editing on a 4-disk raid 0 aray, and move it off to the RAID5 2TB SAN when they're done. We tried with a single Raptor at first, and it just wasn't enough. Haven't...
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    Running X2 3800 with DDR 333?

    Games that are CPU bound do show the difference, and compiling shows a difference. With most useage you won't even notice.
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    What Core 2 Duo chipsets support AGP?

    That board is a stepping stone/launch pad to let you break in for relatively cheap. You'll want to buy DDR2 soon, and once the new motherboards get more reasonable you'll want to get one.
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    Which S939 dual core + motherboard?

    If you're not a heavy overclocker I'm going to suggest the AsRock boards. They're cheap and great boards for the money. They are even an OK overclocker. I have my 4200+ clocked to 2.6@1.37v, and I can't make it lockup or give me an error. I tend to OC, leave it there for a week to test, then...
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    Shall I open the box?

    Got home and stopped it after no errors for 18 hours and 4 minutes. Temp got up to 57C during the hottest part of the day, but apparently it was a non-issue. I don't install CnQ or enable it in my BIOS. I use RMCLock. It gives you complete control over FIDs and voltage.
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    Shall I open the box?

    I'll try for more, but my motherboard only lets me have 1.4 vcore. That along with crap vdimm adjustment is making me look at these: EPoX EP-9NPAJ DFI nF4 SLI Infinity Just talked to my wife, and she says "programs still open and both boxes are still red, but it's louder than usual"...
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    Shall I open the box?

    Update on mine. I had an error on core 1 about 2 hours in, so I bumped to 1.375, and kicked it off again. It ran overnight, and I left it running. If it's still going when I get home it will have run ~18 hours, and gone through the hottest part of the day. Puts me at 2.6(236x11)@1.375...
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    Shall I open the box?

    After looking at this I tried 2.6. I'm at 2.6@1.35. Only problem is I had to back the Ram down to 185MHz. It's been doing a DVD shrink and running dual Prime small FFTs for the last hour without error. 32C case, and CPU temp is 54C This dual-core is really nice. Before, even with my Opty...
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    Shall I open the box?

    Mine is an LDBFE 0613VPMW It's at 2.5 @ 1.35. Haven't tried 2.6 yet. I can't see what it will really do, because this silly motherboard will only allow 1.4v. Taking suggestions on a good OCing board under $100. I'll never run Xfire or SLI.
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    My before and after cable management pics :)

    WalMart. They have big packs of all colors/sizes for cheap.
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    Edit: Prices are kicking in, CHEAP X2's!, List of prices and where to buy them. [Even Deeper AMD Price Cuts!]

    What BIOS did you use for that? I have the OWC BETA8 installed. It allows me to use HT into the upper 350s. It has warm-reboot problems over 250 though, and USB problems over 300.
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    Edit: Prices are kicking in, CHEAP X2's!, List of prices and where to buy them. [Even Deeper AMD Price Cuts!]

    Got my 4200+ yesterday, and messed with it a little. Sitting at 250*10 Default vcore 5:6 2/3/3/2-1T. Idles 34-36C full load hit 51C in a closed up room last night. It ran 2 instances of Prime small FFT for over 12 hours. I'm off to do a Stage 1 Gentoo, and see how that goes. I tried...
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    Better Laptop choice for gaming?

    Just to counter deLouis, I have the Acer TM4404WLMi. It's basically a Ferrari with only 64MB Vram. I've done a stage 1 gentoo install on it. I've played UT2K4 for an hour, and gone directly into Madden 2006 online game with 8 minute quarters(which takes friggin forever) and never had any...
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    AMD or Intel?

    Our office workers notice the difference. The ones with PIV don't need a space heater under their desk anymore!!
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    Edit: Prices are kicking in, CHEAP X2's!, List of prices and where to buy them. [Even Deeper AMD Price Cuts!]

    My 4200+ shipped yesterday ~17:00. On scheduled for delivery Friday. Hope my wife is there when Fedex comes.
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    Edit: Prices are kicking in, CHEAP X2's!, List of prices and where to buy them. [Even Deeper AMD Price Cuts!]

    "Free" shipping Just pulled the trigger on a 4200+ from Mwave. They show instock right as I was about to pay $20 more for it. Had it shipped second day, so hopefully it'll be here Friday along with my silencer. You guys are killing me. Now I have to go tell my wife I just ordered a new...
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    Edit: Prices are kicking in, CHEAP X2's!, List of prices and where to buy them. [Even Deeper AMD Price Cuts!]

    SONOFA The incredibly priced 4200+ is OOS at MWave. I got busy this morning, and missed out on it. Out at Newegg too.
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    Mobile Battle: AMD Turion vs. Intel Core Duo

    It's easy if the manufacturer uses standard mobile socketed CPUs.
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    Broke Pins on 3800 x2

    I did this with a straight pins back in the Turion days. I got a little carried away trying to do the pin-mod, and broke a needed one off. I cut down the straight pin with the head sticking out, and it worked perfectly until I upgrade to an AthlonXP.
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    Motherboard for Coroe...hmmm

    If you really want to wait on video then buy the board, and the CPU. When you find a deal on some good DDRII get it, and sell your DDR. You can buy a PCIe video card when you decide on one. The enthusiast boards might be mature, and maybe getting second revisions depending in how long you...
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    Acer Ferrari 4005WLMi

    I get 2:45 at default. With RightMark keeping the CPU throttled down, the wireless card in powersave mode, and powerplay set to "Optimal Battery Life" I get ~3:15. Wireless off gets it to ~3:30. If you have an a64 notebook, even if your motherboard doesn't "support" 200MHz fsb there are...
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    Acer Ferrari 4005WLMi

    I have a TM4404. It's nearly the same machine with no bluetooth, only 64MB on the video, and without the paintscheme. I'm incredibly happy with this machine. I use it for coding, playing games, encoding movies for travelling, and light design work. It handles everything I do with it. I...
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    Which config is better for gaming

    The X700 has powersavings over the 9700 aswell.
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    group calendar software?

    Wow, yagoon can subscribe to a published iCal calendar. I'm thinking of paying for it at work to put on all the PC. Then they'll all be able to see the same shared company calendar.
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    group calendar software?

    WebDAV is fairly easy to setup/maintain, and it doesn't take much of a machine to run it on. You might try a small setup on a spare machine.
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    What does it mean? Less Opteron for retail in 06?

    I believe there are a coupled 939 Semprons sold to system integrators.
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    Fan timers

    This would be for exhaust fans, and not CPU fans as was implied earlier. The electronics in the case have stopped generating heat, but it is built up inside. A few minutes of only the exhaust fan running should suck out any built up heat. They're not necessary though.
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    Projector suggestions

    I don't have any pictures of the room, but with the blinds down and drapes drawn the only light is from the aquarium. I've seen 5000 for the same price as the 4805(after rebates on both) is there any reason to not bump up to the 5000? 4805 * 6.8 lbs/3.1 kg * 854x480 (16:9)...
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    Projector suggestions

    We hardly ever just watch TV, and if we do it's never in there. The only time we turn it on in there is to watch something we want the see with the theatre effect(dark, booming surround sound). Say we have room-darkening drapes, but want to watch a movie(or football game) on a sunday...
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    Projector suggestions

    Less than the TVs she's been looking at in the $5K~$10K range. I don't really want to spend over $1500 total, but I'm not sure if that's a good point to shoot at. Would $2000 be a better mark to aim for? I don't believe I'll need a mount. I'm pretty handy when it comes to that stuff, and...