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    Testing a new Seagate 7200.11 ST3500320AS

    I bought a ST3500320AS drive for my parents, so that they have more space. I formatted and then checked it with Norton Disk Doctor - all was fine, I took it to them, installed, cloned to it and in less then a day it died. Now, it's a pretty long drive going back to restore + some of their data...
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    Virtual OS - Can I run an existing partition?

    Hi all! I have a partition with my previous XP install. I am running my current XP from another partition. Is there any virtualization software that would allow me to run the existing old system from that partition? If not, than is there any software that is able to take that partition and...
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    Fan speed control for CPU?

    Hi! :) I built a system with: Very loud generic Spire CPU fan Sempron 2800+ BX ASRock K8NF4G-SATA2 Win XP It would go to a not too technical person, and I am looking for preferably some automatic speed control or even just a way to lower its speed a little. Maybe something that would...
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    Sempron 64 2800+ vs. Celeron 64 2.93MHz ?

    Hi there For a general usage PC which would you recommend? Both are 64 bits. I guess the celeron is 341, but I can't find any relevant benchmarks. Price is the same. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.:)
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    WXGA wide screen display - disadvantages?

    Hello all, My friend considers buying a wide screen notebook 14" WXGA TFT 1280x768. It's mostly the good overall deal that interests him and not much playing movies. He asked me about the computer and most of it was fine, except for the screen - I have little experience with notebooks and none...
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    AIW audio out

    NM. Found a solution.
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    IRQ problem with Gigabyte 8SRX

    Hi there, I have a strange problem with my Gigabyte GA-8SRX (Updated BIOS) - Nothings is working right with IRQ 12. No matter what slot or onboard device - they would be recognized by windows, but would not be completely functional. When assigned any other IRQ they would work perfectly. For...
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    Cable interference?

    I need to run a cat 5 cable for my network between two rooms. I wish to avoid the cables and the drillings, so I thought of running the wire through the holes where my TV antenna passes (hopefully). It's connected to cable TV, so I'm guessing it's not a faint TV signal. The length of the wire...