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    Creative Sound Blaster X7 & XM7 bass problem

    I recently bought X7 Limited Edition + E-MU XM7 bundle, got them set up and all appears to work as expected. But bass is lackluster, which is unlike various reviews I've read and watched. I've also seen a few YouTube videos, such as this one and this one which shows how the drivers visibly...
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    Please help me find a case for my next build

    Looking for a new case has been incredibly frustrating because I just can't find one that I'd like. Hopefully the fine folks at Anandtech have some good suggestions. My criteria: - ATX. - No windowed side panel, or one that is entirely glass. I don't want to see the guts of my computer unless I...
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    Windows 7 color profiles troubles

    The backstory is I want to use icc color profile I got from tftcentral.co.uk and of course I made sure I followed their instructions to set it up. The problem is that it is completely random whether the icc profile is applied or not during Windows log on. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. It...
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    A little bit of dsquery/dsmod help

    I hope we have plenty of people around here who knows their AD scripting. :) Well anyway. I have pretty simple bat file that disables user accounts. I'd like to expand that bat file to do more. As it already writes a txt file where there are distinguished names of all groups the user is...
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    Samsung and Seagate

    It is my understanding that Samsung only released the 320GB version of the new F4's (non-EcoGreen's) before Seagate bought their hard drive business. Now the question is, does anyone have any clue if we will see HDD's that perform at the level of F4's from Seagate anytime soon? Or did Seagate...
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    Four memory modules = HDD data transfer corruption

    I've got four memory modules of Kingston 2GB DDR2 ValueRAM in Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3. Memtest86 passes fine, no errors. So does Windows 7 memory diagnostics on standard settings. But when ran with extended settings, it does find problems but doesn't specify any better than that. In actual use data...
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    4850 or 9800GTX+ ?

    My year old 3870 is acting up a bit and I'm considering replacing it. I was thinking of 4850 or 9800GTX since they are more attractive price-wise. As far as old reviews go, the 4850 seems to be the winner in most cases. But old reviews don't tell the current situation, which one is the better...
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    Memory sticks and temperature endurance

    Does someone here know how well do memory sticks usually endure cold and hot temperatures and rapid temperature changes? Talking about external temperatures here, like weather. Not heating or freezing the stick directly. ;) Thanks. :)
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    Shell script and a log file

    I have this shell script scheduled to run periodically doing some maintenance duties. Now, lots of commands have accumulated into this one shell script, including but not limited to database exports, checks, file backups (tar & gzip combination), etc, etc. Now I really would like to have the...
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    Got a strange problem with Vista

    I just recently assembled a new computer and installed Vista SP1 on it, SP1 was included in the installation image and the version is RTM. All my device drivers and BIOS have been updated to their latest versions. And now to the problem. I leave my computer to idle for a long period of time...
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    C2D E8200 temps

    I recently built my new rig featuring GA-P35-DS3 (rev 2.1) and E8200. I'm not planning to overclock, at least not now. The CPU is using the retail cooler and heat sink that came with it. The heat sink had three lines of thermal paste on its bottom. Idle temps are about 42C, however at load...
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    How much RAM to get; 4GB or 8GB?

    I currently have 4x2GB RAM sticks on order and ready to be sent when the last parts for my new rig arrive. Each 2GB stick costs me 36 EUR (~53 USD according to universal currency converter). Based on the cost of one stick, should I get two or four sticks? I will be using 64-bit OS'es and...
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    Hard drive platters and partitioning

    A hard drive usually has more than one platter these days, and each of these platters have their own read and write heads. If you have a modern hard drive with two platters and you create 5 partitions. 1) Do all 5 partitions use sectors from both platters? or 2) Do the first two...
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    LG L227WT now in stores

    Don't have one yet although it is on order (waiting for rest of the ordered computer parts that haven't arrived yet). Anyone got one or know a review somewhere? I hope L227WT isn't the repeating same mistakes as Samsung's 226CW.
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    About API's and CPU's

    My first post here, I hope this is the right board to post this. ;) There are many different API's, like DirectX and OpenGL for graphics and PhysX API for physics accelerators for example. Because of these API's, developers have to write relatively little card specific code. I was...