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    How do I rip DVDs?

    I have a couple of movies I'd like to put on my HD. I know it's possible, anand's written articles on it. How do I do it, and what's the necessary software? Is there freeware that does this? Thanks in advance.
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    FSX pegged at 16FPS, GPU stuck at 70%

    FSX is stuck at about 16fps for me, and a look at CCC tells me that the GPUs isn't going over 70% utilization much, if at all. I've heard that this game is very bus intense, so is PCIE v1 limiting me here? specs: C2D conroe @ 3.2Ghz P35 3870 Anyone else have a similar setup that they...
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    What's with nehalem pads on top of the chip?

    On nehalem there's a couple of pads around the IHS. Based on pics I've seen, they don't seem to be making contact with any pin on the locking device. Are these the Vcc pads supplied from the locking device, or are they there just for show?
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    The off button?

    I just read the article on the graphics testing platform and was pleasantly suprised to find out that the sleep button in vista can be changed to being the off button, as logic (and the icon) would suggest. How is this done? Thanks in advance.
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    Good CD ripper?

    Itunes 8 apparently can't rip in non mp3 192kbps formats anymore. I'm pissed. I like all of my music in aiff (any lossless, for that matter, but wav doesn't support as much metadata). So, is there any option out there that rips in multiple formats, has good codecs, and will download metadata...
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    Some kind of weight system?

    We need a weight system for a trebuchet. Last time we tried it, we used bench press weights from the Y, and that scaled up to about 1200 pounds. We have a pretty small budget, so what can we get that will scale up further to 1500-200 pounds? We don't have the budget to get a ton of lead or DU...
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    ATI AA options?

    Put simply, what do all the anti aliasing options in CCC mean? The slider only goes from 2x to 8x, but the filter enables it to go up to 24x. What do box, narrow tent, wide tent, and edge detect mean? And what's temporal AA? Thanks in advance.
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    Defragging on SSDs?

    Since there's virtually no access time on SSDs, doesn't that make defragging redundant? Also, wouldn't the limited lifespan of SSDs make an even greater disincentive against defragging?
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    Vista mysteriously eating drive space

    For some reason, as I create, delete, move around, copy, etc large files like music, vista seems to be slowly stealing HD space. I do alot of messing around with my 10Gb music collection, and every time I do stuff to it, some drive space vanishes. My 232Gb HD was down to about 130Gb free, when I...
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    Obvious solution to AMD fabs sitting idle?

    Since AMD has tons of fab capacity sitting there doing nothing, why not make ATI ships instead of outsourcing to TSMC? Doesn't that make perfect sense? Am I missing something totally obvious that makes this unfeasable?
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    Defrag issues

    I used to regularly defrag my HD, until I got flight sim X. Apparently, every time I defragged, FSX got screwed up and the planes would go through the ground and crash, instead of landing. because of this, I've refrained from defragging, and my computer is probably in dire need of a defrag run...
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    Effects of skipping a night's sleep

    I just went to my first sleepover (believe it or not, for a 14 yr. old), and didn't sleep for a night. Obviously, bad things happened, but I wanna know what happens to other people. We were watching movies and playing video games, and I had 5 cans of coke. I was hyped up and high on caffiene...
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    Flight Sim X resolution issues...

    Flight Sim X for some reason simply won't go to 1680x1050. I set it to that a billion times, and nothing happens. it always stays at 1280x800, for some reason. Any ideas?
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    Cheapo/ readneck way to hush up the fans?

    I have a loud fan pumping air out the back of my case, and it's LOUD!!! it faces the wall, and I think the sound's bouncing off the wall and straight into my ear. Does anyone have a good idea on how to do anything about it? I'm thinking putting a tube between the fan and the wall and punching a...
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    How does road deicer work?

    We were doing the typical middle school salt in ice experiments and the teacher couldn't really get deep into how the deicer really works. Deicer is magnesium chloride, and that supposedly breaks into ions in water, so how does that reduce the freezing point of water? To me, it makes no sense...
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    Penryn-allendales?

    So far, I've heard no mention of half cache penryns. Will this category be filled by conroe, or will there be a cut down version I haven't heard of?
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    Voltage guidance?

    I'm trying to overclock, and I'm hitting a brick wall at 385FSB. Everything seems to be fine, the temps aren't off the charts and I have more than adequate cooling. So is the problem that I'm not giving the chips enough juice? I had the processor at 1.3 volts and that didn't make much of a...
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    Radeon 3870 running hot

    The title says it all, my RAdeon 3870 is running really hot. The fan's apparently running very slow, and I can't hear it over the other fans in the box. Does anyone have any ideas?
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    XP defragger for Vista?

    The vista defragger sucks compared to the XP version. There's nothing except a defrag button and a few words telling you to defrag or not. Is there a way to change this back to the XP version? I miss my analysis reports.
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    Balance between speed and timings?

    After reading the article about overclocking the QX9650, it seems like timings are alot more important than I had thought. Previously, I was thinking about getting my DDR2-800 corsair sticks up to 1200 or 1066, maybe with timings at 4-4-4-12 and that would be it. The FSB would run at 1600...
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    Front panel line in/mic to X-fi XtremeGamer- weird pins

    I have a (what I would call) standard front panel audio connector, green and pink jacks. The problem is, the header has 7 pins that are all seperate, so I have no idea how to connect it to the sound card. Further, the sound card header has 9 pins in 2x5, and the pinout on the creative website...
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    Lapping & polishing cpu coolers and cpus/upgrading the TIM on the mobo and GPU?

    Although I've read alot about lapping and polishing the CPU and the heatsink bases to improve contact, I still have no idea what the wadding polish stuff is. Could someone please give me a detailed description of how this works? From what I understand, I would polish the cpu with fine sandpaper...
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    Buying chip for overclocking- E6750 or allendale?

    Hi, all. I'm building a rig this christmas, and I wanna know what's a good conservative estimate on what I can get out of the chip. I want to run the FSB at 1600 Mhz with the memory at 1200 (3:4) or 1066 (2:3). With the E6750 the processor will be running at 3.2Ghz, which I'm pretty sure I can...
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    cfm recommendations/help please...

    I'm gonna be running a corsair 450vx PSU and a radeon 3870 with 2 case fans in push/pull. What I want to know is, how much air will the PSU and graphics card pull out of the system? If the 2 case fans are identical, will there be too much outflow compared to inflow? Also, how much airflow is...
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    Power draw of 3870/3850?

    About how many amps do the RV670 cards draw? I'm going to have a C2D, which is about 7.5 amps max and a couple of other things running off a 33 amp +12v. rail, and I want to make sure I won't blow my PSU. Thanks!
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    Guidance for a first timer's build

    Hi, I'm building a semi-bleeding edge rig for christmas. This is what I have: CPU: C2D E6750 2.66Ghz 1.33Ghz FSB $194.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115029 Mobo: Asus P5K-E P35 $142.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813131225 RAM: 2x...