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    New Home Pre-Wired ... Where is the other end of the cable?

    My family recently purchased a new construction that was supposedly pre-wired with ethernet in every room. I was upset when I found out the cables are CAT 5e (I was hoping for CAT 6 or better), but here is the real problem: There is a panel in an upstairs bedroom that contains a panel for all...
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    Vista IP Forwarding

    Hi all, I'd like to setup IP forwarding (not quite sure that is the correct terminology) on Vista32. My use case for this is as follows: 1. I have an app that tries to connect to hardcoded ip X at port P1 - X: P1 2. My firewall is blocking port P1 3. Using SSH tunneling, I set P1 as...
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    Reciever + Speaker Setup

    Hi all, I plan on hooking up xbox/ps3/wii/computer sound to one set of speakers. I don't know much about sound peripherals, but I'm guessing that I will need a receiver that has some optical audio (for the xbox) and some analog inputs as well as input coming from my sound card. Can anyone...
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    LCD Desk Arm Mount

    Hey all, I'm looking for a arm mount for a Dell 2408WFP that would clamp on to the rear of my desk and be able to move the screen up/down/left/right and pivot/tilt as well. Can anyone recommend a quality product? Most of what I've seen are wall/ceiling mounts which is not what I would like...
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    Looking for a 1TB

    I'm looking for a few 1TB's to put into a fileserver running Samba for a few users. I'm more interested in performance rather than how quiet the drive is. Either way, I was looking at the Samsung F1 but it seems like they do not preform very well in multi-user environments. Although my...
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    Gigabit issue with Vista??

    Hi all, I've been in the process of upgrading to a gigabit setup, I didn't have any cat5e cables so I ended up getting cat6. Replaced the cat5 with the cat6 in my 3+ year old box running Ubuntu and everything works perfectly, switch and box both say I'm connected at gigabit no problems...
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    How would I limit user storage space?

    I'm using this system as a fileserver with Samba on it. I've set up Samba users that I think are tied with user accounts on the actual system. At the moment, the respective home directories are used for the Samba mounting point. Everything works great. However, I would like to limit the...
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    Thinking about a fileserver setup + raid

    Hi all, I have a perfectly decent box lying around wasting cycles that I'd like to turn into a server. It would be beneficial for me to have a web server running with things like SSH, SVN, with multiple user accounts, etc. I was thinking of running some sort of Linux distro (probably Ubuntu)...
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    Wacky E8400 CoreTemp and SpeedFan temps...

    GA-EP35-DS3R, E8400 + Tuniq tower 120 + AS5 in an Antec P182 running 64bit Vista. I haven't changed any settings, I wanted to get a baseline before I started overclocking. I have prime95 running and CoreTemp is showing 69 and 66 for my cores?!?! SpeedFan is even wackier, with the +15...
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    Help me pick 2xMonitors!

    I'm looking for 2x monitors for a multimedia setup for my rig. I have a 20" widescreen Dell at the moment that will be used for an old box. I've used 24" widescreens for a while and I really like the size. Not too big not too small and the 1920x1200 resolution looks good to me. I have an...
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    A few Vista question

    Hi all, I'm planning on installing 64bit Vista on the new rig I just built. I bought a GA-EP35-DS4 mobo that was defective on arrival that I will be sending back tomorrow to Newegg with an RMA #. I have a GA-EP35-DS3R replacement mobo at the moment that I will be returning to the...
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    Just built a rig, can't install Vista...

    Specs: Gigabit EP35-DS4 E8400 hx520 4x2gig ddr2-800 8800gts First off the machine didn't want to post at all. I took out the ram, put 1 stick in and it worked. Put the rest of the sticks in and it worked magically = I started installing 64bit Vista Ultimate, but every time once it...
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    Advice for Gigabit setup

    I'm looking to get a router with a decent firmware (relatively customizable firewall, port forwarding, dhcp, etc...) that has a Gigabit switch and wireless N. I've been looking at a few but people seem to review them with faulty firmware, or horrible stability when using the gigabit switch or...
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    SATA DL DVD-RW Drive w/Bitsetting??

    I'm looking to buy a SATA DL DVD-RW Drive with Bitsetting, but I can't seem to find information about the models to see if they support bitsetting or not. Can anyone provide any info on this? TIA
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    Look this over before I hit the buy button

    Here is what I came up with: Intel E8400 Retail - $222 Antec P182 - $90AR Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500KSRTL 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Retail - $160 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D512E GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB Retail - $300 (is there a cheaper vanilla 8800GTS 512MB card to be had elsewhere?)...
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    What do you think of this rig setup?

    I'm going to be overclocking, so here is what I came up with (updated): Antec P182 - $90 AR Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - $216 Tuniq Tower 120 P4 & K8 CPU Cooler - $45 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 - $180 2xG.Skill 4GB(2 x 2GB) DDR2 1000 - 2x$115 Western Digital Caviar SE16 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache...
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    Please advise with new rig setup

    Hey all, I'm trying to build myself a box. There are a few options I have due to intel delaying the 9450 so I was wondering what you all think. Any suggestions are welcome. Please note that I'm a complete newbie when it comes to OC'ing and SLI. Also if I say something incredibly stupid I...