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    Should I Change my RAM Timings?

    So I have 2x 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 PC8500 ram that's supposed to run at 5-5-5-15, but in the BIOS, the AUTO ram settings are at 5-7-7-24. I should manually change them to 5-5-5-15 right? I have a Gigabyte EP35-DS3L mobo.
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    BSOD on Start-up

    Lately, every time I boot up I get a BSOD and automatic restart after the Windows XP screen. But the second time it boots up it's fine. I turned off automatic restart on error and the BSOD message is: "A wait operation, attach process, or yield was attempted from a DPC routine." I tried...
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    I Can't Sleep With These &^#$& Lights

    My new computer has a case with an exhaust fan that has blue lights on it. It looks cool and all but at night it practically lights up my whole room and there's no switch to turn it off. If I just take some pliers or something and crush the lightbulb it wouldn't affect the fan itself would it?
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    WD64000 Transfer Speeds

    Just got a WD6400 recently and was wondering if the benchmark results are normal. Do the the minimum transfer rate seem a little low? http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/3323/hdtunezh8.jpg
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    Will This Old PSU Work?

    I'm putting together a new system and was wondering if the PSU in my current system will work in the new build. It's an Antec BU-500P and the specs for the new system are: E8400 Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L Gigabyte 8800GT 2GB Crucial DDR2 WD 640GB SATA and 2 more SATA drives in the near...
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    Should I be worried about my HDD?

    I just ran Seatools on 2 Maxtor IDE drives and both of them showed SMART failed. However, they passed both the short and long test. Should I be worried about my drive failing in the near future? Thanks