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    Two routers in house

    I have one router in my house but have dead spots in a bedroom. I've already moved the main router to a central part of the house by running ethernet in the walls. But I am still getting pretty spotty wifi in a bedroom. This bedroom in question has a ethernet port already wired up leading to my...
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    Testing - switch?

    If I want to work on a motherboard outside a case, I can hook up the psu. But the worst part is having a case near by with a power button. What should I look for to buy if I just want a power button? Does anyone sell a testing device where I can hook up power lights, hdd lights, power switch...
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    Integrated graphics or older card?

    Built a secondary computer with this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-779-_-Product and a Intel G3258 CPU I have a couple older video cards laying around. When I say older I mean 3+ years. I have a ASUS Radeon HD 5450 512MB from 2011 and a GeForce 7300GT 256MB from...
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    What do I have here?

    I just bought a house and it looks like it is wired for ethernet. However, I'm a networking noob so I don't really know exactly what I have and how I can use it. Here is a picture of it: http://cdn.imghack.se/images/c006f0aa8f6e42184f9777a7126707cc.jpg How can I set this up with my router...
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    Can you recommend a video card?

    Hi... I am looking for a video card recommendation. Currently, I am using a GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB video card. Been running that for about a year, been pretty good card. Recently, I wanted a little more performance, so I bought a ATI Radeon HD 4890 1 GB But ended up getting rid of...
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    Need a very quiet IDE hard drive

    Can anyone recommend a very quiet internal IDE hard drive? Its for an older computer I am using as a server at my house. Don't really need much size, and can even be used. I am looking for something cheap. Right now I have an old 10GB hard drive in there and its not the quietest. Whats my...
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    CPU fan speed running at 100%

    I had a GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L running with a E6550 for about a year before the motherboard took a dump on me. I am going to RMA it, but in the mean time I am running a GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2L. Everything is fine, but one problem. On the new board (the G31M), the CPU fan is always running full...
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    What happened to my motherboard?

    Was wondering if someone could help... I was running a GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 motherboard with a geforce 7800GT. My power supply was an enermax 420W. I upgraded to the GeForce 9600GSO and I plugged it in. It wasnt really running that good so I decided I should upgrade my power supply because I...
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    What kind of RAM is this?

    Can someone tell me what kind of RAM this is? I thought it was Corsair 512MB x 2 ValueSelect, but I am not so sure. http://www.awnetdesign.com/eba...on_images/ram/ram1.jpg and zoomed in chip: http://www.awnetdesign.com/eba...on_images/ram/ram4.jpg No stickers are any identifying...
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    Dust in case

    What is the best way to keep dust out of my case?
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    Best way to destroy data on a hard drive?

    My hard drive crashed, and I can't access any of it windows. I tried to do a low level format and that doesn't even work. Fortunately I had a nightly backup program so I didn't lose any data. However, now I have a 100GB hard drive that is completely dead but still probably has traces of my...
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    Best (and most simple) CD burning app

    I have been using Nero for a while, but I feel like their current offerings are so bloated with extra crap that I don't use. All I want to do is burn CD's, mostly data and occasionally music. I will also burn a DVD from time to time. are there any simple cd burning apps left out there?
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    Gillette Fusion: power vs non-power

    I was a loyal mach3 guy, and now a loyal fusion guy... I've tried both the power vs. non-power, and much prefer the power. I have very sensitive skin and the power just seems to do a better job with irritation and razor burn. Anyway, here is my question. The regular fusion blades are less...
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    What is the best popup blocker?

    I've tried three, and so far not one of them can stop ALL popups. What do YOU use to stop popups?
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    RAID with a SATA

    Right now I have two 100GB IDE drives. My motherboard has both the old IDE connections (what I am currently using) and the new SATA support. My question is, will I be able to set up a RAID with my current two drives, and then throw a SATA drive in there? Or is it one or the other? Also...
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    My IE is acting up a little

    Sometimes I will go to a website and IE won't download every picture. But then you right click and tell it to "Show Picture", and it appears. This usually happens on sites where that image is used over and over (like a message board thread with a lot of replies). It is a little annoying...
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    Best combo?

    What is the best intel CPU / motherboard combo right now as far as bang for the buck? (best value)... I need ability for 4 PATA devices (I have nothing SATA) and I also need a PCI express slot for my graphics card. What are my options? Anything below $250? Want to avoid AMD and Celeron. Also I...
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    What is happening?

    This is really frustrating me. I am doing a upgrade and I bought a ABIT AN8 with Athlon 3000+ and a gig of ram. I also bought a Sound Blaster 2 ZS. The AN8 has a LED indicator on the motherboard itself for diagnostics. I put everything together and get a 25 coming up on the LED, nothing on...