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    Accelero S1 and Thermaltake Armor w/ 25cm fan

    Anyone have this combination? My MB is the ga-p35-ds4. I'm thinking of getting a better cooling solution for my 8800gt but I can't tell from the measurements on the Arctic Cooling website if the accelero will fit into my case. Main conflict seems to be the possibility of my side 25cm fan on...
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    debugging lan throughput issues

    Would appreciate your thoughts and opinions.... I think the wiring in my wall jacks is keeping me from better iperf numbers. At best, right now, iperf shows 450kbps with all firewalls and antiviruses turned off. (When connected with a short patch cable into a single router I get 960-980kbps...
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    gigabit too much on an older computer?

    I just put in an Intel Pro 1000 MT PCI lan card in my slower computer (in my sig). The MB is probably about 5 yrs old and has a 10/100 controller built in. I've disabled it in the bios when installing the gigabit NIC. The cable is 5e to my switch and cat 6 from there to the computer...
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    What are default TCP global parameters?

    Could someone do a "netsh interface tcp show global" and tell me what the default settings are for a Vistax64 install? (I wrote these down on paper and promptly lost it while trying to fix the "Slow Copying over Network" probelm.) Many thanks.
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    Am I completely off the deep end?? What am I doing wrong?

    Ok. I think this belongs in the OS forum because from what I could find online, this appers to happen mostly with networks where only a few of the systems have Vista. I'm experimenting with setting up a home LAN with the two machines in my sig. My intent is to later replace the secondary...
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    How does speedfan work exactly?

    Hi all, I'd like to use speedfan to bring the noise level down a bit. I can use the fan-only molex from the PSU to run all fans at lower speeds except for two. For those, I need to "hand-start" them so doesn't seem practical. They both have molex power with a yellow wire that goes into a...
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    shielding audio header wire from case

    Ok, so I thought for a while that it was a poor quality audio chip on my motherboard that was leading to the hissing/popping/crackling that I could hear through the audio header on my computer case. It is all the more noticeable because I use ear buds when on the computer. So I recently...
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    USB server recommendations or info?

    Anyone with experience with either of these two devices? Looking to setup a wired networked USB hub to run a printer, scanner, and one or two USB HDDs. Both are USB 2.0 but the Silex Pricom costs $150 while the Keyspan costs $100. No real technical reviews online. Can anyone speak to their...
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    whats a good motherboard pairing for 8800gt

    I'm probably going to take my chances on an 8800gt (if i can find one) next week. At the same time, I'm getting a new MB, CPU, memory, HD, case, etc (full raging upgrade). Since the 8800gt is pci-e 2.0, is it worth it to shell out extra 100 bucks or so for a x38 chipset? Any advice or...
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    Why is MSI P35 Plat so unpopular?

    I've been going through different forums looking for opinions about this board and I see very little, yet all the reviews on the major sites show spectacular benchmarks. The one hiccup I see is that it, like the Biostar, had some early BIOS issues that "seem" to have been ironed out (as I...
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    Old 32-bit files on a new 64-bit system

    Hi, I've been a lurking reader of these (and other) forums for a while trying to find answers for this while I consider upgrading to a new OS. I have XP-Pro at home where there's a separate 320Gb drive full of home movies, tax files, etc. Since XP-Pro is 32bit, I guess my existing files...