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    DLNA Capable wifi photo frame/ media player

    Is there some kind of a device that combines a digital photo frame with a music player that can stream off of my DLNA media server? That would seem to be a slam dunk gadget, but I haven't found anything similar. I would like to keep it by my bedside and use it to browse through my music...
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    Hanns·G HH-281HPB Black 28" 3ms HDMI Widescreen broken

    I also have this monitor (bought from Costco) and it works great for me. However, the monitor has issues with certain video card drivers- I'm looking at you Nvidia! Because I have it hooked up via a DVI-Hdmi cable, Nvidia drivers detect it as a TV. Therefore, when it goes into power saving mode...
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    Crashing 3870 in some 3d applications

    Just to update everyone: I installed the 9800GT yesterday and it's working great with my existing 450W Coolmax PSU. Played Borderlands for about an hour with no crashing. I've deduced the possibilities to: 1.) 9800GT is significantly more energy efficient (possible since the box states a...
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    Crashing 3870 in some 3d applications

    I went out and picked up a 9800GT at a local shop for $110. If the problem persists, at least I can throw it into my main gaming PC and use it for PhysX. In that case I'll be picking up a new PSU from newegg for main PC and moving that 700w OCZ into my HTPC. 700w in my HTPC is a bit overkill...
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    Crashing 3870 in some 3d applications

    The case is an Antec Sonata. I've ran the card on my main PC's PSU before (700w OCZ) and it was working but with numerous atidiag driver reboots, but that was a year ago. That's when I decided to get myself a 260+ and throw this 3870 in the HTPC. It may be an issue with the card itself. My...
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    Crashing 3870 in some 3d applications

    My HTPC is currently running an Athlon 64 X2 4200+, ati hd3870, 4gb ddr and win7 x64home. On "lesser" powered games, it is running fine (Trine, Torchlight, Zombies vs Plants, etc.) but when I fire up other games like WoW or Borderlands, it crashes. Not just a atidiagmk driver crash that...
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    GPU accelerated Flash video

    I am also in the same boat as a few of you. I have an ATI 3870 512DDR4 and my Hulu and other Flash video website viewing is terrible. Constant stuttering and plenty of dropped frames. When I saw the news I was jumping for joy, but when I saw the supported hardware list my heart sank. You...
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    How would you configure your dream machine?

    My dream machine: CPU: Intel Core i7 860 - I love the hyperthreading and overdrive feature Mobo: Any P55 board that supports Xfire properly RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333 Graphics: 2x 5870 1GB - Fastest cards available. 'Nuff said Storage Drives: 1x 120GB Intel SSD, 1x 640GB WD hdd
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    athlon64 problem in vista/win7

    i recently built an HTPC out of spare parts i had lying around. however, when i tried to install vista 32bit, windows 7 32 or 64bit the cpu utilization maxes out even when the system is merely idling. the system slows down and is unusable. this has happened on fresh installs, with only drivers...
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    Windows 7 RC

    thanks dfnkt, i also got that email. i decided to give it a try, and downloaded the 64bit enterprise eval. i installed it on my HTPC running an athlon 64 4000+ with 4gb ddr, and it was so chunky it was unusable. on the system monitors and task manager, it showed the CPU utilization at 100% even...
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    Windows 7 RC

    thank you for giving me the filename, prodigal. i will give that a try.
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    Windows 7 RC

    I know, stupid me for not downloading it when it was being hosted by Microsoft. Too late. Anybody know where I can find a legitimate download of the ISO now? I already have a key, I just need the file. Thanks in advance.
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    re: gauntlet stuff i wasn't aware we were supposed to kill stuff. we were told to just run right through... the two of us pallies bubbled and we lay hands/BoP on the healers/locks do these mobs respawn? do the eyestalks engage when they're in their hole? i wasn't sure why we were just...
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    my tiny little guild finally mustered up 10 ppl and we downed spider and plague quarters for the first time. (i know, we're a little late to the party.) it was great fun! we were mostly heroic/craft/rep epic geared so it was all pretty simple- only issues we had were: 1.) keeping faerlina's...
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    nope, i can't view wowwiki at work. would you mind copy/pasting some of the basics of this? is this a pvp or pve event?
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    can anyone elaborate on the argent tournament? i'm firewalled at work, but i've been seeing some rewards (looks like iLvl 200 items) and some nifty banners/tabards. are these 5 man daily quests? instanced? i'm in a very small guild and this seems like it would be alot of fun for us. we just...
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    speaking of internal cooldowns, i recently picked up the anvil (epic pvp trinket) from wintergrasp and already have the mirror (epic heroic badge trinket.) both have a chance to proc the +1000ap buff called reflection of torment. anvil procs off of any melee or ranged hit. mirror procs off...
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    thanks for the Ret pally advice everyone i wasn't aware that the hit cap was 8%. i read on some other forum that i should aim for 6% and just go mad str and crit afterwards, so that's what i did. i'll have to shift some things around for a few more hit. yes, i give priority to Judgment...
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    what kind of dps numbers can i expect as a ret pally? on mobile heroic boss fights, my dps is pretty pathetic... around 1k. on a dummy i can probably hit 1.6k. am i doing something wrong? is there anything else to do besides whack-a-mole CS > DS > Judge > Hammer? i'm using the titansteel...
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    What five games have eaten the most of your life?

    WoW (PC) XCom 1 (PC) Civ2 (PC) SSBM (GC) Tetris (NES)
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    what does hex do? and what types of buffs will ele shammy get in the next patch? a guildie mentioned something about fire totems generating no aggro (which would be super nice for magma)
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    i recently respecced my shaman from enhancement to elemental. i've never played a caster before (have a prot pally) and it's alot of fun. however, i find if i get adds or pull 2 mobs, i'm pretty much screwed. any tips? frost shock kiting is the cheese
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    what exactly defines "face rolling"?
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    just dinged 74 on my prot pally, and i'm loving it sofar. i was more used to Ret's 1v1 mentality, but once i got into the habit of mobbing up 3-4 creeps at a time and letting them bang on my shield for mana regen, while evening out damage so they all die at roughly the same time (hence keeping...
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    haha yesterday i made a level 1 priest and picked up a full set of season2 gear. i assume all those items are deleted by now... anybody have any luck at 7-11? heard on the internet that they "accidentally" released today. SOURCE
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    The AT World of Warcraft Thread (Where do you play) and general BS

    i agree. i fired up my prot pally last night to do dailies, and i was running out of mana waaayyy faster than usual. it was simply ridiculous. if they don't get this 'fixed' before WOTLK i might respec back to ret for leveling and questing purposes, although i really enjoy tanking instances with...
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    VPu recovery Error in Frycry 2

    not sure if it's related, but i recently installed 8.10 and now my hd3870 is also getting VPU recovery issues. it was fine all summer long but now i get a couple a night while playing world of warcraft (hardly gpu intensive at all) sometimes several in a row. at least vista just blackscreens...
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    The AT World of Warcraft Thread (Where do you play) and general BS

    I recently respecced to Prot (my guild needed someone to tank HH) and my soloing PVE strat is basically the same as yours. except i use seal of righteousness (for the added dps) and devotion aura instead. should be approx the same net effect, i just dont like taking as much damage. i leveld...
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    The AT World of Warcraft Thread (Where do you play) and general BS

    thanks for the great news about a ret pally buff in 3.0+ i'm really looking forward to it! just a quick question, why are prot pallies so good at leveling/grinding? i dont understand...
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    The AT World of Warcraft Thread (Where do you play) and general BS

    hi everyone, i'm an oldschool WoW player and i just got back into it last week. i'm currently 44 BE ret pally on dark iron server. i cant believe how much they've buffed pallies since old WoW!!! i previously was a prot human pally, and was raiding molten core when i quit. boy was it painful...
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    Abit IP35 Pro XE with OCZ Reaper 1066

    I recently just got the Abit IP35 Pro XE, Intel Q6600, and OCZ Reaper 1066. I can't seem to get the RAM running at 1066 however. It defaults to 800. Everything is left at default. When I try to do some manual settings, it bombs out and I have to clear CMOS. I'd rather not futz around with the...
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    antec sonata front fan

    i'm planning to replace both 120mm fans on my antec sonata (original). the rear exhaust fan is simple enough, but the front intake fan is a bit trickier. has anyone successfully replaced the front fan? how difficult is it to remove the front bezel?
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    NIC dead?

    thank you for your response. i will try that when i get home tonight. i've never used Linux Live before, although i've tried something similar called Knoppix. it seemed to detect most of my hardware quite nicely. i am not quite sure how a software or driver error could have caused this issue...
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    NIC dead?

    my computer just crashed earlier today (my video card was glitching up and caused the whole system to reboot) and after windows started back up, my NIC (onboard gigabit) doesn't seem to be working anymore. windows doesn't get an IP from my router (i verified the router port is OK) yet windows...
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    HD3870 CrossFireX Options

    i got an HD3870 and i'm thinking about crossfiring. has anyone successfully crossfired it with a 4850, or 4870? i read somewhere they were supposedly compatible. how much better would my system run if i crossfired it with a 3850?
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    DEAD: XBOX360 Elite for $299 @ Dell.com

    cool, mine shipped yesterday =) funny thing, cuz i just bought a used one off ebay for $300, and now my NEW one is coming for $300. hope i can sell the used one on craigslist.
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    What is the best game you've ever played?

    my vote has gotta be for x-com 1. spent most of 7th grade doodling base designs on the back of my notebooks :-)
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    Gears of War PC reboot

    thanks for the replies. it is not a matter of corrupted install, since i did a reformat to install XP and it still had the same issue. i just installed ccc 8.7 and updated my motherboard bios to the latest version, so i will test that later. also, i'll need to find the latest bios for my...
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    Thermal paste pre-loaded on Heatsink?

    I recently bought an aftermarket CPU heatsink, and on the contact surface there is already a white "sticker" looking thing. Is this preloaded thermal paste? I've already applied some Arctic 5 on my previous heatsink, should I just rub this white stuff off of my new heatsink and reapply my own...
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    Gears of War PC reboot

    sorry for responding so late. yes my other games run fine. in fact i can even run the crysis demo... WoW, various other stuff. i've tried everything i could google. i even bought a new psu but that wasn't the problem. it seems to always hang right when the 3d engine engages, so i suspect...