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    Confession of an XP user.

    I don't upgrade because I fear vista/win7 will deactivate randomly. I'm seriously considering buying win7 but am having trouble getting past my fear of deactivation. Justified or No?
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    Shut-offs and Overclocking Failures

    Alright so about a week ago I began suffering seemingly random shut-offs (Cut to black, no sound, lights on, fans running.). I cleaned out the case hoping the issue was caused by excess dust and updated the bios. The shut-offs have stopped but the problem now is that I cant load windows while...
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    Cool & Quite Question

    Sorry if this should be in Motherboards. I was wondering if you could use cool & quite to extend the lifespan of an overclocked CPU. Thanks
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    Compaq LTE Elite 4/50CX Laptop

    I recently acquired an old LTE Elite 4/50CX from a family member. I would like to change the OS from windows 95 to some ultra-lite linux distro. Specs: 486 DX2/50 MHz Processor 28 MB of RAM (At some point it was upgraded.) 340 MB HD The Manual...
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    Advice on A+ Study Material

    I can get this for free: http://www.alibris.com/search/books/isbn/9780619217587 I have heard a lot of good things about this: http://www.amazon.com/Certific...&qid=1231456554&sr=1-2 What are your recommendations? I will be studying at home while I'm layed-off from work. Thank you
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    Advice on case cooling.

    My case is a Rosewill Conqueror and after adding on a Radeon HD 4870 to my rig I have noticed a significant increase in my CPU temp's. Its enough to make previously obtainable overclocks dangerously high. Specs on rig: Athlon 64 X2 5000 Brisbane OC to 2.99 GHz on stock fan/heatsink. 6GB...
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    Question about Hybrid Crossfire

    My mobo has an integrated HD 3200. Can I use Hybrid Crossfire with a newer card? (Ie: HD 4840) (I understand that its not preferable but why waste that horsepower?) Thanks
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    Help me pickout parts.

    1. Desktop will be used for gaming but in the beginning it only needs to play games a few years old. (HL2) I want it to be a good platform to upgrade off of in the future. 2. My budget is under 200$. My own calculations using new egg put the cost at around 180$. (Using Friday 13th sales)...
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    Vista Randomly Deactivated

    I just restarted and for some reason I'm now running in limited use mode. I tried calling dell but it seems they will charge me since my warranty is expired. I really don't want to reinstall and lose everything, is there a better option for me? Everything is legit, I don't understand why it...
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    Cybex Commander - Old KVM

    I need information about the original Cybex Commander. I found one dirt cheap at a thrift store and need to know how viable it is to use. I'm not sure what type of cable it requires to power it or if it needs any drivers. I have tried google but did not find out much other than it seems to have...