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    Mixed use gaming/FEA simulation/workstation build - review requested

    First, the requisite questions: 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Mostly gaming. I'd like to be relatively future-proof in that regard, I'd like to be able to play AAA titles at 60 FPS at reasonably high settings for the next several...
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    Video Card Help for ASUS P5Q

    Hi, I just upgraded to an ASUS P5Q mobo, with 2x1GB Gskill 1066 and a Core2 Quad Q6600. In my original purchase, I ordered two EVGA 8600GT's. However, these cards don't like this motherboard apparently. It won't boot with them installed. It's not a power or memory problem, if I have...
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    RAID 5 Setup Questions

    I currently have a server with all of my Movies and TV shows that I stream via network to my home theatre. The server has two 500GB drives, both formatted in NTFS. Each drive is about 75% full (each drive with different data, not a backup). I just got a third 500GB drive and I would like to...
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    Want to merge partitions on 2 drives

    Long story short, I have two 500GB NTFS drives that I would like to merge into one drive in XP. Different brands, but both 500GB SATA. The computer is an old spare Dell POS that I have lying around and I don't see any RAID support or anything of that nature in the BIOS. I know that Partition...
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    UPS Power Management Software

    Hey all, I have an APC XS1000 that I have been using for some time, right now, I am just using the built in functionality of windows power management, but I am looking for another tool for monitoring of the UPS. I don't like the software provided by APC, because it's a processor and memory hog...
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    Multiple Display Question

    UPDATE 2: I got the LCD and video card in the mail this week and finally had time to set everything up. Pics are here, I will post better ones when I finish my homework and have a chance to clean up and Windex my desk. My roommates have been making fun of me, telling me about how unnecessary...
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    External TV tuner to hook up to projector

    I am looking for an external TV tuner to pick up over-air broadcast. I basically want something to hook up to the projector in the living room... We don't have (or want) cable or satellite, so those are not options. I basically want a box that I can hook up to an antenna and the projector and...
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    Looking for a moped - where to look?

    cliffs: 1) college student 2) want used, cheap moped 3) other than ebay, craigslist, and cycletrader, where ought i look? thanks in advance
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    YAEbayT

    I've noticed that sometimes when I list a new auction, it takes a while to show up in the ebay search results. Ebay has a disclaimer saying "it may take some time for the auction to show up yada yada..." I'm just wondering: 1) why is there this delay? 2) does anyone know how long it is...
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    DUI Story From Yesterday

    Yesterday, I was driving on I-81 north in Virginia. I was in the right lane using cruise control, talking to my dad on the cell phone. (I don't normally like to talk when I drive, he called me). While I'm on the phone, some guy in a Green Ford Explorer is behind me, ALL OVER THE PLACE...
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    YAG(un)T

    In the market for a handgun. Mostly for recreational shooting and backup home defense, with the possibility of carrying in certain situations. I'm thinking 9mm or .38 I don't see the need for anything larger, nor do I want to pay a premium for the ammunition when I go shooting for fun. I...
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    Fortron PSU's?

    I'm slowly working my way to a quieter rig, looking for a quieter psu. i'm looking for something reasonably priced, high quality and relatively quiet. 500+ W. i've done some research and come up with the Fortron 500W AX500-A. Newegg Link Any input from anyone? p.s. - right now, i...
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    system hangs when suspending or hibernating

    just what the title says. when i tell the computer to hibernate or suspend, it goes to the windows screen saying "preparing to stand by" or "preparing to hibernate" and stays there forever. i know there are acpi settings in the BIOS, but i dont want to change any of them without knowing...
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    Need somewhere to find large archives of images

    I wrote a program that takes a buncha small images and makes them into a collage of a large image. It works, I just need TONS of images for it to work from. does anyone have any places I can go to get large archives of images? size, quality and format are not important. i'd prefer zipped or...
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    ebay: shipping to puerto rico

    i just got a question from a potential buyer on an HP iPAQ i am selling on ebay. he hasn't done anything suspicious, i've just never shipped outside the continental US, and i'm not sure what the risks are. any advice or insight is appreciated.
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    ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe Chipset Temperature?

    I have just finished putting everything back together after watercooling my CPU and Video Card. I replaced that annoying chipset fan on the motherboard with a big passive heatsink. The motherboard is reporting itself to be at 29C right now, but a temperature probe I have sitting on top of the...
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    Hard drive ventilation

    I am in the process of watercooling, working my way toward a (nearly) silent PC. I'm installing a Zalman Reserator, and planning on removing all of my case fans, since the majority of the heat from my CPU and video card will be removed from the case. I'm putting a passive heatsink on the...
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    YAGT - What would you pay for a Russian or Chinese SKS?

    I'm not really up on market prices of these things, but there are a few at my local gun shop in the $250-$350 range, some with bayonet and scope, some only bayonet. Stuff is in pretty good shape, a little banged up, but shouldn't be anything threatening the functionality... I'm looking for a...
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    USB powered fan (or adapter)

    this might be general hardware, but it's more of a conceptual question. a friend is putting a computer in an enclosed space and wants to have a fan at the back to ventilate (it's outside of the case) i suggested just taking one of the molex connectors and making a grommet and running it...
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    is woot.com broken?

    i was all excited to see what tonight's suprise was.... and i'm sad now. *tear* :(
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    Any way to stop remote desktop locking my computer?

    ...and I can't seem to find any way to disable that feature. I know that programs like RealVNC will allow me to do this, but I wanted to be able to do it with Remote Desktop, which is available on most computers without having to download a seperate client. Is there a registry entry somewhere...
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    No Rear Sound Output In HL: Source Games

    I have an ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe, I'm using the analog output from the onboard sound (5.1 to a set of Logitech Z-5300e's) When playing games based on the HL: Source engine, I don't get rear sound, and the sound to the front left and right channels seems very quiet. (Day of Defeat: Source...
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    Hokies Dominated BC

    Link to story. Gotta love them Hokies. I hope this momentum keeps up. Seriously though... there is nothing like Lane Stadium during a night game. It was sick.
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    Trillian Question

    For all you lazy people... CLIFFS ONLY!!! :assorted applause; 1)Don't like AIM 2)Do like Trillian (Basic, not pro) 2.5) No Gaim, cause I like the multi-service-ocity of Trillian now... I'm addicted. 3)Everything about Trillian is awesome, except that people's AIM profiles show up in plain...
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    How Long Has Your Computer Been On?

    well? mine: 07:51:33 up 13 days, 13:31, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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    HOOOOKIES!!!

    I love our football team. And we were predicted to win by 5? EDIT: and for the fellow Hokies: "LET'S GO......"
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    Cigar Smokers out there

    Going out next weekend with the roommates, and we decided we were each gonna smoke a cigar for his birthday. I've never smoked any real cigars before (other than Black and Mild's and things like that), and I was wondering if there were any recommendations for a reasonably inexpensive cigar...
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    Trouble loading modules in gentoo 2.6

    I am trying to get video acceleration working in gentoo 2.6 with my ATI mobility radeon 9600. I have emerged ati-drivers, and the next step is supposedly to load the module "fglrx", which modprobe tells me is present: However, when I add the line "fglrx" to...
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    Recompiling gentoo kernel

    I recently installed gentoo (stage 3) on my laptop. I compiled the kernel using genkernel, but I now find that although ACPI was enabled, "AC Adaptor" and "Control Method Battery" were not complied into the kernel. I have everything else set up like I want it, and I just want to recompile...
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    TI-89 Titanium

    I am looking to buy a new (not used) TI-89 titanium online, most places have it for about $150 (i.e. walmart, staples, office depot) it is on sale for about $130 shipped at best buy. i would rather not patronize best buy due to past experience. i was wondering if anyone had any ideas for...
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    Is my hard drive failing?

    I have 2x 120GB hard drives (non-identical, one Maxtor and one IBM) spanned in JBOD. One of the directories on these drives contains around 100 files, for a total fo about 90GB. I am migrating these drives to another larger, faster drive, and I am finding that some of the files are unreadable...
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    What firewall setting to recognize computers by name?

    I am using the NVIDIA firewall with windows XP, and it is not allowing my computer to recognize other computers by name. For example, I cannot connect to \\leeroy, but i can NOT connect to \\192.168.1.99 The firewall is set to "Medium" and I cannot figure out which setting it is that would...
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    Unlocking Passworded HD

    Okay, so I have 2 hard disks that my roommate had in an xbox at one time or another. One is the stock xbox hard drive, and the other is a 200 GB maxtor that he tried to get to work. We have since scrapped the xbox project and i'm trying to use those 2 hard drives in a linux box. The BIOS...
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    My computer is 0.67 horsepower!!!

    so i was just finishing up some of my system dynamics homework, and I noticed the conversion table from watts to HP... and the urge just struck me to calculate it. Oh, how the women will flock to me when they hear thay my computer has 2/3 HP. :)
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    Looking for a PDA

    I'm a college student with limited funds (read: i spent all my money on my desktop) and i'm looking for a PDA to keep myself organized. (and to entertain myself in classes where my laptop is too obvious) i would like 802.11 capability, and the ability to use IM, web browsers, etc... I'm not...
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    Newegg RMA

    should I just put the motherboard back in its packaging and send it, or should I include all the cables, etc, etc... that it came with? It would be much easier to just send the board and get a bare board back. I have an e-mail out to newegg with this same question, but I thought I might get a...
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    2-way radios

    i'm looking at 2-way radios, somewhere in the range of $40 - $60 for a pair. i know that motorola and some of the other manufacturers are making radios with an advertized 10 mile range. i don't expect to actually achieve that kind of range, but i do anticipate using it within, say 4 or 5 miles...
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    DELL E193FP 19" LCD

    I saw a thread on this in the hot deals section, and i'm wondering if anyone has one, or has had experience with them. i am thinking of getting 2 of them so that my computer will finally have 2 matching LCD's. i'm a college student and on a budget. i'm not looking for anything super high...
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    DVD Ripping Corruption

    I have been working on ripping some of my DVD collection to my computer (yes, i own them). I have been using AutoGK on a file ripped using DVD Decrypter, leaving most of the settings on normal. In addition, I have also tried it with the program set to make a 1400MB output (thinking...
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    Quality PSU, modest price...

    My roommate lost his PSU recently and is looking for a replacement in the >=400 watt range. He is looking to spend $60 or less. i know that you guys usually recommend those by seasonic, antec, ocz, etc... but can I have some suggestions on specific models and their approximate prices...